FREE! SEPTEMBER 2017 Vol. 14, Issue 5
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47th Annual Covered Bridge Festival Kicks off the Autumn Season page 18
Annual Brian Anselmino Memorial Golf Outing Set for October 6 page 33
Bethel Park Resident Competes in. U.S. Amateur Championship page 52
Mon River Towns Partners with Other Local Entities to Host Historically Themed Kayaking Trip By Christen M. Stroh On August 6, Mon River Towns, a non-profit focused on helping local communities recognize the river as an economic and community asset, partnered with Venture Outdoors to offer a float trip down the Monongahela River. This was no ordinary, run-of-themill kayaking event, though. Titled the ‘Rebel Rebel Float Trip: the Whiskey Rebellion with a Bowie Twist,’ this kayaking trip involved a 4.5-mile paddle to the Monongahela Aquatorium with periodic stops along the way to witness performances on the riverbanks that told the story of the Whiskey Rebellion, a pertinent part of southwestern PA history during the 1790s. The inspiration to create such an event came when Mon River Towns Program Director Cathy McCollom saw an example of a play that was performed on riverbanks as people were floating by; she wanted to do something similar using the river systems here in the Pittsburgh area. Those (Continued on page 31)
Music and live interpretation of the Whiskey Rebellion were part of the kayaking trip down the Monongahela River that Mon River Towns hosted on August 6.