Beech Tree News Network

The beginning of summer marks a special time for many local churches; most surrounding churches host vacation bible school beginning in June. Children from all across the county attend VBS at their church or churches around the county. Here is a list of upcoming VBS's including their times and locations.

Aberdeen Baptist Church- June 15-19, 9:15 a.m. till 12:30p.m.  Journey Off The Map

Morgantown First Baptist Church will be having Bible School 06-15-15 through 06-19-15 from 5:30/8:00pm. 

Butler County Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, while honoring all veterans this, Memorial Day, Monday, May 25 at 11:00 in Courthouse yard has plans to pay special honor to our Vietnam Era Veterans. In case of rain the event will be held in the courtroom.
BCNSDAR is proud to be a partner with the Department of Defense in the, Vietnam War 50th Commemorative Anniversary 2014-2017. We feel Memorial Day is a fitting time to pay honor to  our Vietnam Era Veterans .

Mr. & Mrs. Jim Brown of Scottsville announce the engagement of their daughter, Courtney Nicole Brown, to Ryan Allen Fazel, son of Mr. & Mrs. Dale Fazel of Morgantown. Courtney is a 2008 graduate of Allen County-Scottsville High School and Western Kentucky University. She is employed by the Medical Center in Bowling Green, KY.  Ryan is a 2008 graduate of Butler County High School and Lineman Training School at Somerset, KY. He is employed as a lineman at Warren RECC.

Receives Presidential Award for Outstanding Academic Excellence

Sarah Elizabeth Embry has been named a valedictorian of the Hope Christian School class of 2015. Hope Christian School is located in Pelham, Alabama, and the senior class consists of 120 students. Embry was one of 11 students selected to serve as valedictorian.

The Morgantown Trail Town Task Force will conduct an organizational meeting on Tuesday, May 19 at 6:30 p.m., at City Hall. The meeting will be held in the former City Council Chambers upstairs.

At this meeting, we will discuss the various committees of the Task Force, and begin assigning folks to these committees. Also expect light discussion upon priorities for the Task Force, our best path to certification, and the various resources within Butler County.

Monthly meetings are then to be conducted the third Thursday of each month, also at 6:30 p.m., at City Hall.

To everyone who so graciously responded with overwhelming love and kindness during the passing of my husband Jerry L. Embry, I want to send my heartfelt thanks.  Some of you brought food, helped with the meal, sent flowers and gifts, visited me, prayed, sat quietly or cried with me.  I will never forget these acts of love and the beautiful tribute to Jerry that they represented.  

Connie J. Embry

There are several 4-H opportunities this summer:

4-H Project Day Camp – June 22-26

The Butler County 4-H Project Day Camp will be June 22-26 at the Butler County Extension Service/Eva Hawes Ag Expo Building from 9 a.m.—3 p.m.  We will have many projects available including:  woodworking, needle stitching, cooking, nature crafts, photography, painting, and much, much more. 

Girl Scout Troop 546 would like to thank everyone who supported us during cookies season. We went on a very fun outing to Bowling Green and we're having a pool party in June with our earnings. We are also  saving money to do a service project in August.
Thank you for supporting the Girls Scouts.

The BCHS Project Prom committee would like to thank the following for their part in making the 2015 BCHS Project Prom a success. We are pleased to announce, that because of all of these generous individuals and businesses, our students received over $11,000 in cash, and a variety of prizes including an x-box and game and 2 ipad minis.  Our students are fortunate to live in such a giving community that supports this endeavor!

The Butler County Middle School PTO joined with Morgantown Bank & Trust in sponsoring an essay contest for the students in grades sixth thru eighth.  The title of the essay was “What Would I do with a Million Dollars.”  On Friday, the winners were announced and prizes awarded.  The overall winner of the essay contest was sixth grader Rheaonna Shepard.  She received $50 from Morgantown Bank & Trust.  The actual award was supposed to be the interest for one day on million dollars.  According to Brad Young, Operation Director for MB&T, the actual prize would have been a little over