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As the next stage of COVID-19 vaccination work progresses, Kimako Patterson hopes that her school district can actually get the vaccine.

Patterson, the head of the district, said that among the 425 staff in the 144 district of the Prairie Prairie Primary School, including 216 teachers, 275 expressed their willingness to receive the vaccine, but it is not clear when the vaccine can be used.

She said: "It's very frustrating." "We just want opportunities."

Patterson said the area serves 3,000 students in suburban areas including Country Club Hills, Hazel Peak and Markham, and there are several nurses in the area who can manage these shots.

She said: "We are ready."

As demand exceeds the supply of vaccines, and the vaccination work in Cook County and other areas has not yet been completed, people are concerned about the next step.

The leaders of mainly black suburbs also launched an education campaign, and they hope that as the vaccine becomes widely available, it will change people's views on the vaccine.

Phase 1a is still being carried out in some areas and includes vaccinating hospital staff and employees in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.

In the upcoming 1b, people over 65 years old and a series of workers deemed essential including police, firefighters, educators, messengers, and grocery and drugstore employees are eligible for vaccination. vaccine.

According to data from the Cook County Department of Public Health, in the suburbs of Cook County, there are an estimated 645,000 people, including 375,000 residents over 65.

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, And provides vaccines at 1645 S. Cottage Grove Ave. in Ford Heights and 13450 S. Kedzie Ave. in Robbins.

Those who meet the criteria need to arrange an appointment

Or call 833-308-1988 (working hours on weekdays are from 7 am to 7 pm).

Will county health officials establish an online registration form in the following locations?

Obtain a database of persons qualified under 1b. Those over 65 who do not have computer or Internet access can call the county's advanced service center at 815-723-9713.

At the Cook County Committee meeting on Tuesday, health officials said there was still a shortage of vaccine supplies, but hoped that the pipeline would be filled as soon as possible.

Israel Rocha, chief executive of the county’s public health department, said that the county “will not see sustained and stable supply for at least the next few weeks.”

He said: "We are waiting like everyone else."

Rachel Rubin, co-head of the health department, said that it is not clear whether the supply of vaccines is daily or weekly.

County officials said the plan also requires mobile strike teams to vaccinate homeless people, homeless people’s shelters, or low-wage workplaces. When the weather improves, the location of the forest reserve will watch the autonomous driving vaccination center.

County officials said that the focus of vaccination will be on underserved communities, especially brown and black communities, which have seen large numbers of people infected with the virus and even died.

District 6 County Magistrate Donna Miller, who attended the meeting, said that by the end of 2020, the death toll in her area will be the sum of COVID-19, with 1,100 of them, and about 38% of them are black or Hispanic residents. .

She said after the meeting: "We cannot distribute unfair vaccines."

Officials say that in black and brown communities, ethnic differences in long-term lack of access to medical services have led to distrust of the vaccine, which is an obstacle that must be overcome.

The results of a poll released in December by the Associated Press-NORC Public Affairs Research Center of the University of Chicago showed that 24% of black respondents planned to receive the vaccine, 34% of Hispanics, and 53% of white respondents.

Miller said: "Vaccine hesitation is very worrying. This is a problem in black and brown communities."

But in all races, people’s distrust of this vaccine is obvious, and many people are worried about this rapid development.

Miller, who has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 25 years, said that although it is considered urgent work, the vaccine has been fully tested.

She said: "When people think it's anxious, it's not really anxious."

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This is commonly referred to as the "Tuskegee experiment".

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it started in 1932 and lasted until 1972. At that time, the US Public Health Service called "Tuskegee's study of untreated syphilis in black blacks", involving 600 blacks, of whom 399 There is syphilis.

The CDC said the researchers told them that they were being treated for "bad blood," a term used to describe a variety of diseases, including syphilis, anemia and fatigue. The CDC stated that even in the presence of penicillin, patients with syphilis have never received proper disease treatment.

Filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of the study participants and their families, and reached an out-of-court settlement agreement in 1974, amounting to US$10 million. According to the agreement, the federal government promised to provide life-long medical benefits and funeral services for all living participants. To CDC.

The reason for the fear that blacks may be considered experimental subjects again is that Dennis Deere (D-2nd), chairman of the County Health and Hospital Committee, often tries to reduce stress.

Deere cited Tuskegee's research when the Tinley Park vaccination facility opened, emphasizing that "it's not like that."

