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Davis named Texas FCCLA president
Jay Hinton
Glen Rose Reporter
GLEN ROSE Glen Rose’s Caroline Davis was elected as the Texas FCCLA state president at the State Leadership Conference in Dallas April 7-10.
Davis is the first Glen Rose High School student ever elected to the position.
“While we have had many region and state officers throughout our long history, we have never had a state president,” said Glen Rose FCCLA Adviser Tayler Sullivan. “Leading the second-largest state association in the country is a huge accomplishment and commitment.”
And Sullivan said Davis has what it takes to take the position and run with it.
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Macy Pennington, Daisy Garcia and Emily Galloway competed in Promote and Publicize FCCLA and finished as state champions for the third year in a row.
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Freshman Brooke Kingston competed in the Food Innovations contest and finished in third place.
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Sophomores Hadley Felts and Hayley Rawlings competed in the Hospitality and Tourism contest and finished as state champions.
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The FCCLA State Conference was held in Dallas April 8-10, with four teams from Peaster FCCLA advancing to the state contest.Â
Sophomores Hadley Felts and Hayley Rawlings competed in the Hospitality and Tourism contest and finished as state champions. They developed a unique idea for a resort called East High Hotel.Â
“We have a lot of shared values in terms of our work with the community,” Cardona said. “We thought, ‘How can we pull our resources together to address this since we’re already doing it separately?’”
The theater companies are using the outdoor event to bring the community together safely and celebrate the renewal of spring. “In traumatic times, our communities have often already in a natural way sought joy and levity and humor as a way of dissipating a lot of stress,” Cardona said. “In times of pandemic during the medieval time period and across the world, there was a need for theater at its most fundamental way, which is to decompress the mind, take it offline by doing things that are very physical.”
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EarthxFilm starts their fifth annual environmental film festival in Dallas April 16-25. This year’s hybrid event features drive-in, outdoor, and online screenings. The Festival’s mission: Showcase films and emerging media that explore science, conservation, climate change, and the environment. They also honor the heroes working to protect our planet. EarthxFilm hopes to turn awareness into action through education, art, and media.
Opening Night highlight is a drive-in presentation of Sally Aitken’s Sundance favorite, “Playing with Sharks.” Closing Night features the world premiere virtual presentation of Clark Johnson’s “Percy Vs. Goliath.” It stars Christopher Walken, Adam Beach, Christina Ricci, and Zach Braff, and is executive produced by NBA champion Dwight Howard. It’s a true-life story of a farmer taking on a multi-national corporation about the impact of GMOs on his livelihood. Additional film highlights include an evening of Texas-focuse