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Executive director lauds atmosphere and opportunities at Ragdale. P38 NO. 239 | A JWC MEDIA PUBLICATION
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Haley Click has turned into a big-time talent for the Lake Forest High School girls track team. P28
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Nearly 2,000 people attended the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center’s 2017 Humanitarian Awards Dinner. P16 FOLLOW US:
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No Seminar Day next Flight celebrates year for U.S. veterans New Trier BY EMILY SPECTRE DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
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he New Trier School Board on April 17 concluded that the controversial Seminar Day was highly positive, but moving forward the school plans to integrate the conversation about race throughout the school year and will consider returning Seminar Day to a previous format of every other year, or every three to four years. “We want to get away from the idea that the only time we talk about race is on a special day,” Superintendent Dr. Linda Yonke said. Seminar Day, with a focus on “Understanding Today’s Struggle for Racial Civil Rights,” was held on February 28 and drew national attention when some parents stood in opposition to the day while others voiced their support. Hundreds of residents attended a school board meeting on February Continued on PG 12
from WWII, Korean and Vietnam wars BY JULIE KEMP PICK DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
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he Vietnam War veteran’s words were haunting: “If you want me to describe a battle I could do that, but it’s not a pleasant thing, especially when you’re a young person and you have bullets flying all around you and rockets and grenades, and you don’t know what’s going on because we were always outnumbered by the enemy,” said Vincent Martorano, a Gurnee resident ,who served in the U.S. Navy for four years. Martorano said his outfit in Saigon had to put up with leeches, snakes, and mosquitoes that were “the size of helicopters.”’ Martorano was one of 21 veterans who participated in the Lake County Honor Flight #9, which began with a trip to Washington, Continued on PG 12
Jim Cooney, a veteran of the U.S. Navy in the Vietnam War, at the Lake County Honor Flight celebration at North Chicago Veterans Memorial Park on April 30. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER
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