Our life as an Air Force Family

Open House at the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office February 11th

noreply@blogger.com (Patty Cleveland) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:43:00 +0000

The Twiggs County Sheriff’s Office will be hosting Open House this weekend. Saturday Feb. 11^th from 10am is until 2pm at the Sheriff’s Office in Jeffersonville.

Please come out to meet and great your local law enforcement. Bring the Children.

There will be K-9 demonstrations, a tour of our offices, a tour of the equipment used such as the DUI trailer, the hazmat trailer, crime scene van, CSU quick response truck, CSU and patrol units, Sheriff’s hazmat tanker used by the fire departments, Twiggs County fire truck, GBI crime scene unit will be on hand as well as the Department of Natural Resources. Free child safety seat inspections and demonstrations will be given.

The new Sheriff’s Office annex that houses the E911 center, records, crime lab, investigations, medical, and command staff will be open to the public with tours.

The Friends of the Sheriff’s Office will have booth and will be giving out information on how you can support your Sheriff’s Office by joining. They will also be selling raffle tickets for a shotgun to be given away on the 1^st of March; and giving out refreshments.

Over the last two years the Twiggs County Sheriff’s Office has received over $350,000 in federal grants. These grants were used to purchase much needed equipment. The new equipment will be on display and its uses will be explained.

Please make an attempt to come out and have a day of fun.

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#SCTweeup Simulated Shuttle Mission #smilemovie #TeamEndeavor

noreply@blogger.com (Patty Cleveland) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:33:00 +0000

On Friday afternoon at our Space Camp Tweetup we were privileged enough to be able to participate in a simulated Space Shuttle mission. My team was the Orbiter Endeavor group and I was in the position of Capcom.

I quickly learned that Capcom is the only person in mission control that can speak to the orbiter at any given time, so I had a lot of responsibilities. Due to the size of our group (16 total, with 8 assigned to each mission) we did not have a full mission control team.

Team Endeavor:
@scienceesl (me, Capcom), @OneJayAtATime (flight director), @libbydoodle (pilot), @ssquire (commander), @absolutspaceguy (prop), @trentfaust (mission specialist), @MattAttackPro (mission specialist), and @cmilesbaker (EVA)

We had about an hours worth of rehearsal for our mission, lunch and then we completed our mission. During out mission we had an AOA or Abort Once Around.

An Abort Once Around (AOA) is available when the shuttle could not reach a stable orbit but has sufficient velocity to circle the earth once and land, about 90 minutes after lift-off. The time window for using the AOA abort is very short – just a few seconds between the TAL and ATO abort opportunities. Therefore, taking this option would be very unlikely. This abort mode was never actually needed during the history of the Shuttle program.

Our mission specialists also had to do a heat tile repair (Jeffery joined in on this fun).
Our mission control instructor:

Team Endeavor standing in the mission control doorway

Team Endeavor Flight Crew: @libbydoodle Pilot, @ssquire Commander, @TrentFaust Mission Specialist, @MattAttackPro Mission Specialist, and Jeffery the tiger extra Mission Specialist.

Let me tell you in a lot of ways I felt just as stressed as if their lives were really in my hands

Mission Control @scienceesl (capcom) @cmilesbaker (eva) and @onejayatatime (flight), this was during our rehearsal so Jeffery was with us.

practice landing

FLight crew with their instructor

One of our many screens we had to look at

All of our wonderful instructors, let me tell you they threw some anomolies at us, (like when @drvonbraun answered @libbydoodle on twitter!) But a great time was had by all!

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The Not So VIP Tour #sctweetup #notsoviptour

noreply@blogger.com (Patty Cleveland) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:14:00 +0000

Saturday of my tweetup trip was an unofficial day. I went to the Marriott and picked up a few of the people with late flights (or in Gloria's case, she was riding with me) and we went out exploring.

@libbydoodle, @glorialloyd @funky49 and @ucfengr02

@libbydoodle happy to be there

:-)

Our group at the Historic Redstone Test Site, I was running from the camera to them, and didn't quite make it. lol

Colleen set it up this time!

Of course we had to all tweet about it

Rocket park

Gloria with the baby shuttle

Jeffery with the baby shuttle Endeavor

Gloria and Steve do the creepy astronaut pose.

