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Knox County Community Impact

Arts & Culture

2006-07 Arts Education Programs
Artemus Elementary – Lexington Children’s Theatre (Rikki Tikki Tavi), 115 students in attendance.

Kentucky Appalachian Craft Council Member:
Betty Cole

2007 Kentucky Appalachian Craft Fair Exhibitors
Becky Miller – KY Communities Crafts
Amanda Combs – Appalachian Artisan Center

2007-08 Arts Education Programs
Boone, Dewitt and Flat Lick elementary schools, Lexington Children’s Theatre (Pecos Bill and Sluefoot Sue), 560 students in attendance

2009 Arts Education Programs
Flat Lick Elementary School – Lexington Children’s Theatre play, “Keeping Mr. Lincoln,” 209 students in attendance

Contacts:
Kentucky Communities Crafts (KCEOC)

Public Safety

25 Mobile Data Computers installed
Total Dollars invested- $749,212

Leadership

Developing and Implementing Community Strategies Program
2010 Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) mini-grant
Knott County Fiscal Court – $8,000 (to recast the vision for the Kentucky School of Crafts)

C-Train
9 grants totaling $137,209.20 were awarded to the following companies:
Jackson MSC, Inc.
Union College
Datatrac Information Services
CTA
Evans, Mills & Warriner
Union National Bank
Teco Coal
NCS Pearson
Advocate Publishing

Excellence in Entrepreneurship Awards (EIEA) progam

2009 Award Recipient
Not-For-Profit Entity
Steve Yeary, executive director
Appalachian Children’s Home, Barbourville, KY

2012 Award Recipient
Not-For-Profit Entity
Grace Community Health Center, Gray, KY

2013 Award Recipient
Not-For-Profit Entity
Paul D. Dole, president and CEO
KCEOC Community Action Partnership, Inc., Barbourville, KY

Rogers Scholars

1998 – Jason Harmon
1999 – Jonathan Patterson
2000 – Tabitha King
2001 – Christopher Neal
2002 – Zachary Warriner
2003 – Rebekah Todd
2004 – Kaitlyn Doan
2005 – Chase Mills, Amanda Todd
2006 – Clay Warriner, Donna Pickard
2007 – Kelly Allen, Corey Moran, Dayna Pickard
2008 – Jessica Baker, Kari Williamson, Paula Grubb
2009 – Garrett Vaughn
2010 – Destini Engle, Lauren Rose
2011 – Callie Ann Dixon, Jonathan Hubbard, Rebecca Bolinger, Gabby Sadler
2012 – Jessica Pope, Alexander Phipps
2013 –  Chelsea Gray, Sarah-James Miles, Marcus Todd, Alex Helton
2014 – Reagan Warren, William “Matthew” Dixon
2015 – Addison Osborne, David E. Miller, Clay Mills
2016 – Trey Chestnut, Emily Bolinger, Andrew Jones
2017 – Rex Lacefield, Grace Evans, Lydia Smith
2018 – Ally Daniels, Morgan Warren, Cooper Collins
2019 – Jacob Bernard, Charleston Dixon, Lily-Kate Hubbs
2020 – Stephen Smith, Emily Brooks

Rogers Explorers

2007 – Shauntay Linville, Tiffany Bowling, Kati Smith
2008 – Jared Brewer, Lauren Rose, Darrin Mills
2009 – Rebecca Bolinger, Paige Cobb, Callie Ann Dixon, Jonathan Hubbard, Cassidy Phipps, Diondra Pickard, Allison Swafford, Elizabeth Johnson
2010 – Caitlyn Black, Alexander Phipps, Paxton Broughton, Savannah Hummell
2011 – Sarah Miles, Seth Evans, Marcus Todd, Mollie Pope, Micah “Chase” Hubbard, Katelyn Combs, Daniel Smith, Timothy J. Melton
2012 – Andalyn Brock, Sadie Harris, Brayden Imel, Reagan Warren, William Dixon, Kristen Pedersen, Lauren Pedersen, Clay Sprinkles
2013 – Toni Bingham, Tori Ellison, Cody Evans, David Ethan Miller, Tanner Wells, Hallea Rae Barnhill, Elizabeth Vaughn, Addison Osborne
2014 – Madison Gibson, Landon Hammons, Rex Miller, Ryan Shackleford, Emily Bolinger, Tyler Engle, Trey Chesnut
2015 – Corey Bright, Braxton Chafin, Hannah Daniels, Grace Evans, Dane Imel, Toni McCombs, Whitney Messer, Leanna Osborne, Ethan Phipps, Lydia Smith, Hollie Clifton, Jenna Johnson, John “JD” McVey IV, Jacob Mitchell
2016 – Kaeli Hale, Kenzie Lacefield, Bailee Jo Stewart, Laura Beth Mills, Sara Pedersen, Cooper Collins
2017 – Jacob Barnard, Janna Mei Smith, Lauren Shackleford, Charleston Dixon, Andrew Daniels, Caroline Evans, Kenzie Hinkle, Reaghan Jones, Lily Hubbs, Kennedy Hudson, William Hensley, Allie Pennington
2018 – Bryce Imel, Amelia Napier, Morgan Bright, Jolene Smith, Hannah Barnhill, Lillian Partin, Abram Brock, Emily Brooks, Reagan Brewer
2019 – Alex Smith, Brody Wells, Jaycee Rose, Emily Mills, Kaiden Walden, Taylor Payne
2020 – Anna Jo Carey, Jorja Carnes, Christopher Chadwell, Timberly Frederick, Isabella Frost, Tegan Messer, Jonathan Mills, Sunni Partin, Sarah Smith

Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute

2010 – Jonathan Hubbard, Allison Swafford, Rebecca Bolinger, Callie Ann Dixon
2011 – Alexander Phipps, Cameron Warren
2012 – Kimberly Brown, Chelsea Gray, TJ Melton, Zachary Mitchell, Marcus Todd
2013 – Matthew Dixon
2015 – Emily Bolinger, Cody Evans
2017 – Ethan Phipps
2018 – Allie Pennington, Bailee Jo Stewart
2019 – Morgan Bright

Technology

CenterNET2 (Location / Contact:)
Knox Co./ Union College / Bobbie Doolin (606)564-1263
bdoolin@unionky.edu