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Friends of Dunbar Cave
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November 2009
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UPCOMING MEETING:
Thursday November 19th,
6:00PM
Dunbar Cave State Natural Area Visitors&=
#8217;
Center
Planning for the Future=
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OCTOBER’S MEETING (Haunting History):=
Haunting History was a great success. Friday night’=
;s
dreary weather didn’t stop 205 visitors from attending the event.&nbs=
p;
Saturday brought us 341 visitors. The public was impressed with the s=
kits
and left knowing a little more about bats, Dunbar Cave’s social histo=
ry,
and the Native Americans who made art in the
cave. The Roxy Regional Theatre gave us 11 wonderful actors, a direct=
or,
and gatekeeper. Over 40 people volunteered to take people into the ca=
ve,
pour hot chocolate, sell tickets, man the extra
parking lot, etc. At least 10 more people didn’t make it to the
event but contributed to the event.
Donations of 100 glow sticks came from Lowes. Rural King and Krogers each gave us 10 pumpkins.
Batteries Plus gave us 3 used batteries to light the three stages with.&nbs=
p;
Jeff Vaughn of Swan <=
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w:st=3D"on">Lake Golf
Course let us use his parking lot and Bill Larson negotiated
that. We had three people in the parking lot at all the time to keep =
the
area secure. Friday we didn’t need the extra parking but Saturd=
ay
we did. Jack and Suva found extra tiki torches (after searching every store in the area) to light the lake path
over to the golf course. It was beautiful. <=
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We had lots of help from Tennessee Trails this year and we tha=
nk
them for that. We thank Business Clarksville
for providing dinner for the actors and early volunteers on Friday night and
sending their whole staff over to help with the event. We thank Bill Larson and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willi=
am
Keen for making the dinner we enjoyed on Saturday night. The park sta=
ff
were wonderful and everyone had a good time, public and volunteers alike.&n=
bsp;
WJZM 1400 AM Radio, ClarksvilleOnLine,
and the Leaf Chronicle gave us great stories. Haunting History Reviews are
posted on both ClarksvilleOnLine and Business <=
st1:City
w:st=3D"on">Clarksville web s=
ites: http://www.clarksvilleonline.com/2009/10/24/haunting-history-review/
and http://businessclarksville.com/2009/10/26/haunting-histo=
ry-a-success-at-dunbar-cave/
respectively. The Leaf put a =
photo
of the event after the fact in the paper, also.
Volunteers who helped on this event included =
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Actors from the Roxy Regional School of Arts: Scene 1
Haunting Facts Becca Winters, Patrick
Long, Hallie Sampson, Tim O Smith &=
nbsp;
Scene 2 Haunting Memories Kayla Coleman, Jacob Ritchar=
t,
Emily Ritchart, Autumn Crafton,
Jaymin Burr Scene 3 Haunting Questi=
ons Frances
Dennis, Christian Boyd Director Brendan Cataldo<=
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/p>
Other contributors and volunteers were Barbara Wilbur, Jim
Hancock, Richard Gildrie, Meredith Gildrie, Ronnie Hunter, Sally Schiller, =
Jack
Bastin, Suva Bastin, John Sneed, David Boen,
Randall Boen, Bill Larson, Kitty Madden, Beverly Fisher, Paul Schwab, Merri Hinton, Bob Lyon, Carol Se=
qura,
Kyle Sequra, Christine Pie=
ysk,
Kelly LaPlante, Bobby LaPl=
ante,
David Shelton, Curtis Davis, Turner McCullough, Gabe R=
udel,
Mike Vogt, Kathy Vogt, Kim Chandler, Blayne Cle=
ments,
Stephen Walker, J.B., Brooklyn Lyle, Dan Racklin, Marilyn Racklin,=
Beth Racklin, Jill Eichhorn, Barry Kitterman, Hannah Kitte=
rman,
Lee Gray, Bryan Valentin, Kathryn Myracle,
Matthew Fowler, Beth Robinson, Faith Robinson, Katherine Kolodzie,
Gloria Miliken, Elaine Foust, Carl J. Powell, M=
r. and
Mrs. William Keen
Thanks to everyone who helped and had a good time while doing =
it!<=
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By Debbie Boen<=
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Bi=
ll
Larson generously sent us pictures to share. To see a wider range and cle=
arer
versions of them, do access the websites listed above.
