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February 2009 Magazine Edition |
Summer is found under glass in Columbus, Ohio all winter long. As winter drags on seemingly getting colder and grayer, many of us yearn for the warmth and color found just about anywhere in the vicinity of the Tropic of Cancer. But the economy has drifted so far south that such a vacation may only be a pipe dream this year. Therefore, more of us are exploring staycations. A staycation is just a fancy way of saying daytrip. A daytrip to Columbus is convenient for any Ohioan. But why go in the middle of winter? To find summer of course. And summer is found under a glass house known as the Franklin Park Conservatory. Only this house is 83,000 square feet. And it has 400 species of plants. No need for a travel agent, you can roam the Himalayan Mountains, Tropical Rainforest, desert, Pacific islands and other hot spots and be home for dinner. The beauty of this world-renown conservatory isn’t just the splash of color from Mother Nature’s unique botanical collections; it also has hints of artistic flair subtly worked into the mix. Dale Chihuly’s glass artwork is conjointly placed with the plant collections further enhancing the panoramic blossoms. A full Chihuly exhibition, ReImagined, opens July 4, 2009. Chihuly is a pioneer of the American Studio Glass Movement. The most photogenic part of the Conservatory, both inside and out, is the Victorian Palm House which was built in 1895. But that’s by day. It gets even better at night! Your senses will be illuminated with an inspiring display of light complements of internationally award-winning artist James Turrell. This is a permanent installation that is seen every evening at dusk …so maybe that reservation for dinner at home can be pushed back a bit. Other points of interest at the Franklin Park Conservatory include trains, food and shopping. A model railway is visible from the second floor or up close. It features a western town with a waterfall, steam locomotive and miniature landscapes. Cam’s Garden Café offers sandwiches, soups, salads and baked goods. A wide variety of items are available for purchase at the gift shop & greenhouse. Tours of the conservatory come with a few options. Self guided tours are most popular but tour guides are available for groups of 10 or more as long as a reservation is scheduled in advance. Then there’s the cross-over tour that is self-guided but provides narration through your cell phone. Just dial the phone number posted and hit the number seen at the exhibit for which you want in-depth information. Throughout February and beyond, there are special programs and activities that make a visit to the Conservatory a little bit more special than normal.
The Orchid
Forest
Bending Nature
Continuing
Care for Your Bonsai
Cocktails at
the Conservatory
You Can Grown
Orchids
Film:
Rivers & Tides
Beauty and the
Beast: Orchids as an Evolutionary Success Story
Family Fun
Second Saturdays
Watercolor
Gardens with Mindy Newman
Blooms &
Butterflies Franklin Park Conservatory is located at 1777 E. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio 43203. It is open Tuesday through Sunday from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm (open until 8:00 pm on Wednesdays). Special hours or closings may apply for various holidays. The Conservatory is handicapped accessible. Admission is $7.50/adult, $6/senior or student and $4 for kids age 2-12. More information is available at www.fpconservatory.org. By Frank R. Satullo, The OhioTraveler
(PLAY VIDEO) It’s about this time of year everyone could use a weekend getaway. Whether it’s alone time, together time or family time, a case can be made to escape for a couple to three days in the ice caves of Hocking Hills. Of course, when the ice hikes are over you retreat to the cabin, light a fire, have hot cocoa and then hop into the hot-tub. Now that’s a cure for the winter blahs! It’s amazing how many people don’t know about the winter paradise in Southeast Ohio's Appalachia territory. Those that do mostly visit Hocking Hills in Fall or summer, even spring but winter? You bet! What makes the wilderness of Hocking Hills so inviting in winter is the awe-inspiring sights of frozen waterfalls and ridges lined with icicles creating crystalized walls. But one of the more unusual sights are the iceberg plateaus protruding from a body of water below a waterfall, ascending upward creating an ice table. The peace, quiet and serenity of this cluster of nine state parks allows one to rejuvenate their soul, rekindle romance or reacquaint themselves with their kids. Winter at Hocking Hills is the perfect time and place to just be. Most cabins even let you bring your dog. Nearby there are small towns providing great shopping excursions for antique and craft lovers. For the more adventurous, there are activities such as horseback riding and rappelling. Side trips include a tour of the nation’s only washboard museum and other unique to-do's. A mid-winter Hocking Hills night can be brisk but clear. There is no light pollution making the heavens above black with shiny white dots connecting one constellation to another. When’s the last time you ate popcorn and watched a meteor shower? Buried treasure and nature’s riches fill the Hocking legends and wilderness. Among the caves, waterfalls, gorges, and rock outcrops are the unclaimed lore of robbers, the unmarked graves of early settlers, remains of ancient Indian civilizations and natural splendor. Conkle’s Hollow looks