Education

The school board unanimously tabled a $10,000 request to install a drainage ditch around the Anderson County football field in order to pursue more affordable options.
Athletic Director Rick Sallee said he has spoken with maintenance director Bryan Drury about solutions for drainage issues on the football field, which Sallee described as a “swamp.”
The drainage ditch would include installing construction grade perforated pipe to drain both surface water and groundwater that collects on the field, Sallee said.

The Regional Training Center, formerly located in the Christian Academy of Lawrenceburg facility, has relocated to Saffell Street Elementary, Superintendent Sheila Mitchell informed the board during her Superintendent’s Report Monday night.
The Regional Training Center had operated out of the Early Childhood Center building (which later was sold to the Christian Academy of Lawrenceburg in 2012), for the last 17 years.

Matthew Drury graduated Summa Cum Laude from Murray State University on May 11 with a bachelor of arts degree.
The day before, he was awarded the outstanding senior in criminal justice plaque, according to a press release, and the award is presented to the criminal justice senior who exemplifies academic excellence. The student’s name will be inscribed on a permanent plaque displayed in the department.
Matthew is a 2003 graduate of Anderson County High School and is the son of Connie and Nancy Drury and husband Hongyue Wang.

By Bria Granville
News staff
As part of its 4-H summer fun program, the Anderson County extension office held a rocketry adventures class last Friday for children 9 and older.
Students were taught simple physics and aero science before putting their knowledge to work to create bottle rockets, which they launched later in the day.  
Each student could individualize his or her own rocket once they were given simple materials that included duct tape, 2-liter bottles and sand to weigh the bottle down.