Parks and Recreation

September 11, 2014 by Staff Report

GEAUGA PARK DISTRICT

For more information, contact the park district by phone at 440-286-9516 or visit www.geaugaparkdistrict.org.

Make Your Own Decoy

Ray Thurston’s appreciation of the characteristics of natural wood is well known countywide. He has won recognition in local, state and international competitions throughout the United States and Canada.

Now participants can learn from the master himself as he teaches the primitive “root head” style of Native American decoy carving, dating back thousands of years, which used branches and roots as the decoy bodies and heads.

“Native American Root Heads” Decoy Workshop will be held Sept. 16 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the West Woods Nature Center, 9465 Kinsman Road in Russell Township.

Registration is required and is limited to 10 to make the decoys at a fee of $10, but anyone may drop in to observe at no cost. Workshop is for ages 14 and up.

2nd Annual Family Fishing Expo

Geauga County Probate/Juvenile Judge Tim Grendell and the Geauga Park District will hold the second annual Family Fishing Expo at two Geauga County parks.

Two Family Fishing Expo events are scheduled for families with kids ages 8-14. The first is Sept. 13 at Swine Creek Reservation in Middlefield Township and the other is Sept. 14 at Big Creek Park in Chardon Township. Both are from 9 a.m. to noon and registration is required.

There will be prizes for the children and fun for the family

Fishing expo families will enjoy instruction in the basics of fishing equipment, knot typing and fish identification, followed by a morning of fishing with the help of experienced anglers. Equipment will be provided or bring one’s own.