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Spring
1999 Vol.
10 No. 1
Nature
Center Home PageCampers got a bird's eye view of the Fair Hill Nature Center from Board member Larry Klevin's hot air balloon at last fall's Camp-out. The Nature Center hopes to offer this special overnight program again this fall.
Spring 1999 Special Events
Telephone registration is requested.
Call
Sue Rogers at (410) 398-4909 to insure a spot
and please notify the Center if you need to
cancel.
Trail
Day Saturday, March
13, 9 to 1 p.m.
Help get the Nature Center trails
ready for returning students this fall. Volunteers are
needed to clip paths, spread mulch, and repair a fence. We
also need a few people to bring a chain saw to clear several
fallen trees from our trails. Hot dogs and soda
provided.
Build a Bluebird
Box Saturday, March
20, 9 to 10:30 a.m.
Learn about the natural history
of bluebirds and how you can help them find a home with
Board member and bluebird expert Jerry Newman. Each
participant will build a bluebird box to take
home.
Frog
Frolics Friday, April 9,
7 to 9 p.m.
Bob Willman is back for this
popular evening program and hike! Learn about our native
frogs, toads and reptiles at the Nature Center. Then hike
out to Fair Hill wetlands to observe springtime breeding
behaviors of some of our most vocal inhabitants!
Death by Natural
Causes Saturday, April
10, 5 to 9 p.m.
A Murder Mystery Party. If you
enjoy costume parties, if you want to act, but not rehearse
or memorize lines, if you enjoy solving puzzles or
outguessing TV detectives, or if you like watching comedies
and mysteries, then this is the event for you. Sponsored by
Family Services of Cecil County. Fee includes ample hors
d'oeuvres and maybe death. Cash Bar. Send checks payable to
FSA to Family Services. 718 Bridge St., Elkton, MD,
21921.
S.W.A.T. Road
Cleanup Saturday, April
17, 8 to 10 a.m.
Join Nature Center staff and
board members to clean up trash from our adopted highway, a
2 mile section of Rt. 273. We will meet at Wesley's parking
lot at 8 a.m. All materials provided by the Nature Center.
Must be 12 years or older.
March for
Parks Sunday, April 25,
1 to 4 p.m.
Please join us for this special
walkathon to raise funds for the Nature Center and for trail
maintenance on Fair Hill property. Walk, bike or ride a
horse along special trails. Your registration fee helps the
Nature Center support its Outdoor School and provide
environmental education programs for students in Cecil
County and the region. Collect pledges from family and
friends and win prizes! Hot food, drinks, baked goods
available. The gift store will be open and Nature Center
exhibits and live animals on display. For more info check
here.
Wildflower
Walk Saturday, May 1,
10:30 to 11:30
Teacher/naturalist Doris Andersen
will show of Fair Hill's spring flowering plants on an easy
walk along Nature Center trails.
Annual
Meeting/Art in Nature Saturday, June
19
All members are invited to
participate in our Annual Meeting. A report on the past
year's activities will be presented and an election for the
Board of Directors will be conducted. The Nature Center
will also co-host an event with the Elk Creeks Watershed
Association on this day, which will include nature talks,
nature walks and art workshops.
S.W.A.T. Road
Cleanup Saturday, July
24, 8 to 10 a.m.
Join Nature Center staff and
board members to clean up trash from our adopted highway, a
2 mile section of Rt. 273. We will meet at Wesley's parking
lot at 8 a.m. All materials provided by the Nature Center.
Must be 12 years or older.
