2011 Christmas Parade Contest Winners

The annual Christmas Parade was held December 3.   “Do You Hear What I Hear” was the parade’s theme.  The top entries in each category will receive trophies with the top three entries receiving cash prizes.  First place receives $300 with 2nd and 3rd place entries receiving $200 and $100, respectively.  The 2011 winners are listed below.

Themed Float

1. Girl Scouts Troop 395
2. Cub Scout Pack 20
3.  St Paul Lutheran Church
4.  Pizza Inn
5.  Easter Seals Adult Center

Religious Float

1. Reidland United Methodist Church
2. Harmony Baptist Church
3. Amazing Grace Lutheran Church

Non Float

1. Falcon Club of America
2. Diamond Treatment
3. Cub Scout Pack 18

School Float

Paducah Public Schools Transportation Department

Drill Team

1. Paducah Quick Step Cloggers
2. Mayfield Cheerleaders
3. WC Young School for Performing Arts

Band

1. Paducah Tilghman High School Band
2. Reidland High School Band    

2011 Halloween Short Story Contest Winners

The Halloween Short Story Contest through the Paducah Parks Services Department has come to a close with 395 entries.  Sixth through eighth grade students from Reidland, Heath, Paducah Tilghman, Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, and North Marshall and South Marshall Middle Schools submitted entries.  The Parks Department also received a few entries from homeschooled students.

The essays by the first place winners will be printed in the October Issue of Purchase Parenting and Family Magazine which will be available October first.

Each essay had to be typed with a maximum of 600 words.  All stories were required to be about Halloween and begin with the following phrase:  “The moon was full and a mysterious fog crept up the path as the darkness of the night settled in.”

6th grade winners

1st – Jeremy Fairhurst, Reidland, “Blood, Dirt, Rot, and Frogs”

2nd – Bailey Sandlin, Reidland, “Spooked!”

3rd – Claren Lowery, Reidland, “The Jenkins From 503”

Honorable Mention – Lindsey Tucker, North Marshall, “The Vampire Llamas”

7th grade winners

1st – Kaitlyn Thompson, Reidland, “The Fog”

2nd – Kailyn Andrews, Reidland, “Carnival of the Unfortunate”

3rd – Raegan Archer, Reidland, “Zombie Attack”

Honorable Mention – Drew Smith, Heath, “The Tale of the Lonely Rider”

8th grade winners

1st – Beau Mohon, Graves County, “Halloween Night”

2nd – Audrie Lamb, Graves County, “Breaking the Silence”

3rd – Ben Boyd, Graves County, “Baseball Fright”

Honorable Mention – Hannah Kaler, Graves County, “The ‘Haunted’ Dollhouse”