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Ian Gaddie, left, and Marty Mueller, right, test the weight and balance of the payload before it was pulled into near space by a 1,200 gram weather balloon Friday as part of a Gizmo2Extremes project in collaboration between Gizmo-CDA, Dinah Gaddie's Sandpoint Middle School class, and the Rathdrum gifted and talented program.](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/ARTICLE_171029830_EP_-1_ANXKDMJULYAV_t1170.jpg?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
(Photo by MARY MALONE)
Ian Gaddie, left, and Marty Mueller, right, test the weight and balance of the payload before it was pulled into near space by a 1,200 gram weather balloon Friday as part of a Gizmo2Extremes project in collaboration between Gizmo-CDA, Dinah Gaddie's Sandpoint Middle School class, and the Rathdrum gifted and talented program.
October 28, 2017
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October 28, 2017 1 a.m.
Weather balloon takes a wild ride in region's skies
DIAMOND LAKE, Wash. — Five, four ...