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May 9, 2012

Earth Day celebration set for Saturday at the Falls

NEWS AND TRIBUNE newsroom@newsandtribune.com

CLARKSVILLE — The annual Earth Day celebration will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, May 12, at Falls of the Ohio State Park & Interpretive Center, 201 W. Riverside Drive, Clarksville.

There will be free admission to the Interpretive Center and exhibitors and vendors with kids activities, entertainment, music and food. The schedule is:

• Jamey Aebersold’s Jazz Quartet performing at 1:30 p.m.

• Amazon John’s “Silly Safari” live animal show, from noon to 4 p.m.

• Live raptors, all day

• Delbert the Wizard 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.

• Sign up to win bikes, provided by Clarksville Schwinn and KAIRE Bike, walk or carpool in and receive a gift from KAIRE

• Free tree seedlings to the first 400 visitors

• Kite flying, face painting and seed planting

• Take your picture with Smokey Bear and the Emerald Ash Beetle

• Enjoy the Junk Genius’ Robots, made out of recycled toys

• Examine hybrid vehicles close-up

• Look at ways to use solar energy and energy efficient lighting

• Make driftwood art to take home

• Hike the Levee Top Trail or the Fossil Beds

Environmental groups will share ideas for being good stewards of the Earth and local businesses celebrate Earth Day with demonstrations. For more information, call 812-280-9970.

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