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Upper Chloe Improvement Club spring cleans in Pike County

Upper Chloe Creek in Pike County is a beautiful place, and the people who live there make sure it stays that way.Since 1980, residents have joined forces as the Upper Chloe Improvement Club. Every spring, they volunteer to clean and beautify the roads and creeks in the area. Kenneth and Gerrie Kinder organize the club’s [...]

Congressman Hal Rogers with members of the Upper Chloe Creek Improvement ClubCongressman Hal Rogers with members of the Upper Chloe Creek Improvement Club

Clinton County students lead anti-littering petition drive

A petition drive to end littering has earned Clinton County Middle School the PRIDE Environmental Education Project of the Month Award. The petition was the brain child of Olivia Maupin, Chloe Martin and Jana Mullins, who are seventh and eighth-graders. They called Judge-Executive Lyle K. Huff and asked him to draft a [...]

Clinton County Middle School students Jana Mullins, Chloe Martin and Olivia Maupin accepted the school’s PRIDE Environmental Education Project of the Month Award. PRIDE’s Mark Davis (left) presented the plaque, and Judge-Executive Lyle K. Huff congratulated the students on their achievement.Clinton County Middle School students Jana Mullins, Chloe Martin and Olivia Maupin accepted the school’s PRIDE Environmental Education Project of the Month Award. PRIDE’s Mark Davis (left) presented the plaque, and Judge-Executive Lyle K. Huff congratulated the students on their achievement.

Pikeville High School wins PRIDE award for its garden

Pikeville High School earned the PRIDE Environmental Education Project of the Month Award for its school garden. “Gardening is a practical way to eat well and save money on groceries, so this project is building skills that students can use at home now and throughout their lives,” said PRIDE’s Mark Davis. “Gardening also fosters good [...]

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Young and elderly volunteers plant butterfly garden in Beattyville

Beattyville Elementary School PRIDE Club members with a few of the Lee County Care and Rehabilitation Center who helped plant a butterfly garden

At a truly special event on May 9, Beattyville Elementary School students and residents of the Lee County Care and Rehabilitation Center planted a butterfly garden and released live butterflies at the center, overlooking the Kentucky River near Beattyville.The 19 fourth and fifth graders who participated were members of the BES PRIDE Club, which explores [...]

Tammie Wilson now leads PRIDE

Tammie Wilson, PRIDE President/Chief Executive Officer

Tammie Wilson now leads the effort to clean up the environment and promote good stewardship across more than one-third of Kentucky counties.Wilson was selected to serve as the President/Chief Executive Officer of Eastern Kentucky PRIDE, Inc., a nonprofit organization that promotes environmental cleanup and education across 42 counties of southern and eastern Kentucky. She had [...]

PRIDE Home Program: Invitation for Bids

Eastern Kentucky PRIDE Inc. is soliciting bids for up to 7 mobile homes to be set from present to June 30, 2014 in PRIDE’s 42 county region in southern and eastern Kentucky. The two and three bedroom mobile homes must comply with KHC Minimum Design Standards and the

Volunteers net 3 tons of trash from Laurel Lake

Fog and chilly temperatures did not hinder the 247 volunteers who participated in the 25th annual Laurel Lake Cleanup on Saturday, April 20.They pulled three tons of trash and 860 pounds of recyclables from the lake’s shores in just three and one-half hours. Whitley County won the Volunteer Cup with 105 volunteers. Ninety-one volunteers registered [...]

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