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United Way
goal tops
$200,000
By Scott Nixon
TIMES-ADVOCATE STAFF
EXETER — The
Huron County United
Way executive director
wants everyone to
know every
donation counts.
Vicky Piluke of
Belgrave
became the
county’s United
Way executive
director in July
and wants to
make a differ-
ence in the com-
munity. The
United Way’s
goal for its 2002 cam-
paign is $200,200, with
the theme, ‘Spirit of
Community.’ The cam-
paign launched Sept.
20.
“I honestly believe we
can raise this money,”
Piluke said, adding
she’s encouraged sev-
eral businesses have
already helped out by
having fund-raisers.
She said all donations
to the Huron County
United Way stay in the
county unless otherwise
specified by the donor.
The United Way dis-
tributes funds to 13
member agencies
across the
county. There
are four more
agencies on a
waiting list,
which Piluke
said could
become mem-
ber agencies of
the United Way
if the United
Way was able
to raise more
money. One in three
people in the county
access the services pro-
vided by the member
agencies, while only
one in eight donate to
the United Way.
Piluke said she has
seen how the United
Way touches people’s
lives and encourages
people to see how their
relatives, friends and
Piluke
Usborne students learn about NASA program
NASA International Space Station increment manager for space walks Daryl
Hemingway,centre,spoke to students at Usborne Central School Friday after-
noon.Hemingway is flanked by his four cousins,students at Usborne:Heather,
Scott,Brent and Laura Godkin.(photo/Scott Nixon)
By Scott Nixon
TIMES-ADVOCATE STAFF
USBORNE — It’s a long way from
Holmesville to the NASA Space
Centre, but Daryl Hemingway has
made the trip.
Hemingway, increment manager
of the International Space Station’s
extravehicular activities (space
walks) at the Johnson Space Center
in Houston, Texas, spoke to stu-
dents at Usborne Central School
Friday afternoon. Heather, Scott,
Brent and Laura Godkin, all
cousins of Hemingway’s, are
Usborne students.
Hemingway is a graduate of
Central Huron Secondary School in
Clinton and is now working on his
Master of Science Degree at the
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. An expert on space
suits and space walks, Hemingway
has trained astronauts in the U.S.
and Russia.
During a slide presentation,
Hemingway described the
International Space Station and the
difficulties astronauts have with
conditions in space such as the
extreme temperatures and the lack
of oxygen and gravity.
To contend with these hurdles,
astronauts use space suits, which
provide oxygen, cooling, pressur-
ization, communication, food and
water and “waste management.”
Since space has extreme tempera-
tures, Hemingway said space suits
are multi-layered and include a
series of tubes through which
either cold or hot water is pumped
to keep astronauts comfortable.
The shuttle Atlantis launched Oct.
7 and docked with the space sta-
tion, which orbits 250 miles above
the Earth. The purpose of its mis-
sion is to expand the space station,
Hemingway said. Space walks are
also used to make repairs. The
Canadarm plays a large role with
repairs and expansion to the space
station. It is referred to by NASA as
the “new star on the horizon,”
because it can be seen from Earth
with the naked eye.
Hemingway said one of the bene-
fits of the space station is it has led
to co-operation between countries
such as the U.S. and Russia. It will
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