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John Shattuck Frankfort makes final arrangements Tuesday January 1 2013 for his trip Niger Africfollowing day. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media

John Shattuck, of Frankfort, makes final arrangements Tuesday, January 1, 2013, for his trip to Niger, Africa the following day. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media

John Shattuck Frankfort makes final arrangements Tuesday January 1 2013 for his trip Niger Africfollowing day. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media

John Shattuck, of Frankfort, makes final arrangements Tuesday, January 1, 2013, for his trip to Niger, Africa the following day. | Brett Roseman~Sun-Times Media

Violet Sheppard stretches neonatal unit Advocate Christ Medical Center Oak Lawn Illinois Thursday December 13 2012. | Joseph P.

Violet Sheppard stretches in the neonatal unit at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, Illinois, Thursday, December 13, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun Times Media

Vickroy: Frankfort humanitarian off to Africa

Many readers likely never have heard of Niger, a large, arid, landlocked country in Sub-Saharan Africa. And with good reason. What relevance does a Third World nation halfway around the globe have to people living here in the Southland? Lots, John Shattuck will tell you. …

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