MAYFIELD, KY (KFVS) - Graves County Middle School students won a visit from best-selling author Patrick Carman after winning first place in Scholastic Book Fair's National Middle School Student Crew contest.

Students will meet the author during a school-wide event on Tuesday, May 10 where he will talk about his stories, answer questions from the students and sign copies of his books

The competition encourages students to run their own book fair by creating contests, designing advertising campaigns, hosting activities and developing themes that were aimed at getting kids to visit the book fair.

The school will also get $2,000 in books and merchandise from Scholastic.

For the book fair last fall, student crew members chose the theme "Reading is Sweet" and transformed their library into a "Sweet Read Shoppe" that included a giant gumball machine, lollipops, candy and more.

The Graves County Middle School principal offered an incentive for buying

MAYFIELD, KY (KFVS) - Members of the Drama Club at Graves County Central Elementary School recently presented "Annie Jr." at the district's Performing Arts Center.

"Annie Jr." is a condensed version of the Broadway play "Annie." Fifth and sixth graders performed in the play and teachers Patsy Riley and Amy Murphey are club sponsors and directed the production which featured vintage costumes and props.

Some of the cast pictured above include:

• Kaler Luker- U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Alex Jackson- Louis Howe
• Wyatt Walker- Drake the Butler
• Skylar Hargrove- Grace Ferrell
• Ethan Murphey- Daddy Oliver Warbucks
• Maddi Green- Annie

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PADUCAH, KY (KFVS) - Concord Elementary received a grant from the Western Baptist Hospital and will use it to launch Project Fit America this fall.

Concord is the fourth school to receive the $16,000 grant from the hospital. It will go toward indoor and outdoor fitness equipment, teacher training and support materials for the physical education curriculum.

The outdoor equipment wil be available for community members to use to get in shape.

Vice President and Chief medical officer of Western Baptist Patrick Winthrow, M.D. said the elementary fitness program provides the perfect vehicle for exercise and nutrition education for children and their families.

"Childhood obesity is on the rise and Kentucky leads the nation in smoking," said Winthrow.