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Smells like school spirit

The Midway High School Blue Crew/Panther Patrol is a group of 20 juniors and seniors who support the Midway High School varisty football team though cheering and running of the flags on the sidelines during the games, providing skits at pep rallies for the student body, and providing leadership in school spirit. Students are chosen each year through a process of football knowledge, teacher recommendations, school spirit and participation, and auditions to a panel of judges. Making up the 2010 group are (front row, from left) Isabella Vick, Danielle Hardin, Anna Jane Riehl, Bri Proctor, Spencer Carlisle, Caroline Palmer, Haley Clark, Mary Carol Fox, (back row) Morgan Williams, Taylor Ross, Evan Hebert, Landon Southwell, Dylan Washington, Kurt Lockhart, Blake Johnson, Matt Polk, Garner Millard, Taylor Brown, Alex Giles and Courtney Welch.

Photo submitted by Diane Williams

Rainbow Girls gain offices

Courtney Anderson (right) was appointed Grand Recorder and Grand Representative to New Mexico, and Priscilla Powell was appointed Grand Immortality at the Texas Grand Assembly Session, International Order of the Rainbow for Girls, held in Wichita Falls this summer. Both girls are members of Waco Assembly No. 18 and serve the stations of Worthy Advisor and Faith, respectively. Courtney is a sophomore at West High School. Priscilla is a freshman at Baylor University. In June 2011, the Texas Grand Assembly will again be held in Waco.

Photo submitted by Judy Baker

Zeta Phi Beta youths excel; Pollard named Zeta Woman of Year

Youths and their advisers with Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., Southern Region, Delta Upsilon Zeta Chapter gather with trophies and ribbons they received this summer at the 81st Southern Region Youth Retreat in Dallas. The Delta Upsilon Zeta Chapter had 42 youths from the Waco area attend to compete with other Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Youth groups from Texas and Louisiana and take part in workshops. Also honored during the retreat was Alice Pollard (above right), a member of the chapter, who received the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc., Southern Region Zeta Woman of the Year award for 2010. Pollard is a native of Waco. She has been a member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority since 1968 and works with the youth auxiliary groups.

Photos submitted by Cindy Williams-January

Receiving the gift of hearing

Ryan (at left, in his mother’s arms) is able to hear with the help of new hearing aids provided by the Heart of Texas Sertoma Club. Dr. Carrie Caviness (center), with the Baylor Speech and Hearing Clinic, provided the hearing evaluation and fitting. Ryan’s brother Cole stands in front of Caviness. Sandra and John Westmoreland (at right) represented the club, which helps hard-of-hearing children in McLennan County.

Photo submitted by Sandra Westmoreland

Kids and a rainbow

When Hillsboro firefighters sprayed water down on children from their ladder truck at the city’s National Night Out celebration, the sunlight refracted by the water droplets created this rainbow. This photograph by Sheri Hemrick captured the children playing in the spray and one child who appears to be staring into the rainbow.

Sheri Hemrick photo

Birome celebrates 100 years

More than 250 current and former residents of Birome came with their families to the 100th anniversary celebration of the founding of Birome, Texas, on July 18 and gathered for this group photograph at the Birome Church. The Birome Centennial Homecoming included a rededication of the Texas historical marker that was placed there in 1967 for the Hill County town.

Doug Fitzjarrell photo