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HUSAR: Determination drove 1943 QHS graduate to seek education
Updated: Friday, May 3 2013 8:17 AM EDT2013-05-03 12:17:03 GMT
When Keith Kaufmann drives by Quincy High School and sees the parking lot jammed with students' cars, he can't help but think proudly of his father. Kaufmann recently came across a Sept. 19, 1941,
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E. HUSAR: Turning 60 just as unpleasant as turning 30, if not more
E. HUSAR: Turning 60 just as unpleasant as turning 30, if not more
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I have now endured two birthdays I wasn't happy to see arrive. The first was in March 1983, when I turned 30. I remember watching the clock tick away the last minutes of my 20s.
I have now endured two birthdays I wasn't especially happy to see arrive. The first was in March 1983, when I turned 30. I remember standing in the kitchen at 11:55 the night before my birthday, watching the clock tick away the last five minutes of my 20s.
Ed Husar: Kathy Schwartz bids tearful farewell to special education career
Ed Husar: Kathy Schwartz bids tearful farewell to special education career
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Kathy Schwartz has spent 29 of the last 38 years working with special education students in the Quincy School District's early childhood program. Much of Schwartz's effort was focused on kids...
Kathy Schwartz has spent 29 of the last 38 years working with special education students in the Quincy School District's early childhood program. Much of Schwartz's effort was focused on kids with autism -- the...
ED HUSAR: Love for books continues to grow with bedtime reading tradition
ED HUSAR: Love for books continues to grow with bedtime reading tradition
Updated: Friday, March 30 2012 4:39 PM EDT2012-03-30 20:39:17 GMT
Over the past 10 years, my wife and I have come to know a wide array of children's books we probably wouldn't have encountered had we not been raising two kids, now ages 10 and 7. Exposure...
Over the past 10 years, my wife and I have come to know a wide array of children's books we probably wouldn't have encountered had we not been raising two kids, now ages 10 and 7. Exposure to these books started...
ED HUSAR: Tuskegee Airman movie kindles memories of role played by Quincy native
ED HUSAR: Tuskegee Airman movie kindles memories of role played by Quincy native
Updated: Friday, March 30 2012 4:33 PM EDT2012-03-30 20:33:09 GMT
"Red Tails," a big-budget movie opening today, tells the story of the Tuskegee Airmen -- a team of African-American pilots who flew combat missions in World War II. The late George J. Iles would have enjoyed...
"Red Tails," a big-budget movie opening today, tells the story of the Tuskegee Airmen -- a team of African-American pilots who flew combat missions in World War II. The late George J. Iles would have enjoyed seeing the...
ED HUSAR: John Wood wasn't the only person crucial to Quincy's founding
ED HUSAR: John Wood wasn't the only person crucial to Quincy's founding
Updated: Friday, March 30 2012 4:32 PM EDT2012-03-30 20:32:27 GMT
Reg Ankrom has been on the job two months as executive director of the Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County. Each day he learns something new. Ankrom works part-time at the site of the 12th...
Reg Ankrom has been on the job two months as executive director of the Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County. Each day he learns something new. Ankrom works part-time at the site of the 12th and State mansion...
Ed Husar: Local Pearl Harbor veteran dies -- 70 years after initial report of his death
Local Pearl Harbor veteran dies -- 70 years after initial report of his death
Updated: Friday, March 30 2012 4:31 PM EDT2012-03-30 20:31:18 GMT
The July 28 death of 87-year-old Jesse James Crabtree Jr. of LaGrange, Mo., formerly of Quincy, was duly reported last week in the obituary pages of The Quincy Herald-Whig. But it wasn't the first time...
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HUSAR: Nineteen years later, Jack's book finally becomes a reality
HUSAR: Nineteen years later, Jack's book finally becomes a reality
Updated: Friday, March 30 2012 4:29 PM EDT2012-03-30 20:29:42 GMT
One day 19 years ago a tall, friendly fellow came to The Quincy Herald-Whig newsroom and asked to see me. Jack Hendrickson said he was writing a book about the Mississippi River and wanted permission...
One day 19 years ago a tall, friendly fellow came to The Quincy Herald-Whig newsroom and asked to see me. Jack Hendrickson said he was writing a book about the Mississippi River and wanted permission to reprint a story I...

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