Events

New Life Assembly of God in Barnett hosted a Vacation Bible School July 25-28 at the church in Barnett. The theme of the VBS was Mega Sports Camp, and was geared for children ages 3 to 12. Bible verse songs were taught, live skits performed, and snacks served. Aubrey Curtin, left, plays a ball game

Grow and Glow Garden Club members learn about monarch butterflies Tuesday, July 20 at the city park in Tipton. (submitted photos)

Bee’s Knees Ale House earned a second-place ranking Saturday, July 24 at Battle of the Brews in Jefferson City, a benefit competition. Bee’s Knees owner Chris Byars, right, said, “It was a hot day, but the amphitheater was packed with some great people and there was a lot of fantastic beers to sample from breweries

Versailles Mayor Jamie Morrow signs a document, Friday,July 30, proclaiming August to be breast feeding awareness month in Versailles. With Morrow, from the Morgan County Health Center are, from left, Brittany Dampier, Nancy Witte, and Kyle Meyer. (photo by Patrik Andrews-Ryan)

Brittani Shewmaker, children’s librarian, (clockwise from top left) gets kids involved in an active reading activity Wednesday, July 28 at Morgan County Library in Versailles. Chris Bass, pastor at First Baptist Church in Versailles, reads to a group on younger children indoors. Outdoors, under the library’s new pavilion, Abigail Snelson, holds a chicken. Hailey Colvin

The Morgan County Caring for Kids Coalition, a non-profit group, is hosting its annual back-to-school health fair beginning 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 7 at the Morgan County R-I High School in Stover. Parents with the last name beginning S through Z are scheduled to bring their children 9 to 10:30 a.m. Parents with the last