Northern Comfort provides all-around assistance

White Pine Commerce Park in the town of Clay. It would be the largest semiconductor plant announced in United States history. The $100 billion investment to transform rural land into a high-tech tract will take place over two decades.

“We really wanted to showcase our students, to celebrate their imaginations,” said Library Director Susan Reckhow.

“And they were very pleased to show off their work to the Micron people.”

The library hosts a weekly Teen Night & Tween Scene at 6 p.m. every Wednesday. On Saturday, April 1, the library will present its Science and Engineering Fair at 1:30 p.m. The third annual fair is a noncompetitive event open to all students from kindergarten to twelfth grade.

In a presentation in the Carman Room, Micron representatives Amy Henecke and Landon Loeber demonstrated how microchips are formed from a silicone “wafer.” They also allowed audience members to view videotapes showing how the plants operate and to try on a “bunny suit,” the protective garb common to all fabrication process workers.

“We will continue to be a partner in the community,” Henecke promised.

Loeber concurred. “We’re super-excited to be here,” he said.

The March 15 STEM event was attended by members of the library board of directors including President Ashley Gouger along with several special guests such as Anthony Pope, an aide to 128th District Assemblywoman Pamela Hunter.

By JASon KlAiBEr Staff Writer

A full calendar year has passed since she assumed the role of CEO for Operation Northern Comfort, and Cicero resident Laurel Flanagan is still seeing more and more how the charitable organization has helped and can assist those in need.

At the very start of 2022, Flanagan took over at the helm for the nonprofit’s founder, Norm Andrzejewski, whom she called an “inspiration and a visionary” as well as one of the most generous people she knows.