Category: Van Buren

Falcons sail over Warriors, 90-40

Post author By Falcon
Post date January 21, 2024

Photo by Dan Hockett
West Burlington’s Quincy Collins (12) goes for two against Van Buren’s Izaak Loeffler (4) and Gavin Titus (5), at home, Tuesday, January 16th, 2024. Quincy Collins was the game’s high scorer with 23-pts. West Burlington Falcons remain undefeated in the SEISC-South with a 9-0, (10-0) record.

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West Burlington’s Ayden Figuereo (3) scored 18-pts for the Falcons at home against Van Buren, Tuesday, January 16th, 2024. West Burlington Falcons remain undefeated in the SEISC-South with a 9-0, (10-0) record.

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West Burlington’s Mason Watkins (24) delivers two of his 17-points at home against Van Buren, Tuesday, January 16th, 2024. West Burlington Falcons remain undefeated in the SEISC-South with a 9-0, (10-0) record.

Van Buren County Warriors v West Burlington Falcons Tuesday, January 16th, 2024. West Burlington Falcons remain undefeated in the SEISC-South with a 9-0, (10-0) record. West Burlington Falcons defeated the Van Buren Warriors, 90-40. Photos by Dan Hockett

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Warriors down Falcons, 37-33

Post author By Falcon
Post date January 21, 2024

Photo by Dan Hockett
West Burlington’s Taryn Havener (14) dribbles the ball past Van Buren’s Daphny Wells (10) and Sophia Jirak (1), Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 at West Burlington. Van Buren trailed the Falcons by eleven at half, and rallied to defeat the Falcons, 37-33.

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West Burlington’s Isabella Blaufuss (2) hits a layup against Van Buren Tuesday, January 16^th, 2024 at West Burlington. Van Buren trailed the Falcons by eleven at half, and rallied to defeat the Falcons, 37-33.

Van Buren Warriors v. West Burlington Falcons, Tuesday, January 16th, 2024 at West Burlington, Iowa. Van Buren Warriors defeated the West Burlington Falcons, 37-33. Photos by Dan Hockett

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Van Buren comeback stuns Falcons, 16-10

Post author By Falcon
Post date June 15, 2023

**Photo by Dan Hockett**
Van Buren teammates celebrate a comeback victory, their first win over the Falcons in more than a decade. Van Buren Warriors over the WBND Falcons 16 – 10 at Barb Carter Field in West Burlington, Tuesday, June 13, 2023.

*Photo by Dan Hockett*
West Burlington – Notre Dame’s Maddie Thomas (7) hits a three-run home run for the Falcons at Barb Carter Field in West Burlington, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Van Buren 16, WBND 10.

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West Burlington – Notre Dame’s leftfielder Maddy Knapp (3) makes a spectacular catch on a foul ball in the second inning at Barb Carter Field in West Burlington, Tuesday, June 13, 2023. Van Buren 16, WBND 10.

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Equity: The Thief of Human Potential

Post author By Falcon
Post date March 12, 2023

by Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell is an American author, economist, and political commentator who is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

Thomas Sowell is the author of more than 45 books (including revised and new editions) on a variety of subjects including politics, economics, education and race, and he has been a syndicated columnist in more than 150 newspapers. Sowell was born in segregated Gastonia, North Carolina, to a poor family, and grew up in Harlem, New York City.

Due to poverty and difficulties at home, he dropped out of Stuyvesant High School and worked various odd jobs, eventually serving in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War.

Afterward he took night classes at Howard University and then attended Harvard University, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1958. He earned a master’s degree in economics from Columbia University the next year and a doctorate in economics from the University of Chicago in 1968.

In his academic career, he has served on the faculties of Cornell University, Amherst College, Brandeis University, the University of California, Los Angeles, and, currently, Stanford University. He has also worked at think tanks including the Urban Institute.

Since 1977, he has worked at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where he is the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy.