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Just as I thought: There are many, many openings at WCSD for transfers, with at least five of them from Sparks Middle School. That doesn't surprise me given what happened there last fall.
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Obituary: The namesake of a famous racehorse has died:

In 1965, Dr. Fager saved the life of John Nerud, a Hall of Fame horse trainer who had developed a blood clot on his brain after being tossed from a stable pony. In gratitude, Mr. Nerud decided to name a horse after the doctor.

“I didn’t know a horse trainer from a lion tamer at that point,” Dr. Fager once said.

His equine namesake, Dr. Fager, went on to be a record-setter and was named horse of the year in 1968, when it became the only thoroughbred to win four championships in a single year. It was inducted into the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame in 1971.

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