I am not originally from here, I am a newcomer. I’ve only been here for 40 years, 50 years, but I am not a newcomer.

What I miss most is when we had the high school here, and we supported school so well. I miss going to the wrestling tournaments where we were all together, and we straightened out the refs sometimes. We supported the kids whether they won or lost. We were there for them.

The volleyball games where we were probably louder than any other town. I miss the football games. Were oh, we had so much fun at football games and basketball games. My husband wouldn’t sit beside me because I was too loud.

I miss that, and I loved all the kids. The kids in this town were, and still are, just fantastic, fantastic kids. We’ve got some really good kids to look forward to taking over. Ones that I think are just good citizens, caring, loving people, and yes, they all call me Grandma.