During the FBLA state leadership conference in April, Bowling Green High School’s Gaby Farabee was awarded a great opportunity. Farabee will represent Missouri at the National Leadership Conference in Anaheim California this June. She will be competing against the top 150 students from across the nation in the Healthcare Administration competition. “Gaby’s work ethic and ambition pushed her to the top of the class in this event. Gaby completed all
Bowling Green First Presbyterian education committee has been busy planning summer events for the children. The summer kicks off with a new format for the VBS. The First Presbyterian group will be holding a one day Bible School on June 1 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the fellowship hall. This is also the day for the city wide garage sales, so it will be a great opportunity for
The Jordan-Buffalo cemetery association will be hosting a rededication of the cemetery for its 200th anniversary. The event will be held May 26, beginning at 1:30 p.m. at the cemetery on Pike 251 in Louisiana. State Rep. Jim Hansen will be presenting a proclamation to the cemetary board. After the ceremony at the cemetery the group will move to the American Legion Hall on Kelly Lane in Louisiana. Mary Ellen
The Bowling Green Rotary Club will be hosting Lakefest at the Bowling Green Reservoir / Jack Floyd Memorial Lake, East of Bowling Green, on Friday, June 7, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Lakefest includes a Barbecue, 5K run/walk, and Fishing Derby. The Rotary Club will serve a barbecue dinner from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The 5K run/walk features a scenic course on trails that run along the east
Seventh grade students from Bowling Green Middle School could be seen all over town Friday as they participated in the school’s job shadowing activity. Shadowers did everything from butchering to hair dressing and mechanic work. “Our retired middle school counselor Cindy Norton started this program several years ago to provide the students with an opportunity to make a connection to their studies and how they may be applied in a
Perry West, a Bowling Green native, has rocked the homes of Pike Countians and others across the country. No, he’s not preaching religion or selling vacuums, he’s simply breathing new life into old architecture and furniture. His style of reclaimed and refurbished pieces have become massively popular in the last few years, and the creator enjoys having this opportunity to save reminders of the past. “We have been buying and
Jessica Lee Ann Goodman and Shaun Jaret Hook are happy to announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Donald and Janice Goodman of Warrensburg. She is the granddaughter of Emma Wenger, also of Warrensburg, Sharon Goodman of Lewiston, Idaho, and Daniel and Marty Goodman of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. The groom-to-be is the son of Sam and Theresa Hook of Troy, and the grandson of Bonnie
Bowling Green High School’s track team did excellent at the recent EMO
Emergency personnel were called to the scene of an accident involving two