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The model airplane flew around in a circle, looping and gliding in the gymnasium at the Teaneck National Guard Armory before landing on the red turf floor.

With its blue body and yellow wings, it was designed to resemble a pre-World War II trainer plane. River Vale resident Richard Tax was its pilot, using an electronic controller to delicately maneuver the craft and bring it safely down.

“There’s two maneuvers you have to learn first: How to take off and how to land,” Tax said. “Once you take off, you have to land, so you have to practice those two until you get them down pat.”

As he navigated his plane, the air at the armory was busy with miniature craft. A red plane traveled in circles before gently touching down. So did a yellow one, with white wings and a black-and-yellow stripe.

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Another plane bore a painted Italian flag and had a paper cutout of its pilot sitting in the cockpit — a representation of its actual pilot, Metropolitan Sport Squadron President and Park Ridge resident Thomas Schiavone.

“It’s a sense of accomplishment and enjoyment,” Schiavone said of his hobby. “You’re controlling something without crashing it — although that sometimes happens.”

“I like flying with my feet on the ground,” he added.

It’s a typical Wednesday morning hangout for Tax, Schiavone and more than a dozen others, mostly men in their 50s through 80s, who come to the Teaneck Armory

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SILOAM SPRINGS — The high school is offering students the opportunity to learn more about unmanned aircraft and preparing them to earn a pilot’s license in a new drone class.

The yearlong class, offered for the first time this fall, has generated a lot of student interest, said teacher Megan Denison. It is a part of the career and technical education program. Denison said it focuses on the basics of flight, troubleshooting, repairs, laws on flying and possible careers. It also covers video editing and thermal imaging.

Students will be prepared to take the Federal Aviation Administration’s Part 107 licensing test for piloting small unmanned aircraft.

The class is broad and appeals to students who are interested in a number of career fields, including film and television, engineering, agriculture, and search and rescue, as well as those who are just interested in what they can do with drones, Denison said.

The school offered two periods of the class to juniors and seniors this year, and both classes are full with 46 students, she said. Underclassmen have expressed a lot of interest in taking the class, Denison said.

Many students are already interested in drones or may even have their own, but the class provides adult supervision and career guidance, Denison said.

“Kids have this technology anyway and a lot of times they don’t see the career applications for it and they don’t necessarily understand the safety aspect of it until they have an

Article source: https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2018/nov/22/siloam-springs-drone-class-popular-amon/

William C. Hallam, age 80 passed away unexpectedly at his home in rural Trempealeau County, November 16, 2018. He was born on April 18, 1938, in Illinois, the son of Benjamin Paul and Audrey (Hamilton) Hallam.

William, the eldest of five siblings, was raised in Racine, WI. He graduated from Washington Park High School and went on to earn his Bachelor of Science (Light Building Industry) degree from University of Wisconsin-Madison. There he met his wife, Julie (Modine) Hallam, by chance one day when she asked for directions to the building B-10 Commerce. William was fortunate enough to know the way, which led to their marriage on September 15, 1963. They first lived in Madison, then Duluth, Eau Claire and finally settled south of Eleva in 1978, where they purchased land and established Bennett Ridge Farm.

An award-winning architect turned dairy farmer, William wanted to live a quiet life, build his own business and instill his value of hard work in his three daughters. He raised and milked registered Guernsey’s and worked tirelessly to improve the farm, land and herd. The same talents by which he excelled in architecture shaped a top-notch dairy farm. Years later he returned to architecture and became a partner at SDS Architects in Eau Claire. A life-long fisherman, William enjoyed traveling across Wisconsin, Minnesota and Ontario, Canada with his family in search of the elusive walleye. Together they spent many hours in his cherished boat, Badger 1.

In his retirement, William had a wide range of interests and

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Valparaiso’s beloved Central Park Plaza played host this evening to hundreds of happy families–and one very large tree– for the annual Winter Fest and Tree Lighting event.

Visitors to the annual event were treated to delicious hot chocolate, courtesy of Fluid Coffee Bar, while scores of people gathered around the ice skating rink at Urschel Pavilion to thrill to an ice skating exhibition by members of Midwest Ice Arena. Food vendors offered several tasty choices for parents and children to munch on while they awaited the arrival of the man of the hour: Santa Claus himself.

With festivities beginning at 4pm, the crowd buzzed and mingled and were entertained by the Jingletones, who performed acapella versions of everyone’s favorite holiday tunes, sometimes even inviting the crowd to join in.

John Siebert, director of Parks for Valparaiso graciously served as emcee for the evening’s events.

“This is our fourth annual Winter Fest,” Siebert said. “We’re here today with the generous support of 1st Source Bank as well as several other sponsors. We’ll be lighting the tree and celebrating the official opening of the holiday season.”

The tree, 35 feet tall and adorned with 19,000 lights, sits squarely in the center of Valparaiso’s Central Park Plaza.

“We’re also working with Lakeshore Lanscaping to do all the lights around the perimeter of the park, as well,” Siebert said. “I’d say we have another ten to fifteen thousand lights here.”

“This is one of the ‘selfie capitals’ of northwest Indiana. Not only because

Article source: https://www.portagelife.com/entertainment/gatherings/71632-valpo-flips-the-switch-on-christmas-season-with-annual-winter-fest-and-tree-lighting