The tassel's worth the hassle!

Staff photo by: Wendy Smith

Stigler High School anxiously await their final release during graduation ceremonies Tuesday night at the high school football field.

Reunion Days schedule shaping up

By: Doug Russell News Editor

The schedule for Reunion Days 2011 is shaping up, with a carnival, quilt show and more set to be on hand during the annual festival.
Events will officially kick off the Thursday before Reunion Days, when the ever-popular Alversons take to the gazebo on June 16. The brother-sister gospel duo packed the courthouse lawn last year and is expected to do so again.
Starting time for their performance will be published in a future edition.(more on this story in this week's Stigler News Sentinel)

The biggest drive ever

By Doug Russell News Editor

It was the biggest one-day food drive in the country, and the biggest in history for Stigler postal employees.
Stigler postal workers collected 3,343 pounds of food during a one-day food drive Saturday, and they're thankful to the community for making it possible.
"It was absolutely awesome what they did," said postal employee Kelly Field. "This is the biggest drive we've ever had."(more on this story in this week's Stigler News Sentinel)

BOBCATS GOING PANTHER

from staff reports

Boyd on the left and Coplen on the right.

They're top of their class and ready to move on to the next level.
Hannah Coplen and Brooklyn Boyd have been named the top two students of the graduating Whitefield School eighth-grade class.
They and other students of the school will graduate at 6 p.m. May 19. The kindergarten and eighth grade graduations will be held at the same time, with a reception to follow the graduation ceremony.
Coplen, daughter of Shane and Andrea Coplen, is the valedictorian of the class. She plans to attend Porum High School.
The class salutatorian, Boyd is the daughter of Stacy Boyd and Joe Shockly and James and Patsy Harris. She plans to attend Stigler High School.