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Top honors received Winner in 'History Day' event Pewitt High School Barriers: Leaving Every- the lifestyle of Cuban sophomore Molly Richey thing Behind for a New citizens. won top honors in this Life.” The award winner year’s National History She became inter- also examined many pri- Day competition that ested in the topic after mary documents that was hosted March 6, at hearing the story of fam- helped her understand Texas A&M-Texarkana. ily members who fled the struggle her family The event is spon- Cuba in 1961 after dicta- members had in reach- sored each year by the tor, Fidel Castro, gained ing the United States of Texas State Historical power of the country. America and planting Association and is open Molly interviewed her new roots with their fam- to students from grades grandmother, Lily Svr- ily in a different coun- 6 through 12 who can cek, and great-grand- try. present a variety of mother, Leonor Villa. This year, the state projects in regional con- She also interviewed Dr. competition will be con- tests to qualify for the Mike Smith, president of ducted as a virtual event state competition. Jacksonville College, due to the threat of the Miss Richey won first about his recent trip to CoronaVirus that is a full place in the senior divi- Cuba so she could better scale nationwide medi- sion for her individual understand how years of cal problem sweeping the exhibit, of “Breaking socialism have affected country.

CITY OF NAPLES PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF NAPLES THAT DUE TO THE COVID- 19 VIRUS AND THE HEALTH RISK OF OUR VOTERS,THE CITY COUNCIL HAS HEREBY POST- PONED THE MAY 2, 2020, GENERAL ELECTION PURSUANT TO THE GOVERNOR’S PROCLAMA- TION AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO MOVE ITS ELEC- TION TO THE NEXT UNIFORM ELECTION DATE OF NOV 3, 2020. CANDIDATE FILINGS WILL REMAIN THE SAME. THE FILING PERIOD WILL NOT REOPEN. ABBMs FOR VOTERS OVER 65 WILL STILL BE VALID FOR NOVEMBER. ABBMs FOR AN EXPECTED ABSENCE IN MAY WILL NOT BE VALID. ALL REVALANT DATES FOR THE NOVEMBER ELECTION WILL APPLY. MOLLY RICHEY NATIONAL HISTORYDAYCONTEST WINNER COMMUNITY BOOSTERS Supporting Your Naples and OmahaArea

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A lot of hit songs were written while the writer or artist was on the road-many times while sitting in a dressing room —waiting to go on stage. 903-884-3600 • DOWNTOWN OMAHA According to Carl Perkins, such was the case for “Daddy Sang Bass,” a song he wrote in 1968, which became a number one for Johnny Cash. Carl said, “We were on the road in Kansas and I was sitting in the dressing room-waiting to go on stage. I picked up my guitar and began strumming some chords. And I started thinking of back home when I was a kid — growing up on a cotton farm in Jackson, Tennessee. My mother and dad didn’t sing much but my brothers - Clayton and Jay and I - we sang all time while we were working in those cotton fields.” ENJOY A CUP OF COFFEE “I was working on “Daddy Sang Bass” when Johnny Cash came down the hall. He heard me WHILE YOU SHOP WITH US! singing and stuck his head in the door and said, “Did you write that?” BUMPER TO BUMPER I told him I was working on it and he said, “I want MORRIS COUNTY that song.” AUTO PARTS & ACCESSORIES Carl added, “I finished it and gave it to John and SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT he did record it “ JACK MARTIN, SHERIFF 903-897-5678 - NAPLES Johnny Cash’s Columbia records single, “Daddy Sang Bass” entered the country music charts December 7th, 1968 and made it to number one KEEP UP THE STAMPEDE where it stayed for six weeks. It was on the country Harrison music charts for 20 weeks. AND STAY HEALTHY The record also scored a #42 on the pop music Funeral Home charts. It was Cash’s 63rd chart single. EAST 903-897-5661 • NAPLES "The Story Behind The Song" is just a small Lauren and Clifton portion of Doug Davis' F-R-E-E eight-page weekly email newsletter. Other features include a Question & GIVE 'EM A GOOD FLUSHING Answer column ... This Week's Number One Songs ... TEXAS This Week In Country Music History ... Weekly Col- PLUMBING umns by Jack Blanchard of "Tennessee Birdwalk" CLINIC HIGHWAY 67-W Fame ... A Weekly Column from Stan Hitchcock and NAPLES more. To Subscribe to our F-R-E-E eight-page "Coun- JAMES P. GRIFFIN M.D. • JANET KNIGHT PA-C Ora, Kenny, Colin, Kim try Music Classics" email newsletter: send a blank email to: [email protected] 903-897-5684 • NAPLES 903-897-5267