Village Project takes to the skies

A highlight of the summer program for the Village Project kids came last Friday morning with a trip around Boundary County by air. With two seaters to four seaters, local pilots gave the kids a trip of a lifetime. Kambiz Kamiab, together with fellow pilots Gene Andrews and Ray Rose enjoyed the time they spent with the enthusiastic children. Andrews is President of the Experimental Aircraft Association chapter in Boundary County. The kids buzzed Elk Mountain Farm, where most of them live, followed the path of the Kootenai River as it travels back to Canada, and saw their schools, their town and their forests from an eagle’s perspective. Friday’s field trip day continued with a picnic and swimming at Twin Rivers Canyon, after which some very tired youngsters went home to tell the awesome tale to their friends and families.