European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page b the stars and stripes thursday. January 30, 1986 challenger s Crew Mcauliffe thought of her students first i. To   "  Iiri 111 n b   Concord. . Map Sharon  Mcauliffe a life ill inc eyes of a i Cachur. Tint working Miner of to Yiuming children she de Muu Ioil i Clas in the american  she worried Toul her .".ladcnis, on c  to n Midnight Call from a troubled teen. And. Tvan after Mie  social studies teacher wins thicken in be the first leather in space or film i noughts were of her Studi its. I can t Wail to gel haul in my classroom. To show vips How the space program connects with them How ii Dongs u  she said after i ing through in ilium levying a u candidate for their inc program she made Peunic Tal Good about themselves und brought he world  said Julie Burnham a guidance Counselor ill Macau Lilac s Concord High school. Born Shirran Chri a Curri Jan on sell. 2, i94h, Llie vibrant enthusiastic Isacher began life in poor Heulah. Plau cd by  bronchitis. She recovered walking a a talking ahead Fol her children her age. She attended Marion High school u Small  school in Frimming Luijen. Mass., where she played a nun in is school production of the sound of music played basketball and dated Steven Mcauliffe from her soph Omore year on. She tarried a picture of inc Marion High graduating class when she went aloft tuesday she planned to speak Al the school when she returned. You could Tell by looking at her thai she was excited about everything he work held before  is incr Mary do Nasila u nun no the school recently old Vic Concord Monitor Ellhu sins came easy to her. She kept her excitement aver the seemingly tedious Job of teaching inc basics of economics history and Law year after year. She led a girl scout 1mm, then she applied to n Asa s teacher in space program. Her application mentioned How she would try to humanize the technology of the space  but inc  or in her saw the Chance As n classroom lesson and later dubbed her efforts the ultimate Field  Christa saw her destiny in space. I m going dad she told her father. De after applying. When the announcement came in july that Mcauliffe would be the first teacher in space she burst into tears of Jay. Her town matched her happiness lit the news. Some one ran town crier fashion through a Street fair with the Mcauliffe news she had been picked. Crowds met her at the Airport when she returned from Washington. She found herself waving to a crowd from the Back Seal of a conv Craible As honorary chairwoman of the Lions club soccer championship Parade. I just can t believe people lire set excited and so proud she said. She told her neighbors of watching a shuttle launch Ibal was hailed i rec seconds from liftoff. I thought Well that s Good. The safety systems work she said. The new Yurk streets she said in Urie of the innumerable interviews after she was selected. Her husband in Asi Orney and n major in the new Hampshire National guard Touk Comfort m the delays of earlier shuttle nights. It seems to me thai it  beyond anyone s Normal patience that they arc not sending them up units everything is perfect he said. M the request of her husband Mcauliffe was carry ing four distinctive shoulder patches of units of the National guard on the  Concord City Council planned u $173,000 sex was Agan a to Welcome her Home Selling to shirts flags but tons and patches to finance the party the Maui iffy family became familiar with inc Rou Tine of Ccle Brily. Nine year old Scott and his sister car Oline 6, became practice in inc Art of the interview. Co workers dubbed Sieve Mcauliffe or mom us his wife spent More and More time away from Home train ing fur her  Learned the arcane pleasure. Ref space Light inst ing space Beds and toilets she gave High Marks to a space meal of Mcnie an scrambled eggs but passed on an artificial lemonade prepared for astronauts. She prepared her lessons fun demonstrations of Gravity the space shuttle and Experiment that used such things As Alka-scll7.cr and billiard bulls to illustrate Points. But Mcauliffe still thought of the classroom Back Home. I never realized How much i would miss leaching she k j a group of teachers visiting Johnson space Cen Ter in Houston. She spoke of her frustration when a student was shot at her nigh school after firing a gun at a police officer. I wanted to be there to Comfort them she said. "1 Felt like i needed to help at the school but i could to when tragedy struck tuesday in struck hardest at Chrisia ref Cauliffe s High school. Principal Charles Foley Scal Slu Denis Home for the Day. Wednesday s classes were cancelled. The events of today destroyed anybody s ability to learn und anybody s ability to teach Wolcy said. Norm Sztulman a Concord psychologist said it is important to keep the image of Chrisia Mcauliffe As a uniting enthusiastic , she said smiting Enugu Suasti Icahn or Noone Dweller on the potential dangers. I feel prob As Long As she s remembered he said it will keep ably. Safer doing something like Thill than driving around her alive in some  Scobee put off promotion for Mission Seattle a Francis Richard Dick Scobee commander of the Chal Lenger that exploded in flight never spake of the dangers of space travel and had put off a promotion logo up one final time friends and relatives said. Scobee 46, was eager to return to space after serving As Pilot or second in com Mand on a challenger flight in april 1984, friends said tuesday after the Craft exploded. He said he would give anything to be Able to have another shuttle Mission said Bill Almon who Heads the Board hat runs the Yakima Airport. He said there s no experience like being in one of those chairs when the fire is lighted Scobee who retired from the air Force As a major in december 1979, never Dis cussed the dangers or expressed fear for the safety of the shuttle said Atmon whom Scobee had invited to View the launch. Scobee and his wife june were an air Force family lifelong said Almon he always remained enthusiastic about the pro Gram and  Scobee a native of cute Elum wash., about 75 mile East of Seattle entered he air Force As a Mechanic after graduating from High school in Auburn in 1957. In 1965, he earned a Bachelor s degree at the University of Arizona and entered flight school after being commissioned As an air Force officer. Scobee flew a combat Lour in Vietnam and became an air Force test Pilot experimenting with the Boeing 747, the x-24b and transonic aircraft the Al it and the c 5, United press International reported. The next step was to Fly in space. Along came the astronaut program and i signed up for it Scobee said in an interview. When you find something you really Ikic 10 a and you re witling to risk the consequences of that you really probably ought to go do it the Pilot told up i before becoming an astronaut in 1978, he piloted the Boeing 747 that carried the shuttle piggyback be tween Landing and launching. A tearful Jarl inc Bercy 37, a second Cousin of Scobee said his wife june und parents Francis and Edilh Laid her Thill scarce had put off a Nasa promo lion thai would have Scobee put him in charge of All astronauts june and his parents just mentioned the promotion matter of factly Berkey said. There was no apprehension far Dick Only happiness. They said he Pul off his promotion be cause he Calfy wanted