WORLD WIDE WEB — Time to get some new batteries for your camera and get ready for the EMRR Odd-Rocs 2008 Photo Contest. Contestants will submit two photos of their entry, one static and one action photo, along with a brief write-up of the inspiration for their design.

HERMINIE, Pennsylvania USA — In a cinderblock corner of Yough High School, members of the Cougar Rocketry Team gathered on a recent Wednesday not to calculate gunpowder proportions or discuss payload composition, but to plow through paperwork.

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana USA — Giant Leap Rocketry, Inc. is extending its $99 introductory pricing on the Slim-Shot till March 31st. After that date, the regular price of $124.99 will apply. To learn more about the Slim-Shot, log on to: www.giantleaprocketry.com.

A national rocket contest is being launched to promote the Helping Kids Reach for the Stars program and to get kids interested in the STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). The program is an Educational Outreach of the Christa McAuliffe Challenger Center.

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana USA — Giant Leap Rocketry, Inc. releases its newly redesigned Thunderbolt 38 with a Level 1 promo from CTI motors. The redesigned Thunderbolt 38 can be purchased separately for only $99.00, or with a complete Level 1 motor combo for only $119.99.

LOS GATOS, California USA - After months of test marketing, Gene Engelgau is ready to take the wraps off his family-run business, Fruity Chutes, a custom parachute and recovery system manufacturer just south of San Jose.  Engelgau co-owns the company with his wife, Paula.

CEDAR CITY, Utah USA — AeroTech is releasing a new Mojave Green™ propellant reload kit for AeroTech and Rouse-Tech™ RMS-29/40-120 reloadable model rocket motor hardware, the G76G, which produces a highly visible exhaust plume with a distinctive green color.

CEDAR CITY, Utah USA — The Tripoli Motor Testing (TMT) Committee of the Tripoli Rocketry Association has certified three new AeroTech high power Mojave Green™ propellant reloads to fit AeroTech, Dr. Rocket™ and Rouse-Tech™ 54/1706, 75/5120 and 98/7680 RMS™ hardware.

LAS VEGAS, Nevada USA — Scott Ulrey of Just Rockets, Inc. and Matt Steele of North Coast Rocketry regret to announce that they have not been able to reach an agreement to return the North Coast Rocketry line to production, a deal that was announced in January.

SNOWDRIFT, Northwest Territories CAN — It is not often that a class project draws a crowd, but that is exactly what happened in Lutsel K'e recently.