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REMEMBERING HELLER LIPSETT
McParland staging fun run in honor of beloved teacher
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Ben Theiss hands out running pins after students finish their run Wednesday. The McParland science and math teacher heads the McParland Running Club and is helping with the Nov. 24 memorial fun run. - photo by HIME ROMERO
Heller Lipsett’s death was sudden and tragic, shaking her family at home and in the classroom.Lipsett, a longtime instructor with the Manteca Unified School District, died of a brain aneurism in June.Just months after her funeral services, Lipsett’s relatives and colleagues have come together, creating an event they hope will memorialize the beloved elementary school teacher.The inaugural Heller E. Lipsett Memorial Run is Sunday, Nov. 24, and will feature a 5-kilometer and 1-mile run that will begin and end at McParland Elementary School. The 5K will take runners past Chadwick Square and Primavera and Doxey parks. “She was highly regarded.