Camp Falcon Nets Eighth Year At UTPB Summer Camp
Camp Falcon at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin marks its eighth year as a non-competitive, activity rich program for ages six to twelve. Director Kelly McMahan notes two three week sessions from June 3 to July 12 with about 60 to 70 campers per session and ongoing enrollment through June 21. Fees are 90 per child per session with family rates and special rates for attending both sessions.
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Camp Falcon
University of Texas of
Permian Basin
Kelly McMahan
Odessa
McMahan
UTPB
Falcon
John Adams First Vice President and President
John Adams, born October 30 1735 in Quincy Massachusetts then called Braintree, Harvard 1755, taught, studied law, wrote protests against the Stamp Act and the Defense of the Constitutions of the United States. He finished second to George Washington in the first presidential election and served as vice president. He married Abigail Smith. their son John Quincy Adams became the sixth president.
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John Adams
John
Susanna Adams
Quincy
Mass
Braintree
Harvard
Adams
United States
George Washington
Senate
Abigail Smith
John Quincy Adams
Early helicopter feats and modern speed milestones
The history traces flight attempts from Leonardo da Vinci to Paul Cornu who briefly hovered five feet high for twenty seconds in 1907. It notes postwar growth in Korea War helicopters reaching about 90 mph, 8,000 pounds, and ten passengers, and cites today’s fastest helicopters around 200 mph.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Thomas Edison
Paul Cornu
Gravity basics and weight in space explained
A simple overview describes gravity as the force that pulls matter together and gives weight to objects with mass. It notes that stars and planets have strong gravity due to mass and explains weightlessness as a balance of forces in orbit, not true zero weight.
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Stars
Planets
Earth
Space
Marsupilami and Bonelli in Sega Genesis adventure
Marsupilami and Bonelli escape a circus and seek home while evading hunter Bring M. Backalive. Their three children fall into a trap, forcing a rescue mission across more than six levels.玩法 includes tail tricks, a mouse head, hammer icon, parachute glide.
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Marsupilami
Marsupial
Bonelli
Elephant
M. Backalive
Backalive
Matsupilami
Sega
Tigmass
Tignass
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Kevin Kuity
Ryan Durbin
Kyle Hargrove
Jeremy Dinkard
Amy Stocker
Stephanie Whitley
Damon Sayles
Larry Beckner
Quick Takes
Pete
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!