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Twenty-five years ago, the trio of Eva Myers, John Rucker and James Callis worked with the Sedalia Area Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee and attended the first memorial ceremony held to honor 2nd Lt. George A.Whiteman, who died in combat Dec. 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor.
We will be placing a new American flag on all veterans graves in Crown Hill Cemetery at or about 6 a.m. May 25 and then removing them on May 27 at about 6 p.m.
Longtime Smith-Cotton High School vocal director Sandy Cordes and the late Mayor Bob Wasson were honored Thursday night as the first inductees into the S-C Activities Hall of Fame.
The Smith-Cotton JROTC drill team competed Sunday and Monday in the mixed and unarmed divisions at the National High School Drill Team Championship at Daytona Beach, Fla. A total of 108 schools (including one from Guam) or 179 JROTC drill teams from all branches of the military competed in the event. The Smith-Cotton drill team earned a total of eight national trophies
Cadet 2nd Lt. Madelyne Ash, of Bravo Company, was named cadet of the month for March. One Smith-Cotton JROTC cadet from each company competed for the honor before a panel of senior cadets answering questions pertaining to the JROTC curriculum and current events. The plaque was donated by the 40 & 8.
Reish Burnett, of La Monte, participated in the media room press corps at the 85th Missouri FFA Convention.
Smith-Cotton High School JROTC Tiger Battalion presented the following awards at a ceremony held Thursday at the Heckart Performing Arts Center.
Command Lt. Col. Hannah Ott, left, and Sgt. Maj, Randall Woods, right, promote Command Maj. Aurora Rafael to command lieutenant colonel during the ninth annual Smith-Cotton High School JROTC Tiger Battalion Awards ceremony in the Heckart Performing Arts Center. Rafael will serve as the Tiger Battalion Cadet Battalion Commander for the 2013-14 school year.
Smith-Cotton High School JROTC Tiger Battalion cadets, from left, Allison Bouslaugh, Hollee Akers and Aimee Aubrey sing the National Anthem during the ninth annual JROTC Awards Ceremony on Thursday at the Heckart Performing Arts Center. During the ceremony, cadets were honored with special awards and recognition for the past year’s work.
Smith-Cotton High School JROTC Tiger Battalion cadets, from left, Allison Bouslaugh, Hollee Akers and Aimee Aubrey sing the National Anthem during the ninth annual JROTC Awards Ceremony on Thursday at the Heckart Performing Arts Center. During the ceremony, cadets were honored with special awards and recognition for the past year’s work.
Cadets with the Smith-Cotton High School JROTC Tiger Battalion watch as Lt. Col. Harry Cunningham, Sgt. Robert Webb and Sgt. Maj. Randall Woods are given special honors during an awards ceremony Thursday. Cunningham and Woods had said this would be their last year in the Smith-Cotton program and were going to help launch a JROTC program in Moberly, but announced earlier this month they would be staying in Sedalia.
On the morning of April 6, the Smith-Cotton JROTC Drill Team competed in Louisville, Ky., at the second annual Army JROTC Drill Team National Championship. Drill teams from across the nation competed and the Smith-Cotton Drill Team received the national champion runner-up trophy.
Front row, from left, are Maj. Jovana Cervantes, Maj. Aurora Rafael, 1st Sgt. Elizabeth Narron, Pvt. Daryna Matsyokha, 2nd Lt. Madelyne Ash, Staff Sgt. Keannia Collins, Pvt. Allison Bouslaugh, Pvt. Kaitlyn Brown, Master Sgt. Rachael DeMent and Lt. Col. Hannah Ott. Second row: Capt. Alexandria Stewart, Pvt. Brittany Gollaher, Pfc. Keila Baeza, 1st Sgt. Megan Wilbanks, Staff Sgt. Sheric Davis, Staff Sgt. Cosette Claybaugh, Pvt. Nicolo Dalumpines, Capt. Kendall Ott and Pfc. Jessica Martin. Third row: Pfc. Hollee Akers, Staff Sgt. Emily Greble, Capt. Shelbi Davis, Sgt. 1st Class Stephanie Barnier, Pvt. Cierra Jennings, Capt. Allison Morey, 2nd Lt. Stephen Weeks and 1st Sgt. Blake Kramer. Back row: Sgt. Austin Breining, 1st Sgt. Jacob Karman, Staff Sgt. Kyler Pierson, Staff Sgt. Michael Frazier, 2nd Lt. Jonathan Sanchez, Cpl. Matthew Binney, Master Sgt. Connor Greene and Staff Sgt. Dalton Trimnal.
By Dennis Rich
Smith-Cotton JROTC cadets will see new leadership for the nine-year-old program next fall following the announcement that two longtime faculty members will depart after this school year.
On Tuesday, the Smith-Cotton JROTC Tiger Battalion presented Inter-State Studio with a plaque for being a platinum sponsor. Inter-State Studio made significant contributions to the eighth annual JROTC Drill Meet. Pictured, from left, are Aric Snyder Jr., Leslie Snyder Nashed, Retired Lt. Col. Harry Cunningham and Aric Snyder Sr.
Andrew Wallace graduated from Army Airborne School at Fort Benning, Ga., on Jan. 25. He is assigned to the 82nd Airborne, 4th Brigade Combat Team, at Fort Bragg, N.C.
Cadet Sgt. Allison Dolph stands at attention with others in her all-female platoon from Leavenworth, Kan., waiting for others from her high school to compete in an armed drill competition.
Sgt. 1st Class David Foxen, a drill sergeant from the 31st Engineer Battalion, Fort Leonard Wood, and one of four judges working the armed drill competition, watches cadets from Leavenworth, Kan., toss rifles to each other as platoon leader cadet Capt. Dillon Why walks between them.
In a JROTC armed drill competition, the sound of a rifle hitting the floor is dissonance jarring the rhythm of cadenced precision. How a cadet and his platoon handles the situation speaks to their program's discipline. After dropping his rife, Cadet Capt. Gabe Rollins, a junior at Bellevue East High School, Neb., makes a studied and composed recovery and the platoon finishes its routine. Seventeen high schools from five states competed Saturday in a JROTC drill meet hosted by the national champion Smith-Cotton High School JROTC program. As the hosting school, Smith-Cotton's JROTC cadets did not compete in the competition but provided the logistics and manpower to run the drill meet.
While training to win a national championship, the Smith-Cotton JROTC program is also fighting world hunger. This year, the S-C JROTC Academic Team, commanded by Cadet Derek Patton, is trying to qualify for the national championship competition in Washington D.C. The team consists of all sophomores, something that has never happened in the history of the program. The five cadets, Haleigh Carson, Megan Wilbanks, Maddy Ash, Kylar McNeal and Patton arrive at school early two days each week in hopes of one day achieving a national title.
From left are Cadets Kylar McNeal, Derek Patton, Megan Wilbanks, Maddy Ash and Haleigh Carson.

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