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  An emphatic line flows from a pencil, an etch forms. Somehow the doodle drawn connects to the written story in a way beyond words.
At the controls sits Berkeley Lovelace, a 12th grade newspaper student who knows the beauty of his writings and drawings are just an extension of the adventure for which he has so long yearned.
“I used to be the ‘X-games’ child. I was into skating, skateboarding, snow sports and even football and basketball. Now, I love to read and write,” Lovelace says. “My life has always been about adventure. When I was a kid, I found adventure in sports, but as I’ve gotten older, I’ve found adventure in getting the story, making the perfect drawing, and I think that’s why I’m drawn to newspaper.”
Adventure inspires Berkeley, but it is his gripping loyalty and steadfast passion for home that has defined him.
“I’ve lived all my life in Colorado Springs. I liked Colorado a lot better, just a lot more fun, there seems to be a lot going on. The atmosphere is so different, but even though it’s friendlier here, I wouldn’t trade my time in Colorado for the world.”
And while dreams of the future may take him far away, his home will always be in Colorado.
“I want to become a medical or health journalist,” Lovelace says. “But more than anything, I want to move back to Colorado. I want to know that I will live there a long time and have some stability that I wasn’t able to have over these younger years of my life.”
But it is these challenges have shaped who he is.
“My parents have been divorced. I was pretty young so I didn’t completely understand it, but it’s shaped me as a person for most of my life,” Lovelace says. “Before their divorce, I was the youngest in my family but now I’m the oldest, caring for half-siblings and make decisions that put those guys before myself. But this challenge has also made me more realistic. It’s given me a thicker skin.”
Thankfully for us, this thicker skin will never affect the sensitivity and truth with which he writes.