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The Communicator - March 2005

Sun Mar 6 Highlands Nature Sanctuary, Guided Hikes into Etawah Woods, First Sunday-of-every-

month guided hike led by Debbie Miller or Donna Ganahl, NO FEE; 1:00 3:30; Etawah Woods

Parking Lot, bring drinking water, Registration not necessary for hike unless coming with a large

group. Enjoy a leisurely 1 1/4 mile guided hike through Etawah Woods and down into the magical

Rocky Fork Gorge. See www.highlandssanctuary.org for details and directions.

Sun Mar 6 5:30-8:30 p.m. The Serving Earth group will be hosting Simply Soup for the Soul, a

nourishing Sunday evening meal of homemade vegan soup and bread at the home of Becky and John

Allen. Soup recipe courtesy of Benevolence. Donations will benefit Highland Nature Sanctuary. Bring

a container to take home leftovers. A dialogue circle will be held after dinner for those interested.

Contact Becky at 488-7122 or at servingearth@aol.com to make a reservation. Seating limited to 18.

Sat Mar 12, 9:00-11:00 a.m. The Serving Earth group will be giving the Adena Brook Ravine its first

spring clean-up. If interested in participating, join us at the intersection of Canyon and Overbrook

Drives (off N. High St.) Contact Becky Allen at 488-7122 or at servingearth@aol.com with questions.

Sat Mar 12 - Maple Sugar Festival and Pancake Breakfast at Stratford Ecological Center. 9:00am-

1:00pm. Breakfast served until noon. Bring your family and join us in the crisp winter air as we turn

tree sap into sweet maple syrup. Wagon rides, hikes, tree tapping, sap hauling, and sugar shack

interpretation. Warm up and fill your tummy with homemade pancakes and syrup made at Stratford

and our own organic sausage. $4 adults/$2 kids for admission only, $8 adults/$6 kids for admission

and breakfast. Advance ticket sales include a dollar-off syrup coupon. Dress for the weather and

expect mud.

Sat Mar 12 Highlands Nature Sanctuary, Exploring an Active Beaver Colony and Looking for Skunk

Cabbage in Bloom, 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm, meet at the Etawah Woods Parking Lot, Led by Larry Henry,

Field Naturalist, Register by calling Melanie at 937-365-1935, or by writing

reservations@highlandssanctuary.org

Sat Mar 12 Highlands Nature Sanctuary, Exploring an Active Beaver Colony and Looking for Skunk

Cabbage in Bloom, 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm, meet at the Etawah Woods Parking Lot, Led by Larry Henry,

Field Naturalist, Register by calling Melanie at 937-365-1935, or by writing

reservations@highlandssanctuary.org

Sun Mar 13 Highlands Nature Sanctuary, Join John Howard on a Hike into KA-MA-MA PRAI-

RIE, 1:30 P.M., Miniature but Miraculous Signs of Spring in the Prairie. To register for this free

program, call Melanie at the Sanctuary at 937-365-1935 or email her at

reservations@highlandssanctuary.org. She will send you directions to this Adams County Prairie.

Estimated driving time from Cincinnati is 1 1/2 hours, and from Columbus, 2 hours and fifteen

minutes.

Sat Mar 19 - Organic Lawncare. 10:00am-noon. Organic lawn care focuses on creating active soil

life, which in turn produces healthy lawns. Living soil is your best protection against lawn care

problems. Jenn and Nate Elfner of Elfner Landscape, a local organic landscaping company, will lead

this class. The cost is $12/ person or $20/ couple. Register at 740-363-2548 or treebeing@aol.com

Sat Mar 19 - Organic Gardening. 1:00-3:00pm. Stratford's farmer and director, Jeff Dickinson, will

lead gardeners through the practicalities of crop rotations, growing your own fertilizers, preserving

your soil with simple cover crops, and companion planting for optimal garden growing! Cost is $10

per person or $18 per couple. Register at 740-363-2548 or treebeing@aol.com

Sat Mar 19 Canoe Float of Scioto Brush Creek with Martin McAlister 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Led by

Martin McAlister, Adams County Naturalist, directions sent upon confirmation. Bacon Flats is east

of Peebles in Adams County, approx. 1 1/2 hours from Cincinnati and 2 hours from Columbus.

Sat. Mar 19 Snow Trilliam of Bacon Flats Hike, 1:00 to 3:30 pm, meet Chalet Nivale, directions sent

upon confirmation. Bacon Flats is east of Peebles in Adams County, approx. 1 1/2 hours from

Cincinnati and 2 hours from Columbus. Led by John Howard, Rick Gardner, and Larry Henry.

Wed Mar 23, one hour after sunset - Vernal Pond Study. Join us in monitoring Stratford Ecological

Center's buttonbush swamp as part of a statewide effort. Appropriate for all ages. March is when

salamander breeding takes place, so hopefully we'll get lucky and see the migration. Bring a good

flashlight and mud boots. Free.

Calendar Announcements

NEW AND RENEW-

ING

MEMBERS

Gary Allison and Becky

Mansfield, Amy Arrington & Judy

Bryant, Shadrach Bailey, Anissa

Belanger and David Moffett, Janis

Bell and David Puppel, Kristine

Booth, Anita Bowman, Suzanne

Csejtey and Doug Hunt, Kordula

DeKuthy & Detmar Meurers,

Kevin DeWeese, Bruce

Duncanson, Jeff and Jen

Eichhorn, Cindy Frazier, Turiya

Gearhart, Janice George and

Kevin Bailey, Gregory and

Marcelle Gilkerson, Beth Griese,

Jean Haghiri and Stephan Foutz,

Robert S. Hamilton, Katherine

Hanlon, Joi Harrison-Turner,

Cheryl Hindrichs, Amy Hooker,

Neysa Huber, Chris Johnson,

Maryanna Klatt, Frank & Barbara

Kocab, Katy Kram, Angela

LaMonte, Anne Langendorfer,

Joanne Leussing, Richard Lloyd,

Amanda Runyon Lynch, Mitzie

McElhany & Shelly Blackburn

and Family, Michelle Myers, The

Stephen Nagy Family, Kami and

Chris Niehoff, Adam & Maiko

Oberlin, Khyber Oser & Moren

Hubbard, Joan Phillips, Jason

Coale & Beth Rapach, Francis

Richardson, Calin and Brian

Richardson, Allen Rogers and

Barbara Mazzotta, Craig Ross &

Tonia Hazelwood, Rodney

Ruedele, Morris Schottenstein,

Micki & Marty Seltzer, Anna

Shuherk, Timothy and Helen

Spengler, Jon and Mary Starkie,

Tikonya Stewart, Debbie

Stollenwerk, Sharon Tinianow,

Jordy Ventresca, Tim Wagner,

Bob and Marilyn Welker

Thanks!!