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Article: BE ALL THAT YOU CAN BE; DREAM ON, ARMY RANGER TELLS STUDENTS
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- Dayton Daily News
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- February 21, 2002
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E-mail correspondent visits middle school
SIDNEY - Never underestimate the power of a dream.
That was the lesson Army Ranger Capt. Mitch Carlisle delivered
Wednesday to students in Patricia McKay's fifth-grade class at
Northwood Middle School. On leave between assignments, Carlisle
visited the students with whom he has been corresponding via e-mail
since the beginning of the school year.
A 1994 Sidney High School graduate and former Northwood student
himself, Carlisle talked with students about living the dream he had
envisioned for himself when he was their age.
"Starting in the fifth grade, I read every book about Army Rangers
I could get my hands on," Carlisle told the students. "I never ...