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LOUDONVILLE — Those looking to get outside and explore the area will be interested in checking out a new event in Loudonville next month, as the Cleo Redd Fisher Museum hosts the Mohican Adventure Hunt on Saturday, June 12.

The activity allows participants to team up with their friends or family and race against other teams to complete a list of tasks. Tasks range from discovering local landmarks to specific activities, such as convincing a stranger to do something on camera for them.

The rules are simple: in order to win, teams will have to record their accomplishments in either photograph or video format, on a smartphone, and then send them as proof to the museum — as videos and photographs come in, museum staff will award points to each team in real-time. The first team to complete all tasks — or the team with the most point at the end of the time limit — will be crowned the champion and take home the grand prize of $150 in cash.

The only limit to a team’s size is their ability to fit into the same vehicle together, but they must stay together throughout the entirety of the event.

“Think of it as a mix between a scavenger hunt and the Amazing Race,” museum curator Kenny Libben says. “We’ve considered an Amazing Race format for a few years but thought the scavenger hunt model would work better with social distancing but also allow more people to participate.”

Unlike the Amazing Race, the Mohican Adventure Hunt is not as physically demanding as teams will be able to simply drive to most locations.

The event runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 12 but teams will need to register on the museum’s website, at www.crfmuseum.com, in order to participate.

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Final Fridays concerts return to The Brickyard in Downtown Mansfield May 28. (Photo: Courtney McNaull/News Journal)

MANSFIELD –  As families anticipate getting out and traveling this summer, there are plenty of things to do in north central Ohio with events and destinations opening back up as coronavirus pandemic restrictions are being lifted.

The Final Friday Concert Series is returning to The Brickyard this summer starting this week, May 28.

The featured artists are Emily Raff, Jimi Vincent Band, Terry Lee Ridley, representing the first Final Friday concert since September 2019.

Downtown Mansfield Inc. also released a lineup for the rest of the popular concert series this year. Each concert begins at 5:30 p.m.:

June 25: Jody Odom Jr., Jeffrey Boyd & Park Street Blue, Honey and Blue; July 30: Red & Six, Departure, Red Ball Jets; August 27: Macy Page, Talk Boy Trio, Martini Affair; and September 24: Matt Zahel, Terry Douglas, Simba Jordan.

The COVID-19 pandemic derailed the entire Final Friday series in 2020.

Elsewhere, concerts are scheduled to return as part of the 2021-22 season at the Renaissance Theatre. This will be the 93rd season for the venerable theater.

This photograph shows the Ohio State Reformatory before parts of the prison-turned-museum were torn down by the state, leaving the administrative offices and the historic cell blocks intact. (Photo: File photo)

Self-guided tours at the Ohio State Reformatory are being offered 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. seven days a week with the exception of Easter, Memorial Day and Labor Day.

OSR, which brings thousands of tourists to the area each year, became famous when “The Shawshank Redemption,” starring Morgan Freeman and Tim…

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Frances Levett wth her eye-catching new mohican hairstyle which she hopes will raise thousands of pounds for her church EMN-210524-115539001

Frances Levett’s hair-raising venture has already attracted hundreds of pounds in pledges towards a major refurb job at the town’s St John’s Catholic Church.

The colours in her radical new hairstyle match some of those in the Victorian paintwork uncovered at the hstoric Thorpe End building.

Frances, who is chair of the Friends of St John’s, told the Melton Times: “I went to church with the new hairstyle on Saturday night and everyone seemed to really like it.

Frances Levett, pictured before her radical fundraising mohican haircut in aid of Melton’s St John’s Catholic Church EMN-210524-114736001

“My four-year-old grand-daughter thinks I’m a unicorn – she screamed with delight when she first saw it.

“I must admit I am having difficulty with it in this rain and wind we’ve been having, though, because it is a high maintenance style.”

The church, which was built in 1842 and designed by famous architect A.W.N.Pugin, originally sported intricate colourful artwork but unsympathetic alterations over the years have damaged the integrity of the building and the features were painted over.

The current work involves repainting the sanctuary, using elements and motifs from the original Victorian design, but with a somewhat lighter touch. The artists are using traditional clay-based paints, and Frances’ fundraising efforts will contribute to the £45,000 cost of the project.

