In Friday night local boys action at the TVL tourney at Blue Valley:
Centralia 62, Hanover 50
Washington County 57, Clifton-Clyde 46
The schedule for local teams on Saturday:
Girls
Linn vs. Frankfort at 4 p.m. for third place
Washington Co. vs. Clifton-Clyde at 1 p.m. for seventh place
Hanover vs. Onaga at 11:30 a.m. for ninth place
Boys
Hanover vs. B&B at 4 p.m. for third place
Linn vs. Valley Heights for seventh place at 1 p.m.
Washington County vs. Onaga for ninth place at 11:30 a.m.
Clifton-Clyde vs. Bern for 11th place at 10 a.m.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Friday, January 18, 2008
TVL tourney update - Thursday night
Two local girls basketball teams were in action on Thursday night at the TVL tourney at Blue Valley.
Hanover lost to B&B 48-58
Linn lost to Centralia 40-65
Centralia will play Blue Valley for the tourney title after Blue Valley defeated Frankfort 73-57.
Boys semi-final action tonight pits Hanover vs. Centralia at 7:30 p.m.
Clifton-Clyde and Washington County will face off in a consolation round game.
Hanover lost to B&B 48-58
Linn lost to Centralia 40-65
Centralia will play Blue Valley for the tourney title after Blue Valley defeated Frankfort 73-57.
Boys semi-final action tonight pits Hanover vs. Centralia at 7:30 p.m.
Clifton-Clyde and Washington County will face off in a consolation round game.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
OPINION on denial of new Linn gym use request
It was a simple request.
The guys who play pick-up basketball at the Linn High School gym on Sundays and Wednesdays during the winter were wanting to use the new gym instead of the old gym. Since I was going to cover the USD 223 school board meeting last night, and since I’d been one of the guys playing basketball over the last few years, I offered to make an official request to the school board to be able to use the new gym instead of the old gym.
I didn’t really know what the board’s response would be, but I couldn’t imagine that the request would be that big of a deal.
The players’ ages range from the mid-20s up to one unstoppable and unflappable 40- or 50-something bench warmer (just kidding, you know who you are). They are all graduates of Linn High School except maybe one guy who currently works for the school. Almost all are taxpayers in the district and some even helped on a committee to promote the bond that paid for the construction of the new gym. They are all pretty well past their crazier days (except maybe the old man, but he is harmless).
Their careers range from a farmer to the owner of a seed business to the assistant manager of a livestock handling equipment manufacturing company to a telecommunications company outside plant technician and on and on. Not really the resume of a group intent on mistreating a gym floor or vandalizing the facility. These guys police themselves and very clearly do not want to cause any problems with the facilities.
So it was a little strange that the potential wear and tear of the new gym’s floor was the main reason given by administration for not being able to use the gym.
Somehow it was okay for the guys to use the main gym floor on Sundays and Wednesdays (along with the school’s P.E. classes and any number of other activities) when Linn only had one gym. Now suddenly, this sort of usage could evidently cause unparalleled damage.
I disagree and think the school and school board could do a better job of offering gestures of goodwill to the community. This act only creates walls between school and community and that doesn’t do anybody any good.
After much discussion (which will be in next week’s Washington County News) the request was denied 4-3. Voting in opposition to the request were Bryce Heck, Todd Frye, Larry Nicholson and Jim Kruse.
I want to commend Bruce Meyer, Marge Schlabach and Joel Hynek for voting to approve the request and understanding that community-school relations are crucial to the success of a school system.
The guys who play pick-up basketball at the Linn High School gym on Sundays and Wednesdays during the winter were wanting to use the new gym instead of the old gym. Since I was going to cover the USD 223 school board meeting last night, and since I’d been one of the guys playing basketball over the last few years, I offered to make an official request to the school board to be able to use the new gym instead of the old gym.
I didn’t really know what the board’s response would be, but I couldn’t imagine that the request would be that big of a deal.
The players’ ages range from the mid-20s up to one unstoppable and unflappable 40- or 50-something bench warmer (just kidding, you know who you are). They are all graduates of Linn High School except maybe one guy who currently works for the school. Almost all are taxpayers in the district and some even helped on a committee to promote the bond that paid for the construction of the new gym. They are all pretty well past their crazier days (except maybe the old man, but he is harmless).
Their careers range from a farmer to the owner of a seed business to the assistant manager of a livestock handling equipment manufacturing company to a telecommunications company outside plant technician and on and on. Not really the resume of a group intent on mistreating a gym floor or vandalizing the facility. These guys police themselves and very clearly do not want to cause any problems with the facilities.
So it was a little strange that the potential wear and tear of the new gym’s floor was the main reason given by administration for not being able to use the gym.
Somehow it was okay for the guys to use the main gym floor on Sundays and Wednesdays (along with the school’s P.E. classes and any number of other activities) when Linn only had one gym. Now suddenly, this sort of usage could evidently cause unparalleled damage.
I disagree and think the school and school board could do a better job of offering gestures of goodwill to the community. This act only creates walls between school and community and that doesn’t do anybody any good.
After much discussion (which will be in next week’s Washington County News) the request was denied 4-3. Voting in opposition to the request were Bryce Heck, Todd Frye, Larry Nicholson and Jim Kruse.
I want to commend Bruce Meyer, Marge Schlabach and Joel Hynek for voting to approve the request and understanding that community-school relations are crucial to the success of a school system.
USD 223 school board meeting bits
Topics of interest from the USD 223 Barnes-Hanover-Linn school board meeting on Wednesday evening, Jan. 16:
• On a 4-3 vote, the board denied a request by Linn-Palmer area patrons to use the new gym for recreational pick-up basketball games on Sunday and Wednesday evenings. (See related blog post.)
• Richard Turner resigned as Linn High School head football coach and summer conditioning program sponsor.
• The board discussed a list of facility recommendations, including air conditioning, science lab renovation and football field lighting at Linn; and air conditioning, football field lighting, old locker room renovation and ADA accessibility at Hanover among other items.
• Eight new students have enrolled at Linn since Christmas break and two new students have enrolled at Hanover.
• The board discussed whether or not they would want to move forward with developing a plan for a potential at-risk preschool in Greenleaf for the district.
• On a 4-3 vote, the board denied a request by Linn-Palmer area patrons to use the new gym for recreational pick-up basketball games on Sunday and Wednesday evenings. (See related blog post.)
• Richard Turner resigned as Linn High School head football coach and summer conditioning program sponsor.
• The board discussed a list of facility recommendations, including air conditioning, science lab renovation and football field lighting at Linn; and air conditioning, football field lighting, old locker room renovation and ADA accessibility at Hanover among other items.
• Eight new students have enrolled at Linn since Christmas break and two new students have enrolled at Hanover.
• The board discussed whether or not they would want to move forward with developing a plan for a potential at-risk preschool in Greenleaf for the district.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
223 school board night
Tonight is the January USD 223 Barnes-Hanover-Linn school board meeting. After last month's meeting where the board aggressively denounced the concept of consolidation with USD 108 Washington County, I can't imagine there will be anything quite as interesting this month... we'll see. If the snow doesn't postpone the meeting, I'll give a quick list of highlights tomorrow.
Startup
Well, here it goes. I feel like I'm entering a new world with a blog, but I'm also very excited to get this underway. My intent is for this blog to mature quickly as I figure out its potential use so hopefully a month from now, I'll have a much better idea of what I'm doing.
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