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The man behind Voyager marks 92nd trip around Sun

D . Gary Flandro. You may not recognize his name, but you know his work. Voyager 1. Voyager 2. One of the most ambitious and longest lasting endeavors in the history of space exploration was made possible by his work. As a graduate student from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 1964, he was working parttime at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) when he was assigned to envision possible space missions past Mars.

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VFW holds Vietnam Veteran Honors Dinner

Manchester Veterans of Foreign Wars All-American Post 10904 was privileged to host its 9th annual Vietnam- era Veterans Honors Dinner on Thursday, March 26 at the Coffee County Veterans Building, 130 Shelton Road in Manchester. Veterans who served during the Vietnam conflict period (November 1, 1955 to May 15, 1975), as well as their spouses and/or family members, were honored at the event. So popular was the event that registration reached capacity within two weeks of announcement on Post 10904’s website and Facebook page.

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We can do better

Recently you had an opportunity to read about Samantha, a resident of Shepherd’s House in 2023, and how she credits the shelter for homeless women and children for turning her life around.

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