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Article: EXCHANGE CLUB PAYS TRIBUTE TO WAUKEGAN FIREMEN | HART SCHOOL FOURTH-GRADERS WIN IN STATE COLORING CONTEST | ADELA TELLEZ NAMED PRINCESS IN FIESTAS PATRIAS MEXICANAS EVENT
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- The News-Sun - Waukegan (IL)
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- October 18, 1997
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Exchange Club pays tribute to Waukegan firemen | Hart School fourth-graders win in state coloring contest | Exchange Club pays tribute to Waukegan firemen The Exchange Club of Waukegan paid tribute recently to a fireman/paramedic and an officer of the Waukegan Fire Department at the second annual Fireman of the Year and Firefighter of the Year event.
Lt. Tim Bratzke was chosen posthumously as the Fireman of the Year for 1997. Bratzke was a 28-year veteran of the Fire Department.
He trained firefighters for 20 years in pump operations and ladder truck operations. Bratzke died earlier this year after a three-year battle with cancer.
The Firefighter of the Year for 1997 is Firefighter Greg ...