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Hey,hey,we're the monkeys
A baby squirrel monkey clings to its mother a few days after its birth at Jungle Island in Miami Saturday, July 14, 2007. The monkey is one of several new babies at the park. Six new baby chicks were born to some pink flamingoes also. ASSOCIATED PRESS
OBITUARY
Classmates remember student's devotion, humor
By Maggie VanBuskirk mvanbuskirk@kansan.com
Friends say Cecile Hernandez was a motivated and determined young women, who worked hard to accomplish her goals. Hernandez worked at her many jobs and extracurricular activities with fervor, completing and participating in each project with skill, ease and a smile.
Alice Hahn, Olathe senior, went to high school with Hernandez at Olathe East.
"I don't think there was anything Cecile didn't do," Hahn said. "What was so amazing about her was her talent to just pick up anything and finish something beautifully, whether it was artwork or planning an event."
Hernandez, Olathe senior, died Friday in a car accident.
During her years at the University of Kansas, Hernandez was the marketing manager for the Student Recreation and Fitness Center, vice president of technology for the American Business Women's Association, a member of the women's club lacrosse team and president and treasurer of the Biomedical Engineering Society.
JudeAnne Jasso-Murad, a high school friend, said Hernandez also began her own company called Surfing Our Society, which helped the elderly learn how to use the Internet.
Between her many jobs and activities, Hernandez worked out at the Recreational Center and motivated friends to live a healthy lifestyle. Hahn said, Hernandez enjoyed summer
"Cecile was always devoted to her friends and family and made sure that they were always taken care of and happy," Hahn said. "Time spent with Cecile never got old because she always had something quirky to say."
when she could barbecue with friends and ride her jet ski. Cold weather didn't stop her from accomplishing new feats, last winter she traded her wakeboard for a snowboard.
her, Hahn said,
Hernandez's sense of humor and amusement in everyday life, as well as her compassion for other people, was a contribution to everyone who knew
Edited by Ben Smith
CRIME
Student reported safe after alleged abduction
By Ben Smith
bsmith@kansan.com
A University student was safely returned home after she was allegedly carjacked from the corner of 98th and Cherry streets in Overland Park early Sunday morning.
Michelle M. Bhaskar, Overland Park freshman, was reported by her boyfriend to have been taken in her car by what were described by police in an early press release as two unidentified black males, one of whom was armed with a gun.
Bhaskar's boyfriend said that he had been sitting in the car talking to her when the two men approached. The boyfriend told police that Bhaskar was then taken by the two suspects who drove away, leaving him at the scene. Police found Bhaskar's car four blocks south of Brush Creek Park a few hours after the abduction was reported. Three K-9 units and a two-man helicopter unit searched the area.
A little more than eight hours later Bhaskar was recovered after she telephoned a family friend
Darren Snapp, Kansas City, Mo., police officer, said along with the K-9 Units and helicopter, about 20 officers worked the separate crime scenes, while the rest of the Kansas City Police Department searched for Bhaskar.
who in turn contacted police. Police said Bhaskar had no reported injuries and was questioned by detectives until late Sunday night. More interviews were scheduled for Monday.
Snapp said that the police were not treating the incident as a hoax. However, the accounts from the witnesses to the abduction were incongruous.
"We're getting different stories for different witnesses," Snapp said. "We now have information that she doesn't want to press charges."
The investigation is ongoing and Snapp said there was very little the police could do if Bhaskar declined to seek prosecution.
Media relations with the Kansas City, Mo., police department said Tuesday that there were conflicting reports about whether the family would press charges and that those reports were still being resolved.
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