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			First Sgt. Andy Fowles missed his first five Father's Days serving in the Illinois National Guard. As Andy deployed to Afganistan in 2008, he said goodbye to his family of three children, knowing a fourth was on the way. Andy returned once for the birth, again for funerals of four of his men killed in action, and permanantly as his wife Michele's skin cancer became life-threatening.

			After barely surviving a February car-crash that killed five of his classmates, Josh Dillon had a single goal: play varsity football. With the help of his friends, his family and his faith Josh worked hard to recover from the mental and physical damage of the crash. When the Oswego football team took the field for their first game of the season, Josh was there.

			Because of a genetic disorder, Nolan Vincent was born profoundly deaf. At four-years-old, Nolan had surgery to install a cochlear implant. The device consists of internal electronics and an external microphone to recreate the sensations of sound. To get the most out of the device, Nolan works with a team of doctors, therapists, teachers in addition to his parents to "learn" how to hear