Rubin said that health care officials “must take these concerns to heart” when trying to change the brown and black communities’ perception of the vaccine.

She said: "It is safe and effective and can save lives."

Rocha pointed out that the number of healthcare professionals receiving medical injections includes doctors and nurses.

He said: "They are voting in their arms."

The mayors of suburbs with large black populations such as Matteson and Robbins are also launching education campaigns.

Mayor Sheila Chalmers-Currin of Mattson City and Mayor Tyrone Ward of Robbins said they plan to shoot a video during the vaccination and will broadcast it on the community access channel in their village.

Ward said: "We are working hard to encourage (residents) and educate them to get rid of fear and doubt."

Chalmers-Currin said she believes this is a problem of distributing good information to cover the fog.

She said: "When individuals get the right information and the right information," they are more likely to agree to the vaccine. "In order for us to eradicate this virus, people need to be vaccinated."

At the county committee meeting, D-5 county commissioner Deborah Sims, including Southern Suburbs, said that despite her fear of needles, she still plans to get vaccinated.

"I will definitely take this picture. Everyone should accept it," she said.

One of the proposed plans is for high schools in the southern and southwestern suburbs to serve as central vaccination sites for their staff and staff in the feeder area.

These details are still being worked out, and all regions hope to make a difference, at least to get their staff vaccinated.

Bremen High School District 228 has schools in Country Club Hill, Midlothian and Oak Grove. A spokesperson for the district said that Bremen High School District 228 is expected to receive about 700 doses of vaccines in late February and will only be used for employees. Vaccination was carried out, and the number was about 800.

Kirby Elementary District 140 in Tinley Park said that more than 84% of employees are willing to get vaccinated, and the district expects to start vaccinating in the next few weeks.

Sheriff James Gay (James Gay) said that high school 230 district has schools in Oran Park, Palos Mountain and Tinley Park, and is currently working to ensure the injection dose. About 85% of the staff said they want this. vaccine.

He said that his school district and other regional school districts are working hard to establish vaccination sites to provide services for staff in multiple schools, but the specific locations and other details are still being worked out.

Orland 135 Elementary School District announced that it will work with a parent of Meadow Ridge School, a Jewel pharmacist, to provide the COVID-19 vaccine to regional employees and gradually allocate it based on availability.

Patterson said that about 1,100 students in the area have returned to classrooms, and the area has invested heavily in maintaining safe work areas, although some teachers are working remotely for health reasons.

She said that in early January after the holiday, the school district tested about 1,000 students and staff for the coronavirus, and only one test was positive.

She said that the school district used $1.3 million in federal COVID-19 stimulus funds last year, installed air purifiers and masks in the school district’s buildings, and provided students with laptops, tablets, and in the absence of good Internet access. Wi-Fi hotspots are provided in the case, she said.

"We have done everything possible to ensure safety," Patterson said.

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In the past, bullying and intimidation by children and classmates used to prevent the moment the child got out of the car. But today, with the help of social media, it can last forever.

Children can post demeaning, humiliating and even the least important things about their classmates online 24/7 for everyone to see.

That's why I took the phones from their phones when I took my kids home and reviewed all their activities. I trust my children, but I want to make sure they understand the importance of words. -Cindy W. of Illinois

, Such an important lesson. Thank you for your email. -Heloise

: I want to warn your readers: when you send someone a screenshot of something, any windows or files you open (such as social media files and accounts) will be displayed at the top of the screen as small icons. icon. This will show detailed information about your online status.

This may leave you vulnerable to identity theft. Please be careful-close these tabs before taking a screenshot. -Kevin R. of Texas

: I am an elderly disabled man. When I walk into a cafe or restaurant, most tables do not have handrails. Because the table is very high, it is difficult to get up. I only choose restaurants or cafes with handrails. -Lauretta G., Papillion, Neb.

: My mother always tells me this tip, which can help me save money: wealthy people (not that we are very rich) will not put themselves in a position where money is easy to be spent – ​​before they were shopping in the mall; today is more like Do not visit certain shopping websites online.

It sounds mature. I think I will spin it! -Sarah R. of Texas

: My school has grasped the trend of upgrading. What is an upgrade? It is a new thing made from the original items sent to the trash can. The pages in the worn or damaged book are ready for upgrade.

The art department can use the pages in the book for art projects. If you have damaged and used the book, please consider donating it to the school! -Braden W of Ohio.

