FREE admission
is due to the support of the Festival Sponsors!
Please give them your support.
Red-tailed Hawk:
Eastern Screech Owl:
Peoples National Bank
American Kestrel:
Jeff Bluhm Insurance
Joe Chermak Auto
Eastern Bluebirds:
K&K Tire Barn
The Fireplace Restaurant
BRING A MUG OR WATERBOTTLE
Ice water coolers will be located around the grounds for you to help yourself.
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Vosburg Neck Festival
Saturday & Sunday, June 7-8, 2008
Going Green!
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| At-A-Glance |
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Presentations, Demonstrations, Music, Guided-nature Walks, and Exhibits |
Saturday
Sunday |
11 am to 5 pm
12 pm to 5 pm
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Early Morning Bird Watching Walks
with Joe DeMarco |
Saturday & Sunday |
9 am to 11 am |
Outdoor Church Service
by The Reverand Susan Wonderland
Nothing else scheduled at this time
(indoors, if needed) |
Sunday |
11 am to 12 pm |
| Music Demonstrations Presentations & Walks Exhibitors |
Demonstrations |
Basket Making by Susan Nuss
Tai Chai by Wayne Wolfe--Saturday from 3:30-4 pm
Stone Wall Building--Sunday only
Spinners Web, watch fur & hair be turned into yarn--Sunday only
River Critter Search, hands-on at the shore of the river from 2 - 5 pm on Saturday & Sunday
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Music Performances
Great local talent you won't want to miss!
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Lorne Clarke, Folk
Saturday, 11 am - 12 pm
For more than 30 years, Canada's Lorne Clarke has been performing at festivals, clubs, house concerts and theatres across Canada and the United States. A powerful singer and gifted songwriter, he cut his teeth as a performing artist in the busy Toronto folk scene in the early 1970's - branching out into Bluegrass in the mid 1980's. In 1994 Clarke returned to the solo acoustic folk scene with a series of critically acclaimed performances on US Public Radio and TV. Listen to Lorne at www.myspace.com/lorneclarke1.
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Mary Baker, Songs & Stories
Saturday, 1 - 2 pm
Music and storytelling that weaves passion, joy, and spirit to remind us of the magical quality of our existence and the infinite possibilities for each one of us. Her energetic presentation will take you on an imaginary journey to places far and near with characters of many hues engaged in life's twists and turns. Her programs will warm your heart, soothe your soul, send creepy shivers up your spine, or stir up the hee-haws from deep inside. You may find yourself singing along too!! www.marystories.com.
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Donna Hill, Folk Music
Saturday, 3-3:30 pm
Contemporary singer/song writer in folk, country and rock tradition with insightful and thought provoking lyrics. Singer/songwriter, author and speaker, Donna Hill, a former Philadelphia area resident now living in the Endless Mountains of Pennsylvania, offers educational and entertaining programs for all ages. Legally blind from birth from Retinitis Pigmentosa and a two-time cancer survivor, Donna has a message of tenacity, perseverance and hope. Casual and upbeat, Donna intrigues audiences at house concerts, teen book discussions about Harry Potter (with songs) or school assemblies about her guide dog, Hunter, a black Lab.
Donna is featured regularly as a performer at the Old Lynn Concert Series in Susquehanna County, which has been presenting national and international singer/songwriters to packed houses since 2000. Donna Hill's website |
Spark Gospel Singers
Sunday, 1:30 - 2:30 pm
A group of dedicated singers first organized in March of 1981. Since its inception the group has presented its program of contemporary and Traditional gospel music. Traveling extensively throughout Pennsylvania and New York State as well as New Jersey, "SPARK" presents a repertoire of Contemporary and Traditional Gospel Music as well as Southern Gospel music. www.sparkgospel.org
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Bill Carter, Jazz Pianist
Saturday, 2-3 pm
You'll tap your feet and want to move to Bill's jazz music with rhythms of bebop. Bill is also a Presbyteryian minister. After years of pretending to split the life of faith from the music of jazz, Bill has been trying to find links between the two halves of his brain. In 1993 he formed the Presbybop Quartet with Al Hamme, his college music professor from Binghamton University. Presbybop Music is his attempt to integrate his strong Presbyterian faith with the rhythms of bebop. www.presbybop.com |
Alan Thatcher, Folk Music
Sunday, 12 - 1 pm
Alan has been performing at house concerts, conferences, festivals, and shows for over thirty years throughout Illinois, Missouri, Texas, Delaware, and Northeastern Pennsylvania. He collaborated on four CD’s prior to retirement from government service with a musical style that ranges from folk and blues to pop. His CD’s were written for charity and poked good hearted fun at government administrations.
