Mrs. Patty Lane

Participants were students selected for their leadership potential, said Russell Youth Service Center coordinator Patty Lane, who made it a point to mix academicians, athletes and every other student type.

"We wanted to have a diverse group," she said.
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Lane pledged to work toward implementing at least one of their strategies, "so it won't be just a day out of school for you," she said.
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And that's part of the plan, to pass on what they learn to the rest of the student body, particularly the next crop of freshmen, Lane said.

She hopes to keep the group together, perhaps for periodic gatherings, to form a nucleus for an ongoing improvement effort.

"It could start improving today, if each of them just passes it on to one other," Lane said.

Patty Lane

Patty Lane had had over twenty years of experience in the area of preventive health and fitness.She has worked in the health care setting, business and industry, schools and non-profit agencies.In addition to be the co-director of the Executive Wellness Institute for McCulley, Eastham & Associates, Inc. she is currently employed with the Russell Independent School System in Russell, Kentucky as the Family Resource Youth Services Center Coordinator.In this capacity she assists children and families with physical, social and emotional needs.Mrs. Lane also provides assistance to Nicole Pennington, who manages the Coordinated School Health Program.
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Mrs. Lane has been a presenter at National Conferences over the years and speaks locally on a variety of health and fitness issues.She has been a certified personal trainer and aerobics instructor.She holds a Masters degree in adult fitness/exercise physiology from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA and a Masters Degree in Health Management from St. Thomas University in Miami, FL.

The director will be based in Russell but the program will serve the three districts in the county - Russell, Raceland-Worthington and Greenup County - said Patti Lane, director of the Russell Family Resource and Youth Service Center.

The program will serve people of all ages and will encourage involvement by county schools in lifelong learning, Lane said.

A $25,000-per-year state grant pays to hire the director and start the program.

Some of the education areas the program will focus on are health, because of alarming trends in obesity among Kentucky children, and technology, to deal with ever-increasing demands for high-tech expertise among both adults and children, Lane said.

The first order of business will be to form an advisory committee from the education, health care, government agency and private sectors, including students from all three districts.

The board will provide some direction for the program and the director will confer with the family resource center directors, who already are attuned to community needs, Lane said.

The program probably will operate out of satellite centers in each district.For instance, Advance Memorial United Methodist Church in Flatwoods, which Lane attends, has dedicated a community resource room.