September 2019

The BCLUW/East Marshall Straight Shooters trap-shooting team wrapped up its third season with a successful outing at the state championship in Cedar Falls from June 9-12.
 
Many personal best scores were achieved, including 25 straights and one 75 straight shot by Ross Wolken. Conditions were hot and humid with no wind to cool temperatures with wind, but even amidst those distractions, the scores showed “our ability to focus,” according to Straight Shooters coach Troy Emley. 
 

It was an issue that could’ve been extremely contentious and emotional, but the BCLUW school board’s unanimous decision to compete as the Comets in all grades and discontinue the use of the “Cobra” mascot at the middle school was met with little resistance during Wednesday night’s regular meeting. And now, the transition period begins: Superintendent Ben Petty and board members warned, however, that it won’t all happen right away.
           

GRUNDY CENTER – Last week, the school was forced to clean up a mess after it was discovered that the “I Am Syria” mural painted onto the side of the utility shed at the east parking lot had been vandalized.
The unknown vandal used a can of red spray paint to write “Americans No Refugees” across the mural.
The mural, which was created by Todd Zinkula’s seventh and eighth grade social studies students, was not about refugees and was in no way political, Zinkula said, but simply about basic human rights.