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12 | June 7, 2018 | The wilmette beacon NEWS
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Flags for the departed heroes
American Legion,
Boy Scouts prepare
graveyard for
Memorial Day
Staff Report
Members of American
Legion Huerter-Wilmette
Post 46 worked with local
Boy Scouts to place flags
on 48 graves of veterans
at St. Joseph’s Cemetery
May 26 in advance of Memorial
Day in Wilmette.
RIGHT: The group placed
flags on 48 graves of
veterans.
Pat Milkes (left), of American Legion Huerter-Wilmette Post 46, and Theo Dill, 3, of
Wilmette, place a flag on a headstone May 26 at St. Joseph’s Cemetery in Wilmette.
Photos by Rhonda Holcomb/22nd Century Media
Will Gillespie (left, standing), 5, of Wilmette, watches
as his brother, Ben, 6, places a flag in the ground with
their father, Ben, and Milkes.
Dill looks closely at a headstone while Sean Bartsch, 9,
of Wilmette, looks on.
Milkes places a flag with Adam Dill, 5, and Chuck Leath,
of the American Legion.
REGINA
From Page 8
leader, one who will make
my mark on the world
some day.”
Winnetka’s Viv O’Bryan
will attend Marquette University,
study nursing and
possibly work in pediatric
oncology.
“My family has been
involved in the medical
scene,” O’Bryan said.
“My mom is an oncology
scientist. Regina has given
me a sense of self-confidence.
I learned that I can
and will succeed.”
Glenview’s Hailey
Hoffman will attend the
University of Michigan to
study political science.
“I want to be a criminal
prosecuting attorney,”
she said. “Regina helped
me “find” my voice and
showed me how to present
and carry myself.”
Wilmette’s Elizabeth
Stutz is going to the Rose
Hulman Institute of Technology.
“I like math and science
and figuring out how to
solve problems. Regina
taught me to have confidence
in myself,” Stutz
said. “The school made me
the person I am today. It
gave me more individual
attention and I knew all of
my classmates.”
Glenview’s Kendall
Barrett will attend the
Milwaukee School of Engineering
to major in mechanical
engineering.
“Regina helped me be a
leader and outspoken,” Barrett
said. “Some day, I want
to be part of changing the
world in a positive way.”
Glencoe’s Kyleigh
Dalkin will attend Purdue
University in the fall and
study chemical engineering.
“I want to build water
filtration systems in third
world countries,” she said.
“Regina built leadership
skills in me and helped me
gain the self-confidence to
become a good and caring
leader.”
Regina graduates from
Wilmette include Aedin
Donahue, Alessia Giradin,
Gabrielle Grane, Emma
Houston, Elizabeth Stutz
and Colleen Waltman.