GCMS students hold fund-raiser for wounded park ranger
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Tanner White, Honor Society member, holds Chuck Norris, the goat, while GCMS teacher Erik Secrist kisses him as part of a fund-raiser on behalf of Moab resident Brody Young. Courtesy photo
Tanner White, Honor Society member, holds Chuck Norris, the goat, while GCMS teacher Erik Secrist kisses him as part of a fund-raiser on behalf of Moab resident Brody Young. Courtesy photo
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Grand County Middle School students earlier this year held a fund-raiser to benefit Moab resident Brody Young, the state parks ranger who was critically wounded during a shootout in November.

The students placed jars in the teachers’ classrooms for students to “chuck change” into for a good cause. Honor Society students decided that the money collected should be deposited into a fund for Young.

“We wanted students to be motivated to bring in their spare change, so we placed jars into classrooms,” said Andrew Hugentobler, president of the GCMS Honor Society. “The jars with the most donated would buy the winning teachers a kiss with a goat.”

A total of just over $160 was raised on Young’s behalf, and four teachers – Erik Secrist, Dina Lance, Mike Estenson, and Kenny Lindsay – along with GCMS Principal Melinda Snow, paid their winning dues with a hairy kiss.
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