https://digitalcollections.eku.edu/files/original/1001d5ab5c8fb644eecaa9a25e7ee3e5.pdf 760b387689831c1acc8047f160321c67 PDF Text Text EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY HUMMEL PLANETARIUM Perkins Building to house planetarium New planetarium going up Christmas star shines in Hummel Planetarium show Pl anetarium dispute could end in court settlement, say officials Hummel Space Theatre Offers Visitors A View Not Seen In Recent Years Arnim D. Hummel Planetar ium And Space Theater (pamphlet) Seeing Stars Opening of the Hummel Planetarium EKU planetarium opens Wednesday Hummel Planetarium to open after nine years of sitting idle EKU 's planetarium revived Planetarium repair begun; tests planned Planetarium still closed, fully staffed Planetarium lawsuit continues State files suit over planetarium Law suit fiels against Spitz over planetarium Telescope deck open Friday night EKU telescope deck open for observations Friday night Negotiation process delays planetarium EKU telescope deck to open for observation Friday ni ght 'Open house' i s planned for EKU telescope deck Planetarium troubles blamed on Spitz Space �EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY HUMMEL PLANETARIUM 2 Planetarium opening date has been delayed EKU telescope open Sept . 12 Planetarium opening delayed until 1982 Planetarium features conservation devices Hummel Planetarium opens Planetarium will re-open Wednesday Spectacular space shows await visitors as EKU planetarium , opens Wednesday Hummel's 'Story of the Star' enlightens Hummel Space Theatre Offers Visitors A View Not Seen In Recent Years Planetarium anno unces program Under the stars Hummel Planetarium and Space Theater >lanetarium show celebrates season �PLANETARIUM PREVIEW AND INTRODUCTIONS NOVEMBER 13, 1988 I. PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU TO THE PREVIEW TO COMMEMORATE THE OPENING OF THE ARNIM D. HUM\1EL PLANETARIUM. II. FEW PERSONS HERE TODAY WHOM I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU. A. LEGISLATORS: (PLEASE HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE UNTIL ALL ARE INTRODUCED. ) 1. SENATOR BILL CLOUSE, FROM RICHMOND, AND JANE. 2. REPRESENTATIVE HARRY MOBERLY, JR., FROM RICHMOND, AND VICKI. 3. REPRESENTATIVE PAUL RICHARDSON, FROM WINCHESTER, AND DILLY. 4. APPLAUSE �-2- B. PLEASED TO HAVE W ITH US TODAY , MR. CHARLES HOLMES, PRESIDENT OF SPITZ, INC . MR. HOLMES, PLEASE STAND SO WE MIGHT GREET YOU. APPLAUSE. C. AS YOU KNOW, THE PLANETARIUM IS NAMED FOR DR. ARNIM D. HUMv1EL. DR. HUMv1EL'S DISTINGUISHED CAREER IS DETAILED IN TODAY'S PROGRAM. WE TAKE GREAT PLEASURE IN HAVING MEMBERS OF DR. HUMv1EL'S FAMILY WITH US TODAY. IT IS MY PLEASURE NOW TO INTRODUCE THEM TO YOU. AGAIN, PLEASE HOLD YOUR APPLAUSE UNTIL ALL ARE INTRODUCED. 1. MS. CATHY HUMv1EL, GAOGHI~8~Bt DR•. HUMv1EL, FROM CALIFORNIA. 2. MRS. MARGARET POTTER, DAUGHTER OF DR. HUMv1EL, AND HER HUSBAND, DAVID, FROM COLORADO. �-3- 3. MS. ELEANOR WALKER, DAUGHTER OF DR. HLJM.1EL, FROM NEW YORK. 4. MRS. KATHY HOFFMAN , GRANDDAUGHTER OF DR. HU!vMEL, AND HER HUSBAND, RICHARD, AND THEIR SONS, MICHAEL AND STEVEN, FROMILLINOIS. 5. MISS EILEEN POTTER, GRANDDAUGHTER, FROM COLORADO. 6. AND, MISSES CATHY AND LAURA SHOTT, GRANDDAUGHTERS, FROM CALIFORNIA. PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING THE MEMBERS OF DR. HLJM.1EL'S FAMILY TO EASTERN AND TO KENTUCKY . APPLAUSE. �-4- III. PROGRAM - DR. JACK FLETCHER, DIRECTOR OF THE ARNIM D. Hl.Jvt.1EL PLANETARIUM, WILL NOW GIVE YOUSOME DETAILS CONCERNING TODAY'S PROGRAM. DR. FLETCHER. IV , PROGRAM. V. HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED OUR PREVIEW. YOU ARE INVITED TO THE RECEPTION , WHICHWILL BE HELD IN THE LOBBY OF THE PERKINS BUILDING, WHICH IS JUST NEXT DOOR TOUS. YOU MJST EXIT THE PLANETARIUM TO GOTO THE PERKINS BUILDING. PLEASE WATCH YOU STEP AS YOU LEAVE THE AUDITORIUv1. WE HAVE APPRECIATED YOUR BEING WITH US TODAY AND HOPE YOU WILL VISIT THE PLANETARILM AGAIN. THANK YOU. �Planetarium Preview and Reception Carl D. Perkins Building November 13, 1988 The favor of a reply is requested by the seventh of November. Will Attend Unable to Attend �You are cordially invited to attend the Planetarium Preview and Reception to Commemorate the Opening of The Arnim D. Hummel Planetarium Carl D. Perkins Building Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, Kentucky Sunday, November 13, 1988 Planetarium Preview: 2:00 p .m. Arnim D. Hummel Planetarium Reply card enclosed Reception Following Preview Carl D. Perkins Building �Guest List for Planetarium Preview and Reception November 13, 1988 BOARD OF REGENTS Robert J. Begley and guest and Mrs . John Cooper and Mrs. Craig Cox and Mrs . Gary Gillis and Mrs . Rodney Gross and Mrs. William Moore and Mrs. Burl Spurlock and Mrs. Henry D. Stratton Dr . Bonnie Gray and guest Mr. Hunter Bates and guest Mr . Mr. Mr. Mr. Dr. Mr. Mr. Mr. ADMINISTRATIVE COUJX'.IL Dt. and and and and Dr . Dr. and Dr. and Mr. and Dr. and Mr. Mr. Mrs . Mrs . Mrs. Mrs. Mrs . Mrs. Mrs . Mr s. Hanly Funderburk C. E. Baldwin Donald R. Feltner Thomas D. Myers John D. Rowlett Joseph Schwendeman James R. Clark Charles D. Whitlock FORMER MEMBERS OF BOARD OF REGENTS Mr . Mr . Mr . Mr . Mr. Thomas Harper & guest and Mrs . Jerry Ikerd and Mrs . John M. Keith , Jr . and Mrs . Joseph W. Phelps and Mrs . Beverly Yeiser COUNCIL ON ACADEMIC AFFAIRS Mr. and Mr s . David Allgier Dr . and Mrs. Donald Batch and Mrs . Robert Baugh and Mrs. Jack Culross r . and Mrs . Russell Enzie Dr. and Mrs . Charles Falk Drs. Virginia and Stephen Falkenberg Dr. and Mrs . David Gale Dr . and Mrs . Kenneth Hansson Dr . and Mrs . Kenneth Henson Dr. and Mrs . John Long Dr. and Mrs . Jack Luy Dr. and Mrs . Marion Ogden Colonel and Mrs. David Reimold Dr- . Truett Ricks Dr . and Mrs . Joseph Schwendeman Mr. and Mrs . E. E. Weyhrauch r and Mrs . Vance Wisenbaker �PLANETARIUM PREVIEW AND RECEPTION November 13, 1988 Guest List Page 'IWo STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS The Dr. Dr. Dr . Mr . Mr. Ms . Dr. Mr . Ms. Mr . Ms . Honorable and Mrs. Wallace Wilkinson John Brock (also on CHE staff) and Mrs. Jack D. Foster and Mrs . Stephen Henderson Frank Howard Wendell cave Kay Freeland Betty Steffy John Drake Vivian Link Ann Seppenfield Lydia Sledge COUt-CIL ON HIGHER EDUCATION Dr . and Mrs . Gary Cox Judge and Mrs . William Bertlesman The Honorable Bert T. Combs Mr. Joe Bill Campbell Mr . W. David Denton Mr. Michael N. Harreld Mr. and Mrs. Morton Holbrook Mr . James w. Hill The Honorable and Mrs . Carroll Hubbard Dr . and Mrs . Nicholas Kafoglis Mr. and Mrs . W. Terry McBrayer Dr . Patrick M. Nutini Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Sandfoss Mr . and Mrs . Randall Shew Dr. Daniel H. Stamper , Jr. Mr . and Mrs . William Sturgill Mr. Wendell Thomas Mr. Robert W. Vaughn Mr . John Brock LEGISLATORS senator and Mrs . Bill Clouse Representative and Mrs . Harry Moberly , Jr. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS The The The The Honorable Honorable Honorable Honorable and and and and Mrs . Mrs. Mrs. Mrs. Wendell Ford Larry Hopkins Mitch McConnell Harold Rogers �PLANETARIUM PREVIEW AND Rn::EPTION November 13, 1988 Guest List Page Three DEPARTMENT OF FINANC:E, ARCHITECTS , ENGINEERS , ETC . Mr . Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr . Mr . Mr . and Mrs. Clark Beauchamp Donald Dugger Ed Smith Keith Abbott and Mrs . Wilson Bond , Jr . Raymond B. Hayes, Jr . and Mrs . Harlan Staggs SPITZ OFFICIALS Mr. Charlie Holmes, President HUMMEL FAMILY Ms . Kathy Ms . Karen Ms . Laura Others to Hununel Schacht Schacht come from Fletcher CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE Representative William Donnermeyer Senator Charles Gregory Higdon Representative Marshall Long Senator Ed O' Daniel Representative Paul W. Richardson Representative Tommy Todd Senator Jack Trevey MAJOR DONORS From VP Feltner ALUMNI EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Mr . Ms . Mr. Mr. Ms . Mr. Ms. Ms . Mr . Mr. Mr. and Mrs . Gary Abney J uanita Adams and spouse and Mrs. David Brewer and Mrs. Tom Coffey Beatrice Dougherty & guest and Mrs . Ray Giltner Rozellen Griggs and s/g Kay Bowman Kile and guest Edsel Mountz and Mrs . Robert Russell and Mrs . Robert L. Turpin �PLANETARIUM PREVIEW AND REX:EPTION November 13, 1988 Guest List Page Four LOCAL SCHOOL OFFICIALS Ms . Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Ms . Mr. Mr. Dr. Mr. Mr. Karla Black and Mrs . Mike Bent ley and Mrs . Paul David J et t and Mrs . Paul Shannon Johnson and Mrs. David Jones and Mrs . John Gilliam and Mrs . William Hagan Elizabeth Mitchell and Mrs. James E. Parks and Mrs. Phil Herald and Mrs . Kenneth Tunnell and Mrs . Jim Wall ace , supt., Berea Independent School s and Mrs . Bobby Joe Whitaker , Supt. , Richmond Independent Schools OTHERS ON STAFF Mr. Mr. Mr. Dr . Mr. Mr. Mr . Mr . Cory Anderson and Mrs. Larry Bailey and Mrs. Giles Bl ack and Mrs. Jack Flet cher and Mrs. Ron Harrell and Mrs. Fr enus Masters, Jr. and Mrs . Danny Williams Chip Woodson L<X:AL GOV'T OFFICIALS Mayor and Mrs. Earl Baker Judge and Mrs . Harold Botner Judge Julia Adams and Mr. St eve Adams Mr. and Mrs . Dale carrier Judge and Mrs . James s. Chenault Mr . Larry Combs Mr . Joe Hacker Judge and Mr s . Wi l liam Jennings Mr. and Mrs. Marshall McAnich Judge and Mrs. John Paul Moore Mr. and Mrs. Forniss Park Mr. and Mrs . Farris Parks Mr . and Mrs . Bi ll Rice Judge and Mrs. Wm. Robbins Mr . and Mrs . William Strong �PLANETARIUM PREVIEW AND RECEPTION November 13, 1988 Guest List Page Five CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mr . and Mrs. Gary Abney (on another list) Mr . and Mrs. Jirruny Barnes Mrs. Robert B. Begley (on another list) Mr . and Mrs . David Bonn Mr . J ohn Bur ford Mr. and Mrs . Shannon Combs Mr. and Mrs . Gerald Crockett Mr . and Mrs . Walt Ecton Mr. and Mrs . David Graham Mr . and Mrs. Doug Heinemeyer Mr . and Mrs. Jirruny Howard Doctors Adr i enne Millett and Doug Owen Mr . and Mr s. Bill Rice Mr . and Mrs . Porter Richmond Mr . and Mrs . George Ridings Mrs . Nancy Robertson Mr . Richar d Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Thompson Mr . and Mrs . William Walters (on another list) Mr . and Mrs. Tony Whitaker (on another list) Mr . Mark Van Leeuwen Mr . and Mrs . John Revel Mr . and Mrs . John Young Mr . and Mrs . Jirruny Dale Williams OrHERS Ms . Polly Gorman and guest Mr. and Mrs . Doug Hutcherson Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Martin Mrs. J . C. Powe l l Dr. and Mrs . William E. Sexton �Guest List for Planetarium Preview and Reception November 13 , 1988 BOARD OF REGENTS Robert J . Begley and guest Mr . and Mr s . John Cooper Mr . and Mrs. Craig Cox Mr. and Mrs . Gary Gillis .A)r. and Mrs. Rodney Gross Mr . and Mrs. Wi lliam Moore and Mrs. Burl Spurlock ~. and Mrs . Henry D. Stratton Dr . Bonnie Gray and guest Mr. Hunter Bates and guest Mr. ADMINISTRATIVE COill'l:IL hr . and Mrs . Hanly Funderburk .,Mr . and Mrs • C. E. Baldwin .,-Mr . and Mrs. Donald R. Feltner Mrs . Thomas D. Myers ~ r.- and and Mrs. John D. Rowlett / Dr . and Mrs. Joseph Schwendeman / Mr. and Mrs . James R. Clark ./ Dr . and Mrs . Charles D. Whitlock FORMER MEMBERS OF BOARD OF REGENTS Mr. ~- 1.flr. ~r. Mr. Mr. Thomas Harper & guest and Mrs . Jerry Ikerd and Mrs . John M. Keith , Jr . and Mrs . Gerald May and Mrs . Joseph W. Phelps and Mrs. Beverly Yeiser(__w/l'Jb1/Jr* i'"X COUN'.::'.IL ON ACADEMIC AFFAIRS Mr . and Mrs. David Allgier Dr . and Mrs. Donald Batch Dr . and Mrs. Robert Baugh Dr . and Mrs . Jack Culross Dr . and Mrs . Russell Enzie Dr . and Mrs . Charles Falk Drs . Virginia and Stephen Falkenberg Dr. and Mrs. David Gale Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hansson Dr. and Mrs . Kenneth Henson Dr . and Mrs. John Long Dr. and Mrs . Jack Luy Dr. and Mrs . Marion Ogden Colonel and Mrs. David Reimold Dr . Truett Ricks Dr . and Mrs . Joseph Schwendeman Mr . and Mrs . E. E. Weyhrauch Dr . and Mrs . Vance Wisenbaker f,7rt) 11 �PLANETARIUM PREVIEW AND ROCEPTION November 13, 1988 Guest List Page 'Iwo STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS The Dr . Dr. ~r. ytqr. .!Mr. J Ms . Dr . v/ Mr . Honorable and Mrs . Wallace Wilkinson John Brock (also on CHE staff) and Mrs. Jack D. Foster and Mrs. Stephen Henderson Frank Howard Wendell Cave Kay Freeland Betty Steffy John Drake ~~ ~i~~t . ~ d - Lydia Sled~ COUN:IL ON HIGHER EDUCATION Dr. and Mrs . Gary Cox Judge and Mrs . William Bertlesrnan vThe Honorable Bert T. Combs lkfr . Joe Bill Campbell vMJ · W. David Denton vf,tr. Michael N. Harreld Mr. and Mrs . Morton Holbrook Mr. James W. Hill The Honorable and Mrs. Carroll Hubbard Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas Kafoglis / vMr . and Mr s . W. Terry McBrayer Dr . Patrick M. Nutini ~r. and Mrs. Bernie Sandfoss \(Mr. and Mrs. Randall Shew Dr . Daniel H. Stamper , Jr. !/Mr. and Mrs . William Sturgill ~ - Wendell Thomas vf,1r . Robert w. Vaughn Mr . John Brock LEGISLATORS . Senator and Mrs . Bill Clouse v Representative and Mrs . Harry Moberly , Jr. FEDERAL GOVERNMENI' OFFICIALS v The .-'The T_pe tJThe Honorable Honorable Honorable Hono rabl e and and and and Mrs . Mrs . Mrs. Mrs. wendell Ford Larry Hopkins Mitch McConnell Harold Rogers �PLANETARIUM PREVIEW AND ROCEPTION November 13, 1988 Guest List Page Three DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE , AOCHITECTS , ENGINEERS , ETC. and Mrs. Clark Beauchamp Donald Dugger ~r. Ed Smith r./Mr. Keith Abbott and Mrs . Wilson Bond, Jr . Raymond B. Hayes , Jr. Mr. and Mr s . Harlan Staggs tr: SPITZ OFFICIALS Mr . Charlie Holmes, President HUMMEL FAMILY /Ms . /MS . vffs . ./Mr. ./Ms . ,, Mr. \.,!Ifs . Kathy Hummel Karen Schacht Laura Schacht and Mrs. David Potter Eileen Potter and Mrs. Richard Hoffman ..- :2 Eleano r walker CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT COMMITI'EE v(epresentative William Donnerrneyer 9enator Charles Gregory Higdon -"Representative Marshall LOng Senator Ed O' Dani el ,,...Represent ative Paul W. Richardson ~ epresentative Tommy Todd Senat or Jack Trevey ALUMNI EXECUTIVE COMMITI'EE --ffr . and Mrs. Gary Abney Ms . Juanita Adams and spouse vMr . and Mrs . David Brewer Mr. and Mrs . Torn Coffey -I ~· Beatrice Dougherty &•·o<J·Uest.· v Mr. and Mrs . Ray Giltner ~ s. Rozellen Griggs and s/g Ms . Kay Bowman Kile and guest Edsel Mountz and Mrs. Robert Russel l v Mr . and Mrs . Robert L. Turpin t: �PLANETARIUM PREVIEW AND REX:EPTION November 13, 1988 Guest List Page Four Lcx:AL SCHOOL OFFICIALS Ms . Karla Black J Mr. and Mr s. Mike Bentley ..J- r:: ~u Mr . and Mrs. Paul David J et t Mr. and Mrs . Paul Shannon Johnson and Mrs . David J ones r. and Mr s . J ohn Gi lliam Mr . and Mrs. William Hagan V Hs . Eli zabet h Mitchell A . and Mrs . James E. Parks Mr. and Mrs . Ph1l Herald vDr . and Mr s . Kenneth Tunnell allace, Supt ., Ber ea Independent School s Mr. and Mrs . J i m W Mr. and Mrs . Bobby Joe Whita ker , Supt ., Richmond Independent School s ~ - DrHERS ON STAFF .,.......-Mr. / Mr. Mr . ...-'Dr . '-'Mr. - Mr. ~Mr . 4. Cor y Anderson and Mrs . Larry Bai ley and Mrs. Gi l e s Black and Mr s . Jack Fletcher and Mr s . Ron Har rell and Mrs . Fr enus Masters , Jr . and Mrs. Danny Williams Cbip Woodson vnJr1v f!.aip-,e-119.w 0 Lcx:AL GOV'T OFFICIALS Mayor and Mrs . Earl Baker Judge and Mrs . Harold Botne r Judge Julia Adams and Mr . Steve Adams Mr . and Mrs . Dale carrier / Judge and Mr s . James S. Chenault Mr. Larry Combs "'M/. 8oe Hacker ,/Judge and Mr s . Wi l l i am J ennings Mr. and Mrs. Marshall McAnich ~dge and Mrs . John Paul Moore /Mr . and Mrs . For niss Park Mr . and Mrs . Farris Parks _.J__ 1: y ) Mr. and Mr s . Bill Rice (tnt, {1Aw,L,kv.., .,u,ut Judge and Mrs . wm. Robbins Mr. and Mr s. Will iam Strong �PLANETARIUM PREVIEW AND ROCEPTION November 13, 1988 Guest List Page Five CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mr. and Mrs . Gary Abney (on another list) ~ . and Mrs. Jirruny Barnes Mrs. Robert B. Begley (on anot her list) ~Mr. and Mrs. David Bonn /Mr. John Burford "11:r. and Mr s . Shannon Combs ./Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Crockett Mr. and Mrs. Walt Ecton Mr. and Mrs. David Graham ./Mr. and Mrs . Doug Heinemeyer Mr. and Mrs. Jirrany Howard D_9Ctors Adrienne Millett and Doug owen i.Air . and Mrs. Bil 1 Rice vivir. and Mrs . Porter Richmond • and Mrs. George Ridings s. Nancy Robertson . Richard Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Thompson Mr. and Mr s. William Walt ers (on another list ) Mr . and Mrs. Tony Whitaker (on another list) ....Mr. Mark Van Leeuwen v ~ . and Mrs. John Revel vMr . and Mrs . John Young Mr. and Mrs . Jirruny Dale Willi ams OTHERS -11r. and Mr s . John Burrus Poll y Gorman and guest t-1'1r . and Mrs. James Hogg (Jane ) vMr. and Mrs. Doug Hutcherson vDr . and Mrs. Robert R. Martin ,....Mr . John Palmor'e' ~ rp . ~-Ji.· Powell & guest ~ -n,,_an~ rs~~Wil1iam E. Sexton wMs. J 'f>1/ fr'. ~ /lW.J..tJJ- 1( 0 \ / ~' ~ J».~v0 MAJOR DONORS (get list f rom Feltner) (84 i nvitat i ons for total of 148 indivi duals ; many of these were duplicates and appeared on another list. Many are out of town and may get about 20 total individuals from this group . �HtJMMEL ~LANETARIUM ANID SPAeE T&IEAli6R Your Window to the ���New Public Show Times =-~--==--====--= Thursday thru Sunday Ewnings at 7 :30pm Saturday and Sunday Aftwnoons at 3:30pm �\ Planetarium show celebrates season Eastern Kentucky Uni~ersity's 11/1if.~Hummel Planetarium will cele- J~ .~ \t ~ ) f ,~ ~ "'<:. - brate the holiday season with "Season of Light," an all-new Christmas program, Nov. 25-Dec. 23. "Season of Light" begins with a look at the winter sky as seen during December. Many well-known constellations are noted, and the program illustrates the sun's path across the sky throughout the year and the tilt of the Earth's axis as it orbits the sun. The program then recounts the historical religious and cultural rituals practiced during the time of the winter solstice, including Christian, Jewish, Celtic, Nordic, Roman, Egyptian and Hopi. The program also looks at the more light-hearted seasonal traditions, such as gift giving, kissing under the mistletoe, music, decorating the greenery and candles, and the many forms of Santa Claus. The remainder of the program is spent presenting possible explanations for the "Star of Bethlehem." The Planetarium star projector is turned back 2,000 years to look at the sky as it was over Bethlehem during the period of 3 to 2 B.C. "Season of Light" will be presented Thursday through Saturday evenings Nov. 25-Dec. 23 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday afternoons during the period at 3:30 p.m. ·, .t As usual, school and group showings are available by reserva- · tion on weekdays, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.. The Planetarium, which is located on Kit Carson Drive across , from EKU's law enforcement complex, is one of the largest and mos(: sophisticated planetariums in the nation and the second largest planetarium in the world locat.ed · on a college or university campus: · Admission is $3.50 for adu1~ $3 for senior citizens and students, and $2. 