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Speakers
Series
2007
Fall
2007
Winter
2008
Spring
2008 |
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The
year 2007 brought the first organized speaker
series to Lyonia Preserve. Working with the
Florida Humanities Council, the
Environmental
Learning
Center
offered environmentally themed seminars to the
Deltona Regional Library. The speakers emphasized
various aspects of our local surroundings and how
the environment has shaped our history and
heritage. Speaking during the first part of 2007
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Jack E. Davis, “Paradise Lost?
Thinking About Florida’s Environmental
History”
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Gail Fishman, “Journeys Through
Paradise: Pioneering Naturalists in Florida”
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Bill Belleville, “Losing It All to
Sprawl: How Progress Ate My Cracker Landscape” |
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John Moran, “Journal of Light: A
Photographer’s Search for the Soul of Florida” |
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Voice
of the
Everglades
: Marjory Stoneman Douglas (as portrayed by Betty
Jean Steinshouer, Florida Humanities Council Road
Scholar)
At
the Deltona Regional Library on
Sat., Oct. 27, 2007
from
2 p.m.
Children’s
activities (costume party, costume fashion show,
songs) will be offered in the children’s library
while adults enjoy the Speakers Series.
FREE
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Weeki
Wachee, City of
Mermaids
: A History of One of
Florida
’s Oldest Roadside Attractions (as presented by
Lu Vickers, Florida Humanities Council Road
Scholar)
At
the Deltona Regional Library on
Sat., Nov. 17, 2007
from
2 p.m.
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Children’s
activities (game, song, play) will be offered in
the children’s library while adults enjoy the
Speakers Series.
FREE
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Nature’s
Gifts – crafts created from nature
At
the Deltona Regional Library on
Sun., Dec. 2, 2007
from
2-4 p.m.
Continuous
crafts and guided tours of Lyonia Preserve
FREE
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Date:
Sat., Jan. 19, 2008
Time:
7:30 p.m.
Program:
An Evening with Magda and Herb Hiller – Songs and
Stories about the
St. Johns River
from the father/daughter duo
Location:
DeBary Hall
Other:
light refreshments available; Program concludes around
9 p.m.
Fee:
$10 in advance, $12 at the door
Link to
flier
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Date:
Sat., Feb. 23, 2008
Time:
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
(Two programs)
Program
1: Eating Healthy in
Volusia
County
seminar -
9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Location:
Volusia
County
Agricultural Center
Other:
light lunch will be served to seminar attendees
Fee:
$10 in advance, $12 at the door
Link
to flier
Program
2: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Speaker Andrew Huse (Florida’s Delicious History: A
Gastronomic Journey through Modern Florida)
Location:
Volusia
County
Agricultural Center
Fee:
Free The Andrew Huse program is FREE to general public
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Date:
Sat., March 22, 2008
Time:
7 p.m.
Program:
A Romp Upriver with Jacob Brock and Commodore Rose -
History and Environment along the
St. Johns River
Location:
DeBary Hall
Other:
Light refreshments and tour of DeBary Hall available
from
7-7:30pm
; program begins at
7:30pm
RESERVATIONS STRONGLY SUGGESTED
Fee:
$10 in advance, $12 at the door
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