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Rosalie Barnthouse, 91, of Kenosha, died Monday at Kenosha Estates.

Marilyn Sterling, 66, of Kenosha, died Monday at Peace Memorial Village, Palos Park, Ill.

Bernice Blagec, 84, of Kenosha, died Sunday at her residence.

Mary Ellen Fahey, 80, of Madison, formerly of Keno-sha, died Sunday at Agrace HospiceCare, Madison.

Mafalda M. “Muffi e” Cor-radini, 92, of Kenosha, died Saturday at Brookside Care Center.

Lori C. “Loretta” Lanctot, 67, of Shawano, formerly of Kenosha, died Friday at her home.

Robert L. “Bob” Humes, 78, of Kenosha, died Jan. 14 at his residence.

Carol Blair Christie, 78, of Langdon, N.D., died Jan. 8 at Cavalier County Memorial Hospital, Langdon.

For a complete list of obitu-aries, see Page A4.

President Barack Obama, fi rst lady Mi-chelle Obama, Malia and Sasha Obama and Michelle Obama’s mother Marian Robinson walk down to the presidential reviewing stand in front of the White House Monday in Washington. As they did

in 2009, the Obamas walked part of the 57th Presidential Inauguration parade route after the president’s ceremonial swearing-in cermony. See extended cov-erage of the 2013 inauguration ceremo-nies on page A12.

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BY TERRY FLOREStfl ores@kenoshanews.com

To continue the vision of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., communities must continue efforts to revitalize education.

That’s according to Racine Police Chief Art

Howell, keynote speaker at Monday’s 19th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at Gateway Technical College.

Howell said communities must take to heart the late civil rights leader’s message of nurturing the character of youth to enable them with the tools they need to make a difference.

Howell said reviving the dream through education has, at its core, a call to action.

“Those of us who are ready, willing and able to answer this call will need direction, a plan, a blueprint of sorts to keep us on track, to focus,” he said.

Howell offered three guid-ing principles: refl ecting, regrouping and responding.

Refl ectingHowell refl ected on the

education of King, who en-tered Morehouse College at the age of 15. At Morehouse, King was an average stu-dent when he entered, but the “diamond in the rough” was transformed, said Howell, and King emerged from the institution as an “intellectual gem.”

In a campus literary

journal, King wrote that his peers’ impression of education was often that of an exploitive tool, or one that would “furnish them with noble ends rather than means.”

Howell said King cau-tioned peers and educators about bringing forth gradu-ates who are “close-minded, unscientifi c, illogical pro-pagandists, consumed with immoral acts. Be careful brethren. Be careful teach-

Reviving the dream

KENOSHA NEWS PHOTOSBY SEAN KRAJACIC

Keynote speaker Art L. Howell, the chief of police in Racine, addresses the crowd during the 19th an-nual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration on Monday at Gateway Technical Col-lege.

Jo Wynn, left, founder of Walkin’ In My Shoes, which aids Kenosha’s homeless, listens along with other win-ners of humanitarian awards at the King celebration Monday at Gateway Technical College. With Wynn areaward winners Jamy Koepke and DaZahn Wilderson.

King speaker emphasizes importance of education

BY JOE POTENTEjpotente@kenoshanews.comThe fl u and other winter

maladies are putting a strain on blood donations, accord-ing to regional blood banks.

Spokeswoman Fay Spano said the BloodCenter of Wis-consin has seen a marked uptick in donor appointment cancellations, due in signifi -cant part to illness.

The BloodCenter’s state-wide cancellation rate was nearly double the normal amount one week earlier this month, with about a third of the would-be donors citing the fl u or fl u-like symptoms, said Spano, the agency’s director of public relations.

“This time of year, we see donations drop anyway be-cause of the severe weather that we’re seeing right now

and because of illness,” Spano said Monday. “But it’s been even greater.”

Bobbi Snethen, a spokes-woman for the American Red Cross in Madison, said her organization is not able to track how many donors have canceled appointments due to the fl u, but she said there is an urgent need for O-negative and B-negative blood types.

Snethen said the Red Cross is taking steps to encour-age healthy donors to visit a blood bank when possible, given the challenges of main-taining an inventory when fl u season is in full swing.

And, answering a question she said prospective donors ask frequently, Snethen said those who have received the fl u vaccine are eligible to do-

nate — so long as they don’t have any fl u symptoms.

