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Welsh High FFA receives Living to Serve Grant

INDIANAPOLIS – The Welsh High FFA chapter in has been awarded a Yearlong Living to Serve Grant in the amount of $1,500.00. The nationwide program provides grant money to local FFA chapters to support yearlong service-learning projects that address needs related to community safety, environmental responsibility, hunger, health and nutrition and community engagement.

Harmon Celebrates 90th Birthday

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Hodges “Bubble” Harmon, a lifetime resident of Welsh, celebrated his 90th birthday on Aug. 3 surrounded by his children and friends. Seated is Hodges with Daisy, his wife of 71 years. Standing are Luther Harmon, of Houston, Texas, Dr. Sheila Harmon of Washington, D.C., Lynette Batiste of Atlanta, Ga., and Daisette Harmon of New York, N.Y.

American Legion Post Swears In New Officers

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The American Legion Post 283 of Welsh met on Aug. 6. Pictured above are the officers for the new year sworn in by State Membership Chairman Edward Hudson (back row, center). Above right, Hudson (left) briefed Post  Commander Dave Lejeune on his responsibilities.

LAHS Students Visit San Francisco

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Students from Lake Arthur High and their chaperones enjoyed an educational field trip to San Francisco, Calif., July 31-Aug. 4. There they enjoyed visits to Alcatraz Island, Fisherman’s Wharf, Golden Gate Bridge, Walt Disney Family Museum, Presidio and the Muir Woods National Monument in Mill Valley. The trip also included tours of Sausalito, Chinatown and the Haight-Ashbury district,as well as a night tour of San Francisco.

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Anastasia and Drizella

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MIDWEEK MUDDLE

For those of you who are not fashion-savvy, a skort is a cute word for a cute skirt that also has cute shorts underneath.

Golfers, in particular, wear skorts.

Or tennis players.

Rarely do women just wear skorts to go to the grocery store; there’s usually some organized sport pushing the idea.

Among my group of friends, there is a leopard skort circulating from golf cart to golf cart. The one who purchased it found that she could no longer fit into it.

Week by week, it has been passed to a different friend.

Acute flaccid myelitis seen mostly in children

Dear Doctor: What’s the latest on the new children’s disease that’s kind of like polio? It’s been all over the news, and like a lot of the moms around here, I’m getting worried.