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Jim Brewer  |  Special to Ashland Times-Gazette

Gracie Jefferies didn’t expect to visit, eye to eye, with a gray rat snake.

But that was her unexpected treat Friday, Jan. 13, when she was the first beneficiary of a close encounter with reptiles in her after-school session at the Olive Tree Care Center.

“We are planning to set up presentations by different community resources as part of our program,” said Kristy Spreng, director of Olive Tree. “The visit today by Kyle Casey, naturalist at Mohican State Park, was the first session in this program.”

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Casey provided the dozen or more students at Olive Tree, which offers before and after school care for students in grades K-6, an interesting and at times entertaining presentation on Ohio reptiles as the inaugural program.

The program started off quietly enough, with Casey unpacking a box filled with various turtle shells, ranging from tiny ones, about three inches long, to huge and scary snapping turtle shells, a foot or more around.

After talking about the shells, he went to a plastic tote and pulled out a live turtle, a box turtle, one of the species most commonly found in Ohio, and discussed its characteristics.

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“This is a girl turtle,” he said. “You can tell by the shape of their shells. Females are higher and more rounded, while male turtles have flatter shells.”

Shells that turtles carry on their backs are for protection, and if for some reason a shell is broken, a turtle will grow another, Casey told the children.

After packing the female turtle back in his tote, he pulled a more exciting creature out of it, a gray rat snake, about long.

Fifth grader Gracie Jeffries got the…

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Who’d have thought a pickle hunt would evolve into a much-anticipated community event?

It’s happening in Loudonville, where the Mohican Historical Society is gearing up for its 10th annual hun. The society, borrowing on a very old and not very well-known tradition of hunting for pickles at Christmastime, has turned it into an exciting and entertaining, tradition.

In many towns, the holidays often bring about excitement for tree lightings, parades and Santa visits. In the villages of Loudonville and Perrysville, those holiday activities are taking a back seat to pickles.

More specifically, residents are looking for pickles. The pickles, though, come with prizes.

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The Pickle Hunt is promoted by the Cleo Redd Fisher Museum and sponsored by nearly a dozen businesses.

According to the museum’s curator, Kenny Libben, the event has century-old origins rooted in a Victorian-era tradition of hiding a pickle in the tree on Christmas morning, with the first child to find it receiving an extra gift.

Pickle clues are highly sought-after by game players

Though that tradition has largely faded away, it is once again popular, at least in the Mohican area, Libben said. The current version of the pickle hunt was developed by the museum nearly a decade ago, first introduced at private events where, Libben said, “It was a fun game that quickly became the focus for attendees.”

Seeing the positive response, the museum launched a community-wide pickle hunt with new pickles hidden throughout December, leading up to Christmas, and clues to their location posted on social media.

Libben said the rules are simple: A pickle is hidden, or “dropped,” somewhere in the Mohican area and a clue is posted on the Facebook group The Pickle Hunt. The first clues are vague, only giving a general…

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Alaqua Cox, a well-known professional Native American actress, portrays Maya Lopez/Echo in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Hawkeye, which debuted on Disney+ in 2021. Elena Heath, Bill Cox’s daughter, was born deaf. She also has ancestors from the Menominee and Mohican tribes. Furthermore, Cox gained notoriety after playing Maya Lopez in Hawkeye. Continue reading to see more.

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Alaqua Cox Biography

Alaqua Cox is a well-known professional Native American actor who was born in 1997 on the Menomini Indian Reservation. Similarly, she is 24 years old. Alaqua Cox and Elena Heath, Bill’s daughter, were all born deaf. She was born and reared on the Menominee Indian Reservation near Kashner, Wisconsin. As a consequence, she is a member of the Menominee and Mohican tribes. Jordy and Katie Cox are her two siblings. Cox is also a leg amputee who utilizes a prosthesis. Alaqua Cox is well-known for her role as Maya Lopez/Echo in the film Hawkeye.

