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Area keeps the Spirit of ’45 alive 15 couples take opportunity to renew vows By JOSEPH BUSTOS jbustos@shawmedia.com McHENRY – Surrounding a sculpture depicting the famous photo of a sailor kissing a nurse on V-J Day, more than 15 couples who have been married for more than 60 years said they would continue to honor and cherish each other. The renewal of vows was part of the fourth annual Keep the Spirit of ’45 Alive event, meant to honor members of the generation that lived through World War II. The second Sunday of August is a national remembrance day, to Keep the Spirit of ’45 Alive and to recognize the end of World War II.
See the sculpture A life-size sculpture depicting a photo of a nurse kissed by a joyful sailor at the end of World War II, is scheduled to be on display at Centegra Health System facilities for the next two weeks. The “Unconditional Surrender, the Kiss Seen Around the World” sculpture is scheduled to be on display from Monday until Friday in the lobby of Centegra Hospital – McHenry. The statue is then scheduled to be on display until Aug. 23, at Centegra Hospital – Woodstock.
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Muhiddin Abdulhakimov, 17, talks about being a foreign exchange student Aug. 1 while at his host home in Harvard. Abdulhakimov is a foreign exchange student from Kyrgyzstan who will be attending Harvard High School this coming school year.
Event organizers honored those who have been married for at least 60 years for working both abroad and on the home front to keep the country productive. Those who were married in 1946 and later helped lead to producing the baby boomer generation.
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Bill and Doris Schabow of McHenry kiss in front of the crowd Sunday at Veterans Memorial Park in McHenry during the fourth annual Keep the Spirit of ’45 Alive day. The Schabows married in 1951.
Overseas visit on a scholarship Exchange student prepares for first year of school in U.S. By JOSEPH BUSTOS jbustos@shawmedia.com In the living room of Don and Tammy Isom’s Harvard house are framed senior photos of students from around the world whom they’ve hosted for school-yearlong stays. The Isoms have hosted teens from Thailand, Indonesia, Norway, Denmark, Germany, China and Austria through the American Field Service Student Exchange program, and were hoping to host a student from the former Soviet Union. This year, the Isoms are hosting 17-yearold Muhiddin Abdulhakimov from Kyrgyzstan. “I kind of wanted the kids in Harvard to experience a person from a totally different culture,” Tammy Isom said. “This would be something different for them to learn his customs and his culture.” Abdulhakimov is on the Future Leaders Exchange scholarship program. He is one of three AFS exchange students on U.S. State Department scholarships to be placed in
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Tammy and Don Isom of Harvard listen as Abdulhakimov talks about being a foreign exchange student. Abdulhakimov is the eighth exchange student the Isom family has hosted.
Host a student People interested in hosting an exchange student through the American Field Service should call local Team Development Specialist Becky Deignan at 646-381-3316.
Immigration overhaul campaign passes by some in GOP By ERICA WERNER The Associated Press BEL AIR, Md. – Immigration advocates are swarming the country this month, trying to persuade House Republicans to pass a comprehen-
sive overhaul. It was hard to tell at the town-hall meeting that second-term Republican Rep. Andy Harris held recently in this town northeast of Baltimore. The overflow crowd in
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the board of commissioners meeting room was overwhelmingly white and older, and booed loudly when one audience member asked Harris to support a path to citizenship for immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally.
Loud applause followed as Harris shot the idea down, calling it “a nonstarter” that’s “not going anywhere fast” in the House. “The bottom line is there are plenty of immigration laws on the books,” Harris
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said. “The House is in no rush to take up immigration.” Harris, a 56-year-old physician and the son of Eastern European immigrants, is in a safe GOP district with few Latino voters, and he’s not on target lists drawn up by im-
migration proponents. So it’s no surprise that advocates wouldn’t be out in force at his events. Yet his position is far from unique.
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The eighth annual Take a Stand for Turning Point will be from 6 a.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Saturday at Sam’s Club, 5670 Northwest Highway, Crystal lake. This is a 36-hour radiothon hosted by Star 105.5. For information, call 815-338-8081 or visit www. mchenrycountyturningpoint.org.
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