2nd Chance Outreach

2nd Chance Outreach Center is a non-profit Christ centered life recovery program serving your local community. If you or someone you know struggles with substance abuse or compulsive behavior, please feel free to call 24 hours for a free consultation or referral at 1-270-384-9548, or visit us at www.2ndchanceoutreach.com.

SODA meetings

The support group, SODA (Survivors of Domestic Violence), meets every Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Clinton County Health Department. For more information call 1-800-755-2017.

VA officer available

Veterans Service Officer Earl Claborn is available to help veterans and their families with VA benefits. The office is located in the Clinton County Community Center. Office hours are Monday and Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information call 606-387-9447.

Narcotics Anonymous

Narcotics Anonymous group meets each Monday and Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at the First Christian Church in Albany. These meetings are open to anyone wanting to address their drug and alcohol problems.

AA / Al-Anon meetings

AA and Al-Anon will be meeting each Thursday and Saturday night at 7 p.m. in the basement of the First Christian Church.

Celebrate Recovery

Celebrate Recovery, for those people suffering with depression, addictions to drug or alcohol use, etc., will meet on Tuesdays at
6 p.m. at Albany First United Methodist Church. For more information call Judith Dyer at 606-688-2494.

VA Officer available

Gary Jones, Veterans Benefit Field Representative for Clinton and surrounding counties, will be in Glasgow at 216 E. Public Square, Lower Level, every day except for the first Tuesday, second Monday, second Thursday and third Monday each month. This will allow Jones to help veterans and their families more effectively from this central location. Veterans can schedule an appointment by call 270-651-9578 or toll free, 1-800-850-1392.

IDA regular meeting

The Clinton County Industrial Development Authority will hold its regular meeting Thursday, April 14 at 11 a.m. at the IDA Welcome Center. The meeting is open to the general public. 25-2

Hwy. 1590 cleanup

volunteers being sought

Volunteers are being sought to help clean up one of Clinton County’s major arteries, Hwy. 1590 from the west city limits to Hwy. 90 during the spring cleanup in April. Anyone who would like to volunteer to help should see Ricky Craig or call 387-7069.

SCC Clinton Center
open house

Somerset Community College – Clinton Center would like to invite anyone interested in attending to an open house event at its location on Hwy. 90. The open house will be Thursday, April 14 from 5-6:30 p.m. For more information call 387-3717 or 387-3704. 25-2

Living well with Diabetes

A Living Well with Diabetes support group meeting will be held April 20 from 1-2 p.m. at the local health department and classes each Wednesday in May. For information call the 1-800-928-4416, ext. 1166.

Retired teachers to meet

The Clinton County Retired Teachers will meet Tuesday, April 26 at 5:30 p.m. at Lee’s Famous Recipe. 26-2

Cars For The Cure
car show

A Cars for the Cure car show, sponsored by Equity Group and the Clinton County Fair Board, will be held Saturday, April 16 at the Clinton County High School parking lot. There will be several different classes of cars from the pre-30s to 2001-present, as well as 2000 and older and 2001 and new motorcycle classes and best overall and best original tractor classes. Trophies will be given for best in show in each class and first and second pace ribbons for each class.

Entry fee is $10 per vehicle. Rain date is Sunday, April 17. Trophies provided by Ricky Craig of First Place Trophies.

Registration begins at 9 a.m. The first 25 cars will receive a dash plaque. Trophies will be presented at 2 p.m. All proceeds go to Relay For Life.

For more information contact Joetta Choate or Amanda Sharpe at 606-387-2314 or 2316.

Head Start, Early Head Start parent meeting

Head Start/Early Head Start parents will meet Wednesday, April 20 at 12 noon for their monthly parent meeting. Parents and families will meet in the parent room at the Early Head Start Center. The topic for the meeting is child abuse with Natalie True, Child Care Health Consultant from the Lake Cumberland District Health Department speaking. Refreshments will be served and door prizes given. For more information call 387-7470 or 387-8747.

