Civil Air Patrol Squadron, Local Squadron Named North East Region Champions

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Local Squadron Named North East Region Champions

Poughkeepsie, New York

Cadets from Dutchess County Composite Squadron, the Dutchess County based Civil Air Patrol Squadron competed in a North East Color Guard competition on May 19-20, 2006. The competition consisted of 7 events: Uniform inspection, Standard Drill, CAP Indoor Posting of the Colors, Outdoor Posting (raising and lowering flag as well as proper folding) of the Colors, written test, panel quiz and Mile Run. There are 5 cadets on a team, 2 girls and 3 boys. Six states sent Color Guard competition teams: New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. All the competitors had to win a competition in their own State before advancing to the State competition.

In order to train for this competition, the cadets practiced every Sunday afternoon for 4 hours as well as on Friday nights for another several hours. In addition, they studied their Leadership and Aerospace chapters at home so that they could be quizzed during the practices. All this practice and study paid off with spectacular results. The Dutchess County Cadets took First place in the competition garnering 6 trophies. They took 1st place in 3 of the 7 events and 2nd in the other two. Individual awards were also earned. The Fleet Foot award trophy for the fastest female runner went to C/Amn Erin Jedlicka who attends Ketchum HS. Her time for the Mile Run was 6:15. The trophy for the highest grade on the written test was awarded to C/CMSgt David Smith who also attends Ketchum HS in Wappingers Falls.

Maj Gladys Suessle, their coach and Squadron Commander of Dutchess County Composite Squadron is extremely proud of the accomplishment of these 5 outstanding young adults!

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The cadets (ages 13-18) of Dutchess County Composite Squadron meet each Monday evening from 6:30 to 9 PM at Dutchess County Airport.

For more info, please call 845. 462-1000.

Check out Civil Air Patrol at http://home.earthlink.net/~nerny159/

Since the cadets won the NER competition, they now have the honor of competing at the National level. This will take place 6-9 July, 2006.

We are asking the community to support us in this venture. We need to raise $4,500.

June 23 Bake Sale at Sams Club Rte 9 in Fishkill

June 24 Car wash Holy Trinity Church in between Main St and 44/55 in Poughkeepsie

June 30 Bake Sale at Stop-n-Shop Rte 9 next to BJS in Wappingers Falls

In addition donations will be accepted at Adams Fairacre Farms in Poughkeepsie on June 27 and 28 or checks made out to DCCS (Dutchess County Composite Squadron) may be mailed to:

Maj. Gladys Suessle CIVIL AIR PATROL NERNY 159 12 Meddaugh Road, Pleasant Valley, NY 12569

Thank you very much for making the cadet's wish of bringing honor to the Hudson Valley a reality.

Nathalie Mitard, 2d LT, Public Affairs Officer, Civil Air Patrol, NERNY 159 87 Citation Drive Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 Tel: 845.797.1022

Civil Air Patrol, the official Air Force auxiliary, is a nonprofit organization with almost 62,000 members nationwide. It performs 95% of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center. Volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and counterdrug missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members take a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to the almost 27,000 young people currently participating in CAP cadet programs. CAP has been performing missions for America for more than 60 years. On the Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~nerny159/

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