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GCHS Boys Soccer tryouts

Grant County Boys Soccer will be having tryouts for JV and Varsity from 7 to 8:30 each night on July 14 through July 18 at the Grant County High School. All players will need to bring tennis shoes, cleats, shin guards and have a current KHSAA physical. For more information, contact Garrett Griffith at garrett.griffith@zoomtown.com.
 
 

Osborne, boy, June 4

David and Laynee Osborne of Dry Ridge would like to announce the birth of their son.
David Samuel Osborne was born at 10:42 a.m. on June 4 at St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Edgewood. He weighed 5 pounds and 9 ounces and was 18 ¼ inches long.
His maternal grandparents are Kevin and Kathy Grayson of Cynthiana.
His paternal grandmother is Barbara Osborne of Williamstown. 

Grant County Chess hosting...

 The Grant County Schools Chess Team is hosting the Kentucky Blue Grass State Games Chess Tournament on July 19 at Crittenden-Mt. Zion Elementary School. For more information visit the website at http://bluegrassstategames.org/sports-list/chess/.
 

Readers want answers from...

The Grant County Football Boosters weekly bingo at the Dry Ridge Outlet Center is supposed to support all the football programs in Grant County.
This year, the officers apparently decided not to give any funding to the Grant County High School Football program.
Now to make this clear, I have never had trouble with the officers running the bingo/hall but here lately it is a mess.

Gospel dreamin’ leads to...

Here at the newspaper we never know what kind of conversation we’ll have when the phone rings.
Recently, as I picked up the phone a woman blurted out, “Do you believe God talks to you through your dreams?”
My first thought: Is this a trick question? Does she believe it or does she believe it’s hocus pocus hooey balooey?
My second thought: I hope she didn’t dream that God wants her to run me over with a forklift.

CHURCH NOTES 7-24-14

Christ Community
Assembly of God
• Pastor Jeff Colon with Pure Life Ministries, brought a message about Jesus raising Lazarus from the tomb.
• Next week, the James Brothers will perform their Bluegrass style of music.
• Wednesdays the church is studying the Walk of Repentance at 7 p.m.  
• Sunday School at 10 a.m.; Sunday morning worship at 11 a.m.
• The Assembly of God church is located at 139 North Main Street in Williamstown. For more information about the church, call 859-394-2586.

Health dept. seeks public...

Grant County residents could soon be getting a phone call from the Northern Kentucky Health Department asking for their input.
The health department will be sponsoring a random telephone survey beginning July 21 to gauge the community’s perceptions of health-related issues.
The 15-minute survey, which the department will conduct overt two weeks, can be answered by any adult age 18 and older.
Both cell phone and land-line phone numbers will be included in the survey sample.

Northern Kentucky District Board...

The Northern Kentucky District Board of Health has selected Jonathan Rich, DMD, Richard Schuck, OD and Julie Metzger Aubuchon, OD, as officers for its fiscal year 2015, which runs from July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2015.
Rich, representing Grant County, will serve as chair. He is a dentist in private practice with Precision Dental Care and served as chair in 2010-2011.

EKU announces spring 2014 Dean’...

Eastern Kentucky University has announced 365 Dean’s Award recipients for the Spring 2014 semester.
• Riley Colson of Corinth, senior Spanish major
• Ciara Lister of Corinth, senior criminal justice major
• Brittany Brumley of Crittenden, senior physical education major
• Joseph Romer of Williamstown, senior biology pre-medical science major

Captain John Lillard Chapter DAR...

At the April 2014 meeting of the Captain John Lillard Chapter of the Daughters of the the American Revolution, awards were presented to two Grant Countians,. One a senior, the other a high school senior.
Frances Rae Clinkscales Stanley  was honored for her outstanding achievements in Fiber Arts.