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DECEMBER 19, 2018
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Nurse thanked for saving baby
Nearly three years later, Claudia Lopez has finally been reunited with her patient By NONA TEPPER
A ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
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Kim Good, left, and Edward McCormick, both of Forest Park, bring in presents to donate to the pile under the tree during Mayor Calderone’s Annual Community Toy Drive at R Place on Harlem Avenue in Forest Park. See more photos on page 5.
Staff Reporter
fter graduating from Proviso East High School in 2002, Claudia Lopez first went into real estate, working in Chicago for the next 14 years. She then became a pharmacy technician, working for Walgreens, and eventually applied to study to become a pharmacist. But something about that venture didn’t feel right; the Maywood woman prayed about her future. “I just looked out for God like, ‘Where do you want me to be? What do you want from me?’ and realized God wanted me to become a nurse,” Lopez said. “I feel so blessed. Not everybody is See LOPEZ on page 11
Proviso East, D91 mobilize resources after student deaths D91 sent over three social workers to Proviso East By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter
Community members across Proviso Township are mobilizing support services after the deaths of two area high
school students in less than a month. The students were both 15-year-old sophomores who attended Proviso East and lived in Maywood, Proviso Township High School District 209 officials confirmed. One student died on Nov. 22 and another died on Dec. 9, both by suicide, accord-
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ing to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office. Although the students are known by community members and school officials, and the name of the first student has See RESOURCES on page 10
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