: When I park my car in the parking lot and plan to leave at night, I will try to park the car as close to the exit as possible. If possible, don’t get close to the truck (you never know who can jump out of the truck, even though this Yes (long shot), not in front of the pillar. 

These actions made it easier for me to quit at night alone. -Helen T. of Texas

: I read the tips on carrying a mask with me. I put the mask and the mask on my wrist in the pocket of my coat, and wear the wallet on my wrist with the car, so I always wear the mask. -Hilda A., via email

I use the car keychain to put the mask on the lanyard. I love reading your Advocate column in Baton Rouge, Louisiana-Sue D.

Send tips to save money or time to Heloise, PO Box 795001, 78279-5001, San Antonio, Texas, or fax them to 1-210-HELOISE or email them to Heloise@Heloise.com. I cannot answer your letter personally, but I will use the best tips I received in the column.

Teachers work with first-year students at Bayside Martin Luther King Jr. Academy, a public school in Sausalito.

First-year students wear masks at Bayside MLK Academy.

Teacher Samantha Kelly helped Raziya Wilson Brown (Raziya Wilson Brown) enter the first grade

In Sausalito.

Samantha Kelly assists student Randy (Randy Too-Bolvito) in the first grade.

Governor Gavin Newsom (Gavin Newsom)’s widely touted US$2 billion proposal, which provides California schools with a fee of up to US$750 per student before mid-February, to reopen the proposal, but in Sacramento Many have stagnated, and there is no time to raise the money.

Although the reopening of schools remains a priority for Newsom and national and state health officials, the plan has implications for the legislature, where elected officials question whether

Implement strict testing requirements for faculty, staff and students in the proposal.

Legislators also criticized Newsom’s proposal, which requires districts to submit a health and safety plan by February 1, because the vaccination issue has not been resolved. Some lawmakers said they do not support the reopening of schools unless they vaccinate teachers and support staff.

"In the governor's proposal, I didn't see anything about how to vaccinate teachers and faculty members in person. What should I do?" Senator Kang, Democrat from Chino (San Bernardino County) Connie Leyva (Connie Leyva), the chairman of the Education Committee, asked at a recent hearing.

Newsom's office did not respond to a request for comment.

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The education plan launched at the end of December offered some hope for families and health officials who asked the school to reopen.

However, as most public schools are still closed statewide, school districts seeking additional funds and support to send students back to classrooms have encountered another setback. Health experts say that the lack of personal guidance has caused many children to struggle academically and in some cases even commit suicide. Parents work desperately and supervise school education. Political pressure is increasing, but throughout the Gulf region, due to the reopening, there are still differences between the region and the teachers’ union.

The state's assistant planning and budget manager Jessica Holmes (Jessica Holmes) said that regions must initially submit plans by February 1 in order to reopen before the middle of the month to be eligible for this funding. However, if there is no approved plan, there is currently no application. Department of Finance.

She said: "We recognize the February 1 deadline, and we may exceed that deadline." "We are working with the legislature to move forward on a timetable. We are still in the same location and emphasize reopening."

Newsom proposes to fund the $2 billion proposal from the state’s unexpected income this year, which should have been used for education, but will have to wait until July. The governor’s proposal will be earmarked for funds to reopen the school as soon as possible. It is mainly applied to elementary schools. The transition kindergarten from the second to the second year is restored to mid-March and then promoted to the sixth grade. The program will also provide additional funding for all students of all grades with the highest needs, including the disabled, homeless and foster youth.

It is unclear how many districts will apply by Monday. At least some education officials said they are still on standby.

County Sheriff Mary Jane Burke said that in Marin County, districts are preparing to apply, just in case the money comes.

She said: "I support the governor in trying to find a way to remove obstacles so that students can go to school." "We don't know what will happen next, but let us be prepared."

Oakland officials said they are awaiting final approval of the plan before commenting on the status of the region's application.

School officials in San Francisco said that the area “cannot meet the time and conditions associated with these funds, including extensive student supervision tests, promises to reopen within the scope of the'deep purple' community transmission of cases, and corresponding labor. protocol."

First grade teacher Samantha Kelly talks with Bayside MLK student Jack Knight.

SFUSD director Vince Matthews, other directors and several statewide education organizations wrote to Newsom, expressing concerns and suggesting changes.

With the stipulated agreement, the reopening is widely supported.

For example, in San Francisco, a recent poll of parents found that 57% of parents said that they will send students back to school as soon as they restart. With the exception of Asian Americans and Filipino Americans, most of all ethnic backgrounds and races support sending their children back to the classroom.