much today as it always has – one of the deepest gorges in Ohio, it has steep cliffs plunging to a valley floor so dense with plant life, sunlight is blocked at its deepest depth. The setting is perfect…for a tall tale. A petroglyph is rumored to have adorned the gorge wall, created by a band of Indians who stole huge sums of money from settlers along the Ohio riverbanks. The wall carving was an arrow pointing across the hollow to a hiding spot only reachable by climbing a towering hemlock. After the settlers gave up the hunt for the thieves, the outlaws returned to find the hemlock destroyed, thereby making it impossible to reach the treasure buried in the rocky wall of the gorge. The petroglyph having long eroded away leaves only the mystery of whether or not the money is still somewhere to be claimed. Nearby, another legend and natural wonder exists in what was once referred to as Robbers Roost, known today as the Rock House. The Rock House is, surprisingly, the only true cave in the Hocking Hills region. It is a corridor located halfway up a 150 foot cliff measuring 25 feet high, 25 feet wide and stretching 200 feet long. Its structure includes natural windows cut through stonewalls and porous rock in the rear of the cave where Native Americans lit fires to cook and warm the cave. There is even evidence of a drinking water supply maintained by manmade troughs used to contain spring water that entered through the wholly sandstone. However, such amenities later made this an ideal hideout for robbers. Old Man’s Cave is one of the most popular natural attractions in Hocking Hills and also serves as the final resting place for some of its earliest inhabitants. A hermit by the name of Richard Rowe lived and died there. He is buried beneath the ledge of the cave. Before Rowe, two brothers who built a cabin by the cave’s entrance are also buried nearby. Old Man’s Cave has a bit of everything for nature lovers along its stretch of valley offering waterfalls, streams, forest, and wide variety of plant life, cliffs and undercut rocks. It is also part of the Buckeye Trail and America's Discovery Trail.
Perhaps the most impressive natural treasure in the region is Conkle's Hollow, Rock House, Old Man’s Cave and Ash Cave are just several of the many adventures to be had at Hocking Hills. Visitors will also enjoy the scenery of Cedar Falls – the best waterfall in the region; breathtaking Cantwell Cliffs; and Rock Bridge, a natural stone arch. There's plenty of winter left to find a weekend to escape life as you know it. Retreat to the hot-tub capital of Ohio - Hocking Hills! By Frank R. Satullo, The OhioTraveler
The Franklin Township Nature Trail along the south side of Grand Lake St. Marys is a great place to stroll or bike and maybe even view of one of the lake’s resident bald eagles. This newly expanded paved, off road trail begins along State Route 219 just east of Montezuma and continues six and a half miles. Along the way it meanders through a woodland setting offering an observation deck for viewing a wetland environment. The trail crosses two covered bridges and ends at Strassberg Park. There is parking available at both ends of the trail and near the wetlands observation station on Karafit Road. If you want a continuous view of Ohio’s largest inland lake, the Eastbank Park walkway is for you. This two mile paved, off road path is a great place for viewing lake activities. There are plenty of benches and restrooms along the way. You may want to pack a picnic lunch and enjoy it lakeside following your workout. Plenty of parking is available in the park. On the west bank of Grand Lake St. Marys there is a mile and a half trail that includes lakeside and woodland views. You may want to bring along Fido as there is also a new dog park opening this spring adjacent to the trail. The Celina Rotary Dog Park is a 3.8 acre, grassy, wooded, fully fenced, off-leash facility. Divided for large and small dogs it includes drinking water access and benches. It’s a great place to let your dog run and get the exercise and play he enjoys. Located just south of the boat launch area, there is plenty of parking available. If the peaceful, rural countryside is your ideal trail view, check out a former railroad line linking Celina and Coldwater. The 4.5 mile, 10 foot wide paved path travels through Mercer County corn, wheat and bean fields giving you a great view of the top ag county in Ohio. Another trail option combines history with a compacted stone path as you follow the trail trod by mules when they pulled canal boats more than 100 years ago along the Miami & Erie Canal. There are numerous places to join the trail. Check out Lock One Park in New Bremen, Ohio. Heading north along the towpath about two miles, you will come upon the Kuenning-Dicke Nature Park located along Lock Two Road. It features a series of walking trails, meadows and a pond as well as a primitive camping area. Memorial Park in St. Marys, Ohio is another great place to begin your towpath trek. You can check out the covered bridge and board the replica canal boat before you hike along the towpath. You will find plenty of parking available at all three of these parks along the canal. Walking, hiking and biking are a great low-cost family activity. Enjoy the scenery, the company of family and friends and improve your fitness level all at the same time. For more information on these trails and the many other things to see and do in the Greater Grand Lake St. Marys Region check out www.SeeMore.org.