Jeffery being rescued from the Navy fly boys (see the Aviation Challenge Post) by the Army

Back to USS&R

Such a cool place, I really want to go back for teacher academy.

Our friend @johnrsports and his family have a memorial brick (our group also will have one soon!) It is now a place to check in at on Foursquare thanks to Libby!

Steve getting a shot of the Saturn V (or maybe he was resting?)

Movie poster inside Space Camp

Hall of Fame wall, with Gloria standing next to one of the guys we met the night before.

The UAT

We played the how many people can we fit into a photo booth game.

The height guide for the G Force

Riding the Space Shot

Another of my favorite quotes from @DrvonBraun

Walking the Red Carpet again

Checked out the size of the Saturn V

All of the interactive exhibits in the Davidson Center

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How To Eat Fried Worms Mrs. Cleveland eats a "worm" for her class.

noreply@blogger.com (Patty Cleveland) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:50:00 +0000

This is the first video that we did on Friday, shot by my parapro. :-) I really love my students' reactions.

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Space Camp Friday Night #SCTweetup #SmileMovie Huntsville Premiere

noreply@blogger.com (Patty Cleveland) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:44:00 +0000

Driving up to the US Space and Rocketry Center this is the sight that greeted us. It appeared like the moon was even smiling down on our night, over the top of the Saturn V

The first thing we had to do was check in and get out programs.

The centerpiece at the check in tables even looked like they were going to take off with the smoke.

We were introduced to four of the members of the Space Camp Hall of Fame

Looking down from the balcony back to the check in area.

Walking the red carpet

Mingling at the cocktail hour

Finding our seats

Meeting celebreties

Homar Hickam (October Sky)

Logan Huffman

Space Camp Hall of Fame Members

Our Hostess with the mostest

Tim Pickens

Dr. Barnhart Space Camp CEO

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Twiggs County Needs an Ambulance Service in the county

noreply@blogger.com (Patty Cleveland) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:23:00 +0000

Did you know that in the state of Georgia there are only six (yes six) counties that do not have an ambulance services located in the county?

Did you know that out of those six counties Twiggs county is the largest?

Did you know that Bleckly County has at least 3 ambulances in the county?

Did you know that Wilkinson County has at least 2?

Did you know that we have 4 major hospitals within 40 minutes of the center of Jeffersonville, and yet no ambulance service located locally?

Did you know that the average response time for the Medical Center of Central Georgia's ambulance service to reach Twiggs County proper (not the areas still within Macon city limits) is over an hour? (I would almost be willing to bet that the other five counties without ambulance services do not have an hour response time!)

Did you know that the people of Twiggs County tend to put their loved ones in their own vehicles and drive them to the emergency room because of this wait? They know that if they wait for the EMT's to arrive via ambulance their loved one will not survive the wait. (I personally know of four of such incidents in the last 6 months.)

Did you know that from the citizen's point of view this looks like a greed issue on the part of The Medical Center of Central Georgia?

I have heard too many stories in the last year to keep quiet any longer on this issue.

Why have our local leaders allowed this to continue? Why are our commissioners not stepping up and forcing the issue?

We have spaces available for a permanent ambulance service to be housed locally, we just need The Medical Center to provide the ambulance and the EMT's that go with it. The Medical Center refuses to even consider it. The space may need some work to have it 100% suitable but I am sure if the Medical Center was to say: "Twiggs County we are going to give you your ambulance substation." the citizens of this great county would step up and get the needed housing available.

The Twiggs County Board of Commissioners pays the Medical Center every year to provide TIMELY ambulance service for our county, out of OUR tax dollars. Yet, our citizens end up waiting over an hour for medical assistance via ambulance regularly.

The insurance company for the injured or ill person then also pays the Medical Center for driving out and picking up the person. (That is if they survive the wait!) This is not a cheap bill either!

My understanding is that in the state of Georgia, ambulance services are in zones. Twiggs County is zoned for ambulance service from the Medical Center and therefore we can not attempt to contract with another company that would be willing to put a service in the county.

How is this fair to the citizens of Twiggs County?

I know that this issue has been brought up over and over again, but I am beginning to think that no one is taking it seriously.

What is it going to take for The Medical Center, or the State of Georgia to wake up and do the right thing?

