Volunteer Moira Cutler is on leave for a few days from the U.S. Army, where she works as a cook who feeds more than 300 people. She made it home to Midland in time for the FIRST Robotics competition.

Cheryl Choudhary and her high school-aged son, Ian, made the trip this week for the FIRST Championship at George R. Brown Convention Center, the season-ending event for youth robotics that brings ...