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Merry Lea hosts first annual NatureFest April 30-May 1 for children and adults For nature lovers of all ages who enjoy Indiana’s beautiful landscape, Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center’s first annual NatureFest will be an earthly treat, April 30 and May 1, 2004.
The weekend activities for adults and children will include exploring local geology, investigating a wetland, learning about sustainable building, experimenting with organic gardening and listening to guest performers Will Redding, a well-known storyteller and naturalist, and Les Gustafson-Zook, world champion autoharp performer. Beginning Friday, April 30 at 7 p.m with storytelling by Redding and continuing all day Saturday, May 1, the NatureFest will feature hikes and seminars about forest ecology, environmental building design, organic gardening, glacial geology and wetland restoration. Family hikes will include investigating wetlands and studying natural edibles that grow in the wild. And children’s activities will include exploring nature and canoeing on the wetland. To register or for more information, contact Dave Miller at (260) 799-5869 or davejm@goshen.edu. Merry Lea, 300 S. 500 W. in Noble County south of Wolf Lake, is a 1,150 natural sanctuary for northern Indiana’s plants and animals, provides environmental education for people of all ages and a setting to recreate opportunities that benefit the human body and spirit without exploiting the land. | |||||||||
GC Clothesline Project to offer healing to victims of violence April 2 By Sasha Dyck GOSHEN, Ind. -- Survivors of domestic and sexual violence had a chance to share their stories as part of their healing process this Friday, April 2, at 10:30 a.m. as the first annual Clothesline Project exhibit is launched at Goshen College. The survivors, most of whom come from the Goshen community, will display T-shirts that they have created around the Schrock fountain -- thus bringing literal meaning to the phrase "airing dirty laundry." ND ranks among 'Top 25 Colleges for Latinos' SOUTH BEND -- Hispanic Magazine has ranked the University of Notre Dame ninth on its 2004 list of "Top 25 Colleges for Latinos," the third consecutive year the university has made the list since its debut in 1999. Notre Dame was ranked 15th in 2002 and 16th last year. The magazine based its evaluations on academic excellence and Hispanic achievement. It gathered information from sources including the universities, Hispanic scholarship organizations, U.S. News & World Report's annual survey of "America's Best Colleges," and Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, which publishes a list of the top 100 institutions that award bachelor's degrees to Hispanics. Indiana BMV Gets Involved in Immigration Enforcement In Elkhart County, Indiana, employees at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles are being instructed to call police if they have doubts about documents that cross their counters. Police and prosecutors will respond with arrests and felony charges, as warranted. GC junior combines passions for youth and Spanish in leadership role By Katie GOSHEN, Ind. The youth group at Iglesia Menonita del Buen Pastor in Goshen know about change. Over the past year, they have experienced a turnover in adult leadership, the formation of two separate groups for junior high and high school students and the addition of a new and perhaps unlikely member, Goshen College student Erin Sigler. | |||||||||
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