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Fall
2000 Vol.
11 No. 3
Nature
Center Home PageIf
telephone registration is requested,
call the Center at (410) 398-4909 to insure a spot.
Please also notify the Center if you need to
cancel.
Fall
Foliage Saturday. October
7, 10 am to 12 noon
Join Nature Center staff for a
special hike through the forests of Fair Hill during the
most colorful season of the year. Learn how leaves change
their colors, identify common Maryland trees, and make your
own colorful shirt or stationary using leaves collected
during the program. Wear good walking shoes and bring a
tee-shirt or sweat shirt to print (stationary paper
provided).
2nd Annual Fox
Trot Ball Saturday, October
21, 6 to 11 p.m.
You are invited to join us for a great night out with
foxtails, food, carriage rides and dancing to the beat of
the Jerry and the Juveniles. This is the Nature Center's
biggest fund-raiser of the year! More info here.
Member's
Reception
Upon arrival, we ask that you register with us at the
Nature Center and pick up your ticket for the hay ride.
Light refreshments will be available in the Nature Center as
you view exhibits, check our newly painted rooms and see our
Member's Room on the second floor.
During the evening, there will be hay rides available (in the lower parking area) and a bonfire at the pavilion near the Big Elk Creek (complete with hot dogs, hot chocolate, cider and marshmallows). Also during the evening, Linda Tinsman (a teacher at North East High School) will be available behind the Nature Center with her telescopes to give instructions on what we can see in the night sky (before the full moon comes up).
Come join us for a relaxing, fun and informative evening. Bring your friends. There is no charge for members, nonmembers charge is $5.00 adults, $3.00 for children. If you become a member that night, you get in FREE!
Wilmington Trail
Club Hike
Meet at the Appleton Road (North) parking lot for a
moderate to strenuous 14 mile hike. Bring lunch and plenty
of water.
$2.00
for Non-WTC members plus $2.00 for parking
S.W.A.T. Road
Cleanup Saturday,
November 18, 8 to 10 a.m.
Do your part to help clean up our
roadsides by joining Nature Center staff and board members
for its quarterly trash pickup day along 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.
Hayride With
Santa
Fair Hill Nature Center is the
place to be on December 9, 2000 from 1:00-3:30 p.m. In
conjunction with Fair Hill Stables there will be pony rides,
a hayride with Santa and children's nature crafts for
Christmas.
Enter Fair Hill at Entrance 3, proceed directly to Fair Hill Stables - (go left past fair grounds as if you're headed toward Nature Center). Make a right (instead of a left to cross bridge over 213) and travel straight back to the stables. There will be pony rides available for $2.00 a person, and carriage rides for $2.00 a person.
Fair Hill Stables is also the point of origin for the Nature Center Hayride with Santa. The Santa Hayride (members FREE, nonmembers $3.00) will bring you to the Nature Center where children may complete Pinecone Bird feeders, Nature Wrapping Paper, and Nature Bookmarks. You will return to Fair Hill Stables by hayride. Light refreshments will be provided.
Come share an old-fashioned fun day
during the busy Christmas rush! $2.00
for pony
rides
and carriage
rides Hayride (members FREE,
nonmembers $3.00)
Wilmington Trail
Club Hike
Meet at the Gallaher Road parking lot for a 5-8 mile
hike.
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