The BloodCenter, which provides blood to hospitals in 29 Wisconsin counties, in-cluding Kenosha, is also urg-ing healthy people to make a donation, Spano said.

Spano said donors can visit the Kenosha BloodCen-ter location at 8064 39th Ave., or call 877-BE-A-HERO (232-4316) to make an appoint-ment or fi nd out where and when a blood drive is being held nearby.

“We really rely on the community blood drives at businesses and schools and churches to meet the needs of our hospitals,” Spano said. “At any given time in any part of the state, we have multiple community blood drives going on.”

Flu is hurting blood donations

The nation honors Martin Luther King Jr. Page A8

BY JESSICA STEPHENjstephen@kenoshanews.comAn 18-year-old who was

caught and held at gunpoint when he broke into a Keno-sha man’s home must serve 30 months in prison, a judge ordered.

Kenosha County Circuit Judge S. Michael Wilk gave Lorenzo Jones credit for about three months already served. After his release, Jones also must have 30 months community supervi-

sion.Jones, of Kenosha, pleaded

guilty in December to a burglary charge. He faced 10 years in prison when he was sentenced Friday.

Jones was charged after homeowner George Polanin, 66, explained he was sleeping about 8:20 p.m. Oct. 15 when he realized someone was in his home in the 3400 block of 87th Street. He grabbed a gun and warned the intruder he was prepared to use it.

“When I got to the stair-way, I could see his feet, turn-ing away,” said Polanin.

At that point, he told the person to “come out” as he dialed 911. Moments later, Jones emerged and Polanin, still armed, told him to sit.

“When I had him there, he said he wanted me to let him go,” Polanin said. “I told him, ‘Just stay where you are and don’t move.’ Then the police came, and that was it.”

No one was hurt.

18-year-old to serve 30-month prison term for breaking into man’s home

KENOSHA NEWS FILE PHOTO BY KEVIN POIRIERLorenzo Jones, 18, of Kenosha, must serve 30 months in prison for breaking into a Kenosha man’s home in Oc-tober. The homeowner held him at gunpoint until police arrived. At right in this fi le photo taken in October is at-torney Chuck Bennett.

See MLK, Page A13

Eugene Robinson refl ects on the historic nature of Barack Obama’s second term. Tom Still says job creation isn’t the only measure of Wisconsin’s economic health. Also today: the state Political Stock Report.

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MLK: A day of celebrating the dream

ers.”“And so as we consider the

charge to revitalize King’s dreams through education, we, too, should be careful to nurture character, as well as intellect,” Howell said.

RegroupingOf regrouping, Howell

said no one racial demo-graphic, political party, religious group or ideology was “solely responsible for the achievement of legisla-tive victories” during the 1960s that saw the passage of the civil rights and voting rights acts.

“The turbulence of the ’60s was overcome by a diverse group of Americans who ulti-mately put country before politics,” he said. “A great deal can be achieved when people of goodwill come together.”

But communities need to respond if any of the prin-ciples are to have meaning, said Howell, who posed the question rhetorically in the context of an emergency.

“What good is a 911 call to fi rst responders if no one answers the call?” he said.

Similarly, if those re-sponding do so quickly but aren’t properly trained they also cannot be effective, he said.

RespondingReviving the dream

through education requires engagement, Howell said.

He noted the work of volunteers in Racine, from those who help children with homework to the Cops ‘N Kids reading center founded by Kenosha resident Julia Burney-With-erspoon, a retired Racine police offi cer.

Howell also refl ected on local civil rights leaders Corinne Owens and Thelma Orr, who in 1969 led a march to bring awareness for needs of the community. The result was the Dr. John Bryant

Community Center. Howell was among the kids who marched and subsequently benefi ted from the center, he said.

“I stand before you today, grateful to our community who nurtured me, protected me, encouraged me and pro-vided a safe haven for me,” he said.

Howell said the communi-ties should continue their commitment to the dream of King.

“Whatever affects one di-rectly, affects all indirectly,” he said, citing King. “I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be.”

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KENOSHA NEWS STAFFPolice said there are more

benefi ts than disadvantages to a missing person program, which recently was used in the search of a 12-year-old Kenosha boy.

