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Thursday, May 19, 2011  Our last KHQA Excellent Educator award takes us to Warsaw, Illinois where one educator has taught for 31 years.

Friday, April 22, 2011  Mrs. Rebecca Haas teaches kindergarten at Nauvoo-Colusa Elementary School.

Monday, March 21, 2011  Karen Dickhut and Chuck Brooks receive this month's KHQA Excellent Educator awards.

Thursday, February 17, 2011  Mr. Kevin Buckert named this month's KHQA Excellent Educator.

Wednesday, December 22, 2010  Mrs. Meghan Karr teaches special education at Veteran's Elementary School in Hannibal.

Thursday, October 21, 2010  Mr. Dooley named KHQA Excellent Educator.

Thursday, October 21, 2010  Students at Clark County R-1 are thankful.

Thursday, May 20, 2010  Sue Zinn is retiring from Warsaw Elementary School.

Thursday, March 25, 2010  Robin Walden has taught violin lessons in Quincy for 28 years.

Thursday, February 25, 2010  Ms. Rhonda Gianfriddo has taught at St. Francis for 31 years.

Thursday, December 17, 2009  Conners has taught in Clark County for 24 years

Thursday, November 19, 2009  Mr. Ken Mansell has taught P.E. at Ellington Elementary School in Quincy for more than 20 years. He's this month's KHQA Excellent Educator, and he says the field has changed dramatically during his many years of service.

Thursday, May 21, 2009  "She has awesome science experiments," and "she lets us learn a lot on the computers."That's what a group of 5th graders have to say about their teacher for the 2008-2009 school year. Mrs. Julie Fessenden teaches at Oakwood Elementary in Hannibal, where the scientific method is alive, well, and fun.

Thursday, April 23, 2009  Spring fever is starting to hit the air, and sometimes those nicer days make for antsy students who can't wait to get outside.KHQA's Rajah Maples visited a local classroom earlier this week, where she found a KHQA Excellent Educator keeping her students' attention one book at a time. Miss Robin Cain has taught special education in the Quincy Public School District for 19 years. She's spent a majority of those years here at Adams School.

Thursday, March 19, 2009  Students, staff, parents and even former students are singing the praises of an excellent educator these days. Miss Lynn Johnson has taught music in Warsaw for 36 years. She plans to retire at the end of this year. But her replacement will have some big shoes to fill.