50 Years Ago
From the Herald and Democrat in 1967
First Lt. Betty Solomon of Hines, Ill., graduated from the U.S. Air Force flight nurse course at the Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks AFB, Texas.
Lt. Solomon, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. William R. McCartney, resided at 721 W. Granite Street, Siloam Springs, received special training in the duties of a medical attendant on aeromedical evacuation aircraft.
The lieutenant was a member of the Air Force Reserve unit at Chanute AFB, Ill. Lt. Solomon, a graduate of Robert Lindblom High School completed her training at Mt. Sinai School of Nursing in Chicago.
30 Years Ago
From the Herald-Democrat in 1987
Ten years prior, Chip Reagan had corrective surgery on both of his knees. His doctor told him to forget about running, basketball, tennis and rugby, the activities in which he liked to participate. For a time, he followed this advice. "For about six years I didn't do much. Then I got tired of sitting around, getting fat and lazy, so I started running," Reagan said.
He had always been what he described as a "fair weather runner." "I'm not really a runner. I'm more or less a jogger," he said
Reagan began to run a little more consistently and entered some local road races. In the spring of 1986, he ran the Hogeye Marathon as part of a four-man relay team, with each runner doing a 6 1/2-mile leg. The next week he did the Dogwood 10K in Siloam Springs and in October he ran the 15K Tulsa Run. The next April, he repeated his Hogeye Relay and planned to run the Tulsa Run again in October. Although he said he doesn't approach road races competitively, he enjoys the camaraderie that's found at the races.
Reagan reported that his knees were doing fine. In fact, he planned on running the Honolulu Marathon in December. He was running an average of 30 miles a week and planned to gradually build up his mileage. "My only real goal is to finish it comfortably and enjoy it. I'd be tickled if I could finish in under four hours, but I'm not worried about it," he said.
Since beginning, or rather, resuming his running program after his knee surgery, Reagan said that he had noticed a big change in his physical and mental outlook. "I lost weight and I just physically felt better. I felt better about myself. My attitude improved, he said. "I plan to keep on running and if my knees wear out, they wear out."
10 Years Ago
From the Herald-Leader in 2007
College life just got a little cozier for 18 students at John Brown University.
The university's Residential Life department teamed up with DRC Investment Group to lease three of the five new Creekview Flats condominiums on Wright Street.
"[JBU is] going to lease three of the units for students for fall semester," said Realtor Christina Drake. "They are going to treat them just like a townhouse."
Each 2,400-square-foot Creekview Flats condominium had three bedrooms and would host six students.
On the main floor of each condo there was a master bedroom, bath, kitchen, with bedrooms, bath, den/library and a mini-kitchen upstairs.
Students paid $2,343 a semester to reside at Creekview Flats, the same price students paid to live in the JBU townhouses, said Andre Broquard, director of residence life.
JBU had six townhouses for upperclassmen; each townhouse could accommodate 16 to 20 students.
Each 2,400-square-foot Creekview Flats condominium had three bedrooms and would host six students.
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