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of the situation and stepped in. They personally formed a shuttle back and forth to the hospital, kept
Kaylin advised of her condition, and brought Kaylin a personal message from his mother that she

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wanted him to stay and finish the game. A Columbia County -sized thank you” to Officers
Williams and Mahoney - big men with even bigger hearts.

An avalanche of thanks . . .To reporter Joe Callahan for the great job on the Memorial
Stadium tabloid . . .To Debra Wright and Bessie Whitfield for coordinating the hundreds of

homecoming details and making it beautiful.. .to homecoming parade coordinator Dyess Couey for
making the parade one of our best ever. . .to more than 100 alumni who came out of the stands to

unfurl the huge American flag.. .to the CHS band for it’s soul-stirring rendition of “Amazing Grace”
(and to directors Steve Hentzleman, James Perronto, and Larry Hall, who have made our bands

simply marvelous).. .to CHS for allowing me the honor of serving as honorary homecoming parade
marshal. . .and to Coach Skip Wolf and our Tigers who made sure our last game at Memorial

Stadium was a great victory.

Reason to Pull for FSU, Tennessee

November 2,1993

Buford Galloway remembers.. .Buford Galloway was our school superintendent for twelve

years and now lives in Westville, Florida. He wrote in a recent letter, “The honor bestowed on
Alfonso Levy (naming the LCCC PAC in his honor) is well deserved. I shall never forget visiting

Niblack School one day when he was music director there. He had a second grader doing a
saxophone solo. He could get sounds from those students that were unbelievable for such young
students. Richard High School principal, Martin Ferguson, was another man I respected. Also, G.

W. Ellis, another Richardson High School principal, made major contributions, especially leading
the school to a strong accreditation rating. All in all, there were many good teachers and strong

leaders at Richardson and Niblack Schools..”
Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing.. .This was the title of a song many black students sang daily as

their anthem of hope during days of racial segregation. James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond

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