VOL. 7 NO. 8
Jan. 23, 2013
SPECIAL HEALTH SECTION INSIDE
Let It Snow, Let It
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Annual Snowman Contest EXTENDED! You can still be part of our 2013 Snowman Building Contest. See details on Page 2.
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Mary Groth shown leaving the starting chute at the Punderson Sled Dog Classic. Post Photo/Rob Groth.
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Plain Country Section Inside
Leadership Geauga Page 4
“Out ‘N’ About” Pages 12-13
Cardinal Schools Page 14
inter weather doesn’t keep hearty Geauga County residents indoors. There’s simply too much to do. Geauga Park District offers a number of special opportunities to keep you active in winter within your nearby parks. Pack up your cross-country skis and head out to the Wetlands Nature Preserve, Headwaters Park, Eldon Russell Park, Swine Creek Reservation or Beartown Lakes Reservation. For optimal conditions, drive just a bit farther to The Maple Highlands Trail, where a ski trail is groomed from South Street in Chardon to Claridon Troy Road and from Route 608 to Route 322 near Headwaters Park. A popular sledding hill at Beartown Lakes Reservation offers beautiful scenery of a lake, bridge and dam, and paved, woodland and lakeside winter hiking. The sled hill at Orchard Hills Park in Chesterland also gets rave reviews. Try cold-weather camping at Chickagami Park or Headwaters Park, both equipped with tent pads and lean-to shelters with fireplaces to keep you warm all night. Camping reservations are free for Geauga County residents. Visit the Web site or call 440-286-9516 to reserve a site. If you’re already counting the days till spring, there’s no more exciting place to hike in late winter than Swine Creek Reservation, where telltale taps and buckets hang in preparation for Geauga Park District’s sweet maple sugaring operation and annual Sap’s-A-Risin’ celebration in March. For information on winter activities in other parts of the county, or naturalist-led programs, visit http://geaugaparkdistrict.org or call 440286-9516. Feb. 23 and 24 will bring the Huskies back to Punderson for the sled races. Racing classes are six-dog Siberian, six-dog open, four-dog Siberian, four-dog open, and three or two-dog sportsman. The drivers’ meeting starts 9 a.m. Saturday. Races begin at 10 a.m. Saturday and 9:30 a.m. Sunday. For entry forms go to www.siberiancleveland.org/ Punderson-Sled-Dog-Classic.html. Punderson State Park is located at 11755 Kinsman Road in Newbury (44065). Continued on page 2