Kiel Fire Department uses a cadet program to train teens as young as 14, helping combat the nationwide volunteer firefighter shortage.

Teenage air cadets from the 858 Skookumchuck Squadron landed at Sechelt’s airport for three hours of recruitment and public relations on Sept. 27.

Megan Panchula, a cadet with the Civil Air Patrol squadron based in Painesville, has earned the General Carl A. Spaatz Award, the highest achievement in CAP’s Cadet Program. The award places her among ...