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Comprehensive list of education programs, parks, special events, facilities and services provided by the Licking Park District in Licking County, Ohio.

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Page 1: 2009 Licking Park District Program Highlights

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Page 2: 2009 Licking Park District Program Highlights

Glo

bal

war

min

g s

eem

s to

be

on e

ver

yone’

s

min

d t

hes

e day

s.

Fro

m h

ybri

d v

ehic

les

to

clea

n c

oal

tec

hno

logy (

?), t

he

nex

t m

essa

ge

is

on

ly a

tel

evis

ion

com

mer

cial

aw

ay.

It

seem

s

that

ever

yw

her

e yo

u l

ook t

hes

e day

s; t

her

e is

talk

of

a n

ew g

reen

in

itia

tive.

We

are

all

face

d w

ith p

erso

nal

choic

es w

hic

h

con

trib

ute

to

glo

bal

war

min

g.

Tak

e th

e pur-

chas

e o

f a

new

veh

icle

as

an e

xam

ple

. M

ost

peo

ple

thin

k t

he

gre

en s

olu

tion

is

to p

urc

has

e

a n

ew f

uel

eff

icie

nt

veh

icle

. B

efo

re y

ou g

o

ou

t an

d p

lunk

do

wn $

30

,000

.00 o

n a

new

hyb

rid,

consi

der

th

is.

If

you w

ere

to t

rade

in

that

old

clu

nk

er t

hat

get

s an

av

erag

e 15

mp

g

for

a n

ew c

ar t

hat

get

s 27-3

0 m

pg, y

ou'll

only

be

sav

ing

ab

out

90

0 l

bs

of

CO

2 p

er y

ear

off

yo

ur

carb

on

im

pri

nt.

It

wil

l ta

ke

man

y y

ears

for

yo

ur

new

p

urc

has

e to

"p

ay

bac

k"

the

env

iro

nm

enta

l co

sts

of

buil

din

g t

he

car.

As

a

case

in

poin

t, l

et’s

ass

um

e yo

u p

urc

has

e a

To

yo

ta

Pri

us.

It

tak

es

appro

xim

atel

y

113

mil

lio

n B

TU

’s o

f en

ergy t

o p

rodu

ce a

new

Pri

us.

Bec

ause

th

ere

are

abo

ut

113

,00

0

BT

Us

of

ener

gy

in

a g

allo

n o

f gas

oli

ne,

th

e

Pri

us

has

co

nsu

med

the

equiv

alen

t of

1,0

00

gal

lon

s o

f gas

oli

ne

bef

ore

it

re

aches

you

r

loca

l sh

ow

roo

m.

Yo

u w

on’t

pay

off

you

r

new

ca

r’s

carb

on

deb

t u

nti

l th

e P

riu

s has

turn

ed o

ver

46

,000

mil

es o

r so

.

Wh

at ab

out

the

savin

gs

at th

e g

as p

um

p?

Un

less

yo

u d

rive

more

than

25

,000

mil

es p

er

yea

r an

d a

re w

illi

ng

to s

wit

ch f

rom

a b

ig inef

-

fici

ent

veh

icle

to a

sm

all

hybri

d,

a gen

eral

rule

of

thu

mb i

s th

at h

old

ing o

n t

o y

our

old

car

wil

l sa

ve

you

ab

out

$3000

per

yea

r.

Rem

ember

, your

old

ca

r d

oes

n’t

go

aw

ay.

Unle

ss y

ou

sen

d i

t to

the

loca

l sc

rap y

ard,

som

eone

wil

l co

nti

nue

to

dri

ve

it.

D

on’t

des

pai

r,

foll

ow

th

e L

ickin

g

Par

k

Dis

tric

t’s

lead

an

d y

ou ca

n do your

par

t to

co

mbat

glo

bal

war

min

g.

Th

e L

ickin

g

Par

k

Dis

tric

t has

bee

n

goin

g

gre

en f

or

yea

rs. W

e’ve

inst

alle

d p

rog

ram

ma-

ble

ther

mo

stat

s, c

on

duct

ed e

ner

gy a

udit

s on

ou

r buil

din

gs

and

reduce

d

the

num

ber

of

acre

s of

gra

ss w

e m

ow

. S

tart

ing i

n 1

991,

the

par

k d

istr

ict

beg

an a

n a

ggre

ssiv

e tr

ee p

lant-

ing

cam

pai

gn

and

elim

inat

ed

hund

reds

of

acre

s o

f h

igh

ly

ero

dib

le

cro

pla

nd

in

th

e

pro

cess

. T

o d

ate

ov

er 4

0,0

00

tre

es h

ave

bee

n

pla

nte

d at

L

ickin

g P

ark D

istr

ict

par

ks

and

pre

serv

es.

Why i

s th

is i

mp

ort

ant

you a

sk?

Th

e av

erag

e d

ecid

uo

us

tree

rem

oves

o

ne

ton

of

carb

on

du

ring i

ts l

ifet

ime.

A

n a

cre

of

tree

s m

ay s

eques

ter

up t

o 5

tons

of

co2/y

ear.

To

dat

e,

nea

rly

8

00

ac

res

of

yo

ur

Lic

kin

g P

ark D

istr

ict’

s to

tal

acre

age

is f

ore

sted

. T

hat

’s a

lot

less

car

bon.

th

ou

gh

ts f

rom

th

e D

irec

tor

ru

ssel

l B

. E

dgin

gto

n

2

go

ing

gre

en

Board

of

Park

 Dis

tric

t

com

mis

sion

ers

Jim

Bra

dle

y

Tim

Mas

on

Jerr

y W

eaver

sta

ff

Dir

ecto

r/s

ecre

tary

Russ

ell

B.

Edgin

gto

n

op

erati

on

s a

dm

inis

trato

r

Ric

har

d N

iccu

m,

Jr.

ch

ief

Park

ran

ger

Ryan

Pet

erso

n

sp

ecia

l P

roje

cts

coord

inato

r

Mar

y B

eth S

ills

Pu

bli

c in

form

ati

on

sp

ecia

list

Kar

issa

Coop

er

Th

e L

ickin

g P

ark D

istr

ict

Pro

gra

m H

ighli

ghts

is p

ubli

shed

annual

ly.

Ed

itor:

Ric

h N

iccu

m

Fro

nt

cover

Ph

oto

gra

ph

:C

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mon B

uck

eye

Butt

erfl

y

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oto

gra

phed

by

Bobbi

Mel

dah

l of

New

ark

3rd

Pla

ce -

Anim

als,

2008 E

xposi

ng O

ur

Her

itag

e P

hoto

Conte

st

Copyri

ght

c

2009

Lic

kin

g P

ark D

istr

ict.

All

rig

hts

res

erved

.

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w.l

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t.co

mste

ps

you

can

tak

e to

Join

th

e g

reen

rev

olu

tion

1.

Pla

nt

a t

ree.

Tre

es r

emov

e C

O2

from

the

atm

osp

her

e an

d c

onver

t it

to o

xygen

. P

lante

d

stra

tegic

ally

ar

ound

your

ho

use

, tr

ees

can

red

uce

h

om

e h

eati

ng

an

d

coo

lin

g

expen

ses.

2.

r

epla

ce

old

in

can

des

cen

t li

gh

t b

ulb

s

wit

h c

om

pac

t fl

uore

scen

ts.

Flu

ore

scen

t bulb

s

con

sum

e 7

5%

le

ss

ener

gy

th

an

thei

r

counte

rpar

ts.

3.

un

plu

g e

lect

ric

ap

pli

an

ces

in y

ou

r h

om

e

wh

ile

not

in u

se.

Man

y a

ppli

ance

s co

nsu

me

larg

e am

ou

nts

of

ener

gy

wh

ile

on

stan

dby.

4.

carp

ool

or

tak

e a h

ike.

L

et’s

fac

e it

;

auto

mobil

es a

re l

arge

contr

ibuto

rs t

o g

reen

-

house

gas

ses.

D

rive

less

and w

alk m

ore

. Y

ou

and t

he

eart

h w

ill

be

hea

lthie

r fo

r it

!

Page 3: 2009 Licking Park District Program Highlights

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rk

Lo

cate

d o

n S

R 3

7,

thre

e m

iles

south

of

Gra

nvi

lle.

Nam

ed f

or

the

pre

his

tori

c "I

nfi

rmar

y M

ound"

loca

ted

on

th

e g

round

s, t

he

32

6 a

cre

par

k c

onti

nu

es t

o b

e a

fam

ily f

avori

te.

Pic

nic

kin

g,

fish

ing,

hik

ing a

nd

hors

e-

bac

k a

re j

ust

a f

ew o

f th

e opp

ort

unit

ies

avai

lab

le.

The

par

k i

s hom

e to

Lic

kin

g P

ark D

istr

ict

Hea

dquar

ters

.

Bo

yD

-WiL

kin

 rE

sE

rV

E

Lo

cate

d o

ff S

R 7

9 o

n W

ilki

ns

Run R

oad i

n M

ary

An

n

To

wnsh

ip.

Bo

yd-W

ilk

in R

eser

ve

was

don

ated

to t

he

Dis

tric

t in

20

07

by

Don

ald

an

d M

argar

et B

oyd

.

Th

e 16

0 a

cre

farm

is

ho

me

to f

asci

nat

ing g

laci

al d

eposi

ts a

nd f

or-

mat

ions

no

t fo

und

at

oth

er D

istr

ict

faci

liti

es.

The

area

is n

ot

curr

entl

y o

pen

to t

he

pub

lic.

Fr

ED

Er

ick

r.

rE

Es

E

WiL

DL

iFE

 sa

nc

tu

ar

y

Lo

cate

d o

ff S

R 7

9 a

t th

e en

d o

f G

rum

m's

Lane

in

Ma

ry A

nn T

ow

nsh

ip.

En

com

pas

sin

g

app

rox

imat

ely

1

00

ac

res

of

mat

ure

wo

od

lan

ds,

th

e ar

ea c

onta

ins

imp

ress

ive

sandst

one

out-

crop

pin

gs,

a v

arie

ty o

f sp

ring a

nd s

um

mer

wil

dfl

ow

ers

and

ab

und

ant

wil

dli

fe. T

he

area

is

not

curr

entl

y o

pen

to

the

pub

lic,

bu

t fu

ture

pla

ns

incl

ude

a p

arkin

g a

rea

and

hik

ing

tra

ils.

Lo

BD

EL

L r

Es

Er

VE

Lo

cate

d o

ne-

ha

lf m

ile

no

rth o

f A

lexa

ndri

a o

n M

oun

ts

Ro

ad

.

Vis

ito

rs t

o t

he

204

acr

e re

serv

e w

ill

enco

unte

r m

ature

wo

od

lan

ds,

mea

do

ws

and a

bea

uti

ful

stre

am c

orr

idor.

Cli

ffs

cut

by L

ob

del

l R

un

Cre

ek a

fford

vis

itors

bre

ath-

tak

ing

vie

ws

of

the

rese

rve.

E

igh

t m

iles

of

hik

ing,

ho

rseb

ack

rid

ing a

nd

mounta

in b

ikin

g t

rail

s, r

ang

ing

fro

m e

asy t

o d

iffi

cult

, tr

aver

se t

he

rese

rve.

A

dis

c g

olf

cou

rse

is a

lso

av

aila

ble

to

vis

itors

.

Mo

rr

is W

oo

Ds

st

at

E 

na

tu

rE

Pr

Es

Er

VE

Lo

cate

d 2

mil

es n

ort

hea

st o

f Jo

hnst

ow

n o

n D

utc

h L

ane

Ro

ad,

1/2

mil

e ea

st o

f U

S 6

2.

Th

e p

rese

rve

is m

anag

ed b

y t

he

Lic

kin

g P

ark

 Dis

tric

t

in c

oop

erat

ion w

ith t

he

Ohio

Div

isio

n o

f N

atu

ral A

reas

and

Pre

serv

es.

The

107 a

cre

area

is

pri

mar

ily a

mat

ure

bee

ch-m

aple

fo

rest

, b

ut

young

fore

st,

scru

b a

nd o

pen

fiel

d a

reas

als

o e

xis

t.

A s

mal

l la

ke

and w

etla

nd a

ttra

ct

a v

arie

ty o

f an

imal

s th

rou

ghou

t th

e yea

r. It

is

an e

xce

l-

len

t ar

ea f

or

vie

win

g s

pri

ng w

ildfl

ow

ers.

oH

io c

an

aL

gr

EE

nW

ay

Lo

cate

d b

etw

een C

anal

Park

in H

ebro

n a

nd S

R 7

9 i

n

Bu

ckey

e L

ake

.

Th

e O

hio

Can

al G

reen

way

is

a 3.8

mil

e m

ult

i-p

urp

ose

recr

eati

on

al

trai

l lo

cate

d

on

th

e o

ld

Pen

n

Cen

tral

Rai

lro

ad r

igh

t o

f w

ay s

outh

of

the

Vil

lage

of

Heb

ron.

