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COZY UP

Plenty of winter cabin options in Starved Rock Country / 3

WINTER CABS

Style trends shifting in Napa Valley / 2

GIFT OF READING

Finish off your holiday shopping at an indie bookstore / 5

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An expert taster shares favorite finds to consider adding to your own wine racks.

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By JAMES NOKES

Change afoot as desire for sweet wines wanes

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andles were lit and tradition persevered.

After she settled in California, Bibiana González Rave continued to celebrate the Day of the Little Candles, a Colombian tradition in which friends and families gather to light candles in front of their homes on Dec. 7. It’s a festive night that starts the Christmas season, and in her native Colombia the following day is a holiday. Over the years, the party grew into a neighborhood event and swelled to as many as 60 people. But in 2020, it was just her family of four.

“It was still very special,” González Rave said. “It’s not the same without all the friends and family at home, but it was a special night for me.”

In a year where everything was different across the New World, cabernet sauvignon continued its tradition of carrying the banner as the wine industry’s top-selling red. But style trends have shifted in Napa Valley. Sonoma Valley carried forth with elegant, blue fruit, less tannic wines. California’s Central Coast offered top values in places like Lodi.

Pockets of Santa Barbara snuck in cabernet with a different collection of fruit and herbal flavors reminiscent of the finest produced in Washington. The following cabernets all cost less than $75 and are perfect for a holiday celebration.

“With cabernet, I focused on (Napa) Valley Floor,” González Rave said. “I wanted to make a wine that was purely dry; I am against residual sugar. And the wine being 100% of the varietal is important to me.”

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Michael Accurso is the winemaker at Post & Beam winery in Napa Valley.

The Alma de Cattleya Cabernet Sauvignon the Far Niente family. The new winery breaks from single vineyard sites and 2017 ($48) had fresh black cherry and

currant flavors. Due to the wildfires that swept through Napa Valley earlier this fall, González Rave doesn’t anticipate a 2020 Napa cabernet. But she said the maturation of Napa vineyards has led to an evolution in farming and winemaking.

In the 1990s, ripe fruit was all the rage, but wines that balance fruit flavor and acidity are trending.

“As vineyards get older, we’ve realized vines have balance and don’t need a high level of sugar to get ripeness,” said González Rave, who wanted to be a winemaker ever since she was 14 years old, and studied chemical engineering and business in Colombia before apprenticeships in Bordeaux and the Cote-Rotie in France (look for a column in 2021 on her career). “People farm better and vineyards get older. The desire for sweet wines is going away; consumers [are] not looking for big syrupy wines.”

While new on the market, Post & Beam has a veteran crew as its part of

paints a greater picture of the Valley.

Winemaker Michael Accurso liked the challenge of working with new properties and the search to find any missing pieces that would improve a wine that he wanted to “make approachable and ready out of the gate.”

The Post & Beam Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 ($50) had sweet tobacco,

mint, smoky black cherry. And Accurso said it is “an absolute treat and joy to make.” While he and Andrew Delos, the director of winemaking at Far Niente, both have had a hand in making collectible wines bound for years in a cellar that command lofty price tags, there’s an instant gratification with Post & Beam.

“It gives me greater pleasure to make an elevated, every-night drinker, watching or hearing from people that have had the wine,” Delos said. “Collectible wines that people buy but can’t drink, that’s an ego pleasure but not why I got into winemaking. I have a big Italian family

and we sit around the table and fight and laugh and cry. I imagine our wines going on a dinner table. I dig the idea of an every-night drinker.”

An every-night drinker that sounds like a throwback to a different era further cements the theory that change is afoot in Napa.

“This is like a late ‘80s or early ‘90s cab with a little more acid and a little more bite,” Delos said. “You can see the heritage of Napa here. It’s not overly ripe, silky and bombastic.”

When it’s time to harvest, Accurso wants to walk right to the edge; just picking while there’s still a little ripening left gives the wine an added structure.

“That botanical touch makes an interesting wine a lot of people aren’t making,” Accurso said.

Perhaps that won’t be the case for long.

• James Nokes has been tasting, touring and collecting in the wine world for several years. Email him at jamesnokes25@yahoo.com.

Happy Canyon of Santa Barbara 2016 ($75): Unafraid of a hint of mint or bell pepper in the mid-palate, the green burst lifts the pretty blueberry and cherry flavors.

