Gunther Schwartz, Lincoln, is a determined man.
And that determination paid off when he made a "find" along a county road in Oklahoma.
Mr. Schwartz found a 21-pound "star."
The fireball was seen January 3 in the Midwest, according to Mr. Schwartz, a representative of the Smithsonian Institute. A NASA - financed photo tracking system was put into action and the crash location was calculated from the pictures.
The result is that Mr. Schwartz drove down a snow-packed county road in Oklahoma and saw a black rock. It was the "falling star" and the impact was within a half mile from the calculated point.
Mr. Schwartz stopped in the News-Press last summer during a search for a meteorite reported seen in this area. No report was ever received that it had been found. (Mebbe we better check with Bill Tempelmeyer and his telescope.)
The Smithsonian representative said that 99 per cent of the stars burn out in the Earth's protective atmosphere.
But — if you find one; Lock it up. Mr. Schwartz said they are quite valuable.
The Spurrlows music program the other night had a fired up first half and a different approach after the intermission and record - book - stereo tape selling program.
But we enjoyed it.
There were a few of us who were tiring with sitteritis while the young fireballs sang, danced around and ran up and down the aisles singing and playing instruments.
. . . They have a man upstairs who provides them with a special kind of pep pill and prayerfully, it is habit forming for the young.
Earl Romjue has retired as a federal inspector at Morton House Kitchens, Inc., but he's not an idle man.
He's taken another food inspection job, this time with the state department and often travels to different towns.
Earl played a few summers on our team in the Twilight golf league and while we didn't burn up the course, we did enjoy the game.
Our team never won the league, but we came within a few strokes the last game of the season and that was satisfying.
There's something to be said for the losers . . . they get to hit the ball more.
Earl should plan his work and state travels to include Beatrice . . . when the Seniors golf tournament is going on . . . or Lincoln and Norfolk when those tournaments get under way.