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Grass Valley resident and retired U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Lou Conter, celebrates his 102 birthday today.

Jan 2, 2021 catholic news service Fifth graders at St. Damian School in Oak Forest, Ill., rehearse Dec. 14, 2020, for their upcoming Nativity concert. Since the students could not sing in music class due to COVID-19, music director Lynn Kingsbury taught them American Sign Language to perform the songs. (Credit: Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic via CNS.) When music teacher Lynn Kingsbury at St. Damian School in the Chicago suburb of Oak Forest learned that her students wouldnt be allowed to sing ...

By Joyce Duriga When music teacher Lynn Kingsbury at St. Damian School in the Chicago suburb of Oak Forest learned that her students wouldn’t be allowed to sing in class because of COVID-19 restrictions, she made a dream of hers into reality — teaching the students how to sing in American Sign Language. This year, the fifth grade’s annual Nativity play and concert featured the students in costume signing all of the songs, along with a fourth-grade angel choir. Students doing remote learni...

No singing? Chicago Catholic schools students learn sign language Since the students could not sing in class due to COVID-19, music director Lynn Kingsbury taught them American Sign Language Trending Standing socially distant from each other the students perform a song in the church sanctuary.  (Photo: Karen Callaway / Chicago Catholic) When music teacher Lynn Kingsbury at St. Damian School in the Chicago suburb of Oak Forest learned that her students wouldnt be allowed to sing in class beca...