This one is a bit odd. A SCUBA diver found a high school class ring from Alton, Illinois recently. He found it in a sort of unusual place, too. The Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean, to be precise. The diver has done his level best to get the ring back to the original owner, Jessica Spinks, a 2000 graduate of Alton High School. But she, and her family, are proving hard to find.
Greg Moretti found the Alton High School class ring a month ago off the coast of the northern Mariana Islands. The ring is engraved with the name Jessica Spinks, a 2000 graduate of the Illinois high school.
Moretti, who lives on the island of Saipan, believed Spinks could have been in the Navy, given that many enlisted members vacation or pass through the area while stationed in Guam or Japan.
Moretti struck out trying to find Spinks over the Internet and contacted the Alton School District by e-mail and sent it the ring.
On Thursday, Chris Norman, the school district's financial services director, confirmed through a recruiter that Spinks served in the Navy, though it's unclear if she remains enlisted.
So, if you know Ms. Spinks, tell her to phone home. Or where home used to be, at any rate.
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