[meteorite-list] Haviland Plans First Meteorite Festival

From: Ron Baalke <baalke_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Jun 21 16:01:45 2006
Message-ID: <200606211959.MAA00673_at_zagami.jpl.nasa.gov>

http://www.pratttribune.com/articles/2006/06/21/news/03_meteorite.txt

Haviland plans first meteorite festival
The Pratt Tribune
June 21, 2006

The entire community of Haviland is gearing up for its first ever
Meteorite Festival, "Ab Astra: From the Stars," July 7-8 on the Barclay
College campus.

Games, clowns, live entertainment, food booths, stories, tours, vendors,
a parade, a medallion hunt, helicopter rides, a 1,430-pound meteorite
and meteorite experts will provide an event sure to please
festival-goers of all ages.

One such expert, Dr. Denton Ebel, comes all the way from New York City's
American Museum of Natural History that features the Brenham Pallasite
in its Hall of Meteorites. Ebel, a member of the museum's Department of
Earth and Planetary Sciences, agreed to attend the event after being
contacted by Haviland Mayor, Jeff Christiansen. Ebel is scheduled to
present a lecture on the nature of pallasite meteorites on Saturday in
Jackson Hall on the Barclay campus. He will then go out to the dig site
of the recently discovered Arnold meteorite that weighs in a little over
1400 pounds.

The Arnold meteorite and others will be on display to the public, and
visitors are encouraged to bring their own finds in for meteorite expert
Dr. Don Stimpson to examine. Mark Bostic of the Kansas Meteorite Society
will also be on hand.

The majority of activities for the Festival will take place on Saturday,
July 8, beginning in the morning with helicopter rides from 7-10 a.m.
and disc golf from 8-10 a.m. The parade begins at 10:30 a.m. and
exhibits open at11. A variety of food vendors will offer lunch including
barbecue, funnel cakes, shaved ice, bierock, pies and cakes.

In the afternoon, children's activities include clowns, face painting,
meteor story time, moonwalk, and the Junior Adventure Program that
awards prizes for kids who participate in a series of science and
history stations.


A picnic from 6-8 p.m. on Saturday at the Haviland City Park is
sponsored by the Haviland Heritage Foundation. Guests are asked to bring
a chair; the Foundation will furnish the meal. Fireworks and stargazing
will round out the day.

Astronomy Night is planned for both Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Two
films entitled "The Privileged Planet" and "The Milky Way and Beyond"
will be presented at the Haviland Friends Church by Steve Miller. Miller
holds a B.A. in Philosophy and Apologetics from Trinity College of the
Bible and is a member of the Creation Research Society. Weather
permitting, the public can view the heavens through telescopes after the
presentations.

The Meteorite Festival is a result of the work of a committee of
volunteers co-chaired by Jackie Robertson and Jeanne Christiansen.
Rodney Hannan is in charge of the parade. Other members include Jeff
Christiansen, Ed and Marlene Lofgren, Gail Zook, Duward Whitney, Sheryl
White, Janet West, Roberta Leininger, Bonnie Ebert, Ryan Haase, and Herb
Frazier, president of Barclay College.

For a complete list of activities and information about signing up for
the parade or scheduling helicopter rides, the public is asked to visit
the Festival website at www.havilandkansas.com or call committee members
Zook or Robertson.
Received on Wed 21 Jun 2006 03:59:26 PM PDT