Respect Part 2. Medford Middle School Veterans day 11/11/09

Respect Part 2. Medford Middle School Veterans day 11/11/09. The following of what Brcye Kelley, a Social Studies teacher at this school, shared about this touching event. It was his vision that seen this through.

"Over the past three years many people have been involved in bringing "The Wall That Heals" to Medford. The origins of the project began at the Medford Area Middle School and included myself, and fellow social studies teachers Justin Hraby and Sara Holewinski. It also included our Principal Al Leonard and assistant Principal Charles Heckel. Once we had an outline of what our goal was we invited other school employees and Medford citizens to join our planning committee. Other school employees include Don Grant, Deanna Hartman, Libby Orth, Eunice Mayer, Becky Risch, Bill Dallas, Gloria Lindahl, Julie Scott, and Jill Fortin.

To help advertise and get the word out, our local radio station, WKEB/K-99 sent Dewey Frey. Our local news paper, The Star News, sent reporter Mark Berglund.

Also included were Veteran's organizations from our community. The Klossner Dietzler VFW Post #5729, its Ladies Auxiliary, and the American Legion Post #147-Landua Jensen were involved in helping us make sure that we followed all protocols. Tom Marschke represented the VFW. Taylor County Veteran's Service Officer Dave Thomas was also served on the committee and added invaluable insights.

Lastly, Dave Koester, Dennis Cypher, and John Willman, three members of our community also added their touches to this project. None of this would have been possible however, without the support of our community, its citizens, and its businesses. Hundreds of people donated not only money, but countless hours of their time to bring the project together."
Part 3 at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_XzMYpoMOs

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