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Dysart students honor veterans

Canyon Ridge School Veterans Day tribute with pictures of students' military family members.

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Canyon Ridge School Veterans Day Assembly, Nov. 6, at 17539 W. Surprise Farms Loop North in Surprise.

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National Junior Honor Society members view pictures of students' military family members at Canyon Ridge School Veterans Day Assembly, Nov. 6, at 17539 W. Surprise Farms Loop North in Surprise.

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Seven-and-a-half-year-old Nora Kaffer yelled “That’s my dad,” when she heard his name read among all the other names of Canyon Ridge School students whose family members served in the U.S. military.

“I heard them say his name,” said the soon-to-be eight-year-old on the 18th of this month.

Her father, Christopher Shon Kaffer, is a U.S. Air Force veteran who served eight years active duty and 20 years in the Reserves.

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