Note the following news of a sundial dedication. Congratulations to Bill Gottesman.
Fred Sawyer ------------------ LBWCC sundial dedication is April 27 LBW Community College will hold a dedication ceremony for a recently-acquired sundial on the Andalusia campus. The event will be attended by both the sundial benefactor, Renis O. Jones Jr. of Montgomery, and artistic designer/creator Bill Gottesman of Burlington, VT. This event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the event. WHO: LBW Community College, 1000 Dannelly Blvd., Andalusia, AL WHAT: Dedication of a newly-placed sundial on campus, followed by a reception. WHEN: Sunday, April 27, 2014, 3 p.m. WHERE: At the sundial on the Andalusia campus (located in the open area between the George C. Wallace Administration Building and the William H. McWhorter Learning Resource Center). In case of rain, the location of the event will be moved to the Jeff Bishop Student Center. NOTE: A free, public celebration lecture titled “Sundials as Blending of Art and Science” will be held on Monday, April 28, 2014, at 12:15 p.m. in the Martha and Solon Dixon Center for the Performing Arts in Andalusia. Making the presentation is LBWCC sundial creator Bill Gottesman, whose interest in sundials comes from a love of science, mathematics, and craftsmanship. His inspiration for the Renaissance sundial came from the sun-beam scene in the 1981 movie “Raider’s of the Lost Ark.” He is an active member of the North American Sundial Society and has been making sundials as a business-hobby since 1999 under the name Precision Sundials LLC.
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