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  • Softball Beat | May 8, 2013

    Girls rebound with win over Conner

    After a tough loss to Gallatin County in the NCKC the night before, the Lady Panthers bounced back with a 3-1 win at Conner.

    Starting pitcher Sarah Hawkins, who took a line drive to the thigh against the Wildcats, threw a complete game, giving up just one run on six hits. She walked one batter and struck out two.

    The Lady Panthers scored first, as Mackenzie Ogden led off the game with a double to center field. With two outs, Mackenzi Hawkins hit an RBI double to center field to put the girls up, 1-0.

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  • Play ball! Little League was ‘family’ affair

    Last week I read an article in the paper about the man from Williamsport, Penn., who started  Little League. Teen-age boys who wanted to play baseball other than on the school teams had a league, but there was not one at that time for pre-teen youth. And note, I said boys; no girls played little league for decades to come.

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  • Take time to thank a teacher who has made a difference

    Typically in my monthly column, I address legal issues or current topics in the legal field, but, with your indulgence, I am going to deviate slightly this month.

    In case you did not know, this is National Teacher Appreciation Week. It is a week when we are to give thanks to those who give so much.

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  • Christian Academy celebrates the National Day of Prayer
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  • Sports Briefs | May 8, 2013

    CCHS sports physicals May 14 at high school

    Carroll County High School will hold sports physicals for all returning athletes from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. May 14 at the high school. The cost is $5.  Students must pick up a packet in the office in advance and fill it out before attending the physical and return it to Richelle Wheeler in the office.

    Basketball camps to be held June 3-6

    Carroll County High school boys and girls basketball camps will be held June 3-6.

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  • CCHS baseball team thanks National Guard
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  • Celebrating Music
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  • Motorcycle safety is important for everyone, not just riders

    Carroll County High School juniors learned about motorcycle safety from both the riders’ and motorists’ perspective from a presentation by Share the Road Kentucky.

    State coordinator and president Glenda Hobbic said the purpose of Share the Road Kentucky is to reduce and prevent accidents. The program was created in part by the Kentucky Motorcycle Association.

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  • Baseball Beat | May 8, 2013

    Panthers fall 6-1 to Conner

    Carroll scored first, but gave up four runs in the top of the fourth en route to a 6-1 loss to Conner Friday at home.

    In the bottom of the first, Dillon Craig reached on an error, and Zakk Hicks brought him home on a double to center field. The Panthers had the bases loaded in both the second and third innings, but did not score, a key to the game, head coach Jimmy Ray said.

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  • 2013-14 Fiscal Court budget includes funds for Park to Park trails, river walk to Point Park

    With a 3 percent pay increase to county employees and a 1.74 percent increase to elected county officials and increases in insurance premiums, the proposed 2013-14 budget presented by Carroll County Judge-Executive Harold “Shorty” Tomlinson still shows an overall increase of just $9,500 over this year’s budget.

    The budget, OK’d on the first reading during a special meeting Friday, May 3, shows $10.85 million in appropriations balanced by the same amount in estimated receipts for the year, as required by state law.

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