August 6, 2010
Vol. 40, No. 269

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

Tickets on sale now for Kent Conservation District’s 13^th Annual Barn Dance

The Kent Conservation District invites you to join them for a rompin' stompin' good time, from 6 p.m. to midnight, Friday evening, Sept. 17, for its 13^th Annual Barn Dance fundraiser to be held in the Dover Building on the Delaware State Fairgrounds in Harrington. Activities include a down-home barbecue pork and chicken dinner, live and silent benefit auctions, and dancing to music provided by Just Kidding Around Entertainment.   

Guests are encouraged to be prepared to kick up their heels! Tickets are $15 per person or $25 per couple. Reserved tables with seating for eight are again available for $110 (one name – one check). 

Funds raised through the Barn Dance are used 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 2010 Delaware champions from the Charter School of Wilmington just returned from Fresno, Calif., and brought home the second place title after competing against other students from across the U.S. and Canada.