75 for children 12 and under. · 1' , For more information, contact' the Hummel Planetarium at 622-1547. ' ~•- :1 �ool:i :::::::::::::::::::::::::t:::-:1 :_-1·;-1,·'-il: RJchmond R<gist« Tu<0day, M=h 23. 1993 Page 7 1, ~-fil- .c9_·~-~-.,-x·__ ,y:~~::::::::::::_---------_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_:;; 111111 1111 1111 l -ic-I,-11 to-ll .. .,' . •.,,. · ...., . . ~ \ . ·~ the Madison County's planetariums offer an up-close look at outer space ·,. .~•".: .. · :·· ,,· ., ..... Ragisl9f photo ~lustration/ Mika Tann91' In th i1 photo Illustration, Hummel Planetarium Director Jack Fletcher la pictured in the control booth with a time-lapae photographic Image of the planetarium presentation. �The stars al night. arc big and br1ght. deep In the heart of Madison County - and during the day. too. The county can boast of two planctartums. one on the Eastern Kentucky University campus, and another one al Berea College. Planetartums are buildings that · ecl ucation conlaln movie cameras and other equipment that project the · Images of stars, planets and other celestial bodies onto a domed celling, gtvtng vtcwers the Impress· Ion they arc outside under a brUllant night sky. · But with a combination of llghUng, music, and anlmaUon. the planetariums give visitors the ecr1c feeling that they are floating up In the sky In a mysterious . capllvaung world. . ·Now. If you think you arc moving. It Is Just your eyes playing 1.Jicks on you: warned director J ack Fletcher. as a group of 125 eight-and nlncyear-old students from Emma B. Ward Elemen- · tary School In Lawrenceburg visited the Amlm Hummel Planetarium at EKU. "Just close your eyes a momen t. and you'll be OK: The students watched a program called ·space Bus: In which a group of cartoon character children take a ride lo the edge _o f the solar system tn Kndak . cxc11.cclly 1110111cnu, oe1v1 c vvcr 1lc1u~ 111 u,c pi;111coome diameter ol :m leel, and has seaUng for 51. t.ar1um gift shop, sat virtually speechless for 45 "But we like to say we have the prettiest sky In minutes as they Joined the cartoon characters on the country," he said. a wild ride. They dodged meteors. plunged In operation since 1985, the Berea planetarium through the swirling mists of Saturn's r1ngs. and has about 5,000 Visitors a year from schools and met up with a group of aliens from a distant the general public, Powell said. "A group of stuplanel , dents from the University of Kentucky was Just "Those aliens look like broccoli." one boy finally . here.· , . whispered lo a ' frtend, !nan attempt to break the ·n°· "'"Whtie planetartwns give students more lnforma. tension. Hls'"frtend hunkered-down a· lllUc lower 111• ~: •· lion about astronomy, their role as a teaching loo! ~Is se~t, and gripped the armrests a lltlle Ughter. ·, ~ actually Is much broader, Fletcher said. ·students often are more Interested In school In Cool. he murmured. Hummel Planetarium's first role Is to serve as a general after a visit to a planetartum: he said. "A teaching tool for EKU students. said Fletcher. but kid In the fourth grade may not become an astrolt also serves younger students and the general naut, but a visit to a planetarium might change public. ·space Bus· and several other programs his altitudes toward schoollng, and he'll sec he11 attract over 35,000 students each year on field have to work In school to become something.· trips from public and private schools. Another 12.000 visitors from the general public attend The Hummel Planetarium has programs for the publ!c Thursday through Sunday al 7:30 p.m.. and evening and weekend programs. he said. The Hummel Planetarium, named for U1e first on Salw-day and Sunday al 3:30 p.m. Seating chairman of the EKU physics department. 'was begins one-half hour before the show. and there Is no late seating. built In 1988, and seals 164. It's the eleventh Admtssron ts $3.50 for aduUs. $3 for students largest planetar1um In the United States, Fletcher and senror cfllzens, and $2. 75 for chUdren 12 and said, and the second largest In world on college under. There are special admission prices for and university campuses. Its dome. 67\.S fe el In school groops who visit dunng the week. For more diameter. Is only six Inches smaller than the rnfonnatton. call 622-1547. planetarium dome at the University of North CarThe Weatherford Planetartwn al Berea College olina at Chapel Hill. ·1r someone had known we were that close, you has publft: programs on Sunday at 4 p.m. Admtscan bet we wouldn't be second largest," Fletcher , slon Is $1. Programs for groups are available during the week and weekends. The cost ts $10 total Joked. The Weatherford Planetar1um at Berea College for a student group: other groops pay $1 per per· son. CtiU 986-9341 ext. 6323 for more irifonnalton. can't boast as much about 9'7.e. said Smith Pow- ..... .. .... -... , ' .. ; •, ...._., · ..•. ...... ; ... ... ~ .·, "'. ·' ..... ·- ••..;.. .... . -~ �EASTERN KEN T UCKY UNIVERSITY Richmond. Kcmuc~y 40475-0951 Arnim 0 . H ummel P lanetarium 20 1 Hummel Building (606) 622- 1547 MEMO TO: Dr. Joseph R. Schwendeman V~ f Administrative Affairs FROM: Director DATE: September 13, 1988 SUBJECT: Planetarium Grand Opening Attached is a proposed guest list and proposed schedule for the Grand Opening of the Planetarium. The guest list includes those persons that I believe should be invited and is not intended to be complete. I await your comments. Serving Ken1u ck ians S ince /906 �Proposed Grand Opening Schedule Arnim D. Hummel Planetarium October 24th - November 2nd Grand Opening prog ram available for Viewing by selected groups prior to the actual Grand Opening November 3rd - afternoon Press Opening November 4th - evening Grand Opening with invited Guest November 5th - afternoon and evening Public Grand Open ing November 7th - evening Public School Admin istrators Grand Opening Suggested Schedule for November 4th ~ 1v[l+ 7:00 to 1-{o Grand Opening 'f>rogram "0asis ·in Space" 7:50 to 8:05 Interm i ssion 8:05 to 8 :30 35mm Movie "To Fly" (J'S~ .) ~-- ' " '.'; IH"Tl/U C l(/a/1.\' :::. ince /',106 '/i,.,,,.r~ tut) . 6<f �Proposed Guest List GRAND OPENING ARNIM D. HUMMEL PLANETARIUM (the following list is in no certain order) President Board of Regents Governor • Alumni Foundation Hummel Family (11 expected) Local City Officials Local County Officials Local Judges Mr. Charlie Holmes, President, Spitz , Inc. Dr. John Brock, Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. Stephen Henderson, Associate .Superintendent for . Instruction , KY Dept. of Ed. Dr. Betty Steffy, Deputy Superintendent for Instruction, KY Dept. of Ed. Mr. Frank Howard, Science Consultant, KY Dept. of Ed . Mt. Tom Mowery, Chief Executive Assistant, KY Dept. of Ed . Mr. Wendell Cave, Director, Unit for Science and Human Development, KY Dept. of Ed. Ms. Kay Freeland, Director, Division of Program Development, KY Dept. of Ed. �Mr. John Drake, Director, Title II Programs for Mathematics and Science, KY Dept. of Ed. Ms. Vivian Link, Associate Superintendent, Office for Exceptional Children , KY Dept. of Ed. Mr. Ann Seppenfield, Environmental Education Consultant, KY Dept. of Ed. Ms. Lydia Sledge, Director, Unit for Mathematics and Technology, KY Dept. of Ed. Mr. Larry Hopkir.s Mr. Wendell Ford Mr. Mitch McConnell Mr. Hal Rogers Mr. Harry Moberly, Jr. Mr. William Clouse Mrs. Jane Hogg, MllfS.,r Director of the Dorris Museum Dr. Robert R. Martin Dr. Will iam E. Sexton Mr. Clark Beauchamp Mr. Don Dugger (probable replacement for Mr. Beauchamp) Mr. Ed Smith, State Engineer associated with the Perkins/Hummel Project Mr. Keith Abbott, Facilities Management Mr. John Burrus Mr. Giles Black �Others Mr. Charles Holmes Spitz, Inc. P.O. Box 198, Route 1 Chadds Ford, PA 19317 Dr. John Brock Superintendent of Public Instruction Kentucky Depar tment of Education 103 Capital Plaza Tower Frankfort, KY 40601 Dr. Stephen A. Henderson Associate Superintendent for Education Kentucky Department of Education 1724 Capital Plaza Tower Frankfort, KY 40601 Dr. Betty Steffy Deputy Superintendent for Instruction Kentucky Department of Education 1725 Capital Plaza Tower Frankfort, KY 40601 Mr. Frank B. Howard Science Consultant Kentucky Department of Education 1829 Capital Plaza Tower Frankfort, KY 40601 Mr. Tom Mowery Chief Executive Assistant Kentucky Department of Education 108 Capital Plaza Tower Frankfort, KY 40601 �Others Mr. Wendell Cave Director Unit for Science and Human Development Kentucky Department of Education 1813 Capital Plaza Tower Frankfort, KY 40601 • Ms. Kay Freeland Director Division of Program Development Kentucky Department of Education 1806 Capital Plaza Tower Frankfort, KY 40601 Mr. John Drake Director Unit for Teacher Training Programs (Title II Programs for Mathematics and Science) Kentucky Department of Education 1715 Capital Plaza Tower Frankfort, KY 40601 Ms. Vivian Link Associate Superintendent Office of Education for Exceptional Children 813 Capital Plaza Tower Frankfort, KY 40601 Ms. Ann Seppenfield Environmental Education Consultant Kentucky Department of Education 1829 Capital Plaza Tower Frankfort, KY 40601 �Others Ms. Lydia Wells Sledge Director Unit for Mathematics and Technology Kentucky Department of Education 1825 Capital Plaza Tower Frankfort, KY 40601 Mr. & Mrs. James Hogg 78 2nd St. Bonita Springs, FL 33923 Mr. & Mrs. John Burrus Landrum Shouse & Patterson P.O. Box 951 Lexington, KY 40507 John Palmore 175 E. Main St. Lexington, KY 40507 �Hummel Family Ms. Cathy Hummel 621 Oregon Ave. San Mateo, CA 94402 Miss Laura Schacht 621 Oregon Ave. San Mateo, CA 94402 J\ fl,. • /lA;~ (}AJJ,l<tv-..r ~ · · Miss Karen Schacht ()/'L(j)J.{f..J 621 Oregon Ave. -J San Mateo, CA 94402 Mr. & Mrs. David Potter '-IYl 1 , l{})_ 7596 So. Cove Circle Littleton, CO ~ U- (jlW J~~ 80 122 Miss Eileen Potter ?596 So. Cove Circle Littleton, CO a0122 J {},fi~ / · M~. & Mrs. Richard Hoffman Michael & Steven Hoffman 734 So. Burton Place Arlington Hts, ILL \ /\ . · ~ 60005 . ~ ~{)JALJrwr}ffi Gtrfit ~ Eleanor Walker _ JC}JL/"\)rf(1 ) 200 Lexington Ave. 1_c VV'"'- Oyster Bay, NY 11771 CJ KrlJ~'-{)flv "' An . {Vv/J,,l:,d;) �,'!,•I • I l"! ( 1, ,· I ·:·f° l ,' • I . ' .•, ··,: ·l J .~{, ' RICHMOND ~ · Eastern·,Ken-',' tucky University. officials ha~e t. reached an agreement with Spitz·, · Inc. of Chadds Ford, Pa., which should res'u )t in' th'e' opening' or:' EK U) 1A·rnim D. H.u mmel · Plan-.-,:. ,, etariU!ll•.wilhin 18 months. •, 1 . The r:ccently negotiated out-:: of-court s.e'tfle.m ent of a 1983 i lawsu it. ·fi led ' b}-. the unive rsity ~ win provi~e a,f~d~~!~_ned syst.e m\. and state-of-tflc,- art•equipment,. ·· for tlie $1.2· mill'ion'·EKU facility.:. which i.s one of.t~~11atgest pl a n-~. etariairithewor~<.F~ ,.:.,:~ , ,, ". , .' fne~lawsuit clp:iined that Spitz, forin<frly Spitz-. Spa'c'e Systems· I nc. failed to rdcsign ,r: manu-· facture, constru~t. Jest, ,deli.ver., and install an acceptable, functional system. . '';. ., " ' ' Under terms of the agreement, ·· • · , : ' • , ,· , r · , . . .!.. · .. .. 1\ • · -, .. ·• ' ""StJitz•will renfch'c•~:11-tf't'ne orig.._~· '''-•:~~"""' " ... ;~l~t-'%~;/:...~ ~ ·:!;!,.';'.1,~.;..,. 1!.~.;..i.,11. ,1. .,,~i.'f....,...;:uw:'.,'., · 4U~•..:r.;.J.;.. ;;...,.,; '. ~~~f~oet~i~~~~ncto~p::: an};~~~ . stallatotallyredes1gned"Spac,.e . Voyager"system.Thenewsystem will consist of a .star ball projector, five planet proj'ectors, earth and moon projectors, a newly designed control console, new computer sofiwa re and en hanced audio capabilities. All costs will be absorbed b Spitz, Inc. .. · Y ' "The old system simply didn't meet contractual specifications" explained Dr. Jack Fletche~. planetarium director. "The new system will allow the viewer to travel into space up to 100 atronomical units or 9.3 billion ~~- :~H~ ,·]~.-~. ::. . ·i 'd '. h . ' .· . m1esan ;.1ewt.es~larsystem fromanype.rspective... Installation of the.-Space Voyager system , which is identical to one currently in operation. at , ParcdelaVilletteCenteroutside Paris, France, is expected to take about 18 months, Fletcher said. When open, the planetarium will provide educational programs for EKU 's tude nts , elementary and secondary school students a nd programs of interest to the general public. . · · . · . ;, manly for s.~owing S!ars, Fletcher said .. However, it can be u.sed. for .?ther educational apphc~tions. · , E~U s 9,~50.sq uare foot plan -. eta 1 .1um bulld1~g enc) l)scs ~hrec stories of lobbies wh1eh w1H. be used for displays and ex~1b1ts. The roun~. four-story 1;.ect1on on the west side of the bulld.ing .e n closes the _180 -seat v1ew1ng theatre and. will houe "one of the .world's maJor planeta ria," Fletc~~rsaid. :. . . O~t~e 1,154 operat10nal plan"The· planetarium is' a iriulit-' eteria in the world today, our media~ f~c.!lity, desig~ed pri- . faci lity is the ninth in t he United - - -~ , . ... :EY(_U;s H ~mm~-l Pi~-n~ta;[~i~' . .;.,.. ~>:;.,:, -~ .,~ .'·' ·,-~~ \~., - . , , . . ~ - ~ - - -~ - - ~ _ . · ~ . . ,· · 0 Statesandthe23rdlargestinthe ~ world.': Fletc her s aid. ''Among J) educational institutions of th e world _the .EKU planetarium is third 111 .size onl y to the Ki e v· Planet~rium at the State Instilu te ol Geol ogy in Kiev, Russ ia ---C, and M.orehead Planetarium at r the Un iversity of North Carolina. f) . "The s ize of o ur facility. the S: ti lted dome seating whic h ex- --...[ tends ·upward into the dome aud - 0 the new proj ection au d computer ~ equipment will make our facility ~ one of the most sophisticated planetaria in the Unitej States " Fletcher said. · ,WWWA $..ii..+w WP • ::t1 WY ;;;;a ---- �• IPianetariµm troubles bla01e·d o~ Spitz Space By BETrY MALKIN. · News Editor Spitz Space Systems Inc. of Chadds Ford, Pa., has been notified by the Commonwealth of Kentucky that the corporation is in default of a state contract to provide the University with f'.quipment for the Arnim D. Hummel Planetarium. According to a prepared _statement released by University ofCicials Monday morning, the State Department of F inance has written a Jetter to Spitz Space Systems charging the company has not been able to provide an operable planetariwn by 1978 as the contract specifies. The letter also contained a proposed .settlement in which the University will return $254,000 worth of unacceptable equipment for full refund and Spitz must pay $Z70,000 for expenses encumbered since 1978. · ·· · The statement included a comment by University President Dr. J .C. Powell who said the University· supports the action taken by the Department or Finance. According· to B.B. Strange, director or the Division of Contracting and Administration for the commonwealth, the University r equ est ed state assistance in dealing with Spitz Space Systems last fall. "They (the University) felt they had accomplished all they could with Spitz," stated Strange, "so they called us in to help." · Strange said officials from Spitz, the University and the commonwealth met together last November to take steps to speed up the planetarium 's completion. He added that the commonwealth had been especially patient with Spitz because the University is in a "very scientific and limHed situation," due to very few companies who are able to develop a nd install -the sophisticated eq u i pment in th e Humm e l Planetariwn. Strange explained, "Spitz a pparently feels they have met the contract agreement. Spitz says the equipment works all right. Wesay itdoesn't." As of Tuesday afternoon, the state had not received a i:eply from Spitz Space Systems, Strange said. The letter was mailed April 2. The corporation has 15 days to reply upon day of receipt. Construction on the Hummel Planetarium began late 1976. "During that time," Strange said, "Spitz had been at Eastern many times with their workmen. But they were not accomplishing enough nor were they ma king the system reliable." · ~ -e_ ~ } '- 1 :'.\ ~ \ "\ ~ ~ '-.-........ ~ ".. °'-' "\. JS , �1/ . • 26-month delay so far Planetarium oP-eiling delaY~ e·~ ·'·u·o til -~;1 962 '_ By ROBIN PATER . At that time: Fletcher indica'ted he . Editor ·.:..:--':. =-~ :.,. : - .expected the planetarium to .be ready The U1_1iversity·s· Arnim D. _Humniel_ for opening by the first of the· year-;-HP--- Planetarium, already 26 months over reported that Spitz teclulicians·are still the originally scheduled completion working on the system. ' · , · · date, likely will have to wait yet _· Housed 'in ·the Hummel' Building, ' another .year before it can be opened. which is joined by an archway with the · According to planetarium Director - Carl D. Perkins Building, the · Dr. Jack Fletcher, the company ,that ··. planetarium is the second la.rgest on . · • designed and installed the planetarium · any college campus in the world, ac- · · cording to · Fletcher, "as far as we (which is actually the .apparatus and · riot the building that houses it> ; Spitz know." · · Space Systems Inc., of .C hadds Ford, ;.- . Sextonadded that it is the first to use ;Pa./ .'.'." bas not yet made it doing · the Spitz System for educational pur· everything it is supposed to do for us." . poses. . ·. . _Purchased . at the unit price of ·' When it · is cqmpleted, the ' ~ $952,000, the, planetarium equipmt;nt ·planetarium will undergo inspectio!15 was .to -take 14 . to .16 wee~ for mand testing, conducted jointly by S~1tz stallation, Fletcher said. The technicians and · , University ·planetarium completion date was planetarium personnel.' .' . . . ·origina}Jy set for November of. 19:18, Fletcher and his staff of five have reported _Dr. William Sexton, vice : been working at the Hummel Building, · president for Public Service .and :! preparing ·programs that ~ be used Special Programs. , · ' ' . once the planetarium is completed and .Sexton said, "The delay is that the opened. Some of the work bis staff has system has not been completely tested · been doing, Fletcher said, is- special .and accepted by the Commonwealth of · artworkandscriptsforprograms. Also, Kentucky, "".hich he said · is · a a teclulical specialist, :responsible for requirement that must be fulfilled." building special effects equipment, Fletcher said he knows of no penalty have also been working: · ' · · · ' dates in the contract the University Fletcher said that even ·with ·the made with Spitz concerning the delay. delay, " the staff will still be here ·: . . f:alling it a complex and "almost a , there are things that we can be domg. With a planet.arium of this magnitude," custom - type system,' ' Fletcher said ·that there have been " a lot of pi:oblems he added, "the programs get to be very with getting the planetarium.to y,,ork." , complex." . ·. _ · ·m the Sept: 11, I ~ issue of the He · teaches one • section ·of an Progress, the paper ran a news..article astronomy lecture ·course each ·in which Fletcher explained that there semester · in order to utilize the were numerous " bugs" that .had to be planetari~ lecture cbaniber. worked out -0f the planet.a rium' s When ·o pened, Fletcher:· said the computer interlace system. • . • · . ·planet.arium will· serve all academic At that time, Fletcher indicated he areas of the University. He explained expected the planeµ.rlum to _be ready that the planetarium· is · a ." ~ultifor opening by the first of. the year. He . media" that not only serves SCJence reported that Spitz teclulicians are still classes. · .,. - · .