The Mountain Laurel District of the Garden Club of Kentucky is comprised of clubs from Barbourville, Corbin, Pikeville, Clay County, Rockcastle County, Middlesboro and London.
The 78th Annual District Meeting of the Mountain Laurel District was hosted by the Barbourville Garden Club (Barry Penn, President) on October 18 at the Knox County Extension Office in Barbourville, with Mountain Laurel District Director, Lee Parks, of the Corbin Garden Club, presiding.
Presidents, delegates and members from all the clubs in the District were present as well as the Garden Club of Kentucky President, Sharon Burcham, 1st Vice President Debbie Skaggs, 2nd Vice President Carla Hawkins and 3rd Vice President Jackie Wagoner as well as the GCKY Recording/Corresponding Secretary Christie Angel (from London).
The Board of Governors voted to place a Gold Star Memorial at the Bert T Combs US Forestry Building on U.S. 25E in Pineville, Kentucky. A Gold Star Memorial is a monument designed to honor the families of service members who have died in the line of duty. The Gold Star Memorials can only be commissioned by a federated garden club.
Jaxon Holland and Gage McClane represented the Knox County JROTC by presenting the colors for the meeting.
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