■■ Frank Family Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 ($57.99): Black cherry, cocoa and baking spices are perfectly balanced. Snappy acidity frames the silky tannins.

■■ Longevity Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 ($15.99): Playful flavors of cedar, cherry, cinnamon stick and anise with smooth tannins. Look for a feature on winemaker Phil Long in an upcoming column.

■■ Matthiasson Village Cabernet 2018 ($41): An amazing preview of Napa cabernet with a puff of cedar, cherry, currant and very low alcohol. After being opened, it is still good on days number two and three.

■■ Parabellum Alluvio 2018 ($54.99): Aromas of dried violet and warm granite give way to rich dark fruit, thyme and sage.

■■ Timbre Rare Groove #5 Thieriot Vineyard 2017 ($45): There’s more than pinot noir in the Santa Ynez Valley, as a core of black cherry is wrapped around tobacco, dusty coffee grounds and milk chocolate shavings.

■■ Trinchero Mario’s Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 ($60): Black olive tapenade on the nose, this is super rich, a hedonist lover’s cab. There’s cedar, tobacco, cherry and dark morsel flavors.

A long lasting finish really coats your mouth.

STARVED ROCK COUNTRY

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Dedicated to growing the awareness of everything the Starved Rock area has to offer

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Relaxing getaways await at Kishauwau’s Starved Rock Area Cabins.

Starved Rock Country’s Winter Cabin Guide

By RYAN SEARL

rsearl@shawmedia.com From rustic to luxury, there are some terrific cabin rentals across Starved Rock Country.

Whether you’re looking for a quiet winter getaway or planning a family gathering away from the hustle and bustle, there’s a cabin to suit every type of holiday vacation. Here’s a look at four of the best cabin destinations you’ll find in Starved Rock Country.

Kishauwau’s Starved Rock Area Cabins 901 N. 2129th Road, Tonica 815-442-8453 kishauwaucabins.com Offering 17 cabins, just 7 miles from the gates of Starved Rock State Park, Kishauwau’s Starved Rock Area Cabins will bring guests close to nature, while providing all the amenities of home. Various cabins can host anywhere from a single couple to larger family gatherings, in accordance with

current state mandates. There are even four dog-friendly units, so you won’t have to board Fido during your vacation. The cabins have great views too. Most of the Kishauwau’s cabins back up to the woods, or are perched above the beautiful Vermilion River.

All of the cabins are four-season units, capable of keeping guests comfortable all year round.

Starved Rock Lodge’s historic cabins 2688 E. 873rd Road, Oglesby 815-667-4211 starvedrocklodge.com/cabins Built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps, Starved Rock Lodge’s historic cabins don’t just get you close to nature, they put you right in the middle of it. Whether you’re looking to book a cozy two-person “sunset” cabin or a two-room, seven-person, “pioneer” style cabin, you’ll be treated to comfortable and authentic cabin lodging, no matter the

season. Disconnect from the digital world and spend some quality time out in nature. You’ll be staying just a stone’s throw away from Aurora Canyon and within a short walk from trails to all the park’s best natural attractions. If you’re looking to make your vacation even simpler, Starved Rock Lodge’s award-winning dining room is close to the cabins, along with a rustic-themed watering hole called The Backdoor Lounge, both offering convenient carryout while indoor dining is closed.

Grizzly Jack’s Grand Bear Resort Cabins 2643 Illinois Route 178, North Utica 866-399-3866 grandbearresort.com/cabinsvillas Consider booking one of the luxury four-season cabins at Grizzly Jack’s Grand Bear Resort. The massive, three-story, four-bath units comfortably can sleep larger families. These cabins offer ultra-comfortable ac-

commodations that are sure to please everyone in your party. You’ll find vaulted ceilings, three fireplaces, bigscreen televisions, a whirlpool tub, full laundry and complete kitchen.

The close proximity of Grizzly Jack’s to Starved Rock State Park, Matthiessen State Park and many other exiting attractions, makes it the perfect choice for entertaining the whole family.

LaSalle KOA Camping Cabins 756 N. 3150th Road, North Utica 815-667-4988 koa.com/campgrounds/lasalle While KOA’s affordable cabin rentals aren’t year-round units, their season does open on April 15 and runs through the end of October, giving you plenty of options to enjoy rustic evenings this coming spring, summer or fall. KOA offers everything from primitive cabins (without bathrooms and kitchen) up to deluxe models that can sleep up to five people, and include heating and air, a television, partial kitchen, full bath and shower.

