Beech Tree News Network

Sixth grader Ethan Clark was the last man standing on Friday, February 5, at the annual Butler County Middle School Spelling Bee.  Clark was one of twelve participants who advanced to the school-wide bee following classroom competition.  Hezikiah Pendley, also a sixth grader, was runner-up.

Other participants include sixth graders Taylin Clark, and MaKinna Embry; seventh graders Kobe Annis, Rayna Beller, Nate Henderson, Benjamin Moore; and 8th graders Taylor Burden, Dustin Johnson, Cherokee Lacefield, and Kelsi Waters.  

Operation Gratitude is a non-profit, volunteer-based organization that annually sends 100,000 care packages filled with snacks, entertainment items and personal letters of appreciation addressed to individually named U.S. Service Members deployed in hostile regions, to their children left behind and to Veterans, First Responders, Wounded Warriors and their Care Givers.
 

There is a new Girl Scout Troop in Morgantown. Girl Scout Troop #1435 represents Morgantown Elementary School. The girls have earned their cookie badges.

"I just wanted to share how proud I am of these girls, they went above and beyond to sell over $1200.00 in cookies!  We are a new troop and this was their first big sell," said Leslie Edmonds, Leader of the Troop.

With a growing photography business since 2007, Laurie Keen plans to take the next step and open a studio in Morgantown.  A grand opening is set for tomorrow - Saturday, February 13 - at 125 West G.L. Smith Street, Suite B - just down from Bill Hood's True Value Hardware.  The event will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  Keen hopes the studio will help to expand her business.

There will be a baby shower for Katie and Michael Gary on Saturday, February 13th at 1:00pm at the Butler County Educational Complex in Morgantown. ( Mike Truelove Complex)  It will be in the training center room.  Entrance is on left side of the building.  Balloons will be up.
They are registered at Walmart and Babies R Us. 
Shower given by Nana Annette Kirby, Nana Penny Gary, Aunt Emily Tyree and Cousin Sherri Kirby.
Everyone come out and help them get ready for their precious baby Boy!

                                                                               
Is fat a bad word? Not necessarily. Simply put, fat is just the body’s storage form for energy. If an animal consumes more energy than it uses, their body will store the excess calories as fat—like money in the bank they can use in an energy shortage (think cows calving in late winter). Fat imparts flavor to food (like a T-bone steak) but it also adds calories. So managing fat can be a delicate issue in the cattle business.

The 4-H Summit Conference will be held March 13-17, 2016 at the Lake Cumberland 4-H Center in Jabez, KY. The first four to register and pay will only be allowed to go. Cost for this trip will be $60.00. Deadline to register is February 15, 2016.

Lily Glass was the winner of the Primary Spelling Bee at Morgantown Elementary School on Friday, February 5, 2016.  Camden Wilson won second place and Chloe Cardwell was the third place winner.  Congratulations to all the Spelling Bee Contestants.

Morgantown Elementary celebrated their Leaders of the Week for February 1, 2016.

Layton Phelps won the Intermediate Spelling Bee at Morgantown Elementary School on Friday, February 5, 2016. Keagen Grubb was the 2nd place winner and Loryn Robbins won the third place trophy. Congratulations to all MES participants.