PASR RECREO Trips

SPRING is a GREAT time for some RECREO day-trips. Won’t you come join us and discover something new!?!

-Sun., March 13 Dephlogisticated Air Show:

Joseph Priestly was an 18^th Century English theologian, political philosopher and scientist who is usually credited with the discovery of oxygen. He spent the last 10 years of his life on Northumberland, PA where his home is now a museum. Ronald Blatchley, dressed in period costume and using apparatus like that used 200 years ago, performs this show illustrating the chemical knowledge of Priestley’s time.

12:30pm - meet at the old Bi-Lo parking lot on Walnut Street, LH to carpool! Travel to Northumberland for a guided tour of the mansion of the “Founder of modern Chemistry and discoverer of Oxygen” and the 2:30 performance by Ronald Blatchley. Since this is Commonwealth Charter Day, there is free admission. It is also Joseph Priestley’s birthday, so birthday cake will be served. Please be prepared to contribute for gas.

Friday, March 25 Astronomical Friday: at 1 pm the public is invited to a Planetarium Show in Room 232 Ulmer Hall Planetarium. Then at 8 pm, Dr. James Wheeler will help us Observe at Dusk probably at the Farrandsville Road Playing fields of Lock Haven University. The public is invited to observe the moon, planets, stars, star clusters, stellar nurseries, stellar corpses, and galaxies.

            12:30 pm - meet at the old Bi-Lo parking lot on Walnut Street, LH to carpool to LHU for the planetarium show.

            7:30 pm - - meet at the old Bi-Lo parking lot on Walnut Street, LH to carpool to the LHU playing fields for the night-sky observations

Hopefully in April – Pine Creek Rails-to-Trails bike/hike excursions

            We plan to set up a few more of these popular excursions in early spring. Since good weather is a necessity, only a few days notice of these trips will be made via email unless you notify Joanne Heimer that you need a personal phone call.

As always, feel free to bring friends. We will send email reminders to those members on our email list as well as placing information in the LH Express. When you plan to attend, it would be helpful if you would contact Joanne Heimer at 753-3699 or jheimer@comcast.net to facilitate arrangements.