(See PLANETARIUM, page 3) working on the system. ·:-:: . • - :, ; :EKU telescope open Sept. 12 ·V "open .;· ThetoEastern Kentucky University Telescope Deck will be the public Friday evening, Sept 12, from 8:30 to 10 if -skies are clear. , • :· ·-T his is the first of four public observing sessions sponsored by the Arnim D. Hummel Plarietarium, and scheduled for the second.Friday of each month through December. A schedule for 1981 will be announced later. ,. Visitors will hav~ the opportunity to look through · telescopes, learn what can be seen in the autumn sides with the naked eye, and discuss current topics in astronomy with 1 ~ the experts. · · l. .~.The Telescope Deck is located on the EKU campus, one- ' .,.eighth of a mile south of Eastern By-pass on Ki'i Carson Drive ( next to ~e one-room schoolhouse). , ' :i2-ie.hTY):) l\c\ J?,.,c;.j Sii:i' CH O-~~ p-~ - --,- • ~ r.,I". .p1a~eiii-i~m.-. delayed, (Continued rrcim page 1) ,· \ ' O f ~ther ways "We ·have been thinking it can serve other a cademic de~" Fletcher commented, to men ts , " vi'de additions to classes. , pro tanetarium will also sen:e and Central Kentucky pubh~ ols and will be open to the genera scho . g a week as a ublic several everun s . d. form of entertainment, Fletche~ sa~e The -p lanetarium h~s been in . planning since 1975, said .s exton, former University President .a~ adState Sen . Robert Martin srd of ministration. In 1976, the . B~a s for Regents approved appropriation the project. E:~!nf ~ur;;; �- ·- tenth largest ·in (Cont. from page one) be built up C'Hch yea r. " I'm inte_re.sted in improving the how they can use it to supplement their scientific literacy of people, " emclasses. The director said he feels they can ha'ndle four or five classes a day. - phasized Fletcher. " Through the planetarium we can bring people to The planetarium wiJI then be open to look at science with a more critical eye, public schools w.ithin a service area, to make better judgments on science- · , from which they have already received 1 related subjects that come out." inquiries and begin public programs · for the community. :The planetarium will be used for entertaining as well as "Science is not a mystical thing, . educating the public. though to m·any it is because they don't Putting together public programs understand it," he · added. "And-' takes alot of work, according to Fletastronbm y, in many .cases, is a very cher, two to three months per program. · ' · abstract idea." But he hopes to be · able to have four or . The planetarium is a "multi-media_ five a year. Programs can be stored, presenta lion with most of its basis edited and revised and the number can being in astronomy," according to -·-----~- u·.s. Fletcher. The staff and facilities will be utilized to work towards developing these presentations. · . . . · Fletcher expects in time students will · be able to .work .in the planetarium. "rnaybe not paid, but there are alot of . jobs and they are more than welcome." Fletcher knows that working · in a planetarium takes experience since he learned himself, through working at various ones.· He ·began as a · student assistant in a local planetarium while an undergraduate at the University of , Virginia in 1964 and has been working as an assistant or director of a planetariuf!l ever since. �• • ee1n ars BY AMY CAUDILL The universe awaits visitors to Eastern Kentucky University's Hummel Planetarium ack Fletcher is a patient man. Way; "To Fly," whi ch was shown at But then Hummel Planetarium the open ing of the Air and Space was worth the wait. Nine years Museum in Washington, D.C., in after its "intended openin g and 1976, chronicled the development of more than a year after its offi cial air transportati on. Hummel planetarium was schedopening, the nation's second largest university planetarium is thrivin g, if ul ed to open in November 1979. The t he crowds it draws are any indica- opening was delayed, however, because the original equi pment installed tion. Easte rn Kentucky Uni ve rsity's 1, Arni m D. Hum me l Planetarium , .;) named after the fi rst chairm an of the university's physics department, is run ning without a glitch and publ ic response has been overwhelmingly positive, according to Fletcher, the planetarium 's director. "I'd always believed that when th is place opened up we'd have a lot of response to what we have to offer here, and I've not been disappointed," Fletcher says. In the first six months after it opened, nearly 23,000 people viewed the star show, "Oasis in Space," and the mov ie, "To Fly," which were featured when the planetarium opened in 1988. "Oasis in Space" took its Director Jack Fletcher waited nine yea rs audience on a tour through the Milky for the planetarium to become a reality. J C> KENTUCKY LIVING in the planetarium di dn't work. The university sued the company from whi ch it had purchased the eq ui pment and even t uall y, t he fa ulty equi pment was replaced. The matter took nine years to resolve, however. The planetarium's main attraction is a Space Voyager star ball that can simulate the sky at any po int up to 100 times the earth's distance from the sun and project 10,164 stars on a dome overhead. There are also five planet projectors, a sun projector, two special image projectors and hundreds of other special effects projectors. The facili ty also includes a mul t i-med ia ce nter for s how in g motion pictures and slides with a co mputer-co ntrolled system that can keep track of doze ns of slide projectors and over 100 special effects. Viewers can see the surface of Mars or the instrument panel of a space shuttl e as it fli es in to orbit. The buil ding has three stories with a dome that is 20.6 meters in diameter and tilted 27 degrees in relatio n to the fl oor. 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Located on one edge of campus, the planetarium seems almost separate from the university in an unh urried atmosphere. Fletcher formerly worked at public school planetariums in Chesapeake, Va., and Portsmouth, Va. He obtained his Ph.D. in astronomy education from the University of Virginia. He was hired by Eastern in 1977 to run the planetarium and was kept on as director during the nine-year litigation. While waiting for the planetarium to open, Fletcher taught astronomy classes. The rest of his original staff was let go when an end to the suit appeared nowhere in sight. Today, Fletcher has a staff of two: an audiovisual specialist and a secretary, plus about eight students (the number fluctuates) who work in the gift shop, operate the control console during programs and usher guests . Although holding its own as a public attraction, the planetarium is also used for instructional purposes, not only for the university but for local public school classes who may view the program weekday afternoons. Public showings are Wednesday through Saturday even ings at 7:30 (EST) and Saturday and Sunday afternoons at 3:30 (EST). Admission is $3.50 for adults; $3.00 for senior citizens and students, and $2. 75 for ch il dren 12 and under. The cost includes both the star show and the movie, wh ich changes about four times a year. ' ~. """i.i il"-'-[l: ~- ~ -' $27.50 Value To reach the planetarium from Interstate 75, take exit 87 and go east on the Eastern By-Pass. Turn right at the sixth traffic light across from the football stadium; the planetarium is on the right. JANUARY 1990 �Thk Space Voyager star ball can project more than 10,000 stars on the planetarium's domed ceiling. 24 Gr!!'JPer·, JANUARY 1990 �ON OUR COVER September/October 1990 Volume 13, No. 5 FEATURES 8 Sorghum Making Time in KentuckyA Vanishing Tradition .................................. Betty Jefferies Morris 13 South Central Kentucky Offers Pleasant Travel 18 See Kentucky's Colorful Leaves On An Autumn Driving Tour • 20 Hummel Space Theatre Offers Visitors View Not Seen in Recent Years ........................................... Mason Smith Autumn brings blazing color to our backyards and the most remote country back roads. You'll find stories to help you enjoy the season on pages 13 and 18, and a look at the season's goldenrod on page 37. This issue's cover photo is courtesy of the Kentucky Department of Travel Development. NEXT MONTH 31 Columbia-Campbellsville Stage Line .......Alta Barbee Garnett The November /December issue of Back Home in Kentucky will spotlight Hardin County. The principal feature will be written by Vada Johnson of Radcliff, Kentucky. DEPARTMENTS SEND RECIPES 24 Going Once ............................................................. Patricia C. Twilla 26 Casey County Salute .............................. Gladys Cotham Thomas 29 Casey County Apple Festival 4 Fairs & Festivals 7 The Book Nook ....................................................... Thelma Scott Kiser 10 Cooking-Old Fashioned Sorghum Recipes I In our November /December issue, we'll be featuring readers' holiday recipes, including those for holiday meals, foods for giving, and memorable sweets. Send your recipes in today! 10 Poetry Corner-There ................................ Janis Pittman Parker CONTRIBUTORS 25 Poetry Corner- Autumn Reflections ........ Janet 0. Maddix 26 Spotlight on Casey County - Horne of Leaders Where Families Are Important ....................... Gladys Cotham Thomas 32 Poetry Corner- Soiree ............................................ Sarah C. Willis 33 Cooking-Autumn Recipes Have Apples At Heart 36 GardeningFall Bulbs for Your Garden ............. Patricia Dalton Haragan Alta Barbee Garnett Patricia Dalton Haragan Thelma Scott Kiser Janet 0. Maddix Betty Jefferies Morris Clell Peterson Mason Smith Gladys Cotham Thomas Patricia C. Twilla Sarah C. Willis Janis Pittman Parker 37 Kentucky Flora & Fauna ........................................... Clell Peterson September/ October 1990 3 �'i In September 'i EARLY Riverfest with one of ,. September 7-9 Oktoberfest at Mainstrasse Village, at Covington/Kenton County. For more information call 606/ 491-0458. the country's largest fireworks displays in Covington. For more information call 6067 261-8844. September 1 Admiral's Day at Fort Boonesborough State Park in Rieb. mo n d /Madison /·· County. For information call 606/ 527-3131. September 1 Golden Pond Moonshine demonstration at the Land Between the 'i' September Lakes at Golden 19-23 The Pond/Trigg County. For information call 502/ Carroll 924-5602,ext.238. County ToSeptember 1 Lexingbacco Festiton Julep Cup Dog Show at Kentucky Horse val at CarPark/Fayette County. rollton/Carroll AKC sanctioned all-breed show of 1000 dogs. For County. For more informainformation call 606/ 263-3643. tion call 502/ 732-6843. September 1 Looking Back Reunion Co-operative Mining Camp in Revelo/McCreary County. For information call 606/ 376-2466. September 1 Monroe County Watermelon Festival at Tompkinsville/Monroe County. For information call 502/ 487-5504. September 1 Old Tuners Day at Rabbit Hash/Boone County. For information call 6CX,/ 586-7744. September 1-2 Reunion & Homecoming at Refro Valley Country Music Center in Rockcastle County. For information call 606/ 256-2664. September 1-2 Antique Gasoline Engine & Tractor Show in Hod'i' September 26-30 genville/Larue County. For information call 502/ 384-3545. Sorghum Molasses Making September 1-3 Adair County Bell Pepat the Land Between the per Festival at Columbia/ Adair County. Lakes at Golden For information call 502/ 384-6020. September 1-3 Autumn Gospel Pond/Trigg County. For Song Festival at Breaks Interstate more information call 502/ Park/Pike County. For information call 703/ 865-4413. 924-5602,ext.238. September 1-3 Elliott County Tobacco Festival at Sandy r----------""!'IB--Hook/Elliott Count)'. For more information call 606/ 738-6358. September 1-3 KWW Arts & Crafts Festival at the Land Between the Lakes at Golden Pond/Trigg County. For information call 502/ 924-5602, ext. 215. September 1-3 Labor Day Celebrations in Kentucky State Parks. For details call 800/ 255-TRIP. September 3 Kentucky Championship Foxtrotting Horse Show at 4 Cadiz/Trigg County. For information call Josepn -Coomes, Owensboro. September 3 Fall Arts & Crafts Festival at Monticello/Wayne County. For information call 606/ 348-8473. September 3-8 Black Patch Tobacco Festival at Princeton/Caldwell County. For information call 502/ 365-5393. September 6, 13, 20, 27 Historic Walking Tour at Elizabethtown/Hardin Count).'.. For more information call 502/ 765-2175. September 6-8 Old Fashioned Trading Days at Williamsburg/Whitley County. For more information call 606/ 549-2285. September 6-8 Rosine Bluegrass Festival at Rosine/Ohio County. For information call 502/ 274-4700. September 6-9 Fraley Family Mountain Music Weekend at Carters Caves State Park/ Carter County. For information call 606/ 286-4411. September 6-9 Gingerbread Festival at Hindman/Knott County. For information call 606/ 785-5544. September 7-8 Garrard County Tobacco Festival at Lancaster /Garrard County. For more information call 606/ 792-3491. September 7-8 Lincoln Jamboree's 36th Anniversary Celebration at Hodgenville/Larue County. For information call 502/ 358-3545. September 7-8 Poole Harvest Daze at Poole/Webster County. For information call 502/ 639-5630. September 7-8 Stringtown Fall Festival at Stringtown/ Anderson County. For more information call 502/ 839-3020. September 7-9 Lawrence County Festival at Louisa/Lawrence County. For information call 606/ 638-9451. September 7-9 Old-Fashioned Days at Lebanon Junction/Bullitt County. For information call 502/ 833-2319. September 8 Pepper Festival at Battletown/Meade County. For information call 502/ 497-4507. September 8 Deer Classic at Greenville/Muhlenberg County. For information call 502/ 338-5422. September 8 Kentucky State Washer Pitching Tournament at Greenville/Muhlenburg County. For information call 502/ 338-2853. September 8 Woodford County Fall Festival at Versailles/Woodford County. For more information call 606/ 873-4800. September 8-9 Locust Grove Arts & Crafts Fair at Louisville/Jefferson County. For more information call 502/896-2433. September 8-9 Trail of Tears Inter-Tribal Indian Pow Wow at Hopkinsville/Christian County. For Back Home In Kentucky �Golden Pond Visitor's Center, Empire Farm, The Homeplace1850, and the Woodlands Nature Center. South Central Fall Trips Leaf-peeping among the south central counties of the state offers opportunities to see not only autumnal splendor, but some of the state' s most impressive scenery and outstanding historic sites. Lexington to Russell Springs/Lake Cumberland. Take winding US-68 south from Lexington to Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill-a wonderful place for photos or food, or a night's stay in historic surroundings. Drive on to Harrodsburg (you should stop at Old Ft. Harrod) and get on US-127. You'll pass through historic Danville on your way. One way to enjoy the beauty of Lake Cumberland is at the state resort park-or at the Jamestown Marina, General Burnside State Park, Kentucky's only island park. Mammoth Cave. Take I-65 from Bowling Green or Louisville to this 52,000 acre World Heritage Site. You can ride the Miss Green River II cruise boat, hike, camp, or explore the world's longest cave system-Mammoth Cave's 300 miles of explored passages. Here, see sites such as Fat Man's Misery, Echo River, and the Frozen Niagara . Cave City offers other attractions as well, including the Kentucky Down Under, a fascinating glimpse at Australian animals and traditions. Somerset to Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. It's a short but colorful drive from Somerset to Stearns, via US-27. You'll begin with brilliant colors reflected on the waters of Lake Cumberland. In Stearns, you can take a real historic adventure by boarding the Big South Fork Scenic Railway into the Blue Heron Mining Community. You'll find the views from the bridge over the roaring Big South Fork truly inspiring. North Central Fall Trips An autumn trip through North Central Kentucky has much to offer-the Ohio River in its majesty, the history of Bardstown, the frolicking colts and fillies at horse farms lining the drive from Versailles to Midway. Louisville to Carrollton. Driving northeast on US42 from Louisville to Carrollton, you'll pass towns like Goshen, Sligo, Prospect, and Skylight. The colorful names and foliage along the way will delight your senses. In Carrollton, catch the view from the September/October 1990 banks of the Ohio River and visit General Burnside State Resort Park. Trek further on US-42 for more scenery, and end the trip in Covington where the new riverfront development, Covington Landing, offers shops and dining galore. Lexington to Russell Springs/Lake Cumberland. Crossing the North Central and South Central line, is this route, US-68 which winds south from Lexington to Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill. Shakertown, as it appears on some sign posts, is a wonderful place for photos or food. You could even break the trip and plan to spend a night here in historic surroundings. Drive on to Harrodsburg (why not stop at Old Ft. Harrod?) and get on US127. You 'll pass through historic Danville on the way . And you can enjoy the beauty of Lake Cumberland at the state resort park, at General Burnside State Resort Park, at the Jamestown Marina, or at other private resorts. Eastern Fall Trips Here in the eastern part of the state, surrounded by mountains and in the heart of Kentucky's earliest history, the autumn leaves are splendid. Corbin to Cumberland Gap. Take US-25E off I-75 south to Cumberland Gap National Historic Park, the pioneers' gateway to the west. Along the way, take in Dr. Thomas Walker State Historic Site and Pine Mountain State Resort Park. At Cumberland Gap, stop at the Hensley Settlement and at Pinnacle Overlook for a commanding view of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. Cave Run Lake. From Morehead, the heart of hardwood tree country, take US-60 west to KY-801 along 8,400 acres Cave Run Lake, one of the best muskie fishing lakes in the country. Nearby Zilpo Road has scenic overlooks and access to the Sheltowee Trace National Recreational Trail. Return to Morehead on KY-519 for even more splendid scenery. Prestonsburg to Hazard/Buckhorn Lake. Begin your fall jaunt in Prestonsburg, home of Jenny Wiley State Resort Park. Travel southwest on KY-80 to Hazard, where you can tour the Hazard-Perry County Museum. Then take KY-451 west to Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park. In nearby Buckhorn, tour the Scandinavian-style log church. With thanks to the Kentucky Department of Travel Development 't 19 ���"Because of light pollution and just regular air pollution, we have a large number of people today who've never even seen the Milky Way," say Karl Kuhn, a professor in Eastern Kentucky University's department of physics and astronomy. Visitors to Madison County, about 20 miles southeast of Lexington, can now see the same stars Boone saw at a new facility that opened in late 1988. Hummel Planetarium, on the campus of EKU in Richmond, offers an unobstructed view of that band of billions of stars in our galaxy called the Milky Way. "The constellations in the • planetarium show are the same ones Daniel Boone would have seen," Kuhn says. Stars do shift position, but so slowly that 200 years would hardly make a difference, he says. "Over several thousand years, you would need a photograph to compare the differences." Hummel officials say the current show focuses on pioneer travel of another sort. "Destination: Universe," describes space travel into the next century. "The show looks at America's first orbiting space station and moves about 1,000 years into the future to see how space exploration has progressed. It also takes a look at colonization of the planets," says Jack Fletcher, director of Hummel Planetarium. Many visitors are on vacation or business traveling Interstate 75, only a couple of miles from the planetarium, Fletcher says, "We're always happy for them to stop here, but the area contains a number of other attractions." In addition to the space theatre, Fort Boonesborough State Park and Whitehall, the home of abolitionist, editor, and general Cassius M. Clay, lie only a few miles away. e i;,eally hope the Hummel Space Theatre will become one of the Madiso County sights people want to visit," Fletcher says. Planetariu . programs over the past year have included looks at the sun's family of planets, and a program that examined earth's stellar and galactic eighbors. A wide-format movie accompanies each star show. Fletcher says tH $1.2 million facility is the largest in Kentucky and the 1 largest in the nation. ~ "P'eo.ple are telling us that it was worth waiting for ." The "waiting,' he mentions was a nine-year dispute with the designer of the planetarium's machinery. A 1983 lawsuit filed by EKU claimed the Spitz Inc. failed to design, manufacture, construct, test, deliver, and install an acceptable, functional sy.st . l n 1986 Eastern reached an out-of-court settlement that resulted in the o~ning of Hummel in the fall of 1988. Pictured on previous page: Dr. Jack Fletcher in the Hummel Space Theatre, and the interior of the Planetarium. (Photos by Chip Woodson ) Pictured above: The control board and special effects in the theatre. (Photo by Greg Perry) �Under terms of the agreement, Spitz removed all of the original equipment in the nearly 68-foot domed complex and installed a totally redesigned system. The new system consists of a starball projector, five planet projectors, earth and moon projectors, a new control console, new computers an,qq,&J;p-G..