Two British retirees found love again at the age of 88 after meeting at the gym. Barbara Thompson started getting coached by former Army physical training instructor Fred Jenkins, and soon after, they were spending almost every day together. They still hit the gym three times a week . . . and they enjoy playing darts, dominoes, gardening, dancing, and they recently took their first vacation as a couple………………An Atlanta nonprofit has raised more than $16.5 million to help renters avoid eviction. It started during the pandemic as an eviction relief program that raised $50,000 on GoFundMe. Since then, it’s expanded to more than 330 apartment complexes, assisting over 5,500 families so far. The nonprofit also connects families with after-school programs, summer camps, medical services, and food assistance……………And finally……………
ECU researchers helped identify a World War II airman missing for more than 80 years. In 1944, 21-year-old Staff Sgt. Given Grooms was shot down over Italy. Grooms was one of 10 men aboard the plane and one of seven whose body had been undiscovered. In 2017, ECU’s Maritime Studies Program began partnering with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, and in 2018 the program was able to take a trip to Italy, where Groom’s plane was shot down, studying and researching the site. He was accounted for on June 9, his identity was announced on October 7, and then Staff Sgt. Grooms was returned to family and finally laid to rest in his home state of Ohio after more than 80 years away.