Tag: accolades
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Teen’s project gives warmth to newborns
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Suzanne Luff didn’t think a cut-up sock was the best kind of hat for a premature newborn. So she decided to do something about it. Luff started making hats out of cozy yarns — and…
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Widefield teacher Wins DARE state award
Stacey Howell, a computer teacher at French Elementary School, has won the state DARE Educator of the Year award presented by the Colorado Association of DARE Officers. She received the honor Thursday at a meeting of Widefield District 3 school board. She was nominate by El Paso County Sheriff Deputy Don Roycraft who presents the…
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Springs area teachers win supplies
Three local teachers have received $1,000 in supplies each for their classrooms through the “A Day Made Better” program. Those being honored locally are Connie Weber, Frontier Elementary School, in Academy School District 20, and Eddy McGee of Oak Creek Elementary School, and Kent Kerns, Giberson Elementary School, both in Harrison School District 2. The…
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BARRY NOREEN: Take a few moments to reflect on America
The July Fourth weekend isn’t quite over yet, so if you haven’t done so already, you still have time to ponder what America managed to do on its own, without benefit of a blueprint. As Barack Obama put it Wednesday during his visit to Colorado Springs: “I’m sure there will be a moment or two, when…