Blue Springs High School students Andrew Smith, left, and Emily Reed, right, stand with Landon Hudson, who finished second in original spoken word poetry and sixth in prose Interpretation at the national Speech and Debate Tournament in Louisville, Ky. Smith finished fifth in storytelling and Reed fourth in original commentary. PHOTO COURTESY OF LISA LOWMAN
By Bill Althaus The Examiner Landon Hudson has a larger-than-life personality that helped cement his legacy in the Blue Springs High School theater and forensics…