Keeping Antique Cars Rolling Along

Visitors Center, Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA

Stanley Steamer car Part Two of Annual Lecture Series 2018: Keep the Wheels Turning. Presented by Bill Calimer, Wheelwright, Calimer’s Wheel Shop, Waynesboro, Pa. After a career in cancer research at Hershey Medical Center, Bill Calimer returned to Waynesboro and took over his father’s wheel and carriage shop in 1980. His father and grandfather were blacksmiths…

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The Wheel That Grinds: Mills in Renfrew’s Past

Visitors Center, Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA

Will Sheppard, Historic Archaeologist Part One of Annual Lecture Series 2018: Keep the Wheels Turning. Presented by Will Sheppard, Historic Archaeologist and Anthropology Instructor. Will Sheppard has been a historic archaeologist for 25 years, with a long-standing relationship to the Renfrew property. The program will focus on the mills associated with the Royers, the family…

Ukrainian Egg Workshop

Visitors Center, Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA

Workshop Filled! Email us at [email protected] to be put on the waiting list. Create an exquisite pysanka, an intricately decorated egg, using techniques of the traditional Ukrainian folk craft. Workshop Fee: $25 for RI members, $30/non-member. Ages 15 and up, limited to 10. For more information, call 717-762-0373 or email to [email protected]. Participants will learn to create…

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NASA’s Citizen Science Programs

Visitors Center, Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA

NASA scientist Todd Toth will discuss various citizen science programs at NASA, highlighting the GLOBE Program, an international science and education program that allows students and the public worldwide to participate in data collection and the scientific process. Free.

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Solar Eclipse Event Follow-up with Todd Toth

Visitors Center, Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA

NASA scientist Todd Toth conducted a Solar Eclipse Party for Renfrew Institute on August 21. He will discuss the eclipse and review the significance of the data collected by observers. Toth will also provide an overview of his place of employment—NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. The presentation will include a quick tour of the Goddard campus,…

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Farm Fields to Warehouses: Economic Development Along the I-81 Corridor

Visitors Center, Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA

Presented through the South Mountain Partnership, this program explores the impact of warehousing and other development along the I-81 corridor in rural Pennsylvania. A professor at Shippensburg University, George Pomeroy teaches courses and conducts research related to community and regional planning, as well as urban geography. He is Associate Director of Shippensburg University’s Center for Land…

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Deer-Resistant Native Trees & Plants for Your Landscape

Visitors Center, Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA

An illustrated PowerPoint talk by Dr. Doris Armstrong Goldman, Renfrew Institute staff biologist. Your own yard can provide a great habitat for endangered plants. Native plants provide four times more forage for beautiful butterflies and the birds that feed on them. Learn which native plants are tailored to your yard’s conditions, whether sunny or shady,…

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Antietam Creek Check-up

Visitors Center, Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA

Presented in partnership with Antietam Watershed Association Visitors Center, Renfrew Park, Waynesboro PA Learn about the health of our local streams and what area residents can do to maintain or improve water quality. Renfrew Institute and the Antietam Watershed Association (AWA) promote watershed education and healthy streams with a citizen stream-monitoring program. Presented by Melodie…

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Annual Lecture Series Program #3: The Nocturnal World of Bats

Visitors Center, Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA

Presented by James Hart, Mammalogist and Wildlife Biologist, Wildlife Specialists, LLC Underwriting support provided by Robert and Grace Brown This presentation covers the general ecology of bats as well as types of bats throughout the world, including the bats of Pennsylvania and their importance to our environment. James Hart will discuss the current status of…

Annual Lecture Series Program #2: What’s All the Buzz About Bees?

Visitors Center, Renfrew Park 1010 E Main St, Waynesboro, PA

Presented by Kevin Lesher, Beekeeper Underwriting support provided by Robert and Grace Brown Beekeeper Kevin Lesher of Greencastle, Pa. presents a comprehensive program spotlighting the European honey bee and bees native to America. Lesher has more than 10 years experience in breeding bees and in honey production. Topics include the variety of social behaviors and…

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