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A CHRISTMAS DAY baby who featured in the Press in 1998 has reached for the stars – and stripes – and is about to graduate from the prestigious United States Military Academy (USMA) West Point. Proud mum Trish Magill said her son Joe, an avid Dunfermline Athletic fan, will then embark on a two-year flight training programme to qualify as an Apache helicopter pilot. The family moved to the USA permanently in 2007, first to Boston and now in Charlotte, North Carolina. Trish wrote: It s the heartwarming, nostalgic story of the Dunfermline Press s Christmas Day baby 1998 – 22 years later and how the twists and turns of life have changed the course of his journey.
But it s more than just a street with a name.
Many don t know that the road, which intersects with US Highway 441 near the Eustis/Tavares line, was named after Lake County’s first and only astronaut.
Working toward his Eagle Scout rank, 17-year-old James Feuerstein of Mount Dora has made it his mission to create awareness and build a memorial in honor of Walker.
“I’m going to be building a memorial for David Walker, who is an astronaut from Lake County, the only one so far,” Feuerstein said. “He’s also an Eagle Scout and I’ve always been interested in the space industry and just wanted to honor a Lake County hero. I’m finding that a lot of people don’t know who he is.”
As the global race for technology increasingly raises concerns around national security, Indiana Republican Sen. Todd C. Young has teamed up with Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) to introduce the Endless Frontier Act, a bipartisan effort to preserve America’s global leadership by making bold investments in the research, development and manufacturing of critical technology. Young sits down with “Power Up” author Jacqueline Alemany to discuss the legislation as well as his take on the future of the Republican Party. Join Washington Post Live on Tuesday, April 27 at 9:15am ET.