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Today's Features

  • Community Calendar | Week of Sept. 4, 2013

    Wednesday, Sept. 4

    Carrollton Rotary Club meets every Wednesday at noon at Butler Park lodge.

    AA Big Book study group meets every Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Carrollton Christian Church, 310 Fifth St.

    Thursday, Sept. 5

    Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. every Thursday at Carrollton Christian Church.

    Friday, Sept. 6

    Caby M. Froman Club meets at noon at Butler Park lodge.

    Carroll County Community Development Corporation meets at noon at Butler Park lodge.

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  • Church News | Sept. 4, 2013

    Annual homecoming planned at Hopewell

    Hopewell Community Church on Locust Road is having its annual homecoming, from 9:45 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 8. Everyone is invited to join them for fellowship and music.

     

    Hymn sign planned at Hickory Grove church

    Trimble County Hymn Sing will be held at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 5, at the Hickory Grove United Methodist Church.

     

    Anti-drug group to hold prayer gathering

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  • Drop your rock: Look to Jesus and love instead of hate

    Forget about the feuds between the North and the South, the Hatfields and McCoys, or even “West Side Story’s” the Sharks and the Jets.

    Dubbed the “A-POP-calypse,” we — at least in the world of pop music — are in the middle of a battle royale between the Katy Cats and the Little Monsters, the fans (or “stans” as they’re called) of singers Katy Perry and Lady Gaga.

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  • First Friday to feature Honey Boo Boo contest

    A new Honey Boo Boo Look Alike Contest will be held at 6 p.m., Sept. 6 during First Friday at the Courthouse Square in Carrollton.

    The Honey Boo Boo Look Alike Contest will be held for children ages 3 to 10.

    For information, call Carrollton Main Street Program at (502) 732-5713 or Jennifer Munsie at (502) 525-0330.

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  • Carroll County Senior Center | Week of Aug. 28, 2013

    The Carroll County Senior Center is located at 110 Sixth St., Carrollton, Center Manager, Mitzie Williams, (502) 732-7026, carrollcty@insightbb.com

     

    Wednesday, Aug. 28: Chair volleyball, 10 a.m.; finger crochet, 10 a.m.; birthday flower, 11:30 a.m.

    Thursday, Aug. 29: Bunk-O, 9:30 a.m.

    Friday, Aug. 30: Chair volleyball, 10 a.m.; mystery lunch, 11 a.m.

    Monday, Sept. 2: Closed for Labor Day.

    Tuesday, Sept. 3: Commodity pick-up, 8 a.m.; bingo, 9:30 a.m.; deuce’s wild Rummy, noon.

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  • Book signing
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  • Carroll joins sales training organization

    Chuck Bauer Sales Training recently announced that D.J. Carroll of Carrollton is now an official coach with the organization.

    In a news release, the company said Carroll is now working with the company on a limited part-time basis, but that he may be full time with them soon.

    Carroll has already conducted some seminars for the firm.

    “[I’m] so excited about the future of this business and being a part of it,” Carroll said. He said the week of training was “crazy busy” and that he enjoyed being part of it.

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  • Carroll County Public Library Calendar | Aug. 28, 2013

    Patrons may bring dry or canned pet food or kitty litter to the library to reduce or eliminate fines for overdue and lost items through the end of August. Details are available at the desk. Proceeds will be given to Carroll County Animal Support. For more information, call (502) 732-7020

     

    Wednesday, Aug. 28: Walk-away the pounds, 9 a.m.; Lego Mania, 3:30 p.m.; Zumba, 5:15 p.m.

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  • New CRANE group takes flight for regional conservation

    Over the past several months, a couple of the area Agriculture and Natural Resources Extension Agents and I have been planning a new Exten-sion program that focuses more on our local natural resources.

    We call this program “Con-serving Resou-rces through Agri-cultural and Natural Explor-ation,” or CRANE.

    CRANE was developed to bring awareness and consideration to our natural resources by thinking outside of the classroom and learning about those resources through exploring our surroundings.

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  • Local sewing team wins skillathon at state fair Saturday

    We are so very proud of our team of Carroll and Gallatin 4-Hers who took second place at the 4-H State Fair Sewing Skill-athon Satur-day, Aug. 24.

    Team members, Lorinda Bennett, Gabby Bowen, Hannah Welch of Carrollton and Kelli Deaton of Warsaw had to sew a garment from a pattern that they had never seen before and identify a variety of different fabrics, sewing notions, parts of the sewing machine, seam finishes and pattern markings.

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