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Somber resignation prevalent at school closure meeting
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “We want our school to stay open,” Shelby-Ann Sharpton, a junior at Wasson High School, told the Colorado Springs School District 11 board on Thursday. District administrators recommended Wednesday that Wasson and Lincoln and Bates…
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Mission of warmth to Moldova
It was mid-December and Rick Lewis was on his third mission trip in Moldova, traversing the former Soviet nation distributing boots and winter clothes at orphanages, when the group’s supply truck got stuck on a snowy hill in the village of Sarata-Galbena. “It was a blizzard,” said Lewis, the municipal court administrator for the city…
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Mission of warmth to Moldova
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It was mid-December and Rick Lewis was on his third mission trip in Moldova, traversing the former Soviet nation distributing boots and winter clothes at orphanages, when the group’s supply truck got stuck on a…
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EMPTY STOCKING: Mercy’s Gate helps woman stricken with cancer
This is one of a series of stories about the 15 nonprofit agencies that receive money from The Gazette/El Pomar Foundation Empty Stocking campaign that runs through the holidays. On Nancy’s 45th birthday in October, she was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer and lymph node cancer. She was already a widow and had two children…
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EMPTY STOCKING: Mercy’s Gate helps woman stricken with cancer
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This is one of a series of stories about the 15 nonprofit agencies that receive money from The Gazette/El Pomar Foundation Empty Stocking campaign that runs through the holidays. On Nancy’s 45th birthday in October,…
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Palmer alumni happily share school history
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save History can be more interesting when learning about it from someone who lived it. That’s the theory behind a program in which the incoming freshmen students at Palmer High School in Colorado Springs School District…
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Four new charter schools proposed in District 11
Four charter school applications were submitted to Colorado Springs School District 11 by the Friday deadline. “The interest in becoming a partner with D-11 is extremely high this year,” said John Griego, D-11 charter school liaison. He said he couldn’t remember another time when so many charter applications were submitted, although it’s not uncommon for…
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Former astronaut inspires middle school students
An astronaut can inspire students. So can a professional football player. Leland Melvin has claims to both careers. He spoke to students at Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy about space and sports Friday — seeking to encourage and inspire. His long list of accomplishments include a stint in the NFL and NASA space missions. “I was…
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Palmer alumni happily share school history
History can be more interesting when learning about it from someone who lived it. That’s the theory behind a program in which the incoming freshmen students at Palmer High School in Colorado Springs School District 11 get a lesson in school history from those who walked the halls decades earlier. More than 100 years of…
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Former astronaut inspires middle school students
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An astronaut can inspire students. So can a professional football player. Leland Melvin has claims to both careers. He spoke to students at Jack Swigert Aerospace Academy about space and sports Friday — seeking to…