SKLT’s ‘Great Outdoors Party’ Coming in August
On Sunday August 10th SKLT presents the “Great Outdoors Party” from 4 to 6:30 pm at the SKLT Barn.
This fun and festive event, featuring a live auction of art, adventures and antiques, will
celebrate the Land Trust’s saving 2,350 acres of beautiful South Kingstown land and will raise
funds to support land acquisition and preservation of the South Kingstown landscape.
Working to maintain the rural quality of our town is of the utmost importance in this time
of continued development pressure.
We wish to thank the following generous businesses who have already committed to sponsoring the “Great Outdoors Party”:
Applied Radar Inc.
Arnold Lumber
James V. Aukerman & Associates
Coastal Properties
Little Medeiros Kinder Bulman & Whitney, P.C.
P. Schurman Contractors
If you would like to add your company’s name to the list of sponsors, please contact Claudia
Swain at 789-0962. In return for your generous sponsorship, your company will be recognized
on the SKLT website, in the program and during the event. Again, thank you for your
consideration, and we look forward to seeing all of you there! Look for your invitation in
the mail in early July.
SKLT Hosts Perryville Days
Get out your old buggy, put on your best bib and tucker and your fanciest hat, and come to the
Third Annual Perryville Days celebration on July 6, 2008. In the good old summertime, what
could be better than an outing, complete with antique auto parade, to showcase the bygone days
of Perryville!
The day will kick off at 10 am with registration of the antique and vintage autos taking place
at the Church center on Post Road in Perryville. A welcome ceremony will take place at
Pitcher’s garage right down the street following registration.
Parade line-up will take place at the Grist Mill on Moonstone Beach Road at 11:30. The mill
will be in full operation, grinding the flint corn into the wonderful meal used to make those
famous jonnycakes, which will be available later in the day at the SKLT Barn on Matunuck
Beach Road.
The parade route will wind down Moonstone Beach Road, and end at the Land Trust Barn, where the
afternoon’s activities will take place. Don Bousquet has agreed to participate and will make
an award to his “favorite” auto. A fancy hat contest will also be held and prizes awarded.
Inside our Barn will be exhibits, great food, period costumes, a look backward at Perryville
and so much more. On the porch, enjoy great music from the Perryville Country Band!
We look forward to seeing you all at the celebration, which will benefit SKLT’s Trail
Stewardship program, and showcase the beautiful Weeden Farm.
Come Walk in the Matunuck Hills
Clark Collins will lead another trail walk on Sunday July 20 at 4pm at SKLT’s Strange property
in the Matunuck Hills. This will be a rare treat to learn about the hydrologically isolated
and unusual coastal plain ponds located in a beautiful and undeveloped part of our town.
This property is not open to the public for hiking, but on occasion we offer guided walks
to these properties that support rare plants, which are best protected by minimizing human
access. Please register by calling Clark at 783-4999 or email him at clark.collins@sklt.org.
Registrants will be instructed on where to meet.
Looking for Outdoor Activities this Summer?
SKLT welcomes volunteers this summer! Starting on June 3rd, join a team to Restore Stone
Walls at Weeden Farm in Matunuck. People who admire old New England stone walls can learn
the basics and develop skills in this traditional art form. So far SKLT volunteers and staff
have restored a half mile stretch of fieldstone walls along Matunuck Beach Road over the past
two summers, and this year we will target the length of two more fields. This kind of work
is suited to people in their teens to over seventy because there is a wide choice of roles
to play - brisk physical exercise in placing stones, operation of hand tools and equipment,
puzzle mastery in choosing the right shaped rock for each space, and attention to quality
and detail to finish a job that will be publicly admired for decades. All of this happens
in a beautiful historic landscape with cool ocean breezes. SKLT will provide gloves,
light refreshment, and snack and a souvenir SKLT t-shirt! Work sessions are scheduled every
Tuesday and Saturday mornings from 9 am to noon from June 3rd to August 30th. If these
times are inconvenient please call to see if there is another time.
Could you help SKLT by adopting a property to monitor on an annual basis? Come learn more at a
Workshop on Monitoring Properties at 3 pm on Sunday June 29th. Clarkson Collins, Stewardship
Director, will host a meeting to train volunteers stewards for open space lands. Being a
land steward is one of the most critical roles that Land Trust members can fill in our effort
to preserve and protect our natural heritage. You will become intimately involved with the
flora and fauna of a particular property by visiting and recording conditions on site, on
your own schedule. As a steward you will be invited to presentations and events held at the
Barn throughout the year. For more details on any of these items, contact
clark.collins@sklt.org or call 783-4999 or cell 575-7525.
SKLT Annual Meeting and First Ever Photo Contest
Reception and Exhibition at the SKLT Barn
17 Matunuck Beach Road
Sunday September 28, 2008
Do you have a favorite scene that summarizes the natural beauty of South Kingstown? Grab your
camera, and enter your favorite photo in our first ever Photo Contest!
The Contest: The South Kingstown Land Trust is proud of the ‘sense of place’ that is South
Kingstown. To celebrate the diverse habitats and vistas, we are encouraging amateur
photographers to enter their favorite South Kingstown photographs into our photo contest
and show. Photos must be taken within the South Kingstown boundaries. Photos will be displayed
at the Barn, located on Matunuck Beach Road, on Sunday September 28, 2008, starting at 2:00 pm.
This exhibition is taking place in conjunction with our Annual Meeting, which is open to the
public and begins at 4:00 pm.
Who May Enter: Any amateur photographer of any age.
Format/Restrictions: All photos must be 8” x 10” and matted in standard white mattes and
unframed. Framed photos will not be accepted. Photos may be in color or black and white.
There must not be any writing on the front of the photo or matting. Photos may not be computer
enhanced. Photos must be taken in South Kingston. Each contestant is limited to 3 entries.
Registration: On a piece of paper affixed securely to the back of the matte, please print
your name, telephone number, e-mail address, the camera, film, and print type, the subject
matter of the photo, and approximate date and exact location it was taken.
Fees: There is a $10 per photo entry fee. Make checks payable to SKLT.
Deadline: Photos must be received by September 8, 2008.
Photos and entry fee may be sent to South Kingstown Land Trust, 313 Main Street Suite C.
Wakefield, RI 02879. For more information about the photo contest or SKLT, please call Claudia
at 789-0962.
Exhibit: The photos will be judged by a panel of judges prior to the public
viewing for selection of first, second, and third place winners. Also, photos will be judged
by everyone who visits the show on September 28 to determine the “People’s Choice” award.
All photos entered will be displayed at the Barn. There will be awards for the top three
winners as well as The People’s Choice. The People’s Choice will be awarded $100. All
non-winning photos should be picked up within 2 weeks of the closing of the exhibit, or
provide a self-addressed, stamped envelope and your photo will be mailed to you. All photos
not picked up by October 15, 2008, become the property of SKLT. Winning photos may be
reproduced and later displayed by SKLT.
Liability: SKLT will not insure the entries received or be responsible for any loss or damage
of the entries.
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