New playground equipment in memory of Noah Mellema
Alan Mangen, 11, from left, Valerie Zehaya, 10, Annie Schaefbauer, 10, and Brielle Thorpe, 11, all fifth-graders at Kennedy Elementary School, help unpack the new swings being installed Friday at the school. The equipment was donated to the school by the Affiliated Community Medical Centers in memory of Noah Mellema who died this summer and would have been in fifth grade this year. (Tribune photo by Ron Adams)