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     UPEI will be the site 
     
     of the Abegweit Science 
     
     Centre which will include 
     
     initially a geodesic 
     
     dare to house a 100- 
     
     seat planetarium theatre, 
     
     and an adjoining build- 
     
     ing to include the box 
     
     office, lobby and admin- 
     
     istrative offices. When 
     
     new gymnasium facilities 
     
     becate available on 
     
     campus, UPEI will provide 
     
     the A.S.C. with the 
     
     existing gym facilities, 
     
     for use as a science 
     
     museum. The planetarium 
     
     will be located on the 
     
     north side of the present 
     
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     In addition to the 
     
     regular daily programs the 
     
     planetarium will offer 
     
     special showings during 
     
     holiday periods, such as 
     
     Christmas and Easter and 
     
    
   
   
    
     will provide year-round 
     
     educational and entertain- 
     
     ment attractions. This 
     
     being the only major 
     
     planetarium east of 
     
     Montreal, the attendance 
     
     figures for the first year 
     
     are expected to exceed 
     
     50,000. 
     
    

    
     The financial input by 
     
     the University is estimated 
     
     to be $130,000. This 
     
     includes the cost of the 
     
     geodesic date shelter, 
     
     $80,000; administration/ 
     
     entrance building, $42,000; 
     
     connecting walkway, 
     
     $5,000, and landscaping, 
     
     $3,000. 
     
    

    
     The.A.S.C. will provide 
     
     planetarium equipment, 
     
     conSisting of the project- 
     
     or, a thirty—foot date, 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
        
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     CHAPLAINCY SERVICE IS AVAILABLE TO STUDENTS ON 
     
    
   
   
    
     CAMPUS AT THE CHAPLAINCY CENTRE ON TUESDAYS FROM 
     
    
   
   
    
     2 - h p.m., ON WEDNESDAYS FROM 2 - h p.m., AND ON 
     
    
   
   
    
     THURSDAYS FROM 7 - 9 p.m. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     and James Dumas. Mr. 
     
     Dumas has been instrumental 
     
     in establishing several 
     
     astronomical observations 
     
     dedicated to the teaching 
     
    

    
     of astronomy. He has 
     
     produced over 25 planet- 
     
     arium shows, which have been; 
     
     used as far away as South ‘ 
     
     America. He will becure 
     
     the curator of the Centre, 
     
     which,it is hoped, will be 
     
     open for Sumter 1980. 
     
    

    
     The entrancerbuilding 
     
     will have a lobby/waiting 
     
     roam, ticket sales counter, 
     
     public washrooms, sales 
     
     area for scientific books, 
     
     telescopes, photos, etc. 
     
    

    
     When the museum is 
     
     established, it will have 
     
     a participatory type of 
     
     facilities where most 
     
     exhibits and displays of 
     
     scientific nature can be 
     
     touched, handled, operated 
     
     and controlled by the 
     
     museum-goer. 
     
    
   
   
    
     theatre seats, FiSher sound 
     
     system, and miscellaneous 
     
     planetarium and astronomical 
     
    
   
   
    
     equipment currently 
     
     valued at $110,289. The 
     
    
   
   
    
     Centre, granted letters 
     
     patent in January 1979, has 
     
     since purchased materials 
     
     and equipment towards the 
     
     establisl'men‘ t of a planet— 
     
     arium and museum. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A non-profit group, the 
     
     Centre was organized in 
     
     October 1978 with Heber 
     
     Jones of Charlottetown as 
     
     president; Henry Coia, 
     
    
   
   
    
     Vice—president; . Mrs. 
     
     Mabel Dumas, treasurer, 
     
     and Terry Jones, secretary. 
     
     The four directors are 
     
     Mrs. Micheline Coia, Larry 
     
     Dumville, Beverly Dumville 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
          
     
       
     
       
     
       
     
         
     
       
     
         
     
       
     
          
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
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