Beech Tree News Network

On Saturday, July 7th, the annual hot rod and classic car show was held between 6pm and 8:30pm at the Green River Catfish festival. The contestants met at the Casco parking lot before cruising through the Festival and to the ball fields. A wide variety of old and new cars were present along with trucks. The winners are as follows:

-Best Corvette: Dwight Jenkins (at the top)

The winner of the Henry Golden Boy Rifle drawing at the Green River Catfish Festival was Larry Lawrence. The gun was accepted by Ricky Romans and presented by to him by Ben Hatcher of Woodbury Lodge #280. The winning ticket was drawn by Momma Beech Tree, Diane Dyer.

The Henry Golden Boy Rifle was presented to Larry Lawrence by John W. Brown of Woodbury Lodge #280 and Craig Hankins owner of True Value Hardware and sponsor of the drawing.

The Annual Dog Show was held at the Catfish Festival on Thursday night. The Dog Show is sponsored by Heritage Animal Hospital and Bypass Animal Clinic.  Both facilities make many donations that allow participants to take home a variety of door prizes and treats. The show is organized every year by Darrell McKee, but according to McKee the dog show would not be possible if it were not for the donations made by Heritage and Bypass Animal Clinic and the volunteers. James Jackson, Melissa Waldron, and Tina Cohron judged the event.

It took 11 heats featuring at total of 108 terrapins but when the dust had settled, terrapin #40 belonging to Kobe Annis came out on top and took home the $25 top prize.  Second place went to Sally Butler's terrapin #78 ($15), and terrapin #103 - Kypton and Erica McKinney - finished in third place ($10).  The race was held at 9 a.m. this morning - July 4 - at the Roger Gaskey Softball Field in the Charles Black City Park. 

The BC Girls Softball league wrapped-up their season last Friday with a pool party at the City Pool. Over 50 girls participated in the league this year on five different teams. Below are pictures of each team:

The NASP class of North Warren Elementary School in Smith's Grove spent part of their summer vacation at D & G Hunting & Archery in Rochester on July 2nd.

Butler County Little League 11-12 Year Old All-Stars were in Owensboro this week in tournament play.  Butler County was defeated by Logan County but photographer Steve Smith was able to capture some great pictures.

There will be a team meeting for Middle School football players and parents at BCMS Gym On Monday, July 9th at 5:30 p.m. Players must have their physicals by this date or AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!!

Twelve year-old Gage Ward, son of Scottie and Jamie Ward, played in the 2012 American Youth Baseball Hall of Fame Invitational Tournament in Cooperstown, New York, June 2nd through 5th. Ward played with his traveling team, the Western Kentucky Aces. He was the only player on the team from Butler County.

The tournament began on June 1st with a parade into the Cooperstown Dreams Park including all 104 teams from across the United States. The Aces were the only team representing Kentucky.

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Remember to boat safely as temperatures climb and traffic on Kentucky's waterways increases around the July 4 holiday season.

"We're asking boaters to watch out for people in the water and swimmers to be careful," said Capt. Mike Fields, boating law administrator for the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. "People will be in the water trying to get some relief from the heat, and we traditionally have the heaviest boating traffic of the year during the Fourth of July holiday period."