DOWN HOME
Every culture weaves tradition and legend through captivating storytelling. In Appalachia Ohio, guests will hear Jim Flanagan – once the runner-up in the National Storytelling Competition, “Granny Sue” Holstein – ghost storyteller, Lyn Ford – fourth generation multicultural Afrilachian family storyteller, and others’ unforgettable oratory. The history of storytelling has touched everyone. Whether it was around a ring of fire, pressed close to the living room radio, or listening to audio tapes and web casts, this basic and profound art form has always lived and thrived. There is really no better place than the heart of Ohio’s southeastern river region, Gallia County’s Ariel theatre, to host the storied event. The Victorian-era opera house is more than 100 years old and has stories of its own. Secret tunnels form a network under the streets and buildings of downtown Gallipolis once connecting actors – among others – from the theatre to hotels. During its restoration, many stories long forgotten were dusted off, setting the stage for some very interesting tales straight from the banks of the Ohio River. Its banquet hall, ballroom and parlor rooms are the perfect setting as its walls will no doubt echo with “Down Home Appalachian Tales.” After a morning of great stories, learn the history of the outlying community. The history of Gallipolis and Gallia County is laden with truths stranger than fiction alluring travelers to take an afternoon to explore. From the very beginning, the area was known for storytelling. Its original tall tale tricked French settlers into a land speculation scheme. In 1790 they fled the French Revolution only to find the American lands they had purchased were not theirs. Instead they were permitted to settle one of the first communities in the new Northwest Territory but within a couple years, the harsh wilderness of what is now Gallia County drove most away. Those that stayed built wonderful landmarks that still stand. And what stories they behold. For starters, a stop at the Silver Bridge Memorial will introduce travelers to the Mothman prophecies – tales so luring a major motion picture was produced to share them. The tragic bridge collapse of 1967 killed 46 people. Some accounts point to the Mothman as the culprit. It is with that the legend grew. Fortification Hill and the Mound Hill Cemetery overlook the town and Ohio River. Its history dates to the Civil War but some of its best tales are from the age of Prohibition when trick-tombstones, still operable today, were used by bootleggers to transport and hide illegal booze. Sometimes a good tale comes with a stiff drink. Back in the 1820’s the Our House Museum, a three-story tavern and center of the community’s social activity, regularly served up tale after tale of great Appalachian folklore. The Bandstand in the City Park was built in 1876 and is still the focal point of the downtown. The French Art Colony, a Greek revival building has its own three-story floating staircase, complimented with beautifully landscaped gardens outside .The John Gee Black Historical Center preserves the tradition, culture, crafts, music and art of black Americans from Southern Ohio. Many travelers have eaten breakfast at the establishment of one of the area’s most famous inhabitants –Bob Evans. The original restaurant, farm and homestead are in nearby Rio Grande, Ohio still welcoming visitors to explore the story of founder and legend – Bob Evans. To learn more about the upcoming “Down Home Appalachian Tales” or the historic sites and stories of one of Ohio’s first settlements, visit www.visitgallia.com. By Frank R. Satullo CHECKOUT A UNIQUE In my opinion, the best place to be during an Ohio winter is indoors with a good book, within arm’s reach of hot chocolate. However, by February, even I’m tired of hibernating. Snow or no snow, I need to get out! Often, I kill two birds with one stone by visiting the Wood County District Public Library, spending hours reading by the fireplace, chatting with friends, and going online. I love it there! However, there are many other libraries in Ohio worth a visit, some tucked away in places you might not think to look, including public gardens, museums, professional organizations, and universities. Specialty libraries usually welcome visitors and allow collection use during visiting hours. Some also allow borrowing, although a membership or borrower’s card may be required first. One warning: be sure to call about policies, visiting hours, admission fees, and material availability before you visit; the current economic crisis is forcing a lot of changes. One of my favorites is the Warren H. Corning Library, a breath of spring located at Kirtland’s Holden Arboretum. Planning future gardens here is a perfect antidote to snow! Only members can check books out, but the public is welcome whenever the library’s open. (The rare book room isn’t open to the public, but the curator might let you take a peek.) Look for the free landscape bulletins, too, which