Mike Bossory, who along with his wife Therese is owner and operator of Alber Orchard, gave a talk concerning his time as owner. Purchased from the Alber family in 1999, the orchard was a passion project for Bossory, who was committed to preserving it. He told of the slow work it took to persuade the elder Alber family owners that he was the right man to carry on their legacy. His talk was full of specific memories and the clear love of a man who has dedicated his life to hard work.

Ray Berg gave a talk about artifacts found on his own property. Like Bossory, he also owns a portion of the land once owned by the Alber family, though his parcel is smaller. Where Bossory owns the orchard and the cider pressing operation, Berg is the happy owner of the Alber family garbage dump. Which is to say, a portion of Berg's 16 acres contains a ravine where trash was disposed of in the years before garbage service was available. Berg talked about several of his finds, dating back into the 19th century.

Mark Braun, the so-called "Mr. B" of Joybox Express gave a performance of traditional ragtime and American popular piano music while also talking about the history of the songs he was playing, and the musicians who originally played them.

Aileen Pagan-Rohwer introduced our speakers. As a long time Riverfolk Board Member and grant writer, Aileen was one of the key figures to organize this year's "Passport to Manchester" Series, and she took the time at this final event to talk about the regional coverage received by the project, and the hope that the program will continue into the future.

Riverfolk Board Member Jim Horton loaned a small printing press to the event. Set for printing was a commemorative book mark designed by Horton drawing on his large collection of historic printing type and images. Fritz Swanson operated the press and gave a very brief talk on how cider and wine presses were the forbears of the printing press ultimately perfected by Johann Gutenberg of Mainz, Germany in the 1430s. He also shared the little known fact that Johann's original surname was Gooseflesh, and that his more famous name Gutenberg didn't come to him until he inherited the home of his wealthy aunt. That home was called The Gutenberg, which means The Good Mountain, or The Good Castle.