John M. Setzler, Jr.

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Planetarium & Wayward Photographer

October 5th, 2007

I went to the Catawba Science Center this morning to attend the media tour of the new Millholland Planetarium and the new aquarium exhibits. I can’t begin to tell you how nice this new facility is. You should make it a point to go visit it as soon as possible. The public opening of this new facility is Sunday, October 7th from 1 until 7pm. The Millholland Planetarium is just fantastic. The planetarium also has a laser light show (pictured above). The media presentation this morning provided a demonstration of both.

The new aquarium exhibits at the Catawba Science Center are also beautiful. The aquarium exhibit also includes touch exhibits with sharks and stingrays, as well as one with crabs, sea urchins, and other various ocean wildlife. The new exhibit hall is also populated with video monitors that provide information to the visitors and several interactive touch-screen systems as well.

I also stumbled across the Hickory Daily Record’s wayward son, Nathan Armes. I rolled into the parking lot at the Science Center and thought to myself… That looks like Nathan standing there… sure enough… It was. He had just flown in from Denver and will be visiting family and friends for a few days…

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