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Potomac Valley Audubon Society

P.O. Box 578


Shepherdstown, WV 25443
www.potomacaudubon.org

2008 Annual Report


CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS We’re also reaching more and more children through
our other school programs—the environmental
Our outreach to area children continues to flourish education programs we’ve developed for all the
under the leadership of Ellen Murphy, PVAS’s other elementary grades from kindergarten through
Director of Youth Programs. During 2008, a record sixth grade. In all, over 1,000 students from
2,496 kids participated in one or another of our eleven different schools and a home school group
children’s programs, which serve children of all ages participated in these programs this year. Most of
from preschoolers to teens. these programs utilize our Yankauer Nature Preserve
Thanks to generous grants from the West Virginia as a field laboratory and include pre- and post-visit
Commission for National and Community Service’s classroom activities to enhance and reinforce the
Project FLOW (Future Leaders of Watersheds) field experience. We received grant help here, too,
program, we’re reaching more and more children from the City of Ranson, the National Audubon
through our Watershed Education Initiative, Society, and the Eastern West Virginia Community
our environmental education program for fourth Foundation’s Jane P. Snyder Youth Fund and C. Scott
graders. Now in its fifth year, this program helps and Elizabeth C. Shade Youth Fund.
students understand the importance of protecting
water resources, Our summer Audubon Discovery Day Camp at the
which is one Yankauer Preserve continues to be one of our most
of our area’s popular children’s programs. This year, all our camp
most pressing sessions were fully booked by the beginning of April
environmental and more than 200 different children participated. To
issues. This year, meet the heavy demand, we expanded this summer’s
850 students
camp to include three sessions for preschoolers and
from nine
four sessions for campers entering grades 5-8. This
different Jefferson
and Berkeley County schools were enrolled, up from was in addition to our usual six weeks for children
550 students in five schools in 2007. Traditionally, ages 6-10! Some children came for all six weeks,
this program has spanned 16 weeks during the late and there were so many children signed up for our
winter and spring and included classroom sessions Camp Survivor sessions that we added an extra week
as well as field trips, for a total of 10 hours of
instruction. This fall, we’re pilot testing an expanded
version of the program that will provide 18 hours
of instruction and activities over the entire school
year. More than 600 students from four schools in
Jefferson and Berkeley Counties are participating in
this new pilot program. The idea is to cover the same
topics, but in more depth and with more time for
hands-on activities and service-learning opportunities.
We’ll also continue to offer our traditional 16-week
program next spring.
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to accommodate them. In addition, thanks to the on display in one of the instructional buildings at
generosity of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s NCTC. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regards
National Conservation Training Center, PVAS this camp as an important new tool for getting
was able to use the Center’s campus as a satellite teenagers more involved in nature, and it’s used the
“overflow” site and schedule three weeks of camp camp as the basis for a special training video that’s
sessions there being distributed nationwide. The goal is to get other
USFWS facilities—and other conservation-minded
We annually use the proceeds from our fall birdseed organizations—to establish similar programs of
sale and donations from individual sponsors to their own
provide summer camp scholarships to area
children. In the summer of 2008 we helped send You may remember that last year, with a $2,000 grant
campers to the Audubon Youth Camp at Hog Island, from the Nora Roberts Foundation, we developed a
ME; Trout Unlimited’s Conservation and Fishing series of Nature Explorer Backpacks designed to help
children explore the natural world on their own. The
Camp in Syria, VA; the Burgundy Center for Wildlife
backpacks contain a variety of books, field guides,
Studies in Capon Bridge, WV; and the Oglebay
supplies and activity ideas. They’ve been distributed
Institute Junior Nature Camp, near Wheeling, WV.
to area libraries, and children can check them out
Fifteen campers also attended our own Audubon
and use them in company with an adult. This year,
Discovery Camp on scholarship thanks to a generous
with another $2,000 grant from the Foundation,
donation from Mrs. Jeanne Baden in memory of her we’ve developed new Nature Explorer Teacher Kits
daughter, Joanne. that are similar in concept but designed to be used
by school and library instructors (the kits contain
This summer for the third year in a row, we partnered
enough materials and supplies for an entire classroom
with the National Conservation Training Center to
of children). We’ve now completed two kinds of
offer a special digital nature photography camp for
kits: one that focuses on birds and another on insects.
teenagers. Ten students were enrolled this year, using
Like the backpacks, the kits were designed and put
Nikon Digital SLR cameras donated by Nikon last
together by Suzi Taylor, of Sharpsburg, MD, who’s a
year. NCTC Training Specialist Matt Poole once again veteran PVAS camp director and who has a degree in
coordinated and instructed the camp. In addition to environmental education. Starting early in 2009, the
learning about composition, lighting, and other skills, kits will be housed at Shepherdstown Public Library
campers were able to spend lots of time practicing and available not only to area teachers and librarians
in the field. NCTC’s grounds provided wonderful but to teachers and librarians throughout West
scenery, and campers also traveled to the Antietam Virginia through interlibrary loan. The Nora Roberts
Battlefield, the Trego Mountain Wildlife Sanctuary, Foundation has also given us an additional $5,000
the Patuxent Wildlife Refuge, and Longwood Gardens. grant this fall to continue to expand our Backpack
Throughout the week, the campers had access to program and to grow our summer camp program.
NCTC’ state-of-the-art computer labs. A slideshow We’re very grateful for this foundation’s
of some of the spectacular images taken by this continuing support.
year’s campers is available on the PVAS website. In
addition, each camper now has a photo framed and We continue to partner with the National
Conservation Training Center and the Jefferson
County Schools for their annual sixth grade Science
Olympiad. This year, PVAS provided two activity
stations: one led by PVAS volunteers and the other
led by volunteers from our Potomac Valley Master
Naturalist Program.

