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Glen Helen Section :: Page 5

  • Glen hosts pancake breakfast and hikes this weekend

    The Glen will hold several community events this weekend, including the annual pancake breakfast and several spring hikes.

  • Glen Helen acquires Camp Greene

    Glen Helen, with the help of several grants, purchased the former Camp Greene from the Girl Scouts last week.

  • Rise against the green Glen invaders

    If weeding the flower garden out back sounds bad, imagine weeding a forest. Then imagine that forest encircled by an army of invasive species.

  • Submit photos for 2015 calendar

    A beautiful blue butterfly landed on some rocks last fall. (photo by Suzanne Szempruch)

    Glen Helen is currently holding a photo contest, which seeks images for the Glen’s 2015 calendar. The images should convey the different moods and seasons of the Glen, with landscape, wildlife and macro images encouraged.

  • Glen’s Trailside raises baby chicks for Antioch College farm

    Glen Helen naturalists are raising baby chicks that will soon be big enough for the Antioch College farm.

  • A rehab for the rehab

    The Raptor Center is rebuilding its raptor cages, many of which are over 30 years old and no longer comply with regulations. (Photo by Suzanne Szempruch)

    The large cages for Glen Helen’s 30 permanent avian residents have served the Raptor Center for over 30 years. But the wire and wood are aging and have not met current regulation for some time.

  • VIDEO: 2014 Glen Helen pancake breakfast

    The Glen Helen Outdoor Education Center was full of volunteers and pancake eaters both young and old. (Photos by Matt Minde)

    After a two-year hiatus, the Glen Helen Association has brought back the beloved Pancake Breakfast.

  • Help spread pancake cheer at the Glen

    The Glen needs volunteers to put on its once again annual Pancake Breakfast friend-raiser next weekend.

  • Hip hop holiday

    Audrey Creighton became the self-appointed star of the Holiday Fest in the Springs show on Saturday when she climbed up on stage as the elves gave their seasonal admonition about pouting and crying. The afternoon’s performance at the Vernet Ecological Center featured a chorus of the Mills Lawn fifth and sixth graders and dance and vocal concerts by each of YS Kids Playhouse classes in hip-hop, ballet and singing. (Photos by Lauren Heaton)

    Saturday afternoon’s holiday fest at the Glen Helen’s Vernet Ecological Center was buzzing with activity — and Santa!

  • Tecumseh Land Trust and Dharma Center sponsor walking toward mindfulness

    Monthly nature meditation walks in Glen Helen are from 4–5 p.m. on the last Sunday of the month through October with the next session this Sunday, Aug. 25. The sessions include an introduction to meditation, 20-minute silent hike, thoughts on the season from Bill Felker, 20-minute journaliing period and group reflection. Organizers demonstrating walking meditation are, from front, Antioch College student Charlotte Pulitzer, Dharma Center board member Katie Egart, Tecumseh Land Trust executive director Krista Magaw and Felker. (Photo by Megan Bachman)c

    If you think the only way to meditate is sitting cross-legged with eyes closed, think again. A walking meditation in the great outdoors can open up a whole new world of sights, sounds, sensations and smells — all while re-wiring the brain to be more aware in everyday life.

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