-i~ computer software, and enhanced audio capabilities. "This is one of the systems in the world," Fletcher says. The round , four-story planetarium building- described b"'-'"'"""',...· reporter as "greatly resembling an enormous hat box"- enclo 164-seat viewing theatre. The planetarium is the third of its kind to be installed, with the Paris and the second in Singapore, Fletcher says. "So if you want to show like this, the nearest place is France." Hummel' s starbaU, a four-foot sphere that looks like a World War II na mine, projects 10,164 stars, each focused by its own lens system. "The starbaU allows the audience to see the sky as it would look from any known planet or moon in the solar system or any place in between," Fletcher says. Last spring, the theatre provided the setting for a production ''Kaleidoscope," a reader's theatre adaptation of three Ray Bradbury scienc fiction stories. le story dealt with the wreck of a space ship. A handful of _ astronauts float away to their doom against a sea of stars. Actors ...d~ ~ ~ - U's Department of Speech and Theatre Arts delivered their lines ~~ ositions around the space theatre as the audience watched a star ~~ the stars and planets rolling on seemingly forever. ~ § at was a lot of fun to do," Fletcher says of the play. ''We're looking at - e other options, like concerts under the stars and so on." A special Christmas program was featured last year, he said. The facility was named in honor of a long-time professor of physics, Amim D. Hummel, who served at Eastern during from 1929 to 1947. The building's contract was awarded in 1976, and the planetarium, attached to EKU's Perkins Building on Kit Carson Drive, was dedicated in December 1979. Fletcher says the facility is wen into its second year, providing viewers with something they don't expect from an ultra-modem facility-a look into the past. In one sense, light from many stars has taken centuries to reach earth. And there' s another way that the planetarium takes us back in time. "Since the invention of electric light, people just haven't been outside looking at the stars as much as they once were," Kuhn says. '"They're inside sitting in front of a 1V set." He notes that the amount of light pollution often surprises people who haven't attempted backyard astronomy recently. "In the middle of a city or town, you'd see only the very brightest stars, but even out in the country, miles from a town, you might see only half the stars Daniel saw.'' Unless, of course, you visit Hummel Planetarium and take a voyage to ''Destination: Universe.'' If you visit the planetarium, keep in mind that show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, and 3:30 p .m . Saturday and Sunday. Admission is $3.50 for adults, $3.00 for senior citizens and students through college-age, and $2.75 for children 12 / and under. For current program offerings please contact the nr------::=• I /..·, Hummel Planetarium at 606\622-1547. + I A l.i �nostalgia Going Once by Patricia C. Twilla of the stores in downtown Fulton. My dad and I spent many Saturday I sometimes wonder about the people mornings going to auctions. He had his in the town where I now live. They do favorite auctioneers, and sometimes he not have auction sales. I do not know went just because he heard the lunch how they get their newlyweds started, wagon would be serving a certain brand catch glimpses of how the other half of barbecue. Since my mom could not go lives, and settle disputes over who gets on Saturday, she would send us to sales just to see if the people had as many Grandma's rocker. We were living in Louisville when I antiques as she had heard they did. Our house filled with small pieces that we got got my first exposure to an auction. "Your daddy's bought back the Sam's at a good price, and my dad refinished. If we were late getting to the sale, and 'place," my grandmother called to say. This was the house her grandfather had the people walking away were shaking built, and she had spent a lot of time their heads, we knew the prices were to high. A whisper that Mrs. Dixon was in there as a child. When we move d back to Fulton, the crowd was like a visit from royalty to auctions became a social outing for my those having the sale. She ran the antique family, including my grandparents. shop at the comer of Broadway and East We'd take chairs in case there was State Line. Mrs. Dixon did not come out something someone wanted, and we to just any sale. Something on the printed needed to spend the day. The best sales sale notice had caught her eye. combined household goods and some When my grandmother died, once farm equipment so there was something again we used an auction to settle a family squabble. Among t_h e other for everyone. My first sale was the Carr estate. The disputed items was a Singer sewing Carrs were a prominent Fulton family. machine. Which granddaughter should When it was announced that an auction have it? No one could decide. I hated to was to be held at their hu ge Second sew, but that did not matter to my father. Street house, the whole town buzzed. At His sister had made him mad, and he last we'd have a chance to see inside the was determined I wou ld have that house and satisfy our curiosity about all sewing machine. It was the second piece the nice things they had . The only of furniture I owned. For seven years, it drawback was the sale was scheduled went unopened. I moved away from home and during the week, My mother, who rare ly went anywhere without my needed furniture. My dad read the father, w ent to this sale. I remember newspapers for auction notices, picked one that had the things I needed, and off walking by endless tables of glassware. "Why it took them a whole day just to we went to a street in northeast Fulton. sell the glassware!" she told my father The prices were fair, and we furnished that night. We did not go back for the my apartment that day. My dad still spends most of his second day. She did not want to buy. Saturdays at auctions. Now, he buys My mother was happy just to look. Sales were used to settle family appliances and lawn mowers which he fusses. When my grandmother's second repairs and sells. He still describes the husband died, his children just could not furniture and glassware to my mother. I still wonder about the people in this decide what my grandmother should get and what th ey wo uld keep for town. 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Way; "To Fly," which was shown at But then Hummel Planetari um the open ing of the Air and Space was worth the wait. Nine years Museum in Washington, D.C., in after its ·i ntended opening and 1976, chronicled the development of more than a year after its official air transportation. Hummel planetarium was schedopening, the nation's second largest university planetarium is thriving, if uled to open in November 1979. The the crowds it draws are any indica- openi ng was delayed, however, betion. cause the original equipment installed Eastern Ken tu cky University's "' Arn im D. Hummel Planetarium, 1 named after the first chairman of the _,, university's physics department, is running without a glitch and public response has been overwhelmingly positive, according to Fletcher, the planetarium's director. "I'd always believed that when this place opened up we'd have a lot of response to what we have to offer here, and I've not been disappointed," Fletcher says. In the firsc six months after it opened, nearly 23,000 people viewed the star show, "Oasis in Space," and the movie, "To Fly," which were featured when the planetarium opened in 1988. "Oasis in Space" took its Director Jack Fletcher waited nine years audience on a tour through the Milky for the planetarium to become a reality. J KENTUCKY LIVING in the planetarium didn't work. The university sued the company from which it had purchased the equipment and eventuall y, the faulty equipment was replaced. The matter took nine years to resolve, however. The planetarium's main attraction is a Space Voyager star ball that can simulate the sky at any point up to 100 times the earth's distance from the sun and project 10,164 stars on a dome overhead. There are also five planet projectors, a sun projector, two special image projectors and hundreds of other special effects projectors. 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Located on one edge of campus, the planetarium seems almost separate from the university in an unhurried atmosphere. Fletcher formerly worked at public school planetariums in Chesapeake, Va. , and Portsmouth, Va. He obtained his Ph.D. in astronomy education from the Un iversity of Virginia. He was hired by Eastern in 1977 to run the planetarium and was kept on as director during the nine-year litigation. While waiting for the planetarium to open, Fletcher taught astronomy classes. The rest of his original staff was let go when an end to the suit appeared nowhere in sight. Today, Fletcher has a staff of two: an audiovisual specialist and a secretary, plus about eight students (the number fluctuates) who work in the gift shop, operate the control console during programs and usher guests . Although holdin g its own as a publi c attraction, the planetarium is also used for instructional purposes, not only for the university but for local public school classes who may view the program weekday afternoons. Publi c showi ngs are Wednesday through Saturday evenings at 7:30 (EST) and Saturday and Sunday afternoons at 3:30 (EST). Admission is $3.50 fo r adults; $3.00 for senior citizens and students, and $2.75 for ch ildren 12 and under. The cost includes both the star show and the movie, which changes about four times a year. $27.50 Value ~ ~' ~ To reach the planetarium from Interstate 75, take exit 87 and go east on the Eastern By-Pass. Turn right at the sixth traffic light across from the football stadium; the planetarium is on the right. JANUARY 1990 �Hummel Planetarium to open after nine years of sitting idle , By Amy Caudill Editor After· nine years of waiting, Jack Fletcher finally got his planetarium. Actually, he had it all along - it just wasn't open. A 1979 contract between the university and Spitz, Inc., called for Spitz to furnish the newly completed Hummel Planetarium with working equipmenL Spitz partially honored its end of the agreement. It furnished the equipment, but none of it was functional. The breach of contract resulted in a lawsuit by the university against Spitz, and the building sat idle with faulty equipment for nine years. The lawsuit dragged on, and Spitz finally agreed to furnish the longawaited equipment.. The revival of Hummel Planetarium began last August. "It's been a long time. But we've stuck with it, and we've got a real nice facility ," Fletcher said. Next week, the planetarium will open its doors to the university and to the public as the nation's second largest university planetarium. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has the largest The Hummel Planetarium boasts a star ball that can simulate space scenes up to 100 times the earth's distance from the sun and a multimedia center for showing slides and motion pietures. "This one does just about everything that you can do with a planetarium right now. Right now, this is certainly state of the art," Fletcher said. The building itself is a three-story, 20.6-meter-in-diameter dome with a lobby area on each level. -------- __,.___ ----. ~ .. : , ---- H U m me I Pl anetanum · WI'II Open next Wee k . The star ball andmultimediaccnter are housed in the dome surrounded by a carpeted theater area where spectators sit and view scenes projected onto the dome. By inputting commands to a threepanel computer, the operator can request a particular space situation and see it from a variety of perspectives on the dome. Fletcher said the university saved money in a way in the nine-year litigalion. · The university paid a little lesS:. than S 1 million in 1979 for the equipment it received in August. 'Thephysicalequipmentthat's here is worth a whole lot more," Fletcher said. The equipment costs almost $2 million now. Fletcher, who was hired by the university in September 1977 to run the planetarium, was kept as director -~--- 4fV /J..of'l,ld,<l ~O'i. io,r for the nine-year wait and was largely , responsible for dealing with the crisis. While waiting for the suit to be settled, Fletcher taught astronomy classes. The rest of the planetarium staff was let go about three years ago when no progress was in sighL The staff now consists of Fletcher, an audio/visual specialist and a secretary. (See HUMMEL, Page A:4) �\ J Progress photo/Charlie Bolton Jack Fletcher is director of Hummel Planetarium. Planetarium to open (Continued from Page One) Fletcher fofnterly worked at public school planetariums in Chesapealce, . Va., and Portsmouth, Va He obtained his Ph.D. in astronomy education from the University of Vu~n~. · Now as planetarium duector, Fletcher will be responsible for coordinating space programs requested by professors for classes, setting up programs to be viewed by the public and making the planetarium available for plays, concerts and other cultural events. Using the planetarium's resources for instruction in classes will make the class material more interesting and effective and is a "snazzier way perhaps of doing some Ll-iings," Fletcher said. "Any university class that wants to use it is welcomed to do so," Fletcher said. The catch phrase for the planetariumstaffis"asresourcesbecomeavailable." Fletcher plans to stock the thudfloor lobby, where guests exit the theater, with space exhibits as resources become available. On a daily basis, the planetarium will show programs for university classes, public school groups and other interest groups. Special events like movies and cultural events will be shown frequently at a small fee. Programs are free to university classes. Sunday,Funderburlcandguests will tour the planetarium and see a movie crulcd, ' 'To Fly," a documentary on flight and a space show called, "Oasis in Space." The program will be shown Monday to the media. Tuesday to the fac- , ulty and Wednesday to the public. �Current Public Star Show Oasis in Space Oasis in Space opens with a look at the galaxies and the formation of a star in our galaxy. After a look at the importance of liquid water to life as we know it on earth, the audience is taken on a trip through our sol tar sysem. We stop for a look at each planet, Mercury thru Pluto, in search of liquid water. This program presents our earth as unique in our solar system. ARNIM D. HUMMEL PLANETARIUM AND SPACE THEATER Current Public Movie To Fly To Fly was the Inaugural Film shown at the opening of the National Air and Space museum, Smithsonian Institution. It is a film that looks at mankind's desire to fly. Flight is explored from ballooning to the future of space fl ight . At times the audience travels in the cokcpit to an early airplane, flies with a hangglider over the Pacific coast, and views close up the liftoff of a giant r ocket. The film is most exciting and entertaining. EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY New Public Star Show Eastern Kentucky University A new stnr show will open in early Spring of 1989. The title of the new star show nnd date of opening will be announced . (606) 622-1547 Richmond, KY 40475 �Hummel Space Theater The Hummel Planetarium, which we perfer to call a Space Theater, is the 10th largest planetarium in the United States and the 2nd largest on a college or university campus in the world. The projection dome is 20.6 meter s in diameter, is tilted 27 degrees with respect to the floor, and has 164 seats. Centered under the dome is a Space Voyager Planetarium system manufactured by Spitz, Inc. of PA. It is the third of its kind to be installed in the world, with the first being in Paris and the second in Singapore. With a starball that projects up to 10,164 stars, five planet projectors, a sun projector, two special image projectors, and hundreds of other special effects projectors, you can see the night sky from any point on the earth up to 100 centuries in the past or up to 100 centuries in the future. In addition, the Space Voyager has the special capibility of carrying the audience on a trip up to 100 astronomical units (9 billion 3 hundred million miles) away from the earth. This allows the audience to see the sky as it would appear from any kn own planet or moon in our solar system or a ny point in between. In addition to the planeta rium equipment, a special computer controlled, multimedia control system keeps track of dozens of slide projectors and over a hundred special Eiffects. These are used to create part of the unique environment of the Space Theater. The audience may see the surface of Ma rs as if they were standing on that pla net, or see the instrument pant!