Tickets for Kent Conservation District’s 14^th Annual Barn Dance Sept. 16 on sale 

DOVER (Aug. 12, 2011) - The Kent Conservation District invites you to join them for a rompin' stompin' good time from 6 p.m. to midnight, Friday evening, Sept. 16 for its 14^th Annual Barn Dance fundraiser. The event will be held at the Delaware State Fairgrounds in the Dover Building. Activities include a down home barbecue pork and chicken dinner, benefit auctions (both live and silent) and dancing to music provided by a local DJ. 

Be prepared to kick up your heels for a night of FUNdraising! Tickets are only $15 per person. Children 12 years and under are $8 each, while children under two are free. Reserved tables with seating for eight are available for only $125 (one name – one check). 

The objective of the Barn Dance is to raise funds to support the Delaware Envirothon, a competitive, problem-solving, natural resource challenge for high school students. The goals of the Delaware Envirothon are to test the environmental knowledge of high school students and to cultivate within the students a desire to learn more about their natural world. The students compete in the following categories: soils/land use, aquatic ecology, forestry, wildlife and a current environmental issue. 

The experience gained through the competition will prepare individual students and teams to make sound conservation decisions. The 2011 Delaware Envirothon champions from the Charter School of Wilmington just returned from Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada where they competed in the Canon Envirothon with other students from across the U.S. and Canada. They returned with a 16^th place finish out of the 54 competing teams!

A limited number of tickets are available and can be purchased by mail or in person at the Kent Conservation District located at 800 Bay Road, Suite 2, Dover, DE 19901. Last year’s event sold out in advance, so hurry in to purchase your tickets today! For more information please call the District at 302-741-2600 ext. 3.

Vol. 41, No. 314