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Aberdeen Baptist Church conducted their anuual Vacation Bible School on June 4-8th. The school was conducted each day from 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. with lunch served. There was an enrollment of 346 and an average attendance of 260 with sixteen professions of faith. Bro. Roger W. Taylor, pastor at Aberdeen, encourages everyone to mark their calendars for next year when they will have the Vacation Bible School from June 10-14 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The theme for next year's VBS will be "Colossal Coaster World: Facing Fear, Trusting God."

Jim Weatherholt of Slidel, LA and Beverly South Shelton of Cape Girardeau, MO announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter Lee Ann Weatherholt to Garet Ryan Flener.  Garet is the son of Rickey and Glenda Flener of Morgantown, KY.  Garet is the grandson of Earl and Dorothy Flener. The wedding will be held at Aberdeen Baptist Church in Morgantown, KY on June 30, 2012, at 4:00pm. The reception will immediately follow at the Knights of Columbus in Bowling Green, KY.  Invitations have been sent.

It’s that time of year when we take the time to tell our Dads how much we appreciate them by giving them the standard tie, goofy card or in my husband’s case, a day to watch a whole baseball game preferably the Mets or the Yankees, uninterrupted.  My mother will tell you I was very much a “Daddy’s Girl”.  I always went to my dad first no matter what.  Need money?  Ask Daddy.  Need the car fixed?  Ask Daddy.  Need to explain why I was failing high school Algebra?  Tape a letter to the toilet...wait, that’s another story…

The Green River Catfish Festival is preparing for the upcoming pageants.  On Thursday, July 5th starting at 6:00 pm the 2-7 year olds will compete.  The Pre-teen (8-12), Miss Teen (13-15), and Miss Butler County (16-21) will take the stage on Friday night starting at 6:00pm.  The babies will compete on Saturday morning starting at 10:00am.  Catorgieries are: 0-6 month old girls and boys, 7-12 month old girls and boys, 13-18 month old girls and boys, and 19-23 month old girls and boys.

JAKES Day 2012 is scheduled for Saturday, June 16th at the Haynes property in Leonard Oak. The festivities will begin at 9:00 a.m.

Registration fees are $15 the day of the event, $10 for those who pre-register. This cost includes membership in the NWTF, a year-long subscription to JAKES Country (a quarterly magazine), a free lunch, all the catfish they can catch, and other prizes.

Those in attendance need to bring their own poles; bait will be supplied.

I am trying to find out when and where this was taken and who are the people? It was somewhere on the north side. – Thanks, Christine Bratcher

If you have any information about the picture please comment below.

9th All A’s: Haley Adkins, Kortney Barbier, Rebecca Daugherty, Callie Dockery, Drake Embry, Letha Embry, Matthew Embry, Brittney Gruber, Beth Harlan, Kelsey Hughson, Bailey Hunt, Lennon Johnson, Allison Kurfiss, Abbigail Mencl, Emily Rich, Molly Sanders, Barry Washer, Shawna West

9th A’s and B’s: Zachary Coy, Giulia Gabbard, Ashton Garrison, Brittany Greenwood, Payton Howard, Amber Hudson, Whitney Jenkins, Rachel Johnson, Brandon Jones, Alexis Keown, Hunt Locke, Jacob Mudd, Zeb Pendley, Kassie Phelps, Brittany Qualls, Hannah Tomes, Lorisha Wilson

Because of how easy it has become for someone to use the internet to get their words and opinions out there, it seems as if florid vocabulary in feature articles has gone the way of stone-washed denim. Case-in-point: whenever someone does a feature on another person, the subject is usually considered by the writer to be a "renaissance man (or woman)" if they are able to do two or three things well enough to be worth talking about. Because of this, many of our classic, descriptive adjectives have become obsolete, or , at the very least, devalued.

Was Butler County, by way of the Green, the escape route for a group of masked treasure diggers back in 1902? The Hartford Kentucky Republican January 17, 1902 (Friday) includes a reprint of a story which was itself taken from the January 14, 1902 Louisville Post. Enjoy!

DUG FOR HIDDEN TREASURE

After changing his diaper, feeding him fluids through a tube and dressing him, his mother raises his body upright to a sitting position.  She pulls him in close, wrapping her hands around his.  Speaking to him in gentle tones, she claps his hands together and smiles as he laughs.

Wild Child
He pulled the fire alarm.

Sending everyone at church into a short-lived frenzy, the little boy threw his hands up in the air, wide-eyed, terrified, confused by the piercing sound.