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Watching the Sky – A Venture Out to View the Perseids Downpour

What happens when a “newbie” decides to watch the sky for a meteor shower?

(SALEM) - For me, watching the sky for falling meteors has always been a potentially exciting event, but unfortunately they usually happen at night – late at night! I am usually asleep, forgetting to set the alarm, and upon awaking in the early morning dawn, realize I had slept through yet another meteor shower.

I was determined to make last night an exception.

Willamette Meteorite to Return to Oregon as Part of Evergreen Aviation Museum`s Collection

(MCMINNVILLE) - The Evergreen Aviation Museum will soon display a portion of Oregon`s famous Willamette Meteorite.

The meteorite, originally found on a West Linn hillside and sold to a New York City Museum in 1906, will return 100 years later, in part, to its Oregon beginnings.

With recommendation from Oregon Congressman David Wu, Evergreen International Aviation owner and founder Delford M. Smith purchased a piece of the famed meteorite at Bonhams Auction House in New York City on Tuesday and donated the artifact to the Museum on behalf of the Evergreen family of companies.