When Jim Eskildsen was asked why he wanted to fly his motorized hang glider from Tempe to Tucson, he said because "nobody's done it before." The Tempe resident also thought it would be fun and might set a distance record. On March 11, 1978, he set off and headed south for the 100-mile flight.
Students from R.J. Baskett Middle School and Mississinewa High School tested their scientific knowledge in the Science Olympiad regional competition at Purdue University on Feb. 23 and won first place.
MISSOULA, Mont. - Geddy Tarbell, a University of Montana student, rarely takes Crikket to campus with him. When he does, she sleeps in a removable pouch in his breast pocket. A shrill yippy sound erupts from the pocket as Tarbell tries to coax the marsupial out of the fleece bag.
"No, I'm sorry, we have all decided that the family wishes that there wouldn't be anything said about who they were. It was just a beautiful private event," said Jill Fortney of Jill Fortney Productions in Dallas, uber-producer of the wedding to end all
VESTA — Services for Melvin H. Kramer, 91, of Vesta will be at 1 p.m. Friday at St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Wabasso. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the church Friday. Burial is in the Holy Name Catholic Cemetery in Vesta.