Observer & Eccentric Enter Our Oscar Contest Newspapers Volume 35 OBSERVER Number 68
Trial ordered in store thefts, A4 ^ ^ THURSDAY February 18, CANTON 2010 The Observer & Eccentric Enter our Oscar Contest Newspapers Volume 35 OBSERVER Number 68 75 CENTS online at hometownllfe.com Courtesy ofAMPAS CANTON Fallen Canton Marine 'wanted to defend' country ing the military as far back as junior CONNECTION BY BRADKAORICH Bangladesh and Iraq. "Honor, cour- OBSERVER STAFF WRITER age, commitment... what can I say, high school. that's him." But with everything going on in On Marine Cpl. Jacob l\irbett's Sheila 1\irbett said she talked to the world — particularly the wars Fish fry Myspace page, the 21-year-old wrote, her son just a couple of days before in Iraq and Afghanistan — Canton "'Bout to head out for a while, if he was killed. Jacob's unit was wait- High School auto teacher Jim O'Connor debated the point with With Lent under way, many you want to get updates, talk to the ing to push into Marjah, but were "Rirbett, whom O'Connor called "a churches are gearing up for Friday wifey. Mood: anxious." delayed by a sand storm. TUrbett and great kid." fish fries. That update was posted around others in his unit found the delay frustrating, according to his mother. Tell us about yours and we'll 1:24 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 11. "I talked to him about my fear of publish it in an upcoming issue. TVo days later, "Rirbett, a 2007 "He said he was looking forward to him not coming home, but he had already made his mind up," said Send the time, dates, and place, Canton High School graduate who it..
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