Th

e tr

ail

off

ers

exce

llen

t opp

ort

unit

ies

for

fish

ing,

bir

d

wat

chin

g,

hors

ebac

k r

idin

g a

nd h

ikin

g.

Th

e hig

hli

ght

of

the

trai

l is

a g

enuin

e w

ooden

tru

ss c

over

ed b

ridge

bu

ilt

in 1

99

2.

Vis

itors

may

par

k i

n t

he

Heb

ron S

tate

Fis

h

Hat

cher

y

vis

ito

r ar

ea

to

acce

ss

the

trai

l.

Pa

LM

Er

rD

. s

Wa

MP

Pr

Es

Er

VE

Loca

ted i

n t

he

Russ

ell

Hei

ghts

su

bdiv

isio

n b

etw

een

Palm

er R

oa

d a

nd I

-70

in E

tna T

ow

nsh

ip.

The

pre

serv

e co

nta

ins

app

roxim

atel

y 4

5 a

cres

of

wet

woods

and g

rass

lands.

It

pro

vid

es a

sm

all

hav

en f

or

wil

dli

fe i

n t

he

shad

ow

s of

I-70 a

nd a

moder

n s

ub

div

i-

sion.

Pla

ns

for

the

area

incl

ude

inte

rpre

tive

trai

ls a

nd

wet

land e

nh

ance

men

t. T

he

area

is

not

curr

entl

y o

pen

to

the

pub

lic.

riV

Er

ViE

W P

rE

sE

rV

E

Loca

ted n

ear

the

end o

f O

hio

Str

eet,

one-

ha

lf m

ile

east

of

South

Sec

ond S

tree

t in

New

ark

.

Riv

ervie

w's

110 a

cres

exte

nd a

long t

he

Lic

kin

g R

iver

thro

ugh w

oo

dla

nd a

nd

wet

land h

abit

ats.

Th

is r

ipar

ian

corr

idor

abo

unds

wit

h

wil

dfl

ow

ers

and

is

hom

e to

man

y s

pec

ies

of

wil

dli

fe. V

isit

ors

wil

l fi

nd a

mp

le p

ark-

ing,

a ca

no

e la

unch

si

te

and

fish

ing

acce

ss.

Futu

re

dev

elop

men

t in

cludes

hik

ing t

rail

s.

t.J

. E

Va

ns

& P

an

Ha

nD

LE

rE

cr

Ea

tio

na

L t

ra

iLs

Va

rious

acc

ess

poin

ts a

long

a

9.9

mil

e se

ctio

n

bet

wee

n e

ast

New

ark

and H

anove

r and a

14

.5 m

ile

sect

ion b

etw

een w

est

New

ark

and

Johnst

ow

n.

Tra

ver

sing o

ver

36 m

iles

of

Lic

kin

g C

ounty

’s l

and-

scap

e, t

he

T.J

. E

van

s R

ecre

atio

nal

Tra

il S

yst

em p

ro-

vid

es v

isit

ors

wit

h a

wid

e var

iety

of

recr

eati

on o

pp

or-

tunit

ies.

The

Lic

kin

g P

ark D

istr

ict

man

ages

all

rec

re-

atio

nal

tr

ails

o

n

beh

alf

of

the

Lic

kin

g

Co

un

ty

Com

mis

sion

ers,

exce

pt

those

wit

hin

munic

ipal

corp

o-

rati

on l

imit

s an

d B

lack

han

d G

org

e.

ta

Ft

rE

sE

rV

E &

WiL

Lia

M c

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kr

an

Er

 na

tu

rE

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nt

Er

Nort

h e

ntr

an

ce i

s lo

cate

d o

n F

lint

Rid

ge

Road o

ne

mil

e ea

st o

f L

innvi

lle

Road.

South

entr

ance

and

Natu

re C

ente

r is

loca

ted a

t 10380

Fair

view

Road.

Taf

t R

eser

ve’

s 425 a

cres

conta

in e

ight

mil

es o

f hors

e-

bac

k ri

din

g an

d hik

ing tr

ails

th

rough w

oodla

nd an

d

mea

do

w

hab

itat

s.

Th

e W

illi

am

C.

Kra

ner

N

atu

re

Cen

ter

house

s dis

pla

ys

inte

rpre

ting L

ickin

g C

ounty

's

rich

cult

ura

l an

d n

atura

l his

tory

.

ty

LE

r P

oW

EL

L P

rE

sE

rV

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oca

ted e

ast

of

SR

310 o

n M

ill

Str

eet

alo

ng

Muddy

Fork

Cre

ek i

n P

ata

skala

.

The

smal

lest

of

the

Lic

kin

g P

ark D

istr

ict

nat

ura

l ar

eas,

this

13 a

cre

pre

serv

e p

rovid

es a

hav

en f

or

flora

and

fauna

amid

st t

he

sub

urb

an s

pra

wl

of

wes

tern

Lic

kin

g

Co

unty

. The

pre

serv

e af

ford

s p

rote

ctio

n t

o M

uddy F

ork

Cre

ek,

a tr

ibuta

ry o

f th

e S

outh

Fork

of

the

Lic

kin

g

Riv

er. A

tra

il s

yst

em i

s cu

rren

tly u

nder

dev

elop

men

t.

1 2 43 6

7

5

10

3

8

10

9

4

5

6

7

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9

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2

3

9

11

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4

Jam

es E

.

Bra

dle

y c

ente

r

Are

you l

ookin

g f

or

a fa

cil-

ity

to h

old

a f

amil

y r

eunio

n

or

wed

din

g r

ecep

tion?

Th

e

Jam

es

E.

Bra

dle

y

Cen

ter

wo

uld

b

e a

gre

at

mat

ch.

Th

e cl

imat

e-co

ntr

oll

ed c

en-

ter,

com

ple

te w

ith

a k

itch

en

and m

od

ern r

estr

oom

s, c

an

acco

mm

od

ate

up t

o 1

80 p

eople

, m

akin

g y

our

stay

com

fort

able

no

mat

ter

what

the

wea

ther

.

Wh

y d

irty

yo

ur

ho

me

when

you

can

lea

ve

the

clea

nin

g t

o u

s? Y

ou

r

gu

ests

wil

l h

ave

acce

ss t

o f

ish

ing,

pla

ygro

un

d a

reas

and h

ikin

g

trai

ls.

The

Jam

es E

. B

radle

y C

ente

r m

ay b

e re

serv

ed f

rom

8:3

0

a.m

. u

nti

l 11

:00 p

.m.

seven

day

s a

wee

k.

The

rese

rvat

ion f

ee i

s

bas

ed u

pon

the

nu

mber

of

peo

ple

in y

our

par

ty a

nd r

anges

fro

m

$1

00

.00 t

o $

20

0.0

0 p

er d

ay.

Wil

liam

c.

kra

ner

natu

re c

ente

r

If y

ou a

re p

lann

ing

a s

mal

l off

ice

retr

eat

or

a fa

mil

y b

irth

day

par

ty

for

gro

up

s of

40

peo

ple

or

less

, th

e W

illi

am C

. K

raner

Nat

ure

Cen

ter

is a

n i

dea

l p

lace

to m

eet.

Th

e nat

ure

cen

ter

confe

rence

ro

om

is

com

-

ple

men

ted b

y a

wel

l-ap

poin

ted k

itch

en a

nd r

estr

oom

s.

In a

ddit

ion,

yo

ur

gues

ts c

an b

row

se n

ature

cen

ter

dis

pla

ys

and e

xplo

re t

he

425

acre

Taf

t R

eser

ve.

T

he

confe

ren

ce r

oom

may

be

rente

d f

or

a $50.0

0

fee

per

day

, se

ven

day

s a

wee

k.

Tw

o r

eser

vab

le s

hel

ters

are

als

o a

vai

lable

fo

r sm

all gat

her

ings.

Eac

h

shel

ter

acco

mm

od

ates

up t

o 1

5 p

eople

and h

as g

rill

s an

d p

icn

ic

tab

les.

A

cces

s to

moder

n r

estr

oom

s is

avai

lable

duri

ng n

ature

cen

-

ter

oper

atin

g h

ours

. T

he

shel

ters

are

idea

l fo

r th

ose

who

wan

t to

get

away

fro

m l

arge

crow

ds

and

enjo

y n

ature

. T

hey

may

be

rese

rved

for

$1

0.0

0 p

er d

ay o

n w

eeken

ds

and

holi

day

s.

Mu

ltip

urp

ose

are

nas

Tw

o m

ult

ipurp

ose

are

nas

are

av

aila

ble

for

use

sev

en d

ays

a w

eek

for

more

act

ive

org

aniz

atio

ns.

A

lar

ge

fence

d l

ives

tock

are

na

is

avai

lable

wit

h a

san

d b

ase

and

an a

nnounce

r's

buil

din

g c

om

ple

te

wit

h e

lect

ric

and r

unnin

g w

ater

. A

mple

par

kin

g m

akes

the

faci

lity

idea

l fo

r hors

e sh

ow

s,

dog

show

s an

d

oth

er

lives

tock

ev

ents

.

Indiv

idual

s m

ay u

se t

he

faci

lity

at

no c

har

ge

to p

ract

ice

thei

r ri

d-

ing

sk

ills

.

4-H

g

rou

ps

may

rese

rve

the

aren

a fo

r $

50.0

0 p

er

day

and o

ther

org

aniz

atio

ns

may

rese

rve

it

for

$7

5.0

0.

A

larg

e

gra

ss

dre

ssag

e ar

ena

is

also

avai

lab

le

by

re

serv

atio

n

on

ly.

For

more

info

rmat

ion p

leas

e ca

ll

Lic

kin

g P

ark D

istr

ict

off

ices

.

infi

rmary

Mou

nd

Park

sh

elte

r H

ou

ses

Fo

ur

rese

rvab

le

shel

ter

house

s ar

e av

aila

ble

for

those

wh

o d

on't

wan

t to

be

coo

ped

u

p

insi

de.

They

pro

vid

e th

e p

erfe

ct

sett

ing

, co

mb

inin

g

all

the

nec

essi

ties

am

idst

a

nat

ura

l bac

kdro

p.

Eac

h

shel

ter

ho

use

acco

mm

odat

es

appro

xim

atel

y

110

peo

ple

an

d

com

es

com

ple

te

wit

h p

icn

ic t

able

s, r

unnin

g w

ater

, ch

arco

al g

rill

and p

laygro

und

area

. I

n a

ddit

ion p

rim

itiv

e re

stro

om

fac

ilit

ies,

a b

asket

bal

l co

urt

,

soft

bal

l fi

eld,

fish

ing l

ake

and h

ikin

g t

rail

s ar

e al

l w

ithin

wal

kin

g

dis

tance

of

each

sh

elte

r. S

hel

ter

house

s m

ay b

e re

serv

ed f

or

wee

k-

ends

and h

oli

day

s fr

om

8:3

0 a

.m.

unti

l dar

k f

or

a $25.0

0 d

aily

fee

.

Ele

ctri

city

is

avai

lable

for

an e

xtr

a $10.0

0 f

ee.

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Sig

nM

Eu

Pa

Sa

Lic

kin

gP

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kD

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ric

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Pa

rk

Ex

Pr

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EM

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chec

k f

or

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ed.

Nam

e:_____

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kin

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ark

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tric

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Wh

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Does

you

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Hel

p P

rovid

e?

Pas

sive

recr

eati

onal

opport

unit

ies

incl

udin

g p

icnic

kin

g,

hik

ing, fi

shin

g, bik

ing, dis

c golf

and m

ore

.

Over

1500 a

cres

of

pre

serv

ed o

pen

spac

e in

Lic

kin

g

County

.

Appro

xim

atel

y 3

0 m

iles

of

recr

eati

onal

tra

ils

ser

vin

g

over

250,0

00 v

isit

ors

eac

h y

ear.

A v

arie

ty o

f ed

uca

tional

pro

gra

ms

and s

pec

ial

even

ts

reac

hin

g 1

0,0

00 p

lus

vis

itors

annual

ly.

Outr

each

pro

gra

ms

to a

rea

schools

, sc

out

gro

ups

and

oth

er c

om

munit

y o

rgan

izat

ions

reac

hin

g a

n a

ddit

ional

5,0

00 p

eople

.

Res

ervab

le s

hel

ters

and i

ndoor

spac

es f

or

pic

nic

s an

d

spec

ial

funct

ions.

Over

tw

enty

mil

es o

f hik

ing, hors

ebac

k r

idin

g, an

d

mounta

in b

ikin

g t

rail

s m

ainta

ined

in L

ickin

g C

ounty

.

Mem

ber

Ben

efit

s

Fre

e ad

mis

sion

to p

rogra

ms

un

less

oth

erw

ise

note

d.

Fre

e ad

mis

sion

to H

au

nte

d P

ark

(a $

20.0

0 v

alu

e).

