— Madison Dingman, 6, a first-grade student at Norwood Elementary School in Burleson, received a surprise Tuesday when her father, U.S. Army Spc. Aaron Dingman, visited her class after arriving on a flight home on a three-week leave. Dingman, who is based at Fort Drum, N.Y., just concluded a 10-month tour in Iraq. “I felt real good and real surprised,” Madison Dingman said of seeing her father for the first time in a year. “I can read him some books.” Aaron Dingman said that Madison still had all of her baby teeth the last time he saw her. “I was kind of nervous about her reaction,” he said. “She’s grown up.”
