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Celebrating the Month of the MILITARY CHILD Youth baseball season opens at NAS Oceana BY MCSA KAYLA KING NAS Oceana Public Affairs
free time helping the children. “I volunteered to work with the kids, and I like working with them to teach them something,” said The opening season of NAS Oceana youth baseball Cynthia Anguiaho, a volunteer coach of the Rangers. began April 20 at the youth baseball field. “I like showing the kids the fundamentals of the game Wearing their team but also making sure it is colors and showfun for them.” ing their flags, the 13 The Rangers team, ages teams marched in from 7 - 9, had just only two the third base side and weeks of practice before lined up around the inopening day of the season. field as “Let’s go Little They now practice once a Leaguers” was playweek to be ready to domiing. Each team was nate each game. announced by Cathy “We just want the chilMead, Child and Youth dren to have fun and learn Programs (CYP) direccommunication and skills,” tor. said Anguiaho. Photo by MC2 Antonio P. Turretto Ramos “Guys and gals, you There are many other During opening season ceremonies, NAS Oceana Execulook great,” said Mead tive Officer Capt. Kit Chope (r) pitches the baseball to mi- benefits to participating to the players. Before nor baseball player Cameron Britton. Youth baseball began in any kind of sports, such the first pitch, Mead April 20 with traditional opening day activities at the youth as getting children up and thanked all the family ball fields. moving, said Mead. and friends who came “It teaches sportsmanout for the opening day ceremony. ship, how to play with others, dealing with all kinds of Capt. Kit Chope, executive officer of NAS Oceana, different people,” said Mead.“It gets them away from threw out the first pitches to one player in each of video games and gets them outside.” three divisions.. Roderic Martinez, a member of the Astros baseball First pitch went to T-ball player Keegan Marlott. team,has been playing baseball for three years.He said The second pitch went to machine pitch player Rod he has made many friends in the years he has been Luedtke-Rodriguez. Chope pitched the third ball to playing and hopes to make many more. Martinez enminor baseball player Cameron Britton who caught it joys baseball and plans to have lots of fun this season. without a struggle. For more information about youth sports at NAS Players’ages range from 5 to 16 and teams are co-ed. Oceana, including volunteering as a coach, contact All coaches are volunteers who enjoy spending their Child & Youth Programs at 433-3976. Players and coaches applaud as the 13 youth baseball league teams are announced during the opening ceremonies April 20. Photo by MCSA Kayla King
Cooking competitionn: began in 2009 as a way to bring military families together — Continued from page 1
k we’re going to take the win for the Big one. We think Key ingredients for the competing dishes included ci- Dipper and having the best dish,” said CS1(SW) Renita h lantro, red onion, chicken, corn on the cob, one can of Monroe, leadiing petty officer at NAS Oceana’s Hornet’s baked beans and basic spices.An assortment of commu- Nest Galley, ab bout the dish and dip her family presented nity items such as eggs, ketchup, for the judges. mustard, mayo and celery were “I think we have a fairly good chance, also included in the competition’s but I’ve seen some good competition “share table.” A secret ingredient out here also,” said Master-at-Arms 1st competitors had to incorporate in Class (SW) Alvin Jenkins of Headquartheir final product was presented ters, Supreme Allied Command Transhalf way through the competition. formation North Atlantic Treaty OrgaThis year’s secret ingredient was nization. “But really, it’s in the bag! In zucchini. all seriousness though, it’s all about The families competed in two our kids, getting them involved and Iron Chef categories: the “Big Diphaving as much fun, as a family, as posper,” was for the best dip/appesible.” tizer, and the overall winning catEvery family tackled the challenge egory was “Family Style Champ.” differently, but the overall winning The Big Dipper category was strategy of the day was teamwork and determined by popular vote, by having fun. both judges and spectators.Those “[What made it a good time was]that attending were given a ticket to we got to be with the family and we put into a ballet box that repregot to cook together and be a team,” sents each family’s dip/appetizer said Karyinna Mozingo, 13, who was dish.The overall winner or Family The Jenkins family created the winn- accompanied by her family, father Style Champ is decided by major- ning meal in the Family Style categoryy. Chief Aviation Electronics Technician ity vote by a panel of judges. The dish was a play on a classic shepp- (AW) Shane Monzingo, mother DeanEach family is also assigned a herds pie recipe. na, and twin sisters Alayna and Grace, Navy culinary specialist (CS) vol9. unteer to assist with cooking techThe Mozingo family said their strateniques, safety, sanitation, and creative contributions. gy was teamw work, communication and focusing on havCompetition was fierce among the CSes, and their as- ing good timiing to plate everything at the same time. signed families, to bring home the big win. However, all winning w strategies aside, there could only “I think our presentation is awesome and our food is be one officiaal winner for each category. great! I don’t think any other family has anything on this The winnerr in the Big Dipper category was the family Capt. Isaac White. The winning dip/ of deployed Army A appetizer creaated by White’s wife,Tressy Bourne-White, hildren, extended family and CSSN Timotheir four ch thy Ansley off Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211, was ding base with slices of fresh strawberries a bread pudd and pineapplee accompanied by a single vanilla wafer. The Jenkin ns family won the Family Style category hat was a play on a classic shepherd’s pie with a dish th ns was accompanied by his wife Daphne, recipe. Jenkin stepdaughter Kaniya Coleman, 9, daughter Kayla, 3, and odriguez of the Hornet’s Nest Galley. CSSN Alex Ro ty of every single person’s contributions “The quali The winning recipe in the Big Dipper category was the famantastic,” said Capt. Bob Geis, commanding to this was fa ily of deployed Army Capt. Isaac White. White’s wife, Tressy S Oceana.“Every single dish was fantastic, officer of NAS Bourne-White, their four children, extended family and d tell that there was a lot of thought that and you could CSSN Timothy Ansley of VFA-211, created this dip/appetizer using a bread pudding base with slices of fresh strawber- went into eacch part of presentation, each part of preparies and pineapple accompanied by a single vanilla wafer. ration, and it as a just awesome.”
The six military families and the culinary specialists who assisted them pose for a picture before the winners of “Iron Chef - CYP Style” are announced. The annual cooking event, which began in 2009, was held April 20 at the Oceana youth sports field.
ABOVE: MA1(SW) Alvin Jenkins from Headquarters, Supreme Allied Command Transformation North Atlantic Treaty Organization gets help with preparing their dish from his wife, Daphne, stepdaughter Kaniya Coleman, 9, daughter Kayla, 3 (not shown), and CSSN Alex Rodriguez from NAS Oceana’s Hornet’s Nest Galley. RIGHT: As he grills the corn on the cob, ATC (AW) Shane Mozingo from VFA-106 has assistance from his daughter Karyinna, 13. Each of the six competing dishes had to include cilantro, red onion, chicken, corn on the cob, a can of baked beans and basic spices, along with the secret ingredient of zucchini, added halfway through the competition.
Photos by MC2 Antonio P. Turretto Ramos