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</span></span><![endif]><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><b><i><span
  style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>THORNTON</span></i></b></st1:City></st1:place><b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> W. BURGESS SOCIETY<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>

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 style='font-weight:bold'> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">BRIAR</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
 w:st="on">NATURE</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">CENTER</st1:PlaceType></span></b></st1:place><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> &amp; JAM KITCHEN<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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  style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-weight:bold'>6 Discovery Hill
  Road&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; East</span></font></b></st1:Street><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>
 <st1:City w:st="on">Sandwich</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">MA</st1:State>&nbsp; <st1:PostalCode
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style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>FOR RELEASE:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  SEPTEMBER 2016&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; CONTACT:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Joan
DiPersio<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 508-888-6870<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-weight:bold'>WORKSHOPS FOR EDUCATORS AT GREEN BRIAR<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>Workshops for educators are conducted
at the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Green</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Briar</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Nature</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType>
in <st1:place w:st="on">East Sandwich</st1:place> by Thornton W. Burgess
Society Education Director Mary Beers, who is a Massachusetts DOE Professional
Development Provider.&nbsp; A certificate of completion is given for each of the workshops.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>On <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Saturday,
October 15 from 8:30am to 12:30pm</span></b> &#8220;Weathering and Erosion for Elementary
Grades&#8221; explores how Earth&#8217;s materials are formed, shaped and
relocated using easy to understand hands-on classroom activities.&nbsp; Be prepared
for indoor and outdoor explorations.&nbsp; The registration fee is $25.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>On Saturday<b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>, November 14 from 8:30am to 3:00pm</span></b> &#8220;Project WILD
Aquatic&#8221; for K-12 educators explores adaptations for survival in one of
the most widely used conservation and environmental education programs. &nbsp;Participants
receive the WILD curriculum guide.&nbsp; The registration fee is $35.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>Registration for either workshop may
be made by calling 508-888-6870.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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