Beech Tree News Network

"The Stuff the Van 2017 event is going into the books as our most successful supply drive yet.  We truly depend upon these donations to stock our centers and each student in Butler County schools benefits from the generosity of our community.  We are thankful to have local radio in Morgantown and 100% of their support in this endeavor.  The staff of Q101.5 was with us all day in the heat collecting supplies and donations.  We worked hard and managed to have a lot of fun while we did it," said Melissa Glass of the Butler County Family Resource Center.

Mon. July 17: Morgantown Route

North Warren St., Kent Manor, East Morris St.

Tues. July 18: Roundhill Route 

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

Wed. July 19: Jetson Route 

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

Thur. July 20: Dexterville Route 

Dexterville-Banock Rd, Good News Center, County Rd.

Schedule can change due to weather or illness.

LEXINGTON, KY, July 13, 2017 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Kentucky  Farm Service Agency (FSA) Acting State Executive Director (SED) Robert Finch reminds farmers and ranchers that they have until Aug. 1 to enroll in Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and/or Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for the 2017 crop year. These programs trigger financial protections for participating agricultural producers when market forces cause substantial drops in crop prices or revenues.
 

Butler County residents had a chance to exhibit various items during the 2017 Catfish Festival with entering their items in the Butler County Open Division Contest.  Categories included canned foods, baked goods, quilts, stitchery, paintings, drawings, breads, clothing, along with many others.

Of the many activities that take place during the annual Catfish Festival, the Butler County 4-H Project Show was in full swing!  Many local youth spent the week before check-in day creating various projects to show on exhibit during the Catfish Festival at the Eva Hawes Ag Building.  Projects ranged from circuit boards, fruit and vegetable displays, recycling, tie-dye t-shirts, electric lamps, paintings, drawings, wood burnings, sewing crafts…and that just covers a few!

July 15th at 10:00 am come celebrate with Kaylyn and Nathan at North Butler Elementery School Cafeteria. Registered at Baby's R US and Target. 

Please bring your favorite storybook for Hadlee Nell McKinney. 

The Final Finish Classic Car & Hot Rod Show was held on Saturday, July 1st. The vehicles checked in at the Casco Parking Lot and Cruised-In to the Green River Catfish Festival. Unique handcrafted wall hangings were presented to the winners.
"We were extremely pleased with the turnout," said Dennis Ingram.

Prize sponsors included: Gipe Automotive, Napa, Poston's Electronics, Parkway Cars and Tires, Advance Auto Parts, Auto Zone, Holley Performance Carburetors, Bratcher's Auto Parts, Drake's Farm Service, and Moore Ford of Hartford.
Some winners were as follows:

On this year’s anniversary of our nation’s independence, members of the General Richard Butler Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution held a public drawing for a 500 dollar prepaid debit card as prize. Marley Kay Truelove of Hendersonville, Tennessee is the winner. July 4th was the birthday of her father, Jonathan, as well. 

The Butler County Extension Service will offer the new KY Produce Best Practices training on July 20th at 6:00 p.m.  This program teaches produce growers about food safety.  It is designed to address food contamination issues between the farm and the consumer.  Farmers offering samples at a farmers’ markets or intending to sell in the farm to school program will need a certificate of completion of the Ky Produce Best Practices training.  It will replace the current GAP certificates that many farms hold.  If a farm is GAP certified and already has a sampling certificate from KDA they will no

This year’s Green River Catfish Festival Dog Show was held on July 4th at 12  noon. It consisted of these 12 entries who competed in various categories. Each category winner won a $20 dollar gift card for Petco, while Best in Show received a $50 dollar gift card also to Petco.