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CHAMPS Officer John Flannery of the Brown County Sheriff's Department was named Law Enforcement Officer of the Year by Attorney General James Doyle on Thursday. On the heels of the national award that jail Capt. David Konrath recently received, it's been a good spring for the department. A group of Green Bay Preble High School students followed the tradition of placing flags on the graves of veterans at Allouez Catholic and Woodlawn cemeteries Wednesday, in advance of Memorial Day. We're glad someone is making sure young people stay involved in our heritage. And to all veterans this weekend and every day - especially to families of those who made the ultimate sacrifice - thank you! CHUMPS What an ignoble way for Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland to end his distinguished career - acknowledging that he paid a $450,000 settlement to make an allegation of sexual assault go away. Just what the church needs. We hate to chump an 8-year-old kid, so let's point the finger at the grandmother who left her handgun where the Howe Elementary School second-grader could find it and bring it to school. We're all just relieved no one was hurt. Shorewood High School principal Rick Monroe canceled a school assembly to honor Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist because some students objected to giving an award to Rehnquist, an alumnus of the school. After a lifetime of service, his reward is to be snubbed by his high school?
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