Every year, both on our own and in partnership with


other organizations, we offer a variety of special
events and activities for children. Highlights
this year included our first-ever Egg Hunt at the
Yankauer Preserve in March. The event was designed
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for children ages egg hunt, all children exchanged their eggs in return
3-7, and some 35 for a snack and lemonade. Students from Martinsburg
children and their High School painted the eggs for the day’s event.
families participated.
Unlike traditional A committee from our Potomac Valley Master
egg hunts, this one Naturalist Program (PVMN) has been working this
combined fun with year in partnership with the Oglebay Good Zoo
an educational
in Wheeling, WV, to develop a Junior Naturalist
experience because
Program for area children. As part of this effort,
the eggs used
were colored to PVMN members piloted a set of “Junior Naturalist”
resemble real eggs activity stations at the National Conservation Training
of wild birds. Upon Center’s Open House in October. The activities were
returning from the well received by participating families. Stay tuned!

ADULT PROGRAMS For the first time this year, the Potomac Valley
Master Naturalists began to offer special Master
Our Potomac Valley Master Naturalist Program Naturalist Workshops that not only fulfilled
continues to thrive in its second year. Nineteen members’ continuing education requirements for
people were enrolled in this year’s courses, and recertification but were also open to the public for a
we already have a waiting list for next year. Our small fee. Eight of these workshops were offered this
program is a certified chapter of the West Virginia year and covered topics from box turtles to nature
Master Naturalist Program, which is administered readings. A total of 86 people participated in these
by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. new workshops.
The program is patterned after the Master Gardeners
program but focuses on natural history topics. After Our Potomac Valley Nature Photographers group
participants complete their training, they’re certified also continues to be popular. This organization of
as Master Naturalists and must perform substantial nature photography enthusiasts was founded in
volunteer service each year to remain certified. 2006 under PVAS’ auspices and has continued to
PVAS sees this program as a good way to promote meet monthly at the National Conservation Training
greater public knowledge about natural history and Center. In addition to learning from the talent within
to train a strong cadre of volunteers for natural its own membership, the group this year enjoyed
history education and research. So far, a total of 26 presentations by professional, award winning nature
individuals have been certified as master naturalists photographers including Joe and Mary Ann McDonald
through our program. We’re grateful to the National of Pennsylvania and Bruce Haley of Charleston, WV.
Conservation Training Center and Cacapon State
Park for letting us use their wonderful facilities for Wil and Donna Hershberger conducted another
this program. wonderful nature photography workshop for
PVAS this year, this time hosted by Cacapon State
Park. These workshops are always kept small to
ensure everyone gets hands-on instruction. This year,
13 people were enrolled, and one came from as far as
Annapolis, MD to participate!

We offered our introductory birding course, Birding


101 again this year (for the 21st time!) with expert
instruction by Bob Dean, Wil Hershberger and Matt
Orsie. Fifteen people registered for the four-week
course that includes four evening sessions and four
weekend field trips. Participants continue to rave
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about the experience and quality of the
course’s instructors. WILDLIFE RESCUE
This year’s monthly field trips ranged near and PVAS continues to assist with wildlife rescue
far. With the help of our new volunteer field trip and rehabilitation efforts. A specially licensed
coordinator Sheri Fedorchak, PVAS members and PVAS member, assisted by volunteers as needed,
others had a wide variety of trips to choose from. takes calls and coordinates the transport of injured
Trips to nearby locations included guided walks at and orphaned wildlife to wildlife rehabilitation
the new Eidolon Preserve with Joe Gentile, insect facilities. In 2008, PVAS handled about 45
walks with Wil Hershberger at both at Cacapon rehabilitation cases including birds, mammals
State Park and on the C&O Canal, and observation and reptiles.
of the Perseid meteor shower between Martinsburg
and Shepherdstown. More distant locations visited
included Cathedral State Park in Preston County, WV;
the Allegheny Highlands in Pocohontas County, WV;
and the Patuxent Wildlife Refuge in Laurel, MD.

Our regular monthly meetings were once again


hosted by our generous partners at the National
Conservation Training Center. Thanks to the efforts of
Vice President Nancy Kirschbaum, who coordinates
these meetings, this year’s presentations covered a
wide variety of topics from bird population trends, to
wildlife habitat restoration, to rattlesnakes. We also
partnered with NCTC to cosponsor a talk by author
Wil Stolzenburg about the ecological impacts of
declines in large predator populations.

We continued to hold occasional programs in


Morgan County hosted by another generous partner,
Cacapon State Park. This year’s lectures at the
Park included wildlife rehabilitation, conservation
management of grassland birds, spring bird songs, and
intersex fish in the Potomac.

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CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES to coordinate two Christmas Bird Counts, one in
Jefferson County and one in Berkeley and Morgan
PVAS continues to support a variety of conservation counties, and PVAS volunteers also continue to
activities. As in previous years, this spring we participate in the annual C&O Canal Midwinter Bird
publicized local stream cleanup efforts and Survey. This year for the first time, PVAS participated
encouraged our members to participate. In June, in “A Swift Night Out” by counting chimney swifts
we helped coordinate a streambank restoration roosting at Shepherd University. All of these bird
project on Tuscarora Creek in Berkeley County, along counts are entered into national databases that assist
with The Nature Conservancy, the Opequon Creek ornithologists with conservation efforts.
Project Team, and the Cacapon Institute. In October,
PVAS helped organize a meeting of organizations
involved in land-conservation efforts in Morgan
County. The group agreed to work together to better
coordinate their activities, and further meetings are
planned. PVAS will continue to act as the convener
for these meetings. Also in October, we hosted
tree-seed-collection events at our Yankauer and
Eidolon nature preserves as part of the Potomac
Conservancy’s “Growing Native” program. The
seeds collected through this program are sent to state
nurseries and used for stream bank restoration efforts
in the Potomac River watershed. PVAS continues

