Staff Report
Five AHS musicians took home top placings in a Texas Music Educators Association competition conducted last week. In 4A band junior TJ West won first chair tuba; freshman Noah Roper first chair euphonium; senior Wills Ward fourth chair trombone; and sophomore Georgia Jenkins fifth chair trombone. Sophomore Randye-Nicole Harris won second chair French horn in the 5A Philharmonic Orchestra.
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February 19, 2013
Five Aledo High School Band students will compete at state
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Watkins resigns from Place 4; Hiebert appointed
Aledo City Councilman Randy Watkins has resigned after moving out of the city limits.
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City to celebrate 50th anniversary Saturday
Martha Daugherty Beckman, daughter of the City of Aledo’s first mayor, will be on hand to help the city celebrate 50 years of incorporation this Saturday, May 18, during a program beginning at 10 a.m. at the Aledo Community Center, 104 Robinson Court.
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Back then: Aledo long-timer Freddy Detherage
Freddy Detherage has spent a lifetime in the Aledo area.
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Back then: Aledo long-timer W. H. "Dub" Bearden
W. H. “Dub” Bearden, 83, knows a thing or two about Aledo.
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Aledo Superintendent receives fond farewell
Family members, educators and many other well-wishers turned out to honor retiring Aledo ISD Superintendent Dan Manning Thursday afternoon at a reception held in the Daniel Ninth Grade Center.
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Clay named top teacher
Vandagriff Elementary third grade teacher Catharine Clay was named “Teacher of the Year” during the Marva Collins Teaching Excellence Awards ceremony honoring Aledo ISD employees May 6 in the Aledo High School auditorium.
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Vandagriff Elementary student teaches at Texas Wesleyan University
An Aledo ISD Vandagriff Elementary third-grader, 10-year-old Colby Tiberg, was a guest speaker in Professor Jackie Gaffner’s education class at Texas Wesleyan University recently.
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Man accused of burying his burned million-dollar home
Accused of dumping the burned debris of his million-dollar home in a large pit on his property, a Cresson-area man was arrested recently on an illegal dumping charge five months after the home burned.
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Crown Valley opens as public golf course
Crown Valley Golf Club, which has been closed since former owners filed for bankruptcy in 2011, is now open to the public Fridays through Sundays, according to golf pro Brett Beaty.
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Aledo High School ranked in top 5 percent
According to U.S. News & World Report, Aledo High School is once again ranked in the top 5 percent of public high schools in Texas with a ranking of 105 out of 1,870 schools.
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