offer helpful gardening information. (These are also available online, at www.holdenarb.org/resources/horticulture-bulletins.asp). Need some fresh air? The arboretum has great hiking and cross-country ski trails –borrow a field guide and see how many animal tracks you can identify! If there’s a child in the house, a trip to the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library is a nice diversion. The main branch has a really fun children’s section that can keep kids busy for hours, complete with characters from favorite stories and a huge children’s magazine section. They also have a nice eatery and gift shop. Then there’s the Sanger Branch Library in Sylvania, home of a reading room filled with larger-than-life scenes from author/illustrator Denise Fleming’s picture books. (Interesting trivia: Fleming got her first library card as a child at the original Sanger.) A peek-a-boo brick wall, a tree twinkling with fireflies, a fish pond – kids can spend hours here finding favorite book scenes. Take heart. Winter won’t last forever. Spring is on its way. When it finally arrives, a trip to the Bainbridge Library herb garden (brainchild of gardening enthusiast Kathy Catani) will banish the rest of your winter wearies. “My daughter worked at the library [in 1988-1989],” says Kathy, “and whenever I’d … pick her up, I’d look at that piece of ground and think what a perfect place it would be for a garden. I finally put an article in the paper asking if anybody would be interested in helping me start an herb garden there, and I got a great response.” These eager responders eventually formed the Chagrin Valley Herb Society, which is still involved in caring for the garden, as well as holding meetings and programs in the library. The garden, divided into smaller gardens (such as a culinary garden, a potpourri garden, a butterfly garden, and a medicinal garden), includes two wheelchair-accessible fragrance gardens in raised beds labeled in Braille. Personal tours can be arranged through the library. Many Ohio public libraries offer more than just reading material to their patrons. Here’s just a sample of unusual items that are available with a library card.
There are too many great Ohio libraries to list them all; below are a few more you can investigate on your own, plus the contact information for all the places mentioned in the main article above. Happy hunting! Check These Out:
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Ahhh, there’s nothing like a winter hike. Every season has its bonuses when hiking Ohio. Winter allows you to see much further than any other time of year. You can scan the ridges and hills and see wildlife galore. Rowe Woods is a special treat because it offers a diverse landscape spanning more than 1,000 acres of hilly terrain mixed with meadows, forest, and wetlands. Some 14 miles of loop hiking trails crisscross the scenery allowing deep exploration into wild Ohio. Rowe Woods, operated by the Cincinnati Nature Center, is located in Milford, Ohio. Perhaps the best part of a nice winter hike is afterward with a mug of hot cocoa warming the hands and innards while toes toast in front of a fireplace hearth in an old hickory rocking chair. Sprinkle in some good conversation and laughter and you feel life can’t get any better than this. If you find yourself unable to bear being cooped up indoors another weekend in February, don’t fret. Rowe Woods offers several great opportunities to get out and breathe again. Rowe Woods offers a Full Moon Walk on February 9th from 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm. It costs $5 and the hike covers approximately two miles. Pre-registration is required. On February 14th and 28th, partake in a Bird Walk at Rowe Woods. From 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 am. Don’t forget your binoculars. Fee is covered with daily admission. Also on the 14th and again the 21st is Maple Syrup Making from 9am – 4 pm. Visitors will experience the process of turning sap to syrup. You may collect sap on maple hikes scheduled at 10 am, 11 am, 1 pm and 2 pm. Kids programs are scheduled throughout the morning on February 14th for ages 3-4, 5-6 and 7-9. Rowe Woods Visitor Center is open daily from 9am – 5pm. The grounds are open from 8am – 6pm in February but times vary from month-to-month. Admission is free on Monday, $3/adult and $1/child (age 3 – 12) Tuesday – Friday and $5/adult and $1/child Saturday and Sunday. Rowe Woods is located at 4949 Tealtown Road in Milford, Ohio 45150. For more information, call 513-831-1711 or visit www.cincynature.org. By Frank Satullo
