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MAY 2, 2008 COMMUNITY THEPRESS.NET | 19A
The books, backpacks and calculators
in Fran Curtis’ classroom lay piled
in corners and shoved to the back of
countertops. In their place, front and
center before the students, stood stacks
Photo courtesy of Fran Curtis
Army Ranger Sgt. Maj. Jeff Balestreri spends a few moments with locals
near his base in Knowst, Afghanistan. A Brentwood class of at-risk youth
have launched an effort to provide humanitarian aide for Balestreri’s unit
to distribute to people like these.
A lesson in humanity
from half a world away
by Rick Lemyre
Staff Writer
of batteries, chewing gum and Rice
Krispie Treats. Here and there, an MP3
player could be seen buried beneath
bags of other goodies stuffed into long
rows of identical white boxes.
see Humanity page 30A