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Delaware Sierra News: Letter From The Delaware Chapter Chair
Delaware Sierra News: Letter From The Delaware Chapter Chair
Delaware Sierra News: Letter From The Delaware Chapter Chair
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ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
You do not want to miss this one!
SATURDAY, APRIL 26
12 PM to 3 PM
Fellowship Hall
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Newark
420 Willa Road, Newark
12 PM- POTLUCK!
Bring something tasty to share!
1 PM – Keynote Speaker
Mary Anne Hitt, Executive Director of
Appalacian Voices, a nonprofit organization that brings people
together to solve the environmental problems having the greatest impact on the central
and southern Appalachian Mountains. The organization works with communities across Appalachia to tackle two
major causes of climate change: mountaintop removal coal mining and the construction of new coal-fired power
plants. Their online campaign iLoveMountains.org uses Google Earth to lift the cloak of secrecy that has allowed
coal companies to flatten almost 1 million acres, destroy 474 mountains, and bury over 1,000 miles of streams,
devastating local communities in one of the world's biodiversity hotspots. Mary Anne is currently a fellow of the
Environmental Leadership Program. Her previous experience includes working as executive director of both The
Ecology Center and the Southern Appalachian Biodiversity Project. She was a recipient of the Len and Sandy
Sargent Environmental Advocacy Award at the University of Montana, where she received her Master's of Science
in environmental studies, and was a Whittle Scholar at the University of Tennessee and founder of the campus
organization Students Promoting Environmental Action in Knoxville. She grew up in the mountains of east
Tennessee, just outside Gatlinburg and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
2 PM – General Discussion
This is YOUR chapter - Review of past
year, Action Items, Discussion of
Upcoming Year, Delaware’s State of
the Environment
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Delaware Chapter Sierra Club Events Calendar
Earth Day – Tuesday, April 22, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Volun- ing. Meet at the Corbit Calloway Library in Odessa.
teers are needed for a Tree & Shrub Reforestation For further information contact the chapter office at
Planting Project. The project will be at Kent County’s 302-351-2776 and leave a message or email
Big Oak Park is located South of Smyrna, Delaware, politics@delaware.sierraclub.org.
just East of SR 1 (or Highway 13) on Big Oak Road. Trussum Pond Outing – Sunday, May 11, 11 a.m.
To register as a volunteer and for more information, Rated easy. Join our Anne Arundel Maryland Group for
please call Glenn “Wayne” McCarty, Kent County a paddle through the northernmost cypress forest in the
Division of Parks, 302-744-2489 or e-mail USA on this small pond near Laurel, Delaware. View
wayne.mccarty@co.kent.de.us. Volunteers may also massive, old-growth cypress trees, waterfowl, beaver
register on the day of the event at the Project Site. and other swamp critters. Participants must supply
Delaware Nature Society’s Environmental Perspec- their own kayak or canoe; Sierra Club requires all par-
tives of Gubernatorial Candidates – Tuesday, April ticipants to wear a PFD while on the water. Launch
22, 6 p.m.-9 p.m. At the Ashland Nature Center, Barley boats at 11 AM; trip should take an hour or two.
Mill and Brackenville Roads, Hockessin, DE 19707. Heavy/steady rain or high wind cancels; rain date is
Pre-Registration required: $15 ($10 for DNS mem- May 17. Leader: Dan Soeder, Djsoeder@yahoo.com,
bers). Beverages provided. Send in your questions and 410-969-9465.
join us at a candidates’ debate. Please reserve early
Executive Committee Meeting – May 19. General
since attendance is limited to 200. Mail reservations to
meeting of the Executive Committee. Meet at the
the above address and endorse your enclosed check to
Westminster Community Center in Dover. Carpooling
“Delaware Nature Society - Candidates’ Debate.”
is available. For further information contact Jay Coop-
Questions for candidates must be in written form. They
erson at CoopersonArc@aol.com or 302-571-0660.
may be submitted to DSN prior to the beginning of the
Horseshoe Crab / Shorebird Festival – Saturday,
program. DNS moderators will organize the questions
May 24. This event is hosted by the Town of Milton &
and present them to candidates. We encourage you to
Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge. Visit www.his-
enclose questions with your reservation. More informa-
toricmilton.com/events.html or call 302-684-1101 for
tion at www.delawarenaturesociety.org/locations.html.
more information.
If you have questions, contact DNS at 302-239-2334
and webpage@dnsashland.org Dover Social – Thursday, June 5, 6:30 p.m. At TGIF at
Annual Membership Meeting – April 26, 12 p.m.-3 Route 13 at Lockerman Street. On the first Thursday
p.m. At Fellowship Hall, Unitarian Universalist Fel- of every month, there is a social in Dover. These have
lowship of Newark, 420 Willa Road, Newark. If there been great events for socializing with fellow Sierrans
is one meeting of the Sierra Club you attend all year, as well as educational. Last month in March we had
make it this one! The Sierra Club will be having a Sean Finnegan, assistant to Senator McDowell, speak
potluck, a keynote speaker – Mary Anne Hitt – execu- with us. We have lots more great programming
tive director of Appalachian Voices, and then an update planned. For updates and more information, contact
on what we’ve been doing this past year and what our Ron Zink at Ron_z_19904@yahoo.com or 302-735-
plans are for the future. Join the discussion and the 8896.
