Model Airplanes

TYNGSBORO — When the Academy of Notre Dame created a Makerspace area over the summer, officials knew demand was there from students. What they didn’t know was that the tech enthusiasts, tinkerers, hobbyists and future engineers would be able to take their show on the road so soon.

One recent weekend, several NDA students and families presented at the Mini Makers Faire at Barnes Noble Bookstore in Nashua, N.H. Now in their third year, Makers Faires are part of a nationwide weekend during which experts, groups and individuals come together to share ideas and creativity in the science, technology, arts and design, engineering and math fields — otherwise known as STEAM.

The academy students were one of nearly a dozen groups throughout the store.

Fifteen STEAM and Makerspace students participated by bringing their projects, which included compost columns, super-strong shelves made from paper-towel and toilet-paper rolls, handmade model airplanes with motorized propellers, games made with electronics and programmed by Scratch, jewelry boxes, such games as a ring toss, and 3-D aliens made from the school’s 3-D printer.

“The energy and enthusiasm of the students was radiant, as each member discussed his or her project,” Principal Elizabeth O’Connell said. “It reminded me of the quote once written by Emily Pilloton: ‘Let’s build the change we wish to see.'”

NDA offers a STEAM course to all students grades from K-2 through 8, as well as a Makerspace course once a week to grades 4 through 8 in the new Makerspace area.

Also, two days after

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Robert Britton “Bob” Young IV, M.D., died unexpectedly, yet peacefully, at 89 years of age Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017. He and his wife, Clarissa, had celebrated their 64th anniversary one week earlier. He was born May 28, 1928, in Kansas City, Kansas, to Robert B. Young III and Gladys Williams Young.

Robert attended college and medical school at the University of Kansas. He married Clarissa “Pat” Carter Oct. 25, 1953, while in his internship for general medicine. After completing the internship, he joined the U.S. Air Force Medical Corps and was stationed in Freising, Germany, during the occupation. Attaining the rank of captain, he served as physician for 600 Air Force personnel and their dependents. While in Germany, he and Pat enjoyed traveling extensively around Europe. At the end of his tour, they moved to Halstead, Kansas, where he was the only general practitioner at the Hertzler Clinic, also doing obstetrics and assisting in thoracic surgery.

In 1960, Bob, Pat and their two children moved to Rolla, Mo. He practiced at the Russell-Young Clinic for almost 40 years in general medicine, obstetrics, pediatrics, cardiology and gerontology. In 1970, Dr. Young became a Charter Diplomate in the American Board of Family Practice, maintaining his certification for 32 years. While on staff at Phelps County Regional Medical Center (PCRMC), he established the hospital’s cardiology services and their first intensive care unit.

In addition to his practice duties, Dr. Young held a faculty appointment at the University of

Article source: https://wydaily.com/2017/12/07/obits-163943/

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It was Aug. 13, 1945, four days after the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Japan had suffered unimaginable destruction, but Emperor Hirohito refused to surrender.

Capt. Jerry Yellin, an American fighter pilot, was ordered to fly a combat mission the next day over the Japanese city of Nagoya, where his 16-plane squadron would strike targets from the air. As his military unit was briefed on its assignment, Yellin’s wing man, a 19-year-old named Phil Schlamberg, leaned over and told Yellin he had an inexplicable feeling he was going to die.

“If we go on this mission, I’m not coming back,” Yellin recalled his friend saying.

Despite those doubts – and no matter how close the end of war seemed – Schlamberg refused to abandon the mission. He packed his clothes, paid his debts and wrote to his family, Yellin said.

The next morning, on Aug. 14, 1945, Yellin told Schlamberg to fly alongside the wing of his P-51 Mustang fighter plane. He gave Schlamberg a thumbs-up. Schlamberg returned the gesture. Together they entered the blustery clouds.

It wasn’t until eight hours later, after Yellin landed back on Iwo Jima and exited his cockpit, that he learned he had just flown the final combat mission of World War II. The news was a bitter relief: Japan had surrendered and the war was over. But the surrender was announced three hours before the planes would descend over Japanese land and begin striking targets. Word that the war was won had not reached the pilots, who had

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