That Trick You've Dreamed Of By Brendin Holt

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The dolphin flip is a fun trick to learn, but you need to have one basic trick down; the ollie. When you ollie, you want to put your right foot on the back of the tail (left foot if your goofy) then you want to have your front foot right behind the bolts on the front of the board. When you go to put this trick in action, you’ll want to pop the back of the board up and roll your ankle off the edge of the board. That way you’re leveling it out and land smoothly.

Now that you have the ollie down, it’s time that we move on to the dolphin-flip! When you do a dolphin flip, you want to position your feet just like your setting up for an ollie the only difference is you would want to slide your front foot back a little bit more than usual that way you have room to follow through with the trick. The second step is to do it half way like an ollie, but when you go to slide your front foot up you want to kick it right off the nose of the board that way the board will do a forward like flip and spin back into flat position. When it comes back around you will then want to catch it with your front foot, and that is how you dolphin-flip.

 

Out On My Own by Mercedes

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Moving out of your parents’ house seems fun but in reality it’s not. You don’t have your mom looking after you anymore. Moved out to your friend’s grandparents’ house and been living there before November. Getting a job and going to school is hard but for me I only have 4 more days left of school as of January 12, 2015. Tomorrow I have an interview at Tim Horton’s in the BFS they just opened at the beginning of this month. Having to buy your own things that you need and not having mommy pay for it. Yeah my friends grandparents are really nice and making sure that we have things that we need.

We’re waiting till we get our own place so we really have to save up money. That’s why I need another job and to save up money for a place together. Finally be living out on our own. Yeah it’s going to be scary but, it’s a part of life that everyone has to go through.

The Day I Met My First True Love! by Hannah Wade

Wouldn’t you think that most sixteen year olds get a car on their birthday? It was the day of my birthday party and I got this big pink box and all the sudden it started shaking. When I opened it up to see what was inside, I couldn’t believe my eyes. It was Yorkshire terrier puppy. It took me a little while to come up with a name for this new puppy but I ended up naming her Chloe. She was born on the fourth of July. My family did a good job of hiding her from me. Chloe went to soccer games, visited my Nana at her
flower shop to even getting to hang around with my step mom’s big dogs.

They got her three days before my sixteenth birthday.  Chloe came from a couple that had a daughter and she started to fall for her but they had an unplanned litter and they couldn’t keep all the puppies.  The little girl felt happy when she found out that Chloe was going to a good home.

Chloe never seems to want to stop playing with her toys. She is very friendly. When she sees someone she will try and run up to them and if she knows them she gets even more excited. Sometime when you’re not looking and she’s excited she will try and lick your face. I call it love kisses. She loves sleeping with me I try to get her to sleep in her bed but she always ends up right back in my bed. I don’t know why. Chloe loves following me around everywhere I go.

Shelby VS. Ferrari by Kyle Harvey

             Enzo Ferrari and Carroll Shelby had very different upbringings. Enzo was born 1898 and lived in Modena, Italy and was put into racing when he was young. His father took him and his brother to a race. Carroll Shelby, on the other hand, was born in 1923 and lived in rural Texas, but didn’t experience real speed until he went to flight school in 1941.

            Carroll Shelby went into flight school in 1941 when World War II reached America. While in flight school he became a flight instructor. In August 1945, Shelby left the Army Air Corps and started a dump truck business. After that he became a chicken farmer.  In January 1952, Shelby drove his first race, a quarter mile drag meet, behind the wheel of a hot rod fitted with a flathead Ford.  At Norman, Oklahoma, Shelby drove in his first professional race behind the wheel of a MG-TC, taking first place in a competition with other MGs. This is when Carroll Shelby first got into professional racing.
            As Shelby was winning his first races, Enzo Ferrari was down a different path.  A year before Shelby won his first pro race, Ferrari company won their first Formula 1 World Championship Grand Prix. Ferrari had been making some of the best race cars in the world after the championship race.
            Shelby did not get into building cars until some two-seater race cars in England lost their source for engines. Shelby took advantage of this and sent American v-8 ford engines overseas and after that Carroll Shelby wanted to build cars. The first roadster body is air freighted to Shelby's shop in Southern California. The name “cobra” came to him in a dream he had and after that the first Shelby Cobra was born. After all the auto shows and magazine publicity the cobra finally saw its first race, but sadly the rear hub broke and the Cobra does not finish. The next race was at river side and beat the famed Corvette Stingray.

