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Four Butler County High School students have been recommended by faculty/staff members for December student of the month honors based on attendance, promptness to class, participation in class, grades or attitude.  These students are Matthew Embry, Brittany Bingham, Danny Cowan, and Leslie Pace.

The Butler County Family Resource and Youth Services Centers would like to thank everyone that played a part in providing “Butler County Christmas Toys for Tots” for children in Butler County. It is amazing how this small county cares and gives so much. To everyone that sorted toys, wrapped a gift, shopped, helped carry gifts, gave money, dropped a toy in our “Toys for Tots” boxes, brought us toys, adopted a family, helped with parking and crowd control, donated food baskets, or just provided moral support; we truly do appreciate you.

The Fisher House at Fort Campbell, Kentucky was the destination of the Green River Society Children of the American Revolution on December 21. Wendy, the director, so graciously gave us a tour of the facility. Attending from the Green River Society were: President Savara Johnson, Jasmine Creager, Indee and Shalyn Coleman, Nikki Ritchie, Levi Johnson, Christian Colter, Hannah Russ, Joyce Creager and Christine Coleman, Senior President.

Anyone interested in donating money to help Chad and Carmen Flener and their kids, who lost their home in a fire yesterday, before January 1 can bring their gift by MCC tomorrow [Saturday December 31] between 2 & 5pm. You will also have the opportunity to give throughout January at MCC.

Please join us for a celebration of the recent marriage of James and Susan Blancett on January 6, 2012 at the home of Raleigh and Shirley Blancett.  The celebration will start at 6:00pm and all family and friends are invited.

Approximately 12 ladies of Cool Springs Church came on November 30th and decorated the whole house including bringing a Christmas tree and decorating it with the ladies. They also made six different kinds of confections, cookies and snacks with the girls, teaching them how to bake these items.  They baked six plastic tubs of goodies that they left there for the ladies to enjoy over the holidays. 

Morgantown Care and Rehab hosted several Christmas parties during the holiday season.  The lobby was full of residents, families, and friends waiting for the arrival of Santa, and they were not disappointed. David Hunt and family provided the music and numerous volunteers were on hand to help.

Saturday December 17, a group from Monticello Baptist Church journeyed to Federal Grove in Auburn, KY for a Christmas dinner.  For those who have never been, Federal Grove is a sit-down style family dinner atmosphere.  There was fried chicken and chicken and dressing as main courses, broccoli salad, mashed potatoes, green beans in abundance.  For dessert, we had a choice between cobbler and chocolate fudge pie (I quickly latched onto the chocolate fudge pie!).

A little more than 20 attended this Christmas celebration complete with plenty of food, friends and fun.

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The children in Ms. Katrina Graham's class decided not to buy gift for each other but buy gloves and toboggans for the foster children in Butler County. Ms. Graham was a foster/adoptive parent for Butler County several years ago and she is very familiar with the needs the children have. The Department for Community Based Services is very thankful to have teachers and students like this that sees the importance of giving to others instead of receiving. Our community is blessed to have people like this class. Butler County also needs more foster/adoptive parents.

Katie Kirby graduated from Western Kentucky University on Saturday, December 17th in the Fall 2011 Commencement ceremonies held in E. A. Diddle Arena. She is the daughter of Bobby and Annette Kirby of Quality, the granddaughter of Nora Nell and Melvin Williams of Huntsville, the late James Robert Mayes, James Edward and Era Nell Kirby.