Stories from Saturday, May 16, 2009

For more than four decades, Judy Blaydes has been molding the minds of elementary students. For 42 of those years, she has been teaching at Bainbridge Elementary. She will retire at the end of this semester. "I'm going to very much miss what I've been doing. Everyday is so unique. I am really going to miss the children and staff here," she told the Banner Graphic...

For 31 years no one has ever come close to breaking the West Central Conference long jump record -- until now. Jerrett Ban from North Putnam put to rest that record Friday night when he jumped 22-feet-10-inches breaking Mike Cherry's old record by a half inch...