Last Friday Naval Station Great Lakes (NSGL) hosted a command picnic at Nunn Beach on the shores of Lake Michigan. The weather was perfect and over 215 sailors, civilians and family members enjoyed the afternoon festivities.
The menu for the afternoon consisted of hamburgers, hot dogs, brats, chicken and meatballs along with assorted desserts.
MM2 Shannon French and ET3 Theresa Posey took first and second place in a baking contest.
The picnic also included a variety of games such as volleyball, horseshoes, tug of war, bean bag toss and lawn golf.
NSGL commanding officer Capt. Randy Lynch used the event to present awards. They included:
• Civilian of the Quarter 4th Quarter 2011, and Civilian of the Year 2011 to Eric Weaver.
• Civilian of the Quarter 1st Quarter 2012 – William Miller (Non-Sup.) and Gregory Devries (Sup.)
• 30 Years of Service – Kathryn Herr and Ann Swanson
• 25 Years of Service – Keith Grisset, Thomas Jones, Robert Smith Jr., and William Wheat
• 20 Years of Service – Andrew Arndt
• 15 Years of Service – Shane Ratcliff and John Sulicz
• 10 Years of Service – Beth Sleeth
An event like this could not take place without volunteers and below is a list of those who contributed to the success of the picnic:
Lt. Ralph Weikel, MAC Michael Dexter, CS1 Tiheshia Scott, YN1 Angel Ginerich, MM1 Gabriel Loop, SH1 Michael Sutton, SH1 Crystal Frank, QM1 Robert Dressler, MM1 Erik Mason, BM1 Steven Whitmire, SH2 Daryl Bragg, BM2 Lebene Tsaku, MM2 Kristen Meyer, DC2 Michael Zylius, MM2 Shannon French, OS2 Deepak Maharaj, FC2 Jorge Delreal, IC2 Ashley Lipford, ET2 Vicky Li, ET3 Theresa Posey, FC3 Christina Schoblocher, ET3 Sharla Johnson, IC3 Randy Bailey, FC3 Shelby Kennedy, FC3 Austin Portinause, FC3 Brittany Power, ICSN Anton Wasin, SN Robet Ureno, NTFN Desmond Curtis, ICFN Irma Haylock, SN Brandon Bishop, GMSN Priscilla Flores, MMRN Kayleigh Lapira, SN Brett Prevost, FN Avery Sanchez, FCSN Jordan Baxter, and SN Deirdre Day.
"We had maximum participation from the command and also celebrated Capt. Lynch's birthday with a cake. It was a good time, and we had a ball," said QM2 Timothy Standish, coordinator for the picnic.