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Tippecanoe Middle School physical education students display their support for the American Heart Association. By SHERYL BROWNLEE
For the Record Herald
TIPP CITY - It was a “Red Out” at the Tippecanoe High boys’ basketball games on Jan. 20 and 21 to support the American Heart Association (AHA). Tipp students Evan and Anna Gilliam both suffer from a heart condition and are national representatives for the AHA. Last weekend, the district hosted the AHA’s “Hoops for the Heart” campaign. Tipp City Schools were the first public school district to host this event.
It's been done on a collegiate level before, but never at the school district level. Tipp City Schools served as a pilot for AHA. Mother Emily Gilliam had the idea and each building had a building representative that spearheaded their building activities. Together, the Tipp City district has raised $5,811.50 for the American Heart Association.
Each building created week long “Heart Healthy” activities to raise money and awareness for the “Hoops for the Heart” campaign. The high school dressed up each day and sold AHA shirts during lunch for $10. The middle school physical education and health class did a cross-curricular set of lessons involving heart rate, exercise and target heart rate while exercising. The week ended with students competing against the staff in a hula hoop contest, jump rope contest and a basketball game. |
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Thursday, 02 February 2012 20:29 |
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This story originally ran in the September 23, 2011, edition of the Weekly Record Herald. By ALISHA MCDARRIS Record Herald Writer
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TIPP CITY - Two local kids were recently surprised with the title of Heart Heroes by the American Heart Association (AHA). Evan and Anna Gilliam, 15- and 11-year old siblings, were both born with heart defects, a grand improbability, according to medical professionals. But despite the rarity of their familial conditions, both are thriving and well and honorary ambassadors for the AHA. After encouragement from Anna’s gym teacher to participate in the AHA’s Hoops for Heart program as Heart Heroes, Evan and Anna filled out questionnaires and wrote essays ABOUT WHAT, along with other heart survivors from across the United States. They were surprised to find out they had been selected to represent kids with heart conditions from all over the country. |
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By ALISHA MCDARRIS Record Herald Writer
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TIPP CITY - Parents hope that their child will never be diagnosed with an illness as frightening as Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, but for one Tipp City family, the support and love of an entire community has given them courage and hope. Tina Jenks was horrified when she received the news in October that her 17-year-old, Jimmy Jenks, a senior at Tippecanoe High School, had more than bronchitis. The coughing he had been experiencing for days was not the result of a virus, but an abnormal mass in his lung and several cancerous masses in his lymph nodes. Jimmy was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, which has no specific known cause and is fortunately much less dangerous than its cousin Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphom. He is getting ready to start his last of four rounds of chemotherapy which will be followed by several weeks of radiation. |
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Monday, 23 January 2012 16:16 |
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The foundation for the new home dugout on the Tippecanoe baseball field. By MICHAEL SHANNON Record Herald Writer
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TIPP CITY - Some new things are on the horizon for the Tipp City Schools. The board of education this month approved a $204,000 new building project to the Tippecanoe High School baseball and softball fields, after they were damaged in a windstorm last fall. The damage was done to the facilities over Labor Day weekend. High winds tore up fences, tossed bleachers, and caused damage to the dugouts and the baseball field’s backstop. The home dugout for the baseball field was completely leveled by the storm. The damaging winds brought to light the need for stronger, sturdier dugouts, according to school officials. |
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By CECILIA FOX Record Herald Writer
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TIPP CITY - Tipp City will be a part of Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission’s (MVPRC) “Going Places” initiative, according to a resolution passed by council 4-3, with members Joe Gibson, Bryan Budding and Katie Black providing the “no” vote. At the study session prior to Tuesday’s the meeting, council discussed the initiative, which is a plan for developing the Miami Valley. The MVRPC has asked communities in the Miami Valley to participate in the initiative. The land use initiative is focused on “concentrated development,” or encouraging the rehabilitation and repurposing of existing structures while maintaining and expanding parks and natural areas. The plan also emphasizes the revival of the City of Dayton. “A lot has to do with using what’s existing and trying to at least curb some of what they call ‘urban sprawl.’ It includes encouraging the rehab and repurposing of existing facilities, focusing on maintenance of existing infrastructure, and locating new developments in areas with existing infrastructure,” said City Manager Jon Crusey. |
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