Hands-on Science

By DAPHNE CHEN LENOIR, N.C.—Stacked to the roof with aquatic robots, DUI goggles and pig lungs, the curriculum room at Patterson Science Center is where “science” happens.It’s here that director Amy Bradley and her staff invent the lessons that have brought 25,000 students to the center since it opened in 2012 and made it a …

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PEC Parelli Play Day

Check our Facebook Events page for information about the upcoming Parelli Play Day on Saturday November 22. Free to come watch! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Patterson-Equestrian-Center-and-Riding-Club/699303436829132?ref=hl Challenges: Can You touch it, circle it, move it etc.? Will your horse go over, around, up on, under….It’s all about the relationship.

PEC Open House and Horse Show

Thanks, everyone, for coming out to the Open House on Saturday!  We enjoyed fellowship with all of our new friends!  Unfortunately, the weather dictated that we postpone the Horse Show  until Sunday, which offered a much more favorable temperature.   PEC would like to thank the following people for helping to make Horse Show a success: Angela Annas (judging), …

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WPSCA Sister City Tours Patterson School

  The Western Piedmont Sister Cities Association (WPSCA) hosted our sister city Altenburg, Germany September 5-9.   Danny Seaver hosted, and led them on a tour of area highlights, including the Sturgeon Farm, and Happy Valley’s historic treasure, Patterson School.

Horse Show announcing Equestrian Center and Riding Club Opening

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PATTERSON SCHOOL FOUNDATION BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO EQUESTRIAN CENTER Patterson School Foundation will reintroduce the Patterson Equestrian Center to Happy Valley by hosting its first Open Horse Show on Saturday November 1st from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.  The event offers an opportunity for riders of all ages, 5 years through adult, …

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Huge news for Birds and Bees!!

  U.S. and Mexico have recently taken steps toward banning the use of pesticides and GMO crops that have been strongly linked to the widespread bee die-offs. More . . .  

The Year Monarch Didn’t Appear

By JIM ROBBINS Published: November 22, 2013 “Last year’s low of 60 million now seems great compared with the fewer than three million that have shown up so far this year.” http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/24/sunday-review/the-year-the-monarch-didnt-appear.html?_r=0  

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