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WWII correspondent covered D-day like no other
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Planting for an outdoor classroom Jason and Elsie Feipel and dozens of other student and parent volunteers pitched in to plant a pollinator garden behind Otter Lake Elementary School Saturday, June 1. Thom Green, a fourth grade teacher at the school, received a grant from the National Science Foundation and the University of Minnesota Citizen Science Driven to Discover program to help fund the garden, which will be part of the outdoor classroom space.
In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of D-day, the Press is running a column by Ernie Pyle, considered one of history's greatest war correspondents. His column, written six days after the Normandy inva- Ernie Pyle sion, and photographs of Pyle, have been made available by the National Newspaper Association for reprinting. The Press chose a column called “A Pure Miracle” to commemorate June 6, 1944, when more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline. More than 9,000 soldiers were killed or wounded fighting Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy. Pyle, 44, was later killed by a Japanese machine gun on the tiny Pacific island of le Shima in 1945 during the Battle of Okinawa. His New York Times obituary said his syndicated columns were delivered to more than 14 million homes at the time of his death. Pyle won the Pulitzer Prize in 1944 for his newspaper accounts of “dogface” infantry soldiers. SEE A PURE MIRACLE, PAGE 8A
Mahtomedi Passages program offers unique way to graduate BY SARA MARIE MOORE VADNAIS HEIGHTS EDITOR
After putting in hard work preparing for future careers, seven students will graduate from the Mahtomedi Public Schools Passages Transition Program June 5. The program, in its third year, offers students through age 21 with an individualized education plan (IEP) the opportunity to continue
to learn and prepare for their future. Many Passages students have the academic credits to graduate but need further assistance with employment, post-secondary and independent living skills. Students graduate when they meet their individual goals. Currently, there are 20 students in the program. “At Passages we focus on the transitional needs of the students,” teacher Jodie Tester told the
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Mahtomedi School Board at a May 23 meeting. A focus of the program is to prepare students for what they want to do once they graduate. Students participate in volunteer or paid work experiences or take post-secondary enrollment option or technical school classes. This year’s students went on 15 business SEE PASSAGES, PAGE 9A
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Passages student Blake Roettger shakes hands with Tim Boberg, president of Hays Companies and a Mahtomedi resident. Hays Companies is located in the IDS Tower in downtown Minneapolis. Its employees interviewed Passages students last month as part of a professional interview experience.
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