Is it going to take the loss of a prominent citizen of our fair county for this to be changed?

Or is it going to take a major accident on I-16 with a prominent person for this to be changed?

Citizens of Twiggs County why are we putting up with this? We need to start a grass roots campaign writing, calling, and visiting Governor Deal, Representative Epps, Representative Scott, State Senator Paris, and US Senator Chambliss requesting their assistance in either getting the Medical Center to step up or in getting the county rezoned for an ambulance company that WILL put a manned substation locally.

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The Multi Axis Trainer with @ssquire #sctweetup #smilemovie

noreply@blogger.com (Patty Cleveland) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:15:00 +0000

This is Sean, AKA @SSquire on Twitter. I first met Sean at the NASATweetup for the launch for STS-135 at Kennedy Space Center, so I was very happy to see him again!

Sean is in the Multi Axis Trainer in this video. The Multi-Axis Trainer simulates the disorientation one would feel in a tumble spin during reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere. The MAT is patterned after the MASTIF ( Multiple-Axis Spin/Space Test Inertia Facility), a series of cages within cages, used for astronaut training during the Mercury program. The astronauts used this to condition themselves for disorientation that might occur in emergency conditions during flight.

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The Friends of the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office riffle raffle.

noreply@blogger.com (Patty Cleveland) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:31:00 +0000

The Friends of the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office is sponsoring a riffle raffle.

On March 1st, 2012 the Friends of the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office are raffling off a Remington Model 887 Nitro Mag 28 in barrel chamber 2 ¾ to 3 ½ .

Tickets for the raffle at $5 a piece and can be purchased from Jamie McDaniels at the Sheriff's Office, by attending one of the following events:

BUNCO night on February 4th at 7:00 pm (at the senior center on Bullard Rd),
Sheriff's Department Open House on February 11th from 10:00 am til 2:00 pm,
General membership meeting on March the 1st at 6:00 pm (at the Sheriff's Office).

If you have any questions please contact either Jamie McDaniels at 478-955-9164
Or P. Cleveland scienceesl@yahoo.com Follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/scienceesl

#SCTweetup #SmileMovie Day 2 AM AKA When Mrs. C gets lost and finds her way to Marshall Space Flight Center

noreply@blogger.com (Patty Cleveland) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:50:00 +0000

Friday morning I woke up early and decided to head to the commissary on Red Stone near where I was staying. Well I missed my turn and knew that I could go around a block and get back there based on the map in my hotel room.

On my way around that big huge block, (which by the way made it look as if there are only like 8 roads on post) I saw this sign....

Which by the way I had been told by someone that "Marshall is NASA, and you are a DOD dependent, two totally different worlds so you can't go there."
Dear Someone,
You were wrong....
Love Me. :-)
Actually because Marshall has several National Landmarks on property there is very little that you can not see (disclaimer: I did not go into any buildings, and only turned around in one parking lot)
That sign up there was in front of this building:

Awesome!!!!
Then I drove down the road a little bit with no idea what I might see (this road was off the main road), and I saw this sign:
I was almost scared to drive in the gates, but figured since there was nothing screaming do not enter on the gates and they were open I was safe.
What a beautiful site to see:
The original RedStone Test site. WOW
I mean for goodness sake the Real Dr. Von Braun once stood where I was standing! (and probably the voice behind @DrVonBraun too)

National Historic Landmark 1985

After I was amazed by the RedStone I headed off back towards the main gate and I saw this

Someone clearly needs to refurbish their signs...
Stay tuned for the next installment of "Where do Patty and Jeffery go next?" :-)

Disclaimer: I am trying to spread these posts out over a few days so that my homepage doesn't get overwhelmed, and I can keep living the memories!

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Urge Congress to extend the educator tax deduction as part of any payroll tax deal

noreply@blogger.com (Patty Cleveland) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:34:00 +0000

Urge Congress to extend the educator tax deduction as part of any payroll tax deal

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My video of "eating" worms for our "How To Eat Fried Worms" celebration

noreply@blogger.com (Patty Cleveland) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:38:00 +0000

We have been reading How To Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell in literature circles for the past several weeks. Today we celebrated the conclusion of the book with the movie (that the students did graphic organizers comparing and contrasting the movie and the book, and next week we will do writing prompts on the differences), plus "worms" and dirt cake. I made jello worms that really looked real and put them in dirt cake that was in a flower pot so the students this morning were really convinced it was worms. :-) This video is not the best as far as focus is concerned since it was shot by one of my students but I love their reactions. :-) I have a better quality video that my para shot first thing this morning that I will share later. :-)

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noreply@blogger.com (Patty Cleveland) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:37:00 +0000

Friends of the Twiggs county Sheriff's office bunco night for saturday night has been cancelled. Sorry for any trouble.

