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Happening
at the Crossroads:
June 7,
2010
by Coggin
Heeringa
Despite
the fact that Ben Larsen’s Earth Day sing-alongs for kids at Crossroads
always features “Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road,” it’s not
Coggin’s favorite song.
My favorite is the Joni Mitchell classic
“Big Yellow Taxi.” In case the title doesn’t ring a bell, the lyrics go
“They paved paradise and put up a parking lot…” I respond to the second
verse:
“They took all the trees
Put ‘em in a tree museum
And they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see ‘em.
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got
Till it’s gone…”
I
hope against hope that Crossroads will not end up a Tree Museum. One of
my personal goals is to instill a land ethic in our visitors so people
will appreciate our own paradise here in Door County. It would be a
shame if we didn’t teach our children to love “what we’ve got.”
This
year, for the first time in my memory, I’m not stewing over what to get
my Dad for Father’s Day. Although they didn’t take him away in a big
yellow taxi, my father died in January. Don’t it always seem to go,
that you don’t know what you’ve got till he’s gone.
It you still
have your father, grandfather, uncle, friend, appreciate what you’ve
got. Tell your men that you care… before they are gone.
Father’s
Day is June 20. If you are stewing about a gift, maybe Crossroads can
help. A rain barrel ($65) would be a useful Father’s Day gift and it
would actually help save our paradise by keeping storm water runoff out
of our lakes and streams.
A unique gift would be to register Dad
in the Running Green for Crossroads Walk/Run. This event,
scheduled for June 26 at 9 am will help support Crossroads’
General Fund, promote cross-generational recreation, and increase the
awareness of “green” living in our community. You can register Dad for
$15 or the whole family for $35. Visit www.crossroadsatbigcreek.org for
information and registration material.
Or maybe a good gift
would be an old fashioned family portrait. And I do mean old fashioned.
On Sunday, June 13, from 1:30-3:30 pm The Historical Village at
The Crossroads will host a “Photo Shoot.” Joe and Laura Knaapen
will open their costume trunk. For a $10 donation to the Door
County Historical Society, Joe and Laura will dress you and your
family (or a group of friends,) in vintage costumes.
“We’ll take
your picture, and while you explore the Village, we will print an eight
and a half by eleven portrait for you to take with you,” says Joe.
(Extra copies will be $3 each)
The gift of time is the best gift
you can give a loved one. And that is the purpose of the Crossroads
Cross-Generational Program. The idea is that one youth and one adult
share an educational experience together. On Saturday, June
12, at 2:30 The Cross-Gen class will “Focus on Fossils.”
On
Flag Day, June 14, 10:00-11:30 the Cross-Gen Class is called
“Flags…and Other Wildlife Warnings” Cross-Gen classes are free thanks
to a grant from the Door County Community Foundation, but
Prue-registration is required. Call 746-5895.
Flag Day
afternoon, as a part of the Library’s Summer Reading Program – “Make a
Splash – Read!”, Crossroads will host young readers (and their
families) on a guided Wetland Walk beginning at 1:30. Because we
may indeed make a splash, participants should wear shoes and clothes
that can get wet.
Crossroads is a historical and environmental
preserve, welcoming learners of all ages for programs in science,
history and the environment. Summer hours for the Collins Learning
Center are 1:30-3:30 daily and during scheduled activities. The
Historical Village at The Crossroads will be open 1:30-3:30 Sunday
through Thursday. Trails are always open to the public.
Saturday, June 12, 2:30-4:00
Cross-Generational Program: Focus on Fossils
Designed
for one adult and one youth to learn together, this class will include
hands-on activities to help learners understand the fossils of this
area. The activity is free, but pre-registration is required. No
walk-ins. Call 746-5895, give name, name and age of the youth, and
phone number.
Sunday, June 13, 1:30-3:30
History Event: Photo Shoot
The
buildings at The Historical Village at The Crossroads will be open to
the public. Joe and Laura Knaapen will be on hand with their costume
chest. For a $10 donation to the Door County Historical Society, we
will dress your family is historical costumes, take your portrait, and
after you have explored The Village, present you will a
“vintage”portrait. Extra copies $3.
Monday, June 14, 10:00-11:30
Cross-Generational
Program: “Flags and Other Wildlife Warnings” Designed for one adult and
one youth to learn together, this class will include hands-on
activities to help learners understand the flagging behavior of
white-tail deer and to recognize other wildlife warnings. The
activity is free, but pre-registration is required. No walk-ins.
Call 746-5895, give name, name and age of the youth, and phone
number.
1:30
Library Summer Program: Wetland Walk
Part
of the Library’s Summer Reading Program – “Make a Splash – Read!”,
Crossroads will host young readers (and their families) on a guided
“Wetland Walk.” Because we may indeed make a splash, participants
should wear shoes and clothes that can get wet. Meet at the Collins
Learning Center.
Many of
the Past News articles may be retrieved from this directory,
indexed and named in the following manner: 080101-news.htm
where
the first two numbers are the year, the second two the month and the
last two the date.
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