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Senior Calendar | Jan. 22, 2015

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

 

Thursday, Jan. 22: All day, deuce’s wild rummy, billiards, starting at 8:30 a.m.; Bunk-o, 10 a.m.; lunch, 11:30 a.m.

Friday, Jan. 23: All day, deuce’s wild rummy, billiards, starting at 8:30 a.m.; Ky. Office of the Blind, presentation, 11 a.m.; lunch, 11:30 a.m.

Winn Primary and Cartmell Elementary Lighthouse Programs
Ernest Doll prepares to celebrate 101st birthday

Farming has always been a part of Ernest Doll’s life – from a child growing up during the Great Depression until he retired from farming in the early 1990’s. Doll and his family have grown tobacco, hay, corn and raised cattle over the years.

Ernest will be celebrating his 101st birthday Feb. 11. He was born on the farm where his family lived in Henry County near Port Royal.

State Police seeks help in identifying two accused of theft in Shelby Co

In the early morning hours of Dec. 27, 2014, two unknown individuals unlawfully used stolen credit cards at the Shelbyville Kroger and Huck’s Food and Fuel.  Purchases between the two businesses exceeded $700.

The suspects, possibly a Caucasion male and African American female, are believed to be operating a small gray or silver SUV.  Photographs obtained from the security camera footage show the individuals sought by the Kentucky State Police in connection with this offense.

Conway: Governor race winnable for Louisvillian

By Joseph Gert

The Courier-Journal

Attorney General Jack Conway insisted Jan. 12, that he can break with tradition in Kentucky and win the governorship despite the fact that he is from Louisville, a city that has never sent one of its natives to the Governor’s Mansion.

Luallen points to positives on state economy

Lt. Governor Crit Luallen opened the Carroll County Community Development Corporation annual meeting stating it was actually nice to bring good news.

A recent Federal Reserve report stated that Kentucky is now at its highest level of economic activity. In 2014, there have been more than 350 location or expansion projects creating more than 15,000 new jobs and $3.7 billion in investment. This is the greatest investment since the development cabinet started keeping records in 1987.

KU hosts coat drive
Nucor Steel Gallatin recently earned governor’s safety and health award

Secretary Larry L. Roberts of the Kentucky Labor Cabinet presented employees and officials of Nucor Steel Gallatin with the Governor’s Safety and Health Award. The honor recognizes the facility’s 465 employees for working 1,067,652 hours without a lost-time accident or illness.

Ghent OKs expenses for KLC trainings

With City Attorney Bill Brammell present, Ghent City Commissioners voted at a special meeting Jan. 19, to provisionally accept the December bank register subject to the findings of the audit. Ghent Mayor Lonnie Mefford said that he had been unable to find receipts/bills for all the payments that were made in December. Adjustments to what is accepted would be made after the city received the results of the audit.

Deadline nears for producers to join farm programs

The deadlines are quickly approaching for producers with base acres to make decisions regarding new coverage programs under the current Farm Bill.

The two new programs that have been created through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in the 2014 Farm Bill are Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC).

ARC and PLC are commodity farm safety net programs that offer farmers protection when market forces cause substantial drops in crop prices and/or revenues.