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 Sometimes, with the right group of people, it doesn’t matter how much time passes from the last time you were together.

That’s the way it was for me the weekend of June 23-24, when my best friend and I took a road trip to a tiny town in the Catskills of upstate New York to reunite with some of my co-workers from the past.

• Born and raised in Owen County

• Resides in Owen County with his wife of 26 years, Tracy

• Has three children and three grandchildren

• Graduated from Owen County High School and attended night classes at Kentucky State University and Northern Kentucky University

• Worked in construction for more than 25 years

• Served as certified home inspector and building inspector in Owen County for eight years before coming to Carrollton

 With a little understanding, Expected Progeny Differences may actually be the best tool producers have to address the genetics of their herds.

While calculating EPD takes a lot of math, producers do not have to do the math; they just need to understand the answers. The calculation results usually appear in the first pages of a sire summary before the actual EPD tables. They may look a little confusing, but the information is very beneficial. It comes down to the fact that you are buying the DNA of a particular animal.

There’s a new face attending to patients at Carroll County Family Practice.

Dr. Milagros Rivera began working at the practice, located in Carroll County Memorial Hospital, about two weeks ago after more than 13 years as a physician in the Louisville metropolitan area.

Rivera, who is fluent in Spanish, has a passion for family practice and hopes to help members of the local Hispanic community.

“He’s tougher than a pine knot.”

That’s John Boots’ assessment of his grandson, Colston, 11, who lives with his family in their Harbor Point home in Carrollton.

Colston Boots, a sixth-grader at Carroll County Middle School, is a rising star on the dirt-bike racing circuit, competing in – and winning – competitions on tracks throughout Kentuckiana.

Wednesday, June 22

Carrollton Rotary Club meets every Wednesday at noon at Butler Park lodge.

AA Big Book study group meets every Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Carrollton Christian Church, 310 Fifth St.

Cartmell Elementary School Site Based Decision Making Council meets at 3:30 p.m. an the school.

Thursday, June 23

The threat of severe storms Friday night and into Saturday morning didn’t deter the 15 teams participating in this year’s Relay for Life at the Carroll County Fairgrounds.

County Relay Chairman Scott Niswonger said meteorologists earlier in the week forecast a 60 percent chance of severe thunderstorms, prompting him to call a special meeting with team captains and other Relay official Thursday night to determine options for the annual event, which was held from 7 p.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday.

General Butler State Resort Park, together with Kentucky Chautauqua, presents a living-history drama, “Lucy Bakewell Audubon: A Kentucky Love Story,” at 7 p.m. today, Wednesday, April 20, in the Lodge Lounge.

Lucy Bakewell Audubon was the wife of John James Audubon, the famed naturalist, artist and author of “Birds of America.” She felt she was “perfectly suited” for him and was incredibly devoted to him. She made enormous sacrifices and suffered public scorn as she supported her husband’s talents.

The Carroll-Henry county area recently became the inspiration and blank canvas for a student’s senior thesis photography project.

Lauren DiFulvio, a senior at College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati, Ohio, photographed a series of portraits and environmental shots in Port Royal, English, Turners Station and Carrollton for her thesis project.