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T HE ENTERPRISE Your Complete Source For Plainfield News Since 1887
thursday, June 11, 2015
Volume 127 no. 45
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yanello named new principal of Plainfield south
Veterans, residents salute memorial procession for Aurora’s Sara Medina
Former athletic director will replace Dave Travis
BY JONATHAN SAMPLES | ManaGInG eDITOR Hundreds of residents, veterans and mourners lined Route 59 in downtown Plainfield last week to honor the life and service of Marine Cpl. Sara A. Medina. Medina, a 2010 graduate of Aurora East High School, was among six Marines who died May 12 when a helicopter they were aboard crashed during a relief mission in Nepal. On June 2, the Plainfield police and fire departments joined veterans group Operation Welcome You Home, the U.S. Marine Corps., and other area police and fire units to welcome the 23-year-old Aurora native home. A memorial procession carried the fallen Marine from O’Hare International Airport to Overman-Jones Funeral Home in Plainfield. see ‘MARINE’ on Page 2
Photo By Jonathan Samples | For The Enterprise
Hundreds of onlookers hold American flags as the memorial procession for Marine Cpl. Sara A. Medina passes through downtown Plainfield on June 2. Note: Photo of Marine Cpl. Sara A. Medina Courtesy of Overman-Jones Funeral Home
Plainfield South High School Athletic Director Bob Yanello will serve as the school’s next principal. The District 202 Board of Education named Yanello the new principal during its regulary meeting Monday. He will replace David Travis, who accepted the principal’s position at Yorkville High School. Travis has served as principal since 2010. Yanello has a bachelor degree in business education and a master’s degree in human resources development and earned his BoB yanello COURTESY OF a d m i n i s t r a t i v e DISTRICT 202 certification in 1999. He started his education career in 1991 as a football and basketball coach at Streator High School. He taught business at Illinois Valley Community College from 1993-97. Yanello then taught business and served as a guidance counselor from 1997-2000 at Joliet Catholic Academy before coming to District 202 in 2002 as a business teacher and assistant athletic director at PSHS. Yanello was named athletic director in 2004, and has served as director of athletics, activities and facilities the last three years. “Mr. Yanello is a veteran educator, administrator and coach who is very familiar with Plainfield South, its many achievements, culture, students and staff,” said Superintendent of Schools Lane Abrell. “That unique benefit will let him hit the ground running and help to continue South’s growth and success.”
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