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New bookings:

NEW- Black River Middle School at Camp Wanakee, May 20 at 9:30. Cloud date is May 21.

-UPDATED- Louisville Library - Monday, April 7, 2008 at 9:00 PM. Didn't need the  cloud dates, it was very clear that night. We had about 30 guests of all ages in attendance. Volunteers included Bill Castro, Fred Grosse, Gene Rickenbrode, Ron Wallick and John Waechter.

February 2 - Rivertree Church youth group. Feb 2nd, 6:30 til ???. There were about 40 7th & 8th grade girls. The location was a farm on Mayfair Road, in Green. Thanks to Bill Castro, Gene Rickenbrode, Ken Schneller and John Waechteer for helping.

Let John Waechter know if you can help with any future outreach programs.  Congratulations to John Waechter, Joann Ballbach and everybody who helped for our 2007 Outreach programs.

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The latest toolkit "Exploring the Solar System" is on its way. (Tool kits are kept in the Observatory control room.)  Training videos. manuals and materials are available at meetings and public viewing nights. The material is available to all to use for classroom and public viewing night demonstrations.
Toolkits available include:

• Shadows and Silhouettes - Phases, eclipses and exo-planet discovery
• Exploring the Solar System -
• Shadows and Silhouettes - Phases, eclipses and exo-planet discovery
• Telescopes: Eyes on the Universe - how telescopes have helped us understand the universe.
• Black Hole Survivial Guide- Talks about Black Holes
• Our Galaxy Our Universe - Illustrates the scale of the universe
• Planet Quest  - The search for other planets

See John Waechter, Bill Castro or Brian Gray if you would like to borrow some for your group. Information and material is provided and sponsored by NASA-JPL and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Go to the link above to learn about the Night Sky Network.

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