ASHTON — Back in June, St. Peter Catholic School in Ashton celebrated its 150th anniversary with a reunion that drew more than 400 former and current students, parishioners, and staff. A commemorative DVD highlighting the anniversary celebration and the history of the school is now available.
Day: December 14, 2016
Godspeed, John Glenn
When astronaut John Glenn made his first orbit around the earth in 1962, I was in the seventh grade.
At that time, I was very interested in space exploration. In the sixth grade, I remember writing an essay about why it was important that we discover what was happening in the “final frontier.”
First to orbit earth
It was exciting to learn about Glenn’s experiences as one of our country’s first seven astronauts. He was the first to orbit earth aboard the Mercury Friendship 7 capsule. He traveled around the globe three times in a flight that lasted just under five hours on February 20, 1962.