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Not lonr aro our dOll COUD- try traveUed to a military
acldeiQY for a duel meet. While the eoune, which i.t euatomary before a raee, I bad a brief with the cadet
wbo led the tour. On uking him about tbe quality of their food, ~e replied that the regimen con- aiated of many imitation fooda and even stated that the bread wu stale. In abort, the food left much room for improvement. He commented that our
food w u far auperior to the food aerved at bit acbool.
Tbia dialorue aet me to tbinlt- lnr about our community and the way many of ua view Mr. Dau'a meala. Nlnety-nJne per-
eent of tbe time we little
bow fortunate we are when we eritidze the "noon rocks" or the "brown bowl." At the same mo-
ment any of ua gripe about the chicken being to greuy, half- way around the globe there are children who would devour them without a second thought.
It i.t easy to realize that the food ia not prepared in the special way Mother prepares it, but then again Mother doesn't have to aerve 150 g:rowing boys at
breakfast and dinner and some 200 at lunch. Whether any of ua know it or not, Mr. Danz bas a pretty tough job making sure all of ua have plenty to eat while at- tempting to stay within the
bounda of a reasonable budget
aet by the school. You may not believe tbi.t, but when the Nazi army besieged Pari.t in World War ll, French refugees in the aewers were driven to ear'ver- min for survival; meanwhile, the Dutch that Oed from the Nazi
jugernaut ate tulip bulbs for lack of edibles. These two ex- amples are not meant to deprive you of your apetite, but to il- lustrate that the food could be far worse than it is. Mr. Danz
tries much harder than we think to provide us with the necessary groups and with a varied menu, so next time, before any of us deplore the exce s of chee e on the or the dificient amount
of brownbowl. remember the emacitated Hindu children and that it could be worse.
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THE METEOR
OCTOBER 20, 1W79
by Tom Bau r
It was really "up, up, and
away" at the Lynchburg Municipal Airport on Saturday, the 16th eptember during the kal dio cop we kend. The air
how th r contained spec- tacular ights and many adven- tur or which to partake, that would v n end Walter Mitty into orbit.
of F-150's which made several passes over the airfield only to zoom to another destination. The closing of the show was brought about by the lift orr or two hot air balloons, one of
which landed out of sight. The other was foreseen to land close by due to improper flight direc- tion of the airport's control tower. Clay Hale, Bobby Collins,
trol scale model aerobatics show in which our own Will Jenkins participated by flying his Olym- pic 2, a very sleek and fast powered glider which can only
be maneuvered by dexterous- hands. Tom Bauer also had his remote control plane out for
static display, but was unable to fly due to engine trouble.
The high point of the air show was the crack aerobaticsteams
balloon and the basket into a truck.
Between these events there were a series or shows; the music of several bands, and a
shower or free tickets for airplane rides dropped from a remote control plane. The size and the enthusiasm of the crowd would seem to forecast an even bigger event next year. Until
then keep your nose up and fly straightll