Applications being accepted for Penn State’s Master Gardener program
NETHER PROVIDENCE >> Penn State’s Master Gardener Program in Delaware County is now accepting applications for the next class of Master Gardeners. Those who enjoy gardening and want to give back to their community and learn more about horticulture are encouraged to apply to become a Master Gardener.
Penn State Master Gardeners promote research-based best gardening practices to educate the community. The program is also a way to forge friendships with others who share a joy of gardening. Master Gardeners develop their horticultural expertise through participation in educational training classes conducted by Penn State University faculty and Extension staff.
Master Gardeners typically have the following qualities: a passion about sharing the joy of gardening with others; a love of learning more about horticultural best practices based on scientific research; a willingness to share their knowledge and experiences to educate others; a desire to promote environmental stewardship; and a dedication to performing volunteer activities in their community
Master Gardeners help the Extension Service better serve the home gardening public by answering questions, speaking to groups, writing gardening articles, working with youth, gardening in the demonstration gardens, participating in the Penn State pollinator research program, and in many other ways.
Applications for becoming a Master Gardener will be accepted through April 26. Interviews will be held in mid-May, and the weekly Master Gardener Basic Training classes for Delaware County will be held from mid-August through mid-December. The cost of the 15-week program is $200. A limited number of partial scholarships are available.
To learn more about the program, visit https://extension.psu. edu/programs/master-gardener/ counties/delaware or contact Linda Barry, Master Gardener Coordinator at lrb16@psu.edu or 610-690-2655.
Interboro After Prom committee to hold quarter mania auction
Interboro’s After Prom committee will host their annual Quarter Mania Auction 6 p.m. Saturday, March 9 in the high school cafeteria. A Quarter Mania Auction is a cross between an auction and a raffle where people ‘bid’ to win a prize donated from various home business vendors participating in the event.
Bids on these items are from one to four quarters. There are five rounds of vendor items per round – that’s over 50 items auctioned off during this event. Vendors that have already confirmed participation are: Celebrating Home, Paparazzi, Party Lite Candles, Paw Tree Pet Products, Premier Designs, Thirty-One Bags, Tupperware and Tastefully Simple. Anyone with a party plan business who wishes to participate can email ihsafterprom@ hotmail.com for more details.
Admission fee is $5 per guest and that entitles guests to select a paddle with a number on it that is used for individual bidding on the items each guest wants to try to win. Refreshments will be available to purchase and there will be a 50-50 drawing at the end of the evening. Everyone is welcome.
Guests invited to eat and learn about mussels at Science on Tap in Media
Everyone is invited to join the Chester Ridley Crum Watersheds Association (CRC) for “Mussel Mania,” CRC’s second CRC Science on Tap event, 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28 upstairs at Sligo, 113 W. State St., Media.
The CRC works to protect local watersheds, just as mussels do. Guests can come to have a few beers, try a few mussels prepared in a variety of yummy broths, and hear Dr. Danielle Kreeger talk about how she is restoring the hard-working, under-appreciated freshwater mussels who clean local waters. The $25 cover includes the first beer, a variety of mussel appetizers, and a talk by freshwater-mussel expert Kreeger.
Freshwater mussels are the underdogs of the aquatic world – rarely noticed, poorly understood, and unappreciated. They are the most imperiled animals in North America. This is a problem for water quality because each adult mussel filters gallons of water every day, removing and transforming pollutants. Beds of thousands to millions of mussels can function like nature’s kidneys. Fortunately, science has given humans tools to begin restoring mussel beds, and a new “Mussels for Clean Water Initiative” is being launched this year.
Kreeger is an ecologist with more than 35 years of experience working as a research scientist and educator. She is the science director for the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, which coordinates the National Estuary Program that protects and restores natural resources in the lower Delaware River Basin. She also serves as associate research professor at Drexel University where she has taught and trained students since 1994.
CRC’s mission is to support, encourage and promote the enjoyment, restoration, conservation, protection and prudent management of the natural resources of the Chester, Ridley and Crum Creek Watersheds.
Suburban West Realtors Association inducts new chairman, board of directors
Ken Enochs Jr. was installed on Thursday, January 17 as the 2019 Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Suburban West Realtors® Association. Enochs has been a member of the Association since 1995 and will preside over an organization that represents over 6,000 Realtors and affiliated members in Chester County, Delaware County and the Main Line. Enochs is the managing broker of United Real Estate – Advantage.
Enochs along with the incoming Board of Directors took the oath from Guy Matteo, 2011 President of the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors and the 2019 Region 2 Vice President of the National Association of Realtors, during an Installation breakfast event held at the Radnor Hotel in Wayne. Also installed was the 2019 Board of Directors, including: Chairman-elect Kit Anstey; Secretary/Treasurer Vince Range; Lisie Abrams; Christina Cardone; Steve D’Antonio; Shannon Diiorio; Chris Earley; Barbara Margolis; Brad Moore; Maureen Sexton and Dave Specht.
The Suburban West Realtors® Association is the largest local Realtor® organization in Pennsylvania. The Association advocates for the real estate industry and private property and is committed to enhancing professionalism amongst the real estate profession; ensuring that its members conduct business with integrity and provide superior service to the public.
Recovery International holds weekly meetings
Recovery International holds weekly meetings 7 p.m. Wednesday at Holy Myrrh-Bearers Church, 900 Fairview Road, Swarthmore.
Recovery International offers meetings to men and women of all ages to ease the suffering from mental health issues by gaining skills to lead more peaceful and productive lives. In the last 76 years, Recovery International has equipped over 1 million people with tools to control behavior and change attitudes. The mission of Recovery International is to use the cognitive-behavioral, peer-to-peer, self-help training system developed by Abraham Low, MD, to help individuals gain skills to lead more peaceful and productive lives. For more information, call 484-645-4700 or visit www. Recoveryinternational.org.
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