BETHANY — Okaw Valley Excessive Faculty in Bethany had grief counselors obtainable on the college Saturday and Monday to assist classmates address the lack of 16-year-old pupil Kyler A. Lawrence, killed in a car crash Friday morning.
Stories from the Macon County Coroner’s Workplace mentioned Lawrence, of Bethany, had been pronounced lifeless on the scene of the crash within the 7500 block of West William Road in Harristown. The Macon County Sheriff’s Workplace confirmed particulars of the crash and mentioned precisely what occurred within the single automobile accident, during which the automobile left the street and ended up in a yard, have been nonetheless below investigation.
A word on the college’s Fb web page mentioned college students and workers have been inspired to put on pink — Lawrence’s favourite colour — to highschool on Monday to honor his reminiscence.
The highschool’s Fb web page additionally says college students and workers are dealing with extra tragic information: Sarah McDowell, a science trainer and volleyball coach, was concerned in a automotive accident Saturday that took the lifetime of her mother-in-law, Natalie S. McDowell, 54, a nurse at Monticello Excessive Faculty.
The college’s Fb web page studies that Sarah McDowell is now in steady situation at Carle Basis Hospital in Champaign.
PHOTOS: Okaw Valley Excessive Faculty agriculture program
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Agriculture trainer Wes Sensible, middle, helps Grace Bunfill, Mia Harris, and Dalton McGill with surveying the alfalfa fields for budding flowers at Okaw Valley Excessive Faculty’s agriculture advanced.
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Sophomore Mia Harris pulls one of many cows into the chute to lure out one of many calves for vaccination on Friday in Okay Valley Excessive Faculty’s agriculture advanced. Extra images at Herald & Review.com
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Sophomore Mia Harris lets Petunia out into the sector behind the agriculture constructing on Friday at Okaw Valley Excessive Faculty. Letting the hogs out to wander across the grounds permits them to get train.
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Senior Devin Park drives a tiller behind Okay Valley Excessive Faculty’s agriculture advanced on Friday, laying soil to re-plant grass seed. The tiller was bought utilizing cash from the ADM Cares grant, and helps enhance the ability in Okay Valley Excessive Faculty’s agriculture advanced. Extra images at Herald & Review.com
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Okaw Valley Excessive sophomores Kylie Stauder, left, and Mia Harris observe a calf named June on Friday on the college agriculture advanced. The ag constructing opened in January.
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Wes Sensible, the agriculture trainer at Okaw Valley Excessive Faculty, fills a syringe with a vaccine for one of many calves on Friday on the agriculture advanced. The 1-week-old calves are vaccinated and fly tagged by Okaw Valley junior Grace Bunfill, proper.
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