Maxine and Dr. Bob Whiteside took their nephew Greg Fieg to lunch at Bev's on the River which is Sioux City, IA's premier restaurant for lunch and dinner. Serving a modern American fare, the sprawling facility with dining rooms, outdoor deck and bar, overlooks the mighty Missouri River and is not far from where the Whitesides summered for many years at their vacation home in Yankton, SD.
The Whitesides gave up the home some years ago, opting to travel in the summer to the homes of two of their four children, Dr. Jeffrey Whiteside of Appleton, Wisc. on Lake Oshkosh, and Anne Still of Danville, IN.
During the course of the visit with Greg, Maxine was able to say a brief hello by phone to her late brother Frank's best childhood friend Col. Clifford R. "Roger" Silliman (USAF ret.) of Lompoc, CA. Roger this year celebrated his 90th birthday and is still very active, walking two or more miles a day.
The Whitesides will visit Danville in September.
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Ed Williams Trains for Flying License
Ed Williams, husband of Susan Fieg Williams, of Orland Park, IL has begun training to acquire an FAA license to fly a single-engine airplane known as a "Power Parachute."
This small plane, which is regulated under FAA pilot's rules, looks somewhat like a small Everglades airboat, with a single seat sitting on three wheels with control apparatus and a propeller behind the pilot. The propeller powers the plane forward on the ground as a parachute behind it inflates and provides lift. It has a top speed of approximately 30 m.p.h. with a regulated ceiling of 10,000 feet (though only crazy people fly it at that altitude) and the unregulated ceiling is probably 20,000 feet or more with oxygen. The plane can only be flown in light winds and has no stall speed but the engine can be shut off in flight allowing the plane to float back to earth using the parachute. The plane can remain in the air for three hours on ten gallons of fuel.
Susan, who runs the Good Buy Travel Agency in the Chicago area, will not participate in Ed's endeavor, though she may stay on the ground and watch. "She might not even watch," Ed said.
In addition to this exciting foray into aviation, Ed, a retired mechanical engineer, has for more than six years been building a single-engine, two-seater aircraft in his basement laBORatory ("Come, Igor..."). Known as a Zenith model 601-XL. The plane can reach speeds of more than 130 miles an hour with a ceiling of 14,000 feet. Though small, it has a conventional fixed wing appearance and is large enough to accomodate pilot and passenger. Ed looks forward to taking Susan up with him (good luck with that!!).
It is possible that Ed can fly to a future Fieg reunion if conditions are right, though Ed may be reluctant to take the plane that far, due to the necessity of multiple stops to refuel.
This small plane, which is regulated under FAA pilot's rules, looks somewhat like a small Everglades airboat, with a single seat sitting on three wheels with control apparatus and a propeller behind the pilot. The propeller powers the plane forward on the ground as a parachute behind it inflates and provides lift. It has a top speed of approximately 30 m.p.h. with a regulated ceiling of 10,000 feet (though only crazy people fly it at that altitude) and the unregulated ceiling is probably 20,000 feet or more with oxygen. The plane can only be flown in light winds and has no stall speed but the engine can be shut off in flight allowing the plane to float back to earth using the parachute. The plane can remain in the air for three hours on ten gallons of fuel.
Susan, who runs the Good Buy Travel Agency in the Chicago area, will not participate in Ed's endeavor, though she may stay on the ground and watch. "She might not even watch," Ed said.
In addition to this exciting foray into aviation, Ed, a retired mechanical engineer, has for more than six years been building a single-engine, two-seater aircraft in his basement laBORatory ("Come, Igor..."). Known as a Zenith model 601-XL. The plane can reach speeds of more than 130 miles an hour with a ceiling of 14,000 feet. Though small, it has a conventional fixed wing appearance and is large enough to accomodate pilot and passenger. Ed looks forward to taking Susan up with him (good luck with that!!).
It is possible that Ed can fly to a future Fieg reunion if conditions are right, though Ed may be reluctant to take the plane that far, due to the necessity of multiple stops to refuel.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Dangcas Welcome Fourth Child
By Grampa Greg Fieg
Anna and Alan Dangca announced the birth on July 26 of Marta Jacqueline Dangca, their fourth child.
The baby weighed 6 pounds 7 ounces and was delivered by Caesarian section and joins her siblings Cade, Eva and Rosa. She is the ninth grandchild of Greg Fieg and a member of the fifth generation of Fiegs in the United States.
Anna and Alan Dangca announced the birth on July 26 of Marta Jacqueline Dangca, their fourth child.
The baby weighed 6 pounds 7 ounces and was delivered by Caesarian section and joins her siblings Cade, Eva and Rosa. She is the ninth grandchild of Greg Fieg and a member of the fifth generation of Fiegs in the United States.
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Maren Corkery Wins Irish Dance Prizes
By Greg Fieg
Maren Corkery, 12, of Oneonta took gold and silver medallions in the recent Gov. Thomas Dongan Feis regional competition at the state capitol in Albany, competing with more than two hundred other participants. She took the gold medallion in the slip jig and the silver in the treble jig.
Maren has Irish culture on both sides of her family with the Corkerys hailing from County Cork in the Republic of Ireland and the Shields/Kenraid families who trace their heritage to the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. She became interested in Irish dance after being introduced to it by her good friend Mary Martha Kennedy from the village of Mt.Vision. The two girls came to know each other through the local home-schooling organization.
Maren is the granddaughter of Greg Fieg, great-granddaughter of the late Frank Fieg and great-great-granddaughter of Lothar and Florence Fieg.
Maren Corkery, 12, of Oneonta took gold and silver medallions in the recent Gov. Thomas Dongan Feis regional competition at the state capitol in Albany, competing with more than two hundred other participants. She took the gold medallion in the slip jig and the silver in the treble jig.
Maren has Irish culture on both sides of her family with the Corkerys hailing from County Cork in the Republic of Ireland and the Shields/Kenraid families who trace their heritage to the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. She became interested in Irish dance after being introduced to it by her good friend Mary Martha Kennedy from the village of Mt.Vision. The two girls came to know each other through the local home-schooling organization.
Maren is the granddaughter of Greg Fieg, great-granddaughter of the late Frank Fieg and great-great-granddaughter of Lothar and Florence Fieg.
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