Beech Tree News Network

Butler County Clerk Sherry Johnson recently visited the Western Kentucky Veterans Center(WKVC) in Hanson, Kentucky.  County Clerks in the western district collected $15,000 from donations for bird houses made from old license plates. Johnson joined clerks from Trigg , Muhlenberg, and Hopkins County in presenting the check to residents of WKVC.

According to WKVC Administrator LaDonna Scott the money will be used to purchase a blanket warmer, and IN2L computer and a grandfather clock reality orientation board.

Western Kentucky Veterans Center (WKVC) opened 14 March 2002 in Hanson, Kentucky. Situated on 33 acres of beautiful farmland 5 miles north of Madisonville, the 156-bed facility provides long-term skilled nursing care for Kentucky's veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States.