4-H Camp dates

Applications are now available at the Clinton County Extension Office for 4-H Camp. The dates for camp will be May 30-June 3 and will be held in Jabez, Kentucky. The cost is $160.00. For more information please call 387-5404. 26-4

Fiscal court to meet

Clinton County Fiscal Court will meet in regular session Thursday, April 21 at 5 p.m. in the judge/executive’s office conference room. The meeting is open to the public. 26-2

Family Literacy-Migrant meeting

A Family Literary-Migrant meeting will be held Thursday, April 14 at 5 p.m. at Mountain View Park. Todd Ramsey from the Wellness Center will be the guest speaker. There will be a huge egg hunt for children in Migrant and Family Literacy programs as well as free hot dogs and grilled chicken for everyone in the programs.

Twin Lakes Beekeepers

The Twin Lakes Beekeepers Association will meet Thursday, April 14 at 7 p.m. at the Extension Office. Those interested in beekeeping are welcome.

SSA Office no longer

visiting Clinton County

The Social Security Administration will no longer be visiting the Clinton County Senior Citizens’s Building on the first and third Tuesday of each month. However, the local office will be able to better serve you. The office is located at 3975 S Highway 27, Somerset, Kentucky. We are open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. You may also call the local office toll free 1-877-714-0375 or 1-800-772-1213. Much of your Social Security business can also be conducted online. Visit us anytime at www.socialsecurity.gov.

Grider Hill Road clean-up

Spring cleaning time is here again! Join the Grider Hill community in its second annual clean-up for Kentucky Pride Spring Clean-up Month on Saturday, April 23 at 8 a.m., starting at Cumberland Corner Mart to Grider Hill Dock. Trash bags will be provided. Last year, 199 bags of trash were collected along the route.

Downtown Saturday events

The Heart of Albany Summer Celebration will begin Saturday, April 16. Each Saturday of the month from now until the October Foothills Festival, we will be coordinating around the downtown area for the Clinton County residents to enjoy and participate in. Everyone is welcome and the more the merrier!

* First Saturday each month, May 7 through October 1, Old Fashioned Jockey trade days and Flea Market sponsored by Eli’s on the Square in the Foothills parking lot, with spaces costing $5 for a parking space sized area. You will be able to sell or trade about anything you own from critters to antiques, crafts to quilts, garage sale items to household appliances, plants to produce and relatives to kids. Set up is a first come basis starting at 7 a.m. and the hours will be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The 127 Yard Sale Days and Roller Coaster Day will have a little different set-up. Each space will be $10 and we are asking that ‘no commercial’ vendors to be in our area. It will be for Clinton County residents first and any remaining reservations to back-up requests. The reservations for these weekends will be through Eli Mackewich at 387-4130. All the proceeds from the event will be used to benefit the residents of Clinton County, so if you have suggestions let me know!

* Second Saturday each month, starting May 14 will be family oriented gospel stage singing in the Foothills parking lot. Bring your picnic basket, lawn chairs, blankets, etc. and enjoy a fun afternoon of fellowship and great local talent. If you know of anyone wanting to perform, please give David McCarty a call at 387-5102. If you have a fundraising event for your church and would like to set up during a show, please let us know. This day will be for Christian related music and fundraising.

* Third Saturday each month starting April 16 will be the antique, muscle and just plain cool car cruise-in around the courthouse. The guys started this last fall and what a great day they gave us! Come on out and enjoy looking at some mighty fine cars. Even better yet, drive your own “primo wheels” down and show off! If you have questions about the cruise-in, Larry Ferguson is one of the local contacts for the group.

* Fourth Saturday, starting April 23, is Trail Blazing in Albany. Anyone that has a horse, donkey, cart, buggy or wagon, come on down and enjoy a ride through the back streets of Albany. We will be meeting beside Lisa Beard’s office and Dollar General at 10:30 a.m. I encourage everyone to bring your kids, camera, grandma and coonhound to enjoy the day. If you have tack and other horse related items to sell, bring them along. You don’t have to be fancy, just have a great time. Hopefully we can renew the tradition of Saturday fellowship.

* Fifth Saturday, Day of Rest!

Please support and participate in these activities. They are cheap, close to home, great for the family, and just good clean fun! What a great way to spend a summer day! 25-2