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JUNE 26, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXII • NO 21
Story time program features live animals BY FRANCINE FULTON
Anjali Nair
Emma McNamee
Twin Valley High School celebrates graduation BY FRANCINE FULTON
earned all-league, all-state and all-American honors and team championships in various sports, including football, cross-country, field hockey, softball, track and field and volleyball. “(The student-athletes) have exemplified the highest ideals of leadership and sportsmanship,” Clements stated. “They have remained humble in victory and gracious in defeat and consistently represented Twin Valley with the dignity and class that our ‘Raider Pride’ motto demands.” He added that the seniors planned spirit weeks, a powderpuff game, a junior-senior prom and homecoming. They collected items for food banks, provided holiday gifts for children and raised funds for local charities. “In a remarkable campaign, the senior-led Mini-THON shattered their goal and their previous
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“T
his moment has been the destination, the goal all of us have strived for, worked towards, dreamed of and could not wait for,” stated Emma McNamee, salutatorian of the Twin Valley High School (TVHS) Class of 2024, during the opening address at commencement ceremonies held on June 8 at the Santander Arena in Reading. Emma is the daughter of Brian and Laurie McNamee of Honey Brook. The class valedictorian is Anjali Nair, the daughter of Pradeep Prabhakar and Lakshmi Unnikrishnan of Morgantown. After the welcome, Emma spoke about the accomplishments of the senior class, including plays and musical performances, club fundraisers and the performance
of the school sports teams, specifically the championship-winning girls’ field hockey and lacrosse teams. “Our achievements as a class can only be attributed to two things - our motivation and our fearlessness,” she remarked. “We took the circumstances that faced us, worked hard to obtain our goals, putting in countless hours and having sleepless nights and every ounce of fight in us to reach for the stars.” Nex t to s p eak was T VHS principal Bill Clements, who talked about the successes of the Class of 2024, including honors and awards at state and national competitions in FFA and the Technolog y Student Association. He also acknowledged TVHS student musicians, student artists and members of the theater arts club, as well as student-athletes who have
Youngsters who participated in the recent story time pro gram offered by the Boone Area Library were able to meet and interact with live animals all without leaving the building. As part of its Summer Reading Program, a special presentation was offered by Travis Gale, owner/edu- Travis Gale from Eyes of the Wild displays an cator and animal Arctic fox. care director of Eyes of the Wild, pets that people have acquired an animal rescue based in New illegally, animals that are injured Jersey. During the program, and can no longer live in the wild students were introduced to four or animals that have been taken animals rescued by the facility - a out of abusive situations. “These animals are not my hedgehog, a baby alligator, a baby pets. I run a rescue called Eyes wallaby and an Arctic fox. Gale explained that animals of the Wild and we rescue exotic rescued by Eyes of the Wild are animals,” Gale told the children.
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