Holmes of the Treasury Department said that the latest state guidelines require that if the county's daily incidence rate is less than 25 cases per 100,000 people, it will "reopen", which, according to state health officials, is "enough to ensure health and safety." .

However, regions (especially large urban areas) refused to reopen, saying they

this way.

The governor's proposal aims to provide district officials with resources to meet health and safety standards-including funding for tests, masks and other equipment-and reopen with the silent union.

From the beginning, it was suspected by the legislature. Some legislators questioned whether it would provide more money to affluent communities, which have shorter opening hours, and punish those who face more challenges due to rising infection rates and reduced funding. urban area.

Patrick O'Donnell, a Long Beach Democrat, Chairman of the Education Committee, and Congressman Patrick O'Donnell said that although Newsom's plan was criticized, it discussed plans to reopen the school.

He said: "The first game was not perfect, but it was just the beginning."

O'Donnell said that the biggest key will be to vaccinate teachers as part of the plan. Labor leaders said schools may not be able to reopen on a large scale unless teachers and faculty are vaccinated, and conflicting information about the position of teachers in the vaccine production line has exacerbated tensions.

O'Donnell said: "Vaccines are the Holy Grail." "What we need now is to get more vaccines into the arms of teachers."

. Some labor groups said they also hope to vaccinate students before they return.

Legislators insisted that the reopening plan should include a more equitable regional program to ensure that all regions can be supported even if the reopening deadline cannot be met, and set clearer minimum health standards.

The delay has disappointed education officials, who said the money will help students return to class.

"The governor's move to provide more funds to schools is absolutely right," said Itoco Garcia, principal of Bayside Martin Luther King, a public school in Sausalito. "I believe that the ethical, ethical, responsible and safe thing we need to do is to make as many children as possible in our state receive personal guidance."

Since mid-September, most of Garcia's 108 students have studied full-time in small classrooms, and there are 5 COVID-19 cases among the faculty and staff that have not spread in schools, Garcia said.

Other state officials have also worked hard to push the school to reopen, including Congressman Phil Ting (Phil Ting), chairman of the budget committee and a San Francisco Democrat. he

It is required that if the number of cases in the county drops to a certain level, the school should be reopened, but the bill should be shelved for negotiations with Newsom.

Ding said in a statement: "Under safe conditions, all of us have a sense of urgency to reopen schools," "The negotiations between the legislature and the government continue to move towards this goal."

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Dustin Gardiner is a State Capitol reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle. After working in the Arizona Republic for nearly ten years, he joined the Chronicle in 2019 and is responsible for state and city political affairs. Dustin has won multiple awards for his reporting in Arizona, including the 2019 John Corbe Award for Political Reporting and the 2017 Arizona Newspaper Association's Story of the Year Award. In his spare time, he enjoys hiking, camping, reading novels and playing Catan settlers. He is a member of the LGBTQ Journalists Association NLGJA.

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No sweat In the Victorian era, the notion that girls sweat out of time in public has been deeply rooted, but this phenomenon has continued for more than a century.

Girls should wear long skirts instead of shorts, hem down to the ankles.

"It's crazy to think about it," said Kylee Nowling, a senior at Seymour High School who participated in the third season of wrestling. "I definitely sweat every day."

In the early 1970s, once women’s performances were inspired by the Olympics and won the ninth championship, the perceptions of American society changed. But even so, advocates who provide women with more opportunities for sports may not have thought of men and women living together in wrestling.

In some places, dancing at close range is socially unacceptable. It's okay to try to place members of the opposite sex on a mat.

Girls’ participation in high school wrestling is increasing at an alarming rate. Although they are still relatively rare in pure numbers, they are not unique. Another college student, Celeste Huddleston (Celeste Huddleston) is another girl competing for an owl.

As of the 2018-19 season, a total of 21,124 high school girls participated in wrestling competitions, about one-tenth of boys. According to "American Wrestling", the number of girls has increased by 6,134 over the past ten years, the 29th consecutive year of increase.

The average sports fan may not be aware of this recent and ongoing phenomenon. Even if they know more participation, they may not understand certain dynamics.

"I don't think people understand this even now," Nolin said. "They are gone,'Are you fighting the boys?' They were taken aback. They were like, "Wow! How does that work? '"

Norin (126 pounds) and Hudston (138) often fight each other in practice, but although there is only a women's championship, they compete with boys from other schools in the competition.

