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Art on display
Lenore Wilson prepares Thursday, May 17, at the Dimond Annex of the Royal Theatre for her art show. The show is scheduled 7 p.m. Saturday, May 19, alongside the Earl Acuff, Jr., Show in the theatre. Wilson is a retired art teacher at the Morgan County R-1 schools in Stover, and is putting on her first show as the featured artist. She says she will now display her love for painting, sculpting, ceramics, etc., that she always advocated to her students. (photo by H.B. Dodds)

Education and the press
Bryan E. Jones, managing editor of the Versailles Leader-Statesman and Morgan County Press, speaks Wednesday, May 16 to a group of William Woods University students at the Eldon Career Center about the relationship between the press, schools and communities, including freedom of information issues, newspapers in the classroom, reporting on school activities, school board communication and more. (photo by Kim Murdock)

Spring chicken
Amber Lawson, left, and Hailey Howser watch a newly hatched chicken Wednesday, May 16 in an incubator in Christine Troyer's science classroom at Versailles Middle School. The eggs came from Carmen Nolting's flock and were used for natural science observation. (photo by Bryan E. Jones)

Proud parents
Parents wield cameras and cell phones to take photos Wednesday, May 9 of their fifth-grade students during a fifth-grade promotion ceremony at Versailles Elementary School. The students will be moving up to the middle school this fall. (photo by Bryan E. Jones)

Flyin' high
Second-grade students Justin Hamrick, left, and Cole Wilsonget some altitude on the swingset Tuesday, May 15 at the city park in Versailles. The students were at the park as a reward for being “Goal Getters” and meeting 100 percent of their reading goals for the fourth quarter at Versailles Elementary School. (photo by Bryan E. Jones)

Teeing off
Parks department workers, from left, Tyler Humphrey, Travis Draffen, and parks superintendent John Hensley, on tractor, work Tuesday, May 15 to complete tee boxes on the new disc golf course at the city park in Versailles. Signs will be going up soon to mark “holes” and distances. A disc golf target basket is at left. (photo by Bryan E. Jones)

Water fun
Middle school students Tuesday, May 15 play a game of “Fill the Bucket” on the fairgrounds in Versailles. The students were rewarded with a “Water Olympics” fun day for meeting 90 percent of the requirements for proving effort in preparation for the MAP test at the school. Fill the Bucket features one partner with a squirt gun who tries to fill, from a distance, the “bucket” (a plastic cup) held by the other. The pair who successfully has the most water in the cup wins. Other water games, kickball and concession were also part of the outdoor activities. (photo by Bryan E. Jones)

The winner is
Wanda Merriott, left, displays the quilt she won in a raffle held for the Morgan County Health Center Fund, Monday, May 14, at the health center in Versailles. Assisting Merriott, from left, are Shawn Brantley, center, the health center interim administrator, and Nancy Witte, WIC Coordinator. (photo by H.B. Dodds)

Honors Night given for VHS students
Honors Night ceremonies took place Tuesday, May 8, in the Versailles High School commons. VHS students of high accomplishment were celebrated by the school staff, local community organizations, and the military.