Decatur marks colors day with week-long celebration

Jaquelin Vargas (left) and Pheng Lee were named Colors Day queen and king before the Decatur-Hartford game Jan. 30 at the Dawg Pound in Decatur. Both Vargas and Lee are seniors at Decatur High School and both play basketball on the senior teams. Photos by Mike Eckels
Jaquelin Vargas (left) and Pheng Lee were named Colors Day queen and king before the Decatur-Hartford game Jan. 30 at the Dawg Pound in Decatur. Both Vargas and Lee are seniors at Decatur High School and both play basketball on the senior teams. Photos by Mike Eckels

Photo by Mike Eckels

Leng Lee (left) and Jafett Puga show their Bulldog pride using their hair as a billboard during the Jan. 30 Colors Day pep rally at the Dawg Pound at Decatur High. Lee decided on a spike with one side blue the other gold. Puga painted the top of his hair blue with gold sides.

Photo by Mike Eckels

John Unger (right), head coach, introduces his players as Jason Porter, assistant coach, lends his support during the Colors Day pep rally at the Dawg Pound Jan. 30. The Bulldogs went on to beat the Hartford Hustlers 57-23.

Bill Niven, girls' basketball coach, talks about his senior team during the Jan. 30 pep rally at the Dawg Pound in Decatur. The lady dogs lost a close game to Hartford 40 to 35.

Emmy Lee rides a tricycle for the seventh grade team as part of the game portion of the Decatur High Colors Day pep rally Jan. 30.

Decatur High senior Ger Vang coaches team mate Lacy Barrett during the over and under toilet paper pass game held at the Colors Day pep rally Jan. 30 at Peterson Gym. The seniors held the lead until someone tore the paper, forcing the seniors to start from scratch.

Jaquelin Vargas (left) and Pheng Lee were named Colors Day queen and king before the Decatur-Hartford game Jan. 30 at the Dawg Pound in Decatur. Both Vargas and Lee are seniors at Decatur High School and both play basketball on the senior teams.

Photos by Mike Eckels

Photo by Mike Eckels

Pheng Lee (right) puts a royal robe on Jaquelin Vargas as part of the coronation ceremony for the Colors Day event at Decatur High School. Vargas was picked Colors Day queen from eight maids. Lee was chosen king. The pair were crowned before the start of the Decatur-Hartford game on Friday night. For more photos of the event, see Page 6B.

Photo by Mike Eckels

Meng Vang shows his ability to knock over a bottle of water with a tennis ball at the end of a nylon panty hose. Vang participated in a race to knock down two bottles during the Decatur High Colors Day event in the Dawg Pound at Decatur High on Jan. 30. While Van's performance was impressive, he finished in fifth place.

As part of the week-long Colors Day event at Decatur High, Demian Merworth (left), Jessica Hartman (teacher), and Paul Ehrhart, III, dress up for the senior citizen-day event Jan. 29 at Decatur Middle School.

Elaine Christman, teacher, leaves her classroom and heads toward the office at Decatur High School as she participates in the Colors Day senior citizen dress-up day Jan. 29. Christman is the chairperson for both the Colors Day and Homecoming events for Decatur High.

By Mike Eckels

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General News on 02/04/2015