MultiAxis Trainer with @MattAttackPro #sctweetup #smilemovie

noreply@blogger.com (Patty Cleveland) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:07:00 +0000

This is Matt, @Mattattackpro on Twitter. Matt is a high school science teacher. When his camera battery was about gone I offered to video his trip in the Multi Axis Trainer.

The Multi Axis Trainer (MAT) is a modified version of the former NASA simulator MASTIF (multi axis spin/space test inertia facility).

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How to Eat Fried Worms Project Day

noreply@blogger.com (Patty Cleveland) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:33:00 +0000

For the last couple of weeks in class we have been reading How To Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell in literature circles. This week is the culminating projects, book reports and worm party. Today we spent the classes working on the book projects for the students to create a 3-d representation of their understanding of the novel. Some groups planned ahead enough to bring in gummy worms for their worms, and others used string.

Some groups asked to go outside and get real dirt to use in their projects. (With their yarn worms)

Some students chose to make a big deal out of the condiments that Billy enjoyed with his worms.

This group really planned ahead and even brought in whoppers candy to use as their dirt.

Tomorrow is the best part. Worm eating day! :-) Ok so they are jello worms, but right now? The kids don't know that, they have just seen this picture of the "worms" I bought for them last night. :-)

I have had the request of a video of me eating a worm tomorrow, so I will make sure to bring my camera and not just my phone. :-)

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Congratulations Jeremy Robinson of Twiggs County High School for signing today with the College of DuPage in IL

noreply@blogger.com (Patty Cleveland) — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:25:00 +0000

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Friends of the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office General Membership Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Patty Cleveland) — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:22:00 +0000

Friends of the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office General Membership Meeting

The Friends of the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office will have a general membership meeting tomorrow evening February 2nd, at 6 pm at the Sheriff's Office.

Items to be discussed include:
BUNCO to be held on February 4th, 7 pm at the OAC on Bullard Road
Sheriff's Office Open House to be held on February 11th from 10 until 2 at the Sheriff's Office Complex
Riffle Raffle $5.00 per chance Drawing to be held February 25th (I may have the drawing date wrong)
Turkey Shoot
Community Easter Egg Hunt

Please make plans to attend! Follow me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/scienceesl

the 1/6th gravity chair with @funky49 #smilemovie #sctweetup

noreply@blogger.com (Patty Cleveland) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:05:00 +0000

This is Steve, @funky49 on twitter. Steve is a rapper and science enthusiast from Florida. (click here to go to his website!) He is also a really neat person, and let me tell you he can come up with a rap about just about anything!

This simulator is modeled after one the Apollo astronauts used for moon walk training. The chair is called the 1/6 chair because it is designed to simulate the Moon’s gravitational pull, which is 1/6 that of Earth’s.

For example, a person who weighs 150 lbs. on Earth would weigh 25 lbs. on the Moon. Hence, the chair gives the trainees a realistic feeling of walking in the reduced gravity of the moon.

How much would you weigh if you were on the moon?
(Math equation: your weight (1/6) ).

The Apollo astronauts discovered that walking on the moon isn’t as easy as strolling down the street hear on Earth. There are three different kinds of movements that make walking on the moon a piece of cake. These movements are:

The Bunny Hop

Side-to-Side

Slow Motion Jog

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Space Camp Tweetup #SmileMovie Day 1

noreply@blogger.com (Patty Cleveland) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:43:00 +0000

Last Wednesday after school I drove about 6 hours northwest to Huntsville Alabama to the US Space and Rocketry Center/Space Camp. I had an absolutely amazing time, some of which is hard to even think about putting into words. We had the opportunity to participate in many of the activities that the campers enjoy when they attend Space Camp. Plus we got to go "behind the scenes" for just that little bit extra. I am going to have to break my trip into several posts over several days, because there really was just too much to try and put into one post. I hope everyone tuned into the movie A Smile As Big As The Moon last night on ABC, if I hear about it being online or returning to tv I will let everyone know for those that may have missed it. You do not want to miss it!