Alaqua Cox’s Height, Weight

Alaqua Cox is a charming and lovely actress who is 5’8″ tall. Her weight is most likely 60 kg. Her bust is also 35 inches. Her…

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Someone posted a note on “Williamstown Issues and Information” suggesting the Mohawk Trail, so labeled on new signs on the Williamstown bike path, wasn’t a good name because it could be confused with the automobile road and because we should consult with Native Americans before borrowing their names.

A response attracted a whopping 72 likes and 54 comments, some for or against the name but most dealing with “cancel culture” — that is, whether we’re being too fussy about the (mis)use of Native American names. As with athletic team mascots.

A Mohawk Trail sign recently appeared on the nearly completed bike path.

Photo provided by Lauren Stevens

History is fun — and revealing.

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation provisionally calls it the Mohawk Trail because initial funding came from grants associated with the automobile road. The road got its name, really, from a pageant held in North Adams to celebrate the state’s 1914 improvements to the way over the Hoosac Range. A scene in the pageant depicted the Mohawks’ 1665 trip over a foot path from their Hudson Valley home to drive the Pocumtucks from their Connecticut Valley home. Thus, settlers of European origin found the richest agricultural land in New England already cleared of trees and uncontested in what they called Deerfield.

Entrepreneurs in North Adams and those setting up gift shops, restaurants and cabins on the refurbished road took to the pageant’s “Indian” theme. Gradually, the state came around to following their lead, calling it the Mohawk Trail — even though, rather than Mohawks or Mohicans whose land the trail crossed, the businesses tended to favor Western Native Americans. Their removal and whites’ settlement of the West was fresher in peoples’ minds than Colonial days; the “Big Indian,” which gave its name to a…

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Body of Brinkhaven man found in Coshocton County

WALHONDING − The body of a Brinkhaven man was found Saturday in the Mohican River by the Walhonding Valley Fire Department in Coshocton County.

Mike Good, 66, went missing on Sept. 5 after the pickup truck he was driving went off the road and into the river near the Bridge of Dreams covered bridge outside Brinkhaven in Knox County. Bystanders reported seeing Good trying to swim to shore before being swept away by the current.

The incident is still being investigated by the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

Dresden teen injured in Saturday crash

COSHOCTON − The Coshocton County Sheriff’s Office investigated a two-vehicle crash at 7:26 a.m. Saturday at the intersection of Chestnut and North Second streets.

Authorities said Philip Sims, 51, of Zanesville, was driving a 2013 International semi-truck with trailer southbound on North Second Street while Cameron Conrad, 19, of Dresden was eastbound on Chestnut Street in a 2002 Honda Civic. Conrad failed to stop at a red light and the Civic hit the semi just behind the rear axle as it went through a green light.

Conrad was extricated from the vehicle and transported from the scene by MedFlight to the Ohio State University Wexner Medical center. Sims was not injured. Assisting were Coshocton County Emergency Medical Services, Coshocton Fire Department, Three Rivers Fire District and Prince’s Wrecker Service.

Dresden man’s body found near Dillon State Park

ZANESVILLE − The body of Robert A. Marshall, 44, of Dresden, was found near Dillon State Park at about 9:30 am on Sunday. He had been reported missed by his family earlier that morning. No further information will be released, said Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz, pending an autopsy and investigation.

Lutz addressed rumors spread through social media on Sunday. “There were no bodies found in any dumpsters or near any motels”…

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Cary Joji Fukunaga’s “Last of the Mohicans” TV series has found a home at WarnerMedia’s HBO Max.

The Paramount Television-produced project — which is written by Emmy winner Fukunaga and Nick Osbourne, with “Watchmen’s” Nicole Kassell on board to direct — has been handed a script order from the forthcoming streaming service, a spokesperson for HBO Max tells TheWrap.

The project, which went into development at Paramount last April, is a retelling of James Fenimore Cooper’s novel about the French and Indian War that re-centers the classic tale on the unlikely romance between Uncas, a young Mohican, and Cora, the mixed-race daughter of a British colonel.

Fukunaga’s Parliament of Owls will produce the series along with Paramount and Anonymous Content.

