BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:144@bluehillpeninsula.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150822T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150822T213000 DTSTAMP:20150731T132129Z URL:https://bluehillpeninsula.org/events/bugs-stars-our-30th-birthday-cele bration/ SUMMARY:Bugs &\; Stars- Our 30th Birthday Celebration! DESCRIPTION:Bugs and Stars\nOur 30th Birthday Celebration!\nOn Saturday Aug ust 22nd Blue Hill Heritage Trust is sponsoring two different family event s on Blue Hill Mountain. Naturalist Lynn Havsall is returning with her but terfly nets and bug viewing boxes to help children capture\, identify and release bugs in the field at the base of the mountain. When a child captur es a bug\, Lynn helps them carefully put it inside a magnifying box and th en guides the child to notice details to help identify it. Lynn’s enthus iasm is contagious and she makes even the most common insect seem like a s pecial discovery. This event starts at 2 PM.\n\nAt 2:30 the bug explorers will take a break to enjoy refreshments in celebration of the Trust’s 30 th birthday and to recognize the achievements of the children participatin g in the Passport Program. Twelve of the BHHT trails have wooden boxes con taining a special stamp along the trail with its location marked on the ma p at the trailhead. When children and their families hike the trail they s top at the box to stamp their Passport booklet. Once a child has collected 8 out of 12 trail stamps they bring the booklet to the Trust office on Mo untain Road in Blue Hill to receive a certificate and prize. Passport book lets are available at the office\, the Blue Hill Peninsula Chamber of Comm erce and local libraries. Bugs catching resumes after this break and will continue until 3:30.\n\nAt 8 pm that same night\, the second family friend ly event will begin with Pat Horton\, Youth Services Librarian of the Blue Hill Public. She will be reading folktales about the night sky and conste llations.\nAround 8:30\, Lynn Havsall will again be in the field guiding o ur eyes skyward. She will point out stars and the constellations they form \, while telling stories and facts about them.\nTo make viewing even more exciting\, everyone will get a chance to use the two telescopes from the B H Public Library. Pat will help people learn how to use the telescopes and Lynn will tell you where and what to to look for in the sky. The original telescope was awarded to the Library through a grant funded by the Nation al Science Foundation and administered by Cornerstones of Science and the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance (MMSA)\, two non-profits based in M aine. Due to the popularity of the first telescope\, the Library purchased a second one. It is available for circulation.\nIf we are lucky\, some me teors from the Perseid shower will shoot past. The Perseid meteor shower i s one of the brightest of the year. It is made of space debris from the Sw ift-Tuttle comet and the shower seems to come from the constellation Perse us in the northeast part of the sky. It begins earlier in the month\, but there still may be some meteors on August 22. We also will be able to look at the surface of the moon with the telescopes.\nBring blankets or lawn c hairs\, warm clothes\, binoculars\, flashlights and telescopes if you have them. Lynn will be available until 10:30 to point out features in the nig ht sky and to answer questions.\nPlease register for this event by calling our office at (207)374-5118 or by emailing info@bluehillheritagetrust.org ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://bluehillpeninsula.org/wp-content/uploads /2015/07/Bugs-and-Stars-Publisher-sm.jpg LOCATION:Blue Hill Mountain\, Mountain Rd\, Blue Hill\, me\, 04614\, United States GEO:44.4283396;-68.58672050000001 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Mountain Rd\, Blue Hill\, m e\, 04614\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Blue Hill Mountain:ge o:44.4283396,-68.58672050000001 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20150308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR