Arts & Culture

10th anniversary of the Pink Bagel

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Tuesday, September 27th, 2011, 10:34am

CARBONDALE, IL (KFVS) - Pink Ribbon Bagels celebrate 10 years of fighting breast cancer.

In October, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Panera sells the Pink Ribbon Bagel with a portion of the proceeds from each bagel going to a variety of breast cancer causes throughout the country.

Panera says donations from the sale of the bagel have now raised more than $1 million for breast cancer charities. They say they hope to make 2011 the largest year for donations ever.

The concept began in 2001 when Sue Stees, co-owner of 18 Panera Bread franchises and a breast cancer survivor began searching for ways to help other women fighting the same disease. She developed the Pink Ribbon Bagel and sold 27,000 of them in the first year.

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10th Annual Hammack Scholarship Banquet

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Friday, September 16th, 2011, 10:00am

MURRAY, KY (KFVS) - The 10th Annual Dr. James W. Hammack Jr. Memorial Scholarship Banquet will be held on September 17.

The banquet will be in Murray State's Curris Center Ballroom at 7 p.m.

The speaker will be Dr. Karen Cox from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. She will present "Dixie's Daughters: The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Preservation of Confederate Culture."

Reservations for the banquet are $40 a person and are required. To make a reservation, you can call 270-809-2234 or by e-mailing msu.deptofhistory@murraystate.edu.

Portion is a tax-deductible donation to the scholarship fund.

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Maya Angelou book presented to Calloway Co. School Dist.

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Friday, September 2nd, 2011, 12:54pm

Maya Angelou book presented to Calloway Co. School Dist.

CALLOWAY COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - Gina Winchester, Executive Director of the Murray State University Office of Regional Outreach presented copies of one of Maya Angelou's books to each of the three Calloway County Elementary Schools.

Winchester presented the picture and poetry book "Life Doesn't Frighten Me" along with some bookmarks printed in conjunction with Angelou's recent visit to MSU.

Southwest Calloway Elementary: clockwise around table beginning front left: Josh Tucker- grade 3, Beth Durbin- SW Reading teacher, Dennis Fisher- SW Principal, Holly Pritchard- MSU Graduate Student, Luke Johnson- grade 2, Ashton Pittman- grade 2 (Source: David Dowdy, Calloway Co. School Dist.)

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Mobile Discovery Center to visit CCMS

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Thursday, September 1st, 2011, 10:53am

CALLOWAY COUNTY, KY (KFVS) - The National Science Center's Mobile Discovery Center van will visit Calloway Middle School on September 7, 8 and 9.

The MDC is in an 18-wheeler van and staffed by U.S. Army military and Department of Army Civilian personnel. MDC presentations are intended to show young people that studying science, technology and math can be exciting and fun as well as essential to their future.

According to the MDC Program Manager, a 50-minute presentation consists of hands-on, interactive science demonstrations. The program manager says normally the six sessions are conducted each day and each session accommodates from 35 to 40 students.

For more information about the programs and services offered by the National Science Center, you can visit NationalScienceCenter.org.

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Calloway Co. High School FFA wins first place at State Horse Judging contest

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Thursday, August 11th, 2011, 2:00pm

Calloway Co. High School FFA wins first place at State Horse Judging contest

MURRAY, KY (KFVS) - The Calloway County High School FFA Horse Judging Team competed in the State Horse Judging contest held at Murray State University on July 26 and won first place.

Contestants were required to place a class of four horses from best to worst in three conformation classes and three performance classes. They were also required to defend their placing in a two minute oral reason speech for one conformation and one performance class.

The CCHS team of Morgan Hillman, Megan Harper and Katie Weatherford placed first in the state and will represent Kentucky at the National Contest in October at the FFA National Convention.

According to the school, this is the fourth time CCHS has won the contest in the last seven years.

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CCHS cheerleaders attend camp, bring home awards

Submitted by Amber Ruch, KFVS12 County News Web Producer

Thursday, July 28th, 2011, 8:59am

CCHS cheerleaders attend camp, bring home awards

MURRAY, KY (KFVS) - Cheerleaders from Calloway County High School attended UCA cheer camp this summer and received several awards.

The varsity squad went to Western Kentucky University for camp. They received superior awards and took home first place in the medium varsity division. Three varsity members were selected as All-American Cheerleaders.

Varsity All-American Cheerleaders include:

Rachel Ross
Megan Pittenger
Adrian Herndon

The junior varsity squad attended camp at Murray State University. They received superior awards and place third in the cheer division and first in the dance division. Three junior varsity members were also named All-American Cheerleaders.

JV All-American Cheerleaders include: