October is National Domestic Violence Awareness month, and Green Haven Family Advocates is gearing up for their newest fund raiser Expedition Scavenger Hunt '08 on Oct. 18.
Families, friends, businesses, schools, churches and organizations are encouraged to form teams and sign up before Sept. 30.
Registration forms are available at www.greenhaven4help.com., Monroe Chamber of Commerce and Monroe Library. For more information, call Jan Benkert at 325-6489 ext. 106.
The game is afoot starting at Twining Park in Monroe.
Clues have a theme, "Haunted Green County," to make the game more interesting and a bit difficult. But if a team gets tripped up by a clue, "Clue Keepers" at each site can help them along - for a small fee, of course.
Once the teams have solved all the clues, they return to Twining Park for entertainment, a closing ceremony and their prizes.
Green Haven Family Advocates is partially funded by the United Way of Green County and state grants. The rest comes from fundraisers and donations. GHFA is a not-for-profit organization helping people affected by violence and abuse, through their many prevention, education, advocacy and support programs and services. Green Haven helped 475 new clients last year in Green County.
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The Illinois Model A Ford Restorers Club is coming through town Sept. 26 on their fall tour. Arriving around noon, the 30 cars will be parked in the lot near Minhas Brewery across the street from Suisse Haus.
Club members will be touring Monroe, with lunch at Turner Hall and stops at the courthouse and Minhas Brewery for a special tour.
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National Alpaca Farm Days is this weekend.
James and Lori Norquay of Sunshine Hills Alpacas on Gempeler Road, next to Greenwood Cemetery, are opening their farm to visitors from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 27-28.
Sunshine Hills has two different breeds, with different types of coats. Three babies were born here last July. Call 325-3149 for more information about the farm tours.
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Swifts Night Out was Sept. 12-14. Audubon members across the continent flocked to their nearest chimney swift site to count the birds.
Barb Gelbach was one of those counting swifts as they circled and dove into a chimney just after dusk. Gelbach said she was stationed by her husband's shop south of Minhas Brewery to count 71 "little cigars with wings" that roost in that chimney.
After raising their young, swifts begin to congregate in communal roosts prior to migration in the fall. Roosts may hold a family of a half dozen birds, but the larger sites can host hundreds or even thousands of swifts.
Families, friends, businesses, schools, churches and organizations are encouraged to form teams and sign up before Sept. 30.
Registration forms are available at www.greenhaven4help.com., Monroe Chamber of Commerce and Monroe Library. For more information, call Jan Benkert at 325-6489 ext. 106.
The game is afoot starting at Twining Park in Monroe.
Clues have a theme, "Haunted Green County," to make the game more interesting and a bit difficult. But if a team gets tripped up by a clue, "Clue Keepers" at each site can help them along - for a small fee, of course.
Once the teams have solved all the clues, they return to Twining Park for entertainment, a closing ceremony and their prizes.
Green Haven Family Advocates is partially funded by the United Way of Green County and state grants. The rest comes from fundraisers and donations. GHFA is a not-for-profit organization helping people affected by violence and abuse, through their many prevention, education, advocacy and support programs and services. Green Haven helped 475 new clients last year in Green County.
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The Illinois Model A Ford Restorers Club is coming through town Sept. 26 on their fall tour. Arriving around noon, the 30 cars will be parked in the lot near Minhas Brewery across the street from Suisse Haus.
Club members will be touring Monroe, with lunch at Turner Hall and stops at the courthouse and Minhas Brewery for a special tour.
• • •
National Alpaca Farm Days is this weekend.
James and Lori Norquay of Sunshine Hills Alpacas on Gempeler Road, next to Greenwood Cemetery, are opening their farm to visitors from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 27-28.
Sunshine Hills has two different breeds, with different types of coats. Three babies were born here last July. Call 325-3149 for more information about the farm tours.
• • •
Swifts Night Out was Sept. 12-14. Audubon members across the continent flocked to their nearest chimney swift site to count the birds.
Barb Gelbach was one of those counting swifts as they circled and dove into a chimney just after dusk. Gelbach said she was stationed by her husband's shop south of Minhas Brewery to count 71 "little cigars with wings" that roost in that chimney.
After raising their young, swifts begin to congregate in communal roosts prior to migration in the fall. Roosts may hold a family of a half dozen birds, but the larger sites can host hundreds or even thousands of swifts.