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LONG KEY NATURE CENTER
3501 SW 130TH AVE, DAVIE, FL. 33330
Meet at Greynolds Park between 9 and 9:30 on Saturday, February 27th
There is a new Island Garden at Long Key, a 120 ft. by 88 ft. structure shaped like a conch shell. The water flows along the edge of the spiral so as you walk you always have water beside you. The area is landscaped with native plants to attract butterflies and hummingbirds. Earlier this year, the park was one of only two in the country recognized for excellence in an area of 500,000 people or more.
The area served as a habitation site for both the Tequesta and Seminole Indians. In the 1960’s it was the site of Pioneer City, with a Wild West Theme. In the 1970’s and ‘80’s, it was the site of the Kapok Tree Restaurant; the columns are still there.
It is one of the largest hardwood forest areas in Broward. It also has a 14 acre relic orange grove, man-made canal and an active bird rookery. The property also includes the Baez House, a restored 1940’s farmhouse and is accessible for group tours.
A little farther North is a beautiful Flamingo Road Nursery, 1655 Flamingo Rd, 1 mile south of I-595 on the west side of Flamingo Rd.
Meet at Greynolds Park between 9 and 9:30 on Saturday, February 27th. To avoid having to pay the $5 parking fee, tell them you are going on the trip. Any questions can be answered at the time. There is an optional brief stop at Chittahatchee, an archeology site near the former Dolphin Stadium if you wish.
Go to Historical Calendar for dates and times of meetings of events of historical interest in the South Florida area, Florida west coast, and upstate. You will find meeting places and their contacts, web site, e-mail, phone and/or mail address. Go To Event Discription Page Events Description Page
Hi Visitors
Arch Creek Park, Museum
1855 NE 135th Street
North Miami, Florida 33181This site brings you activities of Arch Creek Trust and the Park, with links to related web sites! Come to 1855 NE 135th Street, North Miami, Florida to experience South Florida's past.
We hope other people will be able to injoy some of the events with us. Meetings at the Museum 2nd Mondays of the month at 7 PM. Some Meetings held North Miami Library or other locations. Check web site for Meeting information. Phone 305-681-6319 or 305-935-4364.
All calls regarding programs and summer camp should be directed to 305-948-2891.
Hi, If you are a visitor to our web site WELCOME! We hope you will visit a meeting and concider joining Arch Creek Trust. At times we do not meet at the Park, but have special meetings and meet elsewhere. We have some Speaker Meetings where we meet at North Miami Libary or other places. We have outings and other events in lieu of meeting at the Museum
Go to Index of Pages at bottom of Page to visit Photos of Events, History of Arch Creek, Buy a patch, Calendar of Events and Membership information and form.
And again, Thank You for stopping by.
News and Information
(011110 Special Arch Creek Trust Meeting)
Hi ACT Members!, -
Because of the conflict with the FEC Railroad meeting, we have scheduled another meeting for Wed., January 27th. @ 2 pm. Come and meet our new park manager, Sally Timberlake. She will update us on the Railroad meeting and what has been happening in the park. We will have an estimate for the repair of the chickee next to the museum.Saturday, March 16th. is the date for our next plant sale. Hopefully the freezing temperatures are behind us so we can replant, repot and fertilize plants for our sale.
Also, we would like to schedule the trip to Long Key that we had planned to take last year.
A reminder about 2010 membership dues. Singles $15, Family $25.
Carol Helene, President
(123009 Update Arch Creek Trust News)
Arch Creek Park, Museum
1855 NE 135th Street
North Miami, Florida 33181On New Year's Day some members of Alberta's and "Kerk" Kerkela's family will meet at Arch Creek Park around noon to honor their memory. If you have any snapshots or other items that might be of interest, join us and bring them. We hope you can make it.
I just learned that Al Kaplan died of a heart attack. No more information.
Penny Valentine was in an auto accident and totaled her car.
More Information as it comes in.
