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Volume 11, Issue 4 “ a@ Zprf m thpopk” April 2004 NASA Engineers New Sidewalks Being Installed v Clyde Williams, Cass Sullivan, Mike Kevin MOSS, Greentown Water Haney, and Tim Poling, of Keith Superintendent, reports that with the Sullivan Excavating, are busy sidewalk replacement, the project is installing 3,700 ft. of sidewalk nearing completion. Some residential replacement in Greentown. Many hookups still need to be done, as well sidewalks had to be removed as part of as grading and seeding around the the water project which involved sidewalks and some blacktop many new water lines. replacement. Receive Guests at History Center Steve Hall and Dean Schaaf A reception was quickly planned when it was learned that two Eastern High graduates who have worked for NASA were going to be in Greentown on the same date. The reception was held in the Greentown History Center on Sunday, March 21. Over forty guests greeted Steve Hall and Dean Schaaf. Steve lives in Huntsville, Alabama. He retired in 2002 after thirty- four years with NASA. With a degree from Purdue University in Astronautical Engineering, he worked on many projects, including the Moon Buggy, Skylab, Hubble Telescope, and Large Space Structure Assembly. Dean currently is based at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After a twenty- six year career with the Navy, during which he earned a degree in Photo by Rachel Jenkins Electrical Engineering from Purdue, he went to work at NASA as a Ground Operations Manager. He manages the convoy of vehicles and 250 personnel who respond to an orbiter landing. He was involved in the recovery and reconstruction effort following the Columbia disaster. He presently is working on Return to Flight issues. An exhibit featuring Steve, Dean, Webb Marner, Jim Long, Tim Johnson, and Reuben ( Hochstedler) Alexander, all graduates of Eastern High with connections to NASA, is currently at the Greentown History Center, 103 E. Main St. The exhibit may be seen on Saturdays and Sundays from 1- 4 p. m. through May or by appointment. Call 765- 628- 3800 and leave a message. Progress Being Made Toward Parks & Trails In 2003, four students in Purdue University’s Landscape Architecture class created a parks and trails plan for Greentown. Greentown Main Street’s Parks and Trails Committee has since been working to implement the plan in various sites throughout the community. The committee is now seeking funding to create a portion of the trail system within the plan. As part of the application for funds, a public meeting is required. ( See notice on page 3.) Parks and Trails committee chairman, Joiene Rule, encourages everyone wanting to. see the development of parks and trails in Greentown to attend the meeting. It will be Wednesday, April 21; 7: OO p. m. at the Greentown Library Community Room. Enjoying New Sidewalks Val Dailey and Mary Lou Callis are They commented that the new taking their first walk on new sidewalks will be a pleasure. The sidewalks in Greentown. The two condition of most of those replaced friends have been walking together was cracked and uneven, causing a since 1986. They usually walk six. walker to constantly be cautious. days a week for two to three miles. Photos by Rachel Jenkins
Object Description
Title | The Greentown Grapevine – 2004-04, 11:04 |
Subject | newspapers |
Subject, Local | Greentown, Howard County (Ind.) |
Item Type | newspaper |
Technical Metadata | Digital images captured by Imaging Office Systems 2008 |
Item ID | im-kokomo-news-greentown-2004-04 |
Local Item ID | Greentown History Center – newspaper collection |
Usage Statement | The Greentown Area Residential Association has granted permission to the Kokomo-Howard County Public Library and the Greentown Historical Society to copy any and all issues of the Greentown Grapevine. Permission granted to view and print items from this digital collection for personal use, study, research, or classroom teaching. |
Date Original | 2004-04 |
Date Digital | 2008 |
Publisher | Greentown Area Residential Association, 1993- |
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Local News depicting eastern Howard County in Indiana. Headlines: NASA Engineers Receive Guests at History Center; New Sidewalks Being Installed Progress Being Made Toward Parks & Trails |
Language | en |
Contributors | Kokomo-Howard County Public Library; Greentown Historical Society |
Source | Original newspaper: The Greentown Grapevine, April 2004, Volume 11, Issue 04 |
Relation | Howard County Newspapers |
Transcript | [PDFs are fully searchable] |
Description
Title | The Greentown Grapevine – 2004-04, 11:04 - Page 1 |
Relation | Howard County Newspapers |
Transcript | Volume 11, Issue 4 “ a@ Zprf m thpopk” April 2004 NASA Engineers New Sidewalks Being Installed v Clyde Williams, Cass Sullivan, Mike Kevin MOSS, Greentown Water Haney, and Tim Poling, of Keith Superintendent, reports that with the Sullivan Excavating, are busy sidewalk replacement, the project is installing 3,700 ft. of sidewalk nearing completion. Some residential replacement in Greentown. Many hookups still need to be done, as well sidewalks had to be removed as part of as grading and seeding around the the water project which involved sidewalks and some blacktop many new water lines. replacement. Receive Guests at History Center Steve Hall and Dean Schaaf A reception was quickly planned when it was learned that two Eastern High graduates who have worked for NASA were going to be in Greentown on the same date. The reception was held in the Greentown History Center on Sunday, March 21. Over forty guests greeted Steve Hall and Dean Schaaf. Steve lives in Huntsville, Alabama. He retired in 2002 after thirty- four years with NASA. With a degree from Purdue University in Astronautical Engineering, he worked on many projects, including the Moon Buggy, Skylab, Hubble Telescope, and Large Space Structure Assembly. Dean currently is based at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. After a twenty- six year career with the Navy, during which he earned a degree in Photo by Rachel Jenkins Electrical Engineering from Purdue, he went to work at NASA as a Ground Operations Manager. He manages the convoy of vehicles and 250 personnel who respond to an orbiter landing. He was involved in the recovery and reconstruction effort following the Columbia disaster. He presently is working on Return to Flight issues. An exhibit featuring Steve, Dean, Webb Marner, Jim Long, Tim Johnson, and Reuben ( Hochstedler) Alexander, all graduates of Eastern High with connections to NASA, is currently at the Greentown History Center, 103 E. Main St. The exhibit may be seen on Saturdays and Sundays from 1- 4 p. m. through May or by appointment. Call 765- 628- 3800 and leave a message. Progress Being Made Toward Parks & Trails In 2003, four students in Purdue University’s Landscape Architecture class created a parks and trails plan for Greentown. Greentown Main Street’s Parks and Trails Committee has since been working to implement the plan in various sites throughout the community. The committee is now seeking funding to create a portion of the trail system within the plan. As part of the application for funds, a public meeting is required. ( See notice on page 3.) Parks and Trails committee chairman, Joiene Rule, encourages everyone wanting to. see the development of parks and trails in Greentown to attend the meeting. It will be Wednesday, April 21; 7: OO p. m. at the Greentown Library Community Room. Enjoying New Sidewalks Val Dailey and Mary Lou Callis are They commented that the new taking their first walk on new sidewalks will be a pleasure. The sidewalks in Greentown. The two condition of most of those replaced friends have been walking together was cracked and uneven, causing a since 1986. They usually walk six. walker to constantly be cautious. days a week for two to three miles. Photos by Rachel Jenkins |