PRESIDENT The State of Ohio has produced more presidents than any other—eight to be exact. It’s tempting to say they were all great, but in truth they’ve run the gamut from excellent to the opposite. The reputation of the 29th President, Warren G. Harding, rests on the bottom rungs. He is consistently ranked among scholars as one of our country’s worst presidents. However, that does not mean that the state or his hometown of Marion has attempted to diminish his stature. To the contrary, Harding’s home at 380 Mount Vernon Avenue has been restored in every detail including furnishings. The self-styled press building at the rear of the house, built for reporters during his popular “front-porch” campaign has been transformed into a museum. Furthermore, his memorial in Marion is ostentatious by any standard and one of the most beautiful shrines anywhere outside of Washington D.C. Located in a ten-acre manicured park, the memorial is constructed of white Georgian marble in the style of a Greek temple. The rounded roofless structure consisting of forty-six columns is of startling magnitude and splendor. It projects more than five stories skyward and exceeds one hundred feet in diameter with a center garden spot that is the resting place of the President and his wife. This monument is significant to American history because it is the last of highly crafted presidential tombs. Since Harding’s time, burial designs have been simpler and combined with presidential libraries. It seems contradictory that Harding’s lowly assessed tenure makes him so interesting. The attraction however, is not for accomplishments, but for reasons of his basement ranking. The major events of his campaign and administration so closely parallel recent corruption, greed, and malfeasance in both government and private sector that one is assured that history does indeed repeat. Harding had ascended from State Senator and Lieutenant Governor of Ohio to the US Senate, but was unknown except in his own region when he came out of nowhere to capture the nomination in 1920. He had been the successful publisher of a newspaper (presently The Marion Star) and married to the daughter of his most staunch critic. It is said his wife Florence was the shrewder politician and “pushed him all the way to the White House.” Florence was the business manager of the paper and understood the relationship between candidate and press. She oversaw the construction of a bungalow at the rear of their house to use as an always-available press office. She even coached Warren G. on the proper wave to newsreel cameras for the best coverage. It was one of several precedents set during the campaign and term. Harding was also the first to use the endorsement power of Hollywood stars along with the most powerful business triumvirate of Ford, Edison, and Firestone—although this was a conservative bunch rather than the Hollywood left of today. He campaigned on a “Return to Normalcy” after the Great War, which appealed to everyone, and his support of women’s suffrage and the ratification of the 19th amendment brought huge crowds of women to Marion. Harding was the first sitting Senator to be elected President, and only John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama have followed. During the campaign it was alleged that Harding’s great-great-grandfather was a West Indian black man—a rumor reinforced by Harding’s reply to a reporter. “How do I know?” he said. “One of my ancestors may have jumped the fence.” Of course this prompts the question of whether Barack Obama is really the first bi-racial President. Harding was a handsome man and political analysts have long contended his electoral success was based largely on his appearance. He looked “presidential.” One pundit refers to the flawed process by which people make voting decisions based on appearance as the “Warren Harding Error.” It was an astute observation by a fellow senator upon Harding’s nomination that he was “no world-beater but the best of the second-raters.” Harding won the 1920 election—the first for women voters—in an unprecedented landslide, and the slither toward depravity began almost immediately. He chose to surround himself with a group of cronies who became know as the “Ohio Gang.” Led by Attorney General Harry Daugherty, the gang in their two year, five-month infestation stole by some estimates as much as $300 million from the public coffers. They let it be known that every appointed job was to be sold—from judgeship to janitor, plus the sale of public lands and oil reserves. There is no proof that Harding benefited from the graft, but evidence points to his cognizance and an inability to stop it. “I have no trouble with my enemies,” he was quoted. “But my damn friends—they’re the ones who keep me walking the floor at nights.” In the months prior to his death, word of scandals crept into the public domain. Secretary of the Interior, Albert Fall had taken bribes from greedy oil interests for leasing of the Teapot Dome oil reserves in Wyoming without competitive bidding, and Charles Forbes who was Director of the newly formed Veterans Bureau had skimmed millions from contracting veterans hospitals. Eventually both Forbes and Fall served prison terms and two of their assistants committed suicide. If that wasn’t bad enough, dalliances in Harding’s personal life came to light. The Republican National Committee discovered too late in the nominating