Details are still being ironed out, but the community is invited to join the students as they honor those who have served.

A reception will follow the program.

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Ceremony Nov. 12 from 8:10 to 8:35
The National Anthem played by the Oakwood High School Band will kick-off Oakwood High School’s Veteran Day program at 8:10 a.m.

Oakwood will then recognize students planning on joining the military after graduation before recognizing the DAR (Daughters of the Revolution) Anniston Brant and SAR (Sons of the Revolution) Caleb Lashuay.

Oakwood staff US Army Sgt (E-5) Lyle Hicks who served from 1969-1971 and US Air Force MSgt (E7) John Odle, who served from 1983-2003 will be honored. All other Veterans in the audience will also be recognized.
Rich Darby will talk about the Operation of the Honor Guard before Taps is played by Luke White and Tori Roberson.

District veterans are invited to come to the event and also any parents or grandparents of students are invited.

Oakwood Junior High School

Oakwood Junior High’s Student Council will sponsor a chili suppler for Veterans on Friday, Nov. 15 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Oakwood Junior High School. To raise money for the Homeless Veterans Program, the student council also hosts an essay contest. 

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Prairieview-Ogden Junior High

St. Joseph-Ogden alum Jeff Mathis will speak to Prairieview-Ogden Junior High School students at 2 p.m. on Nov. 11. 

Mathis attended PV-O after moving from Tolono in the sixth grade.

Mathis will share his story enlistment in the Army, completed basic and advanced training at Fort Jackson and how he stationed at Fort Riley in Kansas with a 13-month deployment in Iraq. 

After finishing his time in the Army, Mathis returned to Central Illinois to finish his education.  In 2011, he received my bachelor’s degree from ISU in Exercise Science followed by my Master’s degree in 2013.

Mathis is now a husband and father and a member of the Local 149 Plumbers and Pipefitters Union.

St. Joseph Middle School

Paul Lewis was one of 52 Americans held captive in Iran for 444 days when a group of Iranian college students who took control of the U.S. Embassy on Nov. 4, 1979. 

He will speak to St. Joseph Middle School students during their Veterans Day ceremony at 1 p.m. on Nov. 11. 

Lewis’ talk will take place after the St. Joseph student council performs a skit about the Pledge of Allegiance. The band will also play the National Anthem and the medley of Armed Forces. 

All Veterans are invited to attend the ceremony.

St. Joseph-Ogden High School

Veterans will be honored beginning at 10:40 a.m. at the Veterans Memorial at St. Joseph-Ogden’s High School Park.

The guest speaker has not been finalized yet. 

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