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Cape JROTC hosts Veterans Week Ceremony

Cadet Nicole Surface and the Cape cadet battalion salute as the Veterans Week Ceremony begins Friday, Nov. 8. BY DAN COOK
November 12, 2013
Cape counselor John Myers welcomes students, veterans and guests to the annual Veterans Week Ceremony. BY DAN COOK
Cadet Austin Kitchen salutes as the Cape JROTC color guard posts the colors to begin the annual ceremony. BY DAN COOK
Reviewing the troops are (r-l) Cape board President Spencer Brittingham; Maj. Gen. Joseph Lank; Cape Supervisor of Special Education Jeff Conrad; state Sen. Ernesto Lopez, R-Lewes; and Cape Principal Brian Donahue. BY DAN COOK
Delaware state Sen. Ernesto Lopez, R-Lewes, addresses the JROTC about the importance of their program. BY DAN COOK
Korean War veterans Edward Johnson, left, and Walt Koopman listen to Sen. Ernie Lopez, R-Lewes. BY DAN COOK
Cadet Nicole Surface is all smiles as she awaits the beginning of the Veterans Week Ceremony. BY DAN COOK
More than 200 cadets fill the Cape gymnasium for the annual JROTC Veterans Week Ceremony. BY DAN COOK
Cape board President Spencer Brittingham, left, and Sen. Ernesto Lopez, R-Lewes, present Cape High teacher Amie King with a Certificate of Appreciation for her service. BY DAN COOK
A Certificate of Appreciation was presented to the Korean War Veterans Association, Delaware Post 1. Shown are (l-r) JROTC Cadet Maj. John Dean; Cape Principal Brian Donahue; Cape board President Spencer Brittingham, state Sen. Ernie Lopez, R-Lewes; Korean War veteran Edward Johnson; JROTC instructor Ron Erale; Korean War veteran  Walt Koopman; and Cape Supervisor of Special Education Jeff Conrad. BY DAN COOK
Cadet Maj. John Dean salutes during the national anthem. Dean received the Department of the Army Superior Cadet Decoration. BY DAN COOK

The Cape Henlopen Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps Cadet battalion hosted the annual Veterans Week Ceremony Friday, Nov. 8, in the Cape gymnasium. Eleven veterans organizations and the Cape district veterans received Cape Henlopen School District Certificates of Appreciation.

Cape senior and Cadet Maj. John Dean received the Department of the Army Superior Cadet Decoration, and Cadet Lt. Alexander Dominick received the Army Cadet Command Senior Army Instructor Medal.

The JROTC Veterans Week program offered special thanks to all veterans of the Cape community, community veterans organizations and fellow citizens of the local community who continue their honorable spirit of service to the Cape Henlopen School District and the Cape JROTC program.

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