Tag: Veterans
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49 Years Later: Servicemen pen pal results in strong friendship
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com This is a story about an 11-year-old girl corresponding with a 19-year-old man. What it’s not is a creepy tale about two people who meet over the Internet and the horrors that follow. This is a feel-good story that began in the fall of 1969 when the 11-year-old girl was a fifth-grader… Read more
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Rose and Caulkins announce agreement to help veterans transfer credits to University of Illinois
Springfield, IL– State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) and Representative Dan Caulkins (R-Decatur) announced they have reached an agreement with the University of Illinois to increase access for veterans. The lawmakers worked with University of Illinois Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost Andreas Cangellaris, reaching an agreement to form a committee to focus on the issue. The… Read more
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Paul Lewis talks about release from Iran Hostage Crisis 38 years later
By FRED KRONERfred@mahometnews.com Sunday was just another day for Sidney resident Paul Lewis. No parties. No parades. “I hung around the house,” he said. Exactly 38 years earlier, on Jan. 20, 1981, there was reason for Lewis and an entire country to celebrate. The longest hostage crisis situation in recorded history ended when 52 Americans… Read more