Initiative Awards Presentation Keynote Address: 9:00 - 10:30

Michael Lynch is a native Minnesotan, and has been a broadcast meterologist at WCCO Radio in Minneapolis for over 30 years. Mike's other passion has been astronomy, he built his first telescope when he was just 15 years old!

He has also written Astronomy/Stargazing books through Voyageur Press, wrote WCCO Minnesota Weather Watch in 2007 and was a finalist in the recent Minnesota Book Awards. He also writes a weekly Starwatch column for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, and more than two dozen other newspapers across the United States.

For over 40 years Mike has been teaching classes and putting on star parties through community education, nature centers, and other entities throughout Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. He will make the stars your old friends!

His keynote presentation is: Exploring the Sky of the Avon Hills!