John Overby

Earlier this week, a Casey County High School student became the first in the local DECA chapter’s history to qualify for International Career Development Conference. Junior Porter Carnahan earned second-place honors in the Marketing Communication Series at DECA’s State Career Development Conference earlier this week to earn a spot at ICDC. kAmr2C?292? H2D 4@?7:56?E 27E6C 9:D A6C7@C>2?46 :? E96 7:?2=D 3FE ?@E65 9:D “D9@4<” 2D @E96C ?2>6D 4@?E:?F65 E@ 36 42==65 @?

Three Casey County High School DECA members made history recently, becoming the chapter’s first students ever to earn first-place recognition at region competition. Competing on Jan. 22 at the Region 2 Career Development Conference in Bowling Green, junior Sam Gossage and sophomore Braylon Taylor took home top honors in the Hospitality Services Team Decision Making competition, and junior Porter Carnahan racked up the first-place win in the Marketing Communications Series event.

Casey County High School’s DECA club is conducting a shoe drive fundraiser through May 3. The local DECA chapter will earn funds based on the total weight of the pairs of gently worn, used and new shoes collected, as Funds2Orgs will issue a check for the collected shoes. kAm%9@D6 5@==2CD H:== 8@ E@H2C5 7F?5:?8 DEF56?ED’ EC:AD E@ A2CE:4:A2E6 :? strp’D C68:@?2= 2?5 DE2E6 4@>A6E:E:@?D]k^Am kAmp?J@?6 42?