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Senior Mandy Dunlap to be awarded Outstanding NJROTC Cadet

Senior Mandy Dunlap
Senior Mandy Dunlap

By Lexi Burch

Senior Mandy Dunlap will be awarded Outstanding NJROTC Cadet on May 16 by the Louisville Armed Forces Committee. This award is awarded to those cadets who have exceptional leadership, commitment, and skill.

“I was really surprised, and it means a lot to me to get the Outstanding NJROTC Cadet award,” said Dunlap.

The procedure in order to pick the outstanding cadet analyzed cadets on their skills, mental ability, and leadership.

“To win this award, I was chosen by my instructors to write an essay on leadership qualities,” said Dunlap. “NJROTC has prepared me on how to be a successful leader, to be committed, and how to work together, along with many other skills. The leadership qualities that I have learned and wrote about were leading by the Navy’s core values of courage, honor, and commitment.”

Dunlap plans on using her NJROTC skills by continuing her career in the national defense field. She hopes to enlist in the Navy.

 “After graduation, I am continuing in the field of national defense by serving in the U.S. Navy; I enlisted as an Aircrewman,” said Dunlap. “I believe that as a citizen I should help protect my country, and I chose the Navy because I like the Navy way of life and the opportunity to travel the world.”

Dunlap has been a member of FC’s NJROTC for four years. She said she is glad that her hard work is finally paying off.

“This wraps up my four years in NJROTC,” said Dunlap, “how I have grown as a person, and how I have been blessed for the things I have accomplished.”

Heritage celebration takes over Lanesville

Tractors are lined up for the people that want to show off their technology for the people passing by.
Tractors are lined up for the people that want to show off their technology for the people passing by. Photo by Rachel Lamb.
Engines of tractors are being showed off on trailers for people who show a interest in this type of technology. Photo by Rachel Lamb
Engines of tractors are being showed off on trailers for people who show a interest in this type of technology. Photo by Rachel Lamb
The Borden marching band marches down Main Street to the sound of their own music. Photo by Rachel Lamb
The Borden marching band marches down Main Street to the sound of their own music. Photo by Rachel Lamb
The Indiana High School Rodeo Association makes an appearence, while presenting the US flag, their banner, and Rodeo Association members on horseback. Photo by Rachel Lamb
The Indiana High School Rodeo Association makes an appearence, while presenting the US flag, their banner, and Rodeo Association members on horseback. Photo by Rachel Lamb
A O'bannon Woods State Park wagon rolls down Main Street filled with kids clapping and cheering with the crowd. Photo by Rachel Lamb
A O’bannon Woods State Park wagon rolls down Main Street filled with kids clapping and cheering with the crowd.
Photo by Rachel Lamb
Southern Indiana Shrine Club rides down main street in their sweet ride.  Photo by Rachel Lamb
Southern Indiana Shrine Club rides down main street in their sweet ride.
Photo by Rachel Lamb
Cadet commander senior Allyson Gill  leads the FC NJROTC down Main Street in cadence. Photo by Delaney Smith
Cadet commander senior Allyson Gill leads the FC NJROTC down Main Street in cadence. Photo by Delaney Smith
Heritage queen 2013 Madelyn Dotson is being paraded down Main Street in a silver  Corvette. Photo by Delaney Smith
Heritage queen 2013 Madelyn Dotson is being paraded down Main Street in a silver
Corvette. Photo by Delaney Smith
Sophomore Kate Surber flips down Main Street with her team from Spirit Explosion. Photo by Delaney Smith
Sophomore Kate Surber flips down Main Street with her team from Spirit Explosion. Photo by Delaney Smith
Former FC sophomore Ashley Bush shows her pet llama Turner with the Llama and Alpaca 4-H Club. Photo by Delaney Smith
Former FC sophomore Ashley Bush shows her pet llama Turner with the Llama and Alpaca 4-H Club. Photo by Delaney Smith
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Miss Indiana 2013 Terrin Thomas rides through the Parade in her horse-drawn carriage. Photo by Delaney Smith