By C.J. Vetter

BUDA – It’s not every day a fourth grade students gets a medal from the Red Cross.

Silas Timmer, a fourth grader at Buda Elementary School, was presented with a certificate and medal for Extraordinary Personal Action at a ceremony held at Pfluger Elementary School on Wednesday, May 18.

In January, Silas noticed that one of his friends couldn’t breathe during recess and began to perform the Heimlich to help him. When asked how Silas knew how to perform the maneuver, ...