Longwell speaks at school

Helicopter pilot and 27-year-old North Bend native Shawn Longwell, left, spoke to his brother Cody's, far right in the skeleton shirt, first-grade class about serving in the military at Opstad Elementary School in late February. Shawn has served two yearlong terms in Iraq, most recently returning to his home in Tennessee in December 2005. Shawn, along with his wife and two young sons, were in the Valley for a wedding.