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DIAKON LIVING & LEARNING SUMMER COURSES

You’ll Want To Check Out These Courses For Your Artistic Side!

Scrap Booking 101: Thursday, July 16 / 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. / Schuylkill Haven / $10.00

Oil Painting: Saturday, August 15 / 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. / Mahanoy City / $50.00

Have You Always Dreamed Of Seeing Your Name in Print? The Nuts & Bolts of Getting Published: Tues. July 14, 21, and 28 / 6:30 - 8 p.m. / Pottsville / $40.00

Recapture your dreams – Refocus – Balance – Carve out some time for yourself – Recreate your future Your Life is Now Series / Mahanoy City / 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. / $25 per workshop

Appreciate Yourself: Wednesday, July 22nd. When You Think About Your Future…What Do You See?: Wednesday, August 19th. Who Am I Now...Now That I’m a ‘Grown Up’?: Wednesday, September 23rd.

Computer Courses - Tremont / $50 three day class

Introduction to Email and the Internet: Tues., Aug 11, 18, 25 / 2-5 p.m.

Introduction to Computers: Tues., July 14, 21, 28 / 6 - 9 p.m. and Tues., July 16, 23, 30 / 2 - 5 pm

Microsoft® Office Word 2007 Level 1: Mon., July 13, 20, 27 / 2-5 p.m.

Microsoft® Office Word 2007 Level 2:Thurs., Aug 13, 20, 27 / 2-5 p.m.

Microsoft® Office Excel Level 1: Mon., Aug 10, 17, 24 / 2 - 5 p.m.

eBay: Saturday, August 15 / 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. / Pottsville / $25.00.

eBay - Beyond the Basics: Saturday, August 15 / 1 - 2:30 p.m. / Pottsville / $25.00

Yoga For the Rest of Us: Mon. July 13 - Aug 17 / 10 - 11 a.m. / Mahanoy City / $36 six weeks

Early Harvest: Sunday, August 23, 12 p.m. First UCC (Rte 61) Sch. Haven / Admission is free Explore unique ideas for your bountiful harvest and how to prepare your garden for next year’s planting season. Vendor spaces available. Call Susan for information 570-624-3018

A Night in Morocco: Friday, Aug 28 / 6 p.m. / Pottsville / $60 Come to our Casablanca and experience the exotic foods of Morocco, the spirited music and the colorful atmosphere of this North African country.

Visit www.diakon.org/LL50/ for up-to-date news and course descriptions. Call 570-624-3018 or 1-800-621-6325 to join a class or for more information

Vulture Day will be held 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 23 with participants meeting at the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Visitors Center. It will include a guided walk for 20 participants to the North Lookout to watch for and learn about the turkey and black vulture. People will also learn about Hawk Mountain’s Turkey Vulture Migration Project and how to follow their movements using the Internet. For more information, phone 610-756-6961 or go online to www.hawkmountain.org.

And if you're a fan of Hawk Mountain and are looking for a riverside retreat at the base of the mountain, check out 51 Sawmill Lane, Orwigsburg PA 17961

This beautiful Hawk Mountain home is waiting for you!

June 28, 2009 10:00 am Oak/Hemlock Trail Dog Walk

Join Naturalist Robin Tracey on the Oak/Hemlock Trail at Locust Lake.

The trail is 2 miles in length and moderate in difficulty. The trail loops around Locust Creek and traverses up the mountain for a really great view of the forest below. Part of the hike includes the "Tree Identification Trail" made by one of our Eagle Scouts. Dogs are welcome, but must be leashed and get along with other pets and people. Please meet at the visitor parking lot at 10 a.m.

Pre-registration is required for this event by calling Robin at 570-467-2506. Shine only.

Necho Allen’s Tavern Trek

1:00-5:00 p.m. with hike volunteer John Domalakes.

Hike into the back country of the Broad Mountain to see the over 200-year old site of Necho Allen’s Tavern. Hike starts in the south side parking lot behind Sears at the Schuylkill Mall along the mall entrance road. (six miles – challenging). Poor weather cancels and participants should dress for comfort.

For more information visit: www.schuylkillonthemove.com or email: porcupinepat@yahoo.com or 570.622.4124 x 113.

WHO WAS NECHO ALLEN?

Necho Allen was a hunter or frontiersman in 1790 who supposedly discovered anthracite coal, right here in Schuylkill County, PA!

The story goes he made camp under an outcropping of rocks and fell asleep. When he awoke the campfire had alighted a vein of coal!

The annual Schuylkill River Sojourn started today!

Go here for detailed information about this trip.

For those who don't know all about this event, here is a brief except from their webpage:

"The Schuylkill River Sojourn is a 112 mile guided canoe or kayak trip on the Schuylkill River. Beginning in Schuylkill Haven and ending in Philadelphia, Sojourn participants register for as many days as they can, or for the entire trip. Sometimes it is wet and wild. At other times it is peaceful and inspiring. There are a few rapids, calm water, plenty of laughs, songs at the campsites, and celebrations in the river towns. There is a little bit of everything in store for canoers and kayakers who take part in the week-long sojourn down the Schuylkill River that begins the first weekend of June. And even though the same route is paddled every year, a different river greets us every June."

There are also other Pennsylvania river sojourns that will take place this summer:

2009 Sojourns

1. Allegheny-Kiski-Connie (May 14 to May 17) - The 12th Annual Canoe Sojourn will take place May 14th through the 17th

2. Allegheny (June 13 to June 14)

3. American Whitewater Ohiopyle Festival (August 22)

4. Delaware River (June 21 to Jun 27)

5. Juniata River (June 10 to June 14)

6. Kiski-Connie (June 4 to June 7)

7. Lake Erie (August 12 to August 16)

8. Lehigh River (June 26 to July 1)

9. North Branch Susquehanna (June 18 to June 23) - This six day, 100 mile trip begins at Camp Lackawanna at Vosburg Neck. Opening night festivities will be held at Riverside Park in Tunkhannock. Paddle on to the Wyoming Valley River Fest, for musical entertainment, historical and river orientated displays. Sunday paddle to Shickshinny. Monday night will be at the Farm at Boone’s Dam in Bloomsburg. The journey ends June 23, with a closing dinner at Shikellamy State Park at the confluence of the North Branch and West Branch of the Susquehanna. Registration will open in late April. Additional trip information is posted at www.susquehannagreenway.org.

10. Schuylkill River (June 6 to June 12)

11. Swatara Creek (May 1 to May 2)

12. Lower Susquehanna (June 25 to June 28)