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Classes of 2021: Travis High School awards diplomas to 29 graduates


Twenty-nine Travis High School of Choice seniors filed down the aisle of Paris Junior High School’s Weger Auditorium on Thursday, and just more than a half-hour later, 29 graduates walked off stage into the open arms of friends and family.
Standing ovations and loud cheers echoed throughout the auditorium as seniors’ names were called to accept their diploma from Paris ISD Superintendent Paul Jones after hearing from Lamar County Chamber of Commerce President Paul Allen. Allen touched on opportunities the graduates can chase, and he lamented one of the costs of the Covid-19 pandemic — the loss of connecting students with local businesses. ....

France General , Brailey Berryhill , Jasmin Estrada , Tyler Snowton , Jason Cantrell , Braeden Sisson , Rashad Wilson , Trevor Thornton , Micha Onolan , Paul Allen , Zadarrius Baldwin , Caleb Simons , Devin Burton , Althea Dixon , Leobardo Garcia , Lathan Lowe , Payton Taylor , William Leslie , Skylar Frazier , Ranger Winchester , Jose Merino , Devisha Lewis , Kaylee Pendergraft , Paul Jones , Daniel Guerrero , Heather Spradlin ,

A Caithness hero: Wick's own Robinson Crusoe


Updated: 26/05/2021, 10:00 am
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Left to right, an 18th century engraving of Robinson Crusoe, penguins on MacQuarrie Island, Alexander MacKay, standing, coxswain of the Wick lifeboat, MacQuarie Island, and bottom right, Alexander MacKay, master pilot in Wick
The story of Robinson Crusoe, wrecked on a remote tropical island, is as alive in our imaginations now as it was 300 years ago when Daniel Defoe’s novel first appeared.
There’s something about desert islands – we fantasise about rolling white beaches, palm trees dropping coconuts, gently lapping waves, maybe a footprint in the sand.
Paradise?
Well, not quite. Not for a young Caithness seafarer who found himself marooned for four months on an inhospitable rocky lump of an island 1,000 miles off Tasmania more than 140 years ago. ....

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A Caithness hero: Wick's own Robinson Crusoe


© Supplied by DCT design
Left to right, an 18th century engraving of Robinson Crusoe, penguins on MacQuarrie Island, Alexander MacKay, standing, coxswain of the Wick lifeboat, MacQuarie Island, and bottom right, Alexander MacKay, master pilot in Wick
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The story of Robinson Crusoe, wrecked on a remote tropical island, is as alive in our imaginations now as it was 300 years ago when Daniel Defoe’s novel first appeared. ....

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