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Vol. 6 Number 31
An Award Winning Weekly Newspaper
Work Starts On Library
Renovation And Addition
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Marshall County
To Hold Job Fair
Marshall County Partnership
for growth has partnered with
Junction City/Manhattan Work
Force Centers and will be having a Job Fair @ the National
Guard Armory in Marysville
from 10-2 on Febuary 26th.
Visit with some of the participating employers Twin Valley
Developmental
Services,
Landoll Corporation, Titan
Trailers, Travalong Trailers,
Frankfort Community Care
Home, Community Memorial
Health, Cambridge Place, Blue
Valley Health Care Inc. and
That’s just to name a few many
more will be participating as
well.
This event has been sponsored by Partnership for
Valley
Twin
Growth,
Developmental Services, Titan
trailers, National Guard, WalMart, Dierking Communications and KansasWORKS.
Rock For A Cause
On Saturday, Feb. 14th from
9:00 to noon, you are invited to
visit the Blue Rapids Museum
and rock in one of their display
chairs. We are asking for a
donation of $15 for 15 minutes
of rocking. Participants will be
treated to heart shaped cinnamon rolls and given a free year
membership to the Museum.
Workmen from Riley Construction Company started pouring footing on the Blue Rapids Library Addition Monday. The
Blue Rapids Library is know as the oldest continuous Public Library West of the Mississippi. The United States Department
gave the Library a grant and Friends of the Library contributed. (Photos by Deb Barrington)
The Addition is just north of the Library and the workmen spend a lot of time trenching to get old material out
and getting the footings in.
Bring in a friend and enjoy visiting with your roll and cup of
coffee. If you are unable to
attend, sponsor someone else
like a grandchild. We won’t
make them drink coffee.
Our cause this time is carpeting for the nearly finished
“blue room”.
Kansas Moves To
Narrow Teacher,
School Board
Negotiations
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) —
Negotiations between teachers
and school boards would be
drastically narrowed under a
bill endorsed Tuesday by the
House Education Committee.
The measure would only
require the two parties to negotiate salaries and work hours in
yearly talks, and both sides
would have to agree beforehand to discuss any other subject, such as sick leave, insurance or safety.
Associations of teachers,
administrators and school
boards have criticized the
House bill, preferring a compromise they reached last
month under which each side
could propose up to five subjects in addition to wages.
Education lobbyists have said
that the House bill would allow
one side or the other to block
all talks not related to salary.
Rep.
Sue
Boldra,
a
Republican from Hays, said
passing the bill would go
against American legislative
tradition of compromise-based
solutions by ignoring the education groups' agreement.
"This is a compromise of the
all the major players. They've
come up with a solution to the
negotiation battles that come
up almost every year. I think
we should listen to them,"
Boldra said.
Boldra attempted to amend
the House bill to reflect the
terms of the compromise, but
the motion was defeated.
Rep. Charles Macheers, a
Republican from Shawnee, said
he supported the measure
because it would shorten discussions and ultimately save
taxpayers money.
"What it promotes is stability
and predictability and peace so
you don't have to have this discussion or this negotiation or
an argument every year,"
Macheers said.
On the other end of the
Statehouse, a Senate panel conducted its first hearing Tuesday
on a bill modifying negotiations according to the compromise.
Cheryl Semmel, executive
director of United School
Administrators of Kansas said
she is hopeful the compromise
legislation will have a better
chance in that chamber.
Kansas governor signs bill
addressing budget shortfall
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Gov.
Sam Brownback has signed a
bill closing most of a projected
$344 million shortfall in the
state’s current budget.
Brownback announced his
action Tuesday and said lawmakers worked hard in passing
it last week.
The bill mostly diverts
money from highway projects
and other special funds to general government spending. The
state also is shorting contributions to pensions for teachers
and government workers.
Separately,
Brownback
announced plans last week to
cut nearly $45 million in funding for public schools and higher education.
Kansas also faces an additional shortfall of nearly $600
million in the budget for the
next fiscal year, beginning July
1.
The budget problems arose
after lawmakers aggressively
cut
income
taxes
at
Brownback’s urging in 2012
and 2013.
Groundwater depletion
slowing in western Kansas
Riley Construction smooth out the footings, that is a big foot.
