Niles North Times May 14, 2019 - Final Edition by Team Tuesday
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National Spanish Exam Awards Ceremony at Niles North By Julia Rivera May 14, 2019 Niles North hosted the National Spanish Exam Awards Ceremony this past Saturday at the auditorium. The event was sponsored by the Chicago Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP ). The program started at 10 a.m. and praised all students who reached high academic scores. This annual event is held to recognize students in the Chicagoland area who have done an outstanding job on the National Spanish Exam. These students receive cash prizes. Each year they give out nearly $20,000 in prizes.
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U.S. measles case still climbing, exceeding 800 this year By Salmana Mahmood May 14, 2019 A large measles outbreak has hit countries worldwide whereas in US alone 839 individual cases of measles have been confirmed in 23 states from January 1 to May 10, according to Center for Disease Control (CDC). This is the greatest number of cases reported in the U.S. since 1994 and since measles was declared eliminated in 2000. On April 30, a Church of Scientology cruise ship, traveling from Curacao to St.Lucia, with measles case on board was put under quarantine. Health officials in Curacao, an island country in the Dutch Caribbean, announced Saturday that the group of 17 crew members and 11 passengers must stay aboard because they're still at risk of contracting measles after a female crew member contracted the disease. According to Fox news, Dr. Izzy Gerstenbluth, an epidemiologist with the Public Health of Curacao, told reporters that the rest of the 318 people who were, in total, on the ship, are free to leave, as "they are not a threat to anyone anymore, and they cannot become sick anymore." ( continued on page 2)