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Recently, Marine Corps Cpl. Nathan M. Iden, the 22-year-old son of Darrin and Diana Iden of Silver Lake, demonstrated during a training exercise in the South Pacific the speed in which the Marine Corps can react to an overseas crisis. Assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Iden and his fellow Marines deployed from their home base in Okinawa and within only a few days joined U.S. and Australian military units in the exercise Tandem Thrust aboard the amphibious assault ship USS New Orleans.
The United States Achievement Academy has announced that Shane Picklesimer has been named a 1982 United states National Award winner in English. This award is a prestigious honor very few students can ever hope to attain. In fact, the academy recognizes less than five percent of all American high school students.
Carleton College at Northfield, Minn., has awarded the degree of bachelor of arts, magna cum laude, to Charles Urschel, son of Dr. and Mrs. Dan Urschel, Mentone.
A sample of Mastodon strawberries of the ever-bearing variety, was brought to The Times office by James O. Manger, who resides at the corner of Scott and Smith streets. From his patch of 25x126 feet Manger picked 380 quarts this season. Just before Thanksgiving last year Manger picked strawberries. The sample he brought in could not be excelled in size beauty and flavor.
