Aug. 28, 2009
Vol. 39, No. 360

For more information, contact Michelle Jacobs, Community Relations Officer, 302-739-9921, or Joanna Wilson, Public Affairs, 302-739-9902.

Tickets for Kent Conservation District’s 
12th Annual Barn Dance now on sale

The Kent Conservation District invites you to join them for a kick-up-your-heels night of fun from 6 p.m. to midnight, Friday evening, Oct. 2, for its 12th Annual Barn Dance Fundraiser in the Dover Building at the Delaware State Fairgrounds in Harrington.

Activities include a down home barbecue pork and chicken dinner, a benefit auction -both live and silent - and dancing to music played by Just Kidding Around Entertainment.  Tickets remain the same low price as last year - only $15 per person or $25 per couple. Reserved tables for eight are again available for only $110 (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 2009 Delaware champions from Wilmington Charter School recently returned from the North American competition in which they placed fourth out of 45 U.S. states and seven Canadian provinces. 

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. Last year’s event was sold out, so hurry in to purchase your tickets today! For more information, please call the District at 302-741-2600 ext. 3.