Two sides of the same coin
The man is down on one knee next to a girl who proudly holds a medal stamped with a red one-star flag. Retired Brig. Gen. Roy Webb, former Iowa Army National Guard deputy commanding general, sent me the photo of himself and the girl right after he’d awarded her a challenge coin in recognition of her excellence as a second grader, her courage, and her loyalty to her father who is battling serious cancer. I was honored with the chance to talk to Webb as he nears retirement after 33 years in education, the last seven of those as superintendent of Quincy Public Schools in western Illinois.