COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL MAY 24, 2017
Health, Happiness
& Wellness
9A
CG STUDENT HEADED
TO NAVAL ACADEMY
A guide to local businesses committed to helping
our community thrive
Counseling & Mental Health
South Lane Mental Health
Serving Cottage Grove Since 1988
• Outpatient Counseling for Children, Adults & Couples
• Psychiatric Medication Management
• Crisis Assistance
541-942-2850 • 541-942-3939 • www.slmh.org
Dental Health
Delaying going to the Dentist?
Sedation Dentistry is a Dream come True... find out if its for You!
BIRCH AVENUE DENTAL
• Comprehensive General Dentistry
• Advanced Cosmetic Techniques
• Implants
1325 Birch Avenue, Cottage Grove
541.942.2471
Park W. McClung, DDS & Tammy L. McClung, DDS
Dr. Bitner D.D.S., P.C.
350 Washington Ave • Cottage Grove
Lumineers
The Most Natural Veneer
(behind International Fitness)
541-942-7934
Douglas G. Maddess, DMD
Preventive and
Cosmetic
Family Dentistry
New Patients Welcome
914 South 4th St. • Cottage Grove • 942-1559
Jonathan E. Backer, D.D.S.
Preventive and Cosmetic
Family Dentistry
942-8437
New Patients
Welcome
1551 E. Main St.
Dr. Shane Parsons
605 Jefferson Ave.
Cottage Grove
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm
Emergency appts. available daily
New patients welcome
2 Hygienists available • Same friendly and caring staff
Please call for an appointment at 541-942-9171
Benjamin R. Thornton, D.D.S., M.S.
Pharmacies
BI-MART Pharmacy
OPEN at 9am Mon. - Sat. • Convenient Walk-Up Window
100 Gateway Blvd. • 942-9107
Personal Fitness
CG Body Studio
Tanning • Pole Fitness • Yoga • MMA
Hypnosis • Childbirth Education • Gear
• Kid’s Classes • Bariatrics • Supplements
28 S. 6th Street • 541-371-5511
cgbodystudio.com
To list your business
call us
541-942-3325
Kory Parent got a
phone
call last week. It
cmay@cgsentinel.com
was Rep. Peter DeFazio
and he had good news.
The months of preparing, interviewing and apply-
ing to the naval academy had paid off. Kory was
in.
"It was amazing," Parent said of getting the
phone call. "It was icing on the cake."
The senior athlete hadn't always wanted to go
into the military. When he was a boy, he thought
he'd play for the NBA. That was before nature and
genetics stepped in and he lost the vertical battle.
"I stopped growing," he said. Time for Plan B.
"I'm a huge patriot. I love this country and if I
can work to defend her then I'm going to," he said.
The military, it seemed, was a good fi t. It of-
fered a way to pay for college and a chance for
Parent to express his patriotic pride.
Getting into the naval academy is not easy;
neither is applying. Candidates must meet basic
requirements in relation to age, citizenship and
dependency. The preliminary application process
begins much like an ordinary college application.
By Caitlyn May
However, comparisons end there. Once the appli-
cation is completed, students must earn the rec-
ommendation of a member of Congress. For Par-
ent, he applied for the nomination of three U.S.
offi cials before being accepted by DeFazio.
"It was an email I got on a mailing list that I was
a candidate," Parent said of his fi rst introduction
to the academy. "After that it was getting recom-
mendations because you need letters of rec from
a math teacher and an English teacher," he said.
After that, there's an interview process; one
Parent seemingly excelled at.
"It was hard but my family supported me and
this opportunity is just gift wrapped for me."
Parent says he's excited to test himself against
the standards of Navy Seals.
"I had always wanted to go into federal law en-
forcement when I got out but if I get in and I like
it than I'll just stay in for my 20," he said.
That doesn't mean he won't have time to come
home. Parent said he'd make the trip for the holi-
day season. "Long enough to go skiing," he said.
"I'm excited," he said. "I want to test myself and
serve this country."
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