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NEWTOWN PRSRT STD PARK & RECREATION NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP PARKS & RECREATION PARKS & US POSTAGE RECREATION PAID BOARD STAFF STAFF LANGHORNE, PA PERMIT NO. 129 ECRWSS Andy Levine Kurt Ferguson Kathy Pawlenko Chair Township Manager/ Director POSTAL CUSTOMER Finance ***DATE SENSITIVE MATERIAL *** Joel Grosso Janyce Czyz Vice Chair DELIVER IMMEDIATELY Glenn Forsyth Secretary Dennis D’Arcy Fire Chief Megan Prusienski & Brandan McQuillan Kathleen Kimble Ronald Weaver Program Coordinators ll Anne Porter Public Works Phone: Fa Kathy Kelly 215-968-2800 ext. 239 Kathy Pawlenko Sue Sutton Parks and Recreation Fax: 215-504-2202 Mark McMenamin Web: www.newtownfun.com Henry “Rick” Pasqualini Office Hours: Kathy Pawlenko Police Chief Parks and Recreation Director 8 am - 4:30 pm, Mon- Fri. 2013 SPECIAL EVENTS Halloween Parade! (ages 3-6) GeoVentures Witch Hunt! (ages 8-12) Come take your little monsters and goblins, Have you heard about the legend of the Witch of princesses and pirates around the Township Clark Nature Center? The story goes that she has complex for a Halloween Parade! Participants will been hiding in Clark Nature Center while perfecting be parading through all the departments! We will her potion. Help us find and track down all of her visit the Police, Emergency Services, Public Works, ingredients before she finds them! You'll learn how to Administration, Codes & Zoning, Parks and use a handheld GPS unit to help you search. Please Recreation, and the Tax office. While on our parade make sure to bring a water bottle, wear sneakers and we will be trick or treating so bring a bag for your goodies! dress for activity/weather. Session: Session: Sun, Oct. 27, 1:00 – 3:00 pm Wed, Oct. 30, 1:00 – 2:30 pm #134160 #134049 Hunt Director: Location: Newtown Twp. Admin. Bldg. GeoVentures Fee: Free, pre-registration required! Location: Clark Nature Center Chemistry Explorers - Page 3 Fee: $25 Resident Discount: $20 Create a Scarecrow! Join us to create your very own Scarecrow! These fun Halloween creations are great for the whole Jingle Bell Rides! family, accent your home or enter it in Newtown's Experience the fun of an old-fashioned country Halloween Art Scene Scarecrow Contest! (To be hayride (does include seats) pulled by huge Belgian held on October 19, for more info please visit Draft Horses wearing brass sleigh bells! Bring a Newtownbbc.org) Children are encouraged to blanket and cuddle up! Your journey will take you attend but adult supervision is required. We will over the meadow and through the woods. After, you supply the main pieces but please bring: jeans, can stop and enjoy a crackling bon-fire, hot button down-long sleeve shirt, twine, and any chocolate, cookies, marshmallows and the sounds special decorations you would like to add to make of the season. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to your yours truly unique! A $10 materials fee is due reserved time, the hayride departs at the scheduled to the instructors at the beginning of class. Session: times. Sat, Oct. 5, 10:00 – 12:00 pm Saturday, December 14th (session start times) #134066 Session: 12:00 pm #134006 Fabulous Fall Pies - Page 5 Instructors: Linda Welles & Jackie Kaizar Session: 12:45 pm #134007 Location: Pavilion at Veteran's Park, Session: 1:30 pm #134008 234 Durham Road (Rt. 413), Newtown Session: #134009 Fee: $13 Resident Discount: $10 2:15 pm Session: 3:00 pm #134010 Flashlight Halloween Hunt! (ages 11-14) Instructor: A Better Way Farm A Halloween to remember! Join us at Robert's Ridge Location: Boat House Area in Tyler State Park Pavilion for an evening of trick or treating! We'll be Fee: $20 hunting for candy in the park and also have a Resident Discount: $15 (Prices are per person) costume contest with cider and snacks! Please wear your costume and dress for the weather! Bring (ages 3-8) a flashlight and bag for the hunt. Santa's Great Candy Cane Hunt! Hunt: Fri, Oct. 25, 7:30 – 8:30 pm #134291 Children ages 3-8 are invited to Santa's annual Location: Robert's Ridge Park Newtown Township Candy Cane hunt! Children will Fee: $13 Resident Discount: $10 be separated into two age groups and Santa will officially start the candy cane hunt! We will enjoy Family Gingerbread House Workshop Basketball Clinic - Page 11 Start a new holiday tradition with your family and some holiday refreshments and special prizes! enjoy the magic of decorating a gingerbread house! Please remember to dress for the weather. Parents Your family will have fun creating a wonderful, edible must accompany children to the event; remember to centerpiece for your Christmas table. Also included bring a camera for candid photos with Santa. will be a short lesson in decorating your masterpiece Participants must pre-register (online or call