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Lafayette | Stephen Cherry

by Stephen Cherry
Robbie Bray, a 10-year-old student at Red Boiling Springs School, asks for Principal Charles Biles’ help with an injured finger.
Charles Biles smiles as he talks with students at Red Boiling Springs School.
The crowded hallway overwhelms one child who is upset because he cannot find his friends.
With his paddle at the ready, Biles reprimands three boys who had been misbehaving on the school bus after their bus driver, right, complained.
The principal directs pedestrian traffic as students leave school to board their buses.
When Biles leaves at the end of the day, he often goes driving on his farm.
As principal, Charles Biles has many duties such as signing absentee excuse forms.
Charles Biles, principal of Red Boiling Springs School, assists Jeff Poppin jump start his truck on Poppin’s farm after a heavy rain. Popping was on his way to sell vegetables he had grown.
A view overlooking Cordell Hull Dam just outside of Macon County in neighboring Clay County.
During recess at Red Boiling Springs School, Roy Young pushes his friend Rusty Gearhart on a skateboard. The two were taking advantage of the warm fall weather.
Just how many rocks must boys throw at bulls before the animals charge? Quent Haggard, 7, and Matthew Kirtes, 8, aim for the answer in the field behind the Haggard house in Lafayette. The boys were about 35 feet from the safety of a barbed wire fence. The bulls never charged.

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