The memories haven’t faded for Kristy Nix — quite unlike the messages that have been painted and painted over time and again on Gainesville High School’s iconic rock. Most of all, she remembers how she, among other classmates, were among the first GHS students to paint the inaugural messages on the boulder that overlooks Chestatee Road/Pearl Nix Parkway and is just a short drive from the school off Century Place. “It’s just a terrific Gainesville High symbol of spirit and competition, to me,” Nix said.