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Prairie Valley Elementary School kindergartners Drew Correll, left, Madison Lane, center, and Cooper Nuss help art teacher Pam Nelson place stars on an American flag that would be sent to Correll’s father, Sgt. David Correll, as a Christmas gift while he was stationed in Afghanistan. The class also made a flag for 1st Sgt. Brian Lindner, father of kindergartner Miranda Lindner.