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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>FOR RELEASE: AUGUST/SEPT. 2017 CONTACT: Joan
DiPersio<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'> <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Thornton</st1:City></st1:place> W. Burgess
Society<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'> 508-888-6870<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><b><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-weight:bold'>14<sup>th </sup>ANNUAL BIRD CARVERS SHOW AND <st1:City w:st="on">SALE</st1:City>
IN <st1:place w:st="on">SANDWICH</st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>The 14<sup>th</sup> Annual Bird
Carvers Show & Sale takes place in Sandwich on Saturday and Sunday, <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>September 9 and 10</span></b> <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>from 10am to 4pm</span></b> at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Green</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Briar</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Nature</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
<st1:place w:st="on">New England</st1:place>’s most prestigious carvers
of birds and animals plus wildlife painters display and sell their wares. Some
give carving demonstrations at their tables. Visitors will enjoy watching Wood
Carver Doug Amidon of Hillport Gallery in <st1:place w:st="on">Sandwich</st1:place>
working outside creating a large carving of the Burgess storybook character
“Grandfather Frog,” which will be donated to the nature center upon
completion.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'> On Sunday at 1:00pm, Carver Laurie
Truehart presents a “Seminar on Owls,” offering a better
understanding of the intricacies and anatomy of these beautiful silent
hunters. Through visual displays and resin casts, learn all about these
intriguing birds of prey. Mrs. Truehart of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Royalston</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">MA</st1:State></st1:place>,
has been professionally carving for more than 16 years. She has won awards at
both the Canadian Nationals and the Ward World Championship Wildlife Carving
Competitions. She has also written several articles for <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Wildfowl Carving Magazine.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>The show admission of $3 for members
of the Thornton W. Burgess Society, $5 for non-members, benefits the
environmental education programs of the Burgess Society and its <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Green</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Briar</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Nature</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.
Green Briar is located at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">6
Discovery Hill Road</st1:address></st1:Street>, just off Route 6A in <st1:place
w:st="on">East Sandwich</st1:place>. For further information, call
508-888-6870 or visit the website at <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>www.thorntonburgess.org<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%'>-#-<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Joan DiPersio</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Public Relations Coordinator</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thornton</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> W. Burgess
Society</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Green</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Briar</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Nature</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>6 Discovery Hill
Road</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>E. <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Sandwich</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">MA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">02537</st1:PostalCode></st1:place></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>508-888-6870</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.thorntonburgess.org">www.thorntonburgess.org</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><em><i><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>To inspire reverence for wildlife and concern for the
natural environment</span></font></i></em><o:p></o:p></p>
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