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***Junior Ranger Rick Ages: 6-7 Fee: $15.00
Maria Anderson -Instructor
Session 1 - June 24 and 25 9:30 - 11:30 AM
Session 2 - June 24 and 25 1:30 - 3:30 PM -this session is full and now closed
Come join us as we explore the secret traces that animals leave behind in
nature. Space is limited to 10 participants per session.
***Canoeing the Root River and Exploring the
Blufflands: This class is full and now closed.
Ages 11-12
Fee: $100.00 (1/2 fee scholarships are available)
Leaders are Larry Dolphin and Maria Anderson
***Heritage Survival Class-
Ages 10-11 Fee: $60.00 (1/2 fee scholarships are available)(4 day class) July 6, 7
8 9:00 AM- noon AND July 9- 9:00 AM-1:00 PM
Participants will learn to flintknapp, make arrowheads and throw the atl atl
with Dan Block. Ole Oleson, will be here to share stories of Norwegian
immigrants. Native American Stories will be shared. Participants will make
candles, build fires, make their own lunch over an open fire, play old time games
and learn about the first people with Native American stories. Space is limited
to 16 participants and 1/2 fee scholarships are available.
Thursday, July 8 1:30 PM
Ole Oleson’s “Immigrant Tales”
FREE Ruby Rupner program in the auditorium -
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
***Junior Naturalists: Both sessions are now full !
Ages: 8 and 9 Fee: $15.00
Session 1 - July 20 and 21 9:30 - 11:30 AM
Session 2 - July 20 and 21 1:30- 3:30 PM
Come join us as we explore ways to tell what animals live at the nature center
from the clues they leave behind. Space is limited to 10 participants per session.
***Radical Raptors
THIS CLASS IS NOW FULL AND CLOSED
***Monarch Magic:
Ages 8, 9 & 10 Fee: $10.00
Class 1 - July 27 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Class 2- August 3 1:00 PM- 3:30 PM
This class will capture the mystery and resilience of the Monarch from egg to
migration. Activities will include finding caterpillars to raise for tagging and
release. Space is limited to 10 participants.
***Shell Rock River Youth Canoe, and Fossil Trip:
Ages 12 - 14 Fee: $20.00
THIS CLASS IS FULL AND NOW CLOSED
***Monarch Tagging: Ages 10, 11 & 12 Fee: $10.00
Class 1 - August 17 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Class 2 - August 18 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Class 3 - August 24 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Monarchs born after August 15 in this latitude are
generally considered migratory. The Nature Center
will have tags to tag the individual Monarchs.
Students in this class will be certified to sign out tags.
2010 SUMMER ADVENTURE SCHOLARSHIPS
Full Scholarships are available for the Zumbro-Zollman Zoo River Canoe Trip in June,
the Shell Rock -Fossil Canoe trip in August and the Radical Raptor Class. 1/2 fee
scholarships are available for Canoeing the Root River-Exploring the Blufflands trip
and Heritage Survival Class. To receive a scholarship, a student must write three to
five complete sentences as to why they want to attend a specific summer adventure
class. Please submit to the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center by June 3. Please include the
following information: name, address, city/state, zip code, phone number and age.
The scholarships will be offered on a first come, first serve basis. Please submit your
request and paragraph to Larry Dolphin, Julie Champlin or Maria Anderson at the
visitor center. You can mail your request to the Nature Center at P.O. Box 673, Austin,
Minnesota 55912. If you have any questions please call 437-7519. We gave out 41
scholarships to area children in 2009!
The 2010 scholarships are donated by Austin Audubon, Austin Izaak Walton League ,
Mable Hjelmen, Beverly Smith-in honor of Dick Smaby and Terry Dorsey,
and the Friends of the Hormel Nature Center. Thank you donors!
Sign up for classes begins March 30, 2010 at 8:00 am.
FEES ARE NON REFUNDABLE AND
NO Youth Program REGISTRATIONS ACCEPTED BY PHONE.
2010 SUMMER ADVENTURE PROGRAM REGISTRATION FORM
Birth Date____/____/___ ( payment-cash or check only) 2010-11 Grade_____
NAME _________________________________________________________________________________
ADDRESS_____________________________________________CITY/ZIP________________________
CLASS NAME(S)_________________________________________________________________________
CLASS FEE = $_____________DAYTIME PHONE #__________________(MOM/DAD)___________
If your child has special needs, medical problems or prescription medicine that needs to
be administered by our staff while at the Nature Center please note them on an
attached sheet. Please send the completed form and payment to the Nature Center at
P.O. BOX 673, Austin, Minnesota 55912 or bring it to the Visitor Center office. If you
have any questions please call 437-7519. Thank you.
| Sign up for the classes begins March 30, 2010 at 8:00 am. |
