Author: EPLN Guest Writer

Editor’s note: Joan Palmquist submitted this on behalf of ChildFund International. It took 22 years, but Regina Mpsala of Zambia finally met the woman who changed her life. It all started in June of 2001 when an Eden Prairie couple, Randy Hildreth and Joan Palmquist, traveled to Zambia with a group from the Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul, led by astronomer Ron Schmit. Their objective: experience the total solar eclipse near Lusaka, Zambia. Randy and Joan had chased other eclipses — and knew their delight. You might recognize Ron’s name, as he frequently conducted astronomy programs at…