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Lilly Suggs, Junior Arts Guild Leader, taught 16 young students to create a heart-shaped painting this past Saturday. Seventeen-year-old Lilly has only been painting seriously for four years, but she is one of the most accomplished painters in Butler County. Her raccoon family on the mural at the Butler County Extension Office is one of the favorites.

The winners of the 2018-019 KHSJA contests were announced during the winter convention on Jan. 23, 2020. Butler County High School Yearbook staff won several awards.  Congratulations to Harley Howard, Michelle Cardwell, Alyssa Swift, and Bailey Stinson.  Jennifer Davis is the yearbook advisor.  

Yearbook Division

Category 1: Cover Design

CLASS A

3rd Place: Bardstown High School

2nd Place: Clarksville High School

1st Place: Butler Co. High School

CLASS C

3rd Place: Bullitt East High School

GRADE LEVELSTUDENTS OF THE MONTH

5 (MEREDITH)Ava Wilson

5 (EMBRY)        Riley Turci

5 (Wilson)       Aubrey Mitchell

5 (Howard)Rebekah Graham

4 (Murphy)Kallie Martin

4 (Butler)        Kassidi Nolasco Lindsey

4 (Skaggs)Jadrien Bastin

3 (Sitz)          Alli Philpot

3 (Hayes)           Chloe Camplin

3 (Allen)            Piper Donaldson

2 (Hampton)     Trey Austin

2 (King)                  Natali Lopez

2 (Vincent)      MaryAnn Klett

2 (Robertson)      Ari'annah Rife

 Submitted By: Greg Drake II, County Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources

By: Aimee Nielson

With marching season the rear-view mirror, Butler County High School Band members are reflecting on the school year thus far and looking ahead to upcoming events.  

Agricultural producers now can enroll in the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs – two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) safety net programs – for the 2019 and 2020 crop year.

On Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, three Kentuckians from Heart to Heart Publishing, Inc. read and presented at the 8^th Annual Storybook Breakfast, a children’s fund-raising event held in Owensboro, KY for the Public Library.

As we all know, people spend a great deal of time in their cars.  If a parent of someone else smokes in the car, toxic chemicals can build up quickly, even if the air conditioner is on or if the windows are open.  This is especially harmful for children.  There are significant health risks for children who are exposed to secondhand smoke, incl

Butler County High School’s Archery team is hosting a tournament, the Quiver Shiver, at the Butler County Extension Office next to the high school. The event will kick off on Friday, January 17 at 7 p.m.

My DAR Patriot is Colonel William Edmiston who served in Virginia. It was easy for me to join as my patriot’s service had already been proved by my mother Dorothy Moore Kent. She was a charter member of the original Butler County Chapter in the early 1950s. I remember she had to have some of the ladies from the Samuel Daviess Chapter in Bowling Green sign her application for membership as the chapter was new.