Easter Celebration

BEST EASTER CELEBRATION YET!
First up: Easter Bonnets
We had an outstanding number of individuals make Easter Bonnets. This years' theme was HUMOROUS/FUNNY and boy, did the ladies step up to the plate!


Here are our official Bonnet Judges:

They are the BEST volunteers ever! Thanks for all of your help, we're going to miss you guys ;)

1st Place winner of the Bonnet Contest - Lucy!


2nd Place Winner - Jean!


3rd Place Winner - Margaret!



Hey wait, who is the guy with the bunny ears? HAHAHA


Group shot:


6 participants joined in on the 'Egg Drop'. You were to take a fresh egg, wrap it as securely as possible and throw it out the 4th story window in hopes of not breaking the egg! Mark did the honors of tossing the eggs out the window.




Believe it or not, 4 of the 6 eggs survived!


Marie won 1st place for the most creative egg 'vessel':


Petra won 2nd place:


Dot won 3rd place:


Sue's egg obviously did NOT survive the fall:


Check out all of the creative egg packaging:


Lastly pictures of all the deliciousness and fun we had:


Thanks for a super fun party Sue! Happy Easter everyone!!!

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Excellent Opportunity for Photographers!

Stroud Region Photo Calendar Contest!
The Stroud Region Open Space and Recreation Commission is excited to launch the 2012 Stroud Region Park Calendar Photo Contest! We are looking for photos that exemplify the beauty and wide array of recreational opportunities within the Stroud Region and entice people to visit our parks.
Twelve winning photos will be featured in the first ever 2012 Stroud Region Parks Calendar. Proceeds from the calendar support the Friends of Stroud Region. Each winner will receive 3 free copies of the wall calendar and will be acknowledged in the Fall Winter 2011-2012 issue of Stroud Region Connections!

To enter, please mail photo submission, entry form (one per photo), and payment to SROSRC, 15 Day Street, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301. Email submissions should be sent to photocontest@srosrc.org; entry forms and payment must be mailed or dropped off at the Day Street Community Center in East Stroudsburg. Entries should be printed 5x7 photos or high resolution digital copies; images may be black and white or color.


Submissions accepted January 1 – September 16, 2011.
Entry fee: $5/photo
Calendars go on sale December 1, 2011!

Contest Rules
1. By participating, entrant agrees to these official rules and decisions of the judges, which are final.
2. Photos may be printed 5x7 inch photos or high resolution digital copies. Photos will not be returned. Winners must sign a consent/release form.
3. Submit your name, complete address, phone number and email with your entry.
4. Photographer Copyright: Your submission of the photo is your guarantee that you are the author and copyright holder of the photo. Photographers retain the copyright to their photographs.
5. By entering the contest, photographers agree to have their submitted photograph displayed in any and all SROSRC publications, websites, and other media.
6. SROSRC Commission members, staff, and their families are not eligible to enter.

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Jeopardy!

The Computer Learning Center hosted a game afternoon of the TV show Jeopardy! We had over 30 people in the audience and 9 game contestants!
First off, the Jeopardy board created by using MS PowerPoint and Trivia Pursuit cards:






The very supportive & fun audience:


Round 1 -> Janice, Naomi & Ann Marie. Ann Marie won!


Round 2 -> Valerie, Marie & Bob. Marie won!


Round 3 -> Pat, Alma & Helen. Alma won!


Priceless:



Alma, Marie & Ann Marie met for Final Jeopardy (no pictures, boo hoo). But in the end the SFP Jeopardy Champion was Ann Marie! Congratulations Ann Marie! ;)

These pictures are so cute, look how pensive the contestants are:





I hope you had as much fun as I did ;) Thanks so much to the ESU volunteers who were a tremendous help!!

April Schedule

The April schedule for the Computer Learning Center is going to be announced on a week-by-week basis, as I am on-call for U.S. District jury duty.

The weekly schedule will be posted on the blog and the bulletin board each Tuesday if the Computer Learning Center is open.

Tuesdays we will have open lab all day. Wednesday mornings we’ll have open lab with classes in the afternoon. Thursday mornings one-on-one appointments and open lab in the afternoon.

Sign-up sheets for the week will be posted on the bulletin board Tuesdays at 12:00.

I apologize for the inconvenience and look forward to getting back to our normal schedule in May.

In the meantime:
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Photography Challenge 2011

Take advantage of our grounds! We have beautiful flowering trees and many blooming bulbs out back and there are lots of tulips coming up out front near the parking lot.

Get out, get some fresh air and capture the spring beauty! After all, it only comes once a year.
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