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Ninth-Grade
Super Honor Roll: Makenzie Davis, Blaine Forsee, Logan Hobbs, Jade Holland, Alexia Keeton, Kirsten Parker, Sarah Shockley, Mikayla Sipple, Samantha Tamplin, Megan Wilhoite and Micaela Wilhoite

It’s a beautiful morning on the Branch.
All my yellow lilies are blooming. We had rain again late Sunday afternoon. Fay said it poured at their house and they had over a half an inch.
The rain means I’ll be on the mower again by mid-week.
It’s too wet today and I have bridge tomorrow, so that means Wednesday, if it doesn’t rain again, I’ll mow.

Wilma Smith, who taught three generations of Owen contains during a 50-year career, will celebrate her 100th birthday on June 16.
Known to her students as “Miss Wilma,” she will be honored with a party at the home of her daughter, Joyce Hill Hardin, in Springfield on the 16th  from 2 to 4 p.m.

It’s the end of an era for the Owen County School District.
After serving as an educator and principal for 43 years, Maurice Bowling Middle School Principal Jo Ella Wallace’s retirement will become effective when her contract ends June 30.
Wallace arrived in Owen County in 1970, when she was hired on as Owen County High’s health and physical education teacher.
In the summer of ‘70, Wallace said there were two physical education positions open in the district, including one at the soon to be opened Owen County Elementary School.