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New school of thought - 2004-01-10
At Atlanta Girls' School in Buckhead, January is a time to play poker, knit a scarf or read "Shogun."

Most metro area students return from winter vacations to textbooks and tests, but these girls indulge in three weeks of creative and out of the ordinary electives.

Then, it's back to the college prep grind.

"We're seeing girls invigorated about learning in a new venue," said Sue Thompson, head of the private school, which serves 170 girls in grades six through 12.

The idea is to expose students to subjects they might not otherwise get the opportunity to explore.
Read the full story at Atlanta Journal Constitution

Man waives hearing on strangling on Hoh reservation - 2004-01-10
A man arrested for the strangling of a young woman after a poker party on the Hoh Indian Reservation has waived a preliminary court appearance, government lawyers say.

With the waiver by Michael W. Koch, 23, the government has until Jan. 23 to decide whether to indict him for the killing of Tawnya LaVonne Tom, 18, on the western Olympic Peninsula reservation Dec. 20, assistant U.S. attorney Lawrence Lincoln said.

Koch, being held at the Federal Detention Center in SeaTac without bail, had been scheduled for a preliminary appearance Tuesday in U.S. District Court, but the courthouse was closed Tuesday and Wednesday because of snow and freezing rain.
Read the full story at Seattle Post Intelligencer