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Boy Scouts, Marcellus Shale in Chestnut Hill Wednesday
There will be a Marcellus Shale discussion at Valley Green Inn and a Boy Scout Family night in Germantown on Wednesday.
Here's what's going on Wednesday.
Family Night for Boy Scouting: Bring the whole family! Wed. Oct 23 6:30 PM Scout Games, Campfire, Crafts for all ages, Info for Parents, fun for siblings too!
First United Methodist Church of Germantown 6001 Germantown Ave (at the corner of Germantown Ave and High Street)
Boy Scouting offers families a way to help their sons grow up to be the best kind of young men by following the Scout Oath and Law. Recruitment is open to boys ages 11 – 15 and boys can stay in the Troop until their 18th birthday. Scouting offers fun, citizenship training, outdoor skills, emergency preparedness, and advancement through service and
leadership.
Troop 1719 is also dedicated to precision drill using the Scout Quarterstaff. Quarterstaff drill emphasizes fitness, coordination, teamwork and trust.
BSA Troop 1719 meets on Wednesday evenings at the First United Methodist
Church of Germantown.
For more information contact Scoutmaster Ann Perrone abperrone.1719@gmail.com 484-843-1719
Marcellus Shale Discussion: Directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing are not new. But their current use in extracting natural gas and oil in areas like the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania has been called a "game changer" by the US Energy Information Administration.
Join the Friends of the Wissahickon and geologist Tim Bechtel on Wednesday, October 23, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. at Valley Green Inn for The Game Changer: Hydraulic Fracturing and the Marcellus Shale. This presentation is part of the popular lecture series Valley Talks, sponsored by Valley Green Bank. The lecture will not be about policy, but will instead explain the occurrence of natural gas and methods of extracting it, namely directional drilling and hydraulic fracturing.
Valley Green Inn is located on Forbidden Drive in Wissahickon Valley Park. Light refreshments will be provided. Register for the lecture by contacting Sarah Marley at marley@fow.org or 215-247-0417 x109, or visit www.fow.org. Spaces are limited.
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