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Lifestyle
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Published
03/08/09
The diploma is a bit faded with age, and its cover is in two pieces instead of one, but the memories are still strong. And when Clarence Ross pulls the document from a shelf in his home, his eyes light up and he swells with pride. 
Paul W. Gillespie — The Capital
Clarence Ross of Annapolis, a member of the last graduating class at Bates High School in 1966, shows off his diploma while clad in a school sweatshirt and ball cap. The document is faded with age, but the memories of the school and his experiences there haven’t dulled a bit. Ross, 62, who learned how to be a brick mason at the school, is trying to organize several fundraising activities to benefit the Wiley H. Bates Legacy Center.Find Us On Facebook
The memories of Wiley H. Bates High School are still strong for the 62-year-old Ross, and the gratitude he expresses is palpable. "I feel like I owe it all to Bates and the teachers," the Annapolis resident said last week, clad in a purple and gold school sweatshirt and matching ball cap. "Without them, we never would have made it. We wouldn't have amounted to...
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