110709Arch Creek Natural Bridge Park
On National Public Lands Day, (http://www.publiclandsday.org) A National Environmental Education Foundation Program, September 26, 2009 this video was shot of a trail walk with Michele Williams, PhD, Director, Southeast Region, FLORIDA PUBLIC ARCHAEOLOGY NETWORK, (http://www.flpublicarchaeology.org), FAU, and Park Staff Laurn. It runs 10 minutes. Click: 092609 ACT NatPubLdDay
Arch Creek Trust - Video Of Archeological Trail Walk
091009Greynolds Park History Lecture!
Miami-Dade Parks and Recreation Presents the 2009-2010:
History Lecture Series at Greynolds Park with Alan Sokol, Historian and Archivist for the City of North Miami Beach. The series kicks off Friday, September 25, 2009 at the Greynolds Park Boathouse, 7:30-9:00pm. Admission is FREE; parking is $5.00 per vehicle. Light snacks and beverages will be sold during the event.
Friday, 9/25/09: The Civilian Conservation Corps in South Florida
Friday, 11/27/09: The Pioneers of North Miami BeachThursday, 2/11/10: The Seminole Wars
Thursday, 4/15/10: Flagler-Celebrating the Arrival of the F.E.C in Miami
PLEASE, FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 305-945-3425.
Christopher Hernandez, Park and Recreation Manager 3
Greynolds Park, East Greynolds, Camp Greynolds
Miami-Dade Park and Recreation Department
17530 West Dixie Highway, North Miami Beach, FL 33160
305-948-2891 Phone 305-945-3428 Fax
www.miamidade.gov/parks
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(070209 Arch Creek Trust July Newsletter)
Arch Creek Park, Museum
1855 NE 135th Street
North Miami, Florida 33181SUMMER 2009 BEST PUBLIC PARK!!
ARCH CREEK PARK
1855 N.E. 135 Street
North Miami, Florida 33181
305-944-6111
http://archcreektrust.orgEvery year the New Times prints "The Best Of" articles. We are. honored to have been chosen as the best park. The article goes on to say, "Contrary to popular belief, not every sacred place in Miami-Dade has been paved, flipped, or foreclosed on. Just off Biscayne Boulevard in North Miami is Arch Creek Park. Named for a limestone arch on the site, these eight acres of natural and historic preserve have attracted people for centuries - whether it was Native Americans snacking on conch or early pioneers milling coontie roots. Fortunately, much of the park is as it was before Miami blossomed around it. Even better, it seems that not many more humans visit the creek than did a hundred years ago. The public can still peacefully commune on a nature hike or reach out to the city's past daring a ghost tour, archaeoiOgical dig, or other laid-back activities. There's even an on site museum that will help visitors understand the importance of this unique gem.
GREYNOULDS PARK On June 13th., the boathouse was reopened following months of work. It is outstanding. The posters included pictures taken when the area was just a quarry. The displays induded pictures"Showing the construction of the tower. I received only a few days notice about the grand re-opening and I was disappointed that there was no mention of it in The Neighbors.
According,to the History of Dade County Parks System 1929 - 1969, The First Forty Years by AD. Barnes, Greynolds Park was officially dedicated on March 29, 1936, as a result of the legistlation passed on March 31, 1933, when the United States Congress passed legislation creating the Civilian Conservation Corps.
"Work projects were to come under the Jurisdiction of the Department of Interior and Agriculture. When Dade County received notice of the approval of the site, the Army had moved in and placed housing in readiness. The County received word that a company of enrollees, then located in tents in Montana, were to be loaded on a train with all their equipment and depart for Dade County, a distance of about three thousand miles. It can be stated without hesitatance that the assignment of the CCC Camp to Dade County was the greatest thing that happened to the Dade County Park program. Almost overnight Dade County Parks had become big time."
"Bill Phillips, locally considered the Dean of Landscape Architecture designed Greynolds, Haulover, Crandon, Matheson Hammock and Fairchild Tropical Gardens. A boat house and reflectory were constructed from native rock found within the boundaries of Greynolds Park. Cypress logs were split into shade to form a covering for the roofs."
