By STEVE MARTIN
Sheridan Historical Society
Take Flight! Wildlife Education is a program designed to familiarize audiences of all ages about wildlife and ecology using live animals, natural artifacts, and theatrical techniques. The program brings home the importance of understanding the natural world to the lives of those who live there, including all of us human beings.
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The program is free and will feature birds of prey. Raptors such as hawks, owls, falcons, and their kin have long held our imagination. The terms “hawk-eyed” and “falcon-fast” are common words in our culture, and by meeting these magnificent predators up close and in-person and hearing the history of their interactions with humankind, only then will you begin to appreciate how much we share with them in nature’s vast and complex world.
This fascinating and entertaining free program will feature live raptors and will be about an hour in length. It will be held in the Community Room of the Sheridan Public Library at starting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 9. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. Adults and children of all ages are welcome and will find this program very entertaining, as well as very informative. The library is located at 103 W. First St. in beautiful uptown Sheridan, just on the country side of Hamilton County.
The program is sponsored by the Sheridan Historical Society and supported by the Drayer Family and the Waitt Grain Elevator Company of Sheridan. Waitt Grain is a locally owned and operated business that has served Hamilton, Boone and the surrounding counties since 1968.
Steve Martin serves as the Vice President of the Sheridan Historical Society. He can be reached at shmartin1@comcast.net.