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Today's Features

  • Community Calendar 3-25-10

    CLUBS/ORGANIZATIONS

    Williamstown Kiwanis - Noon Wednesday, El Jalisco Mexican Restaurant, Williamstown.

    Northern Kentucky Field and Forest Club - 5 to 11 p.m. Saturday, March 27, Lloyd’s Wildlife Management Area, Crittenden. Cost for practice targets is $3 for 25 for youth or $3.50 for adults. All trap shooters of any age are invited. Call John Mullins at 823-0421 for more information.

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  • ENGAGEMENTS

    Bill Lainhart and Christine D. Sharp would like to announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage.

    Sharp is the daughter of Bill Grimes of Lancaster and Glenda Grimes of Nicholasville.

    Lainhart is the son of Sid Lainhart of Florence and Marlene Lainhart of Williamstown.

    A private wedding ceremony is being planned for 4 p.m. on April 10, 2010 at the Jones farm in Corinth.

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  • DRE teacher achieves national certification

    Belinda Furman, a fourth grade teacher at Dry Ridge Elementary, achieved National Board Certification on March 2 at a recognition ceremony held at the state capitol in Frankfort for new receipients.

    Furman has been teaching since 2000 when she received her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Eastern Kentucky University. In 2004, she received her master’s degree in instructional leadership from EKU.

    She began working on  National Board Certification during the 2008-2009 school year.

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  • ‘Find It Here’

    Kentucky Southern Baptists are putting feet to their prayers and embarking on a door-to-door evangelism initiative with the goal of reaching 85 percent of all adults in the state. The denomination’s push, called “Find it here,” began March 6 and will lead up to Easter Sunday, April 4. They are also running 30-second TV advertising spots, in some areas, to coincide with the boots-on-the ground effort and have purchased billboards and radio time in Spanish.

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  • Rider celebrates 97th birthday with nephew

    Jessie Rider celebrated her 97th birthday on March 5 at a party in her honor in Williamstown. She was surrounded by friends and her nephew, Tony Epperson. They enjoyed cake, ice cream and sung old songs.

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  • Community Calendar 3-18-10

    ARTS

    CETA (Community Enrichment Through The Arts - 6:30 p.m. March 22, Grant County Tourism Office, 149 N. Main, Williamstown.

    CLUBS/ORGANIZATIONS

    Williamstown Kiwanis - Noon - Wednesdays, El Jalisco Mexican Restaurant, Williamstown.

    Corinth Lions Club - 6:30 p.m. March 24, Noble’s Restaurant, Corinth.

    Williamstown Main Street Merchants - Noon - March 23, Grant County Chamber of Commerce. Call Mandy Green (824-4888) for more information.

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  • Art contest showcases local talent

    The Fifth District Student Art Show was held at the Grant County Library on Feb. 27.

    Marlene McComas, fifth district Woman’s Club vice governor, hosted the event.

    Only three of the six clubs participated due to extreme weather conditions. Williamstown Woman’s club was represented in five of 12 categories.

    Jessica Holtman, a student at Grant County High School, captured first place for her pencil portrait and second in the painting category.

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  • Kelly prepares for deployment

    Army National Guard Pfc. Jonathan H. Kelly has been mobilized and activated at Fort Dix, N.J., in preparation for deployment to serve in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom. Kelly is a member of the 2123rd Transportation Company in Richmond.

    The soldiers go through a series of procedures and training classes to prepare them for situations they may face in their deployed environment.

    Kelly is a motor transport operator with two years of military service. He is the son of Tina Campbell of Dry Ridge and stepson of Kevin Carr of Crittenden.

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  • Sellers celebrates 90th birthday

    On Feb. 20, nearly 70 friends and family members gathered at Mason Baptist Church to help Lola Sellers celebrate her 90th birthday.

    Those in attendance were her daughter, Judy Good and nephew, Lynn Carlson, both of Sacramento, Calif; her son, David and  Joyce Brantley and their children of Corinth; grandsons David and Shannon and their children, Krissy and Noah, of Columbia, Ky., Greg and Nella and their daughter, Abigail of Lexington; granddaughter, Amber Good of Las Vegas, Nev. and granddaughter, Lacy and Nick and their children, Andrew and Emily of Corinth.

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  • Wright, boy, Nov. 21

    Travis Wright and Megan Hicks of Corinth would like to announce the birth of their first child.

    Eli Lyle Tyler Wright was born at 7:38 a.m. on Nov. 21, 2009 at St. Luke Hospital West in Florence. He weighed 6 pounds and 9.4 ounces and was 19.5 inches long.

    His maternal grandparents are Kim and Tim Parr of Corinth and Darrell Hicks of Carlisle.

    His paternal grandparents are Cat and Shelby Jean Wright of Corinth.

    Eli was welcomed home by his brother, Blane Hicks.

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