10%

dis

cou

nt

on

res

ervati

on

fee

s, m

oto

rcoach

tou

r fe

es,

spec

ial

even

ts a

nd

pu

rch

ase

s at

the

rook

ery g

ift 

sh

op

.

ch

an

ce t

o m

ak

e ea

rly b

ird

faci

lity

res

ervati

on

s.

sp

ecia

l “M

emb

er’s

on

ly” p

rogra

ms

an

d t

rip

s.

Qu

art

erly

new

slet

ter

wit

h t

he

insi

de

track

on

Lic

kin

g P

ark

 Dis

tric

t h

ap

pen

ings.

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6

Don

't l

et y

ou

r k

ids

mis

s ou

t on

an

op

port

un

ity t

o c

reate

a s

um

mer

of

last

ing m

emori

es.

sig

n t

hem

up

for

a J

un

ior

natu

rali

st a

dven

ture

. c

hoose

fro

m s

ever

al

han

ds-

on

ses

sion

s th

at

are

su

re t

o m

ak

e you

r ch

ild

ren

wan

t to

be

ou

tdoors

all

su

mm

er l

on

g.

you

r ch

ild

can

get

th

eir

feet

wet

see

kin

g o

ut

aq

uati

c cr

eatu

res

or

learn

wh

at

goes

bu

mp

in

th

e n

igh

t.

reg

istr

ati

on

is

lim

ited

an

d f

ills

up

qu

ick

ly. D

on

’t d

elay,

sig

n y

ou

r ch

ild

up

tod

ay f

or

a s

um

mer

ou

tdoor

ad

ven

ture

!

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 natu

rali

st a

dven

ture

s

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-reg

istr

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on

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ark

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pro

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* F

ee a

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essi

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beg

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firm

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can

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f re

gis

trat

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s ca

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lled

pri

or

to d

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No r

efunds

wil

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issu

ed f

or

cance

llat

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mad

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ter

the

dea

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Ju

ly 6

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natu

re n

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and!

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for

pre

schoole

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hei

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this

cam

p w

ill

intr

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youngst

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to t

he

wonder

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nat

ure

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xplo

re

the

woods

for in

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earc

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and m

uch

more

thro

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on a

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to t

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11:3

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most

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to e

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about

ever

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ater

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ted.

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ill in

ves

tigat

e a

wet

land, c

reek

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er a

nd lak

e in

sear

ch o

f a

var

iety

of

aquat

ic c

reat

ure

s.

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ng y

our

fish

ing p

ole

and s

ee

if y

ou c

an c

atch

the

big

ges

t fi

sh.

P

arti

cipan

ts w

ill

get

wet

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hould

hav

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me

swim

min

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bil

ity.

L

imit

ed t

o 7

par

tici

pan

ts,

ages

10 -

12.

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vel

to o

ther

par

ks

pro

vid

ed. $100.0

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ly 2

1 -

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at

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tdoor

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is s

essi

on w

ill

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you

nger

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th

e bas

ics

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on

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ivit

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and c

raft

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hey

wil

l ex

plo

re a

var

iety

of

hab

itat

s, l

earn

ab

out

the

pla

nts

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nim

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that

cal

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e an

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earn

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ou

tdoors

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an e

xci

ting p

lace

to

be.

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rid

ay

even

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cam

pfi

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and

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per

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mil

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pfi

re p

rogra

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beg

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at 6

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p.m

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imit

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o 1

0 p

arti

cip

ants

, ag

es 7

- 9

. $

150.0

0

Sess

ion

sS

ess

ion

s

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on

sore

d b

y

th

e L

ick

ing P

ark

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Park

Dis

tric

t S

cen

es-

2 e

ntr

ies

- P

hoto

s m

ust

be

taken

wit

hin

area

s m

anag

ed b

y t

he

Lic

kin

g

Par

k D

istr

ict, d

epic

ting s

truc-

ture

s, a

reas

, even

ts, o

r th

ings.

Pic

ture

s m

ay in

clude

peo

ple

, but

NO

port

rait

s.

Par

k l

oca

tion m

ust

be

clea

rly i

den

tifi

ed o

n t

he

bac

k. S

ee p

age

3 f

or

list

of

LP

D f

acil

itie

s.

gen

eral

natu

re

- 2

entr

ies

- L

andsc

apes

an

d

pla

nts

.

Phen

om

ena

of

nat

ure

and the

envir

onm

ent m

ust

be

dep

icte

d in

this

cat

egory

. H

um

an e

lem

ent

may

be

pre

sent, b

ut

should

be

unobtr

usi

ve

and o

nly

to e

nhan

ce t

he

scen

e.

an

imals

- 2 e

ntr

ies

- T

his

incl

udes

only

wil

d a

nim

als.

cu

ltu

ral

Her

itage

- 2 e

ntr

ies

- C

aptu

res

an a

spec

t of

Lic

kin

g

County

's c

ult

ura

l her

itag

e. C

an b

e st

ruct

ure

s, p

eople

, or

even

ts.

you

th(1

7 y

ears

and u

nder

) -

3 e

ntr

ies

One

cate

gory

for

all

entr

ies.

1.

am

ate

ur

ph

oto

gra

ph

ers

are

eli

gib

le.

An

amat

eur

photo

gra

pher

is

a per

son w

ho h

as n

ot

rece

ived

pay

men

t fo

r th

eir

pic

ture

s duri

ng t

he

pas

t yea

r.

LP

D e

mplo

yee

s an

d t

hei

r im

med

i-

ate

fam

ilie

s ar

e not

elig

ible

to

en

ter.

2. E

ntr

y dea

dli

ne:

oct

ob

er 3

1, 2009. P

hoto

s

must

be

subm

itte

d to

the

Lic

kin

g P

ark D

istr

ict,

PO

B

ox

590,

4309

Lan

cast

er

Road

S

E,

Gra

nvil

le,

Ohio

43023.

Entr

ies

may

als

o b

e

subm

itte

d a

t th

e W

illi

am C

. K

raner

Nat

ure

Cen

ter. L

PD

res

erves

the

right

to r

ejec

t an

y

photo

gra

phs

that

may

see

m o

bje

ctio

nab

le.

3.

En

try

Lim

it:

Adult

s:

2

entr

ies

per

cate

gory

. Youth

: 3 e

ntr

ies.

E

ach p

hoto

must

hav

e an

entr

y t

ag s

ecure

ly a

ttac

hed

to t

he

bac

k.

4.

Ph

oto

S

ize:

All

photo

s m

ust

be

8 x

10 i

nch

es.

colo

rs:

Colo

r or

bla

ck &

whit

e a

ccep

ted.

Form

at:

Dig

ital

and f

ilm

Wri

tin

g:

No

wri

ting

or

quote

s on

the

pic

ture

s.

5.

Mou

nti

ng r

equ

irem

ents

:P

hoto

s m

ust

be

secu

rely

mounte

d o

n a

stu

rdy b

ackin

g (

foam

boar

d,

card

boar

d,

etc.

) th

e sa

me

size

as

the

pic

ture

. B

ackin

g m

ust

be

flush

wit

h the

edges

of

the

pic

ture

. N

O M

AT

TIN

G,

FR

AM

ES

or

GL

AS

S p

erm

itte

d.

6. Ju

dgin

g:

Photo

s w

ill be

judged

on c

onte

nt,

tech

nic

al q

ual

ity,

com

posi

tion, a

nd o

rigin

alit

y.

The

dec

isio

ns

of

the

judges

is

fi

nal

.

7.

Pu

bli

c S

how

ing:

Photo

s w

ill

be

dis

pla

yed

duri

ng C

hri

stm

as I

n t

he

Countr

y a

t In

firm

ary

Mound P

ark o

n D

ecem

ber

5, 2009, 7:0

0 p

.m.

- 9:0

0 p.m

. an

d at

th

e W

illi

am C

. K

raner

Nat

ure

C

ente

r.

Oth

er

show

ings

may

be

arra

nged

.

8.

Entr

ies

may

be

pic

ked

up

afte

r

Januar

y

31,

2010

at

LP

D

Hea

dquar

ters

Monday

-

Fri

day

, 8:3

0am

-

4:3

0pm

.

9. L

PD

res

erves

the

right to

use

any e

ntr

ies

for

publi

cati

on, giv

ing c

redit

wher

e poss

ible

.

aw

ard

sa

wa

rd

s

Bes

t of

sh

ow

- a

du

lt

Bes

t of

sh

ow

- y

ou

th

"P

eop

le's

ch

oic

e a

ward

"

ad

ult

:F

irst

- T

hir

d P

lace

in e

ach c

ateg

ory

wil

l

rece

ive

ribbons.

. H

onora

ble

men

tion

ribbons

wil

l be

awar

ded

in e

ach c

ateg

ory

.

you

th:

Fir

st -

Thir

d P

lace

wil

l re

ceiv

e ri

bbons.

Honora

ble

men

tion r

ibbons

wil

l be

awar

ded

.

co

nte

st r

ule

s a

nd

gu

ideli

nes

co

nte

st r

ule

s a

nd

gu

ideli

nes

Page 8: 2009 Licking Park District Program Highlights

8

ou

tdo

or

ad

ven

ture

sM

ay 1

6 -

17

infi

rmary

Mou

nd

Park

Join

us

in t

he

gre

at o

utd

oors

fo

r a

wee

ken

d p

acked

full

of

fun a

nd e

xhil

-

arat

ing

act

ivit

ies.

T

ry y

our

han

d a

t ro

ck c

lim

bin

g,

hop i

n a

can

oe

or

kay

ak;

lear

n t

o s

ho

ot

a bow

and a

rrow

or

skee

t sh

oot.

A

var

iety

of

han

ds-

on

ad

ven

ture

act

ivit

ies

wil

l be

tak

ing p

lace

th

roughout

the

wee

k-

end.

Outd

oor

acti

vit

y v

endors

wil

l be

on h

and

sel

ling e

quip

men

t, p

ro-

mo

ting

th

eir

serv

ices

and

mu

ch m

ore

. F

oo

d a

nd d

rinks

wil

l be

avai

l-

able

. R

ain o

r sh

ine,

don

’t s

it i

nsi

de;

jo

in u

s fo

r a

gre

at o

utd

oor

adven

-

ture

. S

ched

ule

of

acti

vit

ies

wil

l be

anno

unce

d a

t th

e beg

innin

g o

f M

ay.

Harv

est

Moon

ren

dez

vou

s o

ctob

er 1

0 -

11

infi

rmary

Mou

nd

Park

Join

the

Dea

thw

ind L

ongri

fles

as

they

host

mounta

in m

en f

rom

Ohio

and

bey

ond d

uri

ng t

hei

r an

nual

fal

l ev

ent.

W

atch

as

rend

ezvouse

rs t

hro

w

axes

, tr

y t

hei

r han

d a

t a

trai

l sh

oot

or

cook o

ver

an o

pen

fir

e. L

earn

how

pre

-1840’s

hunte

rs a

nd t

rap

per

s li

ved

on t

he

fronti

er a

nd

what

skil

ls t

hey

nee

ded

to s

urv

ive.

A

fun a

nd e

duca

tional

exper

ience

fo

r th

e en

tire

fam

-

ily.

F

ree

adm

issi

on.

Pace

at

the

Pa

rkJu

ne

7t

aft

res

erv

e &

Wil

liam

c.

kra

ner

 natu

re c

ente

r

Join

us

for

ou

r fo

urt

h a

nnual

even

t.

The

Pac

e ow

es i

ts s

ucc

ess

to i

ts

appea

l to

a w

ide

var

iety

of

eques

tria

ns.

A

tten

dee

s in

clude

fox h

unte

rs

to c

asu

al t

rail

rid

ers,

dra

ft h

ors

es t

o s

tandar

dbre

ds.

T

his

yea

r’s

Pac

e

wil

l ag

ain

be

hel

d a

t th

e T

aft

Res

erve.

T

he

even

t w

ill

be

one

rider

s w

ill

no

t w

ant

to m

iss,

wit

h r

oll

ing

hil

ls r

emin

isce

nt

of

Vir

gin

ia a

nd b

eauti

-

ful

scen

ery a

ll a

roun

d. I

f you

wou

ld l

ike

to a

ssis

t w

ith t

he

even

t, p

leas

e

con

tact

th

e L

ick

ing P

ark

Dis

tric

t at

(74

0)

587-2

53

5.

W

atch

the

Par

k

Dis

tric

t w

eb s

ite

this

spri

ng f

or

furt

her

det

ails

.

Dri

ve-

th

ru H

au

nte

d P

ark

oct

ob

er 2

8 -

31

infi

rmary

Mou

nd

Park

Exper

ience

it

for

you

rsel

f if

you d

are!

T

he

even

t, n

ow

in i

ts 1

4th

yea

r

is a

per

ennia

l fa

vori

te a

mo

ng v

isit

ors

. W

ho o

r w

hat

wil

l sc

are

you t

his

yea

r?

You

won’t

kn

ow

unle

ss y

ou

join

us

for

this

hau

nti

ngly

uniq

ue

even

t.

