J.D. Update

In the marching group, J.D. is the tallest one with the ropes on his shoulder - he was calling cadence for the Veteran's Day parade with his Air Force Junior ROTC wing. This was just days before they lost their Chief Master Sergeant Kenny Savage in a horrible car crash. He also was one of J.D.'s close friends. It's been very hard on all of these kids, but especially so for the senior staff who worked closely with Kenny. J.D. planned quite a few events to memorialize Kenny [a half-mast ceremony at school, color guard for both funerals - here and in Amarillo, and T-shirts for the kids (and adults, too) to wear with Kenny's picture and name "In Loving Memory" with the "Chief's Crede" on the back] they even had name tags engraved "Savage" and they all wore them to their last few competitions, at which they did very well. Hard to believe he's so grown up now.

Lori