CALDWELL COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET
COMMUNITY MEMBERS GATHERED MONDAY EVENING TO HONOR THOSE WHO MAKE A POINT OF PROMOTING HABITAT STEWARDSHIP AND MAKE EFFORTS TO CONSERVE AND PRESERVE OUR ENVIROMENT THROUGH CONSERVATION-RELATED ISSUES AND PROJECTS .
THE CALDWELL COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUEST WAS HELD AT THE UK RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER.
DURING THE EVENT, J.D. “TUCKER” BUGG RECOGNIZED ETHAN JACKSON , WINNER OF THE ART CONTEST AND SARA KEEL, WINNER OF THE ANNUAL WRITING CONTEST. FRED HART PRESNETED HEATHER YORK WITH THE FFA LAND JUDGING AWARD. THE ANNUAL APPRECIATION AWARD WENT TO JOHN SHELY AND WAS PRESENTED BY EDDIE BOONE.
TWO LOCAL BUSINESSES WERE GIVEN HONOR AWARDS: AKRIDGE FARM SUPPLY AND HURSON’S AG EQUIPMENT; THOSE AWARDS WERE GIVEN OUT BY TREVOR GILKEY. WOODMEN OF THE WORLD AWARDS WERE PRESENTED BY CRAIG SMILEY. THE PRINCETON LODGE RECIPIENT WAS JAMES WILSON AND THE FREDONIA LODGE RECIEPIENT WAS DAVID SLAUGHTER. THE HIGHEST HONOR OF THE EVENING WENT TO JOE PAT JONES, RECIPIENT OF THE 2010 MASTER CONSERVATIONIST AWARD.
THE EVENT FEATURED A SLIDE PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTING EVENTS OF THE PAST YEAR. PICTURES FROM THE BANQUET ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE: WWW.LITEROCK1049.COM.