Happening December @ CSC

Imprints in Science

Monthly Member's Newsletter

www.CatawbaScience.org

December 2015

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Bruce Beerbower --

Master Front Line Interpreter

Honored at National Association for Interpretation Conference

CSC Lead Naturalist, Bruce Beerbower, has been named one of two Master Front Line Interpreters by the National Association for Interpretation (NAI).

At the NAI national conference Bruce was described as, "absolutely one of the best natural science interpreter/educators in NAI."

Bruce began his career almost a half century ago. After earning his degrees and a variety of jobs north and south, he settled in at Catawba Science Center in 1980. In the time since, he has done just about everything, becoming a beloved institution within this beloved institution. Bruce was a member of both the Association of Interpretive Naturalists (AIN) and the Western Interpreters Association (WIA) and helped with the merger into NAI. Whenever possible, he has attended our workshops and presented sessions. This spring, the Sunny Southeast Region recognized his lifetime of devotion by honoring him as its Outstanding Interpreter. He has influenced the lives and careers of hundreds, probably thousands, of people. Three examples of his "graduates" are a local science teacher who won the National Environmental Education award, a senior administrator at the World Wildlife Fund, and a veterinarian at the South Carolina Aquarium.

National Association for Interpretation is dedicated to advancing the profession of heritage interpretation, currently serving about 5,000 members in the United States, Canada, and over thirty other nations. Individual members include those who work at parks, museums, nature centers, zoos, botanical gardens, aquariums, historical and cultural sites, commercial tour companies, and theme parks.

Trick or Treating with T-rex

Contest Winners

Our Dino Prize Halloween drawing winners were Tom Higley from Hickory, and Mr. A.C. Shull from Sherrills Ford.

Bruce Beerbower, Lead Naturalist, and friend during Trick or Treating w T-rex.

Corning Optical Communications Volunteers

Paint Main Hallway & Classroom and clean Naturalist Center

Volunteers from the Young Executives Group from Corning Optical Communications spend two days helping to spruce up CSC, led by their mentor, Jim Rideout (Senior Vice President Strategy and Business Development for Corning Optical Communications and President of CSC).

The volunteers painted the remaining part of the Main Hallway's walls and ceiling, painted the North Classroom (how much nicer in CSC blue rather than the old bright yellow!), and gave the Naturalist Center a much needed top to bottom cleaning.

We thank them for their very generous gift of their time and talents.

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Coming in January

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For Pre-Schoolers

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For 5th to 8th Graders

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Now Showing in the

Millholland Planetarium

Calling all Boy Scouts --

Wolves, Bears and Webelos

Scout Camps begin in January 2016!

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Birthday Parties

Celebrated with Science

November

Nathan Bolick

Nora Bolick

Kevin Brown

Riley Bumgarner

Natalya Gilson

Kyler Greer

Noah Hatley

Caleb Hayden

Isaac Lee-Byrnes

Tae Moses

Jason Pardue

Lilly Pardue

Ryan Presnell

Javariana Robinson

Grayson Sipe

Ella Sparks

Skylar Stevens

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Remember, Members receive a discount on Birthday Parties.

CSC at Barnes & Noble

CSC Lead Naturalist Bruce Beerbower shows a Ball Python to Hawk Mull as part of the presentations by CSC at Barnes & Noble.

in this issue

DinoScare

Bruce Beerbower Honored

Trick or Treating with Trex

Corning Volunteers

Engineering Time

Ocean Bound

Pre-School

Star of Wonder

Scout Camps

Birthday Parties

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Now Playing Millholland Planetarium

Star of Wonder, Laser Lights & Seasonal Stargazing (triple feature)

The Moon & Seasonal Stargazing (double feature)

Little Start that Could & Seasonal Stargazing (double feature)

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Daytime planetarium and laser shows are included in CSC's General Admission, on a first-come, first-seated basis.