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Bucks County Government and Courts System
AN EDUCATIONAL GUIDE BUCKS COUNTY Government & Courts System www.BucksCounty.org BUCKS COUNTY, ea’s reputation as an artists’ colony and the Bucks County Playhouse PENNSYLVANIA as a popular summer theater. HISTORY Today, over 625,000 people reside One of the original counties in a county with approximately established by William Penn 8,800 acres of county-owned in the 17th century, Bucks parks, 13,000 acres in state parks County was named for Buck- and gamelands, colleges and uni- inghamshire, England, Penn’s Founded: versities, museums, quaint villag- ancestral home. .It is located 1682 es, sprawling farms, verdant rolling in the southeastern portion County Seat: hills, woodlands and waterways. of Pennsylvania between Doylestown Philadelphia, Allentown and Population: Despite a changing landscape and Trenton, NJ and bounded 625,249* rapid residential, commercial, and on the east by the Delaware Geography: industrial growth, the county is River. Bucks County was a 608 square steeped in its rich traditions and frontier territory when Penn miles of land demonstrates an enduring com- entered into a purchase treaty and 15.8 mitment to its natural resources. with the native Lenni Lenape square miles Bucks County remains an historic on July 15, 1682. The land of water. blend of scenic beauty, agricul- was soon settled by Quakers, Comprised of ture, arts and economic growth. Swedes and Germans, skilled 23 boroughs tradesmen and farmers who and 31 THE SEAL OF established a government in townships. BUCKS COUNTY 1683. In March, 1683, Wil- *U.S. Census liam Penn’s Council The county seat was at Bris- Bureau, ordered “that the tol from 1705 to 1726 when 2010 Census seal of the County of it was moved 10 miles north, Bucks be a tree and to Newtown, which served as a vine.” Penn had written that in Bucks the county seat for 87 years. -
Focal Planes Contest Flyer 2019
Silver Lake Nature Center’s 45th Annual Nature Photography Contest Saturday, February 23, 2019 - Reception-11:00 AM-Award Ceremony-11:30 AM Categories B/W (Combined) Color Amateur Color Advanced Amateur** Bucks County Parks 1B 1CA 1CAA Looking Up 2B 2CA 2CAA Night Photography 3B 3CA 3CAA Nature in Motion 4B 4CA 4CAA KIS (Simplicity) 5B 5CA 5CAA Natural Intricacies 6B 6CA 6CAA People in Nature 7B 7CA 7CAA Planet Earth 8B 8CA 8CAA PhotoSynthesis (AKA OPEN) 9O (no distinction between B/W or Amateur/Advanced in this category) Re: Bucks County Parks: (The image of the Bucks County Park must be an easily recognizable feature of the park. The club will verify with officials and have the final say as to its submission. Please see list of parks below. ) Core Creek Park Lake Towhee Park Peace Valley Park Playwicki Park Ringing Rocks Park Silver Lake Park Tinicum Park Tohickon Valley Park Stover-Myers Mill Erwin Stover House Moravian Pottery & Tile Works Churchville Nature Center Peace Valley Nature Center Silver Lake Nature Center Please visit http://www.buckscounty.org/government/departments/ParksandRec/ for locations of parks Amateur status is defined by the following criteria: The artist is not currently showing in the photography medium or represented by a gallery, does not function as a professional photographer and is not retired from a professional photographer career. Past conteste winners will be classified as Advanced Amateur. Advanced Amateur status is for those experienced photographers who feel their work has advanced into a higher photographic ability and quality while still meeting all of the criteria for Amateur status Club Officials reserve the right to reclassify any image in question according to these categories Fees Per Photo: $5.00 Entry deadline is Tuesday, February 12, 2019 Drop off dates & times: Pick up dates and times: February 9 12:00 pm-4:00 pm March 25 7:00-9:00 pm February 10 12:00 pm-2:00 pm (or stop by the Nature Center February 11 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm any time after Mar 25) Rules: 1. -
Pathways Newsletter
