Starry Night Party & Geocaching 101
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Save the date: Kansas Geocaching and Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center will be hosting a Geocaching 101 event at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center Starry Nights.
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3rd Annual "Starry Night" Observation Party
Saturday, August 27, 2011
5:30 - 10:30 pm
Hobart-Detter Field, Carey Park
SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 2011
5:30 pm to 10:30 pm
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Join us for a night of rocketry, education, music and star observations. Bring your lawn chairs and learn about the planets, how to use a telescope, and where to look for specific constellations. Enjoy free, fun family activities, including Radio Kansas and the Southwinds Swing and Jazz Band. (Tentative Rain Date: Saturday, September 24 at the Cosmosphere.)
ACTIVITIES 5:30-8:30 PM
Hands-on, learn how it works, and make it!, Geo-Caching, Liquid Oxygen Ice Cream, Face Painting and Tattoos, Channel 3 Weather Van and Meteorologist JD Rudd, Solar System Observation Telescope Training, Glider Airplanes, Rocket Demos, Air Rockets, Solar System Bracelets, Kite Demonstrations, Four Forces of Flight, Radio Kansas with Michael Ables
ENTERTAINMENT 8:30-10:30 PM
Southwinds Swing and Jazz Band, Night Sky Telescope Viewing, Cosmosphere Sky Show
Sponsored by: Hutchinson Credit Union, Radio Kansas, Bank of Kansas, HobbyTown USA, Kwik Shop and State Farm Insurance - Cris Corey Agency
We need all kinds of help, from cachers to help newbies, hiders, people to man the booth, etc. If you can help out, please leave a message.
Please log if you plan to attend, so we can get a good head count..
NEWBIES WELCOME
This event is dedicated to introducing people to a new outdoor activity called geocaching.
Geocaching (Jee-oh-Cash-ing) is part of a worldwide outdoor game for GPS users. Learn how to use a hand-held GPS receiver, then go on an adventure to find hidden treasure, called “geocaches”. If you own a GPS receiver, bring it (preferred, but not required) along with some fresh batteries. All ages welcome, as long as you can at least “hike” across a parking lot and walk in grass. You can come alone or you can come with a friend. A grandparent can bring a grandpup. A wife can round up the hubby. A boyfriend can bring all of the girlfriends. You can get a babysitter and use this as a date, or you can bring the whole family and the babysitter too. You can call up your buddy and come on down just to see what it's all about. Any and all are welcome.
To let the geocaching community know that you plan on attending, log in and post a "will attend" log by going to the box at the top-right corner of this page and click on " log your visit" at the top of the list in the box. In the next screen, click on the text that reads
"- Select Type of Log -" and choose "Will Attend". Add a comment saying that you're coming, and click on the Submit Log Entry button at the bottom of the page. Also, see the Reservations section below.
AFTER the event, you can repeat the logging process, except you will choose "Attended" instead of "Will Attend".
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