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This image released by Netflix shows Chadwick Boseman (from left), Viola Davis and Colman Domingo in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”

‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,’ McCartney on tap them as they reunite at JFK and attempt to make some sense of what they all mean to one another after Here’s a collection curated by such a long time. “Farewell Amor,” an The Associated Press’ entertainment IFC films release, is playing in select journalists of what’s arriving on TV, theaters and available to rent on VOD. streaming services and music platFilmmaker Benh Zeitlin took his forms this week. time after his 2012 film “Beasts of the Movies Southern Wild” defied all expectations “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” was aland earned a best picture nomination. ways going to be an event picture, even You’d be forgiven, however, if you on Netflix, where it became available missed that his followup, “Wendy,” an Friday. That’s what happens when Americana spin on the Peter Pan myth, you mix August Wilson, Viola Davis came and went at the beginning of the and George C. Wolfe. But that it also year. It was essentially a casualty of happens to be Chadwick Boseman’s final Disney’s acquisition of Fox and was performance makes it the stuff of legend. released without much fanfare. But it’s Wilson’s 1982 play is set around a recordfinally heading to HBO, where it debuts ing session in 1920s Chicago, as a blues on Saturday. I wrote back in February band awaits the arrival of Ma Rainey that the film, told from Wendy’s point (Davis). Boseman is Levee the trumpetof view, failed to capture the same er. The AP’s Jocelyn Noveck writes that: manic spark of “Beasts” and concluded “We should all count ourselves lucky that it had thus come up short. But to be able to witness this, his final and “Wendy” has also stayed on my mind arguably finest performance.” ever since, through the pandemic and Is a family still a family after the blurriness of new motherhood, and nearly two decades apart on different maybe more than any film this year is continents? It’s the idea at the heart of the one I’m most eager to revisit.

“Farewell Amor,” an evocative medita– Film Writer Lindsey Bahr tion on relationships from filmmaker Ekwa Msangi about a man, Walter Music Paul McCartney releases the final (Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine), who album in a trilogy of classics. “McCaleft Angola in exile for the United rtney III” comes 40 years after 1980’s States to make a new life for his wife “McCartney II” and 50 years after and daughter. But the wait for visas “McCartney,” his solo debut released stretched on for 17 years. We meet

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in 1970. The new album features the former Beatle playing all the instruments on the 11-track set. McCartney didn’t originally plan to release an album this year, but being stuck at home during the pandemic allowed him time to record in his home studio and produce a full-length album.

Director George C. Wolfe said that when he signed on to direct “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” he instantly knew he wanted to work with Branford Marsalis. The Grammy-winning composer and saxophonist was happy to jump on board and work on the film soundtrack’s 24 tracks, including “El Train,” released last month.

– Music Editor Mesfin Fekadu

Television

If a complete break with holiday spirit is what you’re after, consider the Netflix docuseries “The Ripper.”

It recounts the terror a serial killer dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper visited on that English county between 1975 and 1980. The original Jack the Ripper, whose crimes against women occurred in 1880s London, remains unidentified.

The 20th-century version, Peter Sutcliffe, was caught, convicted of 13 mur-

ders and seven attempted murders and died in prison last month of ill health while serving a life sentence. Investigators and witnesses help tell the story.

Rachel Griffiths (“Six Feet Under”) is co-creator of the Australian political drama “Total Control” and has the juicy part of an embattled prime minister, but the star is Deborah Mailman (“Jack Irish”). Mailman plays Alex, an Indigenous woman who confronts a gunman and becomes a national hero, one with potential value to the prime minister facing infighting and opposition attacks.

Does the political system or the marginalized woman of color prevail? Watch the six-part series, an award winner in its home country, to find out. It’s on the Sundance Now streaming service.

CBS’ “A Home For The Holidays” is a seasonal special with heart and an extraordinary two-decade track record; its spotlight on children in foster care has inspired thousands of adoptions, according to the network. Gayle King will host the 22nd annual edition that relates the stories of adoptive families and their new children, with three onair adoptions to be featured. More love is needed: 400,000-plus children are in foster care in America. Singers featured in Sunday evening’s hour-long special will be Josh