Somerville gift to sponsor Magic Staircase at discovery center

MINOT, N.D. – Daryl and Machele Somerville and family have agreed to donate $100,000 to the Magic City Discovery Center to sponsor the “Magic Staircase,” the discovery center board of directors has announced.

The staircase will wrap around the iconic two-story Magic Climber. The staircase will be a gathering place for parents and grandparents as they watch their children explore the climber from the lower-level prairie dog burrows, through the oil derrick, all the way to the B-52 at the top. The view will be unprecedented looking over the Souris River Valley from Minot’s North Hill.

“While we no longer live in Minot, the Magic City will always hold a special place in our hearts and be ‘home’ for our family. It was important for us to support our community while we lived there and we continue to want the best for Minot,” said Daryl and Machele Somerville. “We believe the Magic City Discovery Center will be a valuable resource for the community and are proud to support this project. Through exploration, observation and play, children will be provided a multitude of learning opportunities and immeasurable fun. Education is a vital part of a child’s development and we are so excited that Minot will have such an amazing Discovery Center to provide just that.”

“The Somerville family has been active in the Minot community for many years. We thank them for their generous support,” said Karen Rasmusson, board president. “After working toward our goal for seven years, we are thrilled to begin construction next month on this one-of-a-kind discovery center.”

Construction of the 22,000-square-foot building on North Hill will begin in May, and the grand opening is expected in late 2022.

Somerville gift to sponsor Magic Staircase at discovery center

Follow us on Google News

Follow us on Flipboard

Trending Slider

Governor Kelly Armstrong responds to final environmental impact statement on Dakota Access Pipeline

Bismarck fire department holds pinning and promotional ceremony

Bismarck Police Department assists local child in delivering gifts to oncology patients

City of Bismarck announces holiday closures and service changes for Christmas week

Man who became angry days after he Iearned that he was expecting a chiId with his spouse, before he physicaIIy heId the woman and repeatedIy stepped on her beIIy in a bid to end her prregnancy, is sentenced

Mom and her partner, who would beat her 6-year-old chiId when he compIained of exhaustion after forcing him to perform strenuous physicaI activities because he soiIed himseIf, causing him to coIIapse and later die due to brain sweIIing and internaI stress, are sentenced

Follow us on News Break

Categories

Somerville gift to sponsor Magic Staircase at discovery center

Related posts

Dog barked at the babysỉtter, so mom instaIIed hỉdden camera and reveaIed the troubIing truth!

Parenṫs shỏcked when they saw their baby’s cỏndition, then dỏctors toId them the disṫurbing truth!

4-year-old revealed father’s secret at school, ‘his teacher ran to the phone and did the unthinkable’!

Man adopted dog, ‘but noticed strange habit and his heart broke when he found out the reason why’!

Pair didn’t understand why photo of them went viral, ‘until they read the comments and realized the truth’!

12-year-oId girI gave bỉrth to 24-year-oId man’s baby, but her mom’s excuse shọcked everyone!

Follow us on Google News

Follow us on Flipboard

Governor Kelly Armstrong responds to final environmental impact statement on Dakota Access Pipeline

Bismarck fire department holds pinning and promotional ceremony

Bismarck Police Department assists local child in delivering gifts to oncology patients

City of Bismarck announces holiday closures and service changes for Christmas week

Man who became angry days after he Iearned that he was expecting a chiId with his spouse, before he physicaIIy heId the woman and repeatedIy stepped on her beIIy in a bid to end her prregnancy, is sentenced

Mom and her partner, who would beat her 6-year-old chiId when he compIained of exhaustion after forcing him to perform strenuous physicaI activities because he soiIed himseIf, causing him to coIIapse and later die due to brain sweIIing and internaI stress, are sentenced