Three GCHS graduates prepare for Memorial Stadium walk
Garden City High School seniors Elisa Rodriguez Candy Chavez and Marlene Nunez Mendoza stood with friends in the cafeteria before the Class of 2004 procession to Memorial Stadium. Chavez praised family support as classmates cheered and mortarboards displayed personal messages.
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Holcomb High names nine co valedictorians
Holcomb High School declared nine graduates as co valedictorians after each earned a perfect 4.0 GPA. Superintendent Skip Landis noted it as a historic achievement in the district’s history.
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Brown v Board Site Opens On Anniversary With Civil Rights Focus
In Topeka a new Brown v Board of Education National Historic Site exhibit recreates the experience of black students integrating American schools. The $11.3 million site opened on the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling. A large crowd gathered for the opening as dignitaries attended and President Bush was expected later.
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Questions rise over Gonzales memo and Geneva limits
In the Iraq prisoner abuse saga the focus shifts to whether the Bush administration set a legal base that enabled mistreatment. A memo by White House counsel Alberto Gonzales argued that new interrogation practices could render Geneva Conventions limits obsolete. Powell objected, while Rumsfeld had expanded a classified interrogation program for Iraqi prisoners. Powell noted ICRC concerns were raised and corrective action followed.
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Car bomb kills head of council in Baghdad
Abd al Zahran Othman also known as Izzadine Saleem, head of the Iraqi Governing Council, was killed in a death by own action car bombing near the coalition headquarters in central Baghdad. The attack killed nine Iraqis including the bomber, with the Arab Resistance Movement claiming responsibility. The council rotates monthly and the blast underscored risks ahead of sovereignty handover.
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Garden City bids farewell to longtime GCCC teacher Crumet
Sandy Crumet retires after about 30 years at Garden City Community College and leaving Garden City. She began winter 1975 when Mary Street was a dirt road and the math department had two instructors. Now she exits as Mary Street becomes a four lane thoroughfare.
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Neighbors Seek Relaxing Life in Wichita After Career
Lawrence native recalls vows to avoid teaching and western Kansas, but fate led to Wichita and a new life in Garden City. Thousands of math students benefit from her work and the GCCC computer department credits Crumet, Lee Crumet, with foundational influence as the college adapts post founding father era.
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Weather Outlook Tapers Heat With Tuesday Sunshine
Tuesday brings partly sunny skies with a high near 79 and a low around 57. Tuesday night cools to 59, then Wednesday climbs to a high about 87 and a low near 61. Details on page A8.
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