A sad day

What a terrible loss for the Juden family and the Ark City community.

Bob Juden was my seventh-grade science teacher, and Tyler was in my sister's high school class, so my thoughts go out to them. All of us are connected in a town as small as this, and when one family suffers a loss, we all suffer as well.

I encourage everyone to fly their flags at half-mast, as the city is doing, to honor Sgt. Tyler Juden and his sacrifice.