Two Holland-Area Women Honored By 180th Fighter Wing
Two Holland residents were honored during the 180th Fighter Wing’s annual awards formation.
Capt. Linda “Chantel” Mossing was named company grade officer of the year and Senior Airman Misty Goodrick was named chief’s award winner of the year.
Mossing joined the 180th Fighter Wing in June 2010 as the communications flight commander. In 2002, she earned a bachelor of science in computer science from Texas Women’s University, and in 2004, she earned a master’s degree in information technology from Touro University International.
Mossing was commissioned through the Air Force ROTC program at University of North Texas in 2002. She came to the 180th from active duty, where she served at Joint Forces Command as a global command and control watch officer and a flag officer traveling communications team officer in charge, followed by the Network Branch officer in charge at Langley Air Force Base.
Since joining the 180th, Mossing and her team have had many achievements, including converting an antiquated tape drive system to a state-of-the-art tapeless system, resulting in much higher reliability rate for the wing’s data.
Mossing’s team became one of the first guard units to fully implement the Nortel telephone switch, allowing expanded telephone communication abilities as well as the infrastructure to implement Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP).
The 180th also became the first base in the Air Force to implement Beyond Line of Sight communications for the Air Contol Alert mission. This capability allows pilots to engage targets at a lower altitude while maintaining command and control contact.
Mossing’s team also fully installed and implemented Generation III wireless, allowing full wireless coverage for the base as well as enhanced aircraft and munitions maintenance and tracking.
Mossing lives in Holland with her husband Nick and two children, Luke, 6, and Maggie, 4.
Goodrick, a Delta High School graduate, began her military career in 2008 with the 180th in aviation resource management.
A distinguished graduate of technical training at Keesler Air Force Base, Goodrick quickly became a valued member of the 112th Fighter Squadron.
Goodrick volunteered to assist the recruiting and retention team and Fighter Wing headquarters staff throughout 2010 and 2011. Goodrick has supported multiple temporary deployments. Recently, she was named as a superior performer for F-16 training exercises Combat Archer, out of Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., and Snowbird, out of Davis-Mothan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz.
She is enrolled in Airman Leadership School and is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in nursing at the University of Toledo.
She lives in Holland with her husband Ryan and three children, Alexavier, 8, Logan, 4, and Emma, 2.
The women and other award winners will have their names submitted for competition against other Air National Guard Wings in Ohio for state-level awards, said Maj. Gary Bentley.
For complete biographies of other Northwest Ohio winners, visit www.180fw.ang.af.mil.
Holland To Increase Lodge, Community Building Rental Rates
BY KELLY J. KACZALA — MIRROR REPORTER
Holland Village Council agreed to increase rental rates at The Lodge at Strawberry Acres Park and at the Holland Community Build-ing at a meeting on December 6.
Mayor Mike Yunker told council that The Lodge had a negative balance of about $3,914 from January to June, and the Holland Community Building was $666 in the red.
The rental rates include the use of the facility, including kitchen areas, alcohol permit and normal setup. Rates will increase to $180 from $165 for a single hall (100 capacity) on weekends and holidays for residents, and to $350 from $300 for nonresidents.
Rates will also increase to $275 from $260 for full-facility (200 capacity) rentals on weekends and holidays for residents and to $600 from $500 for nonresidents.
For funerals, the rate is $100 for half the lodge and $150 for the full lodge for four hours maximum.
The security deposit was increased to $400 from $200.
Making the adjustments, Yunker said, will help balance expenditures and revenues at The Lodge.
Rental rates at the Community Building, the former Exchange Bank Building on Clarion Avenue, increased to $65.00 from $50.00 for residents, and to $115 from $100 for nonresidents.
“I think all these are very reasonable, and I think we’re still one of the best buys for the quality of the facility,” council president Lee Irons said.
Also at the meeting, Yunker said implementation of the railroad quiet zone on Holloway Road had been delayed due to a holdup in submitting required paperwork. The project had been expected to be completed by Thanksgiving.
In quiet zones, train crews no longer have to sound their air horns at grade crossings if safety measures are installed. The purpose is to reduce noise in nearby neighborhoods.
More than 100 trains pass the crossing every day, Yunker said.
Efforts to designate the Norfolk Southern Railroad at-grade crossing a quiet zone have cost the village about $80,000.
Charlie Dodge of Peterman Associates, the village’s engineer on the quiet zone project, told Yunker there had been a delay in submitting required paperwork to several entities, including the railroad and the Federal Railroad Administration.
The paperwork was expected to be submitted later in the week, and the quiet zone should go into effect by mid-January, Yunker said.
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