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Mayor Getty joins Marine recruits for training at Veterans Park in Lyons
Lyons Mayor Chris Getty joins new Marine recruits at Veterans Park
Lyons Mayor Christopher Getty participated in a monthly training event early Saturday morning on July 12th hosted by the Marine Recruiters of the Oak Park Recruiting Station.
Despite the heavy rainfall, Mayor Getty and more than 30 Marine Recruits gathered outside Veterans Park in Lyons for a monthly training session designed to prepare the Marine Recruits for the Marine Corps Boot Camp.
Staff Sergeant Jason Thomas, who also serves as a Village Trustee in Lyons, runs the Oak Park Recruiting Station and lead Mayor Getty and the Marine Recruits through a vigorous physical training session, which included a 3 mile cadence run, a series of crunches and pull ups and an additional timed mile and a half run.
“It is vital that Marine Recruits are both physically and mentally prepared for the Marine Corps Boot Camp, which is why these training functions for the Recruits are crucial,” Thomas said.
Lyons Mayor Chris Getty joins new Marine recruits at Veterans Park
Thomas said that the village of Lyons is one of the recruiting districts assigned to the Oak Park Office and he was happy to hold the event there this month.
“It is great that Mayor Getty came out today to not only show his support for the recruits but to also witness firsthand what this experience is like,” said Thomas. Mayor Getty did not receive any special treatment throughout the exercises and was pushed just as hard as any of my other recruits,” Thomas said.
“It is a rigorous training that new recruits go through to prepare to become Marines. I was honored to be able to participate with the recruits in their training,” Mayor Getty said.
“Many of these recruits are either in high school or recently graduated and they already display the dedication, valor, and commitment of wanting to become a Marine and to serve our country proudly.”
Lyons Residents, Kyle Duffek, 17, and Michael Lamiot, 17, are among the newest recruits to enlist for the Marines out of the Oak Park Recruiting Station.
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Hanania covered Chicago political beats including Chicago City Hall while at the Daily Southtown Newspapers (1976-1985) and later for the Chicago Sun-Times (1985-1992). He published The Villager Community Newspapers covering 12 Southwest suburban regions (1993-1997). Hanania also hosted live political news radio talkshows on WLS AM (1980 - 1991), and also on WBBM FM, WLUP FM, WSBC AM in Chicago, and WNZK AM in Detroit.
The recipient of four (4) Chicago Headline Club “Peter Lisagor Awards” for Column writing. In November 2006, Hanania was named “Best Ethnic American Columnist” by the New American Media;In 2009, he received the prestigious Sigma Delta Chi Award for Writing from the Society of Professional Journalists. Hananiaalso received two (2) Chicago Stick-o-Type awards from the Chicago Newspaper Guild, and in 1990 was nominated by the Chicago Sun-Times for a Pulitzer Prize for his four-part series on the Palestinian Intifada.
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