"The main entrance to the park is distinguished by a very fine masonry wall and posts. The native oolit limestone masonry consists of blocks of varying sizes faced by hand on five sides by the use of hatchets. A well publisized and much photographed feature of the park is "The Mound" at the end of the entrance drive. The area, once a commercial rock pit was cluttered with abandoned and rusting macinery and large concrete footings. Rather than dump it in the water area, it was cut up and broken up and piled where the mound was to be constructed. Overburden from one of the lagoons covered the debris and allowed the mound to be shaped with lines similar to a volcano. A walled lookout platform was used to top off the mound. The observation point was reached by. a terraced walkway spiriling up the side. The park was opened to the public on March 29th, 1936."
"The Civilian Conservation Corps was a remarkable program. It enrolled unemployed youths, housed and fed them, furnished transportation and engaged them in projects generally of a conservation nature. The work accomplished was good and the moral was high. Many showed unusual interest in their jobs and went into the regular work force in civilian life."
MARVELOUS ARMY "The Civilian Conservation Corps was run primarily by the War Department - and it showed. Recruits lived in j11ilitary-style tents or barracks, wore blue denim uniforms, were roused by an early-morning bugle call, lined up for calisthenics and inspection, and followed strict camp rules. They worked a 40hour work week and were paid $30 a month, $25 of which was sent directly to their families back home. When the program started in 1933, officials predicted that 250,000 "boys" would enroll; by t.he time it ended in 1942, more than 3,000,000 men had sweated their way through a CCC hitch."
"They built their camps in every state in the Union - then went on to plant trees and clear trails, restore diapidated historic buildings, lay our public campgroungs and flower beds, and build dams and park shelters and furniture and foot bridges and just about anything else that could be crafted out of wood or < stone or dirt. They accomplished a staggering amount of work. Many of the rustic log and stone structures they built display craftmanship that rose to sheer artistry. Today the handiwork of the cec is all around us, but it's largely overlooked. Hikers puffing up the trails in Glacier National Park in Montana, camper in the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire, motorists on the Skyline Drive in Virginia, guests a Indian LOdge in Davis Mountains State Park in Texas, concertgoers at the Red Rocks amphitheater outside Denver - these and millions of other people form coast to coast are beneficiaries of the ccc."
One of the projects not mentioned is the F.D. Roosevelt Park near Callaway Gardens in Georgia. It has a huge spring fed pool, log cabins to rent and horseback riding available. Chances are you will many forms of wildlife, including deer. The Civilian Conservation Corps recently celebrated its 75th. Anniversary. I'm disappointed that there was so little publicity about it. As the author of the above Preservation Article, Dwight Young stated, "Thanks guys."
NATURAL REMEDIES FOR PESTS According to a recent Miami Herald article, there is a "rapidly growing is of natural remedies for the garden and landscape. Environmentally friendly materials are being developed fOrm seaweed, soap, sand, gravel, garlic, corn, castor beans, canola oil, marigolds, trees, fish, eggs, expanded slate, landscape waste and other substances. They suggest that for slugs and snails, you purchase new products containing iron phosphate to spread around the base of plants that show damage."First try putting sinking dish in the soil containing beer. They are attracted by the yeast. Maybe yeast tablets would also work. For most problems, I dissolve a little Kirk's Castile soap in water and add a little oil to help it stick. It's amazing how the Balsam pear vines suddenly show up, with their bright orange fruit. At least it is easy to pull up. When you try that with the asparagus fern, you end up with badly scratched fingers. Rather than attempting to dig out the roots, I have been cutting 1t off at ground level, and then putting a handful of ice cream salt at that spot. So far I have had good luck. Ice cream salt is usually a little cheaper than the' other forms of coarse salt.
