Red Cross luncheon honors hometown heros

Ilan Coberly, a sixth-grader in the Odessa schools, has been recognized by the Northwest Chapter of the American Red Cross under its Honoring Hometown Heroes program. At a luncheon held at Northern Quest Casino in Airway Heights on November 15, Coberly received an award and an American flag for his efforts last January to save a dog that had fallen through thin ice on a pond just outside of Odessa.

After school on January 11, Coberly and two friends were walking near the pond when they saw a neighbor’s dog struggling in the icy water. The black Labrador retriever had fallen through the ice and...