No m

atte

r w

hat

cre

ature

s w

e ca

ll f

rom

bey

ond,

rest

ass

ure

d y

ou

wil

l be

safe

and d

ry a

s you t

our

the

scen

es i

n t

he

com

fort

of

your

ow

n

veh

icle

. H

ours

are

7:3

0 p

.m. -

9:3

0 p

.m. W

ednes

day

an

d T

hurs

day

, an

d

7:3

0 p

.m.

- 10:3

0 p

.m.

Fri

day

and S

aturd

ay.

Ther

e is

a $

20.0

0 f

ee p

er

veh

icle

.  P

ark E

xpre

ss M

ember

s re

ceiv

e fr

ee a

dm

issi

on

! T

his

is

a fa

m-

ily

ori

ente

d e

ven

t; h

ow

ever

som

e sc

enes

may

not

be

suit

able

for

ver

y

yo

ung c

hil

dre

n.

If y

ou w

ould

lik

e to

volu

nte

er p

leas

e ca

ll (

740)

587-

25

35.

ch

rist

mas

in t

he

cou

ntr

yD

ecem

ber

5in

firm

ary

Mou

nd

Park

Kic

k o

ff a

fun,

old

-fas

hio

ned

, co

un

try C

hri

stm

as w

ith

your

fam

ily a

nd

frie

nds.

This

annual

even

t has

bec

om

e a

trad

itio

n f

or

man

y v

isit

ors

. Y

ou

can r

elax

on

a h

ors

e dra

wn w

agon

rid

e under

the

clea

r w

inte

r sk

y o

r

war

m u

p a

s you r

oas

t m

arsh

mal

low

s over

a r

oar

ing f

ire.

In

side

you c

an

sam

ple

hom

emad

e co

okie

s an

d h

ot

was

sail

whil

e li

sten

ing t

o s

ounds

of

the

seas

on p

rovid

ed b

y l

oca

l m

usi

cal

gro

ups.

Jo

lly O

ld S

t. N

ichola

s w

ill

also

be

on h

and t

o l

iste

n t

o t

hose

spec

ial

Chri

stm

as w

ishes

. F

ree

adm

is-

sio

n.

7:0

0 p

.m.

- 9:0

0 p

.m.

cru

ise

in a

t th

e P

ark

au

gu

st 2

9

infi

rmary

Mou

nd

Park

Sh

ine

up

th

e ch

rom

e an

d j

oin

us

for

the

14

th a

nn

ual

Cru

ise

In a

t th

e

Par

k.

Gre

at o

ldie

s w

ill

be

cran

kin

g o

ut

all

day

and t

asty

hom

emad

e

foo

d w

ill

be

in a

bu

ndan

ce.

The

Mou

nd C

ity C

orv

ette

Clu

b w

ill

be

assi

stin

g w

ith

th

e ev

ent

so d

on’t

mis

s out

on s

eein

g t

hei

r co

ol

Vet

tes.

Tro

phie

s w

ill

be

han

ded

out

for

the

top

25 v

ehic

les.

T

her

e w

ill

also

be

do

or

pri

zes

gal

ore

. R

egis

trat

ion i

s ju

st $

5.0

0 a

nd r

uns

from

9:0

0 a

.m.

un

til

1:0

0 p

.m.

The

show

is

open

to t

ruck

s an

d c

ars

of

all

mak

es a

nd

mo

del

s. A

ctiv

itie

s ru

n f

rom

11:0

0 a

.m.

to 3

:00 p

.m.

Ea

ster

Egg-s

trava

gan

zaa

pri

l 11

in

firm

ary

Mou

nd

Park

Th

e E

aste

r E

gg-s

trav

agan

za i

s gre

at f

amil

y f

un f

or

all

ages

. T

he

egg

hu

nt

is d

ivid

ed i

nto

fiv

e ag

e ca

teg

ori

es,

incl

udin

g a

dult

s.

Over

5,0

00

can

dy a

nd

pri

ze-f

ille

d e

ggs

wil

l do

t th

e hunti

ng g

rounds

just

wai

ting t

o

be

scooped

up

by

lit

tle

han

ds.

P

arti

cipan

ts c

an p

lay

sev

eral

egg g

ames

,

enjo

y a

pet

ting

zoo a

nd p

ony r

ides

or

get

thei

r fa

ce p

ainte

d.

The

even

t

wil

l ta

ke

pla

ce a

t In

firm

ary M

ou

nd P

ark’s

shel

ter

#5.

Reg

istr

atio

n

beg

ins

at 1

:30

p.m

. w

ith

even

ts s

tart

ing a

t 2

:00 p

.m.

The

actu

al h

unt

beg

ins

pro

mp

tly

at

3:0

0 p

.m.

$3.0

0 f

ee p

er p

arti

cipan

t, f

ree

for

Par

k

Exp

ress

 Mem

ber

s.

Fall

 Fro

lic

sep

tem

ber

18 -

20

infi

rmary

Mou

nd

Park

Car

riag

e ow

ner

s fr

om

ac

ross

th

e st

ate

wil

l co

nver

ge

on

Infi

rmar

y

Mound

Par

k

for

a th

ree

day

w

eeken

d

of

hors

e an

d

carr

iage

fun.

Car

riag

e cl

inic

s w

ill

be

off

ered

by n

atio

nal

ly r

enow

ned

cli

nic

ian A

ndy

Mar

coux w

ith t

he

op

port

unit

y f

or

one

on o

ne

inst

ruct

ion.

Par

tici

pan

ts

can p

ut

what

they

lea

rned

to t

he

test

in t

he

Are

na

Dri

ve

Tri

al.

This

is

an e

xce

llen

t opport

unit

y t

o e

njo

y t

he

bea

uti

ful

scen

ery o

f In

firm

ary

Mound P

ark

and m

eet oth

er c

arri

age

enth

usi

asts

. S

pec

tato

rs a

re e

nco

ur-

aged

. C

o-h

ost

ed b

y t

he

Wes

tern

Res

erve

Car

riag

e A

sso

ciat

ion.

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Feb

rua

ry

28

H

eave

nly

Bodie

s i

We

kic

k o

ff t

he

Inte

rnat

ional

Yea

r of

Ast

rono

my w

ith

the

firs

t han

ds-

on a

stro

no

my p

rogra

m o

f th

e y

ear.

Join

ou

r fr

iends

from

Ohio

Nat

ure

Educa

tion f

or

fun a

ctiv

i-

ties

dem

on

stra

ting

th

e si

ze &

sca

le o

f ou

r so

lar

syst

em.

Wea

ther

p

erm

itti

ng,

par

tici

pan

ts w

ill

step

o

uts

ide

to

vie

w t

he

star

s in

the

nig

ht

sky

(b

inocu

lars

& t

eles

cop

e

pro

vid

ed).

P

arti

cip

ants

should

dre

ss f

or

both

indoo

r &

ou

tdo

or

acti

vit

ies.

r

egis

trati

on

dea

dli

ne

is F

ebru

ary

20

.In

firm

ary

Mou

nd

Par

k,

Jam

es

Bra

dle

y

Cen

ter.

5:3

0 p

.m.

28

B

irds

of

Sta

te

We

wil

l ce

leb

rate

th

e en

d o

f th

e m

onth

of

pre

sid

ents

wit

h a

pat

rio

tic

bir

d-t

hem

ed p

rogra

m.

This

pro

gra

m

wil

l ex

plo

re o

ur

win

ged

fri

ends

thro

ugh

fun a

ctiv

itie

s

and

th

emed

cr

afts

. F

oll

ow

ing th

e p

rogra

m,

a sh

ort

gu

ided

hik

e in

se

arch

of

late

w

inte

r b

irds

wil

l b

e

off

ered

. P

leas

e dre

ss f

or

indo

or

and

outd

oor

acti

vit

ies.

reg

istr

ati

on

dea

dli

ne

is F

ebru

ary

21.

Taf

t R

eser

ve,

Wil

liam

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ure

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2

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f w

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rn t

ips

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s

for

attr

acti

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nat

ive

wil

dli

fe t

o y

our

yar

d f

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d

enjo

ym

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his

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n t

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moo

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for

pla

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lanti

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ring

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tos

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yar

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sh

are

idea

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reg

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d

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rch

8.

Infi

rmar

y

Moun

d

Par

k,

Jam

es

Bra

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ter.

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21

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ire

Bre

ath

ers

of

Morr

is W

oods

Join

our

frie

nds

fro

m O

hio

Nat

ure

Educa

tion a

nd t

rom

p

alo

ng

th

e tr

ails

of

Morr

is W

oo

ds

Sta

te N

ature

Pre

serv

e

in s

earc

h o

f fi

re b

reat

her

s or

sala

man

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we

kn

ow

them

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e p

rep

ared

to

get

m

uddy

an

d dre

ss fo

r th

e

unp

red

icta

ble

Mar

ch w

eath

er.

reg

istr

ati

on

dea

dli

ne

is M

arc

h 7

. P

arti

cip

ants

are

ask

ed t

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in t

he

par

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t o

f W

hit

ehea

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ou

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alls

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cate

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uth

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of

US

Rt.

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hy

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get

th

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ch i

s W

om

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His

tory

Month

and i

n a

cel

ebra

tory

end

to th

e m

onth

, p

arti

cip

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wil

l st

ep b

ack in

tim

e an

d

par

tici

pat

e in

an

18

70

mo

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uff

rag

e ra

lly.

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arti

cip

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wil

l cr

eate

th

eir

ow

n b

anner

s, s

ign

s an

d e

ven

mee

t a

his

tori

c nat

ive

Lic

kin

g C

ounti

an w

ho r

an f

or

pre

sid

ent!

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istr

ati

on

d

ead

lin

e is

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arc

h 21.

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t R

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liam

C.

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ner

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2

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.m.

ap

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res

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e in

to t

he

Past

Vis

it a

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earn

ab

out

two o

f th

e m

yst

erio

us

mounds

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dot

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kin

g C

ounty

’s la

ndsc

ape

on th

is ea

rly sp

ring

hik

e th

rough

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t R

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ve.

E

nro

ute

to t

he

mounds

we

wil

l ex

plo

re h

ow

ear

ly L

ickin

g C

ounty

inhab

itan

ts u

sed

nat

ive

pla

nts

to s

urv

ive.

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his

wil

l b

e a

two

-mil

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trip

hik

e ac

ross

hil

ly t

erra

in s

o p

leas

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ear

app

rop

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twea

r,

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d

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ater

.

reg

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d

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arc

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t R

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liam

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cati

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e S

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cou

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kin

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ark D

istr

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in c

onju

nct

ion w

iht

the

Ohio

Div

isio

n o

f W

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wil

l host

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om

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udy H

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ours

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io h

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re

des

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fo

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ittl

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no k

now

ledge

of

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arm

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o

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conta

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cours

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f

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k R

anger

wil

l b

e te

achin

g t

he

cours

e.

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rmar

y

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ark

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mes

Bra

dle

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ente

r.

6:0

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e.

10

Din

o D

ig

Bri

ng t

he

kid

s to

the

Wil

liam

C.

Kra

ner

Nat

ure

Cen

ter

to s

earc

h f

or

“din

o e

ggs”

. E

ach

egg w

ill

hav

e a

sur-

pri

se.

Be

pre

par

ed t

o g

et d

irty

and p

leas

e b

ring y

ou

r

ow

n han

d tr

ow

el.

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re-r

egis

tra

tion

is

re

qu

ired

for

tim

e sl

ots

at

10:0

0 a

.m., 1

1:3

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:00 p

.m.

and 2

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p.m

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egis

trati

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d

ead

lin

e is

ap

ril

3.

An E

aste

r

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ch

wil

l b

e off

ered

b

y

Peo

ple

fo

r P

ark

s

bet

wee

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.m.

& 1

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an a

ddit

ion

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al

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p

er

per

son

an

d

feat

ure

s th

e E

aste

r

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nd g

oodie

s th

at e

ver

y b

unny l

oves

.

11

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ast

er E

gg

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gan

za

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pag

e 8 f

or

det

ails

.

17

art

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enin

g

See

p

age

13

fo

r m

ore

det

ails

.

19

Poll

iwogs

an

d F

rogs

Hea

r th

at?

We

wil

l b

e li

sten

-

ing a

nd s

earc

hin

g f

or

those

slip

per

y, s

lim

y c

horu

s m

as-

ters

cal

led f

rogs.

S

pri

ng i

s

an e

xce

llen

t ti

me

to l

iste

n t

o

a var

iety

of

frog c

alls

and

see

them

in

ac

tio

n.

Par

tici

pan

ts s

hould

wea

r old

shoes

and b

e p

rep

ared

to g

et

wet

and m

uddy.

r

egis

trati

on

dea

dli

ne

is a

pri

l 11

.

Infi

rmar

y M

ound P

ark,

shel

ter

#6

.

6:0

0 p

.m.

25

M

yste

riou

s M

oth

s

What

do y

ou t

hin

k o

f w

hen

you

hea

r th

e w

ord

moth

?

