2nd Annual Celebration of Wildlife
Agenda
Location: Sunset Hill Park
Date: June 4th, 2011
Time: noon-5pm: Live animal exhibits featuring:
- Live bats
- Bird banding by DNR's Brad Bumgardner
- Camel, wallaby & kangaroo from Settler's Pond Animal Shelter
- Capuchin monkey & marmoset shown by Eve Rios
- Dog & cat rescue organizations
- Police dog demonstrations at 1pm and 3pm
- Children's entertainment
- Face painting, balloons
- Smoky The Bear & Rocky Raccoon
- Snakes, tortoises, raccoons, skunks, police dogs
Noon-closing: Food vendors
5pm-7:30pm:Duneland Exchange Club's 'Frog Hunt'
5pm-Dusk: Entertainment & children's games
Dusk: Firework by MadBomber Fireworks
Food vendors all day.
- Carol Riewe - Raptor Rehabilitation - 1pm
- Danielle Pace - "The Sweet Side of a Skunk" - 1:30pm
- Dignitaries - 2pm
- Paul C Zona Jr - History of the Zona Sanctuary
- Walter Lenckos - "Environmental Stewardship of Porter County Parks"
- Lorelei Weimer - "Beyond The Beach"
- Linnea Petercheff - "Wildlife Rules & Regulations"
- Jonathan Nalli - "Stewards of the Environment"
- Bob Wanek - "New Businesses Keeping The Environment Happy"
- Barb Young - "Porter County Legacy"
- Commissioner nancy Adams - "Animal Shelter News"
- DNR Lt. Jerry Shepherd - "DNR News & Updates"
- Damien Gabis - "Widllife at Taltree"
- Bob Gregg - "Porter County Wildlife"
- Organization for Bat Conservation - 4-5pm
- Dr. Mann Spitler presents “Manda’s Story” – A presentation on love and the challenges of children in this day and age 7:30pm