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John & Jean Hoffman, Traditional Folk
Saturday, 12 - 1 pm & 4-5 pm
John Hoffman has been collecting and performing traditional folk music since the early 1960's when he spent his weekends in New York City, Boston and Hartford playing in coffeehouses. He was a part of the Philadelphia folk scene and a regular at the Main Point, a popular and well known coffeehouse, as well as an active member of the Philadelphia Folk Song Society. He performed with "Outward Bound", a Philadelphia based folk group that sang sea shanties and songs related to the golden age of the clipper ships. During this time, he performed with such notable singers as Pete Seeger, Gordon Bok, Michel Cooney and Stan Rogers. Since moving to Susquehanna County, John and his wife Joan have been performing at local festivals, senior living centers, and hospitals. His wife Joan, performs with him. John plays the six- and twelve-string guitars and five-string banjo.
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The Hooley Boys, Celtic Music
Sunday, 3 - 4 pm
www.thehooleyboys.com
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Exhibitors |
American Red Cross
Baskets by Susan Nuss
BP Alternative Energy: Area Wind Farm Display
Camp Lackawanna
Certified Energy Consultants
Countryside Conservancy
Ducks Unlimited
Environmentally Friendly Compost
Endless Mountains Nature Center
Everhart Museum with hands-on activity
Face Painting
Greater Wyoming Valley Audubon Society
Lackawanna Astronomical Society
Lower Tunkhannock Creek Watershed Assoc.
North Branch Land Trust
PA Game Commission (Sat. only)
Penn Future
Quality Deer Management
Many more...
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Guided Walks |
Bird Watching with Joe DeMarco and Alan Togut
Forest Ecology with Jim Kessler, Regional Forester for PA Bureau of Forestry
Tour Camp Lackawanna and see the newly updated facilities
Wild Edibles with Gerry & Len Janus |
Presentations & Guided Walks
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Appalachian Treasures
Mike McCoy & Barbara Strangfeld, Appalachin Voices
Saturday, 2-3 pm & Sunday, 4-5 pm
A multimedia presentation that features photos that capture the beauty of Appalachia along with disturbing shots of flattened moonscape mining sites, voice recordings of neighbors and friends recounting the daily struggles of life in the coalfields, and traditional music of Appalachia. This amazing presentation leaves a powerful, lasting impression of the beauty and the richness of the culture and heritage of Appalachia, as well as the needless devastation caused by mountaintop removal coal mining. Website: www.appvoices.org
Mike McCoy, Virginia Field Organizer
Mike is currently working out of our new Charlottesville, Virginia office organizing citizens to fight a 585 megawatt coal fired power plant proposed for construction in Wise County, Virginia. He studied Anthropology and Sustainable Development at Appalachian State. His work included building grassroots support for a strong global warming pollution reduction bill, The Safe Climate Act.
Barbara Strangfeld is a volunteer for Appalachian Voices and is deeply committed to ending the horrendous practice of Mountaintop Removal Mining which is destroying our national treasure, the Appalachian Mountains. As a town board member New York, Barbara helped to develop a riverside park, a rail trail, oversaw the complete rehabilitation of a neighborhood park, and chaired a community based planning process for the historic Borden Home Farm. Now living in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania with her husband, Barbara has worked in Human Resources and Finance and has been a guest columnist for the popular web site "Ask the Headhunter".
 Bird Watching Walks
Saturday & Sunday from 9-11 am with Joe DeMarco
Saturday 11 am - noon with Alan Togut
Join local expert bird watcher, Joe DeMarco for a leisurely bird walk on the trail and along the river. Identify resident and migratory birds. Bring binoculars, if available.
 Climate Change
Pam Fendrock, Penn Future
Saturday, 12:30 - 1:30 pm
Sunday, 2:45 - 3:45 pm
Global warming is real. It doesn't affect only polar bears and the rest of the world; it is already harming Pennsylvania. Our climate, economics, animals, plants, and health are suffering. We can curb the effects. We might even be able to create a better situation - by becoming a leader in the renewable energy industry.
Presenter's Information: Pam Fendrock is PennFuture's outreach coordinator for the Northeastern region of Pennsylvania. She conducts presentations about global warming, its local effects, and ways to reduce contributions to those effects. Her interest in this work comes from an appreciation for the beauty of Pennsylvania and an ever-increasing concern about human impact on its environment. She became acutely aware of how we affect the temperature, humidity, air quality, and water quality of our surroundings while she lived in the central part of Arizona. Website: www.PennFuture.org
 Close Encounters with Birds of Prey
Delaware Valley Raptor Center
Sunday, 1:30 - 2:30 pm--CANCELLED: The heat is a threat to their health when they are in carriers.
