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4 | June 14, 2018 | The Mokena Messenger news<br />
mokenamessenger.com<br />
Lincoln-Way cadets earn ‘Cadet of the Quarter’ title<br />
Submitted by Lincoln-Way District<br />
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On May 3, the AFJROTC board<br />
met from 3-5 p.m. to score cadet<br />
candidates for “Cadet of the Quarter.”<br />
Cadet of the Quarter recognizes<br />
cadets who have excelled in the<br />
Lincoln-Way AFJROTC program.<br />
After students are nominated, they<br />
fill out a nominee package questionnaire—worth<br />
a maximum of<br />
45 points and then meet the board<br />
in person for another possible 55<br />
points.<br />
Cadets who meet the board<br />
are issued study guides that<br />
will help them prepare for<br />
potential questions from board<br />
members.<br />
The nominee package questionnaire<br />
asks the cadets eight questions<br />
pertaining to their involvement<br />
in AFJROTC, the school, the<br />
community and demonstration of<br />
leadership skills.<br />
Upon completion, the cadets<br />
submit the questionnaire and meet<br />
with the board. The board is chaired<br />
by the cadet group or deputy group<br />
commander. The board members<br />
consist of the cadet deputy group<br />
commander and four cadet squadron<br />
members.<br />
These cadets are Cadet Col<br />
Dustin Haven (board president and<br />
unit deputy group commander),<br />
Cadet CMSgt Jessica Sumrow,<br />
Cadet Capt. Arick Hauschild, Cadet<br />
1st Lt. Ani Smentek and Cadet<br />
SMSgt Aiden Hart, and they are referred<br />
to as “The Top.”<br />
The board evaluates the applicants<br />
through an inspection of their<br />
uniform, a drill command performance<br />
and a series of questions.<br />
Once the scoring is complete, the<br />
board recommends a winner in<br />
each category based on the cadet’s<br />
year in AFJROTC to Colonel<br />
George Ramey.<br />
“The cadets who are nominated<br />
to meet the board understand<br />
the competition level is<br />
extremely high. They are competing<br />
against the best of the best,”<br />
Ramey said. “Two of the winners<br />
for this board truly didn’t believe<br />
they stood a chance of winning<br />
when they considered their competitors.<br />
The competition is always<br />
very close but the winners<br />
earned their Cadet of the Quarter<br />
title.”<br />
Winners of the competition were<br />
announced on Friday, May 4. The<br />
winners, by year, in AFJROTC<br />
were Madison Kosel (first year<br />
winner, Lincoln-Way West); Lila<br />
Altman (second year winner, Lincoln-Way<br />
Central); Zosia Dauer<br />
(third year winner, Lincoln-Way<br />
West); and Patrick Murphy III<br />
(fourth year winner, Lincoln-Way<br />
West).<br />
All winners have their official<br />
unit photo displayed and each received<br />
the Superior Performance<br />
Ribbon at the semester award ceremony.<br />
Lincoln-Way cadets (clockwise from top left) Madison Kosel, from Lincoln-Way West; Lila Altman, from<br />
Lincoln-Way Central; Patrick Murphy III, from Lincoln-Way West; and Zosia Dauer, from Lincoln-Way West.<br />
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Mokena Community Park District seeks public input<br />
Submitted by the Mokena<br />
Community Park District<br />
The Mokena Community<br />
Park District is scheduled<br />
to host a community input<br />
meeting at 6 p.m. on June<br />
14. The primary purpose of<br />
the meeting is to learn everything<br />
and anything residents<br />
would like to share about the<br />
Park District.<br />
The Park District has<br />
started the process of developing<br />
a Comprehensive<br />
Parks & Recreation Master<br />
Plan that will provide insight<br />
and direction on its<br />
future. An important component<br />
of the planning process<br />
is community input,<br />
allowing the Park District<br />
to make strategic decisions<br />
based on community feedback.<br />
The Park District is very<br />
interested in learning more<br />
from residents on what it<br />
should be doing in the next<br />
several years to meet the recreational<br />
needs of the community.<br />
The community meeting<br />
will be held in the Walnut<br />
Room of the Oaks Recreation<br />
& Fitness Center, located<br />
at 10847 W. La Porte<br />
Road.<br />
Design Perspectives, Inc<br />
is leading the master plan<br />
project with the goal of soliciting<br />
public input from<br />
different sectors of the community.<br />
In addition to the community<br />
meeting, a resident<br />
survey will be distributed<br />
in early July. If you are<br />
selected for this survey,<br />
please take the few minutes<br />
to participate and give your<br />
opinions.<br />
Please contact the<br />
Park District at (708)<br />
390-2401 for more information.
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