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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.

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

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Live Oak Students Participate in Exchange Program in Japan

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MH Student Wins at Poetry Santa Cruz Competition

Seventeen local high school seniors were awarded college scholarships by the Rotary Club of Morgan Hill at ceremonies on May 9.

NORDSTROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL teacher KEN FARRELL'S fourth-grade class went on a field trip May 2 to Sacramento and visited the Railroad Museum, Sutter's Fort, Old Sacramento and the State Capitol. While at the Capitol, the class met Lieutenant Gov. John Garamendi who took time out of his busy schedule and talked to the class about his job. The children really enjoyed the opportunity to meet the Lieutenant Governor.

SAN MARTIN/GWINN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL fifth-graders, under the direction of teacher TIM DOWNER, participated in the CIVIL WAR DAYS SCHOOL PROGRAM at Roaring Camp Railroads, in Felton, May 23.