Moore in Spain BY APRYL CORLEY PHOTO SUBMITTED
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The Proud WORDS AND IMAGE BY MICHAEL TIDBALL
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here are many different career paths one can follow. A path that isn’t always considered is the military. There are a select few that have or will choose that path, and one is senior Tyler Thornton. He would like to join the Navy for the aviation program. “I’m going to make a career out of it. I’m going to be an officer,” Thornton said. Senior Ryan David has already joined the Marines and is currently in what is called the delayed enlistment program. That means that they are waiting for one reason or another to enlist him. In most cases, age, education (to finish high school) or medical clearance are reasons to be in the delayed enlistment program. David’s plan is to use the military to help pay for college. Both Thornton and David want to gain discipline from their experiences. Military members run the risk of being deployed whether it be for a natural disaster or for a tragic event, such as 9/11. Once there is a call, America is always first in line to help. She has always answered the call with a steady stream of volunteers. Thanks to young men and women that tradition will live on.
helsea Moore, 12, left for Spain in August of 2011 and returned in July of 2012. She open her arms and surrounded herself in their culture. “I first felt overwhelmed, and I was trying to understand my host family,” said Moore. She stayed with Jawier, Mercedes, and Esther. She was glad that they could speak English enough that she wasn’t stressed about being able to understand them. Moore said the diet is very different there. In Spain, they eat lots of fish and use a lot of olive oil. She said the schedules are also different. There Moore got up at
Pilot Vice BY MICHAEL TIDBALL PHOTO SUBMITTED
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ate Vice, 12, is a fully licensed pilot after 3 years of training. Nate Vice was first introduced to aviation when he was 14. He was one of the select few that were able to participate in the Wright flight program. Wright flight was a program for students that have exceptionally good grades; they were then rewarded with one flight in an airplane. In this case it was a flight that would change his life forever. After this flight, Vice decided that he wanted to be a pilot. “I have been a pilot for just about two months,” Vice said. “It’s not paticularly hard, just very time
seven to start her day, lunch was at three in the afternoon, supper was at nine at night. Moore went out at midnight to the clubs. She said that she enjoys Spain and the United States equally in different ways. The most exhilarating thing Moore experienced while there was learning to roll her R’s and when she started to dream in Spanish. Moore said that to this day she still dreams in Spanish. Moore plans to return in a couple of years as soon as she gets enough money.
consuming.” His advice for someone wanting to become a pilot is to check out the organization called Post 8. “It’s like the Boy Scouts but for airplanes.” Vice said. Vice would like to be a military pilot in the Air Force.
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