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vol. 1, no. 13 Serving Southern Nevada’s military community, including Nellis, Creech and NTTR dec. 8, 2017
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Local culinary art high school
students bake cookies for Airmen
by Lawrence Crespo First Sergeants throughout Nellis and Creech
stopped by to pick up large boxes of assorted cookies
Nellis AFB, Nev. and delivered them to Airmen within their units.
Forty students from the Culinary Arts Program at On behalf of the Nellis and Creech community, we’d
Northwest Career and Technical Academy in Las Ve- like to thank the culinary art students for their generos-
gas spread pre-Thanksgiving holiday cheer by baking ity during the holiday season.
and delivering 10,000 assorted cookies to Nellis and
Creech Air Force Bases Airmen during their visit to Air Force photograph by Lawrence Crespo
Nellis Nov. 17, 2017.
Master Sgt. Keelye Coffins, U.S. Air Force Weapons School
The Culinary Arts program is a four-year curriculum first sergeant, selects a box of cookies from Northwest
for approximately 300 high school students. The pro- Career and Technical Academy culinary art students at
gram offers advance culinary skills through a hands- the Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Community Commons on
on experience with an emphases on learning cooking Nov. 17. The culinary arts students baked 10,000 assorted
and baking techniques, food safety, quality assurance, cookies for Nellis and Creech Airmen.
nutrition and production planning in a professional
educational environment in northwest Las Vegas. Air Force photograph by Lawrence Crespo LEFT: Master Sgt Jon Baysa, 57th Operation Group first
sergeant, accepts boxes of cookies from Northwest Career
For this year’s cookie project the students worked and Technical Academy culinary art students at the Nellis
during normal class hours, after school and weekends Air Force Base, Nev., Community Commons on Nov. 17.
to prepare the ingredients, bake, pack and personally Students worked during normal class hours, after school
deliver the baked goods to the Community Commons and weekends to prepare the ingredients, bake, pack, and
on Nellis. deliver 10,000 cookies to Nellis and Creech Airmen.
Air Force photograph by Lawrence Crespo
Northwest Career and Technical Academy Culinary Arts students pose with 1st Lt. Kierra Bailey, 99th Force Support Squadron, at the Nellis Air Force Base Community Commons
Nov. 17, 2017. The students spread holiday cheer by baking and delivering 10,000 cookies to Nellis and Creech Airmen during their visit.
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