Students Say ‘Thank You’ to Firefighters
Jackson Elementary School students watched for more than a week as firefighters went up and down East Dunne Avenue in their big fire rigs, bulldozers and tankers to fight the Lick fire in Henry W. Coe State Park.
Spotlight of the Week: High Flyer
Nik Groen, 16, a Live Oak High School junior, started flying when he was 14. He recently took his first solo flight, after flying with his instructor, Charles Jackson, pictured at left, once a month for more than a year."It's a lot of fun, but it takes a lot of determination," he said. Now that he's met one goal, his first solo flight, he's looking ahead to earning his private pilot's license. He hopes to do that when he's 17, he said. To earn the license, he has to pass a written test and complete longer flights. The final test is a 'check flight' with an instructor he's never flown with, similar to the road test a driver must pass to become licensed.
Spotlight of the Week: Shakspeare at 12
Morgan Hill resident Vincent Czeropski, 12, recently participated in El Teatro Campesino's Shakespeare's "King Lear" play as part of Gavilan College's Summer