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Park
ranger Amy Wallace submitted the following pictures of some of the pumpki=
ns
she and her helpers [Park staff (Adam and
Teresa) and Suva
Bastin] carved along with this note: “Remind me next year that I DO N=
OT
want to do fifteen in eight hours again!” She certainly is right. What a feat! Many thank- y=
ous
and kudos are due her and her helpers. Next year we must get the pu=
mpkins
earlier and have more people willing to help. I bet it would be great fun to be =
part
of a more relaxed effort. This
year’s results were fantabulous!<=
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DUNBAR CAVE NEWS =
by Amy
Wallace:
&n=
bsp;We finished our last school group October 29. Our final =
cave
hikes for 2009 took place on October 31.&n=
bsp;
Now, the cave will be =
closed
to the public until March or April.<=
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bsp;
Dr.
Jan Simek took a group of UT alumni into the ca=
ve to
see the cave art. It’s always great to see him and to learn more about
the art. He is still planning to have a dig at the cave entrance; it =
will
just have to wait 1-2 years until he is no longer Acting President of the
University.
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bsp;
Two
new plants and one new mammal species were added to the species lists of the
Area in October. Purpletop Vervain
(Verbena bonariensis) which is native to Brazil =
and Argentina, has
escaped cultivation and become naturalized in disturbed areas in California and t=
he
southeastern US. I found one plant on the dam, growing very close to =
the
lake. The second plant, Anglepod, Matelea
gonocarpus, is also near the edge of the lake, =
near
the cave entrance area. The pods were noticed and identified. N=
ext
year we will look for the flowers. Anglepod is
in the milkweed family, but is a trailing vine rather than an upright plant
like most milkweeds. (Photo from the UTK herbarium
website.)
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A
visitor found a bat flopping around on the trail recently (not a good sign =
for
the bat). Adam Neblett took a cell phone photo before moving the bat =
off
the trail. I identified the bat from the photo as a Silver-haired
Bat, Lasionycteris no=
ctivagans.
The identification was confirmed by Dr. Barrass at APSU and by Pandy English of TWRA. Both were very excited, =
as
this bat is fairly rare, especially in the Southeast. Unfortunately, =
we
weren’t able to relocate the bat to collect it. According=
to
the Bat Working Group website, these bats usually roost under loose tree bark, and sometimes in woodpecker holes and birds
nests. Silver-haired bats are seen locally in migration during a two =
week
period in April in Kentucky
and Tennessee.
Autumn migration is spread over a longer period and these bats seem less common th=
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UPCOMING EVENTS:
Our next scheduled event
(besides the business meeting in November) - the Collection of Christmas Tr=
ees
- will commence late in December or early in 2010. Spring, 2010 will bring sever=
al
activities: the Trees to Trai=
ls
project, Spring Fling, and the nomination of new Friends of Dunbar Cave
officers. It’s not too =
early
to be thinking about what part you want to play. Let any of the present FoDC officers know how you want to help. Encourage your friends to join Fri=
ends
of Dunbar=
Cave. Clarksville/Montgomery County/Midd=
le Tennessee has a
wonderful resource in this Nature Area.&nb=
sp;
We need to spread the word so more will share in its beauty and reap=
the
rewards of the educational programs provided by the Park staff and FODC.
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President – David Boen, Secretary – Suva Bastin, Treasurer – Ronnie H=
unter Historian – Deborah Hamilton
Members-at-large (2009-2012) - Sally Schiller, Beth Robinson <=
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Members-at-large (2008-2011) Jim Hancock, Meredith Gildrie
Members-at-large (2007-2010) Steve Hamilton, Barbara Wilbur
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