be center of new park
The
College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences was well represented among
participants breaking ground for the new A.E. Finley Center for Education
and Research at Historic
Yates Mill County Park. Pictured above at
the July 9 ceremonies are
(from left) Dr. Thurman Grove, head of the Department
of Zoology; Dr. Johnny
Wynne, interim College dean; Dr. John Vandenbergh of the W.M.
Keck Center for
Behavioral Biology in the College and a longtime mill volunteer; and David Woodward,
Department of Zoology technician. The 16,000-square-foot building will provide
a central facility from which to greet mill visitors. Built in 1756, the old
mill operated as a water-powered gristmill for 200 years, till it ceased operation
50 years ago. Now the restored and operable mill is center of a new 574-acre
park, scheduled to open in 2005. In cooperation with Yates Mill and N.C.
State
University, the park will provide numerous educational opportunities.