What

ever

your

thoughts

conju

re u

p,

thes

e fa

scin

atin

g

crea

ture

s w

arra

nt

a cl

ose

r lo

ok.

We

wil

l ven

ture

fort

h

wit

h o

ur

frie

nds

from

Ohio

Nat

ure

Educa

tion t

o c

aptu

re

and i

den

tify

, usi

ng b

lack

lig

hts

and l

ure

s, t

he

moth

s o

f

Morr

is W

oo

ds

Sta

te

Nat

ure

P

rese

rve.

reg

istr

ati

on

dea

dli

ne

is a

pri

l 11

.D

ue

to p

arkin

g l

imit

atio

ns,

par

-

tici

pan

ts

are

ask

ed

to

mee

t in

th

e p

ark

ing

lo

t o

f

Whit

ehea

d P

oure

d W

alls

, lo

cate

d a

t th

e so

uth

wes

t co

r-

ner

of

US

R

t.

62

&

Nic

hols

L

ane

to

carp

ool

to

the

Pre

serv

e.

8:0

0 p

.m.

26

T

he

ag

e of

Sh

ark

s

Vas

t p

rehis

tori

c oce

ans

and l

akes

, sl

ow

-movin

g r

iver

s

and n

um

ero

us

assa

ult

s b

y g

laci

ers

hav

e le

ft O

hio

wit

h a

div

erse

arr

ay o

f geo

logic

dep

osi

ts.

Par

tici

pan

ts w

ill

enjo

y a

lei

sure

ly h

ike

pas

t ro

cks

once

under

wat

er o

r

bro

ught

hun

dre

ds

of

mil

es b

y g

laci

ers

and s

earc

h f

or

and h

old

foss

ils

of

anci

ent

sea

crea

ture

s. S

ee h

ow

geo

l-

ogy c

an o

pen

up

your

eyes

and

see

our

landsc

ape

in

new

and d

iffe

rent

way

s.

Be

pre

par

ed t

o g

et w

et a

nd

muddy.

reg

istr

ati

on

dea

dli

ne

is a

pri

l 19.

Lob

del

l

Res

erve,

mai

n p

arkin

g a

rea.

1:0

0 p

.m.

May

2 -

3

Oh

io P

lein

air

e S

oci

ety

art

Sh

ow

Join

the

OPA

S s

s th

ey s

har

e th

eir

love

for

art.

A

var

i-

ety o

f dem

onst

rati

ons

and d

iscu

ssio

ns

wil

l ta

ke

pla

ce

thro

ughout

the

wee

ken

d.

Mem

ber

s of

the

Soci

ety w

ill

also

be

on h

and t

o h

elp

Boy S

couts

fulf

ill

thei

r A

rt

Mer

it B

adge

requir

emen

ts.

A r

ecep

tion f

or

arti

sts

and

the

pub

lic

wil

l b

e hel

d o

n S

aturd

ay e

ven

ing.

Infi

rmar

y

Mound P

ark

, Ja

mes

Bra

dle

y C

ente

r.

Fre

e ad

mis

sion.

9

th

e B

oa

rd o

f L

ick

ing P

ark

Dis

tric

t c

om

mis

sio

ner

s ad

op

ted

a n

ew p

rogra

m f

ee a

nd

reg

istr

ati

on

poli

cy f

or

2009.

un

less

oth

erw

ise

note

d,

ther

e is

a $

3.0

0 f

ee p

er p

erso

n p

er p

rogra

m, w

ith

a $

10.0

0 m

axim

um

per

fam

ily.

P

ark

Exp

ress

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ber

s an

d t

hei

r im

med

iate

fam

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re f

ree.

all

pro

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req

uir

e p

re-r

egis

trati

on

an

d p

re-p

aym

ent

by t

he

note

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ead

lin

e d

ate

. t

he

fees

all

ow

us

to c

on

tin

ue

to p

rovid

e v

isit

ors

wit

h t

he

qu

ali

ty s

ervic

es t

hey

ha

ve

com

e to

ex

pec

t.

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egis

ter

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Ma

y

3

W

ildfl

ow

er W

on

der

lan

d

Th

e sp

rin

g w

ildfl

ow

er d

isp

lay a

t L

ob

del

l R

eser

ve

is

con

sid

ered

to

b

e o

ne

of

the

wo

nd

ers

of

Lic

kin

g

Co

un

ty’s

nat

ura

l w

orl

d.

Tri

lliu

m,

blo

od-r

oot,

hep

atic

a,

anem

on

e an

d o

ther

s ca

rpet

th

e w

oodla

nd f

loo

r w

ith a

vas

t ar

ray o

f co

lors

. D

on't

mis

s th

e ch

ance

to

see

this

on

ce-a

-yea

r p

hen

om

enon

of

rare

bea

uty

, as

yo

u l

earn

to

iden

tify

a v

arie

ty o

f fl

ow

ers

on

a l

eisu

rely

wal

k t

hro

ugh

the

woo

ds.

reg

istr

ati

on

dea

dli

ne

is a

pri

l 26.

Lob

del

l

Res

erve,

mai

n p

arkin

g a

rea.

1:0

0 p

.m.

9

am

eric

an

gir

l F

un

Day

Join

us

for

an e

arly

Moth

er’s

Day

tre

at. G

irls

love

thei

r

do

lls

and w

hat

bet

ter

way

to s

pen

d a

Mo

ther

/Dau

ghte

r

fun

day

th

an p

layin

g w

ith

doll

s an

d l

earn

ing a

lit

tle

his

-

tory

ab

out

the

lives

of

Sam

anth

a, K

it,

Moll

y a

nd m

ore

.

Mo

ther

s an

d d

aug

hte

rs w

ill

enjo

y f

un c

raft

s an

d h

ands-

on

pro

ject

s, u

se i

tem

s fo

und i

n n

atu

re t

o m

ake

bea

uti

ful

craf

ts a

nd e

at l

ike

Fel

icit

y w

ou

ld h

ave

du

ring o

ne

of

her

tea

less

on

s w

ith

Mis

s M

ander

ly.

reg

istr

ati

on

dea

d-

lin

e is

Ma

y 2

. T

aft

Res

erve,

Wil

liam

C.

Kra

ner

Nat

ure

Cen

ter.

1:0

0 p

.m.

16

– 1

7

Ou

tdoo

r a

dve

ntu

res

new

in

20

09

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age

8 f

or

det

ails

.

23

D

elec

table

Wil

d E

dib

les

Wh

at w

ild

fru

its/

ber

ries

can

yo

u e

at?

What

can

you

do

wit

h m

int?

L

earn

the

answ

ers

to t

hes

e ques

tions

and

mo

re w

hil

e y

ou

sam

ple

nat

ure

’s b

ounty

wit

h a

tra

ined

nat

ura

list

. P

arti

cip

ants

wil

l se

arch

for

wil

d e

dib

les

and

try

so

me

dis

hes

mad

e w

ith p

lants

foun

d i

n t

he

par

k.

reg

istr

ati

on

dea

dli

ne

is M

ay 1

6.

Infi

rmar

y M

ound

Par

k,

shel

ter

#6

. 2

:00 p

.m.

30

Ou

tdoor

adve

ntu

res

Ser

ies

intr

odu

ctio

n t

o B

ack

pack

ing

an

d H

ikin

g

Wo

uld

you

lik

e to

sp

end m

ore

tim

e outd

oors

? A

re y

ou

loo

kin

g f

or

a fu

n f

amil

y a

ctiv

ity?

Why

not

try b

ack-

pac

kin

g a

nd h

ikin

g.

Join

us

as w

e ex

plo

re the

esse

nti

als

to a

saf

e an

d f

un b

ackp

ackin

g/h

ikin

g a

dv

entu

re.

Bas

ic

equ

ipm

ent,

skil

ls a

nd

ev

en e

tiquet

te w

ill

be

dis

cuss

ed

as y

ou a

re g

uid

ed o

n y

our

way

to

an e

xhil

arat

ing r

ecre

-

atio

nal

purs

uit

. W

ith p

acks

on o

ur

bac

ks

we

wil

l hik

e

and se

t up

ca

mp

w

ith only

w

hat

w

e ca

rry w

ith us.

Par

tici

pan

ts a

re a

sked

to b

ring a

bac

kp

ack

if

ow

ned

.

reg

istr

ati

on

d

ead

lin

e is

M

ay

23.

Taf

t R

eser

ve,

Wil

liam

C.

Kra

ner

Nat

ure

Cen

ter.

1:0

0 p

.m.

30

L

ake

Eri

e S

hore

s T

ou

r

See

pag

e 14

for

more

det

ails

.

31

Din

o D

igg

ers

What

kid

does

n’t

dre

am o

f b

uil

din

g h

is/h

er v

ery o

wn

Jura

ssic

Par

k?

Does

your

buddin

g p

aleo

nto

logis

t ta

lk

non-s

top

ab

out

T-R

ex o

r oth

er d

inosa

urs

? I

f so

, b

ring

them

out

to t

he

Wil

liam

C.

Kra

ner

Nat

ure

Cen

ter

to

exp

lore

the

worl

d o

f d

inosa

urs

whil

e m

akin

g d

ino-m

ite

craf

ts a

nd m

ore

. P

arti

cip

ants

can

even

dig

for

din

osa

ur

bones

in o

ur

rep

lica

dig

sit

e!

reg

istr

ati

on

dea

dli

ne

is

May

24.

Taf

t R

eser

ve,

W

illi

am

C.

Kra

ner

N

ature

Cen

ter.

2:0

0 p

.m.

Ju

ne

7P

ace

at

the

Park

See

pag

e 8 d

etai

ls.

6 -

7

Lan

d o

f L

egen

d W

oodca

rver

s S

how

Join

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tale

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pic

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it u

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ut

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how

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on’t

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e hav

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e

answ

er. J

oin

us

for

an a

fter

noon o

f del

ecta

ble

cam

pfi

re

trea

ts.

L

earn

ti

ps

and

tric

ks

to m

ake

your

nex

t

cam

pfi

re m

eal

a b

ig s

uc-

cess

. B

ring y

our

app

etit

e

as

sam

ple

s w

ill

abo

un

d.

reg

istr

ati

on

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e is

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y

30

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ary

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un

d

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res

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ies

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PS

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us

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e te

ach y

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to u

se a

top

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phic

map

,

com

pas

s, a

nd G

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unit

to f

ind y

our

way

out

of

the

woods

or

the

nea

rest

sp

raw

ling s

ub

div

isio

n.

Ever

yone

who

hik

es,

cam

ps

or

bac

kp

ack

s sh

ould

know

th

ese

bas

ics

to a

vo

id g

etti

ng l

ost

on t

hei

r ad

ven

ture

s. W

e w

ill

even

ex

plo

re

the

fun

ad

ven

ture

ac

tiv

ity

ca

lled

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cach

ing

. P

arti

cip

ants

should

bri

ng t

hei

r ow

n c

om

-

pas

s an

d G

PS

unit

if

they

hav

e th

em.

reg

istr

ati

on

dea

dli

ne

is J

un

e 7.

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t R

eser

ve,

Wil

liam

C.

Kra

ner

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ure

Cen

ter.

1:0

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Hil

ls c

an

opy

Tou

r

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pag

e 14

for

more

det

ails

.

20

Hea

ven

ly B

odie

s ii

Conti

nuin

g o

ur

cele

bra

tion o

f th

e In

tern

atio

nal

Yea

r o

f

Ast

ronom

y, the

seco

nd p

rogra

m in

our

han

ds-

on a

stro

n-

om

y se

ries

w

ill

focu

s on to

ols

th

at w

ill

mak

e you

r

star

gaz

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asie

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Wit

h t

he

hel

p o

f our

frie

nds

from

Ohio

N

ature

E

duca

tion,

par

tici

pan

ts w

ill

mak

e te

le-

scop

es a

nd s

tar

finder

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en s

tep

outs

ide

(wea

ther

per

-

mit

ting)

to t

ry t

hem

out.

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her

e is

an $

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ee p

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scop

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, $

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hel

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ain o

r sh

ine.

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ges

8 y

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up

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trati

on

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lin

e is

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ne

1.

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Ben

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on y

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and h

elp

us

sear

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or

dar

ters

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iner

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frogs

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ore

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fun a

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his

is

a gre

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ay

to c

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off

wit

h y

our

fam

ily o

n a

hot

sum

mer

aft

ernoon

.

Par

tici

pan

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ill

get

wet

so p

leas

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ss a

pp

rop

riat

ely.

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the

safe

ty

of

our

vis

itors

, fo

otw

ear

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requir

ed.

reg

istr

ati

on

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lin

e is

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ne

14.

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Tou

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van

s B

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Tra

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Sum

mer

is

up

on u

s an

d o

ur

Chie

f P

ark R

anger

loves

to

rid

e th

e tr

ails

; b

ut

he

do

esn

’t

lik

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do i

t al

one.

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ring y

our

bik

e an

d r

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wit

h h

im a

long

the

T.J

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van

s tr

ail.

