The Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce met May 8 for their regular membership meeting. The board discussed several upcoming events and fundraisers, including the chamber’s park day, which has been subject to recent, exciting updates. Being the first order of business as the meeting was called to begin, chamber president Chad Perkins called upon several present BGHS students for their presentation of scholarships. Those awarded Chamber of Commerce scholarships were
The City of Bowling Green recently received an updated and revised Amish Community map. The map was prepared for the city by an offender at the Northeast Correctional Center under their restorative justice program. This program is designed to allow inmates the opportunity to give back to the community. Last year, a mural at the Bowling Green Pool was developed under this program. The updated Amish community map provides information
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
Of the 360 total attendants at the recent 4-H Teen Conference, Pike County stood in proud representation. Connor Shannon, Payton Teasley, Olivia Niemeyer, Emily Meyer, Katherine Dixon, Kara Meyer and Katy Horner, all of Pike County were among the people attending the conference, which was recorded as the largest in Missouri history. The conference was held March 29 and 30 at the University of Missouri, Columbia. The delegates, ages 11
Lucas Watson, of Louisiana, is a senior biology/chemistry major at William Woods University. His many campus activities include membership in President’s Twenty and Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity. His future plans are to earn an MBA at William Woods and then attend medical school. Watson graduated from LHS in May of 2009. He is the son of Steve and Cindy Cunningham and the late Charles Watson. This is his account of
Pike County Democrats met in March and April to start planning for a fundraiser Fish Fry to be held in June. President Jerri Harrelson presided over the meetings. Marion Meier led the group in prayer. Secretary Cathy Mitchell read the minutes of the previous meetings and Treasurer Patti Crane gave the financial report. During the March meeting, County Clerk Melissa Kempke informed the group about elections to be held in
The Troy Airpark chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association (www.eaa.org) is offering Lincoln and Pike county youngsters, ages 8 to 17, a free airplane orientation ride as part of EAA’s Young Eagle program (www.youngeagles.org). This program was started in 1992 and has given over 1.7 million youngsters the opportunity to see the world and perhaps their future from a perspective many have not experienced before. See the rest of the