May 26 2010 update

Welcome to the May 26 Update

If you have anything to announce, please let me know at jeanette.evans@sbcglobal.net.
The photo is from the Bioswale Cleanup at Wildwood Park and Marina held in May, 2010.

Some items covered in this issue:
* June 1 meeting of FOEC
* June 4 Music of Nature and Nature of Music performance and lecture
* June 17 event at Euclid Beach

June 1 Meeting
Please plan on attending our monthly meeting Tuesday, June 1 at 7:00 p.m. at the South Euclid Community Center. We will be treated to a presentation by Derek Schafer. Mr. Schafer is with the West Creek Land Trust Initiative. He will talk about this new organization's mission, but also specifically about how they can help us with preservation of wetlands in the Euclid Creek watershed, such as the Highland Hts property on Bishop Rd.

Mr. Schafer is also the Conservation Project Manager for The West Creek Preservation Committee (http://www.westcreek.org/wcpc.html).

The photo comes from http://www.westcreek.org/.

Jason Husher also plans to talk about urban farming. He has obtained grant money and taken vacant residential property in Cleveland and made it into an urban farm.
Stephen Love will talk about an Adopt A Beach program and July 17 event at Euclid Beach.

Music of Nature and the Nature of Music

The Folk / Bluegrass band 'Timberwolves' with FOEC member Larry McFadden will be performing prior to the lecture The Music of Nature and the Nature of Music this Friday from 5:30 pm to 7:30pm - Fri, Jun 4, 2010, 7:30 pm

Dr. Patricia Gray, Clinical Professor and Senior Research Scientist of BioMusic
Part of the Explorer Series of Lectures

If we rely on artifacts alone, the evolutionary trail of music can take us back just 50,000 years. But there are other ways to study the roots of music-making and musical structures. By looking at other species and their abilities to perceive and manipulate patterns of sound and time, we may advance our understanding.

Dr. Patricia Gray of the Music Research Institute at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro will discuss the deeper roots of human musicality. This program is in conjunction with the current exhibit Wild Music: The Sounds and Songs of Life.

To purchase tickets for this lecture, please call (216) 231-4600, ext. 0, to speak with a Museum Operator. Or purchase your tickets at the front desk prior to the presentation.

From Stephen Love, To Friends of Euclid Creek

I just wanted to let you know that on July 17th the Euclid Beach Adopt-a-Beach team and Arts Collinwood are going to be having an all day event at Euclid Beach! (http://www.majesticmoinedmogul.com/adoptsignup/Form.php?id=52&visitdate=1) So far, our initial agenda looks something like this:

11am-3-4pm: The Adopt-a-Beach Cleanup will begin at 11am and the sand sculpture contest will begin at 12pm that day. There will hopefully be a number of organizations present with informational tables on the beach during both events. It is likely that the sand sculpture judging will begin around 230 pm or 3 pm that day. Adopt-a-Beach team members will also be conducting a beach and park assessment survey for beach goers and event attendees for part of the time.

3-4pm-6pm: Both events will be followed by a cookout up top either in the pavilion or surrounding picnic tables. We are hoping to use the cookout as one way to raise money for our trash/recycle bin project by charging nominal amounts for refreshments.
Following the cookout we will likely have some arts and crafts events, storytelling and musical entertainment possibly on a portable stage. It is likely that everything will wrap up around 6pm.

Photography Contest

Click Photography Contest Details or contact Larry McFadden at 531-7144 or jeanette.evans@sbcglobal.net.

This is a big, beautiful watershed from the headwater stream in your back yard to the Lake Erie shore. Help celebrate Euclid Creek by sharing your best shots of life in the watershed. The Friends of Euclid Creek invite you to share your vision of life around our watershed. We hope to:

• highlight the beauty of the creek as it flows through the ten watershed communities
  
• showcase the culture and historical sites of the watershed
  
• encourage otehrs to enjoy this wonderful natural resource

More about The Wild Ones

Thank you to past FOEC president Barb Holtz for her May 2010 presentation on weed control.

In her presentation Barb mentioned The Wild Ones http://www.for-wild.org/ advocating for native plants in natural landscapes.

The image of the purple coneflower, a good native choice for Ohio landscapes, comes from The Wild Ones.

List of Current Officers

President - Fran Hogg
Vice-President - Frank Skala
Secretary - Larry McFadden
Treasurer - Ken Messenger-Rapport

Six Directors
Steve Albro
Gary Bloom
Mike Ceralo
Lou Drasler
Kathy Schafer
Carolyn Sugiuchi