A

bic

ycl

e sa

fety

pro

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foll

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ed

by

a

leis

ure

ly

rou

nd

tr

ip

rid

e b

etw

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nvil

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and

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stop

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nv

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af

terw

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wel

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reg

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Ryan

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shir

t. T

.J.

Evan

s B

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area

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Ju

ly

11

Tec

um

seh

!

See

pag

e 14

for

mo

re d

etai

ls.

12

B

ug

Bea

uty

con

test

Whil

e sh

e is

n’t

Mis

s A

mer

ica;

she

could

be

crow

ned

Mis

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reep

y-C

raw

ly o

f L

ickin

g C

ounty

. T

her

e is

no

tale

nt

po

rtio

n t

o t

his

conte

st j

ust

pure

bea

uty

. W

hoev

er

catc

hes

the

bu

g v

ote

d “

mo

st b

eauti

ful”

win

s fi

rst

pri

ze!

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llo

win

g o

ur

hik

e an

d c

onte

st,

we

wil

l ex

amin

e th

e

par

ts o

f an

in

sect

, th

e li

fe c

ycl

e of

var

ious

bugs

and

mak

e a

bug

gy

cra

ft o

r tw

o t

o t

ake

ho

me.

r

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trati

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dli

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pen

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pag

e 13

for

mo

re d

etai

ls.

18

O

utd

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adve

ntu

res

Ser

ies

arc

her

y

Bu

ll’s

ey

e! N

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ing is

m

ore

sa

tisf

yin

g th

an hea

ring

tho

se t

wo w

ord

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yo

ur

arro

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its

the

mar

k.

Co

me

join

us

in a

fun

outd

oo

r ac

tivit

y f

or

all ag

es. A

ll a

rcher

y

equip

men

t w

ill

be

pro

vid

ed f

or

a m

orn

ing

of

han

ds-

on

lear

nin

g. C

erti

fied

inst

ruct

ors

wil

l b

e av

aila

ble

to t

each

chil

dre

n a

nd a

du

lts

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bas

ics

of

arch

ery w

hil

e al

low

ing

ever

yo

ne

to p

arti

cip

ate

in s

om

e fr

iendly

com

pet

itio

n.

reg

istr

ati

on

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dli

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uly

5.

Riv

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serv

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a.m

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nt

at

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ref

orm

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pag

e 14 f

or

more

det

ails

.

25

S

hado

ws

of

nig

ht

– B

aT

S!

Join

us

at a

s w

e ex

plo

re t

he

worl

d o

f b

ats.

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he

even

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bat

box b

uil

din

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arty

wit

h t

he

opp

ort

u-

nit

y t

o t

ake

one

hom

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pla

ce i

n y

our

yar

d. L

earn

how

bat

s b

enef

it p

eop

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ool

bat

fac

ts b

efore

hea

din

g t

o

Mir

ror

Lak

e to

vie

w r

eal

bat

s.

Our

frie

nds

from

Ohio

Nat

ure

Educa

tion w

ill

also

bri

ng l

ive

bat

s fo

r up

clo

se

vie

win

g!

If

you w

ish t

o m

ake

a b

at h

ouse

, th

ere

is a

$1

5.0

0

fee

per

h

ou

se,

$1

2.0

0

for

Par

k

Ex

pre

ss

Mem

ber

s.

For

those

not

purc

has

ing a

bat

house

sta

n-

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app

ly.

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8 y

ears

an

d u

p.

reg

istr

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on

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11. I

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31

n

oct

urn

al

Exp

lora

tion

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you s

leep

at nig

ht,

th

ousa

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of

crea

ture

s sc

urr

y o

ut-

sid

e your

do

or

tryin

g t

o s

urv

ive.

W

e w

ill

ven

ture

into

the

dar

knes

s in

sea

rch o

f th

ese

crit

ters

and l

earn

how

they

hav

e ad

apte

d.

Don

’t w

orr

y a

bout

a fl

ash

light;

you

wo

n’t

nee

d o

ne

as w

e b

ecom

e noct

urn

al a

nim

als,

mak

-

ing o

ur

way

thro

ugh t

he

woods

and f

ield

s usi

ng o

ur

new

found n

ight

vis

ion.

Don’t

mis

s th

is e

xci

ting f

amil

y

hik

e fi

lled

wit

h f

un a

ctiv

itie

s. r

egis

trati

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dea

dli

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is

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ly 2

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good

old

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cam

po

ut

under

th

e st

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and

met

eors

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e w

ill

vie

w

star

s th

rou

gh a

tel

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wat

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joy

a

rela

xin

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cam

pfi

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(wit

h

hot

dogs

and

mar

shm

allo

ws

of

cours

e).

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an a

dded

bonus,

if

you s

pen

d

the

nig

ht

you w

ill

be

trea

ted t

o

bre

akfa

st o

ver

a c

amp

fire

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ou

wil

l nee

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rovid

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ow

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ten

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firm

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lives

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adve

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Pri

mit

ive

Skil

ls

Join

our

frie

nds

from

Coyote

Tra

ils

as t

hey

show

how

to m

ake

fire

wit

hout

mat

ches

. F

lint

and s

teel

and t

he

fric

tion t

echn

ique

of

"rubb

ing t

wo

sti

cks

toget

her

" w

ith

a b

ow

dri

ll w

ill

be

taught.

S

elec

ting t

yp

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ood,

ho

w t

o b

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one

mat

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ire

and o

ther

fir

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akin

g

tech

niq

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wil

l al

so b

e dis

cuss

ed.

A g

reat

fam

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ut-

do

or

exp

erie

nce

. r

egis

trati

on

dea

dli

ne

is a

ugu

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shel

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16

Ph

oto

Qu

est

Par

t sc

aven

ger

hunt,

par

t ra

ce;

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to Q

ues

t is

a f

un w

ay

to s

pen

d a

n a

fter

noon w

ith t

he

fam

ily.

Tea

ms

wil

l co

m-

pet

e ag

ainst

one

anoth

er t

o s

ee w

ho c

an f

ind p

oin

ts o

f

inte

rest

wit

hin

the

par

k t

hro

ugh p

hoto

s an

d c

lues

.

The

hunt

cover

s m

ost

of

the

par

k, so

be

pre

par

ed t

o g

et a

lit

-

tle

exer

cise

! E

ach t

eam

rec

eives

a p

rize

for

com

ple

ting

the

ques

t, b

ut

only

the

fast

est

team

rec

eives

the

gra

nd

pri

ze.

reg

istr

ati

on

dea

dli

ne

is a

ugu

st 9

. In

firm

ary

Mound P

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lives

tock

are

na

buil

din

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.m.

22

cast

les

an

d c

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s T

ou

r

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pag

e 14 f

or

more

det

ails

.

22

noct

urn

al

an

imals

Coyote

, ow

l, m

oth

and s

kunk;

do

you k

now

what

one

thin

g a

ll o

f th

ese

crea

ture

s hav

e in

com

mon?

They

are

noct

urn

al a

nim

als.

Jo

in o

ur

frie

nds

from

Ohio

Nat

ure

Educa

tion a

nd l

earn

more

ab

out

thes

e cr

eatu

res

of

the

dar

k a

nd a

ttem

pt

to l

ure

som

e of

them

in f

or

a cl

ose

r

look.

Ther

e w

ill

also

be

cap

tive

live

anim

als

for

up

clo

se v

iew

ing.

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8 y

ears

an

d u

p.

reg

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dli

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is a

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serv

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cru

ise

in a

t th

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pag

e 8 f

or

det

ails

.

sep

tem

ber

12

Win

gs

an

d W

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Wit

h

the

hel

p

of

ou

r fr

ien

ds

fro

m

Oh

io

Nat

ure

Educa

tion w

e w

ill

sear

ch t

he

mea

dow

s fo

r m

igra

ting

Monar

ch b

utt

erfl

ies

to c

aptu

re a

nd

ban

d. W

hil

e se

arch

-

ing f

or

the

Monar

chs

we

wil

l al

so k

eep

our

eyes

op

en

for

gar

den

sp

ider

s or

Arg

iop

es;

som

e of

the

larg

est

and

most

colo

rfu

l sp

ider

s th

at i

nhab

it t

he

mea

dow

s. L

ive

pre

dat

ors

wil

l al

so b

e on h

and.

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8 y

ears

and u

p.

reg

istr

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on

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dli

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ab

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; w

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them

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wo

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o e

at,

a ro

of

over

our

hea

d o

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or

our

cars

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oin

us

as w

e b

ecom

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ed

seek

ers

and s

earc

h o

ut

nat

ure

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ittl

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ore

house

s of

life

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You m

ay e

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get

to s

nac

k o

n a

few

see

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along t

he

way

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reg

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ati

on

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ea

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a re

lax

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aro

un

d a

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arin

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e’ll

sp

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l ch

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all

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yo

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care

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away

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ring

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whole

fam

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reg

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us

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um

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pen

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T

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Worl

d o

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rair

ie W

olf

Our

frie

nds

from

O

hio

N

ature

E

duca

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myth

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d l

ore

as

wel

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hio

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wil

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pra

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wolf

or

coyote

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ll e

njo

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cam

pfi

re;

tell

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ries

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ait

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to

hop

efull

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mp

se o

f th

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hig

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crea

ture

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pan

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re a

sked

to b

ring a

chai

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bla

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seat

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ges

8 y

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p. r

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var

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yel

-

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row

ns.

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us

on a

n e

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arat

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all

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we

mar

vel

at

the

bea

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nat

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yea

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Colo

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ilit

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s fi

ghti

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or

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enden

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ft te

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e hom

e

front.

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earn

thro

ugh

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on

cra

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act

ivit

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and

more

how

th

ose

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hom

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ilit

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pat

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uri

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look a

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mer

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Rev

olu

tion.

Who

kn

ow

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ay

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hav

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surp

rise

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reg

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r hil

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in a

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yea

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day

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ut

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ni-

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hed

up

thei

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rep

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cold

er

wea

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lie

s ah

ead.

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ng a

hik

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rough f

ield

s

and w

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we

wil

l ob

serv

e th

e b

eauty

and m

yst

erie

s of

nat

ure

and l

earn

what

ben

efit

s p

lants

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en d

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ant

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rovid

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pp

rop

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reg

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in t

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cou

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pag

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or

det

ails

.

11

O

wls

of

Win

ter

Wit

h

the

hel

p

of

ou

r fr

ien

ds

fro

m

Oh

io

Nat

ure

Educa

tion w

e w

ill

study o

wl

nat

ura

l his

tory

and v

iew

som

e li

ve

ow

ls b

efore

we

hea

d o

utd

oors

for

an o

wl

pro

wl.

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e w

ill

use

rec

ord

ed c

alls

in a

n a

ttem

pt

to l

ure

in s

om

e w

ild

ow

ls f

or

a fr

iendly

chat

. A

fter

our

chat

war

m u

p i

nsi

de

wit

h a

cup

of

ho

t ch

oco

late

. A

ges

8

yea

rs a

nd u

p.

reg

istr

ati

on

dea

dli

ne

is n

ovem

ber

27.

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rmar

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Man

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of

Wh

ite

Join

us

for

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ow

extr

avag

anza

! T

hro

ugh f

un c

raft

s

and h

ands-

on a

ctiv

itie

s, c

hil

dre

n w

ill

get

a f

irst

han

d

look a

t dif

fere

nt

snow

flak

e sh

apes

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arn h

ow

to s

ave

snow

flak

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nd e

ven

mak

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eir

ow

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now

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f w

e ar

e

luck

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o h

ave

snow

on t

he

gro

und

we

wil

l ven

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out-

side

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ave

even

more

fun!

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ss f

or

insi

de

and o

ut-

side

acti

vit

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reg

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on

dea

dli

ne

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ber

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illi

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tim

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e w

ill

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focu

sing o

n t

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moon.

Our

frie

nds

from

Ohio

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tion w

ill

hel

p u

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arn t

he

answ

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to c

om

mon

ques

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and m

ore

as

we

study t

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full

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thro

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tel

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D

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th

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get

up

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w

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nat

ive

Oh

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fish

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d

see

a var

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oth

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all

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ture

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pon

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sea-

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ecen

tly h

ave

bra

nch

ed o

ut i

nto

coll

age

and m

ixed

med

ia, oft

en w

ith a

n o

ffbea

t hum

or. T

hey

lau

gh a

nd s

ay t

hat

if

it’s

sta

ndin

g s

till

,

they

wil

l gra

b i

t an

d m

ake

art

wit

h i

t.

Susa

n a

nd C

arol

are

acti

ve

in L

ickin

g

County

Art

s, m

ember

s of

the

Soci

ety o

f L

ayer

ists

in M

ixed

Med

ia (

SL

MM

) an

d

hav

e ex

hib

ited

in

lo

cal

show

s.