NATURE PRESERVES from the West Virginia Natural Heritage Program


inventoried all the flora at several sites along the
The Eidolon Nature Preserve has come a long eastern side of the preserve. The Piedmont Chapter
way in a year! Thanks to a grant from the Carl M. of the Virginia Native Plant Society undertook a
Freeman Foundation (and the labor of dedicated survey of the Preserve’s native plant populations, a
volunteers), a new, permanent welcome sign has job that’s expected to take about a year to complete.
been installed near the entrance to the Preserve and Volunteer Marcyanna Millet has been digitizing an
perimeter signs have been posted along the preserve’s extensive set of card files on Eidolon’s flora and
borders. Meanwhile, The Nature Conservancy has fauna which had been maintained for nearly 50 years
approved the transfer to PVAS of about 8.5 acres by the Preserve’s longtime owner, Mrs. Marguerite
of land within the Preserve so we can make the Zapoleon. This fall, Eidolon was included as a United
infrastructure improvements necessary to conduct Way Day of Caring project site for the first time:
educational programming there. This transfer is five volunteers helped coordinator Joe Gentile trim
now finalized and these improvements will begin back vegetation along the road within the preserve so
shortly. The first step will be the development of school buses and other vehicles can navigate the road
parking facilities. Then, hopefully next summer, more easily.
we’ll restore the Preserve’s old stone cottage. The
Martinsburg architectural firm of Grove and Dall’Olio
has generously provided PVAS with plans for all
this work. The Carl M. Freeman Foundation’s grant
will also help fund improvements at the Preserve, as
will another grant from the Seely Foundation, funds
from an endowment that came with the Eidolon
property, and community contributions. In other
developments, various kinds of field work continue
at Eidolon. Last summer, we completed a survey of
the invasive plants on the Preserve, and two ecologists
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The Yankauer Nature Preserve also got a new sign last year by Eagle Scout Thomas Neville. Elsewhere
this year—a replacement for the old one marking in the Preserve, the wildlife habitat garden and rain
the entrance to the Preserve from Whiting’s Neck garden planted by last year’s Day of Caring volunteers
Road—and the informational kiosk inside the preserve flourished this year thanks to the spring rains we had!
was refurbished. All this work was coordinated by This year’s United Way Day of Caring brought in
volunteer Tim Murphy. LDH Contractors, of Falling 60 volunteers to weed the gardens, remove invasive
Waters, donated three ceiling fans that will make the plants, clean signs, trim and mulch trails and clean up
Yankauer pavilion more comfortable for our summer and trim back the parking lot area.
camp participants and summer concert attendees.
The fans are being installed by volunteer Wes Dilly.
Yankauer was the site of several Eagle Scout projects
this year. Luke Fleri built and placed four nest boxes
at appropriate sites around the preserve: one each for
a screech owl, kestrel, flying squirrel, and bluebird.
He also hung examples of these boxes inside the
Preserve pavilion and developed pamphlets with
nest-box building instructions that visitors can take
with them. Ryan Kubic built benches in one of the
waysides at the preserve so visitors can sit and enjoy
the natural sights and sounds around them. He also
hung in the pavilion the bird of prey silhouettes made

SPECIAL EVENTS We also held our annual This Race is for the Birds!
5K run/walk in April at the National Conservation
Training Center. A total of 89 runners participated
We held our Fourth Annual Wildflower Festival and the event raised nearly $8,000—a new record!
at the Yankauer Preserve in mid-April. This year’s Most of the runners were from the region but
festival included a new Poetry Walk—poems from some came from as far away as Ohio, Missouri and
local poets about spring and wildflowers posted all Louisiana. Many children participated in a shorter
along the Kingfisher trail. Volunteer Judith Treesburg children’s “fun run” as well. The volunteers who
coordinated this effort and the poems contributed coordinate this event continue to impress us with
included submissions from an English class from their hard work and dedication: Diana Gaviria (Race
Harpers Ferry Middle School! Another highlight of Director), Susan Brookreson, Jean Neely and
this year’s event was performances by dancers from Carolyn Thomas.
the Goose Route Arts Collaborative. About 100
visitors attended and enjoyed guided walks, children’s
activities, and refreshments.

Our Music in the Cedars concerts continue to be


very popular in the community. For the second year
we held concerts during both August and September.
An average of 25 people showed up at each with
several new faces each week. A sincere thank you
goes out to all the musicians who provided fantastic
Photo by Laura Rowe
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performances for audiences free of charge: Satch guests enjoyed a variety of wines and foods provided
Alwin, Grigorio Lacerda and Friends, Terry Tucker by the coordinating committee: Alice Barkus, Susan
and Ardyth Gilbertson, The Reasons Why, The Brookreson, Gretchen Meadows, Deb Patthoff, and
Outpatients, The Rolling Coyotes, The Dilettantes, Jane Vanderhook.
Daryl Bryarly, and Steve Cifala.

