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The Observer/ THURSDAY. AUGUST 5, 1993
Nature programs are lots of fan when kids take part
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NATURE
TRAILS
3
TIMOTHY
NOWICKI
Anytime you
work with the
public and children,
anything
can happen. Naturalistspresenting
programs
to school groups
and families like
to get the audience
involved.
One way to do
that is to ask
questions and
have an individual respond with
Bell offers
Schoolcraft
scholarship
Michigan Bell will award a
Schoolcraft College student a
$1,000 scholarship as part of the
company's scholarship program
for community college students..
To be eligible for the Michigan
Bell scholarship, a student must
be Michigan resident studying
business administration of engineering
full time at Schoolcraft
College. Students coming directly
from high school, as well as nontraditional
students, are encouraged
to apply. Applicants must
have a grade-point average of at
least 3.0.
The application deadline is
Thursday, Aug. 19. Students who
wish to apply for the scholarship
should call the Schoolcraft Institutional
Advancement office at
462-4417.
Previous Michigan Bell scholarship
winners were Carmen
Saleh and Anne Fleszar of Livonia
Michigan Bell, a subsidiary of
Chicago-based Ameritech, provides
communications and information
services to more than 4
million business and residential
customers in Michigan.
SC to host
cage tourney
Schoolcraft College will host
the M&M Classic 3-on-3 Baskethall
Jam on Sept. 11-12 in the college's
physical education building.
The Jam is open to males and
females of all ages, from grade
school through professional. Divisions
are based on height, age and
experience. Teams consist of
three or four players and each
player can participate on only one
team in the tournament.
The contest is set up as a double
elimination tournament and
trophies will be awarded for each
winning division. There will also
be a 3-point and slam dunk contest
with prizes for the winners.
Interested players must register
by Sept. 1. Entry fee is $60. All
proceeds go to the Schoolcraft
College Athletic Fund.
The contest is sponsored by
C&S Associates Landscape,
Coach's Corner. Gethsemane
Christian Church, McDonald's,
Mobil, Moorer and Sons Collision
and Quality Inn.
To register or for more information.
call the Schoolcraft Institutional
Advancement office at 462-
4417.
UM-D hosts
child center
open house
The University of Michigan
Dearborn Child Development
renter will host an open house for
it-, kindergarten program 5-6:30
p m Wednesday, Aug. 25.
Prospective fall kindergarten
students and their families and
other community members are invited
Kindergarten teachers and
-taff members will provide information
about enrollment, tuition,
scholarship and other topics.
Fall 1993 enrollment for the
I'M Dearborn kindergarten program
is open to all children who
will have reached the age of 5 be
fore Dec. 1, 1993. Full-time (ft
a m to 3 30 p m i and half time (ft
a m to noon) schedules are offered
with full-time given priority.
Extended care hours, 7:30-8 a m
and 3 30 5:30 p.m are Available at
an additional charge
The open house will be held at
thr kindergarten classroom. Mod
ular Building 29 on the Dearborn
campus. The site is adjacent to
the Henry Ford Estate cottages
that house the Child Development
Center.
Further information is available
by contacting the UM Dear
born Child Development Center
at 593 5424
an answer. Sometimes juat being
in a situation can precipitate
some unusual responses.
We were showing the students a
mounted, or stuffed, great homed
owl while discussing the adapta-
The following are a couple of tions of this animal.
personal experiences I thought The students responded quick-
you might find interesting. Any ly to our question and came up
resemblence to anything you have with the large eyes of the owl, the
personally done is purely coinci- ability to turn its head and the
dental.
long claws. When we asked for an-
During one summer outreach other name for the long claws, one
program, I was a a day camp with students raised his hand with a
a seasonal naturalist. There was a gasp, indicating that he knew the
group of about 20 students sitting answer and wanted to share it. So
on the ground as we presented we called on him and confidently
material on animal adaptations. he said "testicles." We gently but
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