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August 9, 2017
Cards for Charity Card games and mah-jong will raise funds for the Little Sisters of the Poor at the Elmhurst Country Club.
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What’s happening See what’s happening throughout the Poconos with the region’s most comprehensive events calendar. page 2
State Sen. John Blake hosted 22 high school seniors from 19 area school districts. page 5
suMMer Wine hit A wine that “bridges the gap between sweet wine lovers and dry wine drinkers.” page 10
around toWn Keep up with the latest happenings in our area. page 3 froM heLen’s KitChen Try these tasty recipes including spaghetti carbonara. page 8
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Local resident serves in the Navy A 2014 Pocono Mountain West High School graduate is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, the premier naval air installation in the Pacific Northwest region. Petty officer third class Jessica Boutieller is an aviation structural mechanic serving with Commander, Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 10. A Navy aviation structural mechanic is responsible for working on the frame, metalwork, brakes, tires, landing gears and all flight controls and hydraulic systems on the P-3C aircraft. “I like keeping busy,” said Boutieller. “We all work together to get the job done. Even though we work long hours, we make the best of it.” According to Navy officials, Wing 10 has continued to fly combat missions in direct support of the troops on the ground and delivered traditional maritime capabilities, real-time intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Beginning in the 1960s, the P-3C Orion, a land-based, long-range anti-submarine warfare patrol aircraft, replaced the P-2V Neptune fleet. After 50 years of faithful service and the 50th anniversary of maritime patrol and reconnaissance force, the P-3C Orion is being phased out of the fleet and replaced by the P-8A Poseidon, according to Navy officials. The P-8A is a modified Boeing airframe featuring a fully connected, state-of-the-art, open architecture mission system designed for long-range anti-submarine warfare; antisurface warfare; and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, Navy officials explained. “Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 10 mans, trains, and equips P-3 and P-8 squadrons to deploy anywhere, anytime,” said Capt. Robert W. Patrick, Commodore of CPRW-10. “These forces are the nation’s first choice for broad
area maritime surveillance and rapid response around the world. This is critically important, as we are the eyes and the ears of our national defense, putting pressure on strategic locations around the world. Our sailors are the single biggest asymmetric advantage that allow us to succeed at our missions. Without our sailors’ agility and expertise, we would not be able to do what we do.” Boutieller is part of a crew striving to be the best Naval Aviation Wing in the United States, according to Navy Officials. Their mission is to safely build and maintain a team of sailors capable of conducting prompt and sustained combat operations. “This is the first command I have served with,” Boutieller said. “We look out for each other and the shop will come together to make sure the mission is accomplished.” According to Navy officials, the Navy continues to meet milestone after milestone on this world-class mission and is providing an aircraft with superior capabilities to the men and women in uniform that will have a lasting legacy promoting a global maritime strategy. “Serving in the Navy gives me a sense of belonging,” Boutieller added. “I feel like I am a part of something bigger than I would with any other job.”