Longtime Woodstock High School teacher, coach and ardent supporter of the Blue Streaks, Bud Swartout, died Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2017, at the age of 90. Following his retirement in 1991, a special recognition award was established in his honor. The Bud Swartout 4 Year/3 Sports Award was first given out in 1993 to senior athletes […]
Best known as one of Woodstock High School’s biggest supporters – a teacher who never stopped teaching – Harlow “Bud” Swartout, died Monday, Nov. 20, at the age of 90. “We’re all Blue Streaks, but Bud was the bluest,” said former WHS athletic director Doug Smith. Several generations of friends, family, co-workers and former students […]
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