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Brittany
Van Horn, of Piqua, and Daniel Cox, Greenville, fly the Edison
State Community
College flag on their canoe during the inaugural Float,
Learn, and Lunch event.
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Inaugural
Float, Learn, and Lunch a Success
Students, faculty, staff, and friends of Edison State Community College
came together for a two-hour educational canoe trip down The Great
Miami River during the inaugural “Float, Learn, and Lunch” on Friday,
September 29.
Nearly 30 participants embarked on the river at East Lockington Road
and experienced beautiful weather and wildlife along the way. “We saw
wood ducks, mallards, blue herons, kingfishers, turtles, snakes and, of
course, the beautiful bald eagle,” said Jeff Lange, Executive Director
of Protecting Our Waterways (POWW).
“It was wonderful to see first-timers paddle so well and those that
have been off the river a while get right back in their groove,” added
Lange.
“I think it helped some people get over their fear of water,” said
Edison State student Amy Chupp. “It inspired me to take my kayak down
the river.”
“I had a lot of fun and would do it again,” said Leamsi Bermudez,
Edison State student.
The float ended at Roadside Park, where Edison State faculty members
Vickie Kirk Assistant Professor of Allied Health and Joshua Scully
Assistant Professor of Chemistry gave a brief presentation on examining
water samples from the Great Miami River and wildlife and environmental
characteristics observed during the float.
The event was offered free of charge to participants thanks to funds
raised during last summer’s Down the River, Down a Beer Festival and in
partnership with the City of Piqua’s River Stewards Program and
Protecting Our Water Ways (POWW).
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