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) _ The
Kansas Geological Survey says
average groundwater levels are
still declining in western
Kansas, but at a slower rate.
The agency on Tuesday
released preliminary data from
the measurements of some
1,400 water wells taken earlier
this year.
Most of the wells draw from
the High Plains aquifer, which
includes the Equus Beds and
Great Bend Prairie aquifer in
south-central Kansas and the
Ogallala aquifer in western
Kansas.
Water levels declined an
average of 0.87 feet in 2014 _ a
slightly slower rate than the 0.9
feet drop in 2013.
But it is far less than the 2.7foot drop in water levels seen in
2012, the 2.8-foot decline in
2011 and the 1.18-foot decline
in 2010.
Southwest Kansas had the
greatest declines, with average
groundwater levels falling 1.92
feet.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
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Even as US job market picks up, unemployed face frustration
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The require.
job market remains a frustratThe plight of the uneming place for America’s 9 mil- ployed also reflects an economlion unemployed _ perhaps ic reality: Even in the best
more so as hiring has accelerat- times, the number of job seeked along with job postings.
ers is typically twice the numThe pace of job growth over ber of job openings.
the past three months was the
The January jobs report that
fastest in 17 years. The gains the government issued Friday
spanned nearly every industry, pointed to another factor, too:
and some employers have As hiring strengthens, more
finally had to dangle higher pay people typically start looking
to attract or retain top talent.
for jobs. As the number of job
And yet millions of job seek- seekers grows, so does compeers still can’t find work. Some tition for work.
businesses remain slow to fill
The number of openings has
their openings, awaiting the reached nearly 5 million, the
ideal candidate. Many job seek- most since 2001. Yet that’s
ers lack the skills employers barely more than half the num-
ber of people the government
counts as unemployed.
``There’s always going to be
a set of job vacancies, and there
are always going to be a set of
people transitioning from
unemployment to work,’’ said
Tara Sinclair, an economics
professor
at
George
Washington University. ``The
transition isn’t instantaneous.’’
For many, the transition can
be
maddeningly
slow.
Complaints abound about
online job sites that seem to
function more as black holes
than as gateways to employment. Applicants can’t get past
online portals to explain gaps
in their resumes. Multiple interviews and other steps _ even
for low-paying jobs _ can prolong the process.
Carlie Kozlowich, 23, had
three interviews last year with a
marketing company for a job
she was told would involve
``travel’’ and ``events.’’ Only
after accepting the job did she
learn it involved selling goods
at a booth in a Costco. Having
amassed roughly $50,000 in
debt to earn a college degree,
she felt she had to turn it down.
``Three interviews just to
say, `Would you like to try a
pierogi today?’’’ she said.
Obituaries
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Maurice “Fearless” Wassenberg
Maurice
"Fearless"
Wassenberg, 88, died February
3, 2015 at the Frankfort
Community Care Home in
Frankfort, KS.
Visitation was Thursday,
February 5, from 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. at Kinsley Mortuary.
A rosary service was held at
7, Thursday at St Gregory's
Catholic Church in Marysville.
Mass of Christian Burial was
held at 10:30 a.m., Friday,
February 6, at St. Gregory's
Catholic Church. Father Jim
Shaughnessy officiated. Gina
Miller was the organist and
Christina L’Ecuyer was the
Joe - Peggy Homes
50th Wedding Anniversary
Card Shower
cantor. Music included “You
Will Never Walk Alone”,
“Blessed Are They”, “Take My
Hands”, “The Lord’s Prayer”,
“You Are Mine” and “How
Great Thou Art”.
The pallbearers were Ben
O’Neil, Danny Craig, James
Wassenberg, Steven Hill, Loren
Wassenberg, Robert O’Neil
and David Wassenberg.
Fearless was born on May
13, 1926 at Marysville to
Benjamin and Mary (Voet)
Wassenberg. He graduated
from Marysville High School.
It was in high school where he
obtained the name "Fearless"
when he was a hard hitting
member of the football team.
He joined the Air Force in
1944, where he attained the
rank of Staff Sargent, and
served four years. In 1955, he
married Evelyn L'Ecuyer.
He worked for Peterson
Ready Mix and GrosshanPeterson
Construction
Company, as a heavy equipment operator. He moved to
Fort Scott in 1983 to work construction and then moved back
to Marysville in 2013.
