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  The Lamar School District Board of Education held a community forum on July 15th to provide information related to SB21-116 which prohibits the use of Native American mascots by Colorado schools beginning June 1, 2022. The Board of Education notified the public of the following: The Board never voted to change or replace the mascot. SB21-116 was introduced as legislation on February 23, 2021 by Representative McLauchlan and was subsequently approved in the House and Senate. Governor Polis signed the bill into law on June 28, 2021. The Board does not believe the Lamar High School, nor the ...

She was born in Jonesborough to the late Aulie C. and Thelma S. Couch. Jo Ann graduated from Lamar High school and was an employee with the Postal Service for 30 years. After retirement in 1991, she and her late husband, Maynard, enjoyed golf, working at Graysburg Golf Course and gardening. She was a member of the FCC home demonstration club, where she entered her cross stitch and won many blue ribbons. She enjoyed needle work. Jo Ann was a member of Gray United Methodist Church, where she volunteered with meals for the homeless and was a member of the apple butter gang.

Monycka Snowbird, left, argues against keeping the Cheyenne Mountain Indians mascot with a supporter, who declined to give her name, outside the Cheyenne Mountain School District 12 board work session in the fall of 2020. Snowbird and the other indigenous people who attended the protest felt the mascot is racists against their heritage. Supporters of the mascot said the Indians mascot was an honor and full of school tradition. About 50 people lined the street outside the school district’s administration building. (Gazette file photo) Gazette file

ATHENS, TN - Janet “Ruth” Rice, 73, of Athens, passed away Monday March 8, 2021 at NHC Health Care in Athens, TN. She was a native of Washington County, and was a long-time resident of Jonesborough, TN and was daughter to the late Roy and Marie Blankenship. She was a member of Bethesda United Methodist Church and graduate of Lamar High School. She retired from Alliance Data Systems in Johnson City, TN. She was preceded in death by her daughter Kristi Dawn Rice and nephew Justin Blankenship. She is survived by her son, Jeff and Tiffany Rice; step-grandchildren, Gage and Sydnee Duncan...

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