the with royal frosting icicles and piping, and of course, office) for this event no later than Friday, November lots of candy. That is, if you don't eat the decorations 29th. Space is limited! Volunteers 15 and older first! As a special treat, Santa Claus will fly in from the needed – please call the Parks and Recreation North Pole for pictures! Bring your Camera! A $15 Department at 215-968-2800 ext 239! materials fee is due to the instructor at the beginning Session: Sat, Dec. 7, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm of class. #134005 Session: Sat, Dec. 14, 10:00 – 12:00 pm Location: #134048 Roberts Ridge Park Fee: FREE! Pre-registration Sponsored by Instructor: Jackie Kaizar required at Location: Newtown Twp. Admin. Bldg. www.newtownfun.com Pilates - Page 12 Fee: $19 Resident Discount: $15 REGISTER NOW ONLINE AT WWW.NEWTOWNFUN.COM 1 SPECIAL EVENTS Family Holiday Portraits Clean Green Living Bring your family to Clark Nature Center Saturday or Holistic Household and Body Care Tips for Your Home and Family Sunday, November 2nd or 3rd, for a day of family portrait Healthy living goes beyond just eating right. Household cleaning and personal fun! Family Photos will be taken every 20 minutes, please arrive a few minutes care products also have a significant impact on our health and that of our early to keep on schedule with your time! As a suggestion, you might want to families. Many products are loaded with chemicals and toxins that we breathe in dress your family in similar solid colors. You will choose one image of five for an or are readily absorbed through our skin. Come learn about clean, green living 8x10 print. (you can order more prints if you want through the photographer!) with holistic health coach, Julie Cerrato, to benefit yourself and the environment! Photos will be available for pick up approximately two weeks after at the Parks & In this class, you will discover incredible tips to go "green" for you and your Recreation office. Please provide email when registering. family's health and for reducing the environmental impact in your home. With in Saturday Nov. 2 Sunday Nov. 3 class demonstrations, you'll learn what steps you can take on your path to "Clean Session: 4:00pm #134034 Session: 4:00 pm #134041 Green Living" for a holistic household & personal care, how to choose safer Session: 4:20 pm #134035 Session: 4:20 pm #134042 products, and some easy, effective homemade DIY solutions. Join us and go Session: 4:40 pm #134036 Session: 4:40 pm #134043 clean, green today! Session: 5:00 pm #134037 Session: 5:00 pm #134044 Session: Wed, Oct. 9, 7:00 - 8:30 pm #134290 Session: 5:20 pm #134038 Session: 5:20 pm #134045 Instructor: Julie Cerrato Session: 5:40pm #134039 Session: 5:40 pm #134046 Location: Newtown Township Administration Building Session: 6:00 pm #134040 Session: 6:00 pm #134047 Fee: $25 Resident Discount: $20 Instructor: Sharon Mastrosimone Photography, PPA Location: Clark Nature Center Fee: $32 Resident Discount: $25 Introduction to Environmental Laws Have you ever wanted to know more about the laws you read about impacting Miraculous Escapes (ages 10+) the use and preservation of our environment? Andy Levine has practiced Bucks County singer, songwriter, pianist and actress Lori Rosolowsky and the environmental law as a federal prosecutor, in-house counsel, and corporate Temple Judea Choir present Miraculous Escapes, Music and More: A Family's counsel. This introduction will provide one of the few opportunities for a neutral Story. Rosolowsky shares poignant and humorous stories of her relatives' unlikely presentation of the laws that balance the protection of our air, water and land escapes from Nazi persecution and her aunt's role (at age 23) as a translator at against the needs of industry, government and citizens. We all use and impact Nuremberg. Temple Judea's choir joins Rosolowsky in singing music by her our surroundings, and these laws attempt to create a transparent process for great uncle, renowned Jewish composer Herbert Fromm, as well as studying and limiting those impacts. You will get a general understanding of the Rosolowsky's own compositions, interwoven between stories of her family's National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Solid Waste enduring contributions in many fields. *Visit our website at www.newtownfun.com Management Act and Superfund. This will give you a framework for to see a quick video of this performance. understanding how industry, interested citizens, and the government use these Appropriate for ages 10 and over. programs, and how all of these parties can use these laws to aid, impede or Session: Sun, Jan. 26, 12:00 – 1:30 pm #141028 modify developments. Instructor: Lori Rosolowsky with Temple Judea Choir Session: Wed, Oct. 9, 6:00 – 8:30 pm #134270 Location: Shir Ami, 101 Richboro Rd.