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Party with a Tee will make your party complete

By Sarah Shurge
Welcome back to another Spot-
light Series with Sarah!
I started this series to get to know
the city more personally by visiting,
experiencing, and reviewing hidden
gems in the City of Wayne, while my
readers can get to know me better in
the process.
In April 2017, I received my jour- In April 2018, Ainsworth swore
nalism degree from the University of into the Army National Guard. In Oc-
Michigan-Dearborn, which is also tober 2018, I flew down to Fort Jack-
where I met one of my best friends, son in South Carolina with her
Amber Ainsworth. parents to watch her graduate from
In order to complete my major, basic training.
there were certain journalism In June 2021, I dropped
classes I was required to take. My Ainsworth off at the Detroit Metro
sophomore year of college, I signed Airport so she could fly down to
up for a copy editing class. Camp Shelby in Mississippi, for BLC
Ainsworth, a fellow journalism (Basic Leader Course) training with
major, signed up for the same class the National Guard.
as well. At BLC training in Mississippi,
The first day of my copy editing Ainsworth met Rachel Eikenberry.
class in January 2015, I sat down at Eikenberry was also in the Army Na-
the large round-table in the class- tional Guard from Michigan. During
room, a little too close to the student their three weeks of leadership train-
next to me. That student was ing, Ainsworth and Eikenberry
Ainsworth. I laughed at the jokes she quickly formed a close bond and
made to her friends sitting on the were inseparable.
other side of her, and we quickly be- Sarah Shurge, Amber Ainsworth, Rachel Eikenberry, and Jessica Gavrilovski cele-
came close friends. brate at Party with a Tee. See Spotlight, page 11

10 · May 2024 · The Wayne Dispatch