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o NILEsHERALD- SPECTATOR( S1.50 Thursday. June 30, 2016 iii1esheraIdspectatoicorn GO. Never forgotten Notre Dame students remember war dead with flag ceremony.Page 4 SiEVE JOHNSTON/PIONEER PRESS Sparka celebration Where to watch Fourth ofJuly fireworks, parades and more. Page 20 SPORTS JASON BAPISHMAN NOIRE DAME COLLEGE PREP A celebration of life Notre Dame College Prep students planted 3,518 flags ¡n the front lawn of the all-male Catholic high school on Dempster Street in Skokie's Jason Barishman competes at the Nues on June 26. The installation honors members of the coalition forces who lost their lives n the war in Afghanistan. Transplant Games ofAmerica. Page 36 LIVING Is old-fashioned courtship 'just too good to be true'? Dating has changed completely since the time of Frankie Vaffi, writes relationship columnist Jackie Pilossoph. Gone are the days of lengthy phone calls and goodnight kisses. 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GMNs another faculty member in-find themselves in the Pioneer Press stalled several rows of flags midst of a battlefield in the in a star formation. This not so distant future. Students at Notre Dame year's installation honors Tully said of this past College Prep worked in members of the coalitionyear's senior class - which tandem for roughly an hour forces who perished in thenumbered 208 - three stu- war in Afghanistan. dents planned to enlist in June 26 planting a total of w, 4 ' l, the armed forces. 3,518 flags into the front ' * The entire installation lawn of their high school, ì' will remain up until after Though he's not a vet- each one carefully laid out the Fourth of July. eran himself, Bachta said , Luke Polakow, a 17-year- many of his family mem- and each one representing \ // V . a life lost in the war in \\\\\\ , ,u old student at NDCP and abers have served in the Afghanistan. I : member of the school'smilitary. He said the in- football team, said he's par-stallation is a way of doing For the ninth year in a \\\\ row, students at the all- \\\\%\ ticipated in the traditionhis part to serve the indi- male Catholic schoolin * for the past couple of years viduals who work in serv- i and believes its an impor-ice ofthe country. Niles returned to school \ /4 the weekend before Inde- ;, tant demonstration of re- Tully said he hears from pendence Day to partici- \\ spect and care to veterans, community members every pate in the flag installation. IIìj current servicemen andyear that they appreciate women and to the commu-the installation. As the stu- At a time when many are ¿ organizing their Fourth of 4 nity at large. dents were planting the July barbecues and figur-4'A , ' "We like to show what itflags,several motorists ing out the best place to //// really stands for and givepassing by on Dempster ': NOTRE DAME COLLEGE PREP catch their local fireworks recognition for the impor-Street honked theircar display, theinstallationNotre Dame College Prep students planted3,518flags n the front lawn ofthe all-male tant things' he said, re-horns in support of the serves as a stark reminderCatholic high school on Dempster Street in Niles on June26.The installation honors mem- ferring to the upcomingmemorial. of the thousands of militarybers of the coalition forces who lost their lives in the war in Afghanistan. holiday. "It's a way to give back to personnel who lost their In a pep talk before thethe community and for us lives in the country's mil-at the school suggested theBachta said.Before theiors and seniors who playinstallation, Bachta saidto remember all the things itary conflicts. high school lawn be usedroughly 60 studentsar- on NDCP's various athleticthat although the threat ofthe veterans, servicemen "Tosee the number offor a display, Bachta said,rived June 26, Bachta saidteams - moved from oneterrorism persists, he be- and women have done for flags - it's like a shrine for aand it was agreed upon thathe and his wife spent aboutend of the display to thelieves those who have lostus," Tully said. "It's simple couple of weeks,"saidhe should organize a flagtwo hours the day beforeother installing a long linetheir lives in the Iraq andbut important to us." NDCP geometry teacher,installation. The processlaying out the first row ofof flags while Bachta andAfghanistan conflicts have John Bachta. He said thehas been perfected over the42 flags. The students who another volunteer held anot done so in vain. Lee V. Gaines is a freelance annual tradition began inyears to yield a geometri-participated in the installa-long wire attached at both "I like to think the peo-reporterfor Pioneer Press. 2007 when a former priestcally precise arrangement,tion - all sophomores, jim-ends to a wooden pole topie out there serving us are Former physician pleads notguilty to stealing equipment Court appearance pie counts offelonytheft for lems, officials said. County mental "It can change your life or cording to Northwestern allegedly stealing an ultra- He was arrested af- health court pro-the way your life is going' University. 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