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Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas
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Staff recounts how signature lion statues found home
at R.L. Turner High School
12:17 PM Fri, Oct 09, 2009
Matt Peterson/Reporter Bio
Last night's school board meeting wasn't all business; there were
moments of levity as well.
After the district recognized its latest crop of Very Important
Profession of Teaching honorees, teachers whose work has
distinguished them among their peers, there was a video presentation
on the origins of R.L. Turner High's signature lion statues.
The stone lions were moved to the school in the 1990s from their
original home: the old Josey Ranch property.
"Back in the day, the Josey family lived in the home, and they had
several sculptures around the house," said Vince Cowdrey, director
of Turner's Academy for Media Arts and Technology at Turner. "We
just happened to notice two lion sculptures out in front of the
house after the had moved away."
But getting permission to take the lions was just the start. Moving
them to Turner was far more difficult.
"These suckers would not budge," said Vice Principal Russ Wisener,
who volunteered his 1980 Nissan pickup for the job.
In the end, school officials got a lift from a crane used to move
crypts at Perry Cemetery. Wisener's pickup almost wasn't up to the
task.
"My truck, it was hurtin' ... because those things were heavy,"
Wisener said
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Principal Kim Holland helps move the stone Lions into
place that sit outside of the front of the school. Photo
by Juan Vargas - 2001 Roar, pg 4
Construction workers with the
assistance of Mr. Kim Holland place the lion statues in
the fron t of the building. Photo by Haren Patel -
- 2001 Roar, pg 13
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