Kansas retiree aims 48-state journey in vintage J-3 Cub
Bob Townsend, 62, starts a multiweek flight from Garden City in a 50-year-old Piper J-3 Cub with 12 gallons of fuel and no instruments. He plans 10,000 miles across 48 states, taking six to eight hours daily, shooting about 3,000 photos, and diarying daily for his wife. Townsend emphasizes experience, safety, and seizing the moment despite regulatory concerns.
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Garden City
Kan
Bob Townsend
Contiguous States
Townsend
Piper Aircraft Corp
Rita
Nebraska
Dakotas
Montana
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
California
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Trained Pigs Star In Family Show Across Florida
Leslie Kimes trains performing pigs as show partners traveling about 40 weeks a year. Oink, the 550 pound Yorkshire, performs with a red carpet roll and slide while other pigs Pup Petey, Spud and Petunia showcase trained acts. The act honors Kimes' father Uncle Heavy, a pioneering trainer, and aims to retire Rosebud to a farm. Kimes views pork as a daily meal though not willing to part with his pigs.
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Lauderdale Lakes, Fla
Lassie
Trigger
Flipper
Leslie Kimes
Neffs
Ohio
Boyd H. Anderson High School
Lauderdale Lakes Lions Club
Kimes
Cousin Grumpy
Pork Chop Review
Oink
Boyd Kimes
Uncle Heavy
Spud
Petey
Yorkshire
Petunia
Garnett Woman To Lead Ottawa Quilters Workshop
Laverne Cole of Garnett will speak to Ottawa Quilters Guild at 9 30 a m Monday in Elliott Hall First Baptist Church with a trunk show and Kansas Quilt Blocks Her talk was rescheduled from January due to bad weather Cole began piecing and appliqué years ago and previously taught at Garnett High School and as a substitute for many years She helped organize a 75 member quilting class group and will demonstrate Dresden plate ideas and Kansas blocks during the afternoon session Participants should bring sack lunches coffee will be provided.
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Laverne Cole
Garnett
Ottawa Quilters Guild
Elliott Hall
First Baptist Church
Kansas
Cole
Anderson County Extension Home
Nancy Schuster
Calcium and estrogen duel in fight against osteoporosis
Dr. Robert Heaney of Creighton University told an osteoporosis conference at the University of Kansas Medical Center that no single remedy exists. He emphasized that estrogen and calcium complement each other and lifelong calcium intake is crucial, with 1,200 mg daily for teens and 1,500 mg after menopause.
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Kansas City
Kan
Robert Heaney
Creighton University
Heaney
University of Kansas Medical Center
United States
AIDS jokes provoke hurt and stigma in Dear Ann Landers column
A reader laments AIDS jokes as the disease devastates a sister aged 30 and asks Ann Landers to urge readers to stop such humor. The column reinforces empathy toward AIDS victims, condemns insensitive remarks, and urges consideration for those harmed by prejudice.
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Ann Landers
Underarm Thermometer Readings And Heartburn Diet Advice
An underarm temperature is unreliable and usually about a degree lower than oral readings. It can serve only when oral or rectal thermometers are unavailable. Core body temperature remains unmeasured by these methods. The letter notes ear and esophagus methods exist but are not common.
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DR. Donohue
B.K
Color Analyst At BPW Meeting In Ottawa
Phyllis Lytle will present a program at the Ottawa Business and Professional Women’s meeting at 6 30 p m Tuesday. The event will be in the basement of the First National Bank due to spring break at Ottawa University. Dinner will be catered.
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Ottawa Business and Professinnl Wornert
Phyllis Lytle
First National Bank
Ottawa University
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