David Moody looked sharp, decked out in a black suit, vivid red shirt and sparkling crucifix around his neck. It was his day, and he certainly looked the part.
Shandee Burtis, Community Living Program manager at the Center for Human Services, said when she went to pick up Moody at his group home, he was standing on his porch in that suit, and she joked that he was so excited she thought he had been waiting out there for a couple of hours.
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