High School of the Week- Daniel Boone HS in Gray, Tennessee

We conclude our High School of the Week series today with a profile of Daniel Boone High School in Gray, Tennessee, near Johnson City, Tenn., where Eastern Tennessee State University is located.

The school nicknamed the Trailblazers won the 2010 Tennessee High School Women's Softball Championship in Murfreesboro; the team had a 41-9 record.

Daniel Boone HS has an enrollment of 1,300 students. The school principal is Roger Jackson. On Monday, the school serves a choice of a fresh deli sandwich (ham or turkey) or a turkey corn dog...........hmm?!

This reminds me an entry in the "Things We Learned on Twitter" today series we had here a few months ago about a San Francisco restaurant that was serving lobster corn dogs!

There is also a Daniel Boone HS in Birdsboro, Pennsylvania.

SIDEBAR: The BBC had a somber story about a zoo fire in Karlsrule, Germany, that killed 26 animals, including Shetland ponies, sheep, goats and a llama.

SIDEBAR TWO: On a lighter note, the satirical publication "The Onion" is 'reporting' that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick is feeling confident enough to do something terrible again. Vick, as everyone probably knows, is a convicted felon who bred pit bulls for the sole purpose of raising them to engage in dog fighting. Vick is an alumnus of Virginia Tech which is playing a big ACC game on the road against UNC today, kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. eastern time. Paul the Octopus is apparently picking the Hokies (that is a joke!)

Silly Photo to Fill Space- School Lunch Menu

For school children living in Orange County, NC, which includes Chapel Hill, Carrboro and Hillsborough, here are the school lunch items that will be served on Thursday (5/20).

When I was a kid at East Salem Elementary School in Salem, Va. (near Roanoke) our school lunches were a mere 65 cents. Of course, I was a third-grader in 1979. My Turkish father was very adamant that I not eat corn dogs because they (of course) had pork.

Hmmm........maybe I will have to have a ham and cheese omelet at the Omelette Shop in Princeton, WVa (not actually where I am at the moment--but there is such a place there and it's open 24/7), but there really is no fun in agitating someone who alas has been dead for some 25 years! But, agitating people who are alive and well is a different matter.....though I could NEVER eat turtle soup! Well, could you?!

Here is what is on the menu, (this material was originally listed in "The Carrboro Citizen," but I assume they can't sue me since this is in the public record):

Mozzarella Cheese Sticks w/Marinara Dipping Sauce (pictured) or Baked Potato w/Chilli and Cheese; w/Wheat Roll, "Fun on the Run" (what in the world is that?!); Traditional Mixed Vegetables; Chilled Fruit Cocktail or Chocolate Pudding.

Next week, we will list the school lunch menu items for students attending grade school in Karachi, Pakistan (that is a joke!).