Beech Tree News Network

Butler County Middle School 6th grade students have been working diligently for the last few weeks on writing pieces for the 2013 Conservation Writing Contest sponsored by the Kentucky Division of Conservation.

This is 'V'. We think she is a full stock Blue Heeler. She needs a loving home. Everybody at the Shelter loves her. She was brought in with a gun shot wound by a Good Samaritan. She still doesn't put her leg down but should in time. She never meets a stranger!

When Jayme Pharis happened across a four-leaf clover on an October morning earlier this fall, she had a feeling a wave of good luck was coming her way.Moments later, she got a phone call with life-changing implications.

The spirit of Christmas is never as evident as it is in the words of children. Each year Beech Tree News prints letters to Santa written by students at North Butler Elementary. Letters to Santa reaffirm the message of the holiday season as they brim with a sense of hope and innocence.