In the small city of Sterling, Illinois, a lingering sadness marks the passage of time, a story that began on a spring afternoon in 1969. Nine-year-old James 'Jimmy' Howell, a third-grader known for his love of animals, found an injured pigeon and, with the simple compassion of a child, decided to care for it. On May 28th, he and his sister, Debra, were in the front yard of their home on West 13th Street, gathering wood to build a cage for the bird. Debra went inside for just a moment to get a h
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