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Fitting retirement for Old Glory
More than 1,400 flags were burned during Southport’s 14th annual Flag Retirement Ceremony on Flag Day, June 14. In previous years, worn and tattered flags were burned in barrels, but with the record amount of flags retired this year, they were burned in a bonfire as audience members paid tribute to the armed forces and their country. see more 
Working with students is her calling
Ruth Mercer not only graduated from Southport in 1961 but also was a student-teacher there, a substitute teacher for 10 years and a teacher for 15 years. She and her eight siblings and five children, Katy Allman, Anne Manning, Charlie and Joe Mercer and Betsy Matlock, graduated from Southport, as did grandson Luke Manning; granddaughter Margaret Manning is a freshman. That makes Mercer a good fit for playing a vital role in the Southport Alumni Association because she knows a lot of people and understands what the school stands for. see more 
Franklin Central installing synthetic turf
Franklin Central will become the seventh high school on the Southside to have synthetic turf when the new season begins. The turf replaces the grass field at Ray Skillman Stadium, built in 2004, and gives the Flashes a new look in the Hoosier Crossroads Conference after leaving Conference Indiana. All football fields in the HCC have synthetic turf, and Jeffersonville is the lone 6A field that remains grass. see more 
Sports
Trojans fall short in bid to repeat as golf state champs
Center Grove’s golf team missed a history-making day by one stroke June 13 at the state championship at Prairie View Golf Club in Carmel. see more Area athletes adding to fame
Southside athletes are having a big impact nationally and internationally. The Tampa Bay Rays’ first round draft pick, 2018 Roncalli graduate Nick Schnell, begins playing this week for the Gold Coast Rays, the major league team’s Rookie League affiliate in Port Charlotte, Fla. see more Stilley Goes Trackside
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