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Mr. Heineman
joined Mrs.
Barbour and
members of her
class Thursday
night at a
rousing and
emotional
ceremony
commemorating
patriotism. The
Friday,
September 12
edition of the
Pantagraph
(see
full article
here)
reported that
two of the
students
received a
particularly
special surprise
in appreciation
for their own
patriotism: "Two
students from
Leisa Barbour’s
fifth-grade
class at Coleen
Hoose Elementary
School received
a surprise after
they read copies
of letters they
sent to troops
in Iraq: One of
the recipients,
Staff Sgt. Greg
Hoffman, came up
from the side of
the stage to
greet them.
“I would just
like to
personally thank
you, and we had
so much that we
would pass them
out and hang
them on a wall,
which is now
filled,” he said
of the letters.
One of the
students, Alexys
Ogorek, 10, said
in her letter
she wanted to
thank Hoffman
for everything
that he is doing
for Americans.
The other
student, Sean
Kennedy, 10,
said nothing can
compare to the
sacrifices
Hoffman had to
make."
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