Spring Valley Tribune

Kingsland grads move on to ‘next chapter’

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Tue, 05/21/2019 - 2:43pm

“Have an open mindset…because high school is a small chapter of your lives,” said graduating Kingsland senior Megan Schultz, addressing her classmates during the Kingsland class of 2019 commencement ceremony held at Kingsland High School on Friday, May 17, two weeks earlier than usual due to construction projects that have overtaken parts of the school building.

Advice such as that rang through the gymnasium as Schultz and guest speaker and Kingsland Elementary School fifth grade teacher Brent Stinson shared their wisdom with the departing senior class.

New Kingsland student group focused on health field

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Tue, 05/21/2019 - 2:39pm

Some Kingsland students draw blood for fun.

No, they don’t crave violence. They do it in the name of learning and sometimes it takes a pterodactyl to take their minds off the practice.

The blood-drawing students are members of Health Occupations Students of America (HOSA), a new club that started this year at Kingsland High School. The students are learning the ins and outs of the health field, even drawing blood from each other, as a recent experience of two members shows.

Spring Valley SELCO Foundation reps to remain

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Tue, 05/21/2019 - 2:29pm

The Spring Valley Public Library Board of Trustees had a visitor in Southeast Libraries Cooperating (SELCO) Foundation representative Stu Gross, who appeared before the board with an update on his and fellow SELCO Foundation local representative David Foster, whose terms with the foundation have come to expiration once more.

Students leaving Kingsland with generous support from community

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Tue, 05/21/2019 - 2:27pm

“Tuesday night, due to the generosity of local organizations and businesses, we gave away nearly $400,000 in scholarships. That’s a lot of money for a small community like ours,” stated Kingsland Superintendent Jim Hecimovich, addressing the audience during the 2019 Kingsland commencement ceremony last Friday evening, May 17.

The scholarship money was awarded to Kingsland students at the annual awards ceremony on May 14, just a few days prior to commencement.

Wykoff preparing for summer construction project

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Tue, 05/21/2019 - 2:24pm

Road repairs and numerous other items filled Wykoff’s City Council agenda last Monday, May 13, as the councilors dealt with late-spring projects and upcoming summer work.

Spring Valley men top primary for District 3 county commissioner

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Tue, 05/21/2019 - 2:19pm

Larry E. Hindt and Kevin Beck will face off in the special general election Tuesday, Aug. 13, for the Fillmore County commissioner seat in District 3.

The two received the most votes in the three-person special primary election Tuesday, May 14, that had light voting. Hindt received 93 votes and Beck received 92 votes. The third candidate, Jordan Fontenello, received 27 votes.

GMLOK gets convincing wins to take baseball title

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Tue, 05/21/2019 - 2:16pm

The GMLOK Bulldogs played its two biggest regular-season games last week as the SEC championship was there for the taking.

They held serve on their home field in an 11-0, five-inning win over Mabel-Canton on Tuesday, May 7. That guaranteed at least a share of the Southeast Conference title for the Bulldogs. Defending conference champ Randolph came to town on Thursday, May 9, needing to win to clinch at least a share of the title. However, GMLOK came ready to play and capture its first Southeast Conference title (first year as members) with a 9-0 win.

Softball team ends season with winning record

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Tue, 05/21/2019 - 2:13pm

The GMLOK softball team dropped a couple of conference matchups last week to end the regular season.

The Bulldogs dropped a home game against Mabel-Canton 7-2 last Tuesday, May 14. The Bulldogs then ended the regular season on Thursday by dropping an 8-3 decision against Randolph.

GMLOK softball ended the regular season at 11-7 overall (8-4 Southeast Conference) and get the playoffs going this week on Monday, May 20.

M-C 7 GMLOK 2

Girls take third at state True Team track meet

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Tue, 05/21/2019 - 2:09pm

The GMLOKS girls’ track team took third in the True Team state meet while both the boys and girls finished second in the conference meet last week.

After winning the Section 1 True Team championship, the GMLOKS girls’ team took part in the State Class A True Team state meet on Saturday morning, May 18, at Stillwater High School. The girls finished in third (463 points) place behind state champ Minnewaska Area (549.5) and Maple Lake (505.5).

Golfers take second in triangular

Published by tlittle@bluffco... on Tue, 05/21/2019 - 1:55pm

The Kingsland golfers played host to a triangular with LeRoy-Ostrander/Grand Meadow and Lewiston-Altura/Rushford-Peterson on Thursday, May 16. The Kingsland boys’ team finished second with a score of 174, 12 strokes behind the LARP boys’ score of 162. LOGM finished third (181).

LARP brought the only complete girls’ team to the meet, finishing with a score of 189.

Boys’ results