Buckeye Eclipse Jubilee
Buckeye High School Football Stadium
April 8th
12:00 – 3:30
Sponsored by Bracken Insurance, the Valley City Community Group, in collaboration with
Northern Medina County Chamber Alliance
Buckeye Library
Valley City is in the path of totality for the Total Solar Eclipse on
April 8th
Totality in
Eclipse starts: 1:59 p.m. EDT
Totality begins: 3:13 p.m. EDT
Maximum totality: 3:15 p.m. EDT
Totality ends: 3:17 p.m. EDT
Eclipse ends: 4:28 p.m. EDT
Our event will feature various activities including educational opportunities, kids’ activities, story time by the library, food & much more!
- Brew Kettle Food Truck
- Kona Ice
- Franks & Shakes Food Truck
- Celeste Tasty Treats Ice Cream Truck
- Uncle Crunch Freeze Dried Treats
- Photo booth
- Story time at the library table on the track (1:45; 2:15; 2:45)
- Rocket launches
- NASA Robot
- Back Yard Observatory Hydrogen Alpha Telescope
- 700 FREE eclipse glasses will be available on a first come first serve basis
Guest speakers will be presenting in front of the home bleachers:
1:30 pm Rebecca (Becky) McCauley Rench
Program Scientist in the Planetary Science Division at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. Becky will talk about what scientists know about eclipses, here on Earth and throughout the solar system, and what is so special about the April 8 total solar eclipse.
2:00 pm John Burke,
Medina County Treasurer, will talk about the 1806 solar eclipse which covered Ohio in darkness and became known as the Shawnee Tecumseh’s eclipse.
2:30 pm Madison Brass,
Madison is currently a junior pre-vet biology student at the University of Central Florida. She has always had a passion for exotic animals. Her talk is on “Frogs, when day becomes night!
A Total Solar Eclipse is a rare phenomenon. Ohio’s last total solar eclipse took place in 1806, and the next is forecast for 2099.
Resources:
How to watch A Solar Eclipse
NASA Eclipse Information
Ohio Emergency Management Agency
