Each learned a trade, or two, while studying for two years at Buckeye Career Center.
But they have also joined the small number of young adults who enlist in the military before high school graduation. I wanted to set up a good future for myself and serve my country. said Steiner, an East Sparta resident from Tuscarawas Valley High School.
His interest in the service stretches back to childhood. Steiner remembers being about 8 years old when he saw members of the military at a buffet restaurant where his family ate breakfast. I ended up getting my mom to pay for their food, Steiner said.
NEW PHILADELPHIA Construction students at Buckeye Career Center are building boxes to hold the flags that cover veterans caskets at their burials.
The project serves two purposes: it gives the juniors the opportunity to serve the community, and it gives veterans survivors a way to display the flags. Many times these flags get shoved in a closet. The flag boxes can cost over $100 and are hard to find, said Debra Cook, director of the Tuscarawas County Veterans Service Office.
All veterans who are honorably discharged are eligible for a flag when they die, Cook said.
The triangular boxes are made from red oak with a clear acrylic front.