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Hillary Gurley YourArcadiaRealtor.com | 602.463.3359 Lower Arcadia 4942 E. Whitton Ave. $630,000 Sold Sold Orchard House 3735 N. 40th Place $648,000 Brought the Buyer Hillary Gurley YourArcadiaRealtor.com | 602.463.3359 Marion Estates 4107 E. San Miguel $695,000 brought buyer Sold Sold Biltmore Estates 95 Biltmore Estates $1,325,000 Sold Brought the Buyer Hillary Gurley YourArcadiaRealtor.com | 602.463.3359 Marion Estates 4107 E. San Miguel $695,000 brought buyer Looking to buy in the Arcadia Area? I Buyers! ¥ First-Time Buyers ¥ Move-up Buyers ¥ Down-sizers ¥ Back to market after short-sale or foreclosure Pending Hillary Gurley YourArcadiaRealtor.com | 602.463.3359 Biltmore Heights 5201 N. 33rd Street $679,000 Marion Estates 4107 E. San Miguel $695,000 Sold Page 19 November 2015 “It was an amazing tour,” said Anne. “There was a definite defined career path and Search and Rescue was not on it. It was seen by most as career suicide.” Working in Nevada with Search and Rescue meant working for both the local sheriff and the military base. Eighty percent of the missions were civilian based, like finding stranded skiers, life flight for car crashes, or looking for small planes that had gone missing. Military business included working in secluded desert fields to practice bombings and procedures. The Naval Helicopter Association named Anne and her crew Helicopter Aircrew of the Year (non-embarked) for 1997 for rescuing 13 people in the 100-year flood that affected the area surrounding Reno, Nevada and Yosemite. “We were working in the beautiful Sierra Nevada mountains, flying helicopters and helping people,” said Anne. “And we worked with really great people.” In August 1998, after spending a little over the seven years that they owed, Anne and Bill decided to leave the military. “We stayed with my parents for a little bit,” said Anne. “We didn’t know what we wanted to do.” The couple adventured to France, spending time in a friend’s basement for eight months. When their money ran out, they returned home to look for a job. “We came back and couldn’t find work,” said Anne. “We eventually went to a military headhunter, but it was a lot harder to find a job then we would have expected.” Anne and Bill settled on jobs working for Intel in Hillsboro, Oregon as operation managers, working with computer chips. “We weren’t into semiconductors. We were working nightshifts. We were not loving the lifestyle,” said Anne. After having twin boys, the couple reexamined their life. “We asked each other, ‘What would we tell our boys to do?’” said Anne. They immediately sold their home, packed up and moved back to Arcadia. “We were living in my childhood bedroom, trying to decide what to do,” said Anne. After training some of their friends to prepare for triathlons, Anne and Bill knew they had enough experience and knowledge to help others. Twelve years later, Camelback Coaching, a full-time triathlon coaching business is still going strong. “After swimming as a kid and at Navy, I never thought I’d get back in the pool,” said Anne. “I never thought I’d be a swim coach.” Another role Anne never expected was that of author. In July 2015, Anne published her first novel, Hover. With a naval aircraft carrier as the setting for the novel, the characters and the plot take place within scenarios Anne is familiar with and understands well. The novel has been categorized as a military novel but also as women’s fiction. When the Arcadia News Book Club read the novel in September, the group agreed that no category was necessary. The majority said it was their favorite book that the club has read so far (in three years). For Anne, the military redefined what success truly means. “It taught me that nothing is impossible,” said Anne. “And it taught me to appreciate my life.” By Amanda Goossen Arcadia native Anne (Hotis) Wilson is a military veteran and author. Both careers came completely by surprise. Anne graduated from Arcadia High School in 1984. During her senior year, while sitting in the guidance counselor’s office, Anne’s eyes drifted to a catalog. A beautiful sailboat on sparkling blue water graced the cover. It was a recruitment catalog for the United States Naval Academy. To Anne, who was an accomplished swimmer at the Arizona Country Club, the image called out to her in a way she cannot explain. “When I think about it, I must have really wanted a change of scenery,” said Anne. Applying to the Naval Academy requires a recommendation from a United States senator or representative in the district in which you live. Applicants must also pass a fitness assessment, medical exam, and college admissions test, as well as complete an interview with a local trained Naval Academy information officer. Anne was not accepted the first year, but reapplied and started the summer of 1985. Eight weeks before students begin their first year at the Academy, they head to Annapolis, Maryland for Plebe Summer. This is the training program required of all incoming freshmen to the USNA. The program lasts approximately eight weeks and consists of rigorous physical and mental training. The purpose of Plebe Summer according to the Academy is to “turn civilians into midshipmen.” Anne, who was in the 10th class of graduates to include women, said her time at the Academy was tough. “I often wondered what I was doing there,” said Anne. “But I wouldn’t trade that entire experience for anything.” On the last day of freshmen year, during Commissioning Week, (a week of celebration culminating with graduation) Anne attended a party. Here she met a man named Bill Wilson. “The day after the party we went to a movie,” said Anne. “But then our class went on our summer cruise. When we came back in the fall, I was wondering if he’d remember me.” Not only did Bill remember Anne, the two dated for the next three years. “Dating in school…hmmm,” said Anne when asked about her time at Annapolis with her now husband. “You didn’t go anywhere. Dating was studying or running together. Bill knew me tired, without makeup, angry… everything. We really got to know each other.” In 1985, women were able to attend the USNA, but were not completely welcome. “Bill had to deal with a lot to date me. The men were not supposed to lower themselves to dating one of us,” said Anne. “I learned a lot about him. He proved to be a man who didn’t waver. He has confidence.” Bill, who was recruited to play football for the Navy, stood strong. Three weeks after graduation, on June 17, 1989, Bill and Anne were married in Phoenix. The couple flew to Phoenix to get married before reporting to flight school at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida. This was the primary training base for all Navy, Marine and Coast Guard aviators, and Naval flight officers, as well as the advanced training base for most Naval flight officers. Bill and Anne were the first married couple to ever attend flight school together. They were winged on the same day. After earning their wings, the couple moved to San Diego, where they learned to fly a variety of planes at Camp Pendleton. They were eventually placed on different sea going squadrons. For the next three years, the two flew back and forth on different assignments, both locally and internationally. Next came three years at the Naval Air Station in Fallon, Nevada. Working on the same squadron – they had to get special permission because married couples are not allowed on the same squadron – Bill and Anne worked with Search and Rescue. Arcadia veteran chronicles military experiences in new novel Anne Wilson in front of her H-46 helicopter on the USS Flint. More photos of Anne on page 22. Arcadia News Veterans Day event, featuring Anne Wilson and her novel, Hover. Changing Hands Bookstore, Phoenix 300 W. Camelback Road November 11, 7 p.m. Admission is free but donations of men’s socks, underwear and razors will be accepted for MANA House, where Veterans are helping Veterans. donations of men’s socks, underwear and