Eliot’s Eagle eye                                                              

Sees a little, knows a little, tells a little ....

…Two little eaglets hatched into the nest of Chissta and Brant Kersten in March. The two little darlings are named Mitra and Shayda. In addition to their instant Eliot family, they join their brother, Kayvon, grandparents Marianne and Ken Kersten, Uncle Skyler, Aunt Veronica, and great-aunt-and-uncle Kimberly and James Lovelace.

…In other Kersten news, Skyler and his fiancée, Cameron Lattimer have a summer wedding planned. The eagle is delighted to see the Kersten family growing in all sorts of ways!

…And in other (egg) breaking news, Aurora Renée Sturrock was born on April 18, weighing 6lb, 4oz. Proud parents are Robert and Isabel Sturrock, who have recently moved to Seattle from New York in order to be closer to grandparents Mary and Michael Sturrock. My guess is that cute little hat Aurora is wearing was knit by Mary. And Aurora’s Aunt Alison joins the whole Eliot community in welcoming Eliot’s newest eaglet. 

…The Eagle loves puzzles; do you? Many of us listen to NPR’s puzzle master, Will Shortz. One of us, Jim Francis, to be exact, crafted a devious puzzle that was featured on NPRs Sunday morning program on February 26. Try your hand at it (the newsletter editors will hide the answer somewhere in this issue):

Take this equation: 14 + 116 + 68 = 47. 

Clearly, this doesn't work mathematically.   

But it does work in a nonmathematical way. 

Find an explanation for how it does work.

The Eagle confesses that after pulling many feathers from her head, she had to look at the answer. Can you do better?

…In addition to the intel above about Jim Francis, Kristel McCubbin Masterson also shared this amazing cross country skiing achievement that Nancy Stevens accomplished: 

Nancy recently returned from Oslo, Norway competing in an International Adaptive Sports meet. Last week she won a gold medal in the biathlon (with her partner Kent and using an infrared rifle), AND a gold medal in the 5K, clocking a time of  27 minutes, 9 seconds. This was what she called an "old race time” for her from 30 years ago! Plus, she won ONE MORE gold medal: she finished the 20K in 2 hours, 2 minutes. Gold medal aside, she said she is "pretty happy with that time."

…Would you like to be a volunteer correspondent for Eliot’s Eagle Eye? Do you like to listen in on conversations, ask nosy questions, and collect tidbits of intel? Bev’s retirement is on the horizon and Eliot could use someone to take over writing this twice-yearly column. It’s not part of her job description, but it IS everyone’s favorite part of the newsletter. In fact, it might be nice to have one correspondent from each camp, so reach out and let Bev know if you’re interested. You can start today!

…The Eagle always writes this column with a tiny cloud of anxiety resting over her head.  Whose news has she missed?  She knows she’s forgotten a juicy bit of gossip that she tucked away in her brain, but forgot to write down.  She hates leaving anyone out and apologizes in advance for any omissions.

Enlighten the Eagle: send your bit of high-flyin’ news to registrar@eliotinstitute.org for publication in the next edition of our newsletter.