The signed Marcus Rashford Manchester…

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The return of the Old Badger:
‘The First of the Mohican’

First published in The Freeman’s Journal on March 24, 1976:

“If at first you don’t succeed,” must have been mouthed by many Cooperstonians as they left the lakefront without having witnessed the scheduled launching of the Mohican. They did try again, and on the 4th of July, 1905, the good ship Mohican began its long career on Otsego Lake. The following reports from the Freeman’s Journal of that year tell the story:

June 29th 1905:
“Miss Marie Anheuser Busch to Christen Boat Thursday.”
“Thursday afternoon at 4 o’clock the new boat Mohican of the Otsego Lake Transit Co. will take her initial dip in the waters of Otsego Lake. As soon as the boat is free to move, Miss Marie Anheuser-Busch, daughter of August A. Busch and granddaughter of Adolphus Busch, will christen it with champagne and the words, “I christen thee Mohican.” The public is cordially invited to witness the ceremony, which will take place at the Corporation dock.”

July 6, 1905:
“Large Steamer in Otsego Lake has Carrying Capacity of Four Hundred – Made her Initial Trip July 4th.”
“The Mohican is Launched – at about 1:40 on Saturday afternoon in response to the persuasion of a couple of jack screws placed against the bearings on either side, the big boat slid gracefully down the ways and kissed the waters of Otsego Lake. There was a high splash and the craft rode out jauntily about 50 feet, bringing taught the line, with which it was tied to its mooring at the Cooperstown Wharf. As it moved toward the water, Miss Osborne, daughter of the builder, broke a bottle of wine on the bow and spoke the…

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Robert Badger Seaver: The Badger

Bob Seaver was born in Boston in 1924 and spent his childhood summers on Otsego Lake in his grandfather’s camp, Wranglehurst, now called Highview, near Hickory Grove and, for reasons no one knows, across the lake at Camp Chenango.

His mother was from Springfield Center and his father was a pilot from WWI who was recuperating in Cooperstown. Bob attended Phillips Andover Academy and Amherst College, graduating in 1946 as an English major, then joined the crew of the U.S.S. Niblack as first Lieutenant in the Pacific at the end of WWII.

He taught school in Philadelphia and San Francisco and for several summers at the Mohican Reading School in Cooperstown, before he moved permanently to Cooperstown in 1960 to become supervisor of the experimental “talking typewriter” reading program for dyslexic and autistic children at Bassett Hall.

On the side, he taught at the Cooperstown Elementary School and ran an antiques shop near Hickory Grove.

He was president of the PTA in the early 1960s, a founding member of the Brookwood Foundation, a member of the Otsego Golf Club, the Mohican Club, the Friends of the Cooperstown Library and an original member of the Town of Otsego Planning Board. All these organizations, their members, friends and the people Bob ran into during his daily strolls on Main Street served as bait for The Badger.

In the early 1970s, Bob, who had been writing “Bits of my mind, written on paper,” regularly since he was in 7th grade, began submitting a weekly column about, in his words, “anything,” to The Freeman’s Journal. It was to be called The Badger, which was Bob’s middle name (and also a somewhat nasty omnivore that is related to otters, polecats, weasels, skunks and ferrets).

Bob left us more than…

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The 70,000-acre park Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area was the 10th most-visited national park in the country in 2020, with 4.1 million visits recorded. As the area emerges from the pandemic, this year promises to be just as busy.

Visitors can plan ahead by calling the information desk at 570-426-2452 or visiting the park’s Facebook page or webpage (nps.gov/dewa). The Current Conditions section includes up-to-date information on Covid-19 health and safety measure.

Some services remain limited or unavailable. For information on accessible facilities in the park visit the park’s website or call 570-426-2434.

Cool off on the river

All beaches and boat/canoe launches are open for the season. A $10 per car fee is charged 7 days a week; annual passes are available for $45.

● The Cadoo Recreation Site in New Jersey has a hand-launch access open Monday mornings through Friday evenings and is closed on weekends; there is no charge to use the access.

● Lifeguards will be on duty at Milford Beach from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday through Monday, beginning June 20 and ending Aug. 28.

● Inflatable pool toys are not permitted within designated swimming areas and lifejackets are recommended when lifeguards are not on duty.

● Rentals: Visit the park website for a list of businesses in the area that rent canoes, kayaks, tubes, and rafts and provide transportation, bring your own boat. Always wear a properly fitted and fastened U.S. Coast Guard-approved lifejacket when on or near the water. Lifejackets must be worn by children 12 and under while aboard any vessel.

Go for a ride…or a drive

● The McDade Trail in Pennsylvania is a great place to ride your bike (and it’s the only trail in the park where bikes are permitted). Visit the park website for information on…

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