} of the Space Shuttle a:i it flys in orbit. Astronomical events such as meteor showers, eclipses, supernovas or other events may also be seen. The Space Theater also includes a six track sound system with a subbase system. This system allows the audience to hear all star shows in high fidelity sound so real that you feel as well as hear rockets or the Space Shuttle when they liftoff. When the planetarium and multimedia equipment are not in use, the audience may be treated to a movie on the 35170mm film system. This system allows the audience to view large screen format films. Generally shown are films which are entertaining as well as educational. The audience hears all films in true Dolby Stereo Surround sound. With all of the above, the Hummel Planetarium is a true Space Theater that can carry the audience on a trip through our universe, let the aduience experience a summer thunder storm, or simply look at the beauty of the sky arround us. What you experience in the Hummel Space Theater is limited only to your imagination. School Programs The Hummel Space Theater is open for school programs on a reservation bases only. Program times available are Monday thru Friday at 8:15 am, 9:30 am, 10:45 am, 1:00 pm, 2:15 pm, and 3:30 pm. Available to schools are any of our programs that are specially designed for elementary, middle, or high school classes, our current star show, and our current large screen film . For school program reservations, please call our office any time Monday thru Friday, between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 pm, at (606) 622-1547. School Program Admission Star Show Only . . . .... . . $0.85 Movie Only . . . .. . . .. . . ..$2.00 Star Show & Movie . . . . .. $2.35 Public Programs Programs presented to the public are designed to be entertaining as well as educational. Six programs are offered to the public each week during the times listed below. &servations . for public programs are taken only for groups of ten or more. Wednesday thru Saturday Evenings Movie ..... ... . . 7:15 p.m. Star Show ... .. 8:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Afternoons Movie . . . . .. . .. . .3:15 p.m. Star Show . .... 4:00 p.m. �Perkins Building to Ground was broken for the planeta rium Au gus t, 1976, and although the building was Like Miss Piggy, the Arnim completed in November, D. Hwnmel Planetarium on 1979, work is still continuing. the Eastern Kentucky Once work is completed the University campus possesses building will be dedicated. A real star qualities. lunar rock, on Joan from The Hwnmel Planetarium, NASA, may be available for which is adjacent to the Carl the dedication D. Perkins Building on Kit Exhibits are planned for Carson Drive, although not the planetarium, as well as yet officially opened, will space-related movies and the hold star shows projected on creation of special effects. its 180-degree dome by means The planetarium entrance of a "star ball," a 2,000- will house a black-light pound, multi-lensed, com- chamber. puter-operated projection The planetarium not only system. The star ball is possesses star qualities, but capable of representing . other unique qualities as well. stars, planets, the sun and Hummel is the second largest moon from as long ago as college planetarium in the 10,000 years in the past or as world, only ranking behind far into the future. the University of North By LINDA WARD Staff Writer Planetarium director Hwrunel Planetarium Director Dr. Jack Fletcher stands next to one of the movie projectors in the operator's room in the planetarium. The planetarium is equipped with movie projectors, computers, an audio system and other special effects equipment. The planetarium is the second largest rnllP.11P. nlanetarium in the world. Carolina, which has a dome on its planetarium that is six inches larger. Hummel Planetarium is also 10th in size of the 900 planetaria in the United States. It is one of three in the state of Kentucky. The $1 million planetarium was named after the first chairman of the EKU Physics Department. Arnim D. Hummel was chairman from 1935 to 1947 and was also instrumental in the development of radar activated aerial fuses during World War II. Like the planetarium, the Perkins Building was also named after a f!hairman. Co ngressman Carl D. Perkins, chairman of the House Education and Labor Com mittee, supported legislation be neficial to education. The $5.5 million Carl D. Perkins Building was dedicated as a public service structure Nov. 25, 1979. Space in the building is allocated to the divisions of Continuing Education and Special Programs, Aca demic and Administrative Computing Services, Television and Radio, th e J. T. Dorris Museum and radio station WEKU-FM. WEKU held an open house May 4, after moving personnel and equipment from the Donovan Building during the months of March and April. WEKU had been housed in th e Donovan Building since 1968. In the Perkins Building, WEKU now operates with twi ce the amount of space that it had before. WEKU now has nine offices, three productio n rooms, two studios, a news announcer's Eastern's newest structure is ti room, a control room and a for the 7th District Congressm, record library in tile Perkins ber, the $7 million building how Building. and Special Programs. Locate Accord ing to s ta tion facilities for WEKU-FM radio a manager Madison Hodges, WEKU operated from three rooms in the Donovan Building and signed off the air early at 9 a .m., April 28, the day of the move, and went back on the air al 1:30 p.m . broadcastin g from the Perl<ins Building. l(en-Car history �~g to house planetarium Multi-purpose facility ?rn's newest structure is the Carl D. Perkins Building which is named 1e 7th District Congressman from Hindman, Ky. Opened last Novem:he $7 million building houses the University's Office of Public Service ~pecial Programs. Located in the structure are the new broadcast ties for WEKU-FM radio and Eastern's television center, the Jonathan ~en-Car . . 11~torv • ~. Trµman Dorris Museum, and the computer center. The circular structu connected to the Perkins Building is the Hummel Planetarium which is e peeled to open late this summer. It is the second largest planetarium on college or university campus and the 10th largest anywhere in the nation. �nur11r11t:1 ~ vlUI y UI LI _It:: v :l'd.1 \·..~I 11 _1y' ILt:i_l·1" · ~·. 1. . . . ... ... , .· :;~:,i~;~:; :~~~:iu,.t•• .~1~.~~:S!.~;~E§1~~!~~. ~ 50,adults,·.:$3_.;Sernor.'F·'~- ' came and.·•s100d 0 ver. whtre the ; ·'~}$3,. Jc1tliens' .ar\ct:stuclents 'and\ :S · 'f,.?:;J?i,.fak~::::z!:.~ 12itrii~~~i:r: .The custom spread through the out that "comets were traditionally rs~~~~:~~~~. Ct' ..... =f:£:ti.E~r.£: t a From now until Dec. 22, the Now back to our star. , . 1 leader." . ·, Hummel Planetarium and .Space othersymbolswehaveatChristmas The star also could have been a ThealeJ' will be showing a special time. · · The story of the star super noya, which is an old star that C~stmas program entitled the The meaning of mistletoe . This symbol is the one the show . explodes near the end of its life. ,.,, - t;;. "Story of the 'Star," w~ich gives spent the most time on, depicting ··The Wise Men, whosawthestar · ~ soqie ideas of what exactly the star · The. first symbol explained in what the star might have been by and were led to the child, were ~ which recreating what the heavens over astrologers, .so theY watched the of Bethlehem might have been. · the film was · mistletoe, · , symbolizes eternal life because it 1 than l p ntill went to preview the show, stays green all year Bethlehem might have been lilce 20 · slcy c oser average· peop e I ijld never really thought much I learned'the tradition of kissing cenwries ago. , ,·;·I \: wo:,tmakes somepeoplebel'eve r_; 1 . \i... aboutthestar. Whenever I had heard underthemi"stletoewas'acarryover Something that fascinated me · a .. ·. I . • · . · •· · .that the star was a series of unusual, ~ ~Christmas story from the Bible, of Scandinavian symbolism by way was that by ~~g a_lunar ~hpse. close gatherings, such as a · "Tri Iwasalwayspayingattentiontothe of England. At the same tiine, the that happened near·'the ume of conjunction of planets or planets ~' berries of mistletoe contain a deadly Herod's death, astronomers can· and a star that would not have been ~ other significant de~s.' ljus.t lcnew there was a star and poison. ruprow_the time of Christ's.birth.to'. noticed by many people. that was all that was importanL That figures, I thoughL two possible dates. Christ was not At the end of the program, the When the "program started, the ' actually born in 1 B.C. narrator said there is no scientific · narrator said that he had these same- The first Christmas tree Astronomers believe that Christ agreement about what ~ special feelings as a child. . NextthesymboloftheChristmas was born either March, 6 B.C., to star was. ' J. But he went on to say something tree was discussed. , . March, 4 B.C., or January, 3 B.C., "Maybe-the r~ beauty of the ' else that caught my attention. According to one .'legend St.' to January 1 B.C. star of Be~lehem IS that 1t has as . · "Inlateryears,Irealizedthatthe . . . . '. ' . :~ .. , ·manymearungsastherearepeople · references to the star of Bethlehem Boniface. was . ChnstJamzmg _ . . By lcnowm~ when the .star who take the time to wonder," he , thr h t . Germanymthee1ghthcentury.He . -appeared,theslciescanberecreated . said . . 1 . . d th had mspJJ'e o ers oug ou h ped do th ed ·oak tl lik the th · history, some to song·; ·some to . c ~p wn e s~r ~ee ~ore exac .Y , e. Ywere at . e · As far as explanations go, one of worship · and some to · scientific ?f the Norse god~· an~ behind ui:ne ~t Chri.st ~ birth. · '• : ~ ' the narrato.r's possibilities satisfied .. inquiry,"hesaid. ~ / •. • , 1twasarJJ'~the~td~aledto y~ng this tm~e, the possible myinquiryofwhattheswwas. ·: r· Wow Onclittlestarcoulddoalt'·' the Christ child. · .. • · •, sc1enufic explanations for .the star "We still have to add another . I :that, I th~ught ·. · ".· . ' · · Others think ~ n Luther was ' are discussed. . · · · possibility to the list, and that is that · . The narraur said ·that the star the first to create an indoor, • One explanatio!i is that the:star. the Christmas star ~igh_tha~e been ~· ·: was a.symbol among many of the : decorated',. Christmas ·tree." He , .,was a meteor or 1rbrighf shooting.: a miracle: ".···.',· .... :' '.'. •:• \•,-::•. ·. ·. · l round. 1 I i ' ' ' �Planetarium announces p'rogram A new public program at East- . pier shlft and the hnpllcatlon ern Kentucky University's Hum- the expanding universe. Vie\\ mel Planetarium will explore top- will discover the hiss of ba ic a on the cutting edge of groud radiation which suppo1 many astronomical theories . · astronomy. ·Frontiers: New Horizons in program ends on an alien pla Space,• which debuts Thursday. where an observer ponder: Feb. 6 , ts narrated by film actor maJestlcally rising Milky V Mark Lenard. whom ·star Trek· Galaxy, noting than It the disc fans may remember played cry of alien life the ulthnate fr tier may be found to be a ref Spock's father. ·Frontiers: New Horizons in tion of ourselves. A new program especl, Space· will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Sunday designed for lower element and at 3:30 p.m. Saturday and grades will be ann~>Unced so Sunday. Admtssion ts $3.50 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and students, and $2.75 for children 12 and under. ·Frontiers· ts also available, along with other programs. to school classes Monday through Frt~y at 8: 15 a.m., 9:.30 a .m .• 10.45 a.m., -1 p.m.. 2.15, and 3:30 p.m. .Admission to all school programs ts $2.50 per studenL The three-part program begins with a brief look at the sky as the ultimate frontier, then moves quickly to the solar system to -' provide a recap of planetary probes and descrtptlons of the latest satellite missions. After a look at a future lunar : observatory, part two of the prog- i ram reviews the different star '. types visible In the constellation ., Orton and proceeds to the prop- . ertics of light that make discoveries about distant celestial , objects possible. Viewers will sec , early and recent space-based observatorlea such as the Hubble Space Telescope, The Space Irifrared Telescope Facility. the I Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics ! Facillty and the Gamma Ray · Observatory. and explore celesUal mystcrlca these observatories will explore. such as star birth and death. other planetary systems, mJsslng mass and galactic evolution. Part three explores the Dop- j �Opening of the Hummel Planetarium The Hummel Planetarium is pleased to announce that a Special Preview of the opening Star Show, "Oasis in Space", will be presented for all Faculty and Staff members of the University on November 15, 1988. Programs will be presented free of charge, to Faculty and Staff, at 8:15 am, 9:30 am, 10:45 am, 1 :00 pm, 2:15 pm, and 3:30 pm. The planetarium can seat up to 164 persons per program. The Hummel Planetarium will begin normal operations on November 16, 1988 with the following times available for scheduling: Academic programs - *(programs are approximately 30 to 40 minutes in length) 8:15 9:30 10:45 12:00 1 :00 2:15 3:30 am am am pm (by special arrangement) pm pm pm Public Programs Wednesday thru Saturday 7:15 pm Movie 8:00 pm Star Show Saturday and Sunday 3:15 pm Movie 4:00 pm Star Show Please call 1547 for additional information. �A window on the universe Jack Fletcher. director of the A!nim D. Hummel Planetarium. stands before scene of galaxies, planets and other space objects. Spectacular space shows await visitors as EKU planetarium opens Wednesday 8/ Ancy MeacJ WedntS<la)'. Th( original cquipmml in, RICll\10:Sl ) - Tm 1hou,;and stalled in 1979 pm)fCltd images to , tar< came nut ,n lhe mid<l~ or the blurnd lhal peop~ who watched arttm000 )'tslerda)· as Eastern ltst prul(Tllms brolme dizzy and Kentucky L'ni\'ersity Jr.I ''' a prc- nauc<t"all'd Bui a small group ol rtpOrtrrs \ltW shol<ing at its new planetar· and ltachtTs 1mi1ed lo )'t$lmla)'s tum. Mtrr a dcL, r or nine year.;, l~ pm·i~ · ltOI a smooth ride pas! l~ Amim D. fl ummel PL, netarium. planets and out in10 1~ uni\'~ . wnh us world cla.ss 68-foot-1<idr Al l illlf'S. it apptared l h.11 l ~ dnmr. 1<111 open lo !he public mlirt t61-st:it auditorium was l{mll)' tilling forv,'lltd or r«iining as ii moved among !he stars, but lhal was an op1ical illusion. "I alwars thought ii would actu· ff you go The opening show• at the Arnl m 0 . Hummel Planetarium will be "Oasis ,n Space" and " To Fly." " To Fly" will be 1hown al 7:15 pm. Wednesdays through Salurdaya, and on weekends at 3.15 p.m. Admlsalon Is S2. " Oula" will be ahown at 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays, and at 4 p m weekends Ad· mlaslon la S3 lot adults. S2 for students and senior ally h.1ppen, but I didn't think it dtlzena and $1.50 for children under 12. There la a 50-cent discount for !hose seeing would iak, as long as ii did." :;aid ahowa . The achedula will change for the Jack Flr1chtt. who was hired 11 both Chrlatmu holldaya. )'tars ago as planrlarium director. Tha planetarium la on Kit c , ,..on Drive. adJa· ~tuch of 1~ dtlar was spent in can! to the Carl 0 . Perkins building. ntirot~1tions altrr EKU sued !he To get there from Lexington, take l nterstale 75 manufacturer of t~ projtction to extt 87 Turn lelt on Ky. 876, alao known H lhe (Tl.m *> SPACE, M) Richmond bypau, !hen right on Kit Carson. �Ab Lt,1,1GTON HEflALO-LEAOER L t ~ ,1c1m1 KY I UtS0AY. NO~t MOtl1 15 1968 * .....,-lea<>c,ll)a,,(IPe<,y EKU senior Jody Smith photographs the planetarium's star-b all projector. which can crea te images o f 10,164 stars. Space From Page One e<.1t11pmtnt. Spitz Inc. of Chadds f ord. Pa. In an out-of-court ~!tl('l11ent two )'e:11"5 ago. Spitz agrttd to n·pla,·e the original equipment with a new. state-of.the-art system ralkd Sp.1(c VoyaRer. In mo..t plan,,t.1riums. the same proJl'Ctor prodtM.-es images or the star, and planets. That makes the pl;10l't;1nums · E.1rth-bound.'" only ahlc 1,1 pro •Jt'Ct the sky as it appc:ir5 fwm the ~~1rth. With the Space \'oyager syst,·m. th,• projt,.1ors are ,-('JXlrated. That mak,-s P"'-'1btc the illusion of , p.,rc tra,·el. The planetarium can show \'icwm; how the sky k»ks from as far away as 9.3 bil1100 miles. ~letcher charae1eriztd that dista= as "no! \ 'er)' far'" in the ~ of the uni,·= The Space Voyagrr system is only the third of its kind in the world. The Olhers art in Paris and Sin.1r.1pore. Its star-ooll projector is 4 feet in dia=er and proj(>cts 10.1&1 stars. Each star h.,s a separate len..'<. 1ncre arc fi'"e planet projectors and a sun project!W'. Also part of the system are a multi-image slide projector and a six-channel sterru sound system. The Ilummel planetarium is named fur the fir.st chainnan of ~:1s1cm·s physics ckixtrtment. During Wurld War II. he was in.<tru· mental in de\'tloping a radar-aCli- \'3ted fu.se. EKU has compiled information from the I~ International Planetarium Society Dirce1ory of Planetaria to support the schoors rontmtion that it has a world-class space theati,r. • It is the ~ -lar~ t planetarium on a rollrite campus in the United States. The largest is the Morehead Planetarium at the Uni\'m;ity of North C.,rolina in Oiapel llill. Its domt is less than a foot wider than Eastern's. • It is the 10th largest of the 985 planetariums in the United States. The L1rgest i.< the R('Uben II. Fleet Space Theater in San Diego. which has a 75-foOI dome. • It is the 57th-largcst pla~arium in the world. The largest. in Moscow. has an 82-foOl-wide dome. Now that the Hummel is open- ing. EKU officials hope it will pru,·e popular with studrnts and the general public. Sc\'eral showmgs of the two openinR prcscntalions will be ~ted earh day for students. 11lCfC will be C\'enmg pn,w-ams Wedne,.c!ays through S.11urda,·s and matinees 1111 w<'<'k,·nds. Shov.-n al the pre,·icw yc-,1rrd;11· were two t>ml(rams. · "Oasis in Space," which will be presented through ~larch. begins with a look at galaxie$. then takes a tour of our solar systen, in =rch of water. which makes life on Earth possible. "To Fly" was the inaugural film presented for the opening of the National Air and Space Museum al the Smithsonian Institution in Washing1on. It u.