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Lowes students honored for achieving Gold Level

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Friday, May 13th, 2011, 11:14am

Lowes students honored for achieving Gold Level

MAYFIELD, KY (KFVS) - Lowes Elementary School recently recognized students who received 25 links of kindness bringing them to the Gold Level.

The students enjoyed lunch and slushies at the Lowes Store with Lowes Principal Cheryl Goodman and Secretary Linda Pendel.

Pictured above are the Gold Level students Alexis Beyer, Linda Pendel, Halie Duke, Clay Cooper, Alex Bonnstetter, Cheryl Goodman, Colby Kennemore, Shelby Leonard, Hannah Duke and Kemani Matthews.

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GCHS students participate in Annual Day of Service, raise more than $3,000

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011, 2:31pm

GCHS students participate in Annual Day of Service, raise more than $3,000

MAYFIELD, KY (KFVS) - Nearly 1,400 Graves County High School students performed community service at about 97 work sites throughout the county on Friday, April 29.

Teacher Michelle McKee led the planning, organization and implementation of the project that Principal R.B. Mays thought of.

“I think we had a very successful day. Students were able to touch a lot of different areas of the community: government, churches, the elderly,” McKee said. “We thank everybody involved and know we’re teaching good lessons here. I believe these students will volunteer now throughout their lives. It was a great day and a great cause for hope for the future. It’s obvious Mr. Mays’ idea is a wonderful one and we’re building a tradition with it each year.”

Activities include: playing kickball with elementary students, beautifying parks and filling sandbags to counteract flooding.

Car wash at Myers Lumber Company benefited St. Jude's in Memphis, Tenn. (Photo by Paul Schaumburg, Graves County Schools)

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Sedalia Elementary students pick environmental proj. for next year

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011, 11:50am

MAYFIELD, KY (KFVS) - The Sedalia Elementary fourth grade environment team has been chosen for next year and will be doing their environmental project with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Fourth graders in Keri Dowdy's class won the Kentucky competition and placed third nationally this past spring in the Disney Planet Challenge with their composting project.

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Memorial service for fallen trooper scheduled in Mayfield

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Monday, May 9th, 2011, 11:38am

MAYFIELD, KY (KFVS) - A Memorial Service for fallen Trooper James McNeely will be held on Thursday, May 12 at the Mayfield Memorial Gardens.

The service will be at 1 p.m. and the Memorial Gardens are located on Highway 45 South in Mayfield.

McNeely drowned on April 8, 1972 during a rescue mission on the Kentucky River and his body was never found.

He was a native of Wingo, Ky. and at the time of his death, he was assigned to the Kentucky State Police Headquarters in Frankfort, Ky.

A portion of Highway 339 in Graves County is named in his memory.

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Middle school earns first place, best-selling author visit

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Friday, May 6th, 2011, 11:52am

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

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Final registration for pre-school, head start

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Friday, May 6th, 2011, 11:23am

MAYFIELD, KY (KFVS) - Final days for Graves County pre-school and head start 2011-2012 school year will be May 9-10.

Registration will be at Central Elementary in the Head Start office. You can call the office to schedule your registration appointment at 674-4905 or 328-4905.

Children have to be either three or four years old before October 1, 2011 to attend pre-school. Your child does not need to be with you for your appointment.

You must bring proof of income to register, or you can sign a statement that you know you are over-income and do not wish to be considered for income eligibility.

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GCHS football team helps sandbag, save home

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Thursday, May 5th, 2011, 3:06pm

GCHS football team helps sandbag, save home

WEST PADUCAH, KY (KFVS) - The Graves County High School football players helped unload as many as 1,000 sandbags to protect a home from flooding.

"There was about 16 inches of water that we had to wade through in order to just get to the house," said Michael Martin, a project organizer. "We would set up an assembly line, passing the bag from person to person."

Martin also said the team worked from about 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. and without them it would have taken several more hours to get the job done.

The GCHS baseball team did similar work at another, nearby site.

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