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Wednesday, March 09, 2005

WKU PR firm to have open house

Western Kentucky Universitys student-run public relations firm, Imagewest, is having its first Open House and one-year anniversary celebration Tuesday.

Since opening its doors in spring 2004, 25 interns have worked together on more than 125 projects, and they continue to contribute to the success of Imagewest. Imagewest has tackled a wide variety of projects.

In November, Imagewest won eight of 15 Professional Marketing Associations Markie Awards.

Imagewests Open House will be all day. Refreshments will be provided throughout the day in the offices in Room 333 of the Mass Media and Technology Hall. Tours will be given of the $18.5 million Mass Media and Technology Hall featuring The Gallery, Pulitzer Prize Winner Hall of Fame, photo studio, radio station and much more.

Head Start program is taking applications

Head Start is a federally funded program geared to prepare preschool-age children for a successful school experience.

Ninety percent of those enrolled must be members of families who qualify as low income. Children with disabilities are given special consideration.

Community Action of Southern Kentucky is taking applications for the 2005-06 program year. Applicants must provide proof of insurance and verification of the childs birth. Applications and additional information may be obtained

Natcher, North Warren win academic meets

Warren County schools Natcher Elementary and North Warren Elementary won district Governors Cup academic competitions Feb. 26. Natcher captured the District 25 championship, amassing 52 points to finish ahead of runner-up Rich Pond Elementary (33), Rockfield Elementary (20) and Alvaton Elementary (19). North Warren claimed the District 28 championship with 44.5 points. Warren County schools Oakland Elementary and Bristow Elementary were third and fourth, respectively, in District 28.

In District 25, Natcher took first place in the Quick Recall Team event and also captured first in four individual events. Austin Taing was first in mathematics, Joey Harmon won in social studies, Kane Martin was the winner in science and Allison Clarke took the top prize in composition. Other District 25 first-place winners were Callie Hullett of Rockfield in language arts, Riley Miller of Rich Pond in arts and humanities, and Rockfield Elementary in future problem solving.

North Warren took first place in future problem solving and three individual events to win District 28. Individual winners for North Warren were Troy Palmer in science, Kara England in language arts and Jake Turner in arts and humanities. Oakland Elementary had three first-place winners Ben Conner in mathematics, Molly Greer in social studies and Hannah Conner in composition.

Warren County students also fared well in the District 27 competition. Briarwood Elementary won the future problem solving event, and Lost River Elementary student Matthew Clouse won in mathematics. Katie Daniel of Cumberland Trace Elementary took first place in composition.

In District 26, Warren Elementary School student Kate Miller took first place in science.

WKU students honored in photo competition

Western Kentucky University students finished first and third in the second photojournalism competition of the 45th Hearst Journalism Awards Program. Wiqan Ang, a Bowling Green senior, won the sports and news category and received a $2,000 scholarship. David Degner, a junior from Augusta, Ga., placed third and received a $1,000 scholarship. Westerns School of Journalism and Broadcasting received matching awards.

Ang and Degner will submit additional photos for the semifinal round of judging in May. Six finalists will be chosen to compete for the national championship in San Francisco. In an earlier competition, two other WKU photojournalism students qualified for the semifinals. After two of three photojournalism contests, Western is in first place. Western has won the Hearst photo competition 13 times in the past 15 years.

The Hearst Journalism Awards Program, often called the Pulitzer Prize of college journalism, includes writing, photojournalism and broadcasting competitions. This years final winners will be announced in April.

WKU students

to present work

Three Western Kentucky University geoscience students will make presentations this month at a regional meeting of the Geological Society of America. Graduate students Benjamin W. Tobin of Hartford, Conn., and Andrea D. Croskrey of Blakesburg, Iowa, along with senior Crystal J. Bergman of Bowling Green will present their work March 17-18 at the 54th annual meeting of the GSAs Southeastern Section in Biloxi, Miss.

Tobin will present Variations in Sediment Deposition Due to Changing Water Regimes in a Karst Conduit on the Sinkhole Plain, South Central Kentucky. Tobin and faculty member Stephen Kenworthy have been studying sediment deposits in State Trooper Cave in Bowling Green.

Croskrey will present Groundwater Sensitivity Mapping of the Beaver Dam and Campbellsville 30 x 60 Minute Quadrangles. Croskrey and faculty member Chris Groves are hoping to develop maps for all of Kentucky that would show groundwater sensitivity for land-use planning.

Bergman will present Modeling Relationships between Soil and Climate Parameters using the Basic GAPS Program. Bergman and faculty members Andrew Wulff and Rezaul Mahmood used data sets and the modeling program for an introductory climatology course at WKU.

Christian academy enrolling students

Bowling Green Christian Academy is now enrolling students for the 2005-06 school year. Bowling Greens only non-denominational Christian school, located at 1730 Destiny Lane, serves 3-year-old preschool through 12th grade. For information or a tour, call 782-9552 or log on to www.bgcaky.com.

Students to compete in geography bee

Drakes Creek Middle School eighth-grader Brodie Clark and Rich Pond Elementary School student Drake Riley have been notified by the National Geographic Society that they are two of the finalists eligible to compete in the 2005 Kentucky Geographic Bee. Bees were held in schools with students in grades 4-8 throughout the state to determine each schools Geographic Bee winner.

School-level winners then took a qualifying test and submitted it to the National Geographic Society. In each of the 50 states and in the U.S. territories, the National Geographic Society invited the students with the top 100 scores to compete at the state level. The 2005 Kentucky Geographic Bee will be held at the Knicely Economic Center on the Western Kentucky University South Campus April 1. The state winner and his teacher will represent Kentucky in the national finals at the National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington, D.C., May 24-25. The state winner will receive $100 and the trip to Washington. The national winner will receive a $25,000 college scholarship.

Warren County schools win awards

Warren East Middle Schools leadership students, under the guidance of teacher Jenny Morehead, have been selected as winners of the upper grades division in the Insight Communications Project USA Challenge. They will be honored during a March 11 ceremony, and the school will receive a $500 award. Two other Warren County schools, Bristow Elementary and Richardsville Elementary, are among the top three winners in the elementary division of the contest.

City schools present free spring break meals

Bowling Green City Schools will participate in the federally funded School Break Food Service Program for children below the age of 19. The program operates under guidelines similar to those of public school food service programs. All children are invited to participate and each will be served the same meal at no charge.

The following sites will be open for food service Monday through Friday and March 21-25 from 11-11:30 a.m.: Dishman-McGinnis Elementary, 503 Old Morgantown Road; Girls Inc., 260 Scott Way; Bowling Green Parks and Recreation, 225 Third Ave.; Parker-Bennett Center, 300 Jenkins Drive; and W.R. McNeill Elementary, 1800 Creason Drive.

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