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Butler County Head Start Taking Applications

Butler County Head Start is now taking applications for enrollment for the 2012-2013 school year.  You may apply if your child will be 3 or 4 before October 1 and if your family's income falls within established poverty guidelines.  Please bring birth verification for your child and proof of family income when you come to apply.  Butler County Head Start is located at 104 North Warren Street, in the lower level of Butler County Health Department.  Staff is onsite 7:30 am until 4:00 pm, Monday through Friday.  The phone number is (270)526-3002.  Head Start is a federally funded program throu

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Hanging Clothes In Record Time

Christina Brown helps Ruby Gaskins laundry while Junior Crowe looks on.

While an encouraging crowd cheered them on, residents of Morgantown Care and Rehab participated in a competition of old fashioned origin. The rules were simple and direct, hang laundry neatly on a line and take it down later as if a storm was approaching.
Helen Phelps serves as helper for Emma Deweese.
According to Helen Phelps, there were a total of 16 participants. The event took place Wednesday afternoon.  

Photos by Roger Southerland

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Polymer Clay Crafting - Your Inspiration to Create

Tracy M. Thornton, County Extension Agent for Family & Consumer Sciences

Polymer Clay is the hottest arts and crafts medium to hit the market in years!  Colorful and extremely versatile, it may well be one of the most creative crafts you learn.

Tracy Thornton will present “Polymer Clay Craft” at the 2nd Saturday Craft Class on March 10, 10 am, at the Butler County Extension Office.

Those attending will learn to make jewelry that looks like turquoise. There will be a minimum class fee of $1.00 for clay.  Other items needed to finish your item will be available for purchase at an additional cost.   

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Butler County Halter Holders Compete at KY 4H State

On Saturday, February 18th the Butler County Halter Holders competed at the KY 4H State Skillathon in Madisonville, KY. They competed against other 4-Hers in the same age groups of Clovers (9-11) and Intermediates (12-14). Clovers: Carlee Mitchell, Kadie Hunt, Mattie Wells and  Olivia Dunn. Intermediates: Kiana Coleman and Ashley Merideth. Also competing were our Cloverbuds: Mackenzie Coleman and Lydia Wells. The girls placed as follows:
Clovers:
Team Identification - 13th
Team Evaluation -13th

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Morgantown Mission to have Grand Re-Opening at Temporary Location March 12th

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The Board of Directors and staff are very excited to announce a new store and renovated Ministries Building are finally in progress. Operations will continue until March 7th at the current location. We will then close March 8th - 10th to finish stocking our temporary location and reopen Monday, March 12th at the old Save-A-Lot store. A sign will be posted. Anticipated grand re-opening of the new store will occur in late 2012.

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Butler County Class of 2002 Reunion

The Butler County Class of 2002 will be having their 10 year reunion at the Rough River State Resort Park Lodge on Saturday, August 25th, 2012.  The reunion will start at 6:30 pm.  The tickets are $25/person, which includes a buffet syle meal.  You can send your name/money to P.O.

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2nd District Fire Department February Board Meeting

On Thursday evening, the 23rd of February at 6:00 p.m., the 2nd District Volunteer Fire Department Board met for its regular monthly meeting at the firehouse. The meeting was called to order by President Fred Tate. Following was a prayer and the pledge to the U.S. flag. After calling the meeting to order, President Tate called for presentations to the board. Second District Magistrate, Johnny Tuck, presented a check to the board in the amount of $10,000. This money is the yearly allotment that each fire department receives for running its department.

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Spring Playschool

The Butler County Child Development classes will conduct a Playschool for preschool children.  The days will be Mondays for 2 ½ and 3 year-olds, Thursdays for 4 year-olds and Fridays for 5 year-olds; however, we are willing to work with parents on scheduling.  Children who are presently enrolled in kindergarten are not eligible to attend.  All children must be potty-trained.

If you wish to submit your child’s name, please call 526-2204 (BCHS) between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.  The deadline for enrolling children in Playschool is Thursday, March 22.
 

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2nd District Fire Department holds annual Chili Supper and Rook Tournament

Members of the Davis Crossroads community came out to the 2nd District Fire Department on Saturday night for the annual Chili Supper and Rook Tournament fundraiser. The firehouse was packed full of people eager to get a bite to eat and play some cards all for a good cause. So many people turned out that they had to bring out more tables and chairs.

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Cooper qualifies for state Geo Bee

Annabelle Cooper and BCMS Social Studies teacher Becky Mudd

Annabelle Cooper, who won the school-wide Geography Bee in December, has qualified to represent the Butler County School District at the state level of the National Geographic Society's Geographic Bee on Friday, March 30 at the Carroll Knicely Conference Center on the campus of Western Kentucky University.  One winner from each state and territory will advance to the national competition held May 22-24 at the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C.

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