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JULY 13, 2022
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VOL LXIII • NO 22
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Rosemarie Curcio shows off Marty, one of her resident bats.
One of the pups currently in Rosemarie Curcio’s care
Bats In The Basement very three hours, an alarm goes off in Rosemarie Curcio’s house. It lets her know it’s time to feed the pups. But, these aren’t the kind of pups you may be picturing; instead, they are baby bats, and at the moment, 10 of them live in a bat nursery in the basement of Curcio’s Marietta home. For more than 30 years, Curcio has been rescuing and rehabbing bats. “I’ve always been interested in wildlife,” she said. Originally from New York, she volunteered at an animal rescue but didn’t focus on bats until she spent time in bat boot camp at Bat
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World Sanctuary in Texas over the perfect place to set up a bat two summers, and she found her sanctuary. Along with the nursery, the basement currently houses nine true calling. “So much focus is on the ‘glam- additional bats. Several are permaour’ species that need help - the nent residents because they are unable to fly, and wolves, the bald most are big brown eagles - bats are the a r e s o bats. ugly ones,” she “ B a t s Curcio works with remarked. “I’m important because always for the they eat insects. Raven Ridge Wildlife underdog. I’m fasci- They will consume Center in Washington Boro, where she nated by bats.” mosquitoes.” serves on the board She began caring as well. When a call for bats in her New York City apartment - without comes in about a bat, it’s forwardtelling her landlord - and when she ed to Curcio. Sometimes, she can retired from teaching special educa- advise the person on how to help tion, she relocated to Marietta in on the spot. “I always tell people to wear gloves and use a towel if 2009. Her home’s basement provided they are handling bats,” she said,
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noting that bats can carry rabies. “Never touch a bat with bare hands.” If a bat appears to be injured or is too young to survive on its own, Curcio will take it in, with the goal of eventually releasing it into the wild. June is pup season, and after a few weeks of formula feeding, the pups will be ready to try flying. Curcio has several large tents set up in her basement for the bats to practice in. Once they are ready, she’ll move them to a rescue in Chester County for outdoor enclosures and more flying opportunities before finally releasing them in a barn near the Pennsylvania and New Jersey border.
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The Long’s Park Amphitheater Foundation is known for attracting up to 6,000 visitors to each of its summer concerts - 30,000 for the July Fourth celebration - as well as offering an annual art festival, but looking ahead, the organization would like to be seen as more collaborative with other organizations. Toward that goal, the Lancaster County Food Hub, SWAN (Scaling Walls A Note at a Time), Lancaster Farmland Trust, Lancaster Conservancy, and the Spanish American Civic Association have been invited to have a part at upcoming concerts, and the art festival will feature up to five up-andcoming new area artists. “After 60 years, people are aware of our summer concerts and our art festival, and now if we can just extend that reach to other great community resources, that is a blessing for everyone,” said Tom Ellis, interim president of the foundation.
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