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Yankeetown School 8th Grade Class

Searching For The Truth

of 1984 Holds Reunion

THANKSGIVING DINNER

--Bairdinosaur for

d or Reptile?

The Yankeetown School 8th grade from 1984 held a reunion dinner on November

19th at the Riverside Inn at the Izaak Walton Lodge in Yankeetown. Of the 27 kids from the

1983-1984 8th grade class, 13 grown-up 8th-graders were able to attend. Classmates trav-

Are you eating

eled from as far away as Kentucky, Texas, and Nevada and from as close as Yankeetown,

Thanksgiving? Many evolutionists say that

Inglis, and Dunnellon. Many had not seen each other for decades, yet everyone felt the old

that the dinosaurs never went extinct; they

friendships like they were just yesterday.

only evolved into birds. So, are you eating a

Then, as now, most Yankeetown students typically attended Dunnellon High

dinosaur for Thanksgiving? Let's examine the

evidence. Reptilian lungs are very different

School, where they were a tiny minority compared to the DHS kids who had all went to

than bird lungs. Reptilian lungs are similar to

middle school together. This Yankeetown 8th grade class made a big impact when they hit

human lungs in that air flows in during inha-

Dunnellon, even though less than 20% of Dunnellon's students came from Yankeetown. A

lation and out during exhalation. Bird lungs,

disproportionate number of Yankeetown kids were in honors and advanced placement class-

however, have air flowing straight through the lungs into air sacs located throughout

es, earning places in clubs and committees and on the Homecoming Court. Yankeetown

5093 S. OrwellTheseHomosassa,different systems.

the body. Pt., are two totally Florida 34446

kid Lynne Langley was voted as Senior Class Princess, and Debbie Soltis and Andy Seely

were elected "Mr. and Miss Dunnellon High School" for the DHS graduating class of 1988,Phone: (352) 489-4588 are completely different than feathers. Evolutionists have

Reptilian scales Fax: (727) 362-4788

selected from a pool of candidates who were overwhelmingly from Yankeetown.Tom Russell, long argued that feathers evolved from reptile scales; however, this is storytelling,

Publishe, email: thenewscaster1@gmail.comI

not science. Feathers grow out of follicles. This tubular down-growth of epidermis

The character of this class still shines today. Thirtyebbie Russell,these Yan-email: debbienewscaster@gmail.comLOWER UNIT OIL CHANGE

two years later, Editor,

extends deeply into the skin (in the case of primary feathers, all the way down to the

keetown 8th graders have grown up to be doctors and lawyers, police officers and truckers,

thenewscaster.com · of this follicle, the feather is produced. Reptile scales are nothing

bone). At the base newscasterarchives.com

bankers and recruiters, teachers and small business owners. Many are married, most have

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children, and some are newly grandparents. The reunion boasted one U.S. Marine Corps

designs.

and three U.S. Air Force veterans, and the class has one active duty USAF member, SMSgt

So, you are not eating a dinosaur for Thanksgiving. God, the Master De-

Sean Rouillier, who was unable to attend the reunion due to his current duty assignment to

signer, created each according to its kind; a bird is a bird, and a reptile is a reptile.

Osan Air Base, South Korea. The classmates all agreed that a 32-year reunion of a small-

town 8th grade class made perfect sense for this special group. As Sue Seely, Andy Seely's

They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and

mother, pointed out, "It takes a long time to make old friends."

every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl

The Riverside Inn prepared an excellent buffet and live music was from the Lecan-

after his kind, every bird of every sort. Genesis 7:14

to-based duo "Jake and Heather."

A 33-year Yankeetown School 8th grade reunion is tentatively planned for 18 No-

Based on, Inspired Evidence a book by Bruce Malone, 2011

vember 2017. Sand Gnats should contact Andy Seely at andy@yankeetown.com for details.

Presented by Bob Allen, Biologist-Paid Advertisement

Contact Bob at SFTT321@gmail.com

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8th graders from Yankeetown School 1984: Tammy Cecere (Byrd), Geff Gascay, Sherri Adams

(Tyler), Donna Mancauskas (Dean), Andy Seely, Debbie Poiroux (Soltis), Tina Martin, Scott

Damewood, Mick Whitsel, Jack Hart, and Jimmy Tourigny. Not shown here, late arrivals Alicia

Webb (Roof) and Gary Stephens, and Michelle Padgett, who joined via Skype.

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