In her two seasons with the Owls, Hudston said on many road trips: "I have many people asking if I am a manager."

There was a time when women’s only role in high school wrestling was as support staff.

It is an intimate sport like high school, and wrestling has been greatly affected by the coronavirus. Seymour's itinerary has been revised several times, and athletes will definitely choose the left hole in the enemy's weight class.

Due to misfortune, Noring and Hudston met, and their victory raised their hands. In some competitions, there are people who wrestle but not.

However, both of them wrestled in the women's zone, each winning 2-2. Women's wrestling is not a sport of the Indiana High School Athletic Association, but a women-only competition organized by the Indiana High School Wrestling Coaches Association. It is called a reward for Seymour coach Adam Wolka, and it is also the success of most girls. Best opportunity.

Volka said: "I hope they can point out some suggestions at the end of the year."

The girls began to wrestle and participate in youth competitions in kindergarten. About 40 universities have women's teams. Woka said this is an encouraging development. He once participated in a heavyweight competition with a weight of 240 pounds, but did not encounter a female opponent.

The 26-year-old Wolka was his first season as chief operating officer at Seymour, and he grew up in a more equal America. He said that he never felt that girls should be excluded from the mat.

Volka said: "If you want to cross that line, then you have to compete." "They have all the power. It didn't bother me. I was not a high school student."

Greg Musser, a 36-year-old assistant assistant to the Owls, said that when he was playing in high school in Michigan, girl wrestling seemed strange to some teammates who did not welcome women.

Musser said of the girl’s participation: “When I was in high school, I was not encouraged.”

But he did have two female teammates before graduating in 2002, and said that girls are at the core of the progress that girls have made in fighting for the parallel roles that women play in society.

Musser said: "This is a narrowing of the gap between men and women." Who can do? You will find that sports have changed over time. The athletes and the parents of boys wrestling girls remain worrying. This is a hands-on exercise. "

In other words, worry about improper touch.

Musser said: "There are more girls in the room, you can alleviate this worry."

About twenty years ago, Musser said that losing to a girl must have an attitude stigma. His teammates want to show who the boss is.

He said: "They want to go out so that the girls shouldn't wrestle."

Wrestling is almost at its extreme when it comes to activities that are not considered a ladylike activity.

Women should wear skirts instead of pants. Women are expected to ride horses. Most of the predicates are laid down by a widely circulated poem "Angel in the House".

It was written by Coventry Patmore in 1854 and spread in the United States and England. His wife was a perfect woman. Her job was to please a man, take care of him, and show completeness. Piety and tolerance. Some have portrayed it as an idealized version of a Victorian woman, that is, wife, mother, and master of the home.

No mention of wrestling.

WWE, performance skills, and women in light clothing are all amateur wrestling advocates like WTV. They are afraid of being confused with WWE's wrestling. Chairs, weird plot lines and bold verbal insults.

Dating back to the 1930s, 1940s and beyond, professional wrestlers were the first and only women in the sport. Like women in other fields, they face many of the same types of survival challenges, gender discrimination, being underestimated, underestimated or taken for granted. The hunks don't want them to go everywhere, the promoters only care about making money.

However, a few pioneering women struggled on the ring and fought under bright lights, winning the cheers of the crowd.

Mildred Burke participated in a wrestling match as a bystander and was captivated. She is 5 feet 2 inches tall and weighs 135 pounds. She started wrestling in the 1930s as a sideshow on the carnival circuit. If Burke can be fixed within 10 minutes, men will be offered $25, but they cannot.

After years of this lifestyle, she competed in a women's world championship one-on-one with another woman. Burke and Grace Mortensen broke up and Burke won the rubber competition. Burke served as the professional queen from 1937 to 1951.

Then came The Fabulous Moolah, which was active from 1949 to 2004. Her real name was Mary Lillian Ellison, but when she was bad enough about why she wanted to participate in this strange sport, she said, "I want to fight for Moolah." She did a lot of green things.

Rene Marlette, the Greek (aka Sable), sued the Old World Wrestling Federation for sexual harassment and took nude photos for Playboy magazine. Mink played the role of a young woman in distress, needed to be rescued in the ring, and confronted another woman one-on-one in a so-called bikini fight match.

Nowling and Huddleston are serious athletes, they will feel very painful after participating in other sports.

Hudston's first fighting sport was judo.

She was in the fifth grade of elementary school and her brother Dunigan wrestled. Her father fell, and her grandfather fell.

