Woodworking class starts today
its highest honor, the Stewardship Award, to Doug Seibert and Leslie Garcia of Greene County. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to the sustainable agriculture community.
Seibert and Garcia have farmed organically at Peach Mountain Organics since 1992, growing certified organic mixed vegetables, microgreens, freshcut flowers, mushrooms, hay and greenhouse plants. They sell their products at the Yellow Springs Farmers’ Market, local restaurants, grocery and health food stores.
The Greene County-based Peach Mountain Organics currently has two farm sites and one half acre greenhouse location in Spring Valley. Altogether, the operation is 43 acres, more than 25 of which are certified organic.
The Narrows Reserve Nature Center will offer a woodworking class taught by local award-winning woodcarver Sam Slagle starting today.
The eight-week long class is geared toward beginners ages 18 and up. The course will consist of four projects, each project lasting roughly two weeks each. Students will learn basic form, proper use of knives and safety equipment as well as chip carving, which is a form of carving that involves etching a design into a flat piece of wood. They also will learn how to carve three-dimensional objects such as birds. The class is Tuesdays through April 10 from 7 to 9 p.m. The cost is $90 per person. For more information, call Greene County Parks & Trails at (937) 562-6440.
Program offers teens a look at medical field
Wright State University is now taking applications for its 2012 Horizons in Medicine program, which will run June 11 through July 18. This program offers high school students the opportunity to see firsthand the science and delivery of health care that forms the foundation of a career in medicine. The application deadlines April 3.
Horizons in Medicine is designed to give students a sense of the career possibilities in health care and to show them the kind of serious preparation needed to enter such careers. Students spend mornings in classrooms and laboratories at Wright State, where they are introduced to subjects such as anatomy, biochemistry and physiology. They spend afternoons working in hospitals, community clinics and other clinical sites throughout the community, where they can earn stipends for their assignments. All students who successfully complete the Horizons program receive one-year full scholarships to Wright State University.
To apply or learn more about the program, visit www.med.wright.edu/him or contact Charlotta Taylor in the Office of Student Affairs at (937) 775-2934.