Update from state

The Hanover boys fell just shy of a state 1A basketball title by losing to South Gray, 42-49.
The South Gray girls team also won the girls 1A state title... this is the team that ousted the Linn girls in the first round.
So I guess that makes South Gray a pretty athletic school... blaa, blaa, blaa... I don't even know where Gray County is! Shows how significant they are! Okay, I'm bitter.

The Frankfort boys took third in class 2A by beating Wakeeny-Trego, 66-60.

Congrats to all the TVL teams that made it to State this year!

Update from State

South Gray 52, Linn 41

Centralia boys and girls and Valley Heights girls also lost, leaving only the Hanover and Frankfort boys in the state tourney from the TVL.

Visit from the Top Hawk

KU Chancellor Robert Hemenway visited Washington last night to help honor area scholars, including the pictured scholars from Washington County High School. He said he had visited Greenleaf and Washington in the past, but couldn't remember exactly when. It was pretty neat to have the Top Hawk in Washington County for more than just a brief stop, especially since we are in K-State's backyard. When is the last time Jon Wefald has been here? Or has he ever been here?

Update from State

Hanover 52, Wallace County-Sharon Springs 47
Way to go Wildcats!

Tribune mess-ups this week

I had two big mess-ups in the Clifton-Clyde Tribune this week. The story on Albert T. Reid was supposed to jump from the bottom of the front page to page four where I was going to have a sample picture of his, but I failed to jump it. So the story is cut off in the middle and I will run it in its entirety next week.
On Brenda Odgers plunge story, I did remember to jump the story to page 3, but I put it under the jump headline of "Tribune" and I misspelled page as "paeg." I often use pre-created text boxes for the page creation process on the computer and I am supposed to change them, but unfortunately, I occasionally forget.
I was wondering why I got the Washington County News B section and Clifton-Clyde Tribune done so early today. I guess it was because I did them so sloppily.
Sorry for the confusion. Please tell your friends.

Washington pool effort

The Washington City Council approved the retainment of a financial advisor to work with them and a committee on the new pool project. The advisor is to look at the funding effort from every angle and give the committee and council advise on the best way to proceed. It seemed like the right thing to do. In fact, city attorney Jason Brinegar said if the council didn't hire a financial advisor, they just as well drop the effort.
I understand not everyone likes the idea of a new pool with amenities in Washington. I suppose the city could just replace the existing pool with a newer rectangle hole in the ground. Whether we like it or not, however, we must progress. We can't put in a new drive-in movie theater when everyone else is putting in indoor movie complexes.
It often seems like the up or down vote hangs with the generation of voters who no longer have children or even grandchildren in the area. Their kids or grandkids are living in the city enjoying indoor water parks and other recreational opportunities. We are a small town, but I'd like that generation to understand that each generation of Washingtonians should be allowed certain amenities during their upbringing. The committee isn't asking for a major waterpark – it is a pool with amenities and it will allow for years of family entertainment in our little town.

KU game

Of course, when KU really puts a thumping on a team, I'm stuck in an important (but long) city council meeting and I haven't yet seen one second of the game. I was a little worried that Texas Tech might be hot coming off their win over Texas, plus, I was worried KU might experience a let down after getting revenge on K-State.
Not so.
I wish I could have seen the performance that I was only able to read about. If they play the sort of game they played against K-State and Texas Tech, they could go deep into the tournament and I don't think any other team's A game could match KU's A game.