Symmes Valley FFA competes in county soils

YMCA to host 10th annual ‘Lights on Afterschool’ event

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Children and parents at the Phil Cline Family YMCA will celebrate the 10th annual Lights on Afterschool, on Thursday.

Lights on Afterschool is a nationwide celebration of afterschool programs that attract 1 million people to 7,500 events across the country to rally support for afterschool programs that keep youth safe, inspire them to learn and help working families.

This year at the Phil Cline Family YMCA, we will celebrate with inflatables, face painting, art activities with the Huntington Museum of Art, and Roller Skating at Roll-a-Rama skate center.

Bid on your favorite scarecrow

ASHLAND, Ky. — About half a dozen scarecrows will be sold in a live auction Thursday at the Main Branch of Boyd County Public Library.

The fifth annual Scarecrow Spectacular wraps up Thursday evening, which also includes a reception for all the scarecrow makers and bidders, starting at 6 p.m.

Another half dozen scarecrows are currently in a silent auction, which will continue until just before the live auction starts.

All funds raised through both auctions are used to fund library services.

Scarecrows can go home with the high bidders that evening.

Mine safety delegation from China visits Marshall

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A delegation from China is headed to Marshall University to learn about U.S. mine rescue technology.

The 25 mine safety specialists will tour the university’s engineering nisualization laboratory on Tuesday.

The group includes mining engineers, researchers and administrators from mining companies and government mine safety bureaus.

They will receive a demonstration of the lab’s capabilities related to mine rescue training.

The visit scheduled last week comes on the heels of a weekend gas leak that left at least 30 miners dead in China.