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The 2008 Pawpaw Festival was a success! If you attended this
year's event, please take a moment to help us out by answering
a short online survey.
Your answers will help ensure that we know what to offer
in future years to make Pawpaw Festival the best for everyone!
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Mark your calendars! September 13th & 14th, 2008 will be the
10th Annual Ohio Pawpaw Festival. Come to scenic Lake Snowden in
Albany, Ohio for the biggest and best pawpaw celebration in the
world! Join pawpaw fanatics from around the country at the peak
of the season for a day filled with pawpaws, pawpaw foods, pawpaw
beer, pawpaw music, pawpaw art, pawpaw history, pawpaw people and
much more.
Gates open on Saturday the 13th at 10:00am with music, workshops
and fun. Things will wind down around midnight. Sunday the festival
gates open up again at 10:00am and continue until 4:00pm.
Admission is $5.00 per day per visitor with a weekend pass available
for $8.00.
Children under 12 years of age are free.
There is also a vehicle-parking fee of $2.00 per day or a weekend
pass for $3.00.
 The
Pawpaw Express is a shuttle sponsored by the Office of Sustainability
at Ohio University that runs from OU's Baker Center every hour on
the hour from 10:00 a.m. til 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. The return shuttle
from the 10th Annual Ohio Pawpaw Festival at Lake Snowden starts
at 10:30 a.m. and continues until midnight (No returns between 6:30
p.m. - midnight) Sunday leaving Baker Center from 10:00 a.m. til
2:00 p.m. with returns from the festival from 10:30 a.m. - 1:30
p.m. and 4 p.m.
If you’re coming in for the weekend and would like to reserve
a RV or campsite at Lake Snowden, please call them at 740-698-6373
for site questions and reservations.
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The Baymont Inn in Athens is offering a special Pawpaw Package, including:
- Special $70 rate at the Baymont Inn in Athens
- Pawpaw Festival CD!
- Athens County Adventure Kit
- Shuttle Service to Festival from Baker Center in Uptown
Athens
Click
here to book your stay at The Baymont Inn now! |
| Community Food Initiatives Harvest
Dinner
As a kick off to the Paw Paw festival Community Food Initiatives
is hosting a Harvest Dinner fundraiser to support CFI's projects
on Friday, September 12th, 6:30 p.m. at the Athens Community
Center, 701 East State St, Athens, OH 45701. There will be high
end dinner (dress is casual) made up of product grown by CFI
Board of Directors, members and local farmers. It will be a
sit down affair with only the finest cuisine. Tickets are $30
a seat. Limited seating so please RSVP ahead of time. The menu
and more about CFI programs are available at www.communityfoodinitiatives.com.
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| The Dairy Barn Arts Center presents
The Marbaum Collection
The Dairy Barn Arts Center would like to invite you to view
The Marbaum Collection, a unique exhibition of contemporary
art quilts from the private collection of Hilary and Marvin
Fletcher. An opening celebration Friday, September 12, 2008,
from 5-7 pm. We are featuring unique hors d’oeuvres from
Integration Acres - “Raising Consciousness with Cuisine.”
Please visit www.dairybarn.org
for more info. |
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