Manners Matter

Moving on to the dinnerware portion of an etiquette training semiar, Christie Pate Herron discusses utensil placement and use Monday at the Crawfordsville Country Club for a dining room full of Crawfordsville Middle School sixth-grade students.

Henry Hartnett, sixth grader at Crawfordsville Middle School, practices the proper method of wiping one's mouth during a hands-on etiquette training seminar Monday at the Crawfordsville Country Club.

Shannah Hutson, from left, Ian Hurt and Braxton Lewellen practice dinner etiquette while preparing for lunch Monday at the Crawfordsville Country Club.

Craig Callahan, assistant principal at Crawfordsville Middle School, left, and sixth-grade students Aliyah Brost demonstrate proper napkin-folding etiquette during a training session Monday at the Crawfordsville Country Club.

Christie Pate Herron walks through the dining tables at the Crawfordsville Country Club on Monday, looking for middle school students needing help when properly folding a napkin before a meal. Herron is a certified etiquette consultant and founder of Excellence with Etiquette.

Christie Pate Herron, left, begins an etiquette seminar with napkin folding Monday at the Crawfordsville Country Club. Herron is a graduate of American School of Protocol in Atlanta where she earned a certificate in business etiquette.

Sixth-grade students from Crawfordsville Middle School attend etiquette training Monday at the Crawfordsville Country Club as part of an initiative sponsored by an anonymous donor to bring etiquette back to today's youth. Crawfordsville students are attending Monday and Tuesday, while Northridge and Southmont middle schoolers will be attending later this week.

Kelly Taylor, executive director of the Montgomery County Community Foundation, welcomes sixth-grade students from Crawfordsville Middle School as they attend a hands-on etiquette class on Monday at the Crawfordsville County Club. In its second year, the week-long program hosting students from each district is a way for an anonymous donor to fill the need in proper etiquette among youth, Taylor said. The program was ran by Christie Pate Herron, left, founder of Excellence with Etiquette.