This year PVAS held a special Wine Tasting and


Strawbale House Tour to replace the Potomac Arts
Festival done in previous years. The event featured
the “green” home of PVAS Executive Director Kristin
Alexander and her husband, Jeff Feldman. Guests
were able to view the home’s many green features,
including a massive masonry stove, countertops
made of recycled paper, concrete floors with in-floor
radiant heat, passive solar design; a grey water system
that utilizes wetlands to clean water from sinks and
showers; and composting toilets. The wine tasting
was generously provided by Cheryl Gallery of Grapes
and Grains Gourmet in Shepherdstown. In addition,

FINANCES PVAS’s overall financial position is strong. We


continue to have no debt and maintain a cash reserve
Last year’s annual appeal yielded a record $26,855. that meets the best-practice standards for nonprofit
Thanks to this and other support from our members organizations of our size.
and friends and some large grants over the last year,
our programs have continued to flourish and grow. The Potomac Valley Audubon Society Fund
Our FY 2007-2008 budget was our largest in history, endowment has now reached over $12,000. This
endowment was established in 2004 through the
with income totaling $208,345 and expenses totaling
Eastern West Virginia Community Foundation’s
$185,573*. As usual, the surplus income was invested
“Spirit of the Panhandle” award program, in honor of
in short-term certificates of deposit at locally
PVAS founder Jean Neely. The Bank of Charles Town
owned banks.
provided $5,000 in seed money for the endowment
The income breakdown was very balanced between and has contributed $500 in matching funds annually.
various funding sources this year. Special events The endowment is controlled by the Foundation and
accounted for 25% of our income. Revenues from managed by the BCT Trust Department. In addition
programs accounted for 25% of our income. Grants to adding new money to the endowment each year,
accounted for 33%, and donations accounted for 14%. PVAS has established a policy to reinvest all proceeds
from the fund to facilitate its growth.
The remainder of our income came from membership
dues (2%) and earned interest (1%). PVAS continues to employ a part-time bookkeeper,
Elizabeth Lowe, who assists our treasurer with
The majority of PVAS’s expenses were for programs
disbursements, payroll, tax reports, and monthly
(66%), a category that includes staff salaries. Another
financial statements. We have retained Chad Lawyer,
12% went to support special events, many of which
CPA, of the Martinsburg firm of Ours, Lawyer, Lewis
are mission-related. Administrative costs, which
& Company, as our accountant. Our first professional
include payroll taxes and worker’s compensation
audit was completed in 2008 and found that our
among other administrative expenses, accounted
books and procedures were in good order.
for 11% of expenses, and preserve maintenance
accounted for 9%. Fundraising expenses accounted * All income and expense figures in this report are
for only 1% of expenses, and miscellaneous expenses, preliminary and subject to change when this year’s
including inventory, accounted for 1%. audit is completed.
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PVAS income PVAS Expenses
July 2007-June 2008 July 2007-June 2008

Special Events: $ 52,495 Program expenses: $ 121,603


(includes staff salaries)
Program Income: $ 51,198
Special event expenses: $ 21,899
Grants: $ 68,968
Administrative costs: $ 20,716
Donations: $ 29,177 (includes payroll taxes, workers comp, not salaries)

Membership Income: $ 4,372 Preserve maintenance: $ 17,252


Earned Interest: $ 2,135 Fundraising expenses: $ 1,806

Miscellaneous: $ 2,297
(includes inventory)

Overall
July 2007-June 2008

Overall income: $208,345

Overall expense: $185,573

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GOVERNANCE organization. This process of developing this document
was guided by board member Wayne Braunstein, who
PVAS continues to be committed to transparency worked with a committed group of board members
and adherence to the highest best-practice standards and members at large. This plan will be reviewed and
for non-profits. This year, in consultation with our updated annually, and the review for 2009 is already
accountant, we developed and officially adopted a new underway. We also strengthened our management
Fiscal Operations Policy Manual to guide all aspects of practices in 2008 by adopting new employee grievance
our financial practices. We also developed and adopted procedures and new non-discrimination and drug and
a comprehensive, new five-year strategic plan for the alcohol policies.

LOOKING AHEAD • As was noted earlier in this report, we hope soon


to begin making infrastructure improvements at
There are several new projects and activities that we are the Eidolon Nature Preserve. Once these initial
looking forward to in the next year: improvements are in place we can begin offering
educational programs at Eidolon.
• A new wheelchair-accessible trail will be installed at
• For the first time, we’ll be offering our Watershed
the Yankauer Nature Preserve thanks to a grant from
Education Initiative to fourth grade school children in
the West Virginia Division of Highways. The trail Morgan County. Over time, we hope to become more
will improve the existing Cedar Loop, which is a and more involved with Morgan County schools.
short, 0.2-mile loop trail near the parking lot. This
• Our Potomac Valley Master Naturalists group will
will make the Preserve available for use by senior
be hosting the 2009 annual conference of the Alliance
centers, special needs classes from local schools, the
of Natural Resource Outreach and Service Programs,
Martinsburg Veterans Administration hospital, and the national organization that oversees and provides
individuals with physical disabilities. The new trail assistance to the various Master Naturalist Programs
will also be useful for families with small children across the country. The conference will be held at the
in strollers. National Conservation Training Center.

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IN CONCLUSION
The next year may be a challenging one for everyone if the economy continues to struggle. But we remain
optimistic. We’ve got an excellent, dedicated staff and an efficient and effective management structure. We
have many loyal members and friends. And we know that our programs are meeting real community needs,
and are respected in the community.

One of the ways we get so much done and still keep our
overhead low is through our extensive network of
volunteers. PVAS continues to rely on a large number of
committed, generous and loyal community members who
never cease to amaze us with their dedication. They pull us
through each and every program and event we take on.

