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Recipients were recognized for the work they've done in the community related to public health.

Photo: Saga Communications It was shovels up and dirt down for the ceremonial planting of the first of a thousand Japanese maple trees at the University of Illinois, Springfield Tuesday—the trees a gift from Gale Myers of Davidson’s Japanese Maples in New Berlin. As Myers nears retirement, the donation is her way to show appreciation for UIS’s Study Away Program, which has enabled her to study at Springfield’s “sister city,” Ashikaga, Japan. Johnathan GoldbergBelle is the program’s director. “So, we’re looking at a celebration, really, of the relationship between Ashikaga.�...

Reply(1) Spring-Ford's superintendent of nearly 10 years has resigned to move back to his home in the Carolinas. (Shutterstock) ROYERSFORD, PA — Spring-Ford School District's superintendent of the last decade announced Friday he will resign and return to live nearer to his family in the South. In a mildly detectable Southern accent, Dr. David Goodin said in a video announcement, "Many of you know that I'm not originally from Pennsylvania." Goodin move here with his family in 1987 and confessed in the video talk that he never expected he'd live here for 33 years. He explained that the pand...