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HAPPY ABOUT HELPING THE EARTH!
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Harleysville Brownie Troop 71015 picking up trash along the Skippack Creek and Township trail in honor of the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day!
Great job girls, and thank you for your help and enthusiasm!
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HECKLERFEST
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HERB FEST |
Shown in the photos above and below are Sarah Beyer (L), Education Coordinator for the Heckler Plains Folklife Society and Joan DiMaria, (R) President of the Society, putting fresh pies into the outdoor bake oven. The bake oven was built in 1780 and is one of few original ovens of this type still working today.
HECKLERFEST 2010
Saturday, August 21
Heckler Plains website for more information
Hecklerfest Informational Flyer
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Scenes from the
Annual Herb Fest at
Heckler Plains Farmstead
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Township Benefits from
"Green Banking" Campain |
Shown in the photo below are Mary L. West, Assistant Township Manger, Kent Krauss, Chairman of the Park Board and Deb Takes, President and CEO of Harleysville National Bank. The Township was the recent recipient of a check for $2,250 to be used for tree planting in Alderfer Park. The funds came from the bank's green banking campaign to encourage customers to try paperless banking and their continued commitment to supporting green initiatives. The tree planting will take place in 2010. |
Township Connects Trails
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In the Fall of 2009, members of the Public Works Department worked to connect two existing trails through Township Open Space. The trails connected were Cutleaf Circle and Belle Lane. Crew members installed the abutments in October and by November were ready to set the bridge in place. At left is the crane lowering the bridge into place and below, crew members guide the bridge onto the abutments.
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Annual Easter Egg Hunt at
Heckler Plains Farmstead
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Above and top right: More than 120 Township children participate in the annual Easter Egg Hunt at Heckler Plains Farmstead. The Heckler Plains Folklife Society also had an Egg Scratching demonstration and a sampling of this craft is pictured in the bottom right photo.
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FISH STOCKING
3 Area Ponds Stocked with Rainbow Trout |
Each year in late March & early April the Township stocks the following three ponds with trout: Roth Park Pond, Briarwyck Park Pond and Alderfer Road Pond. Approximately 600 trout are stocked over these three ponds. An additional 400 trout are restocked in the same ponds 2 weeks later.
2010 STOCKING DATES: March 30th & April 13th
Above and below
Residents enjoy a day of fishing at Roth Park
Briarwyck Park
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Park Beautification Projects
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Roth Park - Earth Day, Every Day!
April 2008
WalMart employees stain the pavilion at Roth Park
Bucher Park
Above and below: May 6, 2007:
Workers begin to install the memorial butterfly garden at Bucher Park in memory of Katelyn Joy Derstine.
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Wawa Park
On May 5, 2007, employees and friends of Richard C. Mast Associates completed a beautification project around the sign at Camp Wawa Park. The project commemorated the 10th Anniversary of Richard C. Mast Associates of Lederach, PA
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GIRLS GO GREEN
ADOPT-A-GARDEN |
Charles Reed Memorial Park
The local Girl Scout Troop planted flowers at Reed Park for this year's
"Girls Go Green"
Girls Go Green at Reed Park - 2008
Ted Dannerth Park - 2007
Ted Dannerth Park - 2007
On March 31, 2007, Girl Scouts of Indian Valley celebrated the 95th Anniversary of the Girl Scout Organization by participating in a general clean-up of the Township Parks. The above two picures are of the girls at Ted Dannerth Park
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PLANTING COMPLETED IN TOWNSHIP OPEN SPACE
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 The Township and the Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy wants to thank the volunteers who came out on Saturday morning, October 11, 2008 to plant over 400 tress, shrubs, and plants at the corner of Kulp and Yoder Roads. Over 90 volunteers, including township residents, Boy Scout Pack 105 from Schwenksville and Pack 79 from Souderton, and students from Perkiomen Valley High School donated 231 volunteer hours. The plantings will help to establish better wildlife habitat and improve the water quality along the West Branch of the Skippack Creek that meanders through the Township Open Space. The project was planted with TreeVitalize funds.
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