Shearer Elementary School fifth grade students Gabby Henderson, left, and Ashley Smyth help State Senator R. J. Palmer raise a U.S. flag in front of the school early Thursday morning, top photo. Palmer presented the flag from the state to replace the school’s worn and tattered flag. Attending the flag rasing were students in the fifth grade taught by Heather Crowl, Stephen Daugherty and Shannon Spradlin. Henderson, bottom photo, carefully raise the flag before the students say the Pledge of Allegiance.
James Mann/jmann@winchestersun.com
