Nearly a thousand girls in Kentuckiana are missing out on the chance of a lifetime because of a shortage of volunteers.
Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana is looking for dedicated adults to support the Girl Scout Program. They can be an aunt, uncle, cousin, grandparent or friend and can help for one day or all year.
For more information on volunteering call Girl Scouts at (888) 771 5173 or visit www.kyanags.org.
Terry and Teresa Hornback of Elizabethtown and David and Pam Vowels of Cecilia announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Ericka Ann Vowels, to Benjamin Michael Covell, son of David and Reenie Covell of Elizabethtown.
The NAACP will hold a general membership 6:30 p.m., Sept. 9 at the Radcliff Chamber of Commerce Building. There will be an election of the nominating committee. All members whose memberships are current as of 30 days prior to the meeting date may be elected to the nominating committee. For more information call 877-2737.
CARRIER. Army Pvt. Amber N. Carrier has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C. A 2003 graduate of North Hardin High School, she is the daughter of Debra Brown of Vine Grove and Richard Carrier of North Walpole, N.H.
Paul and Sherry Abbott of Elizabethtown announce the birth of a granddaughter, Ava Grace Abbott, on July 17, 2008 at Fort Bragg, N.C. She weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce and was 20 inches long. Parents are Capt. Isaiah and Kirsten Abbott of Fayetteville, N.C. Maternal grandparents are David and Cathy Collins of Mount Washington.