The Mirror / THS team headed to Topeka for WU’s Quest academic event

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Mirror staff reports

December 3, 2008

Tonganoxie High School will participate in the 2008-09 Quest academic competition Saturday at Washburn University. The contest allows teams of high school students from across Kansas to compete against one another in answering questions on topics such as art, literature, history, math and science.

Teams earning the top 16 scores advance to the finals and return to Topeka several times for taping sessions. The televised Quest competition will air on KTWU (Sunflower Broadband Ch. 11) from February through May 2009, when the championship team will be named.

The contest is co-sponsored by KTWU, a PBS affiliate, and Washburn University. The Kansas National Education Association and Quest Resource Corporation are partial underwriters of Quest tapings.

Tonganoxie team members are: junior Austin Baragary, son of Bill and Kathy Baragary, Tonganoxie; senior Robert Brotherton, son of Jose and Christina Hernandez, Tonganoxie; senior Thomas Dohle, son of Tom and April Dohle, Tonganoxie; junior Mary O’Brien, daughter of Eddie and Connie O’Brien, Tonganoxie; senior Kyle Gersbeck, son of Clarence and Marie Clark, McLouth; and senior Austin Smith, son of Frank and Jeanne Smith, Tonganoxie.

The coach is Ron Lewis.

Point of View

Do you plan on attending the St. Patrick’s festivities Saturday in Tonganoxie?

I like seeing Tongie being festive and all dressed up for the occasion. Along with my family, I will be attending the parade, watching the Wild Women of the Frontier, snarfing up some corn beef and cabbage and listening to the pipes. I’m only Irish on St. Paddy’s Day, and sometimes the weekends before and after. The rest of the time, I’m Scottish and both cultures regard pipes as heavenly. To me, it is also a celebration of spring’s imminent arrival, and the green color carries that message, too.

— Jacque Admire

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