My name is Amy VanHoose, vice president of Gardner Edgerton Wrestling Club, and Robert Hess' partner in this club. First of all we did cancel our tournament as of Monday the 18th. We did this due to all the factors mentioned in your comments and also due to Mr. Cokely's plea to us that we received via e-mail. However I didn't get this information to Mr. Cokely before my old email address went out as I was his contact at Hoosead@aol. It was not Hess' soul decision to host another tournament, it was amongst our board and we all agreed to it, so if you are upset with one you are upset with all. As for all of the thousands we reaped from our tournament of 524 entries and 40 scratches, please contact me to see where the $'s were spent and the $'s that were left over. There is no greed in our club anywhere - we have - as well as any of several clubs in KS- sponsored those in our club that do not have the funds to participate, we have supported charities in our own communities, and we must pay refs, security, and the USD 231 school district to host our tournaments. I have been with this club for 4 yrs now and will continue to remain here. We as well as Mill Valley and the others are here for the KIDS; that being we canceled our tournament.

I can speak on behalf of our whole club in offering any support in helping clubs with their first tournaments. Emporia has done this and continues as do many others. We love wrestling, we love kids and are here for them.

Amy VanHoose
GEWC