[2] When the local school district ran out of money during the construction, McKee donated the remainder owed.

AHS students traditionally light the "A" on Homecoming night's football game which is played at R.E.

The "A" is lit by placing small cans, full of kerosene and sawdust, around the "A" and lighting them before kickoff.

Bode is a famed West Texas author and has published several books, including Home Country: An Elroy Bode Reader, Commonplace Mysteries, and This Favored Place: The Texas Hill Country.

Elroy was hunted illegally in Colorado by a hunter who unlawfully used a spotlight in pursuit of the panther.

Consequently, Elroy was seized by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the hunter was sentenced to four years of prison time.