T

hey

al

so

hav

e a

par

t-ti

me

busi

nes

s

call

ed “

Tw

innie

Art

” w

ith a

n o

nli

ne

shop o

n E

TS

Y w

ebsi

te.

sep

tem

ber

op

enin

g

art

ist

to b

e a

nn

ou

nce

dt

he

Wil

liam

c

. k

ran

er

natu

re

cen

ter

is

loca

ted

at

10380 F

air

vie

w r

oad

, ju

st ea

st of

Lin

nvil

le r

oad

in

Fra

nk

lin

tw

p.

(sou

thea

st o

f

new

ark

/Hea

th).

For

more

in

form

ati

on

or

ad

dit

ion

al

dir

ecti

on

s,

ple

ase

con

tact

th

e

Wil

liam

c. k

ran

er n

atu

re c

ente

r

at

(740)

323-0

520

or

Lic

kin

g P

ark

Dis

tric

t

Hea

dq

uart

ers

at

(740)

587-2

535.

at the William C. Kraner Nature Center

at the William C. Kraner Nature Center

Lookin

g f

or

som

ethin

g a

bit

dif

fere

nt

for

your

chil

d's

bir

thday

par

ty?

We

hav

e th

e so

luti

on.

Let

us

host

your

chil

d's

bir

thday

par

ty a

t th

e W

illi

am C

.

Kra

ner

Nat

ure

Cen

ter.

A W

ild S

ide

Bir

thday

beg

ins

wit

h a

one

hour

pro

gra

m led

by L

ickin

g P

ark D

istr

ict S

taff

. F

ive

dif

-

fere

nt p

rogra

m o

pti

ons

are

avai

lable

that

wil

l ensu

re th

e bir

thday

chil

d a

nd th

eir

frie

nds

hav

e a

mem

-

ora

ble

tim

e.

Aft

er t

he

pro

gra

m, you h

ave

use

of

the

Nat

ure

Cen

ter

confe

rence

room

for

two h

ours

to s

pen

d w

ith f

amil

y a

nd f

rien

ds

cele

bra

ting y

our

chil

d's

big

day

.

Par

ties

may

be

booked

for

Sat

urd

ays

and S

unday

s on a

fir

st c

om

e, f

irst

ser

ve

bas

is t

hro

ughout

the

yea

r. C

erta

in r

estr

icti

ons

apply

due

to s

taff

avai

labil

ity,

spec

ial ev

ents

and p

rior

rese

rvat

ions.

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ase

hav

e al

tern

ate

dat

es i

n m

ind w

hen

you c

all.

The

cost

for

a W

ild S

ide

Bir

thday

is

$80.0

0 f

or

up t

o

fift

een c

hil

dre

n a

ges

5 -

12 y

ears

. A

nat

ure

them

ed b

irth

day

cak

e is

opti

onal

and c

an b

e purc

has

ed

for

an a

ddit

ional

$20.0

0.

To b

ook a

Wil

d S

ide

Bir

thday

Par

ty o

r in

quir

e ab

out

them

es p

leas

e ca

ll

(740)

587-2

535.

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14

“g

ood

riv

er” t

ou

r

oct

ob

er 1

0W

e hea

d s

ou

th t

o w

her

e th

e hil

ls o

f so

uth

ern O

hio

mee

t th

e “G

ood R

iver

”, o

r th

e O

hio

 Riv

er a

s w

e

know

it

today

. W

e w

ill

spen

d t

he

afte

rnoon f

loat

-

ing o

n t

he

Ohio

and M

usk

ingum

Riv

ers

aboar

d t

he

Val

ley G

em

Ste

rnw

hee

ler.

E

njo

y

a gra

nd

lunch

buff

et a

boar

d t

he

pad

dle

whee

ler

as y

ou t

ake

in t

he

scen

ery a

nd

the

Wil

low

Isl

and L

ock

s, a

ser

ies

of

river

lock

s lo

nger

than

the

Pan

ama

Can

al.

As

an

added

bonus

we

wil

l ta

ke

a guid

ed t

our

by b

us

of

his

tori

c dow

nto

wn M

arie

tta,

 Ohio

. R

egis

trat

ion

dea

dli

ne

is S

epte

mb

er 1

0.

$100.0

0

740-5

22-4

200 Lo

cate

d in H

eath

, O

H

reg

istr

ati

on

Det

ail

s

to r

eser

ve

you

r se

at

on

a t

ou

r ca

ll (

740)

587-2

535.

aft

er y

ou

mak

e a r

eser

vati

on

you

wil

l re

ceiv

e a

con

frim

ati

on

noti

ce w

iht

paym

ent

am

ou

t an

d d

ue

date

.

can

cell

ati

on

s m

ad

e on

or

bef

ore

th

e re

gis

trati

on

dea

dli

ne

wil

l b

e fu

lly r

efu

nd

ed. r

eser

vati

on

s ca

n-

cell

ed a

fter

th

e re

gis

trati

on

dea

dli

ne

wil

l n

ot

be

refu

nd

ed.

no e

xce

pti

on

s.

th

e L

ick

ing P

ark

D

istr

ict

rese

rves

th

e ri

gh

t to

can

cel

a t

ou

r fo

r an

y r

easo

n.

a L

ick

ing P

ark

 Dis

tric

t st

aff

per

son

wil

l b

e you

r

host

fo

r ea

ch t

ou

r.

Lak

e E

rie

sh

ore

s t

ou

r

May 3

0W

e w

ill

kic

k o

ff o

ur

2009 t

ours

wit

h a

sig

hts

eein

g

trip

to the

gre

at N

ort

h C

oas

t. V

isit

one

of

the

man

y

lig

hth

ouse

s d

ott

ing

th

e G

reat

 Lak

es s

hore

s, s

amp

le

som

e lo

cal

win

e, e

xp

lore

lo

cal

cult

ura

l an

d n

atura

l

his

tory

sit

es a

nd e

njo

y t

he

fres

h b

reez

es o

f L

ake

Eri

e.

Reg

istr

atio

n d

eadli

ne

is A

pri

l 3

0.

$7

5.0

0

Hock

ing

Hil

ls c

an

op

y t

ou

r

Ju

ne

19

Hav

e w

e go

t a

trea

t fo

r you

! V

entu

re w

ith u

s to

the

bea

uti

ful

Hock

ing

H

ills

an

d ex

plo

re th

e w

oo

ds

from

a d

iffe

rent

van

tage

poin

t; i

n t

he

air!

T

his

exh

ilar

atin

g

two

ho

ur

tour

wit

h

Hock

ing

Hil

ls

Can

op

y T

ou

rs w

ill al

low

us

to e

njo

y n

ature

’s b

eau-

ty u

sin

g z

ip l

ines

. E

ver

wonder

what

it

feel

s li

ke

to b

e a

flyin

g s

quir

rel,

bat

or

ow

l?

Her

e’s

yo

ur

chan

ce.

Ag

es 1

0 a

nd

up

. W

eig

ht

lim

itat

ions

pro

-

hib

it t

hose

und

er 7

0 p

oun

ds

or

over

250 p

oun

ds.

Reg

istr

atio

n

is

lim

ited

to

2

1

par

tici

pan

ts.

Reg

istr

atio

n d

ead

line

is M

ay 1

9.

$12

5.0

0

tec

um

seh

!

Ju

ly 1

1T

he

hil

ls o

f so

uth

ern

Ohio

com

e al

ive

wit

h t

he

sounds

of

his

tory

as

th

e st

ory

of

the

fam

ous

Shaw

nee

In

dia

n l

eader

, T

ecum

seh,

is t

old

in s

pec

-

tacu

lar

fash

ion. N

ow

in i

ts 3

7th

yea

r, T

ecum

seh!

is

a gre

at o

pp

ort

unit

y t

o l

earn

ab

ou

t O

hio

’s r

ich h

er-

itag

e.

Tou

r p

arti

cip

ants

wil

l en

joy d

eluxe

moto

r-

coac

h tra

nsp

ort

atio

n, a

beh

ind th

e sc

enes

to

ur,

din

-

ner

buff

et a

nd t

he

show

. R

egis

trat

ion d

ead

line

is

June

11.

$75.0

0

gh

ost

Hu

nt

at

the

ref

orm

ato

ry

Ju

ly 2

4C

uri

ous

about

the

par

anorm

al?

Inte

rest

ed i

n e

xp

e-

rien

cing s

udden

tem

per

ature

ch

anges

, th

ings

that

go b

um

p,

eeri

e nois

es o

r ap

par

itio

ns?

This

is

the

tour

for

yo

u.

Join

us

as w

e sp

end a

nig

ht

in t

he

His

tori

c O

hio

 Sta

te

Ref

orm

ato

ry

in M

ansf

ield

.

Once

hom

e to

Ohio

’s c

rim

inal

s, t

he

Ref

orm

atory

is n

ow

a h

isto

ric

site

ded

icat

ed t

o e

duca

tion a

nd

uniq

ue

exp

erie

nce

s.

T

his

w

ill

be

an

exte

nded

over

nig

ht

tour.

No a

ccom

modat

ions

wil

l b

e p

ro-

vid

ed, only

ghost

hun

ting. P

arti

cip

ants

mu

st b

e 21

yea

rs o

f ag

e an

d o

lder

. R

egis

trat

ion d

eadli

ne

is

June

24.

$125.0

0

cast

les

an

d c

aves

au

gu

st 2

2C

arved

by n

ature

under

the

gen

tly

roll

ing h

ills

of

Logan

C

ounty

, O

hio

C

aver

ns

is

the

larg

est

and

most

bea

uti

ful

of

all

Ohio

cav

es.

Wit

h i

ts b

eauti

ful

stal

acti

te a

nd s

tala

gm

ite

form

atio

ns,

the

cave

has

bee

n d

elig

hti

ng O

hio

ans

for

gen

erat

ions.

O

n t

he

seco

nd

par

t o

f our

journ

ey

we

wil

l ex

plo

re

the

uniq

ue

Pia

tt C

astl

es.

Buil

t b

y b

roth

ers

Ab

ram

and

Don S

ander

s, M

ac-A

-Chee

k a

nd M

ac-O

-Chee

are

imp

ress

ive

stru

cture

s re

min

isce

nt

of

Euro

pea

n c

as-

tles

. T

hei

r hom

es a

re n

ow

a p

rivat

e, f

amil

y-o

wned

muse

um

that

inte

rpre

ts o

ver

200 y

ears

of

his

tory

of

the

Ohio

lan

d a

nd p

eop

le.

Reg

istr

atio

n d

eadli

ne

is

July

22.

$75.0

0

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Hil

lary

Ro

dh

am C

lin

ton

cre

ated

qu

ite

a st

ir w

hen

she

ran

in

th

e 2

00

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emo

crat

ic p

resi

den

tial

pri

mar

y. F

or

a ti

me

it l

ook

ed l

ike

she

mig

ht

be

des

tin

ed t

o b

eco

me

the

firs

t w

om

an p

resi

den

t in

Unit

ed S

tate

s his

tory

.

Ho

wev

er, af

ter

losi

ng t

o B

arac

k O

bam

a, M

s. C

lin

ton

join

ed a

lo

ng

lis

t of

fem

ale

candid

ates

who h

ad r

un

in p

ast

elec

tion

s, b

ut

fell

ju

st sh

ort

o

f th

eir

go

al.

Mat

ter

of

fact

the

list

’s b

egin

nin

gs

dat

e al

l th

e w

ay

bac

k t

o 1

872

an

d h

as L

ickin

g C

ou

nty

tie

s.

In 1

872

th

e U

nit

ed S

tate

s w

as i

n t

he

mid

st o

f p

ost

Civ

il W

ar R

eco

nst

ruct

ion.

Uly

sses

S.

Gra

nt,

fam

ed

Civ

il

War

g

ener

al

and

nat

ive

Buck

eye,

w

as

the

fav

ore

d p

resi

den

tial

ca

ndid

ate.

T

her

e w

ere

man

y

oth

ers

vy

ing

fo

r th

e o

ffic

e in

clu

din

g

on

e

nat

ive

Lic

kin

g C

oun

tian

.

Vic

tori

a C

alif

orn

ia C

lafl

in w

as b

orn

in H

om

er,

Ohio

on

Sep

tem

ber

23, 18

38. T

he

dau

gh

ter

of

a po

or

fam

-

ily,

V

icto

ria

was

en

gag

ed

at

age

15

to

C

ann

ing

Wo

od

hu

ll

of

New

Y

ork

.

They

w

ere

mar

ried

in

No

vem

ber

of

185

3 a

nd V

icto

ria

soon f

ound h

er h

us-

ban

d t

o b

e an

alc

oh

oli

c an

d w

om

aniz

er.

Th

ese

cir-

cum

stan

ces

forc

ed

her

to

fi

nd

work

outs

ide

thei

r

ho

me

in

ord

er

to

sup

po

rt

her

tw

o

chil

dre

n.

