Three recent Alva High School graduates are following their dreams in Colorado. At the end of May, Ethan Kilmer, Tanner Quinlan and David Carpenter walked across Ranger Field at NWOSU and graduated from Alva High School. A few weeks later they were headed to Colorado looking for an opportunity to work in the electrical trades industry. The trio loaded up their cars, said good-bye to their families and headed out looking for a job.

All three attended the electrical trades program at Northwest Technology Center during high school. The program is taught by Eric Sheik. By the end of their time at...