Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum | Wings & Waves Waterpark | McMinnville Oregon http://www.evergreenmuseum.org Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:01:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 What are our guest saying? http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/what-are-our-guest-saying/ http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/what-are-our-guest-saying/#comments Sat, 02 Jul 2011 07:59:12 +0000 admin http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/dev/?p=4423 We have been receiving lots of positive feedback from our guests at our new Wings & Waves Waterpark. Tell us, what you think! Either comment on our blog, follow us on twitter or find us on Facebook. We’d love to hear from you.

]]> http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/what-are-our-guest-saying/feed/ 2 Student Essay Contest: Results http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/student-essay-contest-results/ http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/student-essay-contest-results/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 23:13:09 +0000 admin http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/dev/?p=3255 We are excited to announce our Student Essay Contest winners! We had more than 2,200 entries, so it was a difficult decision!

1st: Justine Reiter from Yamhill Carlton Elementary
2nd: Malika Sykes from Harrison Park
3rd: Kate Ford from Memorial Elementary School
4th: Erin Foley from Cathedral School
5th: Matthew Kontra from Central Valley Christian School
6th: Annalise Lau from C.S. Lewis Academy
7th: Tarah Gustafson from North Albany Middle School
8th: Kai McPheeters from Holy Redeemer Catholic School

]]> http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/student-essay-contest-results/feed/ 0 Newsroom http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/newsroom/ http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/newsroom/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 17:44:08 +0000 admin http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/dev/?p=2848 Welcome to the Evergreen Wings and Waves Waterpark newsroom. Here you will find current press materials, images and recent media coverage. For media inquiries, please contact Kasey Richter, director of PR & marketing at 503-434-4124, Kasey.Richter@sprucegoose.org

]]> http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/newsroom/feed/ 0 Student Essay Contest http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/stuent-essay-contest/ http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/stuent-essay-contest/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 20:21:58 +0000 admin http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/dev/?p=2815 Win a Trip to the Waterpark with your class and a $500 college savings account

The deadline has been extended until May 19 2011

Submit your essay by May 19 for a chance to win a trip to the Evergreen Wings & Waves Waterpark during its grand opening on June 6 and to win a $500 College Savings Account courtesy of Oregon College Savings Plan.

One winner for every grade – 1st-8th. Winners announced by May 27. No purchase necessary.
Essay: Choose one prompt, and in 500 words or less, tell us:

1ST – 2ND GRADE (allowed to submit entries as an essay or artwork)
• We use water daily. Write a few sentences or draw a picture showing us how you use water every
day and why water is important.
• Describe why water is important to living things/ or draw a picture to show how living things
need water.

3RD – 5TH GRADE
• Imagine you are a drop of water. Write a narrative describing your journey through the water
cycle. Think about how your form will change and what will cause those changes as you go
through your journey. Remember, you are writing your narrative from a water droplet’s point
of view!
• How does water change states as it travels through the water cycle, and how does it impact
the environment?

6TH – 8TH GRADE
• Why does ice float? Describe the scientific processes that allow this phenomenon to occur.
• Explain the water cycle and its relationship to landforms and weather.
Winners selected based on creativity and demonstrated proficiency of science and writing skills as determined by Oregon state standards. Download more forms and see contest rules at www.evergreenmuseum.org/waterpark. For more information on the $500 college savings account, please visit www.oregoncollegesavings.com.

]]> http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/stuent-essay-contest/feed/ 0 News Coverage http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/newsroom-post-1/ http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/newsroom-post-1/#comments Mon, 02 May 2011 19:15:21 +0000 admin http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/dev/?p=2795 Read the latest news on Evergreen Wings & Waves Waterpark

4.12.11, McMinnville News Register, Starla Pointer

4.9.11, Statesman Journal

4.8.11, KGW- Drew Carney live

4.8.11, DJC

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]]> http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/fathers-day-weekend/feed/ 1 Dive-In Movie: Jaws http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/dive-in-movie-jaws/ http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/dive-in-movie-jaws/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:03:13 +0000 admin http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/?p=2648 Sit back in your innertube and enjoy a fun movie in our wave pool! Dive-in movies start at 8 p.m. and are $12 per person. The wave pool is the only accessible part of the Waterpark during dive-in movies

Jaws is the story of a beach resort town that is terrorized one summer by deadly attacks from a great white shark. The chief of police, an oceanographer and a fisherman team up to hunt down and destroy the giant beast. Rated PG-13 for violence, images involving shark attacks, language, brief nudity and alcohol/smoking.

]]> http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/dive-in-movie-jaws/feed/ 2 Dive-In Movie: Pirates of the Caribbean http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/dive-in-movie-pirates-of-the-caribbean/ http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/dive-in-movie-pirates-of-the-caribbean/#comments Wed, 27 Apr 2011 20:54:42 +0000 admin http://www.evergreenmuseum.org/?p=2645 Sit back in your innertube and enjoy a fun movie in our wave pool! Dive-in movies start at 8 p.m. and are $12 per person. The wave pool is the only accessible part of the Waterpark during dive-in movies.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl is a swash-buckling tale that  follows the quest of Captain Jack Sparrow, a savvy pirate, and Will Turner, a resourceful blacksmith, as they search for Elizabeth Swann. Elizabeth, the daughter of the governor and the love of Will’s life, has been kidnapped by the feared Captain Barbossa. Little do they know, but the fierce and clever Barbossa has been cursed. He, along with his large crew, are under an ancient curse, doomed for eternity to neither live, nor die. That is, unless a blood sacrifice is made. Rated PG-13 for action/adventure violence.

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Free Willy is the story of a troubled child who befriends a killer whale at the local aquarium. Upon discovering the aquarium owner’s true intentions with the whale, the boy risks everything to save him. Rated G.

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Finding Nemo is the story of a clown fish named Marlin living in the Great Barrier Reef loses his son, Nemo, after he ventures into the open sea, despite his father’s constant warnings about many of the ocean’s dangers. Nemo is abducted by a boat and netted up and sent to a dentist’s office in Sydney. So, while Marlin ventures off to try to retrieve Nemo, Marlin meets a fish named Dory, a blue tang suffering from short-term memory loss. The companions travel a great distance, encountering various dangerous sea creatures such as sharks, anglerfish and jellyfish, in order to rescue Nemo from the dentist’s office, which is situated by Sydney Harbor. While the two are doing this, Nemo and the other sea animals in the dentist’s fish tank plot a way to return to Sydney Harbor to live their lives free again. Finding Nemo is rated G.

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