Make sure you click on the Edmonson Voice Facebook Page or YouTube Channel on Saturday, May 31, 2025 for this year's ECHS graduation ceremony, live, only on the Voice!

This year's stream is brought to you by Shauna Gravil, Realtor, CMS Roofing & Restoration, Bank of Edmonson County, and Alford's Pharmacy.

The ceremony will start at 2PM on Saturday and we'll kick off the livestream a few minutes before.

Congratulations to all Edmonson County High School graduates this year!

The family of Roger and Machell Martin would like to wish them a very Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary.

Roger and the former Machell Meredith were joined in holy matrimony by Brother James Vincent at Machell’s parents’ home in Brownsville, KY, on May 23rd, 1975.

The couple have two children, Meredith Stewart (Chris) and Sean Martin (Jessica), and four grandchildren:  Sarah Stewart, J.T. Stewart, Olivia Martin, and Greyson Martin.

The family plans to take a celebratory vacation later this year to commemorate this special occasion. 

Darren Doyle, story and photos:
I'm a sucker for local history and especially anything related to local schools.

I was doing some cleanup work around a fence row at my house over the weekend and saw what appeared to be a piece of a tee shirt sticking out of the mud after a few passes with a tractor bucket.

I was extremely curious after seeing some printed letters so I carefully dug it up and saw it was a vintage "Math Contest" shirt with an Edmonson Wildcat on it, dated 1983.

The property formerly belonged to my grandparents so I started asking family members that would have been in middle or high school at that time if they knew about it. Turns out, it once belonged to my aunt, who was an 8th grader at ECMS in 1983. Neither of my uncles in school at that time would have EVER been in a math contest...trust me.

Anyway, it's certainly not breaking news, and most people would see this as garbage, but we never know what kind of cool stuff is waiting just under the surface of the dirt.

-DD

Edmonson Voice Report:
Edmonson County Judge/Executive Scott Lindsey recently signed a proclamation declaring the week of May 18th - 24th Emergency Medical Services Week in Edmonson County for 2025.

In 1974, President Gerald Ford authorized EMS Week to celebrate EMS professionals and the important work they do in America's communities. According to emsweek.org, National Emergency Medical Services Week brings together local communities and medical personnel to honor the dedication of those who provide the day-to-day lifesaving services of medicine's front line.

EMS Week is presented by the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) in partnership with the National Associations of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT). Together, NAEMT and ACEP lead annual EMS Week activities. These organizations are working to ensure that the important contributions of EMS professionals in safeguarding the health, safety and well-being of their communities are fully celebrated and recognized.

Keith Sanders serves as the Director of the Edmonson County Ambulance service, located at:
1755 Ky Highway 259 N
Brownsville, Kentucky 42210

They can be reached for non-emergency at 270-597-3721.

Homecoming Services will be held at Good Springs United Baptist Church on Sunday, May 25, 2025.  Services will begin at 10:00 am. 

The Church is located near Maple Springs in Mammoth Cave National Park.  Traffic must enter at the Maple Springs Road entrance.  A potluck lunch will follow services. 

Green River Ferry is out of operation.  Access only from the Stockholm Road / Green River Ferry Road North.

Edmonson Voice Report:
The Edmonson County Chamber of Commerce Golf Scramble is set for this Saturday, May 17th at 8AM, with several team slots still available.

This year's event is a benefit for the newly created Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Fund, which will benefit two ECHS students that have excelled in either a business, marketing, or entrepreneurship class, or have created/helped create a current business or current form of entrepreneurship already.

"The Chamber's goal is promote commerce, our local economy, and entrepreneurship in Edmonson County, and what better way to do that than helping a young person in their business goals," said Chamber President Darren Doyle.

While the scholarships won't take effect until the next school year, the Chamber is kicking things off now, before the end of the current school year with two different $1000 grants to Edmonson County High School. One will be awarded to the business department and the other to skilled trades at ECHS.

The scramble is presented by NCTC Fiber, by Warren RECC, with lunch being provided by Rafferty's. Over $1500 in cash and prizes will be given away with free Chamber golf towels to all team members.

Visit edmonsonchamber.com to sign up or pay in-person on the day of.

Darren Doyle, story:
Our local veterans once again continue to give back in unique ways. A recent volunteer project helped result in many cleaned and refurbished veteran graves that had been neglected for many years.

According to Floyd Houston, member of VFW Post 6937, a conversation was had earlier this year about seeing random March lilies are often in places of old homesteads and lives of the past.

It was discussed how prevalent this was in Mammoth Cave National Park and how the lilies also marked grave sites.

The care of many of those graves has either become much less frequent, or some even abandoned after they became part of the park in 1941, Houston said.

"This year our Post, as part of a VFW nationwide day of service, cleaned 35-40 veteran graves inside the Park," Houston said, which included those located at Joppa Church, Jasper Church, Mammoth Cave Baptist, and one small unmarked graveyard. 

Participating members were Wil Cannon, Freemen Ramey, Gerald Carroll, Randall Wilson, and Post Commander Edwin Vincent. 

"The VFW is our nation’s largest organization of combat veterans, chartered by Congress to remember our fallen, take care of the survivors, and do good works in the communities," Houston stated. "Here in Edmonson, our Post is known for its work performing veteran burial honors, flag training in the schools, and other patriotic activities.  We meet on the third Monday of the month at 6:30 pm in the library."

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Edmonson Voice Report:
Emma~Claire Skaggs of Smiths Grove, will compete in the 2025 Miss Kentucky's Teen Competition this June 11th-14th at the SKyPAC in Bowling Green, Kentucky. She currently holds the title of Miss Hobson Grove's Teen.

She is the 18-year-old daughter of Brian and Lori Alexander and Kyle Skaggs.

Emma~Claire is a Senior at Edmonson County High School and Freshman at WKU/SKYCTC.

For the talent portion of the competition, Emma~Claire will be performing a Theatrical Ballroom Dance routine, which incorporates various styles of ballroom dance. Emma-Claire's service initiative is "Empowering Hope: Child Advocacy" where she advocates for child abuse awareness and prevention.

Visit www.misskentucky.org if you would like to watch Emma~Claire compete for the job of Miss Kentucky's Teen.

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Edmonson Voice Report:
Brayden Johnson, an ECHS junior, was recently recognized as one of the top five Youth Leaders in the state, earning a Youth Salute Leadership Scholarship.

He was notified he was a top 50 finalist and interviewed last weekend in Lexington. He and four other award winners will travel to St. Louis to a leadership conference in October to compete for national-level scholarships.

All across Kentucky, 641 high school juniors applied for the Youth Salute Leadership Scholarship.

He is the son of Brad and Jodi Johnson of Bee Spring.