Exhibitors And Crowd Turned Out For Earth Day Event Despite Rain

Twenty-four exhibitors participated in the Earth Day celebration organized by the Oconee County Democrats at Harris Shoals Park in Watkinsville on Saturday.

The cold and rainy weather kept the crowd small and forced most of the exhibitors into the main shelter house at the park.

Conversation and enthusiasm among those present was lively, however, despite the weather.

The Democratic Party gave donations to four of the presenters, based on the votes of those at the event.

The Oconee County High School Environmental Club and Sonia Altizer of Monarch Health, a citizen science project at the University of Georgia, each received $100 from the Democrats.

The Democrats gave $50 to the Citizen Climate Lobby with speaker Mark Farmer and to Eating and Cooking for the Planet with Solar Box Cookers, which shared space with Dr. Neal Priest, who demonstrated how to cook with energy-efficient Instant Pots.

For details and a short video of the event, please go to Oconee County Observations.