Thursday morning I woke up to the pouring rain and wondered which of the weather spirits I have made mad that my second Tweetup would also be a very rainy tweetup?!? At least this one nothing could be delayed because of the rain (well except SCUBA, if it started lightening).

Walking in the gift shop to go and check in this work of art was there to greet us.

We then went with our Tweep extraordinaire Charity @SpaceCampUSA upstairs in the building to our Charging Station, and this was our sight upon coming out the door.
The Underwater Astronaut Trainer, and that is when I knew dreams really did come true.

The other view

I mean really could it get any better?

And the view behind us....

After dropping off our belongings we went to explore the museum for a little bit before we got started. Rock climbing on Mars.

Piloting the sims

Then we got down to business and had our introductions

And we were off!
Group photo

Our mission briefing for Friday's orbital missions

Next we headed for the 1/6th gravity chair
Oh it was so much fun!!!
And the MultiAxis Trainer
, honestly as long as you don't move your head you don't feel dizzy when you get off.
After dinner we had our time in the Underwater Astronaut Trainer, aka SCUBA

When our group was done with the UAT the other group went in, and we went to the Dr. Von Braun exhibit.

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Jeffery the Tiger's #SCTweetup #Smile Movie Adventures - scienceesl - Storify

noreply@blogger.com (Patty Cleveland) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:47:00 +0000

Jeffery the Tiger's #SCTweetup #Smile Movie Adventures

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Jeffery the Tiger's #SCTweetup #Smile Movie Adventures

The adventures of Jeffery the Jeffersonville Elementary School Tiger at the Space Camp Tweetup for the premiere of A Smile As Big As The Moon