Fearless enjoyed raising
chickens, custom plowing,
woodworking, which included
making desks and bed stands.
He was a member of St.
Gregory's Catholic Church,
Knights
of
Columbus,
American Legion, V.F.W. and
the Moose Lodge.
He is survived by his wife,
Evelyn of Marysville; daughters, Laura Marie O'Neil,
Beattie, Sherry Ann Gaines,
Timnath, CO; brothers, Wilfred
(Pete) Wassenberg, Marysville,
Eugene
Wassenberg,
Marysville; sister, Rita Van
Gassback, Albuquerque, NM;
four grandchildren and one
great-grandchild. Preceding in
death were his parents,
Benjamin and Mary (Voet)
Wassenberg; brothers, Bernard
Henry, Louis, Joseph; and sisters, Rosemary Brungardt,
Dorothy Wassenberg, and
Elizabeth Wassenberg.
Memorials are designated to
St. Gregory's school, Frankfort
Care Home, or Meadowlark
Hospice. Contributions may be
sent in care of Kinsley
Mortuary.
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Harold Scheibe, age 103
died at Cambridge Place,
Marysville, Ks. Feb. 8, 2015.
Funeral service will be 10:00
a.m. Friday, Feb. 13, 2015 at
Kinsley Chapel. Rev. Susan
Bantz will officiate. Deb
Landoll is organist and the congregation will sing “How Great
Thou Art” and “ Just a Closer
Walk with Thee.”
Honorary Pallbearers will be
Robert Wilson,
Brandon
Wilson, Wade Wilson, Mert
Ott, Charles Scheibe. Burial
will be in Riverside Cemetery,
Waterville, Ks.
Harold was born January 22,
1912, the son of Albert and
Minnie (Fischer) Scheibe. He
was baptized at Trinity
Lutheran Church at Afton and
confirmed at St. Mark’s
Lutheran Church, Waterville,
KS by Rev. I. B. Heisey. He
graduated from Waterville
High School in 1930.
He married Amanda Riggert
of Bremen May 1, 1935 at Mt.
Calvary Lutheran Church in
Marysville by Rev. H.M.
Daenzer. They lived on a farm
northwest of Waterville for
many years. They were parents
of one daughter Janet Marie.
He was a lifelong member of
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church,
Waterville, served on the
Church Council and on the
building committee when the
new church was built. He
served as past director of the
Waterville Coop. He was a
member of the Retired Senior
Volunteer Program and AARP.
He was a farmer all of his life,
living on the home place until
they moved to Marysville in
1986.
He enjoyed going to the
Helvering Center to eat and
socialize, especially playing
cards every afternoon. He also
enjoyed traveling extensively
in the U.S., and having gone to
Europe several times. Then in
his late 90’s, he flew to Hawaii
several times with his daughter
and son-in-law to spend a
month in the winter.
Preceding him in death were
his wife Amanda on July 11,
2005, his parents, sister Elaine
Schmidt, and brother Melvin.
He is survived by his daughter Janet and son-in-law Dr.
Phil Balsmeier of Shreveport,
Louisiana, nieces and nephews.
A memorial fund has been
established and will be designated later, or donations may be
sent to Meadowlark Hospice.
Contributions may be sent in
care of Kinsley Mortuary in
Marysville.
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Kansas Education Officials Say Proposed Funding
Bill Would Force Immediate School Program Cuts
By NICHOLAS CLAYTON
Associated Press
TOPEKA,
Kansas
—
Cutting $39 million in supplemental school funding would
result in immediate reductions
to school programs and staff,
education officials told a
Senate panel Tuesday.
Several school superintendents testified to the Senate
Ways and Means Committee
that the bill, which would overhaul the calculation for a type
of supplemental school funding, would put many districts in
the red for the fiscal year ending June 30.
Topeka public schools may
be forced to cancel summer
school programs and lay off
custodial staff should the bill
pass, Superintendent Julie Ford
said. As it is, the district plans
to spend $3 million from its
reserve fund to cover this
school’s year’s expenditures,
according to Larry Robbins,
deputy superintendent of operations for Topeka schools.
