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We can never adequately express our appreciation to the family of Fran and Warren Rupp. Your ongoing support makes sure the legacy of Warren Rupp Observatory continues to serve public interest. Our deepest gratitude. We would also like to thank all the wonderful people who contibute their personal funds, their time, services, and products to the Warren Rupp Observatory. From this point forward, we would like to gratefully recognize their contributions! We would like to formally thank PPG Industries for their generous donation of a tool kit. We appreciate it! We would like to thank the Girl Scouts of America, and their local chapters for visiting our Observatory and contributing. A special thanks for listing us in your "Things To Do In Ohio" guide! We would like to thank Jan Frye and guests for visiting the Observatory and your generous donation. It was appreciated! We would like to thank all of our fantastic guests and our attending RAS members for making "Hidden Hollow Lite 2004" such a wonderful success. Your generous donations are highly appreciated and we all had a wonderful time! We would like to thank Asa Ulrey and his lovely companion for their visit to Warren Rupp Observatory and their generous donation. Thank you! We would llike to thank Mary Wise, her friends and family for joining us at the Observatory. Your generous donation is greatly appreciated! We would like to thank Buckeye Valley Lift Truck once again for donating both their time and welding equipment to the repair of the lift. Awesome job, dude! We would like to that Ashland Public Library for inviting us to give a public program at their fine facility, as well as their generous donation. We would like to thank New Life Church for inviting us to give a program for the Wilderness Camp and we thank them for both the great time as well as the donation! Our thanks to Otto Piechowski for his donation of an 150mm Intes Mak for Public Programs and educational purposes. The "Ottoman" lives on! Our thanks to our guests, Robin and Ed. Your generous contribution was most welcome! Our thanks go to Buckeye Valley Lift for donating their services in the replacement of the Might-T-Lift batteries. Our thanks to Solutionsware, Inc. for their donation of a printer. Our thanks to America's Body Company for the donation of five laptop computers for use by RAS Club Members. Our continuing thanks go the fine people of JPL/NASA for providing us with handouts and educational videos. We cannot thank these fine people enough for their donations and support of Warren Rupp Observatory's "Hidden Hollow 2005". We had software from Starry Nights,, accessories fromProtoStar merchandise fromTelescopes.com, some very special goodies from Smart Astronomy and surprises from Hales Harley Davidson. We had gift certificates from ITE Astronomy, merchandise from Dynapod, a full set of AstroCards and red LED lighter from the folks at AstroCard and a beautiful autographed edition of "The Grand Tour - A Traveler's Guide to the Solar System" contributed by Dave Hartsel. And they kept on coming! We received a VersiTool and a WaistCase from Orion, a wonderful fully featured eyepiece case from Case Place USA. $100 in merchandise from AstroZap and some very special meteorites from the one and only Robert Haag - The Meteorite Man! And... There's more! John Chumak of Galactic Images is donating some of his fine work and the incredible Meade Telescopes has donated a state of the art LX90!! Does it get any better than that? You betcha'. Mike Martinez of Mare Meteoritics also contibuted some of his great meteors! And you should have seen this clever gadget, Acton Astro contributed - two Telguides! Not only all this, but the folks from both Tech 2000 and "Astronomy To Go" were also contributors. For these fine folks? We cannot thank you enough. Your support of the Observatory and all the fine folks who purchased tickets for chances at these prizes are the sole reason we are happy to announce that Hidden Hollow will be able to continue again next year. You'll never know how much we appreciate everyone, and you will become a permanent link in the "Our Thanks" webpage. We could not have done this without YOU! We would like to extend a big THANK YOU to our door prize contributors for the 2006 Hidden Hollow event! Your prizes were critical to our meeting our budget and we appreciate it! Many thanks go to Big Bang Astronomy Shop, Oberwerk Binoculars, Radio JOVE, Smart Astronomy, Oceanside Photo and Telescope, Meade Corporation, Barb and Ken Hubal, Dan Everly, Brent Archinal, Joe Tarkany, the MVAS, Rick Schrantz, Tom Whiting, Terry Mann, Jason Shinn and Tammy Plotner. We would like to thank Jan Ferrell and the Ohio Junior Naturalists for both their visit and kind donation! We would like to than John Neumann for all of his hard work and PPG Industries for their most generous public grants! We would like to thank the fine folks at binoculars.com for being a contributor and supporter of Hidden Hollow 2007! We would like to thank the good folks at Cosmosphere for providing us with a doorprize for the 2007 Hidden Hollow! We would like to thank Michael Abrams for his donation of a doorprize for the 2007 Hidden Hollow and for all of his fine photographs which grace our Hidden Hollow pages! Once again, deeply appreciate what you do for us!! All business and area merchants are welcome to contribute to our worthy cause at anytime... As a non-profit organization, all contributions are very welcome.  "Ya' didn't have to do it but you did, but you did, but you did... And we thank you!" |
