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Cyclones tune in for ‘Music Day’

Cyclones tune in for ‘Music Day’

Cyclones tune in for ‘Music Day’

Memphis Independent School District (ISD) students and staff dress as their favorite musicians for Friday, Sept. 9’s “Music Day” theme.

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Photo Courtesy of Childress High School Childress High School educator Amy Detwiler’s Mental Health and Counseling class creates 3D models of the brain, including this edible one made of white cake by Chrissy Delgado, left, and Ryder Carroll.

Photo Courtesy of Childress High School Childress High School educator Amy Detwiler’s Mental Health and Counseling class creates 3D models of the brain, including this edible one made of white cake by Chrissy Delgado, left, and Ryder Carroll.

Mental Health and Counseling class creates 3D models of the brain

Childress High School educator Amy Detwiler’s Mental Health and Counseling class creates 3D models of the brain, including this edible one made of white cake by Chrissy Delgado, left, and Ryder Carroll.
Wellington High School’s 2022 Skyrocket football homecoming royalty takes the field for presentation during halftime last Friday night, Sept. 9. From left, Queen and King Summer Owens and Blake Strickland; First Runners-Up Rey Ramirez and Emily Robles; Second Runners-Up Jordan Nation and Miranda Granadoz. The Red River Sun/Shauna Salinas

Wellington High School’s 2022 Skyrocket football homecoming royalty takes the field for presentation during halftime last Friday night, Sept. 9. From left, Queen and King Summer Owens and Blake Strickland; First Runners-Up Rey Ramirez and Emily Robles; Second Runners-Up Jordan Nation and Miranda Granadoz. The Red River Sun/Shauna Salinas

2022 Wellington High School Homecoming royalty crowned

WELLINGTON — Every year, anticipation mounts during homecoming week leading up to the crowning of the Skyrocket football and Rocket Regiment royalty during the Friday afternoon pep rally.
Queen nominees Audrey Chavera, left, and Ava Arant, right, surround 2022 Memphis High School Homecoming Queen Maggie Cook.

Queen nominees Audrey Chavera, left, and Ava Arant, right, surround 2022 Memphis High School Homecoming Queen Maggie Cook.

Cook crowned 2022 Memphis High School Homecoming Queen

Memphis senior Maggie Cook is crowned the 2022 Memphis High School Homecoming Queen during the Memphis vs. Electra game Friday, Sept. 2 at George Berry Memorial Stadium. Queen nominees Audrey Chavera, left, and Ava Arant, right, surround 2022 Memphis High School Homecoming Queen Maggie Cook.
The Langley family gathers for its 69th annual reunion. With next year being the 70th anniversary, the family is hoping for an even larger turnout. Photo by David DeSiga

The Langley family gathers for its 69th annual reunion. With next year being the 70th anniversary, the family is hoping for an even larger turnout. Photo by David DeSiga

Langley family assembles for annual reunion

WELLINGTON – The 69th session of the Langley reunion took place Thursday, Aug. 11 through Saturday, Aug. 13 at the campgrounds 11 miles west of Wellington. Attendance totaled 70 relatives with 12 visitors. Six RVs and three tents housed the overnight guests.
Organized by former queens, the 2022 Miss Wellington Scholarship Pageant will take place at the Ritz Theatre rather than the traditional Wellington High School Auditorium. Contestants will be featured in the Friday, Sept. 30 issue of “The Sun.” Courtesy Image

Organized by former queens, the 2022 Miss Wellington Scholarship Pageant will take place at the Ritz Theatre rather than the traditional Wellington High School Auditorium. Contestants will be featured in the Friday, Sept. 30 issue of “The Sun.” Courtesy Image

Ritz to serve as MissWellington venue

Organized by former queens, the 2022 Miss Wellington Scholarship Pageant will take place at the Ritz Theatre rather than the traditional Wellington High School Auditorium. Contestants will be featured in the Friday, Sept. 30 issue of “The Sun.”
Angelica “Jelly” Garcia’s tractor mosaic takes Wellington Community Fund’s yard sign contest honor for 2022. Artwork is currently exhibited in the entry of the Collingsworth Public Library. Courtesy Photo

Angelica “Jelly” Garcia’s tractor mosaic takes Wellington Community Fund’s yard sign contest honor for 2022. Artwork is currently exhibited in the entry of the Collingsworth Public Library. Courtesy Photo

Garcia seizes art contest honor

WELLINGTON – Angelica “Jelly” Garcia, a sophomore at Wellington High School (WHS), is the winner of the Wellington Community Fund (WCF) annual yard sign contest. From over 20 WHS art department entries, freshmen Kenzi Ballinger took second place and Currie Forrester took third.
Memphis Cyclone football players, as well as coaches David Jurado, Jared Casas and Clayton Garcia, aid at Snack Pak 4 Kids Memphis’ recent Packing Party in which volunteers, including the Lady Cyclone volleyball team and coaches, Travis Elementary School, Austin Elementary School and Memphis Middle School students and staff and members of the First Baptist Church, packed Snack Paks for 100 local children. Photo Courtesy of Snack Pak 4 Kids Memphis

Memphis Cyclone football players, as well as coaches David Jurado, Jared Casas and Clayton Garcia, aid at Snack Pak 4 Kids Memphis’ recent Packing Party in which volunteers, including the Lady Cyclone volleyball team and coaches, Travis Elementary School, Austin Elementary School and Memphis Middle School students and staff and members of the First Baptist Church, packed Snack Paks for 100 local children. Photo Courtesy of Snack Pak 4 Kids Memphis

Cyclones lend hand at Snack Pak 4 Kids’Packing Party

Memphis Cyclone football players, as well as coaches David Jurado, Jared Casas and Clayton Garcia, aid at Snack Pak 4 Kids Memphis’ recent Packing Party in which volunteers, including the Lady Cyclone volleyball team and coaches, Travis Elementary School, Austin Elementary School and Memphis Middle...