Beech Tree News Network

Families are invited to join the 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program at the Butler County Public Library. The 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program is a nationwide challenge that encourages parents and caregivers to regularly read aloud to their children. By reading just one book a night, families can reach the 1,000-book goal in three years and provide their children essential early literacy skills.

The 2017 Butler County Field Day, on September 7th, will truly offer something for everyone in the family.  We will have demonstrations about forestry and forest lands management, dealing with nuisance wildlife like the opossum that tries to eat the fish food in my garage, how to be safe around underground utilities, and finally a drone demonstration by WRECC.  We will have an alternative program where Tommy Hines will teach about the history of Butler County using the Green River Museum as a backdrop.  Tracy Cowles will have a program that will appeal to both kids and adults called BCKY Ro

E-cigarettes are battery powered smoking devices often designed to look and feel like regular cigarettes. They use cartridges filled with a liquid that contains nicotine, flavoring and other chemicals. A heating device in the e-cigarette converts the liquid into a vapor, which the person inhales. That’s why using e-cigarettes is known as “vaping.”
E-cigarettes are being marketed as a safe alternative to smoking, but they are not safe because e-cigarettes are still putting nicotine-a highly addictive drug- into the body.

A few days ago I stopped by the nursing home to see what had happened to the bed shawls I wrote about last time.  I nice young woman named Diane, I didn’t get her last name, took me to Serenity Lane where I saw several on them on the beds of the residents there.  I thought they brightened up the rooms nicely. Diane apologized that more were not out, but they were being washed, good. She told me that the people also enjoyed wrapping up and cuddling in the bed shawls. I am so glad they are living up to their multiple uses.

 On July 26th, 2017, New Zion Missionary Baptist Church officially elected our new pastor, Brother Greg Fields.  Brother Greg and his family reside in Butler County.  He is employed with TVA and was the former owner of Morgantown Tires.  His wife of 30 years, Michelle, teaches in the Butler County School System.  They have two daughters.  Ashton is currently working on her 2nd year of Family Medicine Residency at Adena Medical Center in Chillicothe, Ohio, and Sierra, who graduated Summa Cum Laude from WKU, will begin graduate school for Speech-Language Pathology at Western this fall.

Maximizing every bit of profit from your farm is a key to success. As a landowner, one thing that may not be at the top of your mind is your farm’s woodlands, but you should manage them just like crops, fields, gardens or other agricultural endeavors.

You are cordially invited to a SURPRISE "90th" BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION for

LORETTA MOORE NELSON

SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 2017
2:00-5:00pm
at Salem Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, 6470 Logansport Road, Morgantown, Kentucky

No gifts, cards only, please!

The Butler County Republican Party's Lincoln-Reagan Day Dinner will be on September 23 at 6:00 p.m. at the Eva J. Hawes Building. Lieutenant Governor Jenean Hampton will be the keynote speaker for the evening. State Senator C.B. Embry Jr., State Representative Jim DeCesare, and others will also be in attendance. Tickets for this event are $20 and Gone Fishin' will be catering the dinner. If you are interested in purchasing a ticket, you can contact Matthew Embry, Osei Thomas or Dwayne McKinney.

 I am writing on behalf of my neighbor, friend, prayer warrior, and sister in Christ, Becky Grise. Some of you may know at age 28 Becky was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease, this disease is hereditary but can skip a generation as it did with her parents Sherman and Florabell McKinney.

Mon. Aug. 7: Rochester Route 

Rochester Rd and Provo Rd

Tues. Aug. 8: Morgantown Route 

North Warren St, Kent Manor, East Morris St, and Brittany Way 

Wed. Aug. 9: Roundhill Route 

Brownsville Rd, Dywer Rd, Jones Rd, and Region Rd

Thur. Aug. 10: Jetson Route 

Love-Lee Rd, Taylor Cemetery Rd, and Bluett Coy Rd

Schedule can change due to weather or illness.