Yearbook Joke Not So Funny to Secret Service
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High school yearbooks were recalled in Widefield so that administrators could black out a joke caption under one student’s picture: “Most likely to assassinate President Bush.”
Mesa Ridge High School officials had staffers use ink markers to obscure the words, but not before the Secret Service launched an investigation. “That’s our mission,” said special agent Lon Garner. “That’s what we do.”
School officials called the caption a prank that wasn’t caught before the yearbooks were printed, and district spokesman James Drew said future yearbooks will be triple-checked before printing.
“They kind of ruined our yearbook,” said graduate Christina Tredway.
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