Much of our success also stems from our wonderful


institutional partners. The National Conservation Training
Center continues to be an extremely supportive partner and
provides meeting space, professional expertise, volunteers
and much more. Cacapon State Park also generously
provides space for a variety of PVAS activities and has been
very supportive of our efforts in Morgan County. We are,
of course, closely involved with The Nature Conservancy through our co-management of the Yankauer and
Eidolon nature preserves, which they own, and we appreciate their help and support. The West Virginia
Division of Natural Resources continues to partner with us on our Potomac Valley Master Naturalist Program.
The Conservation Fund’s Freshwater Institute continues to support our rain-garden efforts at local schools
and provides expert assistance as required. The Izaak Walton League in Berkeley County continues
to host field trips for our fourth grade Watershed Education Initiative program, and the Shepherdstown,
Martinsburg, and Berkeley County sewage treatment plants provide tours for the same program. The
United Way of the Eastern Panhandle continues to offer guidance on non-profit matters, supports our efforts
financially, and coordinates their annual Day of Caring which benefits our nature preserves tremendously.

Many thanks to all of those who have helped us accomplish so much in this past year.

If you have any questions about this report or any of the projects and programs mentioned, please don’t hesitate
to contact us. We always enjoy hearing from our members and friends.

Sincerely,

Peter Smith Kristin Alexander


President Executive Director
pvsmith@frontiernet.net pvasmail@aol.com
304-876-1139 304-676-3397

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Potomac Valley Audubon Society
Contributions Received November 2007-November 2008

