About Bonnie Hartley

Stories by Bonnie

	MAKING GREAT STRIDES By Bonnie Hartley, 85, Christina Snorten, Not long ago, high school marching bands existed mostly to pass the time in the middle of football games while fans got hot dogs at the concession stand. But that is changing. Now, bands are earning the respect of their schools and the public by playing popular music and marching complicated drills. What used to be a few songs from the turn of the century played in straight lines on a footbal
	Benno Schmidt wants to electrify schools By Bonnie Hartley, 85, Jennifer Jourdan, , Whitney Ford, , , There is a new educational development on the horizon that could drastically change the American school system as we know it. Called The Edison Project, it is a venture aimed at offering an alternative to the current school system setup. As part of The Edison Project's plan, a nationwide chain of schools would compete with locally controlled schools for students. Individual "electronic learni
	OUT OF THIS WORLD By Erica Bellamy, 11, Bonnie Hartley, 85, Ted Mosey, , Whitney Slaughter, 15 You're part of a space shuttle mission. You train the way every astronaut trains. You can even eat the same foods the astronauts eat. Jenni Waicukauski, a junior at Bloomington High School South, did that and plenty more. She and more than 140,000 other kids from around the world have attended programs by the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., since 1982. "When I was little, I
	What do you want to be when you grow up? By Bonnie Hartley, 85, Michelle Huser, , Kim Dexter, What do you want to be when you grow up? Kids around the world constantly ask themselves this question. Usually, when children are growing up, they pick a "perfect job," then change their minds many times. They try on jobs just like they try on clothes. Children's Express wanted to find out what kids' aspirations were for the future. Recently, we posed that question to kids visiting The Childr
	I WISH I MAY, I WISH I MIGHT . . . By Tony Dale, , Anne Coffey, 13, Bonnie Hartley, 86 `There is a place, a wonderful, magical, colorful place, where seriously ill children can go to have fun. . . . And there's a chance that, simply by having fun, they might actually get better." That is the goal of the Starbright Pavilion Foundation, which is hoping to build such a place in Los Angeles in the next three to five years. Wayne Shive, founder of Lifelines Corp., is on the board of
	Young circus performers enjoy sharing feats of derring-do with their families By Chris Shannon, 4, Meganne Hoffman, , Bonnie Hartley, 84, Erica Bellamy, 11, Whitney Ford, , Ted Mosey, Teens talk about what life is like in Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Fifteen-year-old Gery Kehaiova can do something few other teen-agers can: She can twirl 45 hoops around her neck, waist, arms and legs, all at the same time. She does this almost every day, sometimes three times a day, as a performer in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. This year's edition of the circ