Here is an announcement of an event occurring this Saturday that you may be interested in.  Sounds like fun.

Anyone interested in organizing something like this for Squaw Creek Watershed Coalition and Skunk River Paddlers?

Erv

RRWA Members and Friends:
Paddlefest appears to be coming together well this year. The restaurant in the park will be open from 8:00 through the end of our event. The pool will open at 1:00 and the facilities can be used for changing clothes, showers etc. at no charge. Twenty or so organizations will be represented with displays, demonstrations and programs. The fly-fishing demonstration and flint knapping are new this year. We have a nice dry bag from Boulevard Sports for the person who paddles the farthest to the park by 12:30 p.m. We have $25 gift certificates from Scheels for the winners of the solo races (canoe or kayak) and $10 gift certificates from Sportsman’s Warehouse for each winner in the canoe races (single paddles). The Iowa Rivers Revival and the Café in the Park are also donating prizes. We will have our new line of fish-print hats and t-shirts on sale. We hope that you bring the children and enjoy some out-door fun and  learn some things with a great group of folks.
Adel Paddlefest—2008-Saturday, July 12--10:00 AM - 4:00 PM.  Kinnick-Feller Park (north from the court house), Adel, Iowa.
8:00 –4:00 Café’ in the Park (Kinnick-Feller) open—coffee, juice, rolls, breakfast etc.)
9:00—Chris Adkins’ paddlers ( 20+) leave Snyder Access--Minburn
9:30 –Registration begins—Round Pavilion (no fees)
9:55—Welcome—Del Christensen
10:00 - Water rescue crew demonstration
11:00 - 12:30 Canoe and solo kayak or canoe quarter mile races (under 12, 12-16, 16-59, 60 plus)
12:30 –1:00 Survival Stone Tools Using River Resources—Tom Harvey
1:00 - 3:00 Flint Knapping demonstrations Central Iowa Chapter- Iowa Archeological Society
1:00 – 3:00 Music by Rob Lumbard
1:00 – 2:00 Free canoe and kayak rides
1:00 – 1:30 Fly-fishing demonstration--Dale Sanders and friends
1:30 – 1:45 Fish-printing demonstration--Mike Delaney
1:30 – 1:45 Birds in the Raccoon Valley—Tom Lawson
1:45 – 2:00 Pottery from local clay demonstration—Mary Hays
2:00 –2:15 Raccoon River Water Quality—Chris Jones--DMWW
2:15—2:30 Brushy Creek Project—Claire Hruby—DNR
2:30 – 2:45 Raccoon River Water Trail Plan --Glenn Harmon--DNR
2:45 – 3:00 Presentation on Project Aware (August 2-8)--Glenn Harmon--DNR
3:00 – 3:15 Decorating Canoe Paddles--Nancy Crowfoot
3:15 –3:45 RRWA Research and Education Award Recipient –Todd Wical
 Paddlefest is hosted by the Raccoon River Watershed Association. www.northraccoon.org
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