| NJROTC Sail Academy |
| June 16, 17 and 18, Shawnee Yacht Club hosted a sail academy for about 25 male and female youth members of the Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. Organized by Jeff Richards, the senior naval science instructor at Shawnee Heights High School, the cadets spent their evenings at the YMCA's Camp Hammond and their days at SYC learning and practicing sailing using the SYC Youth Group MC Scows. Besides Richards and 2 other NJROTC adult leaders, eight SYC members and several from the SYC Youth Group helped with instruction and coaching. The cadets came from Topeka, Kansas City and Springfield Missouri. Richards hopes to continue the Sail Academy as an annual event that will grow in participation, and SYC members have already offered to help again next year. |
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