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Uriah Hawkins was older than the average soldier when he served in the American Revolution in Rhode Island, having bee

Electric Fencing for Serious Graziers: Installation and Troubleshooting Fencing School Event – June 12th

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

Join us for the upcoming Electric Fencing for Serious Graziers – Fencing School on Wednesday, June 12th at the Butler County Extension Service from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

This hands-on class will cover installation and troubleshooting with electric fencing.

As part of International Fire Fighters Day/Month in May, a proclamation signed by Judge-Executive Tim Flener was presented to the Second District Volunteer Fire Department.

Special Proclamations were signed for each fire department in the county and will be delivered to the members at their May meetings. Volunteer Fire Departments in the county are: Morgantown, Second District, Rochester, Fourth District and Fifth District.

Nicholas Dorsey performed Patriotic Service for the American Revolution as a Commissioner of Observation (a committee of inspection to enforce a boycott of British goods enacted by the First Continental Congress) for Baltimore County (now Carroll County), MD in 1775-76 when he was commissioned Ensign. He was then promoted to First Lieutenant and later was commissioned to Colonel of Maryland Troops (Muster Rolls of Maryland-Archives of Maryland Volumes XVI and XXI). He was older than most when he entered the War where he served alongside his sons, Nicholas, and Henry.

Kentucky Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program Sponsored by Community Action of Southern Kentucky 

Sally is a senior at Butler County High School and a Captain of the BCHS varsity cheerleading squad. She is the daughter of Adam and Casey Butler. The Butler family resides in southern Butler County.

Benjamin Washburn, a Revolutionary War Veteran from 1777-1781 from a listing the 1840 Revolutionary War pensioners in the Kentucky Census. According to service record # S11696, he served as a Private in Virginia under Captains Jack Roberts, James Purvis and Colonel Francis Taylor. It seems he joined the army when he was approximately 15 or 16 to fight in the Revolution.

Bryleigh is a senior at Butler County High School and a captain on the BCHS varsity cheerleading squad. She is the daughter of Jerry and Christie Hurt. Bryleigh resides in the Gilstrap community of Butler County.

Thursday, May 2, was an extraordinary day for one particular employee from MCRC, as well as with past and present employees. The staff and former staff gathered to honor and celebrate Wanda Gaskey's 45 years of service.

Wanda began coming to the facility in second grade, as her mother worked there, and it stirred something in her heart—something extraordinary, so unique that she began her career there at 17.