Lavon Eblen speaks about using glass cookware.
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Lavon Eblen speaks about using glass cookware.
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ST. CHARLES, Ill. (AP) – The pilot who helped save 184 people during a plane crash in Sioux City, Iowa, has died at the age of 69. Dennis Fitch of St. Charles, IL, died Monday after suffering from brain cancer. In July 1989, Fitch was a United pilot and flight instructor who happened to be a passenger on United Flight 232 when it lost all hydraulic power while flying from Denver to Chicago.
The DC-10 crash-landed, killing 111 people. Fitch and 184 others survived, due largely to his troubleshooting from the cockpit floor where he and the crew struggled to control the plunging jet. United pilot Mike Hamilton says what happened that day has become “a case study in how a crew could work together in an emergency.”
Jim Field speaks with some of the top graduating seniors at Atlantic High School, Ian McNees, Ali Krogman & Marissa Berns.
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The Atlantic High School Class Night was held last week for graduating Seniors. Following recognition ceremonies, two of the 2012 graduating Seniors were asked to stay on the stage a little longer.
Taylor Barry and Ian McNees learned they were both being rewarded with this year’s Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund Scholarships worth $750 each, and, they were notified $250 will be gifted in their names to each of their charities of choice.
A question on the scholarship application asked graduating Seniors, “If you could financially support any charity which would it be and why?” While Barry specifically noted Toys for Tots, Playground Builders was selected by the Fund on behalf of McNees’ wish to see playgrounds built in Iraq. Fund representative Melanie Petty said “The donations are something we added to our scholarship last year,” and “We’re hoping this encourages our recipients to continue to support the things that are meaningful to them.”
The Trevor Frederickson Memorial Fund has given back over $35,000 to the community using proceeds from the annual T-Fred Memorial Golf Tournament. This year’s event is scheduled for Saturday, August 11, at Nishna Hills Golf Club in Atlantic.
Some parents and students who attended the Atlantic Board of Education’s meeting Tuesday night at the High School, expressed their concerns over the possible closure of the ELO (Extended Learning Opportunities) program, for advanced students, at the Middle School. Lydia Rothfusz and her son Aaron were among those who spoke. Rothfuz has three students in the school system, one each in the 2nd, 6th and 8th grades. She said it was her understanding the program will be disbanded this coming Fall, in favor of a more integrated approach to education, in which advanced students would be attending classes with remedial students who are at an average level. Rothfusz said she strongly opposes the change, because in the current program, advanced students are working together in a peer-group setting, with like abilities. She said those students are challenged as a group by their instructors and course material, and also by their peer group.
She said the current setting gives those students the feeling they can excel based on their own ability level. Rothfusz said she’s concerned that those students who are currently “The cream of the crop” educationally, are going to feel like they need to “Dumb down their abilities,” in order to fit into a different classroom setting. She said if they’re not challenged, they’ll be more prone to “acting up,” because they’ll be bored and distracted.” She said she thinks it’s unreasonable to expect one teacher in a classroom of 15- to 25-students to teach to such a varied level of abilities, and educational opportunities. Her son Aaron, who would be affected by the change, if it’s approved, said the ELO program is designed to help kids excel, and putting everyone together in one setting would create more stress for teachers and students. Another student who is in the ELO program, said she didn’t feel she was being challenged as much as she should have been, prior to entering the program. She said since she’s been in the ELO program, she feels like she feels like she’s being challenged to do better than she was before.
Board President Kristy Pellett said they will take the comments under advisement.
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