Three TVCC students build NASA rover
Special to The Monitor
HOUSTON–Three students from Trinity Valley Community College
(TVCC) traveled to Houston to build a working space rover
March 22-23.
Caleb Winkowski of Palestine, Cassie Starek and Ryan
Massengale, both of Gun Barrel City were all granted this
rare experience and privilege.
More than 300 students across the state participated in the
two-day on-site event at the National Aeronautics and Space
Administrations (NASA) Johnson Space Center (JSC).
TVCC students were accompanied by drafting instructor Donnie
Fulford and were offered an opportunity to interact with
each other while learning about careers in science and
engineering.
The students also formed teams and established fictional
companies to research Mars exploration.
Each team had to organize a company to develop a prototype
rover. This included creating an organizational chart,
budget, line drawing of the prototype and show how it
overcame problems of communications, propulsion, security,
etc., in prepared presentations.
“The students got to see how NASA goes about developing new
vehicles, as well as the engineering and business aspects
associated with a project,” Fulford said.
“However, it’s not all work. They were also taken on a tour
of JSC. This included visits to places like the mock-up
facility and mission control,” he added.
The Community College Aerospace Scholars is a state program
meant to encourage community and junior college students to
enter careers in science and engineering and ultimately join
the state’s highly technical workforce.
For more information about the program, go to
www.cas.aerospacescholars.org.
RootSeekers learn
about first Kemp family
Special to The Monitor
SEVEN POINTS–Rootseekers has acquired a copy “John McDougal,
Sr. His descendants and Relatives From Florida to Texas” for
their library and anyone wishing to take a peek is welcome.
The book was written by Kemp-natives Clifton Smith and
Francis Reasonover, when they combined their research
regarding John McDougal, one of the first men to establish
residency in the city of Kemp.
Clifton spoke to the Rootseekers Genealogical Society about
his many years of research and the planning and headaches
encountered preparing the book for publication.
John McDougal was born in Scotland around 1793 and came to
this country with his family in 1814. They first settled in
Cumberline County, N.C., but eventually traveled to and
settled in Kemp. McDougal married Katie Black and raised six
children.
This family was one of the first families of Kemp and
descendants reach all across the Tri-County area and
elsewhere.
For more information, go to
www.Rootseekers.org.
Come Adopt
Us At
The Humane Society of Cedar Creek Lake |
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 We
have many animals at the
Humane Society of Cedar Creek Lake
in Seven Points
in dire need of a good home.
Please call or stop by the Humane Society today
and rescue one of these forgotten animals.
The Humane Society of Cedar Creek Lake
is located on
10220 County Road 2403 in Seven Points.
For more information, please call
(903) 432-3422 after 11 a.m.
We are closed on Wednesday. |
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