“When we look at our cuts,
it’s pretty tough to decide
where we can make this cut of
$897,000. Our teachers are
under contract, our social
workers, our counselors. We’re
obligated to them,” Ford said.
Johnson County’s six school
districts would take the largest
hit under the bill, making up
about 28 percent of the reduction. Overall, they’d lose $11
million, with Blue Valley and
Shawnee Mission surrendering
their entire allotment of $3.3
million and $4.1 million
respectively.
Sen. Ty Masterson, the
Andover Republican who
chairs the committee, repeatedly mentioned those districts’
funding levels as an example of
why he believes the current calculation is unfair.
Each local district can levy
as much as $2,340 per student
in property taxes to supplement
state dollars. In poor areas, the
levies generally must be higher
than in wealthy areas to raise
the same dollars, and the state
provides additional money so
districts don’t fall behind others.
But some wealthy districts,
such as Shawnee Mission and
Blue Valley, also have large
populations of students, so
their potential tax revenue per
student can be low enough to
qualify for state aid.
“To say that we’re going to
disproportionately affect the
poor districts is just false, quite
frankly,” Masterson said,
adding that high energy prices
temporarily increased property
values in some rural counties,
which then saw their state allotment fall due to small schools.
Democratic Senate Majority
Leader Anthony Hensley, a
Topeka Democrat, testified
against the bill, saying the current formula was effective, but
the Legislature had failed to
adequately fund it.
Dave Trabert, president of
the conservative Kansas Policy
Institute, was the only person
who testified in favor of the
bill, saying schools could make
up for the lost funding by
restructuring, outsourcing and
reducing extra services.
But Trego County School
District Superintendent George
Griffith said his district and
others in western Kansas have
already pursued most options
to improve efficiency and cut
costs, so any move to change
the formula should be made in
the future instead of affecting
current budgets.
“I feel that the current legis-
lature is anti-schools and isn’t
interested in adequately funding education. It has put bigger
emphasis on giving tax relief to
those who can afford to pay,”
he said.
Gov. Sam Brownback, who
has said he wants to scrap the
current school funding system
and instead fund each school
directly with block grants,
defended the timing of the
move and said it can’t wait
because of the current multimillion-dollar budget gap.
The revenue shortfalls and
automatic increases in education spending due to the fund-
ing formula have combined to
create a situation “you’ve got
to address somehow in this fiscal year,” he said. “You can do
more planning out for ‘16 and
‘17 but we’ve got an issue that
we’ve got to pass this year.”
Kansas lawmakers to hold hearings on ending marriages
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _
Divorce is expected to be the
main focus of two days of
information legislative committee hearings on marriage.
One of the key questions to
be addressed this week is
whether Kansas has made it too
easy for couples to end their
marriages, said Rep. Jan Pauls,
a Hutchinson Republican who
serves on the House Federal
and State Affairs Committee.
``Some people have suggested it would be helpful to have
requirements of counseling, or
extended or longer waiting
periods, as long as it doesn’t
involve domestic violence or
problems like that,’’ Pauls told
the Lawrence Journal-World.
Kansas is what’s considered
a ``no fault’’ divorce state,
which means that either party
in a marriage can petition for
divorce. The person seeking the
divorce doesn’t have to prove
that there are legal grounds for
it beyond ``incompatibility.’’
Kansas also does not have a
mandatory waiting period
before a divorce can be granted, and it does not require couples to go through counseling
before a divorce. Judges do
have the discretion to order
counseling, and in some counties they do so routinely, especially in cases that involve the
custody of minor children.
``I think what’s being discussed is the idea that it might
be helpful to have some people
wait because sometimes it’s a
problem that can be worked
out,’’ Pauls said. ``Sometimes
it’s kind of in the heat of the
moment, someone wants out.’’
Among the groups expected
to present information, she
said, is Focus on the Family, a
Colorado-based organization
that describes itself as, ``a global Christian ministry dedicated
to helping families thrive.’’
University of Kansas Data Helps Map Greenland’s Ice Sheet
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ After
years of failed attempts by
other researchers, data and
equipment developed by the
University of Kansas helped
scientists from several universities create the first comprehensive map of the Greenland
ice sheet.
