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A golf ball with the Great Park logo and the name Shawnee Lookout on it sits in the green.

A Final Farewell

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As we enter the final month of golf at Shawnee Lookout, we would like to thank everyone who has been part of the course’s history. First, a special thank-you to all of the golfers who… 

A Record-Setting Day at Winton Woods

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The sixth and final Bass Series Tournament of 2019 was at Winton Woods Lake on September 7. Twenty-six teams of anglers entered the event and 21 of those teams brought fish to the scales. There… 

Fresh homemade strawberry rhubarb jelly with strawberries and rhubarb

Strawberry Rhubarb Pie: A Recipe for Inclusion

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Can nature, food, and ancestry connect us? My mother, born into a German household in southern Minnesota, grew up knowing and enjoying a plant called rhubarb. It is a cultivated plant in the genus Rheum… 

An Edible Lawn

A surprising finding for some people is that there is a virtual supermarket living in your lawn. For centuries, Europeans collected food and herbs from lawn areas. Folklore tells us that at the shift in… 

Adilyn and a woman sit in a fishing boat at Sharon Lake. They are facing toward the front of the boat and photo is taken from the back.

Take Your Kid Fishing!

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We recently received some kind words and an important reminder we wanted to share: I just wanted to do a shoutout to the Hamilton County Parks and what they provide to the public. We are… 

August 3 Bass Series Winning Teams

Hoefker & Short Win Summer Tournament

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Miami Whitewater Forest Lake was the site of the 2019 Great Parks Bass Series #5. Twenty-two teams fished from 7 a.m. until 1 p.m. on August 3, and despite a hot sunny day in the… 

July 14 Bass Series Terry Blankenship and Neal Ramsey

Winton Woods Lake Puts on Show for Bass Anglers

The Ohio Valley has been soaked with more than 40 inches of rain this year and Winton Lake was flooded for most of spring. However, July brought dry weather, meaning the lake is finally stable.…