Meet five live raptors, a hawk, a falcon, two owls, and a bald eagle and learn how each was injuried and their wild lives. Talks, lasting about one hour, cover predator/prey relationships, wildlife rehabilitation, specific adaptations of the birds present, and various issues facing wildlife today. Website: www.DVRConline.org
 Earthboxes
Molly Philbin
Saturday, 11 am - 12 pm
During the presentation attendees will learn the history of the EarthBox, how the EarthBox, a sustainable, scientifically-engineered container garden, reduces water usage, prevents fertilizer runoff, reuses the same potting mix and produces high yields of healthy crops. EarthBox also has an OMRI certified Organic package. The presentation will also introduce The EarthBox Educational Products that provide teachers with a sustainable resource to teach standards-based lesson plans and garden guides that provide youth and senior activity directors with fun-filled, hands-on activities that teach horticultural skills, nutrition, craft making, and team building skills.
Organization Information: Blake Whisenant, a fifth generation tomato farmer, and agronomists at the University of Florida, in collaboration with Mickey Lynch, a plastics manufacturer in Scranton, spent numerous years researching and developing the EarthBox. Today, over 1,000,000 satisfied customers grow high yields of crops in EarthBoxes around the country. Thousands of more EarthBoxes are feeding the hungry in countries around the world and the commercial EarthBox will soon be in farmer's fields. In addition, the Educational EarthBox is in over 400 schools across the country, in dozens of schools overseas, and in senior centers, nursing facilities, veteran centers, day care centers, prisons and science museums.
 Energy Conservation in the Home
Fred Gast, PPL Community Affairs Specialist
Saturday, 2 - 3 pm
Learn how to save energy and money in your existing home or the home you plan to build. Fred Gast will lead this informative discussion about which conservation methods offer the best payback and what alternative energy technologies are available.
Presenter's Information: Frederick C. Gast is a graduate of Penn State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture Education. Since graduation Fred's electric utility career has included positions in distribution engineering, marketing, customer service, land management and community affairs. A master's degree in geosciences from Mississippi State supports his current position as PPL's Community Affairs Specialist. He is responsible for developing, coordinating and delivering public programs, and workshops for teachers and environmental educators. He works with state and local agencies and organizations to support environmental education efforts.
 Folk Stories from Around the World
Judy Decker, Storyteller
Sunday, 1:30-2 pm & 4-5 pm
An exuberant telling of tales from around the world, Judy's stories will engage audiences of all ages. The listener will leave with a sense of enjoyment, a smile on their face, and perhaps a life lesson as well. Judy has beeen telling tales for a decade in nursing homes, schools, and festivals in Pennsylvania and New York.
 Forest Ecology Walk
Forester Jim Kessler, PA Bureau of Forestry
Sunday, 12:15-1:15 pm
Ramble the trails with and be fascinated by Regional Forester Jim Kessler. He'll identify some trees, and point out wildlife impacts and exotic invasive species. During the walk Jim shares jewels of information you'll be glad to know.
Green Building and Energy
Robert Lewis, Bakker & Lewis Architects
Sunday, 1:30 - 2:30 pm
What's the definition of green building? How sustainable is construction today? What's a green roof? Do you know what your carbon footprint is? We hope to be able to answer some of these questions while we discuss hopeful trends in the construction industry that are kinder to our natural environment.
Presenter's Information: Rob Lewis is a partner in the firm of Bakker & Lewis Architects, with a home office in Shavertown, PA. Recent designs include a super-insulated, passive solar home in the Poconos with radiant floor heating, and a state-of-the-art Plains Animal Hospital that incorporates many green building features. Rob is an advocate of energy-conserving, sustainable buildings that incorporate appropriate technologies, are beautiful and functional, and are fun places in which to live and work. A founding member of the North Branch Land Trust and the Chicory House, Rob enjoys playing folk music, watching independent films, contra dancing, and designing and building custom furniture. Website: www.bakker-lewis.com
 Greening Churches
Dr. Phil Mutzel, Kings College
Sunday, 1:30 - 2:30 pm
Phil Muntzel, Ph.D. will lead a discussion on why churches of all denominations should be more environmentally conscious. He is a professor in the Theology Department at Kings College, and past Moderator of the Lackawanna Presbytery.
 Hunter: Endless Mountains Guide Dog
Donna Hill & Hunter
Saturday, 4-5 pm
An uplifting experience for all ages with a Q&A session…Susquehanna County singer/songwriter/recording artist, Donna Hill talks about blindness, her five-year-old Labrador Retriever guide from the Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, and her work with the Performing Arts Division of the National Federation of the Blind.
