Thruston Elementary

It is National School Bus Driver Appreciation Day and I am celebrating my former bus driver. Evelyn Keown drove for the Daviess County Public School System in the early 1980s.

I remember March 30th, 1981 like it was yesterday. I was sitting in class at Thruston Elementary School when the mom of two of my classmates ran into the school screaming, "The president has been shot!"

If you went to Thruston Elementary School in Daviess County, Kentucky, you can answer that question instantly. That school served what may be the worst school cafeteria meal in history!

Remember NaFrinse? I'm pretty sure this is the fluoride treatment we took back in the day in elementary school.

My mom was going through some totes in her attic this week and you won't believe what she found. She discovered some fun memorabilia from Thruston Elementary School.

Today here on the WBKR morning show, Angel and I asked, "What would your occupation be if you followed your childhood dreams?"  When Angel mentioned that question to me earlier this week, I immediately thought of this assignment we had in Mrs...

That's the program from my very first school play at Thruston Elementary. You'll never guess what I played.

Devastating news this afternoon.  If you went to Thruston Elementary School, you most likely have fond and beautiful memories of our beloved principal, Mr. Aubrey Pendley.  It's with a heavy heart that I share the news today that Mr. Pendley has passed away.

Look who I ran into a couple of weeks ago at the Owensboro Regional Farmers Market! Yes.  That's Mrs. Hassan, who used to teach at Thruston Elementary School!

I know anyone who went to Thruston Elementary School is going to remember the book Miss Nelson is Missing.  Ms. Nation read that book to us!  You remember the story, don't you?  Miss Nelson has the worst class in school.  The kids in her class are absolute brats.  And then, one day, Miss Nelson is mysteriously replaced by Viola Swamp, who may the scariest and meanest substitute teacher EVER!  So,

Monday, July 31st will mark the end of an era in the Daviess County Public School System.  Last week, East View Elementary School announced the formal retirement date of its custodian, Glenn Pierce.  Glenn, or Mr. Glenn as students refer to him, has worked inside the halls of East View since the doors opened there in 1997.  But, for many of us, our memories of Glenn go way back to Thruston Element

Today is National School Librarian Day and I am celebrating by paying tribute to Bobbi Nation (top center), who was the librarian at Thruston when I was in elementary school.  Ms. Nation made books seem like magic! And, recently, I visited the school library at Newton Parrish and was flooded with memories of books that Ms. Nation introduced us to at Thruston.  And, because of her, these books are