Hard to say goodbye
During her visit to the campus last week, she returned to the school s playground where she remembered being terrified to climb the steel jungle gym, which still stands today. She recalled that instead of hesitating, she climbed the bars and carried herself across the tall threshold, proving herself to her fellow classmates.
“I felt something come over me,” Ogilvie-McClain said. “I am at the end of this road, and I don’t want it to end. My heart does not want to say goodbye. I think back over the years, so many of our friends have gone but God had left me for a purpose. They can never replace this building.”
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Avalon McCartney, a 16-year-old sophomore at Spring Hill High School, stood before the Maury County Public Schools Board of Education on Tuesday calling for the district to begin mandating face coverings in an effort to protect students and teachers from COVID-19.
“Please give us the protection we need to stay safe and healthy, McCartney told members of the school board during the board’s monthly meeting.
“People in Maury County are not taking this virus seriously. Masks are not required in school and less than half the students wear one [estimate]. This is a simple problem with a simple solution masks.”
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When some faithful Muletown Rec-goers heard the facility was struggling with the costs of maintaining the pools last year, they took action to save their favorite sport.
A determined group of athletes, high school swimming coaches, concerned year-round swimmers and health professionals successfully prevented the end of aquatics at the facility by raising more than $350,000 required to make the necessary pool repairs.
The facility’s owners said the ongoing cost of maintenance and repairs of the center’s indoor Olympic-sized lap pool and therapy pool resulted in the business’ largest operating costs, while showing the least overall member utilization.