The Herald, Sharon, PA Published Friday, December 19, 2003

Mill Creek MetroParks sets January programs

Mill Creek MetroParks has planned the following events for January:

   » "Images: A Photographic History" -- 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays, January through April in Fellows Riverside Gardens' Melnick Museum.

   » Thank Goodness It's Friday Fun Nights -- 6 to 9 p.m. Jan. 2, 9 and 16 at Sled Hill.

   » "New Beginnings Hike" -- 8 a.m. Jan. 3 at Yellow Creek Lodge.

   » "Hand-Feed a Chickadee" -- 9 a.m. Jan. 3 in the golf course parking lot.

   » Yoga -- 5:30 to 7 p.m. Jan. 6, 13, 20 and 27; and 8:30 to 10 a.m. or 5:30 to 7 p.m. Jan. 8, 15, 22 and 29 in Davis Center. Cost is $36. Call Fellows Riverside Gardens to register.

   » "The Snow Moon" -- 7 p.m. Jan. 7 at Ford Nature Center.

   » "Tales for Twos: Footprints in the Snow" -- 10, 10:45 and 11:30 a.m. Jan. 8 in Ford Nature Center. Call the center to register.

   » "Flowers From the Gardens, Jerry DiGiampaolo" -- 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays, Jan. 9 through Feb. 22, in Fellows Riverside Gardens' Weller Gallery.

   » Sledding contest -- Noon to 3 p.m. Jan. 10 at Sled Hill. Call the hill for information.

   » "Wildlife in Winter" -- 2 p.m. Jan. 11 at the golf course parking lot.

   » Eddie Vallus concert -- 7 p.m. Jan. 14 in Yellow Creek Lodge.

   » "Breakfast Botany: The Pine Family" -- 8:30 to 10 a.m. Jan. 16 in Fellows Riverside Gardens. Cost is $8. Call the gardens to register.

   » "Gone Trackin' " preschool nature hour -- 10 a.m. or 12:30 p.m. Jan. 16 or 10 a.m. Jan. 17 in Ford Nature Center, for 3- through 5-year-olds accompanied by parents. Cost is $3. Call the center to register.

   » "Winter Doesn't Scare Me" hike -- 1 p.m. Jan. 17 at Wick Area's warming house. Information: 330-740-7114.

   » "Cardio and Cardinals" -- 2 p.m. Jan. 18 at Ford Nature Center.

   » "Sunfeeder" for the birds -- 10 to 11 a.m. or 1 to 2 p.m. Jan. 23 or 10 to 11 a.m. Jan. 24 in Fellows Riverside Gardens. Cost is $6. Call the gardens to register.

   » "Flower Arranging with Marie" -- 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 17 in Fellows Riverside Gardens. Cost is $32. Call the gardens to register.

   » Environmental educators' resource fair -- 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 24 in MetroParks Farm in Canfield, Ohio. Cost is $20, including lunch. Call Austintown Township (Ohio) Park to register, 330-793-0718.

   » Frisbee Snow Golf -- 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 24, for those 12 and older on the Par 3 golf course. Registration is needed.

   » "Branches and Birds" -- 1:30 to 3 p.m. Jan. 24 in Fellows Riverside Gardens, for those 6 and older accompanied by an adult. Cost is $8. Call the gardens to register.

   » "Flowers from the Gardens" -- 1:30 p.m. Jan. 25 in Fellows Riverside Gardens. Call the gardens to register.

   » "Ice-Making by Mother Nature" -- 1:30 p.m. Jan. 25 in Ford Nature Center.

   » "The Culinary Garden: Soup's On" -- 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Jan. 27 and 28 in Fellows Riverside Gardens. Cost is $32. Call the gardens to register.

   » Audubon Mahoning Valley -- 7 p.m. Jan. 27 in MetroParks Farm. Social time begins at 6:30 p.m.

   » Nature photography show -- Feb. 28 through April 4 in Fellows Riverside Gardens' Davis Center. Entry deadline is Feb. 15 with categories of wild animals, wild scenes, "Plants: Wild and Not," "Mill Creek MetroPark Scenes," people in parks, black and white, digital images and young photographers. Applications are available in the center.

Information or registration: Fellows Riverside Gardens, 330-740-7116; Ford Nature Center, 330-740-7107; MetroParks Office, 330-702-3000; Sled Hill, 330-740-7114.



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