The difficulty we had was that we didn't interview anybody with experience as a special education director, or even as a special education coordinator.

I came by to see it with my girlfriend and I love it. I think it's exciting.

I really wanted to make the event even more accessible to families with kids.

In other words, ... people don't have to only come out here on Oct. 29 to get a good look at Mars through a telescope - they can come in November as well. On Oct. 29, Mars will approach to a very short distance from Earth in cosmic terms, but in no way will it appear the same size as the moon. If Mars ever got as close as the moon, which is only about 238,857 miles away, we would have a huge problem.

I know what they are talking about. When I went to work I was told that I couldn't go to council meetings and that if I did it could mean my job.

That's always a starting point of conversation when you find somebody with the same accent as you.

It reminds me a lot of an old-fashioned festival.

That's where we used to put our chairs. Way out there where that wave is rolling. Our beach is under that water.

We saw there was a need, not to take over, but to expand. It's been fun and we're hoping that during the summer people will see there's something to read when they're picking up books for their children or grandchildren.

We have been receiving hundreds of calls about this hoax, as has every other major observatory in the country, ... no one now alive will have the opportunity to see this event again.