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Jan 27, 2021 4:35 AM
COLUMBUS, Ind. – Columbus East High School’s most tenured varsity coach, Nancy Kirshman, announced her immediate retirement on Monday. She is the only gymnastics coach in the school’s history.
For the last 48 years, Kirshman has lead East to 15 sectional titles, 13 regional championships, a state-runner-up title in 1991, and an ISHAA State Championship in 1990. She also developed several individual state champions and mental attitude award winners.
“Nancy Kirshman established our successful Columbus East gymnastics program in 1972. Through 48 years, she had high expectations of all of her student-athletes,” said East Principal Mark Newell. “We appreciate all she has given to the East community. She is an Olympian through and through.”
Exhibit Columbus installation The Exchange by Oyler Wu Collaborative headed to Taiwan
The Exchange was fabricated by hand in Los Angeles, California by Oyler Wu with support from Ayoroa|Simmons, Baller Hardware, M&K Metal Co., and Noblitt Fabricating.
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.- The 2017 J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize-winning installation The Exchange will be decommissioned over the next few days from its location at the Irwin Conference Center and then shipped to Taiwan where it has been acquired into a private collection.
This has been one of the most popular installations from our exhibitions, and while we are sad to see it go, we are delighted to see it have another significant life, said Anne Surak, Director of Exhibit Columbus. Our community really embraced this installation over the years. Weve seen it used in so many incredible ways as a workspace for Cummins employees to a backdrop for live performances, wedding photos, family portraits, and company pictures.
College fund for Pottorff daughters established
Americans should care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan, said President Abraham Lincoln in his second inaugural address
That’s how many people feel about the two daughters of Tony Pottorff, the Columbus East High School social studies teacher who fought a long battle against cancer until his death on Dec. 18.
A college fund has been established in the Columbus East Bookstore on behalf of Amanda Pottorff, a 20-year-old University of Notre Dame sophomore majoring in American studies and economics.
The fund will also benefit Delaney Pottorff, who is currently a sophomore at Columbus North High School.
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Beloved educator dies after lengthy battle with cancer
A Bartholomew County educator who earned widespread admiration for almost 20 years has succumbed after a three-year battle with cancer.
Columbus East High School social studies teacher Tony Pottorff, 49, died of complications resulting from advanced breast cancer at about 5:30 p.m. Friday in his home, according to a family friend. Family members were at his side, the friend said.
After receiving the news, Columbus East Social Studies department chairman Greg Lewis spoke with sadness and emotion in his voice.
“This is a giant that we have lost on so many levels,” Lewis said.