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Voices of the Valley episode #35: What Constitutes a Sport?
Today Timothy Ku and Owen Stoltz is joined with guest David Todd to ask the question: What constitutes a sport?
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Timothy Ku, Business Manager
Timothy Ku is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and currently serves as the Business Manager for the Spartan Shield. Timothy is interested in business, finance and anything leadership oriented. He currently takes Statistics and Financial and Managerial Accounting. He is involved in Cross Country, Taekwondo and Track and Field. In school he participates in Future Business Leaders of America and Finance Club. Outside of school he serves in the Civil Air Patrol as the Iowa Wing Cadet Advisory Council Vice Chair and as an Emergency Services Instructor. Timothy plans on pursuing a degree in finance and economics to become an investment banker.
Owen Stoltz, Copy Editor
Owen Stoltz is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and a copy editor for the Spartan Shield. His passion is bass fishing and he competes in tournaments both locally and regionally for organizations such as Major League Fishing and Bassmaster. He is an aspiring marketing manager, hoping to work for a fishing industry company managing the professional staff. Due to his love of business, Owen has taken or is taking classes including Principles of Marketing, Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, and AP Macroeconomics. He also hopes to pursue a career as a professional bass fisherman. When he’s not on the water, Owen enjoys watching and playing other sports including football, basketball, golf, and wiffleball with his friends. Finally, he works at Dicks Sporting Goods House of Sport in the fishing department, passing his knowledge of the sport to others and supporting his fishing tackle buying habits. Owen can’t wait to write for the Spartan Shield this year!