A MEMORIAL IS BEING PLANNED FOR ONE MCKEAN COUNTY COMMUNITY TO HONOR A HOMETOWN HERO.
KANE NATIVE AND PENNSYLVANIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD STAFF SERGEANT KEN VANGIESEN WAS KILLED LAST JULY IN AFGHANISTAN. NOW SEVERAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS IN KANE ARE COMING TOGETHER TO PURCHASE A MEMORIAL STONE FOR THE AREA’S SOLE CASUALTY OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. THE NEW MEMORIAL WILL BE PLACED IN EVERGREEN PARK IN KANE…JOINING STONES HONORING WORLD WAR ONE, WORLD WAR TWO, KOREA, AND VIETNAM K-I-As FROM THE KANE AREA. THE STONE IS SCHEDULED TO BE IN PLACE IN TIME FOR THIS YEAR’S MEMORIAL DAY PROGRAM.
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