Kansas engineering professor Prasad Gogineni is the
director of the National Science
Foundation Center for Remote
Sensing of Ice Sheets. He said
data and ultra-sensitive radar
equipment developed by the
center documented deep and
ancient channels of ice for the
map, The Lawrence JournalWorld
reported
(http://bit.ly/16yFAWa ).
Gogineni said knowing why
Greenland’s ice sheet has been
losing mass during the last two
decades will help predict how
to react to rising sea levels
along coastlines and cities.
The group’s findings were
supported
by
NASA’s
Operation IceBridge and
involved scientists from several
universities. They were published online Jan. 16 in the
Journal
of
Geophysical
Research: Earth Surface.
The study found that
Greenland’s deepest ice _ the
Eemian layer, dating to more
than 115,000 years ago _ sur-
vived a period during which
temperatures were higher than
they are today and similar to
what they’re predicted to be in
50 to 100 years. However, the
Eemian ice survived only in the
middle, while the margins
melted and contributed to higher sea levels.
``There’s an analog to what
we can expect, to some
extent,’’ Gogineni said.
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Blue Rapids Free Press
Senior... Don’t Worry Be Happy
By Vanessa Moctezuma, sr.
VHHS Journalism
Nethaniel Bryce Webb
believes that staying positive
has helped him a lot in life.
Webb was born in Yuba City,
California on November 12th,
1996 to Angie Webb.
He now lives with his two
grandparents Anita and Ronald
Smith and his two twin brothers Caleb and Colby Smith in
Barnes, Kansas. Webb has participated in golf for four years,
the All School Play for one
year, football manager for two
years, basketball manager for
two years, Forensics for one
year, FCA for one year and
library assistant for one year.
Webb is undecided on which
school he wants to attend but
plans to go to a two year college to get his associate degree
and transfer to a four year to get
his bachelor degree. “I want to
have a good successful job,
own a huge house and have a
big family to take care of.�
Nethaniel will never forget the
memories he made with other
cast members in the play. “I
can’t change the direction of
the wind, but I can adjust my
sails to always reach my destination.” - Jimmy Dean, is a
quote that inspires Nethaniel.
“My uncle Timothy has been
a role model in my life, he’s
always been a hard worker and
has always been really positive.” A song that best describes
Nethaniel is Don’t Worry Be
Happy by Bob Marley. “I’ve
been through a lot in my life
but I still manage to stay positive. Most people don’t know
that I’m actually a people person and I can be funny. One of
the biggest accomplishments
I’ve achieved so far is not letting the past get the best of me
and moving on.” When
Nethaniel
leaves
Valley
Heights, he hopes that people
remember how he was always
positive and always wanted to
have a good time.
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Kansas seeks to cut prison costs while being tough on crime
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _
Kansas is the latest in a series
of states moving to reduce its
prison population and cut costs,
but parallel legislation stiffening penalties for some crimes
may nullify the effort.
The Kansas Sentencing
Commission has submitted two
bills to a House panel to ease
overcrowding in state prisons
and save money. The bills,
which have been endorsed by
the Department of Corrections
and many legislators, would
keep offenders out of prison on
their first two marijuana possession offenses and allow
some prisoners to knock off
additional time for good behavior.
Scott Schultz, executive
director of the Kansas
Sentencing Commission, said
the cost of incarcerating criminals is starting to get lawmak-
ers’ attention.
``I think the dialogue is open
for us and the Legislature is in
some sense being pushed in
that direction just because of
budget issues. Things are not as
flexible as they used to be,’’
Schultz said.
Kansas’ prison population is
already 146 prisoners over
capacity and is expected to
grow to 107 percent capacity
by 2024.
Department of Corrections
Secretary Ray Roberts has said
1,160 prisoners have been
added to Kansas’ system since
2009. With an annual cost of
about $24,500 per inmate,
these new prisoners are costing
the state about $28.4 million _
a high cost in the face of
Kansas’ projected budget shortfall of almost $600 million for
the fiscal year that begins July
1.
years of togetherness might
feel compelled to try to impress
one another. This doesn’t mean
going overboard.
Buying
someone flowers doesn’t
always have to mean buying
them roses. Think about the
person and try to do something
special for them.
For
children,
Valentine’s Day is great fun.
