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‘Bleeding Kansas’ series kicks off in Lecompton
Monday, January 30, 2012
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LIBERTY MEMORIAL CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL HONOR ROLL These Liberty Memorial pher Smith, Anina Supernaw, Central Middle School stu- Dorian Vance, Danielle Walters, dents were named to honor Thomas White. rolls for the first semester of the 2011-2012 school year.
Carttar, Sidney Cavner, Parker Alexander Arriaga-Flores, Sabrina Barton, Jaden Battelle, Davis, Bess Davison, Joseph Joshua Bell, Brandon BermuFuller, Thurston Garrison, dez, Alexxus Bowman, Molly Anna-Maya Hachmeister, MaBryant, Jasimine Cook, Alberta Hatfield, Cody Hender3.5-3.99 Mustang Honor Roll leena son, Lilias Hull, Miracle Hunter, Downwind, Dakota Elms, Alexgrade Hunter Ideker, Javier Lemmons, cis Estelle, Hannah Franzen, 4.0 Principal’s Honor Roll Eighth By Chris Hong While many Kansans asAngela Bencomo, Kai Jose-Miguel Martinez, William Olivia Gutierrez, Julia Hamill, chong@ljworld.com sisted runaway slaves out of Eighth grade Blosser, Gabriellia Boor, Roscoe Orr, Nicholas Parks, Elizabeth Darius Hart, Magdalen HousRiley Bane, Magdalene moral beliefs, Mildfelt said Bradt, Noah Brinton, Patrick man, Shunzie Jackson, Azariah Runyan, Nicola Santangelo, On Sunday, a large crowd abolitionists used the Under- Carttar, Sydney Combs, Buchanan, Lydia Caldwell, AliLeBrun, Cassandra LeFlore, Goldie Schmiedeler, Taylor filled the upstairs room of ground Railroad as a political Savannah Dibben, Asmaa sia Carr, Isabel Carttar, Adam Lezley Linnear, Allen Meyer, Schoenhofer. Lecompton’s Constitution weapon against their Eastern Farishta, Alexander Fore, Christian, Eric Davison, Alexis Sylvan Mitchell, Sarah OelschHall State Historic Site, pos- and Southern adversaries. Elizabeth Godinez, JesDerritt, Jasmine Good-DeCosta, laeger, Danni Pina, Aidan Ro3.0-3.49 Honor Roll sibly the oldest wooden As the border struggle con- sica Grinage, William Laufer, Zia Kelly, Catherine Kiernan, throck, Carson Schmid, James structure in the state at 156 tinued, Mildfelt said, leaders Annalise McCurdy, Sophia Eighth grade Benjamen LaRocque, Emma Sedo, Nefertari Shepherd, Bianca Barnes, Christopher years old, to celebrate the wanted fugitive slaves to stay Minder, Leah Novinger, Lydia Levy, Oh-Na-Gya Limpy, Isiah Dacia Starr, Evan Stewart, TanBlevins, Alixandria Caldwell, 151st Kansas Day. in Kansas instead of traveling Palmer, Claire Sanner, Sydney Linnear, Jr., Xavier Littlehead, ner Treichel, Sophia Walters, The museum kicked off this to Canada. This move openly Sirimongkhon-Dyck, Asher Marrideth Cardin, Bridget Louise Loats, Isabel MarshallShelby Wiley, Christina Wilks, year’s “Bleeding Kansas” lec- defied the Fugitive Slave Act, Supernaw, Carolyn Weiler, Casad, Dakota Collins, CharKramer, Pearl Nelson-Greene, Ahmalik Willingham, Le-Asa ture series with Todd Mild- the federal law that forbid Asia Williams. lene England, Oreana Figuieras, Woods. Julia Pfannenstiel, Henry felt’s presentation on the Un- harboring slaves. McCarthy Fitch, Sara Galloway, Riedemann, Theodore Savderground Railroad in Kansas. Meshalya Garcia, Sarah Hall, Mildfelt said the Border Seventh grade ich, Madeleine Stegman, Jai The audience lined the War with Missouri — also Samuel A. Allen, Cooper Sixth grade Griffin Hardy, Elaine Harris, Strecker, Andrew Williams, back wall of the room and known as Bleeding Kansas — Avery, Elinor Birchfield, Jillian Miranda Williams, Matthew Brisa Andrade, Alaina Kardal Hart, Makenzie Helm, stretched into the outside radicalized the state’s Under- Cameron, Brendan Connor, Barnes, Travis Barfield, WilKieran Inbody, Karla Jardines Wilson, Seth Winchester. hallway to listen to the lec- ground Railroad and made it Ella Denson-Redding, Suliam Bellemere, Lenley BonMartinez, Seth Kerr, Allison ture. Among the listeners particularly violent. In fact, san Frick, Benjamin Gotto, Seventh grade ham, Colin Bradt, Eli Clark, Lane, Clay Lister, Georgia were local historians, stu- he said Kansas leaders want- Madeline Griem, Jasper Janada Birdling, James Marshall, William McCain, Tan- Michael Farmer, Isabel Hardy, dents and state