Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Important to include 'Area' in name, Herb says

I especially am pleased to see the inclusion of Area in the title of our web site because that was one of the selling points the school superintendent and leaders used way back when in their effort to get the outlying local districts to consolidate into one school .

They NEEDED the tax base to get the district financed and had to persuade all the little districts to join the jointure to make the Clearfield Area School District a possibility. The local directors were afraid to lose their respective local identities so the insistence of including AREA was a major point in the negotiations.

As such, in respect, it should always be included. It is not just the Clearfield High School, but includes all the Areas joined together to form the jointure, thus my reference to C.A.S.H. as in Clearfield Area Senior High .

Inspirational story by Pat Lyda-Stewart

Pat Lyda-Stewart (center) tells an inspirational story about her survival and recovery from breast cancer.

My treatment consisted of 29 radiation treatments and a radiation implant, something that is rarely done today. I went through the fatigue phase, but I convinced myself I wasn't going to stop. I never stopped. I went to work, went for my treatment, and went home. Then I started all over again the next day.

The thing that surprised me the most to learn is that breast cancer is not prejudiced, and that my number one risk factor was just being a woman. But I never took the time to say "why me?" I wanted to keep a positive attitude and be a testimony to other women that early detection does save lives.

This has been a beautiful journey. I've had the love and support of so many people. Breast cancer has helped me become the kind of person I was probably meant to be. I've always been a caring person, but it's made me care more about other people."

Read the whole story at PA Breast Cancer Coalition: http://www.pabreastcancer.org/stories_lyda-stewart.html

Monday, April 16, 2007

First Grade - Fourth Ward School - 1947

How many of our classmates do you recognize?