Friday, June 24, 2011

*****Special Announcement******

THE CARROLL COUNTY LOCAL BOARD OF SOCIAL SERVICES

WILL HOLD THEIR JULY MONTHLY MEETING ON

TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2011

AT 7:00 P.M. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES

THIS BOARD NORMALLY MEETS ON THE THIRD TUESDAY EACH MONTH

UNLESS OTHERWISE ADVERTISED

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
OF THE CARROLL COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
REAL ESTATE TAX EXEMPTIONS
FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED AND
FOR CERTAIN VETERANS WITH 100%
SERVICE DISABILITY

The Carroll County Board of Supervisors will hold a Public Hearing on Monday, July 11, 2011, in the Board Meeting Room of the Carroll County Governmental Center, at 5:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as practical, for the purpose of soliciting public comment pertaining to proposed amendments to the Carroll County Code Article VII, Sections 116-27 through 116-34, real estate tax relief for the elderly and disabled and a new provision to create an exemption to real estate taxes for veterans with a 100% service disability. Among other provisions, the proposed amendments would decrease the requirements by increasing the income limit from $23,000 to $26,000 necessary to qualify and the maximum tax relief from $150 to $250 for the elderly and disable and create a new real estate tax exemption for veterans with a 100% service disability.


A copy of the proposed ordinance is on file in the County Administrator’s Office. All members of the public are invited to attend and speak at the Public Hearing.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Library Offers FREE Downloadable Books!

Galax-Carroll Regional Library
610 West Stuart Drive
Galax, VA 24333
276-236-2042 ex.204

For Immediate Release

Melanie Hemingway, Director                                                         June 20, 2011



Download Audiobooks and eBooks to your computer, cell phone, iPod, tablet, or eBook reader for free! All you need is an internet connection and a valid library card.

Your libraries and local governments in Carroll County and the City of Galax encourage your use of available, free technology. The Galax-Carroll Regional Library is part of a consortium of sixteen libraries which offers downloadable audiobooks and eBooks from Overdrive for free. The Southwestern Virginia Public Libraries Consortium went live in January 2009 with OverDrive downloadable Audiobooks. Recently added were downloadable eBooks. The Consortium is steadily growing its online collections. As of June 15, 2011, over 2000 Audiobooks and 1271 eBooks have been purchased.

OverDrive eBooks can be used on a Barnes and Noble Nook, a Sony Reader and a Borders Kobo but not yet on a Kindle. At this point, Kindles are still proprietary to Amazon; all eBook content for Kindles has to be purchased fromAmazon. However, at the end of last April, Amazon and OverDrive announced the forthcoming Kindle Library Lending program, which will enable Kindle customers to borrow eBooks from Overdrive libraries. The program is scheduled for launch later this year.

Visit http://galaxcarroll.lib.va.us/ and click on the tab for Audiobooks (Audio & eBooks).

Or
from http://carrollcountyva.org/, go to Government--Departments--Carroll County Public Library—click on Galax Carroll Regional Library.

Or
from http://galaxva.com/, click on the Department menu link to Library.

Or
go directly to http://swvapub.lib.overdrive.com/. Browse, check out, and download some great titles, all free for you.