INDEPENDENT PHOTO BY TRICIA CARZOLI | National Guard SPC Chanc McEstes of Woodstock gets a kiss from now-fiancée Daphne Westfallen during a mobilization ceremony Saturday at Woodstock High School, where McEstes proposed. McEstes was expected to leave Tuesday as part of a Guard deployment to Afghanistan.
Family, community support Afghanistan-bound soldiers
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Tricia Carzoli is a freelance writer and photographer for The Independent, frequently reporting on community news. She has photographed for and written for national magazines and regional publications over the past 15 years.
Tricia Carzoli is a freelance writer and photographer for The Independent, frequently reporting on community news. She has photographed for and written for national magazines and regional publications over the past 15 years.
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