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Publishing date: Apr 18, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 4 minute read • Waiting in a deportation camp in Second World War Brussels, from where Jewish people were sent to concentration and extermination camps in Eastern Europe, are a group of Jewish children under five, including (back row, second and third from left) Jacques Wengrowicz (later Jack Cohen) and four-year-old twin brother Leon Wengrowicz (later Leon Cohen.) News of their plight reached Yvonne Nevejean, leader of the Children s National Care Authority in Belgium. The organization fought and saved the lives of some 150 children. The twins were flown to Canada in 1947 in a group of 1,116 youngsters and adopted by Edmonton s Harry and Lillian Cohen. Supplied
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In this Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1998, file photo, Attorney General Frank J. Kelley speaks during an interview, about his retirement at the end of the year in his Lansing, Mich., office. Kelley, affectionately called the “eternal general” for his 37 years as Michigan s longest-serving attorney general, has died at age 96, his family said Saturday, March 6, 2021. Kelley, a Democrat, served from 1961 to 1999, winning statewide election 10 times. He moved to Naples, Fla., in 2020 and died Friday night, spokesman Chris De Witt said.
ALPENA Frank Kelley, Michigan’s longest-serving attorney general, with ties to Northeast Michigan, died Friday in Naples, Florida. He was 96 years old.
PBMC CEO Andrew Mitchell at a January 2020 event. (Credit: Mahreen Khan/file)
I remember the day like it was yesterday. It was a brisk afternoon in mid-March 2001, nearly 20 years ago. I had completed two interviews with the hospital board and now was attending a final session with the hospital leadership team and board at a social event at Paumanok Vineyards. As the sun set over the vines, a light snow began to fall. It was one of those beautiful scenes that are so common to the North Fork. Talk about incredible moments, between the scenery and camaraderie that day, I knew I wanted to become part of this amazing organization.