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Steve Adams I'm Adams I'm sorry I'm sorry superintendent ADB that's what I always say I'm sorry superintendent Adams if you come up for a moment um superintendent ads first name is Steve for reason I was just having such a good show here today called Steve Allen he had a wonderful show himself the at any rate um the other day when we were coming through U we talked a little bit about Discovery exhibition earlier and different things and one of the things that talk about Partnerships and all and our organization was 51 C3 we sold a lot of t-shirts over the years to make it possible and and we're still doing that and all the National Park Service has been a a great help to the Discovery Expedition but a few years ago I left my job in corporate media and started teaching and one day I was sitting at lunch in the lunchroom and got talking to one of the other teachers there and we tried to figure out wouldn't it be neat we had talked with Gerard about things over the years would it be neat if we could figure out this way to get the story of the trail and what was happening along the trail off the trail and get the kids across the country and the far reaches of the country and Beyond even and to the general public as well and out of that out of that lunchroom conversation with this fell here Jim stur uh we developed the National Education initiative and that National Education initiative receives funded from national parks Service as well that allows schools across the country and Beyond to access our website and our broadcast that we do weekly from the trail and it allows us to bring the story of Ls Clark and the story of the communities the people the tribes and all that we meet along the way to people across the country and it's it is a great partnership because a lot of you know a lot of people will never get the chance to actually travel this Trail or see them as re River and that sort of thing and a lot of times they see images of us sort of thing our and our boats the discovery expedition's boat which Ser as a platform for the education initiative bring a lot of interest and and drama to the story as we use the leou and clar story as a mechanism to teach about other multi interdisciplinary studies whether be mathematics science and that sort of thing so it's it's a big education project if anybody has the interest to be having to talk to you about that later but the other day we were coming up through uh through Omaha and we were very excited because you know people are constantly asking us whether we have Motors on our and yes we do because the core of engine here's another partner in this project over the last century or so at the at the Mandate of Congress has changed the river a little bit to make it more navigable for large craft and that sort of thing so un unlike the 3 to 5ft channel we had 200 years ago we're dealing with a 30ft channel and most of the guys even on the tiptoes just can't handle the Cordell and with that 30o channel but we were very pleased about two weeks ago to be able to sail and that is the one thing that we can do exactly like they did no matter how deep the river is no matter how fast the river is as we do the celling and other things with the River allows but we were coming by omahan for about a little over 4 hours the other day at 2.7 mph under sail power alone with simply the wind under our in our sails with no Motors and nothing but but the sound of the river and the wind we moved our boats from Belle B Nebraska up past city of Omaha and on to NP Dodge Park it was a glorious day for us and one of the things that uh we stopped by that day of course to have a dedication for your new building down there and all that sort of thing and we gave you a couple items down there to remember the day from that sort of thing and as an expression of our thanks but we thought maybe the best way for you to remember that day would be with an image of those boats under sale signed by the members of the crew this is your new building with the three boats fully under sale and signed by the crew of The Discovery Expedition and we just want to give this to you to take back to your office as a reminder of that day so thank you all very much this is presented uh both on behalf of the discovery Expedition and the uh the Luen Clark then and now project which is the National Education initiative so thank you very much this isome thank thank you thanks to everyone in the national park we appreciate all the help and we'll have our next program with Mr Paul BR starting