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New Colorado school named after fallen soldier
Posted: Aug 10, 2010 6:27 AM by Bea Karnes, News First 5
Updated: Aug 10, 2010 7:03 AM
Colorado has named its newest school after a soldier killed in Iraq.
The new Weikel Elementary School is named for Ian Weikel, a graduate of Fountain-Fort Carson High School who was killed in action in Iraq in 2006. Weikel was a star athlete in high school who attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
Colorado State Treasurer Cary Kennedy said the new school was built under a new state law that uses revenue earned from School Trust Lands to fund school building repair, renovation, and replacement.
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