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“The clash of civilizations during the Seven Years War, which frames the story of ‘Last of the Mohicans’ has been a long-time passion of mine,” Fukunaga said when the project was first put into development. “It was a world war before the term even existed. The opportunity to recreate the story’s strong-willed and free-thinking characters, with talents including Nick Osborne and Nicole Kassell, is incredibly exciting to me. Together with Paramount TV and Anonymous Content, we have the chance to revive the forgotten ancestors that define American identity today.”

“The Last of the Mohicans” has been made several times for both television and film. There have been nine film adaptations, beginning with the 1911 film starring James Cruze, and most recently the 1992 version starring Daniel Day-Lewis. Past TV adaptions included 1957’s “Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans” and most recently 2004’s Italian animated series “The Last of the Mohicans.”

The Hollywood Reporter first reported that the “Last of the Mohicans”…

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SEAL Team 6, best known for killing Osama bin Laden in 2011, used hatchets made by Daniel Winkler, a North Carolina knife maker who forged blades for the 1992 movie “The Last Mohicans” starring Daniel Dey-Lewis, according to the The New York Times.

The article titled, “The Secret History of SEAL Team 6: Quiet Killings and Blurred Lines,” claims that “during one period, members of Team 6’s Red Squadron — its logo shows crossed tomahawks below the face of a Native American warrior — received a Winkler hatchet after their first year in the squadron.”

In an interview, Winkler refused to say which SEAL units had received his tomahawks, but acknowledged that many were paid for by private donors.

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Several former Team 6 members said that some SEAL members carried the hatchets on missions, and at least one killed an enemy fighter with the weapon.

Dom Raso, a former Team 6 member who left the Navy in 2012, said that hatchets were used “for breaching, getting into doors, manipulating small locks, hand-to-hand combat and other things.” He added that hatchet and blade kills occurred during his time with the SEALs.

“Whatever tool you need to protect yourself and your brothers, whether it is a blade or a gun, you are going to use,” said Raso, who has worked with Mr. Winkler in producing a blade.

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The article also claims many SEAL operators refused to use tomahawks — because they were too bulky to take into combat and not as effective as firearms.

“It’s a dirty business,” said one former senior enlisted Team 6 member. “What’s the difference between shooting them as…

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Mohican State Park, via Ohio Department of Natural Resources. (http://fallcolor.ohiodnr.gov/photos?aid=17).

COLUMBUS — Ohio State Parks have a full lineup of activities planned for the end of the summer. Admission, parking and programs are free at every Ohio State Park.

Alum Creek State Park

Evening Fishing will be Sept. 2, 3-5 p.m., meeting at the New Galena boat ramp by the pavilion. All equipment and bait are provided.

Later that day is the Owl Prowl and Campfire, 7 p.m., meeting at the nature center. A naturalist will discuss owls and their calls.

The Nature Center Animal Meet and Feed is Sept. 3, 11 a.m. Attendees will meet some of the animals living in the nature center and learn about their care, and help feed them.

A kayaking trip is also planned for Sept. 3, 3-5 p.m., meeting at the campground boat launch ramp. Reservations are required at 740-513-6382. This event is for those 8 and older, and able to kayak by themselves. Attendees will learn the basics of kayaking and then go out to explore coves of Alum Creek Lake.

There will be a kids’ fishing event Sept. 4, 1-3 p.m., meeting at the park office. All equipment and bait are provided, and attendees will learn the basics of fishing.

Beginners archery is Sept. 5, 9-11 a.m., meeting at the camp amphitheater. Attendees will get an introduction to archery, and coffee and donuts will be available from the camp hosts.

A.W. Marion State Park

There will be a Labor Day kayaking trip Sept. 5, from 10 a.m. to noon, meeting at the park marina. This event is recommended for those 13 and older with previous experience. Minors must be accompanied by an adult.

Barkcamp State Park

On Sept. 2, there will be a Creekin’ event at 5 p.m., to explore the creek and find animals there,…

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