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            In March 1963, Shelby-American entered four cars at Sebring an FIA race. Although driver Phil Hill set the fastest GT lap, Ferrari won. This began the rivalry between Ferrari and Shelby.  In 1963 Shelby began work on the Daytona coupe project to produce a roadster with the aerodynamics able to handle the 200mph racing on the Le Mans Mulsanne Straight. In 1964, the first Shelby Daytona Coupe is completed and ready to race. The closed coupe Ferrari GTO's proved to be tough competition on the tracks of Europe thus the Daytona had to be closed as well.

            The Ferrari 250 Gran Turismo Omologato (GTO) was the most iconic race car of its time. You may hear the entire six-cylinder Ferraris made in this time called "Dinos." This was done in honor of Enzo Ferrari’s son who had died a couple years earlier. They were hard cars to beat. The only real competition they had was the Shelby Daytona.

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            In 1966, the Shelby team crossed the finish line in first, second, and third. Making them the first American team to win at Le Mans, which is one of the biggest races on the European circuit. From this point on Shelby left a huge mark on not just American automotive history, but also worldwide automotive history.

References:

"Ferrari 250 GTO – Car Profile and Photos." Sports Car Digest. Web. <http://www.sportscardigest.com/ferrari-250-gto-car-profile-photos/>.

"Carroll Shelby- An American Icon." Carroll Shelby, An Amercan Legend. Web. <http://www.carrollshelby.com/#/1923-1951>.

The Journeyman’s Footsteps By Brandon Hartz



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As I began following my high school health cluster career path, I quickly realized that path wasn’t right for me. I find careers who involve hands-on type of work more rewarding. As I searched for careers like this, the one that caught my attention immediately was welding. I had just recently picked up the trade the summer before school began, being faced with anxiety I decided to tackle this task and do what I do best, and that’s not give up. I was interested in the trade at first, but was unsure if it was right for me. A friend of mine, Logan, had the tools necessary to help me experience this process myself. As time passed, I instantly knew this was for me. From experience of many other tasks, I realized welding was just like everything else, and that the only way to get better at this trade was to practice. As I got more familiar with the equipment and process it became very achievable.

I currently attend a technical center that gives me the opportunity to learn this trade, as well as others.  The technical center welding program provides the ability to master the craft of all common manual welding and cutting processes. This program includes welding with “TIG”, “ARC”, and “MIG”. Cutting is done as well, both manually operated by plasma and oxy-fuel systems. Training is geared to provide the appropriate skills based knowledge required to eventually become a journey-level welder.

Our technical center, provides the students a workshop to be used. Each student is provided with an individual booth to work in. Before being able to begin working in the shop you are required to have a welding hood, proper safety gloves, and protective eyewear. Each booth comes equipped with a stool, table, and welding machine. Our workshop carries countless equipment needed to get the job done right. Some of the machines present in our workshop include, Oxy-Fuel torch, grinding machine, and many cutting machine capable of cutting clean through any type of metal.

Welding touches virtually all construction, manufacturing, and repair work. Welding is used to build projects we are faced with every day. Welders will also be involved in the maintenance, repair, and modification of these projects. While many welders enjoy the challenging nature and visible end product of their craft, a welding background may lead to other opportunities as well. Experienced welders may move on to become business owners, welding engineers, and welding inspectors. I decided to take the first steps into joining this trade and not only it becoming my career, but also my lifestyle.