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Junior League of Wyandotte and Johnson Counties – Community Ball and Cotillion

The Junior League of Wyandotte and Johnson Counties’ 68th Annual Community Ball and Cotillion will be held on December 1st. The debutantes and their escorts represent 22 local schools in Our Town.

(First row) Joby Jobson, Dave Ruf, Ryan Bennett, Connell McKeown, Emily McConwell, Natalya Klepikow, Holly Phalen, Abigail Hetherington, Molly Mahoney, Colleen Crabtree, Samantha Peters, Marta Cendon, Elsa Jane Posten, Jackson Holton, and Ryan Holton (second row) Harrison Gloe, Liam McKeown, Jack Guemmer, Lyndsey Henkel, Charlotte Meyer, Mia Thomas, Ana Pendergast, Alison Tinberg, Alexandra Klaudt, Paige Nentwig, Jillian Gillen, Margaret Newman, Kaley Coffman, and Stephen Ashwell (third row)Jonathan Schuchardt, Caleb Tywater, Jonathan Amato, Charles Kelly, Max Pantaenius, Lathan Buckley, Jakob Twigg, Luke Hoffman, Scout Molder, Patrick White, Thomas Schotte, and Peyton Carder (fourth row) Allison Manning, Jordan Herwig, Camryn Sanchez, Madeline Ruf, Claire St. Peter, Hamilton Brown, Ryan Williams, Colton Lloyd, Taran Kerst, Joshua Dolinar, Andrew Novak, Brock Beashore, Matthew Carson, and Cole Mangual (out of camera range) Avery Cahill, Ann Leverich, Lily Murray, Hannah Wallin, and Sophia Wallin

Also featured in the November 10, 2018 issue of The Independent
Photo Credit: David Riffel

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