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Delaware AeroSpace Education fund-raiser set Sept. 30 4:11 p.m., Sept. 22, 2006--The Delaware AeroSpace Education Foundation (DASEF) hosts its first annual fund-raising open house from 3-9 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 30, in Big Oak Park at the Environmental Outpost on Big Oak Road in Smyrna. Sponsored by the Delaware Space Grant Consortium and the Delaware Solid Waste Authority, the fund-raiser will follow the grand opening of Kent County's Big Oak Park. The event features a wide range of family activities, including launching rockets, solar viewers, Delaware State Police helicopter touchdown and presentation, the Delmarva Stargazers, ILC Dover spacesuit presentation, a hands-on clean water maze and the interactive National Outdoor Leadership Bus, which runs on vegetable oil and solar power. Radio Disney, a national children's radio network, will present interactive entertainment for all visitors. The day will conclude with an outdoor Kaleidoscopic Spectrasphere that will feature the first public viewing of the night sky from DASEF's telescope in the Mountjoy Observatory. This is a rain or shine event. Refreshments and food will be available for purchase. There will be a fee for some activities and the observatory program. For more information and directions, call (302) 454-2432 or visit [www.dasef.org/open_house.htm]. |
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