And naming of that new school for Harry and Bess Truman, graduates of old Independence High School, Chrisman's founding name, added to the indignation. The event is set for Tuesday.
Rivalry now is only normal, academic and athletics.
All money donated goes into a fund set up through the school district's Foundation for Scholarship. Bob Brennan, an English teacher at Truman and sponsor of the student council, is creator of the Link project. He remembered the paper chains on the Christmas trees of his childhood, the need for scholarships and put the two together. Every Sunday night since Christmas, Steger, Truman, Grove, and dozens of volunteers have met faithfully at the Brennan home on Waldo Avenue cutting and stapling paper links together. The whole Brennan family is involved.