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Editor’s pumpkin-carving skills improving
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Romona Elementary School posted this
photo on Oct. 9 with the caption:
“Today, our Romona community came
together for a celebration of 60 years of
Romona! The staff told the story of the
last 60 years through stories, skits, song,
& dance. Make sure to ask your Mustang
about Mr. Rogers, hula hoops, the Mickey
Mouse Club, & the first men on the moon.
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“Congrats to the @LoyolaAcademy Math
Team. Freshmen win 1st place with 3
perfect scores, Juniors placed first as
well as Orals so the Loyola Math team
placed first in its first meet of the year.
#IntellectuallyCompetent #GoRamblers”
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posted on Oct. 11
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go figure
300 ft.
An intriguing number from this week’s edition
Length of proposed
roadway at Canal
Shores Golf Course’s
10th hole, Page 3
Eric DeGrechie
eric@wilmettebeacon.com
With a 2-year-old
son anxiously
awaiting the
Halloween holiday in a
few weeks, I decided it
was time to work on my
pumpkin-carving skills.
Recently, our office held
its first pumpkin-carving
contest. Divided into
teams featuring members
of our editorial and sales
staff, we created the four
pumpkins seen to your
right. Not sure we’re
going to win any major
prizes for our efforts, but
we were happy with the
results.
Speaking of pumpkincarving
and prizes, our
Jacoby
From Page 20
normalcy.
He worked in Kosovo
when the United Nations
was administering the
territory following the
1999 NATO bombing.
He worked in Macedonia
following a 2001 peace
treaty that ended the war
between the government
and ethnic Albanians. He
worked in Iraq following
the American invasion in
2003. He worked in Kashmir
and Pakistan following
a deadly 7.6 magnitude
earthquake in 2005.
He calls his work in
The staff at 22nd Century Media’s North Shore office recently participated in a
pumpkin-carving contest at their Northbrook office. Joe Coughlin/22nd Century Media
annual Great Pumpkin
Contest is in full swing.
We’re seeking the best
jack-o’-lanterns out there.
There is no limit to
what your pumpkin can
be. The only restriction
is that the carver of the
pumpkin must reside in
Wilmette or Kenilworth
and the pumpkin must be
Muzaffarabad, Kashmir
“my single greatest
achievement.” The town
center was “devastated”.
People were blocked by
rubble and “couldn’t get
anywhere”. “Merchants
had left town and weren’t
moving back. We hired
500 guys to dig out the
streets.” When he left,
“things were getting better.
Markets were opening.
People were seeing
progress. The town was
coming back to life.”
In recent years, David
has been working for the
International Organization
for Migration, an arm of
the United Nations. Initially,
he managed IOM’s
decorated this year.
To accommodate those
who save pumpkincarving
festivities for
All Hallow’s Eve, the
deadline for the photos is
noon Nov. 2. Send a photo
of your entry to eric@
wilmettebeacon.com.
Include your first and
last name, as well as a
relationship with USAID,
but now he’s running a
program that provides
housing and other services
to fleeing Cuban nationals
who are interdicted
by the Coast Guard and
sent to Guantanamo while
their eligibility for refugee
status is decided.
I asked David, what
led you to this life? He
pointed to his cousin’s
Peace Corps service and
his mother’s and grandmother’s
charitable work.
Beyond these role models,
he credited the “early
gigs” where he saw positive
results that gave rise
to “a level of excitement
that’s hard to explain.”
phone number and address.
The winner will
receive a spooky surprise
and the creation will be
printed in the Thursday,
Nov. 8 issue.
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