Eagle Scouts
Dennis Jansen and William "Billy" Schaeffer III recently received their Eagle Scout awards.
As a part of Tower City Boy Scout Troop 635, Dennis and Billy completed their projects and badges required to earn the award.
Dennis built the away dugout at the Tower City Legion Baseball Field and Billy made pathways through the Tower City Recreational Park, repaired a picnic table, painted and planted trees.
State Sen. Dave Argall, R-29, state Rep. Mike Tobash, R-125, Gary Bender, on behalf of the Schuylkill County commissioners and Tower City Mayor Dan Daub presented citations and proclamations to the Scouts.
Mike Leiter, scoutmaster, Dave Rodichok and Al Wolfgang, Eagle Scout, assistant Scoutmasters and
Brian Leiter, Eagle Scout, performed the ceremony along with Troop 635.
Dennis is a son of Dave and Kim Jansen.
Billy is a son of Bill and Sally Schaeffer.
Service lauds
Air Force Capt. Arlene Dolphin, a Shenandoah na-tive, has earned myriad awards and decorations for her 28 years of service, in-cluding service with the 461st Air Control Wing.
Dolphin holds two Air Force Commendation medals and an Afghanistan Campaign Medal. She also holds numerous citations, including Outstanding United States Air Force Reserve Officer and USAF Outstanding Company Grade Officer, according to information provided by Shenandoah native A. Edward Horan, now of Los Angeles, Calif.
She is the daughter of the late Andrew Dolphin. Her mother, Rita Horan Owens, now resides in Newark, Del. Both are Shenandoah natives.
A message on the Team JSTARS Facebook page congratulates Dolphin, 461 Operation Support Squadron, for winning the Air Force's Outstanding Air Reserve Component ISR CGO of the Year as part of the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency Awards Program.
"Titanic win for Arlene," Col. Dean Worley, 461st ACW commander, wrote on the JSTARS page, the official Facebook page for the wing. "She represents the best in TFI (Total Force Integration) ⦠and great recognition of hat she does every day to ensure Team JSTARS brings ⦠pain to the enemies of our country."