25 Years Ago This Week

The winter storm of the century rocked the southern states. Former Sullivan residents tell of their experiences. Leesa Willis and Charles W. Shuman had more than 10 inches of snow in their area. Willis tells of difficulty getting a flight while Shuman, of Virginia, gets a laugh at his area’s inability to handle the snow. Jon White of Marietta, Ga. says his town is basically shut down.

Sullivan elementary students get books made just for them by volunteers through the RSVP and CEFS Outreach program. They were distributed by Bev Puleo. The books were entitled SEAL (students excited about learning). The text was written by Mary Lou Kidwell and illustrated by Sandi Traxler.

Bethany students earned 13 firsts in music contests. Girls’ quartet made up of Lindsay Patrick, Jessika Gaither, Martne McCabe and Angie Duncan took first with their performance of Rock-a-bye-baby. Four soloists took first place: Jodi Armer, Wendy Munch, Jessika Gaither and Angie Duncan. Four groups received firsts for their vocal ensembles: Bob Hamilton and Wendy Munch duet; the senior trio of Bob Hamilton, Martne McCabe and Jessika Gaither; girls ensemble of Gaither, Jodi Armer, Wendy Munch, Lindsay Patrick, Micki Winskill, Teri Zimmer and Erin Yarnell. In the band contest a saxophone quartet made up of Amy Bagley, Kristen Wicker, Scott Seeley and Bob Hamilton took first place. Other first place winners were Lindsay Patrick for French horn and Angie Duncan for piano.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.