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A10 The Panu.graph Monday, October 31, 2005 www.pantagraph.com Teachers' picks "('Who wants is my all-time favorite. I got my love of reading when teachers read to me." Karen Graber Olympia West Elementary School, Minier had the key to a gold mine. I loved Beatrix Potter books." Susie Freeman a retired teacher and daughter of a librarian changed the words (of 'The Hobbit') for the younger kids." Scott Myers Bloomington, principal at Hudson Elementary School "('To Kill a Mockingbird') just such a wealth of insight." Lynda Lane Olympia High School, Stanford "'Big Pumpkin' is the greatest book. It encourages teamwork (because children sing along to a tape)." Stacy Steiger Olympia West, Minier KUWAIT: FROM Al In addition to having family in Bloomington, Banaszak had family in Clinton and Decatur. Before beingsent to Kuwait, Braden said Banaszak worked in Decatur at a local department store.

Love said Banaszak served nearly two years as a police officer in Sullivan, but she resigned near the end of 2003. "She always showed up and was always on time," Love said. "She always did her job and did what was asked of her." The last time Love saw Banaszak was shortly before her deployment this spring. The two attended the same church, First United Methodist in Sullivan. "She was sitting by herself in the pew across from my family and me," Love said.

"I talked to her after the service and told her I'd be thinking of her. "It's just a shock to learn that someone I knew went off to serve the country and was killed doing it," he added. Banaszak was a part-time member of the National Guard while she worked as a police officer. Even after she left the police department, Love said Banaszak would occasionally drive over to Mattoon when Sullivan police and Moultrie County Sheriff's deputies played soft-ball. Palermo said the family has not been given any more information about Banaszak's death.

According to an article posted on Military.com, the 1035th is a company with units in St. Louis and DeSoto, Mo. and Gatesville, Texas. The company's job is to repair diesel engines, transmissions, track vehicles and maintenance on other tactical vehicles, the article said. PARKS FROM Al Inside the Rotunda, a slow-moving audience of elderly admirers, children and couples holding hands reverently proceeded around the casket.

Outside the Capitol, as flags flew at half-staff, thousands of people awaited the chance to pay their respects, some arriving before noon. Some carried signs that read, "Thank you, Rosa Parks." The crowd cheered loudly when the motorcade, led by Parks' hearse and a vintage D.C. Metro bus, arrived. Her casket was carried from the hearse by a military honor guard while Rep. Carolyn Kil-patrick, stood with family members and friends outside the steps leading up to the Capitol and prayed.

Senate chaplain Barry Black, bowing his head in prayer, said Parks' courage "ignited a movement that aroused our national conscience" and served as an-example of the "power of fateful, small acts." Bush, who did not speak during the brief ceremony, issued a proclamation Sunday ordering the U.S. flag to be flown at half-staff over all public buildings on Wednesday, the day of Parks' funeral and burial in Detroit. The president and first lady Laura Bush were joined by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, temporary House Majority Leader Roy Blunt, and other members of Congress. "She was a citizen in the best sense of the word," said Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa.

"She caused things to happen Associated PressMANUEL BALCE CENETA Alicia Myers, back right, with her niece, Shante Tyler, front left, and son, Isaiah Myers, front right, view the coffin containing the remains of civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, who lies in state inside the Capitol Rotunda on Sunday in Washington, D.C. Parks is the first woman accorded such an honor. BOOKS FROM Al Kathy Mundell-Bligh, a Bloomington Junior High School teacher who grew up in a house with hundreds of books, can't easily answer the question of favorites. "Pick one book? That's like eating only one flavor of ice cream," she said, explaining her favorites came from a collection of classics like "Treasure Island" adapted for young children. Peggy Herman, a former Stanford Elementary School principal, struggled to read when she was little.

"The first book that really got me reading was 'Battle Cry' by Leon Uris," she said. "We were going on vacation, and it was in the car." Today, Herman likes books so much she got a job at a bookstore after her school closed last year. She recently helped organize an educator appreciation day where teachers shared their favorite books with each other. "The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts" by Richard Peek and "Please Bury Me in a Library" by J. Patrick Lewis were among the favorites of Betty Crites of Bloomington, who taught in Minier 22 years before retiring.

As a child, she loved Laura In-galls Wilder's series about growing up on the frontier. "In fourth grade, we just soaked those up," she said. She also loved picture books. "Picture books are like being in heaven," she said. Jodi Metz, who teaches in the Olympia School District, often chooses to read children's books.

"The kids tell me what (they like) to read," she said. It is sometimes harder for boys to find books they like, she said, recommending Gary Paulson's "Harris and Me." The story of two cousins and their misadventures is something "a lot of boys relate to because (Harris) is such a trouble maker.1' Joel Brigham, an English teacher at Olympia High School in Stanford, likes books with a sense of humor like Gregory Maguire's "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister." Maguire, who also wrote "Wicked," takes the Cinderella story from her stepsister's point Cunningham's wife said, "We have to go." "She started the movement," Cunningham said of Parks, staring at the West facade of the Capitol. "She was the mother of the civil rights movement by simply saying, 'I'm tired of giving up my Parks, who died last Monday, was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man. Among those who supported her was the Rev. Martin Luther King who led the 381-day boycott of the Montgomery bus system that helped initiate the modern civil rights in our society that made us a better, more caring, more just society." Fred Allen, 59, who grew up in segregated Halls, brought his 20-year-old son to help him understand the civil rights era.

"He has no idea what it was like to grow up in the South, where you had to hold your head down," Allen said. Robert Cunningham, 65, caught a flight from Atlanta with his wife, daughter and four grandchildren so they could pay their last respects. When they learned Friday night that Parks' body would lie in honor in the Capitol, of view. "Cinderella is a prissy girl" and the sisters have reasons for what they do, said Brigham. Brigham's "first big-boy book" was "Frannie and Zooey" by J.D.

Salinger. His father gave him the coming-of-age story when Brigham was 13. Kathy Jackson read the Little Bear series once her grandfather started calling her 'Little Bear' The illustrations add to her affection for the books, said Jackson, who teaches first grade at Olympia North Elementary School in Danvers. "I was born a teacher," Jackson said. "I used to make my brother sit and learn." half the public, 46 percent, say the level of ethics and honesty in the federal government has fallen with Bush as president, according to an ABC News-Washington Post poll.

That's three times the number who say ethics and honesty have risen during that time. Republican Sen. Trent Lott of Mississippi said Bush should be on the lookout for "new blood, new energy, qualified staff, new people in "come clean" about his involvement and why he discussed Plame with Libby before Libby spoke to reporters about her. "What did the vice president know? What were his intentions?" Dodd asked on "Fox News Sunday." "Now, there's no suggestion the vice president is guilty of any crime here whatsoever. But if our standard is just criminality, then we're never going to get to the bottom of this," Dodd said.

Democrats, appearing on Sunday talk shows portrayed Libby's indictment as one of many serious problems surrounding the White House and one of several allegations raising questions about Republican ethics. Republicans repeatedly said the charges have been made against only one individual and that Libby should be presumed innocent until proven guilty. Public opinion appears to be running against Bush. Almost ROVE FROM Al "Then we have the president come on camera a few minutes later calling him Scooter and what a great patriot he is. There has not been an apology to the American people for this obvious problem in the White House," Reid, told ABC's "This Week." Meanwhile, Sen.

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Source: Morrison Planetarium, San Francisco Sunset today Sunrise Tues. Moonrise today Moonset today 4:54 p.m. 6:25 a.m. 4:54 a.m. 4:08 p.m.

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