High School Valedictorian Uses Speech To Protest TX Abortion Laws
Being the valedictorian at your high school graduation can be exciting and stressful under the best of circumstances. Last weekend Lake Highlands High School valedictorian, Paxton Smith, ditched her pre-approved presentation to share her thoughts on the new abortion bill in Texas.
WFAA reports that her original presentation was on the topics of media and content, she decided 10 days before the ceremony to change her presentation. She did tell her parents, who were mostly supportive. She did not inform the school.
Commonly referred to as the Heartbeat Bill the new bill bans abortions after six weeks with no exceptions for rape or incest. The more she thought about it, the more upset she became. So she put her 104.93 grade point average to work and rewrote her presentation.
With live music, a car show, a dunking booth, food and more, Unity In The Community hopes to raise funds and awareness for the many recovery organizations in the Wichita Falls area.
The event is organized by 24 local recovery ministries and organizations and has enlisted the A-Team of participants. There will be food, a cake walk, automotive displays from P s Crazy Cars, Classicos, and Legacy Car Club, a bounce house and face painting for the kids, live music, and a dunk tank. And it s all free!
They even got some fun people to dunk! Along with local business owners like Maxx Green from A to Z Bail Bonds, you ll also have the opportunity to dunk members of the Wichita Falls Police Department and the Wichita County Sheriff s Office, along with several other volunteers from the Wichita County Courthouse. Be honest now, you ve wanted to dunk your favorite police officer ever since you got your last speeding ticket. This could be your chance!
Cody Jinks and ZZ Top Headline 2021 Born & Raised Music Festival
It s been a long time coming, but the inaugural Born & Raised Music Festival has announced their lineup for this September s event.
The Born & Raised Music Festival in Pryor, Oklahoma, was to have taken place last year but that pesky COVID-19 thing got in the way. Not to worry, the organizers regrouped, rescheduled for September 18 through 20 of 2021, and they re looking forward to a weekend of great music, great friends, and great times just as much as we are.
Born & Raised Music Festival
The new lineup is headlined by ZZ Top and Cody Jinks and includes more than 30 other performers including Randy Rogers Band, Robert Earl Keen, Pat Green, Jack Ingram, Wade Bowen, Jason Boland, Cody Canada, and more. As of today 33 performers are on the list for this three day event.