Graves County High School celebrated a school wide Ag Safety Day in which students participated.

To start the day, every student and staff member received matching white T-Shirts which read, “Flying High, Staying Alive”, in honor of the late Evan Crawford. The idea of the day was to bring awareness to the students of the dangers of vehicles not only found on a farm but on the road as well.

“Most people in our community grew up on a farm, worked for a farmer, or have at least encountered some type of agricultural equipment. I think it’s important for students to know what kind of dangers are involved that way they can take proper precautions in case they encounter a situation” Eli Green, one of the members of the community who assisted in this day stated. Green, who now works with chemicals, was once a member in FFA or Future Farmers of America here at GCHS.

Current members of FFA provided the rotating groups of students with information at each booth while experts from the community watched. One such booth was “It Can Happen To You” a booth that discussed vehicle accidents involving drunk drivers. A totaled car was displayed in the front of the school to hit home to students the effect of what could happen. Student Hayley Williams ’17 said, “Drunk driving cannot only change your life but all the others around you.”

At the end of the day, the whole school gathered in the stands of the football stadium to watch one final message of safety in vehicles. A mock emergency was held on the football field involving three wrecked ATV’s and four students. The student that was not hurt called 911. This fake 911 call was transmitted through the speakers of the stadium, conveying to students how an emergency like this would require all forms of emergency vehicles and groups. As these calls were made, sirens split the air as Ambulance, Fire trucks, and police cars arrived on the field. Each group sprang into action; the drunk driver was given a sobriety test while two of his classmates were covered with the white sheet. Another was airlifted in the AirEvac helicopter that had arrived.

At the end of these series of events, it was announced that Commissioner Comber had decreed September 21^st through September 27^th to be Ag Safety and Awareness Week in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.