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Erick Pennington was trapped in his submerged car for hours praying for help. He was rescued by a stranger and now he wants to find the person who saved his life.

When there are World War II reenactments, someone has to play the bad guy. “It’s a costume, man,” one guy in an SS uniform said. They were playing a role, but they were also there to serve as educators, as amateur historians.

Someone has to play the bad guy. Someone has to play the Nazi. Otherwise, how do you teach history?

"We deliver a story, say what happened," say some who don German uniforms at Rockford’s annual World War II Days. But some historians and Holocaust experts say that kind of reasoning can be shallow.

CAR-ANIMAL ACCIDENTS Victor McDow Jr., 49, of Paola, was driving a 2019 Ford pickup north in the 25100 block of Old KC Road at 8 a.m. Oct. 28 when it struck a deer. McDow was not injured. Sara Rhynerson, 38, of La Cygne, was driving a 2015 Buick south on Jingo road near West 399th Street at 8:35 a.m. Oct. 28 when it struck a deer. Rhynerson was not injured. Scott Gregory, 47, of Amsterdam, Mo., was driving a 2019 Kia west on Kansas Highway 68 near New Lancaster Road at 5:20 a.m. Nov. 2 when the...