2007 PVAS Annual Bob and Ruth Ann Dean, Hedgesville John and Nancy Streeter, Shepherdstown
Michael Dell-Colle, Summit Point Bonnie McGregor and Bill Stubblefield,
Appeal Donors (in honor of Carol Del-Colle) Martinsburg
(December 1, 2007-March 31, 2008) Carolyn and Bruce Thomas,
Sara P. Denby, Annandale, VA
Advocates ($2,500 and up) (in memory of Ruth Tomsuden) Shepherdstown
Peter and Vicki Smith, Shepherdstown Clark and Ora Dixon, Ranson Tom and Ann Trumble,
Sandra and Tom D’Onofrio, Shenandoah Junction
Supporters ($1,000-$2,499) Lynn Truslow, Shepherdstown
Shepherdstown
John and Jenny Allen, Shepherdstown
David and Mary Sue Eldridge, Brown Truslow, Shenandoah Junction
Jeanne Baden, Bunker Hill
Shepherdstown Frank and Annette Van Hilst, Kearneysville
(in memory of Joanne Baden)
Elizabeth Eller, Greensboro, NC (in memory of Ann and Dan Fisher)
Alice Barkus, Shepherdstown
Kristin Alexander and Jeff Feldman, Paul and Lisa Welch, Shepherdstown
Mina Goodrich, Shepherdstown
Martinsburg (in honor of Peter Smith)
Mona L. Hayford, Inwood
Sue and Tony Frank, Charles Town Rodney and Cindy Woods, Martinsburg
Jean Neely, Shepherdstown
Karen Fuegi, Gerrardstown James and Francis Yankauer, Sacramento,
Gary and Diane Sylvester, Martinsburg
Jon Pike and Donna Gaviria, Martinsburg CA (in memory of Dr. Alfred Yankauer)
Jane and Ray Vanderhook, Shepherdstown
Joe Gentile, Berkeley Springs Contributors (Up to $100)
(in memory of Paul B. Puckett)
Joseph and Virginia Hankins, George Athey and family, Charles Town
Patrons ($500-$999) Shepherdstown Mary Jo Bennett, Hedgesville
Wayne Braunstein and Dannie Wall, Don and Kathryn Henry, Shepherdstown Edwinna Bernat, Shepherdstown
Kearneysville Frank Hill III, Shepherdstown Diane S. Brookreson,
Gat and Susan Caperton, Berkeley Springs Joan F. Hopkin, Shepherdstown Karla Brookreson-Owens, and
Rob Hoxton, Shepherdstown Mrs. A.R. Hoxton, Jr., Shepherdstown Matt Owens, (in honor of Joseph and
Bob and Linda Reynolds, Shepherdstown Harry M. and Carol Kable, Charles Town Susan Brookreson’s 38th Anniversary)
Henry K. Willard II, Shepherdstown Kitty and Ed Kelly, Shepherdstown Evelyn Brydges, Berkeley Springs
Sponsors ($100 to $499) Nancy and Elliot Kirschbaum, Kathleen Campbell, Martinsburg
Duane and Marianne Alexander, Shepherdstown (in honor of Jean Neely)
Ellicott City, MD Robert Landis, Falling Waters Dabney Chapman, Shepherdstown
Anonymous Norberta Schoene and Bill Lands, (in memory of Maud Burns)
Anonymous Berkeley Springs W. Joseph Coleman, Jr., Round Hill, VA
Bill Belton, Great Cacapon Thomas Leslie, DDS, Berkeley Springs J.T. and Betty Crane, Shepherdstown
Georgia Jeppesen and Skylar Benedict, John and Judy Lilga, Sharpsburg, MD (in memory of Henry Shepherd)
Martinsburg (in memory of Lolly and Tom Martin, Shepherdstown Al Davis, Jr., Falling Waters (in memory of
Dr. Mark A. Benedict) Lex Miller, Shepherdstown Albert E. Davis, Sr.)
Barbara Bergman, Shepherdstown Diana Mullis, Shepherdstown R. Meade and Honnor Dorsey,
Charles and Margaret Biggs, Ellen Murphy, Harpers Ferry Shepherdstown
Berkeley Springs Tim Murphy, Shepherdstown Walter and Mary Duke, Martinsburg
Laurie Smelter and Alan Biggs, Susan Nash, Shepherdstown Deborah Fetsko, Boonsboro, MD
Shepherdstown (in memory of Joy Pardue, Shepherdstown (in memory of Gareth and Gale Foulds, Berkeley Springs
Edgar H. “Hal” Biggs) Dorothy Hughlett Besharse) Mike Gallup, Shepherdstown
Bill and Vicki Bonifant, Martinsburg Don and Deb Patthoff, Martinsburg Chuck Dunkerly and Fiona Harrison,
(in honor of Susan and Joe Brookreson, Dave and Shirley Ritondo, Charles Town
Jane and Ray Vanderhook, and Gretchen Keedysville, MD Bill and Jean Hartgroves, Charles Town
and Craig Meadows) Dara Ritter, Knoxville, MD Vivian Headings, Harpers Ferry
Beth Batdorf and John Bresland, Philip Salladay, Shepherdstown Jesse Hendrix, Shepherdstown
Shepherdstown Anne and Dennis Small, Shepherdstown (in memory of my father and mother)
Bonnie Sitman and Don Briggs, George Snider, Martinsburg Barbara Herrman, Berkeley Springs
Shepherdstown Hope and John Snyder, Shepherdstown (in memory of Sylvia Ruth Herrman)
Susan and Joe Brookreson, Martinsburg Elizabeth Sojourner, Richmond, CA Beverley Hershberger, Maugansville, MD
Dan and Margaret Cogswell, (in memory of Ann and Dan Fisher) (in honor of my son, Wil Hershberger)
Shepherdstown Janet Stone, Harpers Ferry (CONTINUED ON PAGE 12)
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Lily and Phil Hill, Shepherdstown Jane Vanderhook, Shepherdstown Adam Auel Photography
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Horkey, Rodney and Cindy Woods, Martinsburg Kate Bale, Kearneysville
Shepherdsdown Janet and Gordon Bartels
Catherine Irwin, Shepherdstown
2007 Potomac Arts Wayne Braunstein and Dannie Wall,
Leigh Jenkins, Berkeley Springs Kearneysville
Judith and Robert Keane, Jr., Festival Sponsors John Bresland and Beth Batsdorf,
Keedysville, MD (in memory of our son, and Supporters Shepherdstown
Robert Keane III, age 37) Carmela Cesare, Shepherdstown
Gold ($2,500-$4,999)
Karen Kelley, Martinsburg Dabney Chapman, Shepherdstown
Jefferson Security Bank
Mary H. Kinnie, Inwood Faye Davenport, Charles Town
Carolyn Holcomb and John Lacey, Bronze ($500-$999) Clark and Ora Dixon, Ranson
Shepherdstown Centra Bank Walter and Mary Duke, Martinsburg
Richard Latterell, Shepherdstown Mary Edna Teague Memorial Fund Erdem and Carole Ergin, Shepherdstown
Katheline Lauffer, Shepherdstown Emilie Gillis
Arts Festival Patrons
Winifred H. Lewis, Martinsburg Natalie Hopkin
($250-$499)
Nancy Little, Harpers Ferry Georgia Jeppesen and Skylar Benedict,
City National Bank
Kim Miles, Harpers Ferry Martinsburg
Nichols, DeHaven & Associates, PLLC
David Miller, Martinsburg Laura Jones
William Belton, Great Cacapon
Ed and Helen Moore, Shepherdstown Nancy and Elliot Kirschbaum,
Stan and Sarah Corwin-Roach,
