Kudos To Mayor Henry & SACS Students

Posted by Jeff Pruitt - 6/1/08 @ 4:55 pm - Filed Under Local Politics, Uncategorized

I don’t think any traditional media outlet covered this story but I think it shows what kind of person Mayor Tom Henry is. On May 1st the Fort Wayne Jewish Federation observed Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). For those that might not have heard of this day here’s how the FWJF described it in their May newsletter:

Let us take time to pause and remember those who died and those who survived, yet suffered through this unprecedented time in history. We must remember…and we must remind people everywhere–that evil happens because of intolerance and indifference. As citizens of a great democracy, we must understand the importance of seeing that high moral standards prevail. As the years pass and the eyewitnesses to that terrible time are gone…we are faced with the question: Who will remember?

The Service of Remembrance commemorates the memory of the nearly six million Jewish men, women and children who were murdered on the whim of an ideology and the simmering anti-Semitism of Europe.

Mayor Henry was the first mayor of Fort Wayne to have ever attended the event. He did it with no fan fare, publicity or press release. So I tip my hat to Mayor Henry and may future mayors follow his example in observing this day of commemoration.

Also, several students from Southwest Allen Community Schools won the sixth annual “We Must Remember” essay and poetry contests associated with the event:

HIGH SCHOOL ESSAY CONTEST
1st Place – David Greco, Homestead High School
1stPlace – Molly Zweig, Homestead High School

MIDDLE SCHOOL POETRY CONTEST
1st Place – Hanita Epstein, Woodside Middle School
2nd Place –Nicholas Litchin, Summit Middle School
3rd Place – Christopher Busack, Summit Middle School

Congratulations to these students for their outstanding essays and poems.

H/T - Charles Langley

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