SPECIAL PEOPLE, SPECIAL EVENT

SPECIAL PEOPLE, SPECIAL EVENT
The Vindicator/Joel Phillippsen
Students enjoy a night to remember
Derek Lodge of Lisbon and Sarah Southall of East Palestine, left, at top, dance along with Kyle Smith and Melinda Tomlin of Salem at the annual prom for special-needs students of Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties. This year's event was Tuesday night at Antone's in Boardman. Teachers said the students look forward to the prom from the first day of school. At right, Kayla Lesh of Trumbull Career and Technical Center and Rocky Maiorca of Cortland enjoy the evening's festivities. Below, Brianna Medure of Columbiana County Education Service Center and Mel Ten Eyck, a CCESC bus driver, share a dance during the prom, which is sponsored by the Terence M. Lynch Foundation and Canfield High School.