Today's News

Tests equal grades. Grades are numbers. Carroll County received plenty of numbers and grades from the most recent battery of Kentucky Core Content tests. The problem comes in trying to interpret those numbers. 

The numbers don’t lie. The numbers can say anything. Those are just a few of the sentiments many people have as their eyes glaze over looking at charts, graphs and spread sheets. 

Jefferson Community and Technical College’s Carrollton Campus welcomes four new faces for the 2011 fall semester:  Caroline Reisner, Joe Carhart, Tom Buchanan and Robin Caldwell Welch.

Reisner, who started at JCTC in 2010, has now been hired as a full-time geology instructor on the faculty. She teaches a variety of courses from dinosaurs and disasters to physical geology.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services encourage Medicare beneficiaries to compare their Medicare coverage options each year. It is important to review options for 2012 since significant changes have been made to many of the Medicare prescription drug plans and Medicare Advantage plans. Open enrollment runs from Oct. 15-Dec. 7. Changes to Medicare Advantage plans and/or drug plans must be done during this time frame. 

The sun is lower in the sky. There is briskness in the air. The deep green of summer is giving way to hints of yellow, orange, red and brown.

Fallen leaves are peppering the sidewalks and lawns of our community. Birds are on the wing, heading south. Flower beds are being turned over for the coming winter. Lawn mowers will soon be back in storage. Sweat shirts are around the waist and over the shoulders at dawn and dusk. Once again God is gracing us with the beautiful season of autumn.