Don and Amy Owen, Harpers Ferry Shepherdstown
Craig and Gretchen Meadows,
Tom Panebianco, Great Cacapon Mary Lowe, Shepherdstown
Shenandoah Junction
Babulal Pragani, MD, Martinsburg Diane Mason, Falling Waters
Jean Neely, Shepherdstown
Dara Ritter, Knoxville, MD Diana Mullis, Shepherdstown
John and JoAnn Overington, Martinsburg
Ivan Severson, Shepherdstown Amy Owen, Martinsburg
Don and Deb Patthoff, Martinsburg
Alex and Carline Shaw, Shepherdstown Joyce Pardue, Shepherdstown
Jon Pike and Diana Gaviria, Martinsburg
Ashley Short, Baltimore, MD Sue Pellish, Shepherdstown
Peter and Vicki Smith, Shepherdstown
(in honor of Peter Smith)
Jane and Ray Vanderhook, Shepherdstown Sherman and Elinor Ross, Shepherdstown
Patricia and Alex Short, Baltimore, MD
Sheila Shaffer
(in honor of Peter Smith) Patron of the Arts ($200-$249)
Alex and Carline Shaw, Shepherdstown
Grant and Renny Smith, Harpers Ferry William and Vicki Bonifant, Martinsburg
Anne Small, Shepherdstown
Jean Taylor, Martinsburg Michael and Carole Del-Colle,
John and Nancy Streeter, Shepherdstown
Sharon Tebben, Berkeley Springs Summit Point
Fred and Lois Turco, Shepherdstown
Karl and Joan Van Brunt, Shepherdstown Larry Dean and Mina Goodrich,
Hank and Dale Walter, Shepherdstown
Sue Vanderveer, Williamsport, MD Shepherdstown
Paul and Lisa Welch, Shepherdstown
Dale and Hank Walter, Shepherdstown Mary Jane Puckett, Potomac, MD
Eldon and Virginia Winston, Martinsburg
Rie Wilson, Shepherdstown Paul Rhymer, Point of Rocks, MD
Rodney and Cindy Woods, Martinsburg
Lynne Wiseman, Harpers Ferry Dean and Betty Russell, Martinsburg
Dennis Wright, Harpers Ferry (in memory William and Bonnie Stubblefield, Donors of items for Arts Festival
of Laura E. Gallagher) Martinsburg preview party silent auction
Richard Zimmerman, Martinsburg Tracey Alfaro, Four Paws Glass
Arts Aficionado Donors
Averie Giles-Allnock; Averie Giles Nature
Sustaining Annual Appeal ($150-$199)
Photography
Donors Alice and Neal Barkus, Shepherdstown
Joe and Susan Brookreson, Martinsburg Bogdan Bakiewicz, Contemporary Jewelry
(Have pledged to contribute a fixed amount
Tom and Toni Leslie, Berkeley Springs Design
for a fixed number of upcoming years)
John and Jenny Allen, Shepherdstown John and Diane Mayhew, Harpers Ferry Jocelyn Beatty, Jocelyn Beatty Studio
Alice Barkus, Shepherdstown Erica Patthoff and Ryan McCarthy, Joel Boches, Photography
Wayne Braunstein and Dannie Wall, Gerrardstown Beth Carey, Beth Carey Jewelry
Kearneysville Nick Ryan Frank Cervalo, Vista Landscapes
Gat and Susan Caperton, Berkeley Springs John and Hope Snyder, Hagerstown, MD Zbigniew Chojnaki, Sculpture
Clark and Ora Dixon, Ranson Carolyn and Bruce Thomas, Diana Contine, Dakota Moon
Mina Goodrich, Shepherdstown Shepherdstown Julie Corcoran, Front Street Studios
Fiona Harrison and Chuck Dunkerly, Sharon Daugherty, Daugherty–Wiley
Friends of the Festival Artworks
Charles Town
(up to $149) Al Dornisch, Al Dornisch Paintings
Tom and Lolly Martin, Shepherdstown
Martinsburg Journal John Doughty, Nature Impressions
Diana Mullis, Shepherdstown Minghini Construction Heather Dressler, Silver Lining Designs
Susan Nash, Shepherdstown Janet Ady, Myersville, MD Jane Frenke, Fiesta Fibers
Joy Pardue, Shepherdstown Kristin Alexander and Jeff Feldman, John Furches, John Furches Gallery
Peter and Vicki Smith, Shepherdstown Martinsburg
Elizabeth Sojourner, Richmond, CA John and Jenny Allen, Shepherdstown (CONTINUED ON PAGE 13)
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Wil and Donna Hershberger, Nature J. Cooper Gallery, LLC On the Wings of Dreams store.
Images and Sounds Jefferson Chiropractic Center, Inc. Shepherdstown—Cash contribution.
Chris Hoke and Al Tuttle, Wood Law Office of D. Frank Hill, III Wanda Raczkowski, Shepherdstown—
Glenn Horr, Highland Forge Law Offices of Lauren Clingan Cash contribution.
Geraldine Kiefer, Mixed Media Linda Spunich, Shepherdstown
Sharon Kincheloe, Mixed Media Lynne E. Wiseman, Harpers Ferry Contributor level (Up to $100)
Mona Kissel, Mona Kissel Polymer Clay Davitt McAteer and Associates Anonymous—Cash contribution.
Lisa Kovatch, Lisa Kovatch Pottery Medical Management Solutions, Inc. William and Doris Agee, Martinsburg—
Jim Lawther, Lawther’s Nature Medicap Pharmacy Cash contribution.
Photography Paul Davis, DDS Elizabeth Barthlow, Great Cacapon—
Don Maiden, Photography Potomac-Mecklenburg Garden Club Cash contribution.
Kathy McClung, Bee is for Basket Potomac Portables
Michael McNelly, Glass Margaret Beyersdorfer, Bethesda,
The Press Room
Gretchen Meadows, Shenandoah Junction MD—Cash contribution.
Progressive Printing (in-kind)
Diana Mullis, Shepherdstown Linda S. Buzzerd, Berkeley Springs—
Ray P. Vanderhook, DDS, MS
Merrianne Nichols, Leatherworks Cash contribution.
Roach Energy
Karen Romine, Shadow Mountain Art Chris Craig and Edwin Wheeless, Harpers
Shenandoah Valley Runners Club
Sally Rowe, Quilting Ferry—Cash contribution.
Shenandoah Veterinary Hospital
Cheryl Sonnabend, Sonna Llama Fiber
Shepherdstown Opera House Georgia Jeppesen, Martinsburg—
Group
Shepherdstown Sweet Shop Bakery Cash contribution.
Kathy Strauss, Imagewerks
The Shepherdstown Chronicle Karen Wagoner—Cash Contribution
Tamra Trafford, Jewelry Design
Specialty Business Supplies
Jane Vanderhook, Shepherdstown Brooke Parker, Shepherdstown—
Stone Soup Bistro
Deborah Weaver, Fern Hill Studio Cash contribution.
Julie White, JAW Designs Yellow Brick Bank Restaurant
Brad Wiley, Daugherty–Wiley Artworks
Under $100 Sponsors
In-Kind
Linda Wohlberg, Pennsylvania Wildflower
Martin’s Supermarket Contributions
Portraits
Satch Alwin, Grigorio Lacerda and
Kim Young, Jewelry
Friends, Terry Tucker and Ardyth
Other Gilbertson, The Reasons Why, The
2008 Race for the Contributions Outpatients, The Rolling Coyotes, The
Birds Sponsors Received November Dilettantes, Daryl Bryarly, and Steve

