**Heckler Plains Folklife Society's**
HECKLERFEST
Saturday, August 23, 2008; 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
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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.
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Scenes from the
Annual Herb Fest at
Heckler Plains Farmstead
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Annual Easter Egg Hunt
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.
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
May 5, 2007: Employees and friends of Richard C. Mast Associates recently completed a beautification project around the sign at Wawa Park. The project commemorates 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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