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June 5, 1998

EDITORS: This Purdue calendar will be produced every other week during May, June and July. It lists selected events on Purdue's West Lafayette campus or involving people or programs off campus during the next five weeks. Events are free and open to the public, except where noted, and all are open to news media coverage. New or updated listings have two asterisks (**).

All events in this calendar, plus many others, are listed in Purdue's on-line calendar at http://www.purdue.edu/calendar/

ENTERTAINMENT

  • ** Saturday, July 4. Stars and Stripes Concert and Fireworks. Slayter Center. Concert of patriotic music by the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra begins at 7:15 p.m. Fireworks begins 15 minutes after the concert ends.

EVENTS

  • Friday, June 12. Purdue Legends Golf Outing. 11 a.m. Elks Lodge outside West Lafayette. Basketball coach Gene Keady, former Purdue players and basketball personalities join the public for 18 holes of golf. Cost is $150. CONTACT: John Purdue Club, (765) 494-3248; fax, (765) 496-1842. Part of the Legends Weekend to honor Keady, Purdue's winningest basketball coach.

  • Friday, June 12. Dinner and roast of Purdue basketball coach Gene Keady. 6:30 p.m. Ballrooms, Purdue Memorial Union. Cost is $60, and seating is limited. Master of ceremonies will be former MSU basketball coach Jud Heathcote. CONTACT: John Purdue Club, (765) 494-3248; fax, (765) 496-1842. Part of the Legends Weekend to honor Keady, who became Purdue's winningest basketball coach with his 372nd win in December.

  • Saturday, June 13. Purdue Legends Basketball Game. 1:30 p.m. Mackey Arena. More than 300 former Purdue players have been invited to play. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children under 12 at the Athletic Ticket Office, (765) 494-3194 or 1-800-497-7678, or the John Purdue Club, (765) 494-3248; fax, (765) 496-1842. Part of the Legends Weekend to honor coach Gene Keady.

CONFERENCES

  • Wednesday-Friday, June 10-12. 85th Home and Family Conference. Featured speakers are Naomi Griffith, a child welfare expert, and Betty Sinnock, founder and senior partner of the Beardstown Ladies Investment Club. Other session topics include food safety, family issues and money matters. Registration is $33 for the whole conference or $23 for a single day. CONTACT: Betty Krejci, (765) 494-8252; e-mail, krejcib@cfs.purdue.edu

  • Friday-Saturday, June 19-20. Great Lakes Region Aviation and Space Education Conference: "Yearning and Learning to Touch the Sky." Fowler Hall, Stewart Center. This conference is for K-12 educators, professors, administrators, youth group leaders and others interested in using aviation and space education as a motivational tool. Highlights will include speakers from Purdue, the United States Air Force, the Civil Air Patrol and NASA, including astronauts Mark Brown and Janice Voss; and tours of Purdue aerospace research facilities and the Indianapolis International Airport's weather station. Registration is $90. Sponsored by the Indiana Space Grant Consortium and Great Lakes Region Civil Air Patrol. CONTACT: Diane Schafer, (765) 494-5873; e-mail, dianes@ecn.purdue.edu

EXHIBITS

  • ** June 15-Aug. 2. Recent Acquisitions. Stewart Center Gallery, West Lobby, Stewart Center. 1-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday; 1-5 p.m. Friday; 1-4 p.m. Sunday. (Closed July 3-4.)

  • ** July 1-31. Artwork by Julie Henderson. Watson's Crick Gallery, Room 1-125 Lilly Hall of Life Sciences. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

OTHER

  • Monday, June 15. Module II of summer classes begins.

  • ** Friday, July 3. Official university holiday. Offices will be closed, and no classes will be held.

  • ** Monday, July 13. Module III of summer classes begins.

Compiled by Frank Koontz, (765) 494-2080; e-mail, frank_koontz@purdue.edu
Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu

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