Jeffery the tiger flew on the Space Shuttle Endeavor for an AOA mission, as well as helped Matt and Trent complete a heat tile repair.
#sctweeup Endeavor Flight crew on deck @libbydoodle @SSquire @MattAttackPro @trentfaust Jeffery the hitchhiker :-) http://pic.twitter.com/FoECC2BZ
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Sat, Jan 28 2012 21:50:00
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Touring the Dr. Von Braun exhibit.
Jeffery and @ssquire in front of @drvonbraun s office @spacecampusa #sctweetup http://pic.twitter.com/JOcowwMK
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@Funky49, Steve, left his backpack in Mrs. Cleveland's truck on Saturday morning when he left to go to the airport. Then he blamed it on Jeffery: @libbydoodle Actually Jeffery the Tiger asked me to leave my backpack behind as a test for the team. WE PASSED! #sctweetup
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Jeffery along with the rest of the #sctweetup gang learned about SCUBA diving in the UAT.
#SCTweetup Here are the tweeps getting scuba diving instruction from Dana. Scuba diving at @SpaceCampUSA is fantastic! http://pic.twitter.com/ZsgNrwBe
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Sun, Jan 29 2012 11:01:55
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Jeffery was the only participant from the #sctweetup who was allowed to try out the simulators at Aviation Challenge
Jeffery the spoiled rotten tiger, who was the only one that got to ride the simulators @aviation challenge #sctweetup http://t.co/F3AL2fTw
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When we were allowed to go into the Mission Control Complex, Jeffery pretended like he was flying in the copula of the ISS.
#SCTweetup #picpreview: @scienceesl & @AbsolutSpaceGuy star in the making of "Jeffrey Goes to Space" http://pic.twitter.com/6VNoDkAU
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BJ's car has been on a 49 state tour of the United States, so of course we had to get a picture of that!
Ok the true #notsoviptour last picture jeffery and bj & 50 State car #sctweetup http://twitpic.com/8cuz9d
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One Tired, but happy tiger ready to head back to Jeffersonville
Final stop on the #notsoviptour back in the car to head home #sctweetup http://twitpic.com/8culi9
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#Notsoviptour jeffery and @Libbydoodle http://twitpic.com/8cu1hr
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Stop eighteen on #notsoviptour davidson center http://twitpic.com/8ctxjh
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Stop seventeen #notsoviptour cont jeffery hitch hiking again http://twitpic.com/8ctttz
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Stop fourteen #notsoviptour jeffery checking out the divers in the scuba tank http://twitpic.com/8ct5id
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Stop twelve on #notsoviptour jeffery visits my new friend vincent http://twitpic.com/8ct2u1 @VincentVazzo
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Stop eleven #notsoviptour http://twitpic.com/8ct1dn
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Stop seven on #notsoviptour http://twitpic.com/8csrwb
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Rescue chopper jeffrey :-) http://twitpic.com/8csjqd
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Stop nine on #notsoviptour http://twitpic.com/8cstku
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Stop four #notsoviptour http://twitpic.com/8cscub
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Stop four on the #notsoviptour @Libbydoodle with our shuttle http://twitpic.com/8csc5b
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Jeffrey's seat for the #notsoviptour http://twitpic.com/8crwkd
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Jeffrey taking the rover for a joy ride #sctweetup http://twitpic.com/8cfb0o
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Jeffrey says help rescue me those crazy navy pilots kidnapped me. At Aviation http://twitpic.com/8cf08c
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Jeffrey with the f14 From top gun. At Aviation challenge #sctweetup http://twitpic.com/8ceyvb
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Jeffrey is the only #sctweetup that gets to try the Sims at Aviation challenge http://twitpic.com/8cew34
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Jeffery riding the centrifuge at aviation challenge #sctweetup http://twitpic.com/8cev95
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Jeffrey flying a jet #sctweetup http://twitpic.com/8cer4b
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Now that jeffrey has flown the shuttle he wants to fly a jet. #sctweetup http://twitpic.com/8ceqd6
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RT @SSquire: CDR Jeffry http://yfrog.com/h7wagonuj #sctweetup
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Endeavor crew picked up a hitch hiker http://twitpic.com/8cdwms
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Endeavor Capcom @sctweetup http://twitpic.com/8cdcgg
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Jeffery listening to mike Kersjes #smilemovie #sctweetup http://twitpic.com/8cc49n
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Jeffery and the saturn I http://twitpic.com/8cbf52
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Jeffrey on a @drvonBraun era rocket engine http://twitpic.com/8c3h50
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Jeffrey with a hand drawn illustration from the @drvonBraun Exhibit #sctweetup http://twitpic.com/8c3dbb
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Jeffrey and his hero @drvonbraun #Sctweetup http://t.co/kjfCjpC6
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Dinner time #sctweetup http://twitpic.com/8c1is5
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Learning about the scuba experience here @spacecampusa #sctweetup #smilemovie http://twitpic.com/8c16uj
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Jeffrey in the mat about ready to go for a spin #sctweetup #smilemovie http://twitpic.com/8c0q5k
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Jeffrey with pathfinder #sctweetup #smilemovie http://twitpic.com/8c05hy
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Jeffrey says this may be his speed of simulator #sctweetup #smilemovie http://twitpic.com/8bzg4z
Patty Cleveland
Sat, Jan 28 2012 21:50:00
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Jeffrey with the model of @suethetrex he is hoping it doesn't get hungry http://twitpic.com/8bzeli #sctweetup #smilemovie
Patty Cleveland
Sat, Jan 28 2012 21:50:00
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Jeffery says there is our simulators for tomorrow #sctweetup #smilemovie http://twitpic.com/8byz6c
Patty Cleveland
Sat, Jan 28 2012 21:50:00
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Jeffrey and the #smilemovie poster #sctweetup http://twitpic.com/8byr9c
Patty Cleveland
Sat, Jan 28 2012 21:50:00
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Jeffrey at us space and rocket center http://twitpic.com/8byoi3
Patty Cleveland
Sat, Jan 28 2012 21:49:58
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Not So VIP Tour - scienceesl - Storify

noreply@blogger.com (Patty Cleveland) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:22:00 +0000

Not So VIP Tour

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Sun, Jan 29 2012 13:18:58 · 4 views

Not So VIP Tour

While at the #SCTweetup we got all sorts of VIP tours, so Saturday we (I) did a not so VIP Tour, AKA kind of led by Patty/Jeffery Tour. We took our Space Camp Tweetup friends onto Red Stone to visit Marshall Space Flight Center, and then went back to US Space and Rocket Center.