process that he had carried on a fifteen-year affair with the wife of a hometown friend. To conceal the scandal, the by-then divorcee was sent on an extended trip abroad with a $50,000 gift and a monthly stipend. It was another “first”—extorting money from a major political party. It didn’t end there, although it was alleged only after Harding’s death that he had an illegitimate child with the daughter of a Marion doctor. In her book, The President’s Daughter, Nan Britton claims she and Harding conceived a daughter in his senate office. He paid child support, and after becoming President they continued the affair using the privacy of a small room off the Oval Office. Sound familiar? Warren Harding died in San Francisco on August 2, 1923. He was in the midst of a cross-country policy-enlightening tour when he was struck with assumed food poisoning, although the final blow was reported to have been a heart attack or stroke. Immediately, skeptics speculated that it had been intentional poisoning, with fingers pointed at Harding’s wife since it was she who blocked an autopsy, and thus any official finding. Nothing was proven, of course, and there were a number of associates who privately welcomed Harding’s death, averting the political embarrassment that would have come with an expected impeachment. Presidential power and all it entails—the awesome responsibility along with entitlements—will never be fully appreciated by most of us. It is ultimate power handed to men appointed with human frailties as well as virtues. As long as nature is the ushering force, we are condemned to repeat—the good and the bad. The Warren G. Harding Memorial in Marion, Ohio is open year round from dawn to dusk. The Harding home and museum are open between Memorial and Labor Day, on Wednesday-Sunday. During winter months, weekends only. For information, call 800-600-6894.
By Robert Carpenter Cleveland Botanical Garden’s annual ode to nature’s most exotic plant returns Friday, February 27 through Sunday, March 29, 2009. One of the Garden’s premier events, Orchid Mania brings hundreds of beautiful orchids to Cleveland at a time when people most need to experience beauty and flowers. Garden visitors lose themselves among the captivating blooms of Cymbidiums and Slipper Orchids, and the tantalizing, perfume-like fragrances of Cattleyas and Oncidium, also known as the Chocolate Orchid. Visitors will also be treated to the stunning work of Washington State glass artist Debora Moore. Having worked with the famed glass artist Dale Chihuly, Moore has also done residencies in Murano, Italy and at the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington. Her current work – inspired by up-close exposure in hikes through the orchid-infused forests of Thailand, Japan, South America and the rainforests of the Pacific Northwest – focuses solely on orchids. Don’t miss a special behind-the-scenes look at Debora Moore’s glass orchids on Thursday, February 26 (6:30 – 8:30 pm). Guests will be treated to a talk by the artist, delving into the inspiration and techniques behind her renowned work. Orchid Mania is also an opportunity for home and novice orchid growers to bring their ailing orchids in for an examination by the Garden’s orchid doctor, whose calling hours this year are on Saturdays March 14 and 21 (1:00 – 3:00 pm). Learn about successfully growing orchids in these interactive sessions. Children can also enjoy making their own orchid and butterfly symmetry paintings on these weekends. Orchid Mania’s Vendor Weekend is Saturday, March 7 (10:00 am – 5:00 pm) and Sunday, March 8 (Noon – 5:00 pm). The area’s top orchid growers will be at the Garden with a wide selection of unique orchids and growing supplies available for purchase. As always, Orchid Mania concludes with a plant sale beginning at 5:00 pm on Sunday, March 29. Visitors who wish to bring home a piece of Orchid Mania are advised to arrive early. For details on Orchid Mania and Orchid Mania special programming, please visit www.cbgarden.org or call 216.721.1600. The Garden is located at 11030 East Boulevard in University Circle and is open 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Tuesdays through Saturdays and Noon to 5:00 pm on Sundays. Members, as well as children under three years of age, receive free admission. Nonmember adults pay $7.50 and children 3 to 12 years of age are just $3.
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If
your New Year’s resolution is to improve your fitness level in 2009, make
plans to combine the fun of travel with your urge to get fit. The Greater
Grand Lake St. Marys Region offers plenty of great walking and biking
trails that combine a vacation setting and an opportunity for exercise. 
The
age old art of storytelling will be rolling off the tongues of some of
the nation’s most gifted orators when they share their craft in
Gallipolis, Ohio on February 28, 2009. The “Down Home Appalachian
Tales” will be begin at 8:30 pm at the historic Ariel-Ann Carson Dater
Theatre. 
