Woodstock, VA – Pam Sheets, Director of The Shenandoah County Parks and Recreation Department has announced dozens of low-cost special events, classes, and programs for people of all ages, including children and teens. (The free events are noted as such in the Parks and Rec upcoming schedule below.):
SPECIAL EVENTS
STARGAZING
Do you want to learn how...
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Tags: arts and craft fair, children, classes, free, low-cost, Parks & Rec, Shenandiah, teens
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Florida – Space shuttle Atlantis’ six astronauts are expected to arrive at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida today for their prelaunch activities. Arrival in a Shuttle Training Aircraft is scheduled for about 12 p.m. EST and will be carried live on NASA TV and also can be found online.
The crew is scheduled to...
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Tags: astronauts, Atlantis, Atlas V rocket, International Space Station, ISS, Orion capsules, Space, US
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Strasburg – With this article, we launch our new web feature, “Hot Sites.”
Daily, as editors of 7Bends.com and 7Bends of the Shenandoah Valley magazine, we come across websites that are of interest to our changing lives – from a practical, entertainment and/or technology perspective. And, we also receive emails from our visitors suggesting web...
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Tags: Audubon, bird, birding, festival, hot Shenandoah Valley web sites, Virginia Green
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Edinburg, VA – Question: What do all of these things have in common? Answer: They are all part of the schedule of exciting classes and events offered by Shenandoah County Parks and Recreation (SCRP) during October, November and December 2009.
Many of these Shenandoah Valley events are free. Some are for children; some for...
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Tags: cake decorating, classes, For Kids, holiday activities, Shenandoah County events, stargazing, yoga, zumba
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Earth – CNN is reporting that a private citizen, Guy Laliberte, the founder of the international entertainment company Cirque du Soleil, is among three returning from a trip to the International Space Station today.
They say that Laliberte is the “first Canadian private space explorer” and that he used his voyage to “raise awareness about...
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Tags: angel, Cirque du Soliel, Criss Angel, Guy Laliberte, space travel
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Date Line: October 3, 2009
From the Universe, Earth, the USA, Virginia, the Shenandoah Valley – comes the Special Holiday Edition of 7Bends magazine – now in production.
Catch the Wave … ride along with 7Bends and Friends
Experience the new-media difference in promoting your business, organization, web site, and/or special event in the Shenandoah Valley, Northern...
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Tags: Events, holiday, holidays, magazine, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia
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Washington, D.C. — Astronomers declared NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope a fully rejuvenated observatory with the release yesterday (09/09/09) of observations from four of its six operating science instruments.
Topping the list of new views are colorful, multi-wavelength pictures of far-flung galaxies, a densely packed star cluster, an eerie “pillar of creation,” and a “butterfly” nebula....
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Tags: butterfly, hubble, new beginning, Space, star, star nebula, universe
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