November 2022

Kansas board recommends ending Native American mascots

The Kansas State Board of Education on Thursday recommended that the state’s public school districts eliminate Native American mascots and branding to reduce their harmful impacts on students. The board approved a motion making a “strong recommendation” that Kansas public K-12 nontribal schools retire Native Americanthemed mascots and branding as soon as possible but within the next three to five years at the latest.

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Donna Jean Grauberger

Garden City - Donna Jean Grauberger, 71, died on Sunday, October 30, 2022 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, KS. She was the youngest of seven children born to Henry and Opal Rose (McGee) Grauberger on February 12, 1951 at Garden City, KS.

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Janice Anne Quance

Dighton- Janice Anne Quance, 79, died on Tuesday, November 8, 2022 at Lane County Hospital in Dighton. She was born on December 5, 1942 at Dallas, Texas the daughter of George Henry & Eunice (Martin) Barber.

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Gordon Dennis Batman

Gordon Dennis Batman, affectionately known as ’Bus’, of Garden City, Kansas died early Tuesday morning when God decided it was time to call him home. He was born in Ingalls, Kansas on Sept 9, 1935, to Harold Batman and Naoma Barton Batman.

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