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Tom Novinski
Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant, Will County regional superintendent of schools, accepts the Athena Award from Russ Slinkard, president and CEO of the Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry. | submitted photo
Local native honored by NIU DEKALB — Mary Jean Wirth will be among the 2012 honorees for the Distinguished Alumni, Faculty and Staff Award on Oct. 12 at Northern Illinois University. She earned her bachelor of science in chemistry at NIU in 1974. Her parents, …