Sen. Marci ed to arm every slave with a Hawkins, Simone Herlihy, Brittany Henshaw, Avery Canada, Kaelum Hasler, Jacob ner McCune, Melissa Pfantz, Francisco, D-Lawrence. Heath, Breyanna Helm, Meagan Tristan Place, Sage Porter, Mi- Mulally, Juan Mendoza, JoSeamus Herrod, Elijah Jost, revolver and a Bowie knife. “I wouldn’t want to be anyHunt, Alexander Hurt, Samuel chaela Schoen, Mariah Shelton, seph Minder, Logan Morgan, He also cleared common Lourdes Kalusha-Aguirre, where else on Kansas Day,” misconceptions of tunnels David Krejci, Isabelle Krones, Kelly, Maura MacDonald, Henry Sierra Sioux, Andrew Slimmer, J’Den Nichols, Orion Peterson, Mildfelt said to the crowd. Mackinnon, Jazmyne McNair, Baylee Smart, Josephine Spen- Garett Pfeifer, Aliah Ray, Belle and false-bottom wagons Zachary Lockwood, Eleanor Mildfelt is a historian and being used. Although a few Matheis, Natalie Myers, Anna Lexus Molzen, Aubin Murphy, Ray, Haley Reasoner, Ethan cer-Speirer, Iyisha Thomas, teacher from Richland, about did exist, he said slaves usu- Olson, Abigal Percich, Mary Redman, Benjamin SlimJames Murry, Blake Nelson, Perry Tong, Aric Trent, Brian 25 miles southwest of Law- ally hid in houses for weeks Reed-Weston, Alexandra Sim- Kalena Nichol, Allison Oakesmer, Ian Sotomayor, Kendall Wilks, Shawn Wyllie. rence. He has taught history on end as abolitionists raised mons, Jackson Tyler, Evondi Stiffler, Dustin Wilks, Drake Versola, Laetitia Old, Hannah and math for 29 years and money for the trip north. Seventh grade Williams, Sylvester Wilson, Pardee, Makayla Patterson, Weston, Emilynn Wettengel, wrote two books about the Max Ahlvers, Sam L. Allen, Jaiden Younger. Jessie Phoenix, Ian Pultz-Earle, Lesa Brose, a Valley Falls Violet Wyckoff. anti-slavery movement in resident, said she comes to Julia Randolph, Raeanna Reid, Kansas. Thomas Reno, Kate Rettig, Jaci the lecture series every year. Sixth grade CALL We install the BEST... His lecture on Sunday emAinsley Agnew, Heather Sayler, Ashaunti Spates, Abigail “Hearing these stories and phasized the importance of trying to imagine what these Buckingham, Edan Cohavi, Stewart, Eden Tosh, Atticus 843-5670 And Repair the REST! the Underground Railroad people went through, that’s James Cooper, Mia Comparato, VonHolten, Luke Winchester. In business since 1984 in Kansas. Because only 900 what I enjoy,” Brose said. Maya Davison, Satori Good, offering a wide variety of slaves escaped through KanSixth grade The “Bleeding Kansas” lec- Elizabeth Grinage, Fergus Inplumbing services, including: Service & Repair • Water Heaters sas — an estimated 40,000 to ture series will continue for the body, Jackson Maher, ChristoJessica Brabant, Theodore Remodeling • And much more! 100,000 escaped throughout next four weeks at 2 p.m. each the nation — Mildfelt said Sunday. The next presentation historians tend to underes- will be on James Lane, a Civil timate the impact the state’s War general and U.S. senator, Underground Railroad had and the namesake of Lane Union the nation. These Bishop Seabury die McCaffrey, Emilie Padgett, versity in Lecompton. “Failure to spread slavery Academy students were Aubrey Rinehart, Martin Sicilto Kansas helped spur South– Reporter Chris Hong may be reached named to the honor roll for ian, Madison Silvers, Padget ern leaders to action,” he at 832-6354. Follow him the fall semester of the 2011- Sutherland, Austin Sweeney, said. at Twitter.com/ChrisMHong. 2012 school year. These stu- Taylor Sweeney, Olivia Taylordents had grade-point aver- Puckett, Deborah Zheng. ages of at least 3.5, with no 12th grade grade lower than a B-. HOW TO HELP Rolan Bai, Bailey Bartley, Sixth grade Charlotte Burch, Peter Cooney See store for details. 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ST. JOHN SCHOOL HONOR ROLL These sixth-graders at St. Miranda Powell, James RossilJohn Catholic School have lon, Simon McCaffrey, Morgan been named to honor rolls Wright. for the fall semester of the 2011-2012 school year. 3.5-3.9 Eagle Honor Roll 4.0 Principal’s Honor Roll Maria Buskirk, Stephen Cory, Isabel Carey, Amelia Carttar, Laura Leach, Nancy Martinez, Jared Hicks, Mason Koger, AlNathan Spain, John Milburn, exander Miller, Riley Paradise, Zach Malsbury.