$1,000 Sponsors 2007-November 2008 Cifala—All donated musical performances


for the Yankauer Nature Preserve’s 2008
Hoxton Financial Supporter level ($1,000-$2,499) “Music in the Cedars” free community
Jefferson Security Bank Faye and Henry Davenport, Charles concert series.
$750 Sponsor Town—Half stipend for PVAS Audubon
Berkeley County Air Force Jr. ROTC, ITW
Friends of Mark Benedict Discovery Camp Intern Sexton, OPM, National Conservation
$500 Sponsor Stan and Judy Jones, Shepherdstown— Training Center, Sir Speedy Printing,
USFWS National Conservation Half stipend for PVAS Audubon WVU Extension Office, Panhandle
Training Center Discovery Camp Intern Builders and Excavating, Potomac Valley
Master Naturalists, Master Gardeners—All
$100 Sponsors Jean Neely, Shepherdstown—Stipend for
provided volunteers for United Way Day
Associated Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons PVAS Audubon Discovery Camp intern
of Caring activities at the Yankauer
Bavarian Inn Nature Preserve.
Patron level ($500-$999)
Blue River of Shepherdstown Berkeley County Sewage Treatment
Bank of Charles Town—Matching
Dr. Joseph Brookreson, DDS Plant—Donated tours of facilities for
contribution to the Potomac Valley
Caribbean Islands Travel Service, Paris, VA Fourth Grade school program field trips.
Audubon Society Fund.
David Miljour, D.C.
National Conservation Training Butler’s Farm Market, Martinsburg—
Dickinson and Wait Craft Gallery
Apples for Potomac Arts Festival artists,
Dream House Center Employees’ Association—
volunteers and patrons.
Drs. Donald and Erica Patthoff Cash contribution.
Edward Jones Investments of Cacapon State Park, Berkeley Springs—
Shepherdstown Sponsor level ($100 to $499) Donated space for Potomac Valley Master
German Street Coffee and Candlery Elizabeth H. Hyman, Falls Church, Naturalist Program training, photo
Grapes and Grains Gourmet VA—Cash contribution. workshop, and occasional PVAS
Lee E. Stine, Jr., Sharpsburg, MD— public programs.
Greentree Realty
Healthway of Martinsburg Cash contribution. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 14)
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The Conservation Fund’s Freshwater Progressive Printing & Graphics, Grants
Institute—Technical services related to the Martinsburg—Provided regular discount
Carl M. Freeman Foundation—$5,000
development and implementation of the on all printing projects.
for infrastructure improvements at the
school rain-gardens component of PVAS’s
Shenandoah Valley Runners Club— Eidolon Nature Preserve.
Fourth Grade school program. Technical
services related to the development of a Loaned timers and other equipment for
City of Ranson—$1,500 to provide nature
land management plan for the Yankauer 2008 Race for the Birds.
education programming to students at
Nature Preserve. Shepherd University—Donated space Ranson Elementary School.
Wes Dilley of W.D. Maintenance, for Potomac Valley Master Naturalist
Eastern West Virginia Community
Martinsburg—Electrical work in the coordinating committee meetings.
Foundation’s Jane P. Snyder Youth Fund
Yankauer Nature Preserve pavilion. Shepherdstown Sewage Treatment Plant— and C. Scott and Elizabeth Shade Youth
Donated tours of facilities for Fourth Fund—$2,500 to provide programs and
Luke Fleri—Completed four nest boxes
Grade school program field trips. transportation for second and third graders
and plans for display at the Yankauer
at disadvantaged schools.
Nature Preserve pavilion and four nest Shepherdstown Sweet Shop Bakery—
boxes for wildlife use on the grounds of Lunches for Potomac Arts National Audubon Society—$672
the Preserve (Eagle Scout project). Festival volunteers. to provide transportation for Ranson
Elementary Students participating in
Historic Shepherdstown—Donated space Gary Sylvester, Martinsburg—Lent tractor PVAS school programs.
in the Entler Hotel for semi-monthly and post hole digger for erecting signage
PVAS board meetings. at Eidolon Nature Preserve. National Audubon Society—$1,652 for
general program support.
Izaak Walton League of Berkeley Lyle C. Tabb II—Roll-off container for
County—Provided facility for Fourth cleanup day at Yankauer Nature Preserve Nora Roberts Foundation—$2,000 to
Grade school program field trips. and mulch for trails and flower gardens. support Nature Explorer Backpack
program in December 2007, and $5,000
Grove and Dall’Olio Architects, Trinity United Methodist Church, in September 2008 to support teacher kits
Martinsburg—Architectural services Martinsburg—Donated its Orchard and Audubon Discovery Camp.
related to development of site plans and House at Trinity Center facility for
construction blueprints at the Eidolon December meeting and August Tom and Virginia Seely
Nature Preserve. meteor-watching party. Foundation—$1,000 for infrastructure
improvements at the Eidolon
LDH Contractors, Falling Waters— U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Nature Preserve.
Donated three outdoor ceiling fans for the Conservation Training Center—Donated
Yankauer Nature Preserve pavilion. space for 2007 Potomac Arts Festival, United Way of the Eastern
Potomac Valley Master Naturalist Program Panhandle—$3,599 in donor-designated
Ryan Kubic—Completed three benches
training, monthly Potomac Valley Nature dollars for general program support;
and mulched a new wayside at the
Photographers meetings, 2008 Audubon $3,158 grant to support PVAS’s Fourth
Yankauer Nature Preserve. Also hung bird
Discovery Camp sessions, 2008 Digital Grade school program.
of prey silhouettes from the rafters of the
Nature Photography camp, PVAS
Preserve pavilion (Eagle Scout project). West Virginia Commission for National
monthly membership meetings, and other
and Community Service FLOW (Future
Martinsburg Sewage Treatment Plant— occasional meetings. Hosted 2008 Race for
Leaders of Watersheds) Program—$45,789
Donated tours of facilities for Fourth the Birds.
to support PVAS’s Fourth Grade
Grade school program field trips.
Karl Van Brunt, Shepherdstown— school program.
Ellen and Kevin Murphy—Donated Prepared plans for improvements to the
LCD projector to Potomac Valley Master road within the Eidolon Nature Preserve.
Naturalist Program.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Thanks to all of you
Kevin D Murphy and Associates— State University Natural Resources
Developed and donated an interactive Program—Technical services related to the
for your generous
Flash show about PVAS for Web or development of a land management plan support of PVAS!
standalone use. for the Eidolon Nature Preserve.

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