Shelby-Tennant Alumni Association is searching for yearbooks

AREA ­— The Shelby-Tennant Alumni Association is asking former students and classmates to help preserve the memory of the school by donating Shelby-Tennant yearbooks.
 Chuck Martens, member of the Alumni Association said it is uncertain what happened to the school library’s yearbooks when the school consolidated with what was AvoHa in 1996 to form the A-H-S-T (now AHSTW) School District.
 “Schools are a mainstay in a community. We lost our school, so there’s nothing to bring people together. We are trying to revive that spirit of community,” Martens said.
 The Alumni Association will be have a booth at Carstens Farm Days Saturday, September 7 and Sunday, September 8, where yearbooks may be dropped off. Copies of current and past newsletters will be available to read, and anyone who attended Shelby-Tennant will be able to signup to become a paid member of the Alumni Association. There is no charge to become a member, however, those paying $5 for annual dues will receive a copy of the current newsletter.  
 Anyone who attended school at Shelby-Tennant, or the individual Shelby or Tennant schools, is welcome to join the Alumni Association, even those who did not graduate from there. Alumni banquets are held annually on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend.
 Shelby City Hall will also accept donated yearbooks. The Shelby County Historical Museum in Harlan has agreed to store and display the donated yearbooks, which Martens said would be a great resource for former Cardinals.
 “Many of us feel as if the identity of the school is fading away,” Martens said. “We don’t want that to happen. We are reaching out to the community to help us.
 For more information about donating yearbooks, or about the Shelby-Tennant Alumni Association, please email S-T_Alumni@outlook.com