Major Promotion for Douglas Nickelson at Kansas Armory
Douglas Nickelson is promoted to major in the United States Army Reserve in a private ceremony November 10 at the Kansas Army National Guard Armory in Ottawa. Col. Reto Robert Dunn and Command Sgt. Major Ret. Ron Kimes officiated.
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Douglas Nickelson
Overland Park
United States Army Reserve
Kansas Army National Guard
Ottawa
Reto Robert Dunn
Ron Kimes
Ottawa High School
Finley Engineering College
Ottawa University
Webster University
Combined
Armed Services Staff School
Tle
Iraq
OFS
3Rd Infantry Division
1St Armored Division
1St Cavalry Division
2Nd Armoured Cavalry Regiment
82Nd Airborne Division
Kansas City Power & Light
45St Civil Affairs
Pasadena
Texas
Robert Dunn
Ottawa natives enlist in Army basic training and follow-on notes
SPC Jessica M. Snelling of Ottawa completed basic combat training at Fort Jackson DC, earning the rank of E-4 Specialist. She trains at the School of Music Nortalkia with the 282nd Army Band to be stationed at Fort Jackson after six months. Shawn L. Houtman joined the Delayed Entry Program, with training at Fort Sill Lawton OK and a $30,000 enlistment bonus.
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Jessica M. Snelling
Ottawa
Fort Jackson
D.C
School of Music
Nortalk
S.C
282Nd Army Band
Ottawa High School
Bill
Emma Thayer
Nicole
Lacey Thayer
Richard
Juanita Todd
Kansas City
Kane
Betty Thayer
Lenexa
Shawn L. Houtman
U.S. Army
Houtman
Schlagle High School
Kan
Fort Sill
Lawton
Okla
Sherrie Kirkland
Daniel Houtman
Shawnee
DAR Meeting Highlights at Ottawa Breakfast Event
The General Edward Hand Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution met at 8:30 a m November 10 at Sirloin Stockade Ottawa with ten members and a guest present. Regent Oakleaf opened with the DAR Ritual and pledges, announced chaplain Pat Melarland, and summarized reports. Captain Kay Shaughnessy, a retired naval officer, spoke on John Paul Jones and patriotism, noting Jones’s burial at the Naval Academy. Native American quilts are on display at the Paola Swan River Museum through November. The next meeting is December 8 at Westminster Church with a musical program.
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Edward Hand
Sirloin Stockade
Ottawa
Elaine Oakleaf
DAR
United States of America
Pat Melarland
Clarice Knight
Bette Ore
National Defense
Barbara Dew
Regent Oakleaf
John Paul Jones
United States Navy
Emily Kirkpatrick
Kay Shaughnessy
Navy
Capitol
Pill Dees
Lorene Christin G
Maree Brooks
Oakleal
Santa Fe
Kirkpatrick
Cara Pelsey
Oaklea
Tela
Vintage Park
Bette Gye
Paola Swan River Museum
Westminster Church
Barbara Netherland
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Rambling RaNchers
First Baptist Church
Maddy Lancaster
Ashley Petersen
the Daughters OF the American Revolution
Comy Cozy
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Carol Mallicoat
Peoples
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