KEEP DRUGS OUT OF THE WATER SUPPLY "In the past we were usually advised to flush unused pharmaceuticals down the toilet. Then trace amounts of drugs began showing up in the nation's water supply. The new policy is for consumers to seek out "drug take-back progams" instead. Unfortunately such programs are rare, since it is illegal to give their controlled substances to others. For those lacking take-back options, the federal government recommends mixing the drugs with an "undesirable substance" like coffee grounds or kitty litter, entombing them in sealed containers and throwing them in the trash." From the Parade section of the Miami HeraldPARKINGSON'S PESTICIDES LINKED " Parkinson's IS the second most common neurodegenerative disease (after Alzheimer's) in the United Staes, affecting between 1 million and 1.5 million Americans. The majority of cases occur in people over 65, about 60 percent are male. It leads to uncontrolable tremors, muscle rigidity, and the inability to direct your arms or legs to maove when you want them to. People with Parkinson's often have a masklike, impassive expression. They many have difficulty speaking clearly and develop a characteristic shuffling gate. Cognitive skills usually are not affected, though some functions like memory and decision-making can be impaired, and, in the face of the gradual and inevitable enroachment of physical limitations, people with Parkinson's often become depressed.
"Jackie Christensen, at the age of 32 found that her body began to betray her. A neurologist gave her a startling diagnosis, "Parkinson's disease". She had been a lifelong environmental activist and suspected an environmental cause. She worked with the Collaborative on Health arid Environment (CHE). In January 2009, a consensus statement found that there was "limited suggestive evidence of an association between pesticides and Parkinson's, and between farming or agricultural work and Parkinson's. In April 2009, scientists at the University of California published a provocative study connecting the disease not only to occupational pesticide exposure but also to living in homes or going to schools that were close to pesticides and other toxins increases the risk of Parkinson's disease, and we are only now beginning to wres1le with the true scope of the damage. The riskiest pesticides were found to be some of the most commonly used in American agriculture, among them Paraquat, and Trifluralin, both herbicides used to kill broad leaf weeds in food crops. {Paraquat is now restricted to commercially licensed users in the United States because of its toxicity, but it remains the second most widely used herbicide in the world, applied to more than 50 crops in 120 countries."
"Jackie Christensen's early-set might have been caused by exposure as a teenager. She spent summers working on local farms. In her early teens, this meant engaging in a practice known as "walking beans. A pickup truck would drop off a bunch of youngsters, including Christensen, at one end of the field, and they would walk the rows of soybeans, weeding as they went. Later, Christensen and her friends rode a "bean buggy", a rig attatched to the front of a tractor from which they would spray the herbicide Roundup, sometimes dyed purple so they could see where it was landing, carefully aiming for the weeds and trying to avoid the beans. Often she was dressed in nothing more than a bathing suit and a baseball cap. "I had a great tan those summers," she wrote in the introduction to her book, The First Year: Parkinson's Disease; An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed, and I had no idea nor gave any thought whatsoever to what I might be exposing myself to, or what the effects might be. After the first day or two of spraying, I could no longer smell the odor of the herbicide. I do remember that when I would come home, my mother would immediately tell me to take a shower because I smelled like chemicals." & On Line Magazine
***I am sending the same message to all arts, cultural, museum and historic preservation program supporters. We must stay united!***
URGENT - IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUESTED!
ART, CULTURAL, MUSEUM AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUNDING HAS BEEN ZEROED!
The House TED Conference Committee made an offer this evening to agree to the Senate recommended funding of ZERO.
Please call and email the House and Senate TED Conference Committee Members Immediately (list attached-please see both tabs). If your legislator is on the conference committee - make sure they know you are THEIR constituent. YOU MUST ACT RIGHT AWAY! The next scheduled offer from the Senate is tomorrow, Thursday, April 30 at 12:15 pm.
Ask them to PLEASE not zero out funding for the art, cultural, museum and historic preservation program funding. Please remember to be very polite and courteous - they are facing some very tough decisions. At this point anything is better than zero - so that when the economy is better - we will be able to get the funding back for our essential programs that serve as an economic engine, provide educational programming for our children and families, provide summer camps, etc. etc.
PLEASE ACT IMMEDIATELY!
Thanks for all of your efforts, Malinda
Malinda J. Horton, Legislative Consultant
Florida Trust for Historic Preservation
850.222.6028
cell 850.933.3066
malinda@floridatrust.org
Arch Creek Trust is a non-profit organization.