Making the bags for the candy
and cards at school provides
excitement. Instead of buying
store bought cards, see if a
child and a couple of his or her
friends would rather make their
own Valentine’s cards together.
Get some construction paper,
scissors, glue, and let the children go at it. This will help
promote creativity while cutting back on the rising cost of
manufactured cards.
HOME NOTES...
Susan A. Latta - CEA
Marshall
County
Extension Agent
Looking to make a big
impression on your partner on
Valentine’s Day? It may be
cheaper than one thinks. Many
people think Valentine’s Day
means people have to spend
money on each other. For
many adult relationships,
spending money on the significant other is of less concern
than spending time.
Older couples having spent
several Valentine’s Days
together realize the importance
of just spending time together.
It could just be as simple as
planning a weekend trip together that doesn’t have to include
five star hotels or fancy restaurants. Or the duo could stay
home, prepare dinner together,
and watch a movie. A younger
couple that doesn’t have the
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Marshall County Commission Minutes
February 2, 2015
The Board of Marshall
County Commissioners met in
regular session with Robert S.
Connell, Chairman; Thomas K.
Holle and Charles R. Loiseau
members and Sonya L. Stohs,
County Clerk present.
The meeting was called to
order at 9:00 a.m.
The Board opened the meeting with the flag salute.
The minutes and agenda
were approved as presented
upon a motion by Charles R.
Loiseau seconded by Thomas
K. Holle. Unanimous.
Agency on Aging Director
Heather Ruhkamp met with the
Board to present a Marshall
County Agency on Aging
Volunteer Code of Conduct for
approval. Charles R. Loiseau
moved, seconded by Thomas
K. Holle to approve the
Marshall County Agency on
Aging Volunteer Code of
Conduct. Unanimous.
Agency on Aging Director
Heather Ruhkamp presented
the one bid received for the
2002 Ford Econoline 12 passenger bus. Commissioner
Chairman Robert S. Connell
opened the following bid:
Joe Cohorst, Home, KS $311.00
Robert S. Connell moved,
seconded by Charles R.
Loiseau to not accept the bid
from Joe Cohorst, Home, KS
due to the bus being worth a lot
more than the bid received.
Unanimous.
County Clerk Sonya L. Stohs
asked for the following step
increase for Sheriff Deputy
Fernando Salcedo, Marysville
from Deputy Sheriff, 5 years at
$17.40 an hour to Deputy
Sheriff, 7 years at $18.15 an
hour effective February 1,
2015. Charles R. Loiseau
moved, seconded by Thomas
K. Holle to approve the following step increase for Sheriff
Deputy Fernando Salcedo,
Marysville
from
Deputy
Sheriff, 5 years at $17.40 an
hour to Deputy Sheriff, 7 years
at $18.15 an hour effective
February 1, 2015. Unanimous.
Thomas K. Holle moved,
seconded by Robert S. Connell
to approve the following purchase order. Unanimous.
Security Solutions, Junction
City, KS
For network video recorder
and software license for the
Courthouse
$5,552.70General (Building) fund-P.O. #
4851
Public Works Administrator
Mike Craig met with the Board
to announce that County
Township Day will be held in
March 10, 2015 at the
Helvering
Center
in
Marysville.
Charles R. Loiseau moved,
seconded by Robert S. Connell
to approve the vouchers, as presented, and issue manual warrants from the respective funds.
Unanimous.
Charles R. Loiseau moved,
seconded by Robert S. Connell
to adjourn at 10:26 a.m.
Unanimous. The next scheduled meeting will be Monday,
February 9, 2015 starting at
9:00 a.m.
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Valley Heights Jr. High Girls Win 34-9
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) _
Storming the court after beating
Kansas is becoming routine for
Oklahoma State students.
Le’Bryan Nash scored 18
points to help the Cowboys
upset
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``We got to keep our kids’
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``It was a big win, because of
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Young At 80!
The Valley Heights Jr. High Lady Mustangs work the defensive boards in Monday nights game with Luckey.
Madisen Hanson (40) pulls down the rebound, also pictured are Rylie Borgerding (33) and Kate Wannamaker (14).
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Adrianna Haines (45) looks to stop Hakha Miramontes (24) of Luckey from getting the ball to the center. Also pictured is Shae Murk (24).
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Madisen Hanson (40) works the ball on the right side
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