The boy was reported missing around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. He was last seen in the 10700 block of 75th Street, and he returned home by 10:30 p.m., according to Kenosha police reports.

After a search of the area, an alert was sent out through a nationwide notifi -cation system. Several resi-dents received a call about the missing boy, and an alert was posted to the A Child is Missing website.

In response to concerns regarding missing children, the Kenosha Police Depart-ment signed on as an active participant with A Child is Missing in 2005. It is a non-profi t organization that uses a telephone notifi cation sys-tem to inform area residents of a missing child, missing adult or missing people with disabilities.

The program is a free ser-vice to law enforcement, and the auto-dialer phone system can make up to 1,000 calls per minute.

Some concernsKenosha police said the

missing child report is can-celed as soon as the child is located, and A Child is Miss-

ing is notifi ed. From there, A Child is Missing is supposed to cancel the notifi cation. However, the service does not call back residents after a child has been found.

One Kenosha resident who was called last week said the call made her worry well into the night. She said she would have welcomed a call back about the child being found.

Kenosha police said while it is understandable residents worry, the de-partment’s response to the service is mostly positive.

RequirementsThe system can be used

for missing children under the age of 16. However, the age requirement does not apply to disabled children or situations where there is suspected foul play. In addition, the Kenosha Police Department does not use the service for runaways.

The program also may be used for missing people 65 years old or older, and being missing must be out

of character for that person. If a person has Alzheimer’s disease or other disabilities, the age requirement does notapply.

During a search for a men-tally or physically disabled person, no age stipulation applies.

Decision-making rolesPrior to activating the

service, the supervisor must assure offi cers have checked the residence or immediate area. Then, the Kenosha po-lice shift commander makes the decision to contact A Child is Missing.

The department then pro-vides information, including a description of the missing person and where he or she was last seen. From there, A Child is Missing creates a recorded message with information that has been supplied, which is then sent to the community. Residents within a certain vicinity of where the missing person was last seen are contacted.

If the person has not been found within a certain amount of time, the search area can be expanded and more people may be con-tacted.

After recovery, the shift commander contacts A Childis Missing to stop the search,and follow-up forms docu-menting the conclusion of the case are completed.

Local police take advantage of missing-child notifi cation system

A Child is MissingFor more information about A Child is Missing, go to www.achildismiss-ing.org or www.facebook.com/AChildIsMissing

Four honored with humanitarian awardsThe program also recog-nized four individuals with the 2013 Gateway Techni-cal College Dr. Martin Lu-ther King Jr. Humanitarian awards for their efforts in the spirit of the late civil rights leader’s dream of society united for a greater, common good:

■ Jo Wynn, founder of Walkin’ In My Shoes, out-reach program helping the homeless in Kenosha

■ DaZahn Wilkerson, a youth mentor at the YMCA’s Young Leaders Academy in Racine

■ Jamy Koepke of Salem, a Gateway Technical Col-lege medical assistant student, who has over-seen several fundraisers for those needing medical assistance

■ Trevor Foster of Bristol, a junior at Central High School and founder of the Westosha Central Habitat for Humanity chapter, the fi rst high school chapter in the state.

Shanta Harris, a Racine resident who gave the closing remarks at Monday’s 19th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebra-tion at Gateway Technical College, recently graduated from Gateway’s Computer Nu-merical Control (operations) Boot Camp.

A convicted felon, Harris acknowledged that prior to the program, he was ashamed of the low-wage jobs he held that could not sustain him and his family.

But the program gave him hope: He graduated in April and found a job less than a month later, becoming a top employee in the “hardest” division in his company.

He also went back to Gateway and is teaching students “to do what I do.”

“I do not care about money. I care about helping people. I care about being there and taking care of people,” Harris said. “I care about giving back.”

— Terry Flores

Felon found hope after program

KENOSHA NEWS PHOTO BY SEAN KRAJACICShanta Harris smiles while talking about the Computer Numerical Control Boot Camp offered through Gateway Technical College during the 19th an-nual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebra-tion on Monday.

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Celebrating with music

St. Joseph Catho-lic Academy

seventh-grader John Bush, left,

sings as Sta-cey Mia plays the

ukulele during the 19th annual

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebra-

tion on Monday at Gateway Technical

College.

KENOSHA NEWSPHOTO BY

SEAN KRAJACIC

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