<eS part of tht domt to project images three stories high. �...L ..I. U .I..I. \..I L U .I.. ..I. ~.I..I..I. usi ,,r,~:,o t1• (Cf,>, l~· ·1 , " 1 t.'1 ·.l TT ..1...1...1. ..I. r,,,"a('"'° ~"'"' . ,.,. ~. or Jack Fleu:her, direc tor the Arnlm D. Hummel Planetarium at Eastern Kentu cky University, pttputt ror the radllty'1 re-opulnc tomorro ... ( ReglslerpholobyRutbleMaslln) . Planetarium's programs are -.....J entertaining and educational By RUTHIE :IIASLIS KeglslorStaffWritor A• you walk through the curving. dimly-lit hallway Into the llummel Planeurium Space Theater. you'r e keenly aware or the hu, hed, almost mystical qual· ity or the place. There is something maelc in the ai r. a reeling or expectancy. You are about to set out on a cosmic voyage to explore the solar system and the universe beyoncl. ··tn all or our public programs we seek to entertain as well as educate; · said Dr. Jack Fletcher, director or the Eastern Kentucky University planetarium. Indeed. the newly-completed racility will se rv e as an edu· cationa l and recreational re source for the entire community as well as the Central Kentucky region. ··we can present a lot or things here in the planetarium in a different way than they can be pre,e nted in the classroom." ~·1etcher explained. ··we ca n actually demons t r ate things you can only talk about in astronomy classes. " lie added that the plan eta num 's mult1-media racilities, which include a rully-equ1pped rcrording sludio and state-o rthc-art audio -visual equipment , can be incorporated to almost every academic department in the university. Or. Ordellc llill. a proreJSor in EKU 's Department or t:ni.!lish. ' ' \...,U..I.J.C,~U.c:t. By ktrrlll E MASLIN ~1llter Staff Writer ,aid the planetarium's ability to But the racility will not be Jim. simulate almost any known sky lted to use by the university only. pattern would be helpful In There will be special shows • teachln1 students about the 111deslcned for public 1thool niricance or astronomical claue1throuehoutthcarca. phenonen1 In medieval liter•· • Nel1 Phillips. • tbird -crade ture. teacher at White Hall Elemen· "Back in the Ren1isHnce and tary School, who attended a Spe· before, people did reel that their cl1l preview or t he shows lives were very much affe(:ted by I yesterday. uid the planetarium the motion or the heavens." he will make 1n ettellent add ition explained. "'The reference to ihe I toclassroom sdence teaching. music of the spheres' comes rrom i "lt'a 1oinc to bt e.citing to the the Middle Aees. The psychokids to see something more than lo1ieal 1111k6up.olm.an was based •• ,Ju1t 4 pi<ture I~ a ll:.lt boo k." she on his phy1iolo&lc1i knowledge said. "I think it ..m~lilve them• or h imselfand the universe." deeper appreciation when they !lull said that durin& the 1oout,ide1tni,til" Middle Ages, the geocentric Mary Nicholson, a nnh-,rade theory or the universe wu still teacher at Mayfteld Elementary being taught. proclaiming th at School. said thestar •how really the earth was th e center or the brings the textbook in rormation universe and everythinc re- , tolifoforthe1tudents. volved around man. "It doc1n·1 Just extend the textIle added that because these book. it Incorporates everything Ideas so inRuenced the writings in the textbook." she explained. or such men as Cha uce r and " ltmakesitrcal" Shakespeare, it would be in · . Teachers attending the prevaluable for students to see the view have already made plans to night sky as it appea red to the brine their students to the planpeople orthistime. etarium on Reid trip,_Some also · uld they had talked to other The theater department wil l be , tea chers in the Central Kentucky presenting a play ·Kal eidoarea who were Just as excited scope," a science Oction short about using the planet•rium fastory written by Ray Bradbury. in cilitics as an extension of thrir March 1989. utlliune the planciassroomsciencecurri culum. eta rium·s equipment and racili· ButtheyalTtt(I that the raclli ty tics. will also ruJnll Pletcher·s coal or entertaining while educating. Fletcher said pl1n1 are "The kids will lo ve it.· uid pending to involve the othe r Rne Martha Davidson. another White arts, such as rnusic and art. in Hall third-crade teacher. "I can presenting shows and concerts in just see the ezeitemcnt In their the olanetarium. I A v n • n ... u," For mlllenia, it bu been the dream or man to somehow reach beyond the blue or almo1phere and travel tot he stars. But unfortuna tely, there is no ·starship Enterprise" to carry us to strange new worlds. so we must rely on what our limited technolo&Y and limitless im· 1ginations can reveal to us about our universe. The Arnim D. Hummel Pla n· etarium on the Eastern Kentucky University campus. one or three like it in the world. is one surh place where imaelnation and technology rome toeether to dis· play the beauty that lies beyond ourtll\)' planet. • ., ] • Tomorrow eve.nine. the Hum· me l Planetarium will open Its' doors to t he genera I public for the nrst t ime in almost a decade. aner raclne one delay allc!r an· other in a period which Dr. Jack Flclcher, wh o has been planetarium director for 11 years, descnbcd as - ,·ery frustratine:... Problems with equipment m al· functions which resulted in a J law,uit against Spitz Inc .. the company that produced the plancta riu m, have plagued the fa c ility since its t'on,trurtiun 1n 197g_ The suit wa. ,etlled out or court 1n 1986, \l' llh trrms lhe uni versity called ravorable. "'In lhe settlement wit.h them, they were extremely aenerou, 1n that they gave us much more than we rontr1cted for." an EKU lee•I represent.alive sa id. "The onh· criticism of them that you could have is that it took them so Jo ng to doiL" No1<•. the $2 million-plus ·spar e th eate r ," located 1n the Cari D. Perkins Bu ildi ng. reature, state-or-the-art planetarium and audio-visual equipment tba1 ..·11i make it a valuable uoet to both the university and the community. · we· re dennltely one of the linest tec hnologicaily-ad,·anced planetariums in the world; · flct · cher.aid.. The dome or the planetarium measures20.6 meters in diamet.er and is tilted 27 d egrees to the tru e horizon. The 10th iuge5t pian - CPle11e1tt Planellrlam on Psge!I Shows to be presented at planetarium The Hummel Planetarium. located in the Perkins Building on the t:KU campus, will rea ture two •hows nightly. Wednesday through Saturday with mat,n<.'c, on S~turday and Sun· day. The mar n proer•m is the star show '0u11 1n Space." which will be presented through March 1989. The proi:ram takes the audience on a tour or the universe startinc with di stant l•laxics and e:ndtn& vdth a planet•by-plancl tnp through our solarS)'ilcm. · Oasis in Space." produred by Sp11.t Inc.• the monuracturer o r th e Space Voy1ae r plan· etar1um equipmt"nt, demonstrates many or the f1 rllity 's special elTects capabilitie• by oamining the question or whether other liquid water worlds cxisL ··oas,s in Space" will be • hown nightly 118 p.m. and at 4 p.m. on the -..·eckendL Admission prices are $3 for adults. S2 for students through college and oc nio r citiz.ens. and $1.50 for children under 12. The mo,·1e ·-ro Fly" will also be one or the feat ur ed program s . "To Fly" was the in nau~ura l film presented for the opening or the Smilh"°nian lnit 1tutlon·, Nationa l Air and Space ~lust"um in Washington, 0 o.c. The rilm documents man's history or Ri ght rrom balloons to space tr1"·el. The film is pre· senl._.d in 35mm format with 1 lens that 11Jo~'S an image sue on t.he dome or 1ppro,um1tdy 40 square reet. -..·h 1ch is •P· prox1m1telythree stories hieh. ..To Fly'" wi 11 be ,hown nightly al 7: 15 p . m. with weekend matinees starting at 3:t5p.m . Ali scats are $2 with a 50-<>ent discount for people going to oce both shows. A special holiday show. .. Sto ri· of the Star; · will be 1hown It the pllnet.arium Nov. 28 through Ott. 23. Thio show is narrated by a kindly 1r1ndrathe r who remi nioces about the joy and beauty or the holiday,. He begins with a portion or Clement Moore's "T he Night Before Chriotmu," and proceeds to explore a di vers ity or Christm a s symbols such as mistletoe , the Christmas tree. and the Star or Be· thlehcm in the Biblical Christmas story. A special holiday srhedule includes sho1<•ings or this pro· gram at 8 p .m. Wednesday through Saturday and at 2:30 pm. Saturday and Sunday from Nov. 28through Dec 13. Dec H through Dec . 23. th ere w,11 he two daily , how1ng, of the program at 2 30 p m. a nd 8 p .m. Wednesday th r ough fri · da y. and on S.turdai• and Sunday at 2.30 pm. and 8 p.m. Group d1 ~r o unt s are a va11 a ble. For mor~ informallon. rall 622-l~i. �Hummel Planetarium -OJ:>~-ns By Amy Caudill Editor Hummel Planetarium captivated audiences earlier this week when it showed its star show "Oasis in Space" and a motion picture, "To Fly" on four consecutive days. University President Dr. H. Hanly Funderburk and friends toured the planetarium Sunday and viewed the program . . Monday, planetarium director Jack Fletcher conducted a press conference for local media, who then took in the program along with local public school teachers; Tuesday, university faculty were shown the star show and movie. Wednesday, Fletcher and his"staff Progress photo/Charlie Bolton made it official- Hummel Plane~- Jack Fletcher held a press conference Monday. ium opened to the public after a ninei~led the deve_lo~men! of transportaThe space theater will be showing year incubation period. The planetarium had been sched- · non by automobile, airplane and hot programs seven times a day from 8: 15 air balloon. · a.m. through 3:30 p.m. Monday uled to open in 1979 but remained th he ·da fi I dhi h Hummel Planetarium, ·w hich the roug rn y ore ementaryan g closed until now because of faulty schools. equipment and a lawsuit between the staff prefers to call a space theater, is For the public, the movie will be university and the company contracted the second largest university pla netar- shown at 8: 15 p.m. and the star show to provide the equipmenL iumintheUnitedStates.onlysi.xinches at 8 p.m. Wednesday through SaturThe university received the equip- smaller than the largest university day. Also, the star show will play at ment in August at the original 1979 planetarium at the University of North 3: 15 p.m. and the movie, 4 p.m. Sat- , rateofjustunder$1 million. The same Carolina at Chapel Hi)!. urday and Sunday. · . equipment sells for about $2 million · The theater dome measures 20.6 The program will be . shown six . now. meters in diameter and has 164 seats. times a week and will change every i; ' "Oasis in Space" took the audience Images from a Space Voyager star four months or so. throughatouroftheMilkyWayGal- ba11 are projected ooto the ~ome to JudyFoley,whoteac~thirdgrade l axy and the solar system and con- creat~sp~scenesuptolOObmes the atWacoElementarySchopl,said s he : mightbringherclasstovisittheplane- 1 ducted a search on other planets for earths distance from the ~un. · water, w h.1ch ·is always accomAmim D. Humm. el, for whom the tan·wn , _ , .·.liqwd · planetarium was named, was the ftrst . ; : "1 thought ~t y,,as fa 9ust Foley ~ panied by life. . chairofthedepartmentofphysicsand !said about theprogrannilid ,s ajd"ber · . "To Fly," which was shown at the eventually served as chair of the sci- students would probably unde~d ~ ?J>Clling _of the Smi~nian Institute ence divis_ion, which included biology and enjoy·~~:~.~~ :e ~~ ! oo?c:.· .' . -1 _ _: ':••lun~l<>!':D=-~_1!r76, chron- _and chem,stty. .Y.t. . ~ r/~ ,PM I7/f4;~ -~ - �. , #~ ""~'- • ~ · . .- . , , ,.- - - . ~ · - ' I • opening kianetarium date has b·e_en delayed I1 during dedication ceremonies for the planetarium's sister structure, the Carl D. Perkins service building. The two longer for stargazers intent on using the buildings are joined by an archway. They are located opposite the Henry new Arnim D. Hummel Planetariwn. Stratton Law Enforcement Building on The planetarium; a million dollar addition to the · Eastern Kentucky Kit Carson Drive. Planetariwn operations are under University campus,' was expected to the control of the Division of Public open its doors this spring, but testing and subsequent programming of a Service Programs and not a natural recenUy installed computer . system sciences department of the university, must be completed first, said facility noted Fletcher. · director Dr: J ack Fletcher. He adds He noted that the facility can add to that the opening date has been set back . the quality of education ai Eastern and until "late fall." across Eastern Kentucky by providing - The planetarium features a theatre . an audio and visual stimulant to the that can seat up to 179 and a semicircle· typical classroom experience. " We will viewing screen that allows for multiple have sight and sound all a round you," projection of heavenly sights. The promised the director. Hwnmel Planetarium is the third . For example, a recreation class at planetariwn in Kentucky and is second Eastern can spend the afternoon in the in size among the nation's college planetarium practicing up on their planetaria only to the University North "Sky Interpretation Talks," a Carolina's facility. discussion of star patterns and conFletcher said that technicians and stellations that groups may find · incomputer supplier Spitz Space Systems teresting. · Eastern's history departof Pennslyvania should have the bugs ment has already contacted Fletcher about a series oriented toward anout. of the operation's two computers within a few weeks. Once the machine thropology featuring the biological is paid for, then planetarium ascent of man. progranuners can begin the task of And instead of having astronomy classes take their instructors' word on preparing the computer for public schooi children, astronomy students the existence of the planets; students and the curious in general · will be able to view satellite photos and artists' drawings on the big screen, said The computer operates a "star ball" that can display stars as ·seen from Fletcher. For public school children, Earth. Also among the audio-visual Fletcher hopes to change some atarray are six "planet projectors," titudes concen.ung education. He says ·zoom image projectors, a· ' 35-70 that' scien·ce 't eachers can make their millimeter motion picture projector···· ·subject more interesting by scheduling and an audio system. his or her class for a program. , When the doors are opened, Fletcher · ·"Who knows, one in 100 may really added, programs for the ·g eneral public like what h~ sees here and tak_e up ~n will probably be held thr~e times a interest in astronomy or the sciences week. Wednesday and Saturday and really begin to ~ork at i~''. , ~d evenings and Sunday afternoons have · · F~etcher. He said the projec~!'_S_:~nd been tentatively set ,as public viewing multi-visual effects of~""".. J~e times, said Fletcher. He emphasized. planetarium's ~omputors can, ''.raise the word "tentative." · your excitement level" , . < · He also noted that a cutback in ex· The planetarium payroll incluaes· a penditures by the universiiy mandated staff artist, who is · responsible· ·for by the office of Gov. John Y. Brown will · visual effects, an astronomer, who will probably not effect preparations tinassist the director in writing programs, derway for the o~g: Fletcher said a receptionist ·and Fletc;her.. The that most expenditures were already director recenUy received his doctorate made for the facility before the in teaching astronomy from the governor announced the belt-tightening · ···.University. of · Virginia and came to moves. -. .. · · EKU to accept the director's pooition. Construction · ·of ..fhe round brick He hopes to have six programs structure first began in 1976. The public pre:iented daily, ranging in complexity was given a chance to view a · brief from the first grade level to college presentation in November .of 1979 astronomy classes. By TERRY LEE VOGT Staff Writer Heaven will have to wait a little bit ; 1 s il il j J .r~ ~~~~.L,~ · ?)v , 11 ~ "\ - • ,l �'. 1_D_..V ~TJ~. ··./._:/,: <::..:;/i;·. ~ ~ ..~ ~ ~-~,S ·",'· .:\;·,. ~?~·::.~:,,·,· , ·r i.;\• ', ·','.·i ' •' 'I ' I ', I: I • ,' -~~" ; . ' j ' ' 1 tr·:1}p:i.iribti'tidilt\:{, I •; ' . I ' ,.:ib~'1" l f' ·.~h::-:;:,J ·.,J,,{ ,:<,,1 .)~f.: t·,·-:·1.H~:~..,, . . ·.-~-:t·· ·· ·\; ~'r> • 11 i',, ~":. :!]·' t 1'~lfJi l '.l:'i :} ..,(J.' ,·'·;{ : rev1veu ·., .. , \.j' ~ . + ., : ' •'; • \. ' iJ 1 ·, .·,! ;..1:,_/. • , , 1: 11 • .,· f i ~'- ·. +t · J·.~i~·H ' ·. • 1 · RIC.HM.O NO ,_._ · Eastern·, Keri·'• '.' lu c ky University. :officials •have t re ached ,in agreement with:Spltz ·.--,:, .. , , Inc. of' Chadds Ford, Pa., wt,ich · ~ shou1it ·-hfs·u1t ·1ni the' openlng' o P EKlJ ) i ATnim , D. ·H.ummel · Plan-.{; e la riµrn ,wfthin 18'monlhs: ) t .,, ;· The rJ cently negotiated ' out-\ · or-court si!'Wpmcnt of a 1983 ·1 la wsuit ·.flf~~ ,:b'S> .the un.i vers)tY,.; .· :1r wil I provide ,a'l,Qde$i~ned system~ ,\ and statc'.of:.t~e.: ari•cquipment,:, ·· ..; for the $1.2· miUlbtf-EKU facilltY-i, .. ~ w~·i ch i.~ on_c 'of,:tq~j'largest plan-\4 · ·· ~tad:~) ~thewQrliJ.,\~, . ."1i.;~-· ; ,. ),. · ; ,:. ..'!fhc},lawsuit cl/ii.med that Spitz, . fo rln'c\'rly s pi tz-.:spa'c·e·:-systcms·. Inc .·'· failed . to ,idasign,1: mariu-·, factu. re,,. co nstruf t,,J~~t••cl cIJye ( and 111stall an acceptable, func, ., ·-.:..: ,, 1 lion a I system. . , · ·: \ . .. : .. ,, , •, ,•, , ,.,~, , · , · ~ U nd c r terms of the agi:cement. :·. . . ·, . · ' '~ · , ,,1., ,,,j<{,'.y.: \ •, •, ;, v: !.Ti' ; ., .. .. ,\. " , . .', ,, . · '"'S'p itv will•• renfdvc•!!ll·bf.'tllc··brlg...,( " ~•:"a~· 'lr·'. ·". .;..~.l~~~t(,·•t.(\'i~.~.11.,~J~:::~~r,, ~;..-~·\'.:;,:;;.,~'..U.·,t 1.tkl,..1~'.ir;Ji,1..:11./;,:;' .:,'.'~~~ t.'.i.,,i ;.t.;vl. ...;J ,). , ..,., i , I ,' , • -«,~ ... 1,1., , •1,~o,(;';;.1:.:..{f;.'~ ~ ' •-.>., /". ~ ~, ~ A l' "T .5 ,,. ~:,.,'<.-. : . ·. ''·. ... . . :EKV' s H·um~·~z.pz~·n~ta;tl~T~: ,',(., . ;. ,.. , ,. ,•,,,, '' .,·~ c<t., • ~~~r~oct~i~~:~l~Lo:nnpf~: anneda~~(~ stall a total ly redesigned "Spac,e · Voyagcr":system: Thc new systofu . wi I.I consist of 'a .star ball pro- . 1 · jector, · five planet proj'ectors, earth a.nd moon projectors , a ·. newly designed control con so le , new computer software ·and en- . hanced audio capabilities. All costs will be absorbed by Spitz, Inc. · : :: .· . ' · ·· ' · "The old .system simply didn't ' meet contractual specifications," · explained · Or. Jack Fletcher planetarium director . .''The ne~ system will allow the viewer to · travel into space up fo 100 at- · . ronomicnl units or 9.3 billion ... t: I •: ' "S' I'' 'I ' I • ' ·. · · ' r · · · · ·;,· mal'lly o~ s.\1ow111g s tars , from any pe.~spectrve.. . Fletcher said. However, 1~ ca n · Installat(on of th.e _Space Voybe .u.sed. for _?ther educatl(mal ager system, which is identical to appilc~tions. ·, , , on_e curren.tly ·in operation, at E~U s 9,450_square foot pl~n-_ Pare de la V1llettc Ce nter outside eta1 _rum ~urld 1~g cnc)oses ~h1 ec Paris, Frarfcc, is expected to take st~rres ~f l?bb1cs which w1.ll _be about 18 months, ,F letcher said. u,s cd :fo1 drspla_ys a.nd_ex~1b1ts. Wh~n open, the planetarium will 1 he r oun~, four -story :._cct1on _o n provid_e educational programs the west srdc or the build.mg _e nfor EKU 'stude nts, :eli:mentary · _c loses the ~80 -sea~. v1ew1ng and secondary schoo l students theatre and_ will houe one of the and programs of interest to the, .:world's.. ma,Jor _p_laneta r ia," Fletgeneral pu.blic. ,. ,,.. ,. .; ... ··- • .. .':' · , .', c~~rsa1d.