Around Owen County

Students who are physically active before lunch are more likely to eat better and learn better.
Teachers report that students have better health and behave better if recess is scheduled before lunch. When students return from lunch, they are ready to learn and there is no need for a cool-down period following recess.
Another benefit is the reduction of waste. Schools generating 15 bags of trash prior to implementing the recess period before lunch, had only five bags of waste afterward.

Many farmers are continuing to look for ideas that they can use to increase income from their farms. Here’s one possibility.
 The University of Kentucky Horticulture Department has put out a demonstration plot of field mums on the David Chappell farm on Gratz Road.  They will be demonstrating what is involved in the production of mums in a field demonstration at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.  
The demonstration will be held at his farm at 2300 Gratz Road — about two miles west of Owenton on Hwy. 22, and about a quarter mile past South Fork Road.

Rotary Awards
Sixth Grade — Rebecca Rollins, Jordan Prather
Seventh Grade — Makenzie Davis, John Randall Towles
Eighth Grade — Autumn Gover, Dalton Mears

Perfect Attendance

Effective April 1, the guidelines for determining income eligibility for the food supplement program, commonly known as WIC, were increased. The increase will make more families eligible for services.
WIC provides:
• Nutrition education and limited health screenings
• Breast-feeding promotion and education
• Monthly vouchers for nutritious food
• Referrals to other needed health care services
Services are provided for:
• Pregnant women
• Breast-feeding women