HOMETOWN HERO Rodney Tidwell, a longtime member of Garza County EMS, was recognized by Galls, a national public safety equipment company, for his dedication and service in emergency medical response. | COURTESY PHOTO
STATE SUCCESS Audrey Lee, Southland High School senior (right), and Coach Taelor Leiss took a moment for a photo before the UIL State track and field meet on Saturday, May 16, in Austin, where Lee competed in shot put and discus. | RUSS MORRIS
HONOR GRADUATES Brad Sharp (left), Kerry Thuett (second from left) and fellow Post High School honor graduates posed ahead of the 1986 commencement ceremony in Post. Sharp was named valedictorian and Thuett served as salutatorian for the graduating class. | POST DISPATCH
Thursday, May 21, 2026
STEPHANIE ALLEN | POST DISPATCH In 1986, Post High School graduated 58 seniors, while Southland High School’s graduating class included seven students, as The Post Dispatch honored both classes in a special graduation edition forty years ago.
STATE SUCCESS
SPOTLIGHT ON STATE TRACK & FIELD MEET
SENIOR MEMORIES
SURREAL SCENE in predawn downtown Springfield, Missouri, April 30 is really nothing more than the Southwest Missouri State flag corps proceeding to their lineup point for the filming of an NBC-TV“Today Show Third Hour Live”segment on the birthplace of Route 66.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
Birding as a hobby
Joe John Bland, 1944–2025
Williard Alvin Yarbro, 1937–2026
Larry Edwin Self, 1948 - 2026