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Today's Features

  • When a religious reputation goes bad

    For modern people living within reach of hand sanitizers, there may be no stranger element in our Bibles than the Old Testament definitions of clean and unclean.

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  • Shooting sports program begins

    The Carroll County 4-H program is so blessed to have such great volunteers.

    This week, I want to focus on the shooting sports program.  This program has five disciplines — archery, shotgun, rifle, target rifle and pistol.

    Tim Tritsch is now the shooting sports coordinator and has a Facebook page to keep everyone in Carroll County abreast of the events. 

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  • Carroll County Senior Center | Week of March 6, 2014

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

     

    Thursday, March 6: All day, deuce’s wild rummy, billiards, starting at 8:30 a.m.: Bunk-O, 10 a.m.; lunch 11 a.m.

    Friday, March7: All day, deuce’s wild rummy and billiards, starting at 8:30 a.m.: walking program 10 a.m.; lunch, 11:30 a.m.

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  • Worthville firefighters to hold turkey dinner

    Worthville Volunteer Fire Department hosts a turkey dinner beginning at 3 p.m., Saturday, March 22, at the firehouse.
    Proceeds from the dinner will benefit the fire department’s second annual Carroll County Haunted Trail.
    The cost is $5 per plate, and the meal will include turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, green beans, etc. Desserts also will be available for purchase.
    Delivery will be available within 15 miles of the firehouse. For delivery or more information, call (502) 525-6394 or (502) 662-2121.

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  • Foundation offers free trees

    The Arbor Day Foundation is making it easy for everyone to celebrate the arrival of spring by planting trees.

    Join the Arbor Day Foundation in March and receive 10 free white flowering dogwood trees. The free trees are part of the nonprofit Foundation’s Trees for America campaign.

    The trees will be shipped postpaid with enclosed planting instructions at the right time for planting between March 1 and May 31.

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  • Kroger cutie pie contest | March 6, 2014
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  • Carroll County Public Library Calendar | March 6, 2014

    Thursday, March 6: Walk-away the pounds, 9 a.m.; Mother Goose time, 10 a.m.; Music Makers, 11 a.m.; computer walk-in help, 2-4 p.m.; GED help, 4 p.m.; homework help, 5 p.m.; ESL class, 6 p.m.; Champions Town Hall meeting at Butler Park, 6 p.m.

    Friday, March 7: Walk-away the pounds, 9 a.m.; Kynect Healthcare, sign up assistance, 9:30 a.m. until noon; knit and crochet, 3:30 p.m.

    Saturday, March 8: Walk-away the pounds, 9 a.m.; artist reception, Jennifer and Jessica Leake, 1-3 p.m.; game day 1-4 p.m.

    Sunday, March 9: Daylight Savings Time.

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  • Family welcomes baby daughter | Sammy Jane Maiden

    Cody and Ashley Maiden of Glencoe, Ky. announce the birth of their daughter, Sammy Jane Maiden, born Dec. 22, 2013, at 3:31 p.m. at the St. Elizabeth Health Center in Edgewood, Ky. She weighed 7 pounds, 6.5 ounces and was 19 inches long.

    Her brothers, Ian, 7, and Haylon, 1, and her sister, Stefany, 9, helped welcome her home.

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  • Quinoa, chia are proven healthy additions to any diet

    Quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wah) is a small, grain-like seed native to the Andes Mountains of South America. It was grown by the Incan people thousands of years ago and is often called the “mother grain.” 

    It is not a true cereal grain, but actually the seed of a plant related to beets, Swiss chard and spinach.

    We call it a grain because it can be prepared and used in the same way as traditional grains. 

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  • It’s time to look ahead to spring landscaping needs

    It has been a long, hard and cold winter for Carroll County. With the snow and ice we have experienced this week, the beginning of March has certainly lived up to the age-old saying, “in like a lion.” Let us all hope it will go “out like a lamb.”

    Believe it or not, spring really is on the way, causing homeowners to begin turning their attention to the landscape.

    To ensure healthy spring plants, consider pruning trees and shrubs around the home that have been affected by the weather.

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