Weather Puts A Slight Damper On WACF Earth Day
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Izzy Beezley, Alice Griffith and Guinevere Napier make butterfly nets under the instruction of Angela Himes, with the Syracuse Lions Club.
SYRACUSE — Rain mixed with sleet and snow, along with chilly 40 degree weather, put a slight damper on Earth Day events at Wawasee Area Conservancy Foundation today, Saturday, April 27. But those who did venture out and dressed for the weather enjoyed the outdoor activities and displays.
Visitors to the event were greeted by WACF members who handed out cloth bags and provided information concerning saving native bees along with getting a bee sticker and bee name tag, information on WACF and the handbook of Indiana boating laws and responsibilities. Each guest also received ecological drinking straws.
Displays were kept in the area of the Ruddell Pavilion providing a horseshoe of tents. Guests could travel from one tent to the other and learn about soils, recycling, and the Lilly Lakes and Streams, duck and goose calls, take a nature trail walk, plant a tree on the WAC property, sign the watershed map, grab a pre-made seed ball, make a butterfly net to take home, try their hand at archery shooting, or take a look at various fishing flys. Guests could even take a look at muzzle loaders and watch arrowheads being made.
For those with imagination, they could choose to be one of four birds that migrate and play a fun game migrating back to the area. Visitors could also learn about or try their hand at geo cacheing. Plus many more displays.
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- Diana Castell and Jan Hackleman, on the left, manned the registration/welcome tent at the WACF Earth Day Celebration. Syracuse residents David and Kathleen Johnson are shown on the right getting their name tags.
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- Pam Unruh, right, shows Kristina Long what seeds are in the seed ball prepared by the Syracuse-Wawasee Garden Club.
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- Zack Kryder pretends to be a bald eagle as he migrates back to the area without getting killed. Nancy Brown, is shown on the right, helping Kryder in the migration game.
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- Guinevere Napier tries her hand at archery with the help of John Blunk.
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- Jeff Mesaros demonstrates the art of arrowhead making.
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- Randy Cesco demonstrates a duck/goose call.
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- Suzanne Stokes with KC Recycling, talks to the Ruff family about composting. From left are Gina, Kaleb, Isaac, Dustin and Kaiden.
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- Blake Roose and Kately Bray explain the various kinds of soils to Dala and Dave Bruemmer.
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- Tents formed a horseshoe around the Ruddell Pavilion on the WACF Educaitonal property Saturday where numerous fun, family interactive events were held.
