Just Among Friends
After earning 100 AR points, Stephen Tullos, a first grader in Mrs. Lewis’s class, chose to spend the day in the kindergarten class with Mrs. Debbie Burt as Teacher of the Day.
Stephen read the book, “Banjo's Dream,” by Marshall Ramsey to the class and showed the illustrations as he read each page. He was amazed and excited to receive a drawing created for him by Marshall Ramsey himself! The drawing congratulated Stephen for reaching 100 AR points. Stephen is the son of Byron and Mandy Burt Tullos. Congratulations, what a treasure!
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Last Saturday Ron Sparnecht was presented with the Bishop John Chanche SS, Diocesan Award in Jackson. This award, in the form of a medal, is given in recognition of exemplary service to the church and the community by a member of the church.
Ron certainly exemplifies those qualities in both the church and our community. This award is certainly well deserved. Congratulations!
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Tennis season has begun with several high school teams practicing and preparing for a bright new season. Leake Academy played Canton Academy last Wednesday with wins over Canton Academy. Mixed Doubles: Anna Marshal and Lucas Thomas; #1singles- Taylor Allen, #2 doubles -Liza Kate Ling and Taylor Breland.
Leake also won all boys’ positions due to Canton defaulting. On Thursday Leake Academy swept Leake Central 9-0! Congratulations!
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First Baptist Church’s eagerly anticipated Father-Daughter Banquet was held recently in the Family Life Center. The interior of the building did not resemble the Family Life Center at all, due to the committee's exquisite decorations and much hard work. The excited girls wore their lovely dresses with wrist corsages, courtesy of their fathers.
Tables covered in white cloths with beautiful white floral centerpieces with white princess cookies accented with pink. A program at each place showed who was doing what part of the event. The Welcome was given by Jackie Cheatham and Don McKay. Sharon Tingle McKay made the presentation of the daughters; Brother William Smith offered the blessing of the meal. It was such a fun evening for both fathers and their daughters.
The guests ranged from all ages including Todd Loper with his crew of beautiful daughters with whom he posed for pictures. Judge Joseph Kilgore brought his lovely daughter. Anna Beth, who attended her last banquet as a senior. It seemed as though everyone enjoyed the lively event!
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"Why fit in when you were born to stand out?" This is a question from Dr. Seuss’s book of quotes. The Philadelphia Public Schools decided to celebrate his birthday by addressing this quote with a “Wacky Wednesday” last week as part of Dr. Seuss's National Birthday Week celebration.
Everyone, including administrators, was invited to wear something “wacky” to school on that Wednesday. It was a fun day with lots of laughter as the wackiness permeated the schools. Visitors would certainly wonder what kind of school they were entering
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One year ago on Feb. 24, Shirley Cox suffered a massive stroke. After much perseverance by her family and Shirley herself, she was able to come home where she enjoys having visitors. The loving care and attention from her family is phenomenal. On March 6, this remarkable woman went outside for the very first time since last February to sit on her front porch in the sunshine! Her family feels blessed to still have her with them. God bless all of those who help care for her and Shirley herself.
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Last week the First Methodist Church kindergarten enjoyed some very special visitors, Dr. William Mars, Dr. Thad Skinner, and Liz Booker from the Northside Animal Hospital. They came to talk to the children for Community Helpers Week. They also brought two live pets who thoroughly enjoyed the attention of the children!