·: · - :...·. . . · .. ... . ·. ., . ' :r':'· .. ·.\.' ·. t . ;, O~th.e 1,154 operatronal planT~e Pl,.a ne.tanum .- ,,is .a _r'riulrt· .. ,cterra tn the . world today, . our media:: facility< designed pri·.··. facility is the ninth in the United ·1 · :dJ · th , '·· ·, i m1 cs an ; ,•cw . .es~ 1ar system •,./ ~~_,/:,:,.. • •:/· '. ..: . .L - ~ ~--·- :.. :...:......:. . w.A (ii • l , · · · ·, · \' ' ' · , • \ .'• ', ., ,,.-. , .,# ;?', · States ~.rnd the 23rd largest in the wo rld . .' F'letc:her s ai.d. "Amo ng educational 1ns t1tu t1ons _of th_e w~rld .the .EKU plane tanum 1s thrrd 1n .s 1ze onl y t~ th e Kie_v · Planel~r1um al the ~ta lc ln sl1lute of Geol ogy ~n l( 1cv, Ru ssia -"f'i and M?re head _I lan e t~nur!1 at .,7" t11,~~n 1vers1ly of No r~h 1".a rol 1na. ; . 1 he s ize of o ur fac ility , the ~ trlled_ dome s ~at ing which e x- --.{ lends upward rnto the dome aud - v the new proj~ction a nd computer ~ equipment will ma ke nur rac ility one or the, mos t s ophi s ticated planetarr a 111 lhe Unite:J States," Fletcher said . " ~ . : . . ,• • =- :..,:em¥ ... . ; -.....,....,_..._. . - - -~ ...,.-- .,...,, . •' f'I �' • I . .. I t : • • ,·, ' ~ '. · . : L ...L-:t~.·i~~ o 1- ·I' 1 11 ; •. r i<. : 1 • · l ~i ,\ .... i! . ,. 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' ;-, The 1:hcently negotiated ' out-,; · of-court s.c·~rlJ:? mcnt of a 1983 ·1 lawsuit, ·.flle~l' 'b'S> .the universjty,'; Will providc ,a',1':Qdes i~ned system x'. . and' _slit te:or~.~fi(ii ~i:equ fp~cn q ,, .for the $1.2· mllHQn ·EKU factlity,} .w~·i~h',_i,~, one of,,t~ ~tla;g~st plan-i . e tap:~:11:1 the wor~iJ.,.i.~.u, .\,, ~-:. ·l. , • .,, _. · · i, .rn·91lawsult ~lei.Jilrd" ;hat Spitz,:· · formerly s pi t i . :S pa'ce;.Systems. Inc :·· foiled . to ,idasign ;\; mariu-·-' fa ctu re, ,. constru gt,i.l~~ t. ,.d cI/ 1 . and install an acceptAblc, func tional System. , .· : . \ , Under· t.c rms of,the agi:cement, , . , · •"'•S'p itvwi 11, rcmove•trl 1·\bf<tYle;·orig~~-: ~iti 1 I , ' ; r,• It • y~r: ' ~~~f~o~~i~~n;~ncto~prt: anneda~~(; stall a tota lly redesigned "Spac;.e . '.... Voyage r". system : The new systotit . .. will consist of 'a .sta r ball pro·;ector, · five p l anet proj'ec tors, earth ;ind moon p ro jectors, a :. newly design ed control 1 · new co mputer software ~onnJoe~: · ha nccd a udio ca pa biliti es. ·.. , All costs will be absorbed b Spitz, Inc: .· ., .. · · . Y' · · '• · ··, "The old .system simply didn 't ' meet c_ontract ual specificatio ns," · expl a ined · Dr. Jack Fletcher planetarium· director. ','The ne ; system will allow the viewe r to · trave l into space up fo 100 at- · ronomical 'units or 9.3 billion · ,, I; · . ·, ;. . .. . .· ,,· Ii /; · -~~ '. ,, ,·i'"' ·,,:t P·;}:\ ,, .1 ,,. ·~t:T:'; . . ,:;;.,, .,\ · " · · · .'; )<. \ j .. , l,. , . ,,. . , · t·r:~~".' : :,1:~:!ritl<~ ~'li.~ t~t:::!~{;\~..i:\i1.:.;;;~:.:. w.1::1:r.~~~q.....i::~J1,ii1'4'.~;:::.:·~i}~i,{ :t.:~!,.'...,:,)":,.~·: ,,,:... . ,.: . ~:,· ,'e .' '. . ·. :El(D' s H ,j,,n;~;~iPz~·n~ta;i{~,~-..;(.,,..'. . ·•·. '<., ,,,,,, '. ' i 1 'ctJ · I . ,..;·.·· . th \.·, ' ·.. · f ·· · ·;, cs an ; .,~w . _e s~ 1ar sys tem . mar1 ly or: s.~owrng s~ars, fromanyp~.;spectrvc.. . . ' F letche r said. However, t ~ ca n Installatfon of th,e 'Space Voy-, be u_sed. fo r .~ ther e du ca ti onal ager system, which is identical to applic~tions. ·. ; . one currently in operat ion µt. . EKU s 9,450 square foot planPa·r c de la Villettc Center outs ide, etar.i um ~uildi!lg encloses _three· Par is,Frar'l'ce, isexpectedtotake . st?ries ~f l?b bres whi ch wi_ll_bc about 18 monlhs, .Fl etcher said. used ,fo t displays a nd ex~1b1ts. Whe.n open, the planetarium will The round,. four-story :;ect1on crn provid.e educational programs the west s ide of the build_ing _e nfor EKU 'studen ts , ·elementary clos es the ~80-s ea~. v1 e w1ng and secondary school s tudents th eatre and wt ll houe one of the and programs of interest to the, ..- world's.. ma_;or _p_laneta:ria,_" Fletge neral pu.blic. , .•.., .; '.' ' ·· :·· · ., , cher sa1d. 1 : · - : · .' . · ,. . ... ,, · , :,..".". .' ... :'.-' · '." .. . "Of the 1,154 operation a l plan· "T~e Pl.arie_tarium,'_is' .a r'iiuli~·'., .,eteria in th e. world today,. OU!' med1B;:J a.c ll 1ty~ designed pri-..- ·. fflcllity is the ninth in the United . m 'l t '•,' :' i• 'r' ' •, ~: '. I ' •, ·( ' ,· .,.,. ,. ,,.. , .,·~ , · ·.. · 1: ·· · States ~nc the 23rd lar1:c~t in the world, '.- F let~hcr. sai_d . "Among ed~cat1onal 111st1tut1ons _o f the w~r ld .the _EKU planctanum 1s third 111 s ize only to t he Kiev Pia nel~rium at the ~late In slilute of Geology 111 I<1cv, Hu ss ia and M?re h~ ad Planetarium a t the Un1 vers1 ty of No rth Ca rol Ina. . "The s i7.e of our f'ac ility, t he .tilted_dom~ s~ating whi c h extends upwar d mto the dome a nd the new p roj ~ction and compute r e qu ipme nt will make o11r facili ty one of the . mos t so phi sticated , planetaria in the Unite:! States," Fletcher sai d. ' • --"'ti 7 t) > --..[ - 0 ~ .....__ �The Eastern Kentucky University Telescope Deck (not the Hummel Planetarium) will be open to the public Friday evening, August 12, from 9: 15 to 10:30, if skies are clear. U sky conditions are uncertain. call the Telescope Deck after 9 p.m. Friday for a recorded message (622-1530). Celestial highlights for the current session include the planets Saturn and Jupiter, the Moon, star clusters, nebulae and more. Free star charts for August will be , given out. The Telescope Deck is located on the EKU campus, one fourth of a mile south of the Eastern By-Pass on Kit Karson Drive (next to the one-room schoolhouse). The Telescope Deck observing sessions are sponsored by the staff of the Arnim D. Hummel Planetarium. The observing session for September is scheduled for · Friday, September 9. ~ 'Open house' is planned i-:1 I . . . for EfU telescope deck ~ ·· To -commemorate Astronomy Day on May 9th, .:r- '.the Arnim jD. Hummel -Planetarium at Eastern t Kentucky University, along .;: ·with the departments of · ::: 'Physics and Astronomy, will ~ have an open house at the ~ telescope deck. · . · The open house will be held bn May 8 and 9 from 8:~ p.m. "' to 10 p.m. The open house will be cancelled on either date if . u the sky is not clear. • ~ · . Visitors will have the Oi>' · portunity to view four p1anets: Venus, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn. The 1 _i telescopes will also be pointed at the crescent moon , and other objects of interest. ·1 Gov. John Y. Brown proclaimed May 9 as Astronomy Day for the state . . In the proclamation, Brown : urged all citizens to increase their knowledge of astronomy by participating in astronomy-related activities in their area. · The telescope deck is located on the campus of EKU, one-eighth of a mile · south of the Eastern By-Pass on Kit Carson Drive (next to the one-room schoolhouse). RICHMOND The Eastern Kentucky University Telescope Deck will be open to the public from 9: 15 to 10 :30 p.m. Friday, if skies are clear. · Observable highlights of this session will include the planets Venus, Saturn and Jupiter, the Moon, star clusters and double stars. Free star charts for July will be distributed. The telescope deck located on the EKU campus on Kit Carson Drive, 81>' proximately one-quarter of a mile south of the Eastern ByPass. It ls next to the oneroom schoolhouse. rs For a recorded message on sky conditions, call the telescope deck at 622-1530 after 9 p.m. Friday. The public o~erving sessions are sponsored by the staff of the Arnim D. Hummel Planetarium. The next observing session is scheduled for Friday, August 12. ~ ~!\Qm!t;~~~.~~~ :~; ~.en . for observation Friday ·night Celestial highlights for the month of August include the first quarter moon, ·. the planets Venus, Jupiter and Saturn and the Perseid Meteor Shower and will be available for · viewing fro~ the Eastern Kentucky University telescope deck on Friday. . The EKU telescope deck will be open to the public Friday evening, Aug. 7, from 9 p.m. to 10:15 p.m., if skies are clear. eighth of a mile south of the Eastern By-Pass on Kit Carson Drive, next to the oneroom schoolhouse. I If sky conditions are uncertain, call the telescope deck after 8:30 p.m. for a recorded message at 622-4082. · 1The public o~erving sessions are sponsored by the Am!m D. Hwrunel Planetarium and are also scheduled for the first Friday of the remaining months in 1981. · · Visitors to the telescope deck will also receive a star . chart ~or ~~~ · month of \ ,. ..~ • August. '. The telesope deck is located ·i on the EKU campus, one- ___ �,/Pl~netari um. still closed, fully staffed r By Teresa Hill "is also teaching one class in ·· News editor ., astr.o nomy this semester. The university paid over $90,000 Generally, full-time faculty in salaries to four full-time members teach four classes per ?mployees of Hummel Planetarium semester. last school year, even though the "We.have a skeleton staff here at planetarium has never been opened. .t he planetarium. And there are cerThe planetarium which was ac· tain administrative duties that tually completed in 1978 has never must be carried out because we are been opened to the public. Although here," said Fletcher. ' the equipment has been installed, it "Questions often come up during ~ has never been officially accepted by the course of the year between the the university. . lawyers· (who are handling the i The university filed a $2.4 million lawsuit), and they provide the data lawsuit last October against Spitz·,,.,. by which the university makes its Space Systems of Chadds Ford, Pa, responses," said Sexton. charging that the equipment which Fletcher was hired in 1977 after a the firm installed does not work national search for a planetarium properly. director. · In addition to the $1.5 million " His salary is no lower or higher spent for the construction of the than it would be if the planetarium · building, the university has con- were open, hor is the rest of their tinued to staff the "closed" salaries," said Sexton. planetarium since 1977. Fred Karr, t.echnical specialist for ' 'They were employed to do a job ~he planetarium, works with designwhich, unfortunately, through no mg the programs to be used in the fault of their own, they haven't been planetarium. . "Karr is in charge of all the elec. able to do. They provide a number of public service type of things to tr~nics of the planetarium. He also t he university," said Dr. William wntes our computer programs. We Sex ton, ·vice-president of ad· have 2,500 square feet of exhibit minis trative affairs. .. space to be constructed. That is all Dr. Charles Whitlock, executive his responsibility. There are a whole assistant to university president variety of things going on in the J.C. Powell said, "They are great planetarium," said Fletcher. , value to the institution. They are . . Karr, who came to the university the individuals that can document . 1D 1978, receiv~ a salary of $22,650 what about the system doesn't func- last year. .. .. tion the way it is supposed to. " Karr taught part-ti.me in the In· Dr. Jack Fletcher, director of the dustrial Education Department a planetarium. is also an assistant few years ago. Last year he was on professor of astronomy. He was sabb·a tical for part of the year and paid $ 29,600 for the last academic worked on an advanced degree at year. the University of Kentucky during Last fall he taught one three-hour the rest of the year, according to class in introductory astronomy. ·H e (See PLANETARIUM, Page 13) I I J 1! j J l l i I I 1 l' . 1 �~~n~:r~~~ ~l~~ed (Continued from Page One) cluced a number of programs that if • ' ·. • · we did open the planetarium, would · .- Sexton. be used there," said Sexton. Karr has not taught in the IET " He is ari internationally known ; • Department for at least two years, space artist. He regularly publishes ; . according to department chairman as any other faculty· member does. . ,;.Clyde CrafL .He is a regular contributor to _ He is not.teaching this semester. Astronomy Magazine," said "He ~ay not be ,_!e&f~g .t.~ · ~ton. • .. . , . ., The planetarium also employs a · semester. He teaches off ana on. He may be doing some work on the full-time secretary and students on , computer, charting celestial orbits work-study. . ,: · 'and making calculations which ·. must be done no matter what kind of planetarium you have," said Sexton. . !)avid Duszynski. an astronomer with the planetarium ·who has a '- degree in astrophysics, has been . employed at the university since · 1979. He was paid $20,850 last year. . Duszynski taught one three-hour . class in astrono~y with a l~b last · fall semester. He 'is also teaching one class this semester. "They were instrumental in the development · of the observation deck and in its operation," said -Sexton. ~· : ~ James Hervat, the production : designer and artist for the : planetarium, has been with the J. .: univ~1ty since 1979. • ; ; His salary last year was $18,300. ' "Hervat does a number of dif• ferent things, art work, : photography and a number of public. : service type things for the univer: sity. He's done several t~gs for : · student organizations," · said, • .· Sexton. • · Hervat also does freelance work : for astronomy magazines. He • recently shot photographs for the • Pike Dream Girl Calender.· ' . "He does all that on his own time. • and he works for the university from • 8 a.m. to 4:30 p .m. He has"also pr~ �Planetarium repa_ ir begun; tests planne'd By Teresa Hill N ews editor 14 -- The Easte rn Progress . Th 1 Officials to test l Hummel (Continued from Page One) accepted the equipment from Spitz. "We have a lengthy set of acceptance tests and we have never accepted the equipment from the company... said Fletcher in an interview in ·August of 1984. Fletcher.also said a representative of Spitz who was present during those same tests said the equipment was working properly. In January of 1982 an arbitrator was brought in to test theequipment. Dr. Lee Simon, director of the California Academy of Science's Morrison Planetarium in San Francisco. spent six weeks at the university testing the equipment. Simon's repor t has never been made public. However. in the same letter written in 1982. the state claims "the tests conducted by Dr. Simon clearly demonstrated the· Planetarium System does not op~r31te p_roperly ... - For the first time in the eight ancf Jne·half year his tory of Hummel Pla netarium, th£:re are indication s the planetarium may finally be Jpened. The university firs t entered into :1 contract with Spitz Space Systems of Chadds Ford, Pa. in July :if 1976. Work was to be completed by August of 1978. But the S l.5 million structure has never been opened because of a :iispute between the university and Spitz in volving the operation of the ~quipment. According to Dr. William Sexton, vice president of public service and , pecial programs, employees of Spitz Space Systems came to the university in late fall and picked up. ~quipment which the university daims has n ever fun ctioned properly. Joh_n Burru~. one of the attorneys who 1s handling the planetarium lawsuit for the univers ity. said Spitz js pres~nt ly r e working and refurbis hing the ~uipment. Burrus said the company is also rewriting the computer program for the system. He also said he received a progress report from Spitz on Tuesday which included a timetable for completing the work. The tentative ,,. date set for the final testing of the. equipment is April. · " We're working together like reasonable people to solve this thing." said Burrus. Tom Fee, treas urer of Spitz, said that progress is being made to . resolve the dispute and both parties ·are attempting to open the planetarium. . "We're pleas ed. But we have a long way to go yet.·· Fee said. The agreemen t allowing the company to pick up the equipment came t hrough negotiations between attorneys· in the S2 million lawsuit the univers ity filed against Spitz Space Systems on Oct. 18, 1983. The s uit is s till in the pre-trial stages. According to Burrus it may or may not ever come to t rial. According to Jack Fletcher diredor of the planetarium. th~ company stopped working on the ........ planetarium over s ix years ago. In a letter to the president of Spitz written in 1982 by R. Clark Be>auchamp, acting commissioner for the finance and administration cabinet of Kentucky, the state I claims that work on the planetarium " r emains incomplete since the Pl a netarium System is not operationally acceptable or useful to the university ... The university s ays it has never 11 (S<'e OFF IC IAi-''), Back Pagel �.Pl~netarillm :rerllai~s ,i.noperabl¢ ,- . . (Continued froin Page 1) Finally, -at itslates meeting mApril, the university's Board of Regents pMsed a resolution to employ legal counsel to 'W'Ork in conjunction with the university's attorney, John Palmore, to_seek a conclusion to the matter. According to · Whitlock, the Secretary d Finance had first been requested ¥.> resolve the situation, but the secretary's legs counsel advised him to turn the matter over to the university, even thrugh the contract is actually between Spitz Space Systems and the Commonwealth of Kentucky. " I couldn't tell you at what point Dr. Sexton, Mr. Palmcre and the budget committee are in terms of identifying legal COUDS8 and pr~ ceed.ing," said Whitlock. "I do know that they've been wodring on it." Whitlock s aid if the matter could be resolved through negotiations rather than through litigation, the university would probably get its \ planetarium much sooner. Although he declined to divulge anything d the content of the negotiations, Sexton noted that the situation WM "getting down to the wire." Something, he said, is going ..,0 happen v ery ·soon. Wechsler confirmed that negotiations were still going m, although ! he too'declined to reveal any of the , substance of_those J?-egotiations. '.' If you're trying to resolve an issue under the umbrella of trust," explained Wechsler;·." it would be inappropriate to try to break that. " The Hummel Planetarium, which cost over Sl million, is cnly one of some 800 which Spitz has built throughout the world. According to Wechsler, the others are · all operating smoothly, and he would like to see the university's " up and I running" t.oo. I "We're very optimistic that we ca.ii work out our diffenm~. 8l) .. i . . . that the space theater will be·opening," he said · The planetarium was begun in 1975, under the a~tration of former university president, Dr. Robert Martin, and against the advice of the state's Council on Higher Education. When it built, it was supposed to have been one of the most modern in the world. What made it different fran other systems was that instead of projecting heavenly bodies on the dome overhead as they are seED from the earth's surface, the new model would have allowed the viewer to take a was s~ulated journey 100 89tronomical units into space (an &itronomical unit equals the distance from thE earth to the sun.) Thus, it would in· clu.d e a p-ojection fer the eartl itself, as well as the sun, the moon the visible planets and 10, l 64 stars Asked how he felt aha.it being ; planetarium dir~tor without. : planetarium to direct, Fletcher SaIC "I'm disappointed, obviously. 