Mayor Michael Butler visited the Orangeburg Municipal Airport along with John Singh, Director of Public Works, to present awards and pin cadets for their achievements in the Civil Air Patrol. The Thursday, March 28, meeting began with the playing of the national anthem and cadets in uniform reciting the cadet oath which is customary at each meeting.
As a newly commissioned Army officer, 2nd Lt. Quinshawn R. Norwood knows he may have to step up in times of crisis. He had role models who did just that. The recent South Carolina State University graduate lost both his parents during his childhood. So when he received his officer’s commission via the SC State ROTC Bulldog Battalion in December, Roosevelt and Alice Norwood, the grandparents who raised him, were there by his side.