NEWS RELEASE

Hartley Outdoor Education Center

1ames Blaschka, Director

HARTLEY AUTUMN FEST
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2012
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

On Saturday, October 6, 2012 Irom 8:30 am 3:30 pm the Hartley Outdoor Education
Center will be open to the public Ior a Iun-Iilled day to celebrate the Fall season. The
Hartley StaII and volunteers will be providing tours oI the Robert Gage Coal Mine #8,
Silent Auction, Creatures oI the Night Program by the Howell Nature Center, children
craIts and much more! BreakIast and lunch will be available Ior a nominal cost.
BreakIast is served Irom 8:30 11:30 am and lunch is available Irom 12:30 3:00 pm.
For more inIormation visit the website at www.sisd.cc/hartley or see us on Facebook.

Activities at the Hartley Center: 12633 Beaver Road, St. Charles, MI 48655
All-You-Can-Eat BreakIast (8:30 11:30 am) Adults - $6.00, Senior Citizens -
$5.50, Youth (5-10) - $3.00 and Under 5 (Free)
#8 Coal Mine Museum Tours 10:00 am and 2:00 pm
Silent Auction 9:00 am 2:30 pm (Pick up items at 3:00 pm)
Saginaw Valley Archaeological Society 9:00 am 3:30 pm
History on the Move Trailer 9:00 am 3:30 pm
Tri-City Carvers 9:00 am 3:30 pm
Tractor Drawn Hay Wagon Shuttle to Murphy Farm & Hartley Center 10:00 am
3:30 pm
Bubbles the Clown 9:00 11:30 am and 12:30 3:00 pm
DragonIly Presentation by Denny Brooks 9:00 10:00 am and 1:00 2:00 pm
Schroeder Log Cabin open at 10:00 am 3:00 pm
Lou E. Loon Visits 10:30 am 12:00 noon
Minnow Races 11:00 am 1:00 pm
Bird Banding 9:00 am and 1:00 pm
Endangered Species U.S. Fish & WildliIe Service 11:00 am 12:00 noon and
2:00 -3:00 pm
Creatures oI the Night Program Howell Nature Center 12:00 noon 1:00 pm
Lunch Available 12:30 3:00 pm
Children`s Games 9:00 am 3:00 pm
Twisted Warp & Skiens 9:00 am 3:00 pm
Peregrine Falcon Program by 'The Falcon Lady-Dina Maneval 2:30 3:00 pm
Via Studios 8:30 am 3:30 pm

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Activities at the Murphy Farm, 13240 W. Townline Road, St. Charles, MI 48655
Tractor Drawn Hay Wagon shuttle to Hartley Center and Murphy Farm 10:00 am
3:30 pm
Make your own LeaI Print T-shirt 10:00 am 3:30 pm
Home-made Ice Cream and Butter-Making Demonstrations 12:00 noon 3:30
pm
Blacksmithing & Metalworking 11:00 am 3:30 pm
Scale-model Farm Equipment by Dave Mackey 10:00 am 3:30 pm
Snacks & SoIt Drinks in Heinge Cabin 11:00 am 3:30 pm
Hartley Honeybee Presentation
Horse-drawn Wagon Rides
Corn Maze (all day)
Open Irom 10:00 am 3:30 pm Murphy Farm Animals
Murphy Farmhouse Museum
Fowler One-Room Schoolhouse
Henige Cabin


Hartley Outdoor Education Center
12633 Beaver Road, St. Charles, MI 48655
Phone - 989-865-6295