Education

Spencer County Schools Superintendent Chuck Adams, right, was named Administrator of the Year by the Kentucky Association of School Administrators. Presenting Adams with the award is Wayne Young, KASA executive secretary.

Kentucky high school students from 20 counties across the region recently completed the annual Professional Education Preparation Program at the University of Pikeville-Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine. This two-week residential program provides high school students with an opportunity to learn about the medical profession. More than 700 students have participated in the university’s program since its inception in 1999.

This summer, the Kentucky Center welcomed over 200 eager young artists from every region of the Commonwealth to the heart of the Bluegrass, as The Kentucky Center Governor’s School for the Arts celebrated its 25th anniversary at Lexington’s Transylvania University from June 17 to July 7.

This week’s “America, I love this place” exclamation is devoted to Jeremy Evans.
Who?
Three summers since Evans left Western Kentucky University as a 22-year-old with 190-something pounds stretched over 6-feet-9-inches. NBA Draft? Get serious.
Media buzz for the 2010 Draft was ga-ga for John Wall at number one and Kentucky one-and-doners. Long after David Stern’s bed-time and just before they turned out television’s stage lights at Madison Square Garden, the Utah Jazz chose, with its 55th pick, Jeremy Evans.