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First stop on #notsoviptour http://twitpic.com/8crg3k
Patty Cleveland
Sat, Jan 28 2012 10:50:57
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#notsoviptour http://twitpic.com/8criw0
Patty Cleveland
Sat, Jan 28 2012 10:56:49
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#ISS Payload Ops Center. #SCTweetup #NotSoVIPTour http://pic.twitter.com/ADH759e0
Libby Norcross
Sat, Jan 28 2012 10:57:18
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#SCTweetup #NotSoVIPTour (@ NASA - MSFC Historic Redstone Test Site w/ @glorialloyd @srush49) [pic]: 4sq.com/ylhl0F
Libby Norcross
Sat, Jan 28 2012 11:03:54
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Stealth Mode activated in search of the MSFC NBS... #SCTweetup #NotSoVIPTour
Libby Norcross
Sat, Jan 28 2012 11:34:24
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Stop three on the #notsoviptour http://twitpic.com/8cs5jc
Patty Cleveland
Sat, Jan 28 2012 11:45:08
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So really the rocket park is stop four on the #notsoviptour but we couldn't get close to the nlb so i didn't count it
Patty Cleveland
Sat, Jan 28 2012 11:49:57
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OH @ #SCTweetup #NotSoVIPTour "The rockets had a baby!" "Actually, the Hermes is more like the shrinking grandparent..."
Libby Norcross
Sat, Jan 28 2012 11:51:16
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Let's try the perspective shot again #notsoviptour @Libbydoodle @funky49 http://twitpic.com/8cs9en
Patty Cleveland
Sat, Jan 28 2012 11:53:31
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RT @libbydoodle: #ISS Payload Ops Center. #SCTweetup #NotSoVIPTour twitter.com/libbydoodle/st...
Chris Calubaquib
Sat, Jan 28 2012 11:54:35
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OH @ #SCTweetup #NotSoVIPTour "If I had a garage... Stupid condos"
Libby Norcross
Sat, Jan 28 2012 11:59:09
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Stop four on the #notsoviptour @Libbydoodle with our shuttle http://twitpic.com/8csc5b
Patty Cleveland
Sat, Jan 28 2012 11:59:24
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Stop four #notsoviptour http://twitpic.com/8cscub
Patty Cleveland
Sat, Jan 28 2012 12:00:57
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RT @scienceesl: Stop four on the #notsoviptour @Libbydoodle with our shuttle http://twitpic.com/8csc5b
Libby Norcross
Sat, Jan 28 2012 12:10:17
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RT @libbydoodle: OH @ #SCTweetup #NotSoVIPTour "The rockets had a baby!" "Actually, the Hermes is more like the shrinking grandparent..."
funky49 - steve rush
Sat, Jan 28 2012 12:20:58
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Stop six #notsoviptour :-) http://twitpic.com/8css6m
Patty Cleveland
Sat, Jan 28 2012 12:34:44
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Stop nine on #notsoviptour http://twitpic.com/8cstku
Patty Cleveland
Sat, Jan 28 2012 12:37:55
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Stop ten #notsoviptour http://twitpic.com/8csy2i
Patty Cleveland
Sat, Jan 28 2012 12:48:14
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Stop twelve on #notsoviptour jeffery visits my new friend vincent http://twitpic.com/8ct2u1
Patty Cleveland
Sat, Jan 28 2012 12:59:07
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FWD:Stop thirteen on #notsoviptour found an outlet @funky49 http://twitpic.com/8ct4ek
Patty Cleveland
Sat, Jan 28 2012 13:02:35
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Stop fourteen #notsoviptour jeffery checking out the divers in the scuba tank http://twitpic.com/8ct5id
Patty Cleveland
Sat, Jan 28 2012 13:05:15
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#notsoviptour stop fifteen how many #sctweetup people can fit in picture booth? http://twitpic.com/8ctdg1
Patty Cleveland
Sat, Jan 28 2012 13:23:56
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Stop sixteen on #notsoviptour jeffery is sad he is too little for g force ride http://twitpic.com/8ctewn
Patty Cleveland
Sat, Jan 28 2012 13:27:22
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I caught up w/ the #SCTweetup #NotSoVIPTour just in time to ride the G-Force centrifuge, where we experienced 4 Gs. So, so cool!
BJ Nemeth
Sat, Jan 28 2012 13:48:21
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Stop seventeen #notsoviptour cont jeffery hitch hiking again http://twitpic.com/8ctttz
Patty Cleveland
Sat, Jan 28 2012 14:03:56
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#Notsoviptour jeffery and @Libbydoodle http://twitpic.com/8cu1hr
Patty Cleveland
Sat, Jan 28 2012 14:23:22
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#notsoviptour jeffery the astronaut http://twitpic.com/8cu61h
Patty Cleveland
Sat, Jan 28 2012 14:34:46
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Final stop on the #notsoviptour back in the car to head home #sctweetup http://twitpic.com/8culi9
Patty Cleveland
Sat, Jan 28 2012 15:14:52
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Ok the true #notsoviptour last picture jeffery and bj & 50 State car #sctweetup http://twitpic.com/8cuz9d
Patty Cleveland
Sat, Jan 28 2012 15:50:14
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Educator Academy At Space Camp #sctweetup #smilemovie

