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Lincoln employees save choking student
Autumn Weingrad and Libbie Merritt recognized by school board
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Lincoln Elementary Principal Misty Straub presents Great Bend USD 428’s ROSE Awards, Recognizing Outstanding Service to Education, to teaching assistant Autumn Weingrad, center, and school nurse Libbie Merritt, at right. Both were recognized Monday for their quick action to help a choking student in April. - photo by Susan Thacker / Great Bend Tribune
During a recent lunch period at Lincoln Elementary School, a boy choked on a chicken nugget. Quick action by a teaching assistant and the school nurse saved his life, Lincoln Principal Misty Straub told the Great Bend USD 428 Board of Education on Monday.