1'1; disappointed that it's taken thi long to get the problem solved, ye I've been dose enough to it that understand why it's taken this lODI so I'm not complaining about i~.· �. By Randy Patrick Staff writer - - No settlement has yet been reach· . ed on the Arnim D . Hummel Planetari\llll, but if an agreement is vice presidmt ·of Spitz, when his ., . On Oct. 8, 1982, Beauchamp sent company_remived Simon's report, it. ·l a Jet~r to Dr. Leonard Skolni~ wanted to its people down to president of Spitz ~pace Systems, I take care of the pr(?bl~ but the demanding $2 million fran the firm state .would · n ot let them in. in damages. The letter stated that 1 The question, Whitlock said, was if payment !'188 not made within 30 . more fundameutal than that. " This days from the date of the request, wasn't the first time that they knew . legal acticn wo~d be commenced. that the institution was less than However, no such action was ever .i;.5atisfied ,4with what bad been taken. · installed." . (See PLANETARIUM. Back Page) send not worked out soon between the university and the contractors, Spitz. Space Systems, · Inc., of Chadds · Ford, Penn., the matter could well e:id up in cOlrl. according to university officials. ' . ~ . : · · Dr. Doug ~tlock, · exe_cutive -q· assistant to university President Dr. J .C. Powell, said: " I think if a settlement cannot be reached with Spitz Space Systems that satisfies the university, I think going to J court is the next logical step." 0 The next day, Vice President . William Sexton said the situation could "very likely" end in litigation. Although the planetaium, which is Kentucky's largest, was suppos· ed to have been canpleted in November 1978, it hM been in· ope~ative due to a technical flaw in its projecticn system. University and state officials have contended that the terms of the contract were not met,.while representatives fran Spitz Space Systems have maintained that they were. In January 1982, Dr. Lee Simon, director of the Califonia Academy of Science's Morrison Planetarium . in San Francisco, was lrought in as • an arbitrator. His contract of $3,000 was paid half by the state and h~ , by the co1q>any which built the system. ' . . .. , . According to Dr. Jack Fletcher, the planetarium's director, Simon spent six or seven weeks at the university, and during that time, he tested it as completely as it has ever , , been tested •. . • ' ,. • J , Both Fletcher and Whitloc~ . , declined to reveal the substance of Simon's report and Dr.. Robert R. Clark' Beauchamp; the com.mis· sioner of Facilities and Management ,_-i for the state Department o f ~ · ·a nd Administration, whriallegedly' has a copy c:l the report, could not be reached for comment.. However, . '- in an article published in The\ 1 _ Courier-Journal on Oct.- 16, 1982, ., ·- Simon was quoted as saying that ·· the system "did not meet contrac- ., 1 • " , · tu al specificat ions. , I ,_J\ccording to - David Wechsler, .',l 1 y '\ . . ? "' - . .,.. -·--- �Christmas star· shines .in· Hummel Planetarium ·show by LARISA BOGARDUS Register Staff Writer Is your famJly tired of the.same o ld Christmas programs and activities? Are you looking for something n ew and different to entertain them with this year? You might want to. try the ·story of the star· p rogram at Hummel Planetarium. The show begins with Clement Moore's The Night Before Christmas and proceeds to trace several h o liday traditions and their meanings. Naturally. the ·story of the star· refers to the Star of Bethle hem and gives several possible scientific explanations for its existence. "We get a lot of calls this time of year from people saying, 'I saw a bright light in the sky tonight. Was that the Star of Bethle hem?' • said Dr. Jack F1etcher, director of the plane tarium. -rhen they ask. 'Well, what is the Star of Bethlehem?' ·we make an attempt to at least say what some of the possi- context. "Whether you agree with it or not. you should at least be aware of why the season is celebra_ted, • · . · Fletcher said. _ This · is the -second year the "Story of the Star" has been featu red. . "It's going pretty good," Fletch1 er said of this year's show. _"We've (\S · had a much larger crowd this year than we did last y ear.· Crowds may 'be larger, h e added, but there are pTenty of seats available as the theatre Is rarely filled to capacity. The program can be viewed bllities are.· nightly Thursday through SunEven adults can learn from the day at 7:30, \ylth weekend matiprogram, whJch is fun and edu- nee shows at 3:30 p.m. cational for all ages. . ·1t·s just a good way to see Admission is $3.50 for adults: wh a t Christmas is about.· $3 for senior citize ns and s tu Fletcher said. "A lot of people dents; and $2. 75 for children. d on 't know what Christmas realFletcher said h e h o ped t o ly means - unless they go to change the program every four church - except for buying a lot years, offering a variety of proga presents.· rams after the planetarium builds up a library. Many teachers have told -You've got the same theme to Fletcher that "the program has helped them teach students what deal with and only so many ways to d o it.· Fletcher said. .. the holiday means in a hJstortcal ..I ~ l i �. IVew planetarium going up .- _ ' : : : Eastern Kentucky University, known as "The Campus Beautiful," is more than a collection. : : of modem buildings and well-equipped classrooms. Eastern is an ever-growing community : · : of opportunity for nearly 14,000 students who seek a future within her halls. The con: '. struction boom which began in 1960 under the leadership ·or President-emeritus Robert R. . ~: ~continues in 1978 with Dr. J.C. Powell, Eastem's seventh president, giving the direc: •: lion. The 350-acre main campus is a work of art to nearly everyone who views the rolling : : : landscape with each tree and shrub in its proper place. This is symbolic of the order so : : : necessary on modem college campus fo insure the educational needs of its students are ~;served." One of Eastem's major purposes is to provide public servi~ to the citizens of this :! : region. This charge will be made easier in the near future with completion of the $6 million :·: · Perkins Building, now under construction on Kit Carson Drive, which will house the Univer~ :,ilJ:s_gr,_o~g ~ce of ~blic Service and S ~ ! ~grams. ~ tn,c;lu~~ ~ _ni.e_~'?!_llP.1~;( , ., ~~Ji~~ ~oo~e) IS the_H~el _Planetari~,,~~remru:kable techn~l~<;a l actiie~~":E:n_t ~a~ - · will afford visitors a realistic view of ouU!r space. ·. · · """· · ' •..,.._ · ·· · .,..,._ ...,.:h-. a �{ State Jik~'"~'~it'~v~;p&-:iqetarium I ·. RICHMOND ·.- East~rn Kentucky .University yesterday filed a $2.4 million :fawsuit against a Pennsylvania firm "that designed and built the $1 million ·Arnim D. Hummel Planetariwn-which is still standing idle. .Acting on behali of the university, the ·.C~binet of Finance filed the suit in · Franklin Circuit Court against Spitz Space Systems Inc. of Chadds Ford, Pa. . '>The university contends that . ~-~(llpment installed in the planetarium 1 by Spitz does not work. The suit asks for general damages of $970,621 to cover costs already paid to Spitz Space Systems as well as damages of $750,000 eac_h. · The suit states that the company's "complete failure to design, m a nufacture, construct, test, deliver and install an operationally acceptable and functioning system pursuant to the specifications of the contract." The planetarium, a 61:! ft. domed complex with a 200-seat viewing room, \ was supposed to open in August 1978. Today, more than five years later, the building r£mains idle. · . l As a result of.the alleged breach of . contract, the Spitz firm has been asked : by the Finance Cabinet to reimburse the cost of the project, but the company 1 claimed it had met its contractual J obligations . The breach of contract suit ·a sks for trial b_y jury. i a I I I .! l a~. sllit_filed .a_gaia:a~('~i Spitz· over planetar1u"! : ~ st.ff report · · . computerized projection system in the · · The university filed a $2.-4 million planetarium, an expert hired by the . · 1I law suit Tueeday against Spitz Space university am Spitz as a medi~r l Systems of Clladda Ford. PL, which allegedly determined that the. eq~ • designed and built the Arrim D . ~umment w·as below specifications. The · t mel Planetarium. contents of the report have never been :1 University attorney Joon Palmore ~ released to the public. , in Lexingtcn has been handling the Construction of the facility ~ litigation process for the university. begun in 1975 under the administiaThe univertity's Board of Regents tion of Robe-t R. Martin, then pre!1- . employed the legal cotmcil of John dent of the tmiversity. Burrus of the Lexington-based Shouse Negotiations with Spitz have been and Burrus law firm to work with going on for some time am came to a Palmore at its meeting last April. headtwhen R. Clark Beauchamp, COII?· University and state cificials have missioner for the State Finance and I t maintained that the Spitz equipment Administratx>n Cabinet in Frankfo~ \ housed in the planetarium has not met sei:it a IettEr to Spitz demanding -$2' l contractual specifications. . million to be paid in full within 30 days Spitz, on the other ham, says there from the date of the letter. The time is nothing wrong with the equipment limit expired, but no actiod was tak~ and attributes its idlmess to the at that time. · ' university's unwillingness to The planetarium cost the universicooperate with Spitz to make the ty $1 million to · construct and has I t system operational. never opened its doors to the public: \ While university and state officials The Hummel Planetarium is one ·of have remained silent as to what 800 that utimes equipmmt made by.· eJ[actly is wrong with the Spitz Space Systems. · . . �Planet.a rlum featur~S .·~ _,: ::; conSerVat'iOn devices ·· \:)1,-;~~ · K~· '.\1 ,\HY HEISTl<:R ''. · · :,;tarr Writer r ·. . The .( lniversity 's new :Arnim n. Hummel Planetarium. lhe largest in K<'ntucky. is an energy efficient huilding. t>fTlploying devices which .il:6orb human body heal · and heal 1.hr.own ·orr ·from computers and other machinery and slore this energy in wal<'r tanks lo be used when needed. according to l 'niversily Pres ident J . <'. . POWC'II. ·.· . . . The plan~larium ·_; a nd ' connecting l'<•rkins ltuilding are windowless. aiding in · <'nergy efficiency and ·a nmtrolled c limate according to Fred Karr. planetarium technical specialist. The building~and pla_ne~a riu~ will not . · have traditional classrooms or learning facilities. Powell said there wjll be no credit courses. but seminars, lectures. and self lea ming types of programs will be scheduled. >rn addition. the University Ratlio and T\' studio. the computer center and the .Jonathan Doris MuseUJT1 will be moved to the new location. .Jack Fle tcher. director ' of the planetarium . has headed the project and said lhat all students and any s tuden ts in south and central Kentucky will ~ · able to use the planetarium . 1-'letcher also pointed out that planeta rium is actually a "space transit the at er·· in that different perspecti ves of the s olar system will be possible other than the traclitional <·arlhbound view. An opening date ha s not been set for !he near completed planetarium and l'<'rkins Building as new equipment is arriving and being thoroughly checked. I , E KU.pl~net ariu~S~ o ye,n,,s ~ e-~~~.~~?..rx.r.?: The Arn1m . D. ~ummel Pl~n e tari'um, locate d m the Perkin~ Build~!lg on t~ e Eastern Ke_n tucky .U niversity camp~s, will open to the gen~ral publ!c Wednesday night with two differe nt s hows. . . 'n,le firs t,. wh1~h starts,,at '?.15 p.m.; is e_ntitl e~ 'To ~ly. It ~ - ~ panoramic .moy1e tracing the is toryofman s flight. The second show s~a~~s at8 p .m,; and is entitl_e~ _'_'O a_s1s m Space. This show beg1~s on planet earth and travels through the solar systern,' ·explorir!g the other planets and comparing them to earth, of-the-artplanetariumstarball. Ticke ts will be available a_t the doorjustpriortotheshow.T1~ket prices for the movie are$2- Prices for the star show are $3 for adults, $2 for senior citizens and students through college, and $1.50 for children 12 and under. For those staying for ?oth shows, . the price of the movie l ~ $1.50. ' For more information about the planetarium shows, call the lanetarium office at622-154?· . P (EDITOR'S NOTE: The Register . I ill take an in-depth look at the wlanetarium in Tuesday's edition.) . t P . . . 1 l �. \ >lanetariuni lawsuit continue-s- By Teresa Hill News editor Almost a year after the $2.4 illion lawsuit hllll been filed and x years after the contracted cometion date, Hummel Planetanium ,m ains closed. No action has been taken on the wsuit which was filed on Oct. 18, '8 3, in Franklin County Circuit ourt, against Spitz Space Systems : Chadds Ford, Pa. The sign on the door says the lane tarium is s till " unde r >nstruction." No one is sure of the exact date, ut it has been about six years since any actual construction took place, according to Jack Fletcher, director of the planetarium. " That is a v~ gray area as to where they actlially stopped working. Work kind of tapered around the end. It wasn't as if they were ·coming in every day and then one day they· didn't," said Fletcher. University officials, who say they are afraid of endangering the lawsuit, have had very little comment about the $1.5 million structure which has never been opened. " W e have to b e ex tremely cautious not to say anything to jeopardize our.case. All I can really say is t hat tbe board (of regents) has ~each a settlement. -~alomre_ Jr. authorized the continued employ- · handled negotiations for the uruverment of the legal st aff which has sity up to the point where the suit been handling the case." said Dr. was filed. Doug Whitlock, executive assistant " If it is brought to trial status, it to university president J.C. Powell. could take a considerable amount of The suit is being handled by the time to settle. This is not a quick law firms of Landrum, Shouse and process ," said Palmore. Patterson of Lexington, and . "We're all interested in reaching Pal more and S hepherd of a conclusion to this thing. We've all Hender son. looked forward to seeing Hummel J ohn Palmo~e Sr. and J ohn Bur- Planetarium open," said Whitlock. ru~ are. handling the case for the Eastern entered into a contract uruvers1tf. . . with Spitz Space Systems in June According to uruvers1ty attorney of 1976 and the installation of equipJohn 1:'almore Jr., ~ttorneys for ment was originally supposed to be both sides are meetmg to try to completed in July of 1978. "Due to delays in the construction of the building, we were not ready to accept the equipme.n t and the date was set back a few months, " said Fletcher. The university maintains that the equipment doesn 't work proper~y. and it has never accepted the eqwpment from Spitz Space Systems. " We have a lengthy set of acceptance tests and we have never accepted the equipment from the company," said Fletcher. But a .company representative who was present during those same tests said the equipment was working properly, according to Fletcher. ~ The main level of the planetarium · is closed. No one gees up there ex- '"' ~pt for Fletcher who checks to see ~ that the area is secure. . ~ "The equipment is to stay as 1~, because we have never accepted it 1 from the company," said Fletcher. 0,. In January of 1982, an arbitrator C:: was brought in to test the equipment. Dr. Lee Simon, director of the . California Academy of Science's Morrison Planetarium in San Francisco spent about six weeks at the university testing the equipment. Copies of Simon's reports have not been made public. Officials from Spitz Space Systems were allowed into the planetarium last February to prepare for their case in the suit. Attempts to reach officials at Spitz Space Systems for comment concerning the suit w ere unsuccessful. ' 1,. i �\N:.e g ~tia tionprocess .i dela-y s planetarium l By Randy Patrick "S~ce we don't know what the results of the negotiations will be, we don' t want to say anything in before Hummel Planetarium, which public that . would affect ~he outwas to h ave been completed in come of the negotiations.". November · 1978, becomes operaThe planetarium was begun in tional, according to Jack Fletcher, 1975 under the adminis tration of the planetarium's director. President Robert Martin. It is still Fle.tcher said that negot,i ations · not functioning due to' techniC?] prer were still going on between. the blems in its projection system. u niversity a'nd , Spitz Space The Progress reported last Systems, Inc., of Chadds Ford, Pa., August that-the Commonwealth of builders of the planetarium. Kentucky had advised Spitz Space Systems, in a letter dated April 2, However, he would not comment on the proceedings.of the negotiations. 198 1, that they had been placed in " I _h ave been told not to say· default of their contractual obligaanything, s~ I'm not going to," he tions and that the contract must be Staff writer It will be at least several months ::•ted ____'/:concluded •ithe, ~lrrou~~ n: gotia tions or 'the courts. .. ! At that time, David Wes~hler vice president of Spitz, contested . the notion that his company had failed to meet its obligations to the . university in spi~ of the·fact that !1 the projection system 'is still not .~ working. ' ! ·"He's never been here to see the , machine," commented Fletcher. j " As far as I know, Mr. Weschler has i neve·r set foot on Eastern 's j campus." · Weschler said in August that : technicians were at the university I working on the system, but Fletch~r · 1 I ~S:• :L~=-:;" 12) __ J . --r" ~ Q.., orc C\,Q.§S ~ .\ _ ' ~-- :2~"~ Skydome delayed · · (Contmued from Page 1) said. "They haven't done anything to it. The company has been down here ·l ooking it over, but I don't think they've really do~e anything." · · d h h' k The director sai e t m s representatives from Spiµ have been on campus three or four times during the last two semesters. The planetarium is being paid for on an events schedule, me~g that as different parts of the system are completed, tJ}ey · are paid for individually. ·' · The last payment has not been made yet, h·o wever. and Fletcher I . / decJared that it will be paid when the machine is acceptable to the university. · ' "We still have money that has not been paid," he stated. "That m~ney has been sitting in an account smce 1975 or 1976." · . . Fletcher said he feels the negot!a· . tions are getting "down close to the . wire. " "Hopefully," he said, "we'll know i something and can make some soT!; of statement in a couple of mon~hs. ; . Fletcher said he believes . the 1 system might be completed lD a minimum of six months, but he add· ed, "I:m only guessing." � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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