'You're doing your best for others'
By Jodi Heckel
Tuesday September 5, 2006
Robert K. O'Daniell
Edison social studies teacher John Kirkpatrick is taking a year-long leave of absence to volunteer in Louisiana to help with hurricane cleanup.
SLIDELL, La. – In his past few weeks in Slidell, La., John Kirkpatrick of Champaign has learned how to jack up a travel trailer on cinder blocks, level it off and hook up the plumbing.
Thanks to the hard work of Kirkpatrick and other volunteers, a woman named Zelda now has decent living space.
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