noreply@blogger.com (Patty Cleveland) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:11:00 +0000

How do you want to spend your summer vacation this year? I want to go to Space Camp for Teachers!

Educator Academy at Space Camp is one of the many wonderful things I learned about this week at the Space Camp Tweetup #sctweetup for the movie A Smile As Big As The Moon.

OK wait a minute let me rephrase that a little bit.....

Educator Academy at Space Camp is something I already knew about, but not a lot about, until this week at Space Camp.

Space Academy for Educators is all the fun of Space Camp, but designed for teachers. This five day program packs over 45 hours of activities, speakers, and experiences that are designed to be taken back and implemented in the classroom. They also participate in our astronaut training simulators, two simulated space shuttle missions and Aviation Challenge water activities!

Now to just figure out how to pay for it.... ;-)

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Twiggs County JV boys vs Southwest Macon

noreply@blogger.com (Patty Cleveland) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:43:00 +0000

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A Smile As Big As the Moon! Watch it! Sunday!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Patty Cleveland) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:42:00 +0000

Good Evening,
As you all know I am currently at the US Space and Rocketry Center, Space Camp for a national Tweetup, where we have had the opportunity to do the STEM activities that the students who attend Space Camp get to do. Today our special guest speaker was Mr. Mike Kersjes who pioneered the path for special needs students to attend Space Camp. Mr. Kersjes is a phenomenal person and listening to his story in his own words today was inspiring and emotional. He wrote the book "A Smile As Big As The Moon, a special education teacher, his class, and their inspiring journey through U.S. Space Camp" that has now been made into a movie that will air on Sunday night (we are attending the Huntsville red carpet premiere with the cast tonight). I wanted to encourage you to watch this awesome movie, as I know you will be as inspired as I was today (and I haven't even seen the movie yet!)
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Friends of The Twiggs County Sheriff's Office Riffle Raffle

noreply@blogger.com (Patty Cleveland) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:31:00 +0000

The Friends of the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office is sponsoring a riffle raffle.

On March 1st, 2012 the Friends of the Twiggs County Sheriff's Office are raffling off a Remington Model 887 Nitro Mag 28 in barrel chamber 2 ¾ to 3 ½ .

Tickets for the raffle at $5 a piece and can be purchased from Jamie McDaniels at the Sheriff's Office, by attending one of the following events:
General membership meeting on February 2nd at 6:00 pm (at the Sheriff's Office),
BUNCO night on February 4th at 7:00 pm (at the senior center on Bullard Rd),
Sheriff's Department Open House on February 11th from 10:00 am til 2:00 pm,
General membership meeting on March the 1st at 6:00 pm (at the Sheriff's Office).

If you have any questions please contact either Jamie McDaniels at 478-955-9164
Or P. Cleveland scienceesl@yahoo.com

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Space Camp Tweetup for A Smile As Big as the Moon Day one

noreply@blogger.com (Patty Cleveland) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:26:00 +0000

OK so I had a wonderful day with a wonderful group of people, and am exhausted, so other than to say that I survived the 1/6th gravity chair, the Multi Axis Trainer, and the SCUBA dive, I am just going to post this group picture from today and will share the rest when I get back to Twiggs County. :-)

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