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Subject: Rehabilitated bird will join Eagle Watch 2008 -- NovaNewsNow,
on line, Jan. 20, 2008

NovaNewsNow Web-site, for Advertiser or Register newspapers, Jan. 20, 2008

Rehabilitated bird will join Eagle Watch 2008
 
Article online since January 20th 2008, 14:12

[A similar article appears in the King's County Register newspaper, dated
January 24, 2008]
 
Rehabilitated bird will join Eagle Watch 2008

Out of the blue, folks in Sheffield Mills heard recently that a
rehabilitated eagle would be released by the provincial Department of
Natural Resources during Eagle Watch.

³They wanted to make sure that there would be enough food to it to get
through the winter,² said organizer Richard Hennigar.

The caged raptor will feel freedom at 10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, at the main
feeding site at the end of Middle Dyke Road.

The 17th annual Eagle Watch starts this coming weekend and will run for
three weekends. Hennigar says new this year is an invitational art show on
the theme of raptors.

³We have 16 artists coming and they use multimedia from carving to stained
glass,² he said. Admission to the displays upstairs at the Sheffield Mills
Community Centre is $1. The displays will also be open Feb. 9 - 10.
Bookings for school visits are encouraged weekdays from Jan. 28 ­ Feb. 8.
One school from Berwick is scheduled to come already.
 
On the food front, Hennigar promises, the menu at the hall is being enhanced
this year and all the main ingredients will be local.

Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 26-27, the now traditional pancake and sausage
breakfast will run from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Musical entertainment this season starts out with Adam Bazinet, a young
singer/songwriter, who will perform early in the morning, followed by t@b
later on.

A baked beans and brown bread meal will be served up at the Lloyd Memorial
Centre in Kingsport from 11 a.m.- 5 p.m. Trinity United Church in Canning
will be hosting a variety supper from 4 ­ 6 p.m.

Sunday, the entertainment in the community centre will be Johanne McInnis
with harp and hymns. From mid-morning until noon the Celtic Session Band
will be playing.

The Medford Womenıs Institute luncheon will offer up homemade soup or
chowder in the United Church Hall, Kingsport from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

On the weekend of Feb. 2 ­ 3 breakfast will continue in Sheffield Mills.
Johanne McInnis will entertain there again, along with t@b. The luncheon at
the Lloyd Memorial Centre will continue from  11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 3, the musical entertainment during the breakfast will feature
Gib McInnis, from mid-morning to noon, then Susan Ueffing and finally Good
Intentions will play traditional Celtic, Country and folk music. Ueffing is
a well-known local singer and guitar player with three CDs.

Eagles are in the area from late November until early March, but January and
early February are the best months for viewing.

The eagles are most plentiful during mid to late morning. Many other raptors
are also present in area during the eagle season.

Highway shoulders are not as wide as they may appear, Hennigar said. When
ditches are filled with snow, leave at least half the width of your vehicle
on the pavement.

Please drive safely, he asked, avoiding sudden un-signalled stops. To pick
up a map indicating viewing sites, the centre will be open until 3 p.m. all
three weekends.

[More info' at] http://www.eaglens.ca .

--Submitted 

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