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Gabettie<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'">WhaleSail Scholarships
Available to Cape & Islands Students </SPAN></STRONG><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 16pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in"><B><SPAN
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">(</SPAN></B><st1:City><st1:place><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">Provincetown</SPAN></B></st1:place></st1:City><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">,
</SPAN></B><st1:place><st1:City><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">Cape
Cod</SPAN></B></st1:City><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">,
</SPAN></B><st1:State><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">MA</SPAN></B></st1:State></st1:place><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">)</SPAN></B><SPAN
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– The </SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">Provincetown</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">
</SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">Center</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">
for Coastal Studies invites </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">Cape</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">
and </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">Islands</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"> students
to <STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'">WhaleSail
</SPAN></STRONG></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">aboard
</SPAN></STRONG><EM><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">Spirit
of Massachusetts, </SPAN></B></EM><EM><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">a
125-foot schooner.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN></SPAN></EM><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The WhaleSail program is open to students
aged 13-17 who are interested in studying marine science for a week in
July. <BR><BR>Twelve $450 scholarships are currently available for the
program through the </SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">Provincetown</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">
</SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">Center</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">
for Coastal Studies’ educational endowment. Applications including a
500-word essay on the marine environment, and a scholastic letter of
recommendation, are due <B>May 15</B>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Tuition for the weeklong learning adventure is $900 and includes
instruction, materials, and room and board.<BR><BR><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'">WhaleSail, </SPAN></STRONG>now in
its third year, is a key component of <STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'">MassSail </SPAN></STRONG>- a joint
venture between the </SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">Provincetown</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">
</SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">Center</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">
for Coastal Studies (PCCS) and Ocean Classroom Foundation (OCF) - is a series of
dockside and at-sea marine education programs designed to promote
awareness and stewardship of </SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">Massachusetts</SPAN></st1:place></st1:State><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">'
marine and coastal environments and marine ecosystems aboard <EM><B><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'">Spirit of
</SPAN></B></EM></SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><EM><B><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">Massachusetts</SPAN></B></EM></st1:place></st1:State><EM><B><SPAN
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WhaleSail sessions are scheduled throughout the month of July--<STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'">July 7-13, July 16-22, and July
25-31</SPAN></STRONG>.<STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'"> </SPAN></STRONG></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-TOP: 0in"><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">WhaleSail
</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">takes
students on ocean adventures - watching whales up close and personal in
their natural habitat aboard </SPAN><EM><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'">Spirit of
Massachusetts</SPAN></B></EM><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">.
Students sail aboard <EM><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'">Spirit</SPAN></EM> along the coast of
</SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">Massachusetts</SPAN></st1:place></st1:State><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">
and southern </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">New
England</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">
to find the great whales in their summer feeding grounds, as scientists and
educators from PCCS lead investigations into whale biology, natural
history, and conservation. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">Participants
become part of the crew, sharing sea songs, games and stories while learning
seafaring skills.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Students will learn to make sailor's knots and splices, sail and
line handling, navigation, perform lookouts and safety duties, as well as many
other skills necessary to keep a ship safe on her course.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Students collect plankton samples,
perform oceanographic experiments, and visit historic sites and museums and
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">WhaleSail</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">
sails from and returns to Fan Pier in </SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">Boston</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">.<BR><BR>For
more information on MassSail and WhaleSail scholarships<STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'"> </SPAN></STRONG>visit <A
href="http://www.coastalstudies.org/">www.coastalstudies.org</A>, or
call Joanne M. Jarzobski at the </SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">Provincetown</SPAN></st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">
</SPAN><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">Center</SPAN></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">
for Coastal Studies, at 508.487.3623, ext. 107. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">**</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">The
<STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'">Provincetown Center for
Coastal Studies</SPAN></STRONG> [www.coastalstudies.org] is a private,
independent non-profit, founded in 1976 and is dedicated to researching and
protecting marine mammals and marine ecosystems in the
</SPAN><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">Gulf</SPAN></st1:PlaceType><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">
of </SPAN><st1:PlaceName><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">Maine</SPAN></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">
through research, conservation and public education programs. <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>PCCS is internationally renowned
for its whale research, and is a leading authority in science-based resource
management policies in </SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">Massachusetts</SPAN></st1:place></st1:State><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">.</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">**</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">The
</SPAN><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt">Ocean
Classroom Foundation</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">
[www.oceanclassroom.org] is a non-profit educational organization that provides
sea education and adventure for the youth of
</SPAN><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">America</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">.
Ocean Classroom is a leader in experiential education, with award-winning
programs sailing from the Canadian Maritimes to the </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">Caribbean
Sea</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt">.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'"><FONT size=3>PCCS
Contacts<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'"><FONT size=3>Tanya
Gabettie<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'"><FONT size=3>Communications
Coordinator<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'"><FONT size=3>Office:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>508-487-3622 x
103<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'"><FONT size=3>Email:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>tgabettie@coastalstudies.org<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'"><o:p><FONT
size=3> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'"><FONT size=3>Joanne M.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Jarzobski<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'"><FONT size=3>Director of Marine
Education<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'"><FONT size=3>Office:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>508-487-3623 x
107<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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