ADVISORY/Seattle Aquarium to Receive A `Ship'load of Gifts, National Designation & Commitments of Long-Term Federal Support.City Desk, Assignment Editors ADVISORY...for June 26 --(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 22, 2000 WHAT: It's Christmas in June as The Seattle Aquarium The Seattle Aquarium is a public aquarium located on Pier 59 on Seattle, USA's Elliot Bay waterfront. Run by the city, it opened on May 20, 1977. After the closure of Ivar's Aquarium in 1956, the city was at a loss for its major attraction. holds a news conference to announce a prestigious national designation and receive a wishlist of gifts and commitments of immeasurable long-term support from fourteen federal agencies. The designation from Coastal America, a multi-agency partnership including the Executive Office of the President, has been awarded to a select handful of educational facilities. The Coastal America Partnership was established in 1992 to more effectively address critical coastal environmental issues facing our nation. The designation, gifts and federal commitments will be presented to Seattle Mayor Paul Schell Paul Schell, born Paul Schlachtenhaufen on October 8, 1937, in Fort Dodge, Iowa, was the 50th mayor of Seattle, Washington. His four-year term as mayor began on January 1, 1998. Schell first ran for mayor in 1977, but lost to Charles Royer. , Parks Superintendent Ken Bounds and Cindi Shiota - who leaves her position as Aquarium Director in July, after spending much of the past twelve years moving the facility towards a recognition and partnership of this magnitude. Muckleshoot Indian Tribe INDIAN TRIBE. A separate and distinct community or body of the aboriginal Indian race of men found in the United States. 2. Such a tribe, situated within the boundaries of a state, and exercising the powers of government and, sovereignty, under the national cultural leader Gilbert KingGeorge will open the program with a Native American blessing of the newly designated facility. The gifts range in size from access to a state-of-the-art hydrosurveying vessel from the Army Corps of Engineers to a mounted endangered en·dan·ger tr.v. en·dan·gered, en·dan·ger·ing, en·dan·gers 1. To expose to harm or danger; imperil. 2. To threaten with extinction. hawksbill hawksbill: see sea turtle. sea turtle, shark jaws and other token gifts from the Fish and Wildlife Service. The 57-foot vessel Shoal Hunter will be on site and may be open for public tours following the news conference. WHEN: Monday, June 26th, 2000 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Coffee and an informal gathering/interview opportunity takes place at 9:30 a.m. WHERE: The news conference will be held at the West End of The Seattle Aquarium overlooking Elliott Bay Elliott Bay is the body of water on which Seattle, Washington is located. A line drawn from Alki Point in the south to West Point in the north serves to mark the generally accepted division between the bay and the open sound. . Enter through The Aquarium's main admission gate and walk in the direction of the Shoal Hunter moored moor 1 v. moored, moor·ing, moors v.tr. 1. To make fast (a vessel, for example) by means of cables, anchors, or lines: on Pier 59. INFO: A division of the City of Seattle's Department of Parks and Recreation, The Seattle Aquarium opened in May 1977. Annually more than 600,000 visitors tour Aquarium exhibits or participate in its programs and special events. The Seattle Aquarium has achieved numerous distinctions and achievements including the world's first successful breeding of sea otters sea otter: see otter. sea otter or great sea otter Rare, completely marine otter (Enhydra lutris) of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. in captivity and a 1999 Munson Aquatic Conservation Exhibitry (MACE ) Award for its educational watershed exhibit, Sound to Mountains. |
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