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Heritage Day set for May 19

Port William Historical Society met March 27, at the Masterson House with 13 attendees. PWHS President Deborah Garrett welcomed everyone to the meeting. The minutes of the January workshop were approved. The treasurer’s report was reviewed and approved.

Garrett stated that a request had been made to the Carrollton City Council and Carroll County Fiscal Court for $5,000 from each group.

Church news | April 12, 2018

Revival at Providence Baptist Church

Providence Baptist Church, 51 Louden Lane in Campbellsburg is having a revival from April 15-18. Services start at 6:30 p.m. each evening. Bro. Scott Newton Smith will be the evangelist and David Stahl will provide accompanying music. Call (502)532-6321 for more information. All are welcome to attend.

Carroll County Community Calendar | April 12, 2018

New events

Thursday, April 12

Carroll County Arts Board and Friends of Butler will host Kentucky Chautauqua speaker Kelly Brengelman, portraying Rosie The Riveter. This is a free event. It will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the General Butler State Resort Park mezzanine.

Carrollton Utilities Commission Board special meeting at 2 p.m. at the Carrollton Utilities office.

Tuesday, April 17

Trimble wins All ‘A’ regional title off walk-off single, 4-3

It was a pitchers’ duel all night long, with Carroll’s Andrea Searcy (10 strikeouts) and Trimble’s Abby Ponder (eight strikeouts) dominating at the mound. Trailing 3-2 heading into the top of the seventh, Carroll County tied the game, but Trimble County answered, scoring the game-winning run to win the All ‘A’ 8th Region Championship, 4-3, April 11, at Gallatin County High School. The Lady Raiders will compete in the All ‘A’ state tournament April 28-29 in Owensboro.

Child Abuse Awareness event April 19
4-H trap shooting meeting April 22

The 4-H Trap shooting sports team will hold its first meeting at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 22, behind Kinman Chevrolet. Trap shooting coach Randy Glauber said all interested youth are invited to attend. He said 4-H has shotguns youth can use and the targets and ammunition are provided by grants 4-H receives from several shooting organizations.

Glauber said all the instructors are certified. The meeting and practice sessions are usually held on Sunday afternoons.

School Menu | April 19, 2018

The following is the breakfast and lunch menu for Carroll County Schools:

Thursday, April 19: Breakfast, French toast sticks with syrup and yogurt or banana bread with yogurt or Pop Tarts and apple; Lunch: Beef or Chicken nachos, lettuce/tomato, salsa/sour cream, queso sauce, refried beans, fiesta rice, banana or pineapple.

Friday, April 20: Breakfast, Donut or Pop Tarts and banana; Lunch: Fish patty on bun or corn dog, macaroni and cheese, steamed broccoli, cole slaw, Mandarin oranges, or Craisins.

2018 Easter Coloring Contest Winners

These children were the winners of The News-Democrat’s 2018 Easter Coloring Contest, sponsored by Hometown Pizza. Every participant received a coupon for a free individual pizza and the winners also received a coupon for a free large pizza.

Abatement issues, events discussed at council meeting

Carrollton City Council agreed to rescind its abatement of property at 502 Paradise Alley at the request of the family that is now acting to resolve roof issues that led to it being cited for unfit building conditions.

Mary Coghill, the daughter of property owner Walter Coghill, came to council asking that they be allowed to proceed with work she has arranged to have the roof issues fixed so the city does not have to raze the house.

Carroll opens home tourney with 8-1 win over Grant

The weather has been the number one opponent for spring sports. Softball and baseball have had numerous cancellations and The News-Democrat Spring Classic scheduled for April 6-7 was also changed.

The Spring Classic was rescheduled with six games on Friday, April 6, due to the possibility of snow and rain on Saturday, April 7.