Monday, June 25, 2012

In the news, Monday, June 25, 2012



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from The Spokesman-Review

Giant tortoise, last of species, dies at 100

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Two great-grandmas parachute for a cause

LIMA, Ohio – Two great-grandmothers in their 80s have parachuted from a plane to raise money for a veterans’ food pantry in northwest Ohio.

The Lima News reports 83-year-old Marjorie Bryan and 82-year-old Marianna Sherman parachuted Saturday at the Allen County Airport in Lima. They made tandem jumps with retired Sgt. 1st Class Michael Elliott, who has done tandem jumps with former President George H.W. Bush.

The women parachuted to raise money for the local chapter of Blue Star Mothers of America and its veterans’ food pantry.

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1908: The James Glover mansion shows
the Tudor style conceived by Kirtland
Cutter when it was built in 1888.
Then and Now photos: Glover Mansion
The former home of the ‘Father of Spokane’








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