Pennington's basement toy box a labor of love
Rene Pennington, 62, spent 250 hours painting 250 cartoon characters on a homemade toy box for his great niece. He worked three weeks, starting before work at Western Motors and returning home to add characters from Heckle and Jeckle to Mickey Mouse and the Powerpuff Girls in a colorful collage.
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Market at 11 A.M Dow at 11306.90 Up 5.21
The Dow Jones average stood at 11,306.90 at 11 a.m. showing a gain of 5.21 points from the morning opening as investors watched the market move through midmorning trades.
Weather outlook for tonight through Wednesday
Tonight cool and clearing with lows in the 30s west to 40s east. Tuesday brings mostly sunny conditions in the west and partly sunny skies in the east with highs from 60 to 70. Tuesday night is mostly clear with lows from the upper 30s northwest to around 50 southeast. Wednesday remains dry with highs in the 60s, reaching the lower 70s southeast.
Telegram Local News And Sports Online
Local readers are directed to The Telegram website for full local news sports and editorials with updated items and online features.
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Garden City High School graduates celebrate indoors
Garden City High School held a standing room crowd for its indoor ceremony at The Garden after rain moved graduation from Memorial Stadium. Principal Kevin Burr noted this class of 2001 set firsts including 26.5 credits algebra mastery and a Buff Project amid cheers and jeers from spectators.
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Holcomb graduates celebrate with tri valedictorians
Holcomb High School marked its Sunday graduation with 52 seniors including three valedictorians. Jame Johnstone Jennifer Novack and Andrea Rome spoke on teamwork and friendship while recalling memories from kindergarten through high school as classmates thanked friends and family.
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Garden City man inducted into priesthood
Ted Stoecklein, who came to Garden City seeking work over a decade ago, was ordained a priest at St. Dominic Catholic Church in a ceremony attended by a few hundred people and about 30 area priests. Bishop Ronald Gilmore presided as Stoecklein reflected on faith, family loss, and renewed devotion amid a priesthood milestone.
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