The family of 13-year-old Hallie Fagg said she was smart, loving, and had her entire life ahead of her, and in honor of her memory, they want to help other kids who are going through a similar situation.
Gage Bray, who graduates from Ohio University this spring with his Bachelor of Science in Education with a focus in special education-intervention education, is one of four Patton College of
Behind a heavy door inside the old Hilltoppers gymnasium is a stairwell leading to the bowels of the former Southeastern Middle School.
A quick pass through a locker room leads to a four-lane swimming pool that is empty, save for an old tetherball sitting at the bottom of the deep end. The room is dark, visible only with a flashlight. An old rotary dial telephone is still affixed to a wall, a relic of the natatorium that was built in 1930.
Bishop Tino Smith of Kingdom Builders Worldwide, which operates its church and community center out of the former Battle Creek Public Schools building, looks at the campus pool and old tennis courts and sees potential.