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4th of July Events with Friends of the Black River
Friends of the Black River has a couple of events planned at the BRF Festival In The Park on the Forth of July!
1st event: Kayak demo in the pond from 12:15 to 2:30. Jeff, Larry, & Bill will be bringing their kayaks for people to play around in the pond. Anyone wishing to see the action or help can show up. Attendees will give a free will offering, split between FBR/City.
Secondly Andy Ellingson really needs help tomorrow night. Due to budget concerns, the city is really striving to increase revenues for Festival in the Park, which is a fundraiser for park maintenance. Every year a huge crowd of people gathers outside the payment collection area at the park and nearby Tyler St. to watch fireworks and listen to the music. These people don't contribute to the Festival, but may be willing to make a free will donation. The City asked a number of area non-profits to help out by doing a free will offering. The funds raised thru this extra special collection would be split 50/50 between the non-profit and City. It is a huge opportunity as you can sense. I accepted the offer, so from around 8:15 to 10 pm I'll be collecting these free will soliciations. It is really a task for more than 1 person. The city is referring to this as "crowd collections," and has advertised it heavily this week in both local papers. Volunteers will wear a FBR t-shirt, carry some sort of bag (I'm going to use a kayak dry bag. A FBR canvas tote bag would be good), and will carry a few printouts that I can provide which basically prove that this is legite. As Mayor Danielson quoted in this weeks BJ, "the great lawn is the only place people are required to pay (during the concert), Taking up free will donations outside of that area would help offset the cost of the fireworks."
If you can help, PLEASE call Andy at 896-4901.
If you have comments or questions, please contact us.
July 14 Grassland tour with Friends of the Black River
On Wednesday, July 14th the Friends of the Black River will host a tour of the Bauer Brockway Barrens Area located just WEST of the Lake Wazee County Park. This area is considered a special natural area featuring a large variety of native plants that represent vegetation that was present at the time of European settlement. This area features lupine on which the endangered Karner Blue Butterfly is dependent in it's life cycle. Other native grasses and forbs are also present. It is possible that Karner Blues may be viewed at this time of the year. Jim Zahasky, head of the Jackson County Forest Department will discuss the history of the site and present management for native species. Assisting on the tour will be Steve Humphrey, a local authority in the identification of native species.
The tour will begin at 6:00 PM on Wednesday, July 14th near the intersection of West Bauer and Brockway Roads on the east side of Lake Wazee Recreation Area. For further information contact Steve Rake at 715 284-2087.
Join us for supper with our guest trip leaders at Rozario's Pizza, N 1st Street at 4:45, if you wish before the field trip.
For more information or if you have ideas for future events, contact FBR.
FBR Bike Ride coming up!
Next Saturday, June 12, 2010 Friends of the Black River will be enjoying a bike ride around Lake Wazee. Everyone is invited! The ride will begin at the 3rd Lake Wazee boat landing at noon. For more information, contact FBR.
Another event the community may want to participate in is the public Ground Breaking Ceremony for the new BRF dam. This will take place on June 16 at 10 am near the boat landing.
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