CHRIS KELLY staff Family and friends of former Markham Place School Principal Don Merce, including his wife, son and daughter, sit amid the crowd in a packed gymnasium during the dedication of the Don Merce Athletic Center at the Little Silver school on Jan. 23. Merce was killed in an auto accident in May 2008. Story, page 3.
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