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Welcome to Lake Life! A fun and informative blog focusing on Rocky Fork Lake community, growth and development. Check back often for new posts and interesting news!Brad Willis is Rocky Fork State Park’s regular naturalist – and he’s offering weekend activities! Many of his activities are directed towards kids and families. The last big event of the season at Rocky Fork is the annual Halloween Campout Oct 20-21!
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“The Arc of Appalachia nature preserves adorn southern Ohio’s hill country like jewels on a verdant green necklace.
As a nonprofit organization, the Arc has sheltered nearly 4,300 acres over the last 22 years in 16 preserve regions across southwest and south-central Ohio.
These 16 sites encompass important natural and historic areas between Highland County on the west and Perry County on the east. Their woodlands, caves, streams and prairies are home to some of the state’s most unique flora, fauna and features.
Executive Director Nancy Stranahan is the Arc’s moving spirit. The Cleveland native first fell in love with rolling and wooded southwest Ohio at age 18 when she came to the area to work as a naturalist with Ohio State Parks.
By 1995, Stranahan had set her sights on preserving at least a piece of the region for posterity.
“I wanted to leave a legacy of a natural area,” she said. “But I couldn’t find anything appropriate.”
A Sunday drive down Cave Road to Fort Hill changed all that…” To continue reading Jane Beathard’s article click here.
Preparations continue for Smokin’ in the Hills, a Kansas City Barbecue Society-sanctioned competition set for Sept. 23 at Rocky Fork Lake.
Highland County Board of Commissioners President Shane Wilkin said in a Wednesday commissioners meeting that several teams have already signed up to compete in the cookoff, which will include selections of chicken, ribs, pulled pork and brisket.
Prizes will be awarded to the grand champion, reserve champion and first through fifth place for each category, according to Rhonda Purdin of the Highland County Senior Citizens Center. Purdin was the first person to come up with the idea for the barbecue competition, Wilkin said.
According to Wilkin, a “boatload” of judges have also signed up.
Wilkin also said planners are currently working with recycling outreach coordinator Heidi Devine to make Smokin’ in the Hills a “zero-waste” event… To read more of David Wright’s article click here.
Highland County Board of Commissioners President Shane Wilkin, left, and commissioner Terry Britton are shown in session during Wednesday’s commissioners meeting.
Highland County Board of Commissioners President Shane Wilkin announced Wednesday that an upcoming barbecue contest and festival set for September at Rocky Fork Lake has a new “major headline sponsor.”
Wilkin had mentioned the sponsorship at a recent Ohio Department of Natural Resources ceremony at Rocky Fork Lake.
Wilkin said more information on the sponsor will be forthcoming, adding that the name of the event has been changed from “Smoke on the Water” to “Smoke in the Hills” due to copyright issues. Read more here.
Planning is moving forward for the “Smoke on the Water” barbecue contest set for September at Rocky Fork Lake, according to Highland County Board of Commissioners President Shane Wilkin.
Destiny Bryson, executive director of the Highland County Visitors Bureau, said last week that the new event, set to be held Sept. 23 at the overlook at Rocky Fork Lake, is sanctioned through the Kansas City Barbecue Society, and will feature professional barbecue teams competing for a shot at the Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational. To continue reading click here.
Destiny Bryson, executive director of the Highland County Visitors Bureau, and Highland County Commissioner Jeff Duncan share a chuckle during Wednesday’s meeting of the Highland County Board of Commissioners.
“Smoke on the Water,” a new community event featuring a barbecue contest and canoe and kayak race, is set to be held in September at Rocky Fork Lake, according to Destiny Bryson, executive director of the Highland County Visitors Bureau.
Bryson, who announced the event at a Wednesday meeting of the Highland County Board of Commissioners, said the barbecue contest is sanctioned through the Kansas City Barbecue Society, and will feature as many as 35 professional barbecue teams competing for a shot at the Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational. To keep reading click here.