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

The Junior League of Wyandotte and Johnson Counties is honored to present 82 high school seniors and four high school juniors at the 64th Annual Community Ball and Cotillion on December 6th at the Kansas City Marriott Downtown. Participants were chosen based on leadership, character and service.

Also featured in the November 1st issue of The Independent
Photo Credit: VanDeusen Photography

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(First row) Cooper Horn, Ryan Graves, Madison Peavey, Quinn Kernell, Caroline Miller, Jadyn Anderson, Marissa Gatti, Caroline Gatti, and Courtney Huerter (second row) Eli Taylor, Matthew Wiese, Mark Stimach, Emma Matthews, Catie Marx, Michaela Henne, Lauren Gay, Lyndi Lloyd, Gabrielle Kempf, Victoria Thomas, Isabell Grisnik, and Grey Wise (third row) Henry Bins, Madeline Browne, Clara Wencker, Tina Weng, Haley Plaas, Cameron Gueldner, Rachel Carder, Catherine Wing, and Hannah Bredar (fourth row) Ryan Walker, Charlie Fowler, John David Cunningham, Chloie Costello, Mallory McKee, Alison Fredericks, Michelle Martin, John Russell, Tyler Carson, Elizabeth Gilbert, Brooke Bennett, and Lauren Browne (fifth row) Owen Parra, Jonathan Jarrell, Michael Thibodeau, James Bergman, Ryan Thomas, Austin Adams, Steven Ketchmark, Jared Paulakovich, and Caitlin Reed (sixth row) Jacob Ockerhausen, Colton Russell, Spencer Seabaugh, Alex Hawn, Piper Coen, Georgia Killen, Bryan Barnhart, Caroline Lowe, and Jordan Wagner (seventh row) Andrew Person, Max Danner, Liam Newman, Griffin Robinson, Max Dehon, Andrew Lloyd, Michael Michaelis, Regan Johnson, Kendall Nick, Courtney Wagner, and Nicholas Verbeck (eighth row) Mark Shamet, Teigan Brown, Hunter Brown, Cameron Long, Gunner Vestal, Jacob Jones, and Rese Wynn

 

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