PRESS RELEASE Wed., Dec. 16, 2009 Second-graders are set to release their butterflies in the Columbia Basin College Thornton Center Atrium on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. Approximately 120 Whittier Elementary students will let their painted lady butterflies go free, then spend time touring the CBC campus and learning about college. PRESS RELEASEDecember 15, 2009 Contact: Dawn Alford, 542-5524Wed., Dec. 16, 2009CBC Thornton Center Atrium9:30 AMSecond-graders are set to release their butterflies in the Columbia Basin College Thornton Center Atrium on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. Approximately 120 Whittier Elementary students will let their painted lady butterflies go free, then spend time touring the CBC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":288,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-611262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2z14","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/288"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/SPAN>December 15, 2009 Contact: Dawn Alford, 542-5524<\/P>
CBC Thornton Center Atrium
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The butterflies were raised by the students as part of the class\u0092 month-long science curriculum. The field trip will provide these youth early exposure to the college environment; with hopes of stimulating their desire to one day obtain a higher education. Potentially, these very students could be released onto college campuses in a decade to pursue degrees.
Note regarding butterfly release:<\/EM> With climate control, water features, and abundant plant life the Thornton Atrium is a natural choice in which to set the butterflies free, especially this time of year.
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