Despite her ancestry, her mother Amanda doesn't think her daughter will participate in this sport, but feels that learning judo is good for self-protection. Judo leads to wrestling.

Celeste said: "My arms and legs are very powerful," Celeste threw discus and shot puts at the discus team, even though she was only 5-4 tall. "Judo means that I have done sports. Judo shows me how to use motivation. Some things are similar."

Hudston said that most people who knew her would not be surprised that she completed the second season of wrestling.

She said: "They said,'This sounds like something you are going to do.'

People have heard some silly remarks about wrestling girls, but Hudston said: "I didn't listen to them. Someone told me, "Aren't you afraid that someone might touch you improperly?" "I don't think I have ever met. I feel respected because what I do is beyond the norm. To you, I am just another athlete."

most.

She said: "Sometimes there are obstacles." "If I were a girl, I would not be a good wrestler. This is what I encountered."

Hudston is happy to hear that more and more girls across the country are participating in this sport. The first girl to win the state championship against the boys championship was in Alaska. Recently, a girl performed this feat in North Carolina.

Hudston said: "This is a victory for all of us." "When I see something like that, it's'Wow! I'm so proud.'"

Amanda Huddleston (Amanda Huddleston), although a few years older, never expected to have a daughter on the male high school wrestling team, but was not surprised.

"There are no more obstacles," Amanda said. "There are girls on the football team. Going back to women can do anything men can do. All this is thrown out the window. The lower graders saw that the higher graders did it, and it opened their eyes."

They may still feel like pioneers, but Hudston and Norling were not the first Seymour girl wrestlers.

A few years ago, the team was numbered, but did not insist. Between 2015 and 2018, wrestler Rachel Hokoana-Yamiguchi (Rachel Hokoana-Yamiguchi) became the first girl to be shortlisted for the entire Owl season.

She is now 20 years old and grew up in Hawaii until she was 15. My father is surrounded by wrestlers in the family, including his cousin.

"Oahu is a big wrestling ground," Hokoana-Yamiguchi said. "I have always been curious. It runs in my blood as a fighter."

Compared with the Hawaiian, Seymour’s acquaintance made her start wrestling more surprised.

Hokoana-Yamiguchi said: "Many of my friends are shocked because it is not common in the mainland." "I want to do this and test my strength. When they said: "Girls don't fall," I said: "What ? "

She found an acceptable environment where the owl wrestled with a weight of 152 pounds, while the assistant coach Wolka at the time accompanied her to a girl-only party.

"This taught me a lot of discipline," Hokoana-Yamiguchi returned to Seymour after bringing the saints to California, and then back to Seymour. "It makes me feel comfortable when I feel uncomfortable. Life is like that."

The hair was wrinkled, and the officials were puzzled.

Going back a few years ago, any team photo of boy wrestlers could be a photo of a bunch of Air Force recruits. Crew cutting the city. The girls don't want to do that, so they wear hats. The rule is that the hair cannot reach over the shoulders or fall on the eyebrows.

The referee suspended the game for the long-haired wrestler to tuck the strand back into the block. This also affects boys who like wild appearance. This year, this rule was dropped, although there are penalties for pulling hair. Nowling's golden braids (not braided or braided) kept receding. Hudston's blond hair was spilled on her shoulders.

The guy with the thickest hair on the team is 132-pound Ben Kriete (Ben Kriete), who likes the freedom to let his hair grow thick and thick.

Crete said: "It must be longer than before." He has not had his hair cut since the COVID-19 school quarantine last spring.

Once, in the eighth grade, he was pulled aside and asked officials to cut it correctly during a meeting.

"After that, I'm sure," Crete said.

In the third grade, Kriete used girls as teammates in high school. He is convinced that the change in hair rules is due to the number of girls participating in the sport. He pointed out another change. Those people want to know if they feel too heavy for their class, they don't have much leeway.

He said: "In the past, you can usually weigh underwear."

Nowling said that instead of being weird with only two girls in the owl house, it is better to share her hard work in the practice room and make her feel like she has a group of brothers.

This season, Seymour fights North Knox, who has seven girls in the lineup that night. Kriete, 17, is different from men who may be more chauvinistic. He gave an example of how girls can become strong in wrestling.

Crete said: "It did take off." "I've seen it."

Nowling is mainly a football player who has invested in the sport for three years and has seen more girls take the baton from her and Huddleston and push it forward.

The old school seems to be a dying school.

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