fun! Mark your calendars now. For more information, Conservation Committee Meeting – Monday, June
contact Ezra at Ezra.Temko@SierraClub.org or 302- 16, 7 p.m. General meeting of the Conservation Com-
981-3007. mittee. Meet at the Westminster Community Center in
Dover Social – Thursday, May 1, 6:30 p.m.. At TGIF Dover. Carpooling is available. For further information
at Route 13 at Lockerman Street. On the first Thurs- contact Tim O’Connor at Tim1158@aol.com or 302-
day of every month, there is a social in Dover. These 697-746.
have been great events for socializing with fellow Sier- Gubernatorial Candidates Forum – Tuesday, August
rans as well as educational. Last month in March we 19, 6:30 p.m.-9 p.m. At the Jewish Community Center
had Sean Finnegan, assistant to Senator McDowell, in Wilmington (101 Garden of Eden, off Rt 202). The
speak with us. We have lots more great programming Sierra Club of Delaware’s Political Committee is host-
planned. For updates and more information, contact ing a gubernatorial debate on environmental issues. All
Ron Zink at Ron_z_19904@yahoo.com or 302-735- filed candidates have told us they are planning on
8896. being there! Save the date! For further information
Political Committee Meeting – Thursday, May 8, 7 contact the chapter office at 302-351-2776 and leave a
p.m. General meeting of the Political Committee Meet- message or email politics@delaware.sierraclub.org
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Political Committee Updates
Don’t forget to check our website regularly for updates, links, and political commentary from
Sierra Club. http://delaware.sierraclub.org/PoliticalComm
We have received confirmation from John Carney, Jack Markell, and Mike Protack that they will
participate in the Gubernatorial Candidate Debate sponsored by the Sierra Club’s Political Committee.
This debate will be hosted on Tuesday August 19th, 2008 at 7pm at the Jewish Community Center of
Wilmington. Doors open at 6:30. Please see the bottom of this page for a reminder that you can tear
off and put on your refrigerator so you won’t miss the event.
Questions for the candidates can be submitted through email (politics@delaware.sierraclub.org), calling
the chapter’s office (302-425-4911), and will also be collected at the debate.
The Political Committee is seeking volunteers to help interview candidates seeking a position in the
General Assembly. The results of this process will be used on our website to inform Delaware voters
about the environmental positions of the candidates. Volunteers from each county are needed, with the
interviewing taking place over the summer. If you would like to find out more, please email
politics@delaware.sierraclub.org.
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Delaware Chapter and Southern Delaware
Group Leaders
All phone numbers are Area Code 302 Litigation: David Keifer dkeifer@comcast.net
Membership: June Satterfield 653-6596
Chapter Office junesatterfield@comcast.net
100 West 10th Street, Suite 1107 Outings: Jennifer Egan 453-0827
Wilmington, DE 19801 jennifermegan28@msn.com
351-2776 Political: Debbie Heaton
Chapter Staff politics@delaware.sierraclub.org
Member & Community Engagement Coordinator: Pollution: Al Denio 455-0389
Ezra Temko 981-3007 Alvaldenio@aol.com
Ezra.Temko@sierraclub.org Web Master: Mike Casale mike.casale@verizon.net
Chapter Appointed Officers Additional Chapter ExCom Members
Chair: Jay Cooperson CoopersonArc@aol.com Rich Anthony 645-1732
Vice Chair: Tim O’Connor 697-7466 rha@de-enviro.net
Tim1158@aol.com Dick Bewick 736-1670
Secretary: Matt Urban 661-2050 dynaflow29@verizon.net
murban@mobiusnm.com Southern Delaware Group (SDG)
Treasurer: Lorri Fencer LorriFencer@verizon.net Appointed Officers
Conservation: Tim O’Connor 697-7466 Vice Chair: Harry Haon 656-4582
Tim1158@aol.com harryhaon@aol.com
Cool Cities: Ron Zink 735-8996 Conservation: Harry Haon 656-4582
ron_z_19904@yahoo.com harryhaon@aol.com
Energy: Chad Tolman 478-3516 Secretary: Carrie Bennett 732-3358
chadtolman@comcast.net
Land Use: David Keifer dkeifer@comcast.net Additional Southern Delaware Group (SDG)
ExCom Members
The Delaware Chapter of the Sierra Club publishes the Dick Bewick 736-1670
Delaware Sierra News quarterly. This publication is writ-
ten and produced entirely by volunteers. Ideas expressed dynaflow29@verizon.net
in the Delaware Sierra News are those of the columnists Steve Callanen 539-0635
and may not necessarily reflect the position of the Sierra Mable Granke
Club. Limited time constraints of an all-volunteer staff do
David Keifer dkeifer@comcast.net
not always allow for full data corroboration. Send materi-
als for submission to the Sierra Club, 100 W 10th St, Ste. Barbara Murray bemursaga@hotmail.com
1107, Wilmington, DE 19801 or by e-mail to our editor. Rich Anthony 645-1732
Summer Issue Deadline: June 30 rha@de-enviro.net
Editor: Jay LaCorte – jay.lacorte@yahoo.com Terri Usuki 436-2296
Production: Susan Oldenburg – VideoSue@aol.com tamaki@prodigy.net
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