Past January events at Apollo High School
by: Megan Mills
Organizations Editor

In the history of Apollo High School, there have been some important events happen in January. There have been natural disasters and famous people that have visted Apollo.

In January 1991, Apollo's Eagle High Trust opened for the first time. It was pretty much run how student do it today. There was a $ 500 limit on the savings account and students could only have four withdrawls per month.
Two events happened in January of 2000. On January 3, a tornado hit the Owensboro area. Apollo was one of the places that was hardest hit. There was raining in the 300's and the 400's and books were ruined in the library. The Agricultural Department's Greenhouse was destroyed; the only thing left was its frame. Mr. Dayton Heffelfinger's trailer lost it roof.

The football field's press box caved in. The fencing was also torn and the baseball bleachers were strung out to Gemini Drive. On January 10th, we were declared a Federal Disaster Area. Students and teachers were out of school from January 4th to January 12th. January 13th was their first day back.

A couple weeks late Miss America, Heather French, came to visit the area. She also was Miss Kentucky. She visited the site and talked to students at various schools including Apollo and Burns Middle School.

Last year, Senator Mitch McConnell wisited Apollo. At Apollo, he presented a check to the Green River Regional Educational Cooperative. The check was accepted by WKU president, Gary Randell.

We have had some important events happen in January at Apollo. Those were just a few of the events that have happened.