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h t

he

hel

p o

f her

sis

ter

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nes

see,

Vic

tori

a p

ar-

layed

sm

all

inves

tmen

ts i

nto

a l

arge

fort

une

on t

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stock

ex

chan

ge

and bec

ame

the

firs

t fe

mal

e W

all

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stock

bro

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oodhull

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lafl

in a

nd

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pan

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op

ened

in 1

870 a

nd r

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finan

cial

worl

d. W

ith

assi

stan

ce

from

ad

mir

er

and

ben

efac

tor

Corn

eliu

s

Van

der

bil

t th

e si

ster

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roke

bar

rier

s an

d s

oon b

ecam

e

kn

ow

n a

s th

e “Q

uee

ns

of

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ance

.”

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ay o

f 1870 V

icto

ria

and T

ennes

see

bra

nch

ed

ou

t an

d

esta

bli

shed

a

new

spap

er,

Woo

dhull

an

d

Cla

flin

’s W

eekly

. I

t st

ayed

in

publi

cati

on f

or

six

yea

rs a

nd w

as w

ell

know

n f

or

pri

nti

ng s

candal

ous

and t

aboo t

opic

s. T

he

pap

er a

dv

oca

ted w

om

en’s

suf-

frag

e, v

eget

aria

nis

m a

nd r

adic

al c

loth

ing c

han

ges

for

wom

en,

incl

udin

g s

ho

rt s

kir

ts!

It

even

pri

nte

d t

he

firs

t E

ngli

sh

ver

sion

of

Kar

l M

arx’s

C

om

munis

t

Man

ifes

to i

n t

he

Dec

ember

187

1 i

ssue.

Vic

tori

a is

bes

t know

n t

hough f

or

her

work

in t

he

wom

en’s

rig

hts

movem

ent.

S

he

pre

empte

d t

he

1871

Nat

ional

W

om

an’s

S

uff

rage

Ass

oci

atio

n’s

co

nven

-

tion w

ith an

ad

dre

ss to

th

e U

.S.

House

Ju

dic

iary

Com

mit

tee.

W

oodhu

ll a

rgued

that

wom

en a

lrea

dy

had

th

e ri

gh

t to

v

ote

si

nce

th

e 1

4th

an

d

15

th

Am

endm

ents

gra

nte

d i

t to

all

cit

izen

s.

She

stat

ed,

“Wom

en a

re t

he

equal

s of

men

bef

ore

th

e la

w,

and

are

equal

in

all

thei

r ri

ghts

.”

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e ca

ptu

red

the

atte

n-

tion

of

wel

l know

n

suff

ra-

gis

ts S

usa

n B

. A

nth

ony a

nd

Eli

zab

eth

C

ady

S

tan

ton

,

soo

n

join

ing

th

eir

ran

ks.

To

ad

van

ce

the

rig

hts

o

f

wo

men

, th

e E

qu

al

Rig

hts

Par

ty

no

min

ated

W

oo

dh

ull

for

the

Pre

siden

cy i

n M

ay o

f

18

72

.

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rmer

sl

ave,

Fre

der

ick

D

ou

gla

ss,

no

w

pro

min

ent

ora

tor,

aboli

tionis

t

and w

om

en’s

suff

ragis

t, w

as t

apped

to b

e th

e par

ty’s

vic

e-p

resi

den

tial

ca

nd

idat

e,

the

firs

t A

fric

an-

Am

eric

an t

o b

e nom

inat

ed f

or

the

post

. A

t th

e ti

me

Dougla

ss h

ad n

o k

now

ledge

of

the

nom

inat

ion a

nd

thro

ughout

the

cam

pai

gn nev

er ac

know

ledged

th

e

nom

inat

ion n

or

cam

pai

gned

for

the

tick

et.

Th

e is

sues

w

ith

D

ou

gla

ss’s

n

om

inat

ion

as

ide,

Vic

tori

a’s

cam

pai

gn

was

doom

ed

from

th

e st

art.

U.S

. M

arsh

alls

arr

este

d W

oodh

ull

, se

cond h

usb

and

Colo

nel

Ja

mes

B

lood

and

her

si

ster

fo

r se

ndin

g

ob

scen

e m

ater

ial

thro

ugh t

he

mai

l.

The

sist

ers

wer

e

hel

d i

n j

ail

for

alm

ost

a m

onth

bef

ore

thei

r tr

ial.

T

he

arre

st

was

ar

ran

ged

b

y

An

tho

ny

C

om

sto

ck,

the

“mora

l def

ender

” of

the

nat

ion a

nd c

ente

red o

n a

n

arti

cle

Wood

hull

publi

shed

abou

t th

e per

sonal

aff

airs

of

Hen

ry

War

d

Bee

cher

.

Th

e ar

ticl

e st

ated

th

e

bel

oved

rev

eren

d w

as h

avin

g a

n a

ffai

r w

ith E

liza

bet

h

Tip

ton.

The

arre

sted

tri

o w

as a

cquit

ted s

ix m

onth

s

late

r on a

tec

hnic

alit

y, b

ut

the

whole

ord

eal

dam

p-

ened

Woodh

ull

’s b

id f

or

the

pre

siden

cy a

nd b

lock

ed

her

fro

m a

ttem

pti

ng t

o v

ote

in t

he

elec

tion. S

he

con-

tinued

to s

ecure

nom

inat

ions

for

pre

siden

cy i

n 1

884

and 1

888,

fail

ing a

t both

att

emp

ts.

By O

ctober

1876 W

oodhull

had

div

orc

ed h

er s

econd

husb

and a

nd

moved

to E

ngla

nd

to s

tart

a n

ew l

ife.

She

toure

d t

he

countr

y a

s a

lect

ure

r an

d w

ould

mee

t

her

thir

d a

nd f

inal

husb

and b

anker

John B

iddulp

h

Mar

tin i

n18

83.

She

chan

ged

her

nam

e to

Vic

tori

a

Woodhull

Mar

tin a

nd p

ubli

shed

the

mag

azin

e, T

he

Hum

anit

aria

n f

rom

1892 t

o 1

90

1.

Vic

tori

a die

d o

n

June

9,

192

7 in

B

redon's

N

ort

on,

Worc

este

rshir

e,

En

gla

nd.

Who knew

, a

gir

l fr

om

ti

ny H

om

er,

Ohio

w

ould

mak

e su

ch a

his

tori

c m

ark i

n t

he

worl

ds

of

busi

nes

s,

wom

en’s

rig

hts

, an

d l

abor

refo

rm.

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gra

m H

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lig

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wn

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trib

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pan

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lin

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nv

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estr

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air

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ente

r -

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th

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e B

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k L

ady

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e W

ork

s

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liam

c.

kra

ner

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ture

cen

ter

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egen

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rver

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kin

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pu

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ety

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eth

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ls

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har

d a

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ever

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iccu

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er E

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son

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ater

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tford

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r

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lth C

onso

rtiu

m

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k N

atio

nal

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k

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nch

an

d i

nd

ian

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eye

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ce a

t th

e P

ark

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tral

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earc

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nit

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mi 

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ork

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nt

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ple

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ks

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den

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par

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hop

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r

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er H

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rance

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atio

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vou

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cover

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kin

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row

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rist

mas

in t

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cou

ntr

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n S

tanle

y

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l A

ven

ue

UM

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ell

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ark C

atholi

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ils

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tral

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nit

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kin

g C

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g C

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l D

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work

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ou h

ave

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all

gro

up w

e en

coura

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artn

er w

ith a

no

ther

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reques

t th

at y

ou m

ake

pro

gra

m r

eser

vat

ions

at l

east

tw

o w

eeks

in

adv

ance

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I ca

n r

emem

ber

35-p

lus

yea

rs a

go

gro

win

g u

p i

n r

ura

l

wes

tern

Oh

io a

nd

pla

yin

g o

uts

ide

non-s

top

. G

ames

of

kic

kb

all,

hid

e n' go

see

k a

nd

soft

bal

l w

ere

not

un

com

-

mo

n a

lon

g t

he

row

of

ho

use

s on o

ur

countr

y r

oad

. A

s

an a

dd

ed b

on

us

I sp

ent

wee

ken

ds

bet

wee

n A

pri

l an

d

Oct

ob

er

each

y

ear

at

my

gra

ndp

aren

ts’

cott

age

on

Gra

nd

Lak

e S

t. M

ary’s

in

Mer

cer

Coun

ty,

Oh

io.

Ther

e

was

an

ab

un

dan

ce o

f o

utd

oor

acti

vit

ies

such

as

fish

ing,

swim

min

g, ex

plo

rin

g w

ith a

row

boat

an

d a

ny

thin

g e

lse

we

cou

ld th

ink

of.

I c

an r

emem

ber

igno

ring m

y f

ather

’s

shri

ll

wh

istl

e,

ann

ou

nci

ng

th

at

it

was

ti

me

to

com

e in

. P

lay

ing

outs

ide

was

so m

uch

more

fun t

han

bei

ng

co

op

ed u

p i

nsi

de.

Fas

t fo

rwar

d 3

5 y

ears

to 2

009.

I s

till

love

bei

ng o

ut-

doors

. I

am

fort

unat

e to

hav

e a

care

er t

hat

all

ow

s m

e to

be

ou

tsid

e an

d g

et p

aid t

o e

nco

ura

ge

oth

ers

to d

o t

he

sam

e.

Sad

ly,

in t

he

last

sev

eral

yea

rs,

I hav

e n

oti

ced,

as h

ave

oth

ers,

that

it is

har

der

to g

et p

eop

le to e

njo

y the

gre

at o

utd

oors

.

Fro

m p

erso

nal

exp

erie

nce

I c

an a

ttes

t

that

lif

e has

gott

en b

usi

er i

n r

ecen

t yea

rs w

ith t

he

addi-

tion o

f tw

o s

ons,

a lar

ger

ho

use

and y

ard a

nd m

ore

work

and v

olu

nte

er r

esp

onsi

bil

itie

s.

We

liv

e in

a b

usy

soci

e-

ty a

nd h

erei

n l

ies

the

pro

ble

m.

W

e ar

e co

mp

elle

d

to

be

do

ing s

om

eth

ing a

ll t

he

tim

e.

In o

ur

min

ds

we

can-

not

affo

rd t

o r

elax

. W

e ar

e al

way

s o

n t

he

go a

nd w

ith

our

chil

dre

n i

t’s

wors

e w

ith

sp

ort

s p

ract

ices

and

gam

es,

musi

c p

ract

ice,

conce

rts,

mounta

ins

of

hom

ewo

rk,

the

mal

l, t

elev

isio

n,

com

pute

r an

d e

lect

ronic

gam

es v

yin

g

for

thei

r ti

me.

The

catc

h p

hra

se,

“nat

ure

def

icit

dis

ord

er”,

co

ined

by

Ric

har

d L

ouv,

auth

or

of

“Las

t C

hil

d i

n t

he

Wood

s” c

er-

tain

ly i

s ap

pro

pri

ate.

F

ar t

oo m

any p

eop

le c

ho

ose

not

to m

ake

the

tim

e to

get

outd

oors

. W

e ar

e b

ecom

ing d

is-

connec

ted f

rom

our

nat

ura

l su

rroundin

gs.

You m

ay s

ay,

“ I

no

r m

y k

ids

get

outs

ide

much

, b

ig d

eal.

Not

get

-

ting o

utd

oors

has

far

ther

rea

chin

g e

ffec

ts t

han

whet

her

we

can i

den

tify

a f

rog o

r sn

ake,

it

also

has

hea

lth a

nd

soci

al r

amif

icat

ions.

S

tud

ies

hav

e sh

ow

n t

hat

peo

ple

who

enjo

y

outd

oor

acti

vit

ies

on

a re

gula

r b

asis

ar

e

hea

lth

ier,

hap

pie

r an

d m

ore

connec

ted t

o t

he

outs

ide

worl

d.

T

hes

e re

war

ds

cannot

be

easi

ly

dup

lica

ted

indoo

rs w

atch

ing T

V o

r ex

erci

sing w

ith a

vid

eo g

ame.

Whil

e m

y j

ob

is

to p

rovid

e en

joyab

le r

ecre

atio

nal

and

educa

tional

opp

ort

unit

ies

for

folk

s, you w

ould

th

ink

may

be

my j

ob

at

hom

e w

ould

be

easi

er, b

ut

alas

I a

m i

n

the

sam

e b

oat

. I

too c

om

pet

e w

ith T

V,

com

pu

ter

and

vid

eo g

ames

to g

et m

y s

on

s outd

oors

.

If y

ou w

ant

to

get

y

our

fam

ily

outd

oors

b

ut

don’t

know

w

her

e to

beg

in,

do w

hat

m

y w

ife

and I

hav

e done;

li

mit

th

e

amou

nt

of

com

pute

r, T

V o

r vid

eo g

ame

tim

e.

Cut

your

kid

s o

ff w

hen

th

eir

tim

e is

up

and,

wea

ther

per

mit

ting,

send t

hem

outs

ide

to p

lay.

R

emem

ber

it

takes

sev

eral

wee

ks

to d

evel

op

a h

abit

, so

if

it i

s a

stru

ggle

at

firs

t

han

g in ther

e. I

f th

ey d

on’t

know

what

to d

o, t

hin

k b

ack

to y

our

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kid

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