Pathways Newsletter and Program Guide Spring/Summer 2021 www.buckscounty.org 2 Commissioners’ Message Spring 2021 A MESSAGE FROM THE BUCKS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it is appreciation of even the simplest pleasures in life: the freedom to explore new places, to be out in the fresh air and to exercise in the great outdoors. When the coronavirus began spreading across our region last spring, shuttering our workplaces, our schools, our stores and our social gathering spots, many of us retreated like caterpillars into cocoons, unwilling to emerge for weeks. Do you remember the eerie quiet of those first few days and weeks of our statewide shutdown? With most venues closed, we hunkered down inside our homes, glued to computers and TVs for news of the worsening pandemic. As the case counts rose unabated, some of us lost livelihoods. Some of us lost friends and loved ones. We became stressed and irritable, anxious and argumentative. But as the weather warmed and the infections and deaths plateaued, we began to reclaim some things we had lost as they again became available to us. Among the first was the use of our wonderful system of county parks. And no wonder. In our parks, distancing was easier than in confined spaces. The warming, open air made transmission of the virus less likely, and the chance to breathe free and to exercise was the perfect elixir to the stresses and anxieties of COVID. There were days when our biggest challenge was finding enough places to park as people streamed into our parklands after we unlocked the gates last April 20, almost a month after shutting them down. -
Bristol Photographers Club 47Th Annual Photography Contest Awards Reception - Saturday, May 8, 2021 at 11:00 AM Silver Lake Nature Center
Bristol Photographers Club 47th Annual Photography Contest Awards Reception - Saturday, May 8, 2021 at 11:00 AM Silver Lake Nature Center Categories No. Description Bucks County Parks 1 an image showing an easily recognized feature of any BCP ( see below ) Black & White 2 black & white only, no color allowed Still Life 3 an image of an arrangement of objects Birds 4 any bird found in nature Nature up Close 5 an up close or macro view of nature Architecture 6 any image of the whole or part of any man-made building(s) or structure(s) People 7 an image where a person or group of people is the main subject Landscape 8 an image showing a broader view of land or water ( no cityscapes ) Animals 9 animals, wild or domestic Open 10 an image that doesn’t fit in any other categories *Youth 11 any photo taken by a child 15 years of age or younger Bucks County Parks Core Creek Park Lake Towhee Park Peace Valley Park Playwicki Park Ringing Rocks Park Silver Lake Park Tinicum Park Tohickon Valley Park Stover- Myers Mill Erwin Stover House Moravian Pottery & Tile Works Churchville Nature Center Peace Valley Nature Center Silver Lake Nature Center Rules: 1. Entrants must have taken the photograph - Composite entries must be composed entirely of images taken by entrant ( no stock images allowed ). 2. Entrants may enter up to 12 images, limit of 2 entries per category. Only one copy of any submitted image is permitted whether color or black & white. Up to 3 images may be entered in youth category with additional images by the same entrant submitted in other categories 3. -
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It’s Fun to Have Fun in Southeastern Pennsylvania Resource Booklet Vision for EQuality publication Philadelphia, Pennsylvania JUNE 2009 EDITION Do you have questions about having choices in your life? Do you want to talk with people who may be able to help you? Do you want to unite with others to make changes in your life and community? OUR MISSION: To Support Self- Advocacy to Change the System We envision a world where individuals with developmental disabilities and their families are united to share knowledge, empower others, and use their voices to transform their lives and communities. Self-Advocates United as 1 (SAU1) is a statewide group of people with developmental disabilities united to help other people with developmental disabilities. It is a new organization with experienced leaders. We want to talk to people, find out what their needs are, and work with them to make changes in their lives and communities. We will help you find the resources you need or tell you where you can get them. We will bring people together for strength to make change happen. Join Us! Together we will have strength to make change happen! We are looking for new members in the 5 County Southeast region including Bucks, Delaware, Philadelphia, Montgomery and Chester counties. Unite to Change the System! Call today: SAU1 Message Line (267) 765-0318 Leave your name and number and we will call you about where we will be and when we will be there, and send you more information about SAU1. SAU1 Board Members President: Oscar Drummond Vice President: Carolyn Morgan Treasurer: Steve Dorsey Debbie Bonam Calvin Craig Matt Deweese Charlene Hayes Ramona Klink Esther Kuhn Steven Merush SAU1 Self-Advocacy Support Project is honored to be supported by a grant from the Pennsylvania Developmental Disabilities Council Vision for EQuality, Inc.