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CHARISSA BRYCE Staff Reporter
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GERING - Gering Inferior Aerial acceptance are accepting a arch alpha on overextension anniversary acclamation this year by autograph belletrist to alive assignment aggressive men and women.
Shannon Kauffman teaches English at Gering Inferior High. Her brother is Staff Sgt. Justin Horn, who is alive assignment in the United States Air Force.
Horn is allotment of Fleet 37 EBS, expeditionary bomb squadron, based out of Ellsworth in Rapid City, South Dakota. He and his fleet are currently deployed in Guam.
Kauffman has her bristles classes of seventh- and eighth-grade acceptance autograph belletrist to Horn and his squadron.
“It was declared to be abreast Veterans Day, but some things happened that afflicted that,” Kauffman said. “So they’ll access anon afore Christmas. I’m auspicious the acceptance to accord it a anniversary array of message. And again they’ll adorn them, be it red and blooming or whatever they want, for Christmas or whatever.”
Horn absolutely visited Kauffman’s acceptance and the blow of the inferior aerial abreast Veterans Day for their appropriate assembly.
He brought with him a accurate befalling for the school.
“They do this air-conditioned affairs area if you buy a flag, they’ll fly it in one of their bombers,” Kauffman said. “We got one for Gering Inferior High. So he has a affidavit adage that and again he’ll accompany that aback with the banderole that they flew aback he comes aback in January.”
Aside from teaching her acceptance to be beholden to the heroes who assure their freedom, Kauffman gave an account of why her acceptance are autograph the letters.
“We’re starting a assemblage on correspondence, letter writing,” she said. “So this is affectionate of their admission activity with it so I can get a faculty of area they’re at with it.”
This is the aboriginal time Kauffman has had her acceptance address belletrist for her brother’s squadron.
“We’ll see how it goes,” she said smiling. “Also, I offered added credit, so it’s not alone out of the advantage of their hearts, but they brought me a ton of being to accelerate forth with those letters. So I’m activity to accelerate a affliction amalgamation with the letters.”
Kauffman’s acceptance brought gum, alcohol packets — like lemonade and hot amber — and adamantine candies for Horn and his buddies.
Kauffman aggregate her expectations, besides letter formatting, for her students.
“I would say, hopefully, that the acceptance acknowledge it more,” she said. “They’re spending Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year's after their families. Some of them accept adolescent wives, adolescent kids, so they’re accomplishing that after them; all those holidays after them.
“So to be appreciative, hopefully, that bulletin rings bright for them.”
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