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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New (W1)'">Cape
Cod</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New (W1)'"> of Natural History --
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New (W1)'">“Whale
Whisperer”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New (W1)'">Dr. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Leila Hatch, Stellwagen Bank National
Marine Sanctuary<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New (W1)'">March 21<SPAN
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Minute="0"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New (W1)'">7:00
pm</SPAN></B></st1:time><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: </SPAN></B><st1:date Month="3"
Day="5" Year="2007"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">March 5, 2007</SPAN></B></st1:date><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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style="COLOR: black">Contact: Julie O’Neil 508-896-3867 or </SPAN><SPAN
class=MsoHyperlink><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><A
href="mailto:adminsupport@ccmnh.org">adminsupport@ccmnh.org</A></SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN
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style="COLOR: windowtext; TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U>On
Wednesday, March 21 from 7:00-9:00 pm the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in
Brewster will host “Whale Whisperer – Listening for right whales in the
sanctuary,” presented by Dr. Leila Hatch of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine
Sanctuary.<o:p></o:p></U></SPAN></B></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">This lecture, the third in a six-week
lecture series on the critically endangered </B><st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">North Atlantic</B></st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> Right Whale, is being sponsored by the
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (N.A.) and the Stellwagen Bank National
Marine Sanctuary.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p> </o:p></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">After first listening to some common
sources of sound in the sanctuary, participants will learn how sound behaves in
water and its importance to marine animals.<o:p></o:p></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p> </o:p></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">The charge per class will be $5.00
for students and members of CCMNH or WCDS, $6.00 for non-members.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Twelve Professional Development Points
are available for educators attending all six programs.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Each lecture will be supplemented by an
extra 45 minute session that provides resource materials and ideas for classroom
activities.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Fee for all six
lectures is $30.00.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">For further
information, please contact the </SPAN></B><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">Cape
Cod</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceName><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black"> </SPAN></B><st1:PlaceType><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="COLOR: black">Museum</SPAN></B></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> of Natural
History, <o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black">508-896-3867,
Ext. 129.</SPAN><o:p></o:p></B></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>