As spring sports get underway at East Palestine High School in Ohio, organizers are trying to create normalcy for student-athletes while cleanup from the February train derailment and toxic chemical burn continues just over a mile away
— who have come to poke and prod a community that wouldn't mind simply getting on with things.
Nearly a dozen schools have pulled out of the series of invitational track meets East Palestine hosts. While Pavkovich stressed he’s not criticizing any school that opts not to come, he also pointed out that the school has provided a link to the results of the Environmental Protection Agency's daily air, water and soil tests in an effort to allay health concerns.
For Owen Elliott, a golfer during the fall and a center — all 5-foot-10 of him — on the basketball team during the winter, these three months of baseball season represent the end of his competitive athletic career. An apprenticeship to become an electrician awaits the high school senior. It's much the same for Lee, a two-time state qualifier in the high jump who is looking to make it three in her spring season. She's grateful for the opportunity to say goodbye the right way.
Her family moved into a house alongside the train tracks four years ago, 1.6 miles away from the derailment. She grew so used to the constant rumble of passing trains that she long ago tuned it out.
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