Sounds great! Sandi In case you can join us! >Joy > >Joy Medley Lyons >Chief, Program Services >Mammoth Cave National Park >P.O. Box 7 >Mammoth Cave, Kentucky 42259 >270-758-2435 >[email protected] > > >----- Forwarded by Joy Lyons/MACA/NPS on 10/19/2011 05:23 PM ----- > > Vickie > Carson/MACA/NPS > To > 10/19/2011 02:55 > PM cc > > Subject > Mammoth Cave Genealogy, Cemetery > workshops; free tours to local > residents > > > > > > > > > > >For Immediate Release >Vickie Carson 270/758-2192 > >Mammoth Cave Sponsors Genealogy, Cemetery Workshops >Free Discovery/Mammoth Passage tours October 22, 29 to local residents > >(MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK ­ October 19, 2011) Mammoth Cave Nationall Park >will sponsor a genealogy day and a cemetery workshop again this fall on >October 22 & 29. Please note the venues are outside the park; these events >are open to the public and free of charge. Free Discovery/Mammoth Passage >cave tours will also be offered October 22 & 29 to residents of Edmonson, >Hart, Barren and Warren counties. > >“In October and November, we set our sights on local history and our local >residents,” said Superintendent Patrick Reed. “The workshops on genealogy >and cemeteries have become a tradition with local folks. As thanks for >their support to the park, we will offer free Discovery or Mammoth Passage >tours on October 22 and 29 to residents of our local counties.” > >On October 22, 2011, Mammoth Cave National Park will hold a series of >presentations for Genealogy Day at the Brownsville Public Library. Join >genealogy professionals and resource specialists to discover techniques and >records that are available for Kentucky. The presenters include: Louise >T. Jones, Director Special Collections and Library, Kentucky Historical >Society; J. Mark Lowe, Certified Genealogist; and Nancy Richey, Special >Collections Librarian, Western Kentucky University. For more information, >contact Ranger Joy Lyons, 270/758-2435, or by email at [email protected] > >On October 29, 2011, the park will hold a Cemetery Workshop at the >Brownsville Public Library, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Morning sessions will >include discussion of the park cemeteries and how to learn more about them, >and care and repair of headstones. Following a short lunch break, the >field portion of the workshop will be conducted in the afternoon in >Brownsville and should conclude no later than 3:00 p.m. For more >information, contact Ranger Johnny Merideth at 270/758-2439, or by email at >[email protected] Participants should wear long pants, sturdy >boots, and insect repellant, as the cemetery may be overgrown with thick >vegetation and this is a working field exercise. > >Free Discovery and Mammoth Passage tours > >On October 22, visitors must pick up their free Discovery tickets at the >visitor center ticket office between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. CT, and then >walk to the Historic Entrance to begin their tour. On October 29, free >guided Mammoth Passage tours will depart from the visitor center at 10:45, >11:30, 12:30, 1:30, 3:00, and 4:30; the tour is limited to 40 people. >Visitors must bring proof of residency (driver’s license or utility bill) >and pick up their free tickets at visitor center ticket office prior to >tour times. > >Visitors taking the Discovery cave tour should allow at least 30 minutes >for the tour, a ¾-mile round trip from the visitor center. Mammoth Passage >is a ¾-mile, 1¼ hour cave tour. Both tours require a walk down and up the >hill below the visitor center, as well as 68 steps at the Historic >Entrance. > >Note: tour requirements regarding white-nose syndrome (WNS) in bats: >While there are no known harmful effects to humans, WNS is responsible for >the deaths of more than a million hibernating bats across the eastern >United States since its discovery in 2006. WNS has not been found in >Mammoth Cave to date, however, park staff are taking precautions to >minimize the spread of WNS fungus to or from Mammoth Cave. When going on a >Mammoth Cave tour, do not wear clothing or shoes that have been worn in >other caves or mines. All participants on cave tours must walk on >bio-security mats immediately following the conclusion of their tour. > > > - NPS - > >========================== >Vickie T. Carson >Public Information Officer >Mammoth Cave National Park >270-758-2192 >========================== >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Text inserted by Panda IS 2012: This message has >NOT been classified as spam. 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