Integrated Pest Management in the Garden
MiSchelle Carpenter, Master Gardener
Sunday, 1:30-2:30 pm
Learn how to reduce the use of chemicals in home gardens through the practice of Integrated Pest Management (IPM). What is IPM? It’s the process of balancing cultural practices and biological controls to reduce garden pest populations to tolerable levels. Preparing your garden, choosing plants, identifying pests, and safe controls will be covered in this session. Reducing the use of pesticides may improves water quality, and help pollinators, including butterflies, honeybees, and hummingbirds.
Live Green
Joyce Hatala, Joyce Hatala Associates
Saturday, 3:30-4:30 pm & Sunday, 2:45-3:45 pm
How can each of us live a more sustainable life? The talk will focus on several areas including transportation, food, and our home and garden. How can we make meaningful changes in our daily lives that really make a difference for the planet? The speaker will bring plenty of items for a "show and tell" of products most of us see and use each day.
 Natural Gas Leasing/Exploration in NEPA
Earle D. Robbins, R&R Energy Consulting, LLC
Saturday, 12:30-1:30 pm
In 2005 Penn State Cooperative Extension in Tioga County, led by Earle Robbins, responded to the requests for information on natural gas leasing by developing a small workshop. The workshop featured speakers from energy companies, landmen, consultants, lawyers, and regulatory agencies, each presenting information on their role in the exploration and leasing process. Over 16,000 landowners and dozens of counties have been impacted, this workshop has evolved with the same basic goal, to help private landowners understand the process of gas exploration and leasing. This one hour program is a condensed version of the 3 hour seminar.
Earle D. Robbins is currenly Vice President of R&R Energy Consulting LLC, a company that helps landowners work together to negotiate gas and oil leasing contracts. He retired May 2008 after serving 27 years with Penn State Cooperative Extension in Tioga County, PA. He holds a BS and MS Penn State University in agriculture and extension education.
 Orienteering Introduction
Scott Myer, Wyalusing School District Science Teacher & EMNC Trustee
Saturday, 2-3:30 pm & Sunday, 3:30-4 pm
Do you enjoy navigating through the woods? If so, see how well you do on EMNC's orienteering course. You will be sent out to find 8 different flags. Each flag contains a letter. The goal is to unscramble the letters to spell the correct plant or animal. To find the flags you will use maps, compasses and global positioning system(GPS) units. See you there!
 "Raptors Rule"
Rebecca Lesko, Endless Mountains Nature Center
Saturday, 3:30 - 4:30 pm in the Main Lodge Porch
Sunday, 1:30 - 2:30 pm in the shade of the EMNC yard
Get up close and personal with three LIVE raptors: a falcon, an owl, and a hawk during this fun and informative program. Adaptations, niches, the food chain, habitats, and bird characteristic are covered. Participants may learn bird calls and touch specimens.
Regulating Electric Currents
Dave Golden, Certified Energy Consultants, Inc.
Saturday, 3:30 - 4:30 pm
Dave Golden, explains the different types of currents used in home and business - resistant and inductive. inductive is current used by motors and he will point out the many possible motors in each situation, explain how motors waste energy, and talk about the power factor of motors. He will explain how a Power Factor Correction Devise works and how it will save users energy and therefore money.
Reptiles: Friend or Foe?
A live animal program
Carbon County Environmental Education Center
Sunday, 12:15 pm & 2:45 pm
 Retriever Demonstrations
Bridget Bodine, Sight To Sea Labradors/ DeCoverly Kennels
Saturday & Sunday, 1 pm & 3 pm
Watch dogs run and retreive in a large field as Bridget Bodine has them demonstrate their outstanding abilities. The retrievers will include puppy thru advanced level dogs.
Bridget has been obedience training dogs for 22 years, working with retrievers for 15 years and working with all breeds of gundogs for eight years. Bridget is the Kennel Manager / Head trainer at world known DeCoverly English Setters. She will also have a few setters on hand for viewing.
Solving Problems in Our Watershed
Bob Daniels, Lower Tunkhannock Creek Watershed Association volunteer
Sunday, 12:15 - 1:15 pm
The program will include a discussion of watershed events, problems, contributing factors, and solutions. Watershed events include excessive surface runoff, subsequent high water, erosion, sedimentation, and hydrologic change. Watershed problems cover property damage, lost acreage, contaminated water, and major inconveniences. Watershed factors contribute to watershed problems. Solutions include methods of reducing the cost of maintaining and managing property along local watersheds.
 Wild Edibles Walk
Len and Gerry Janus
Saturday, 2 - 3 pm
Join Len and Gerry Janus on a leisurely walk around the grounds as they identify wild plants traditionally used as food. They'll explain how to prepare them and share a few recipes. After the walk we'll return to the EMNC Lodge for some wild food treats.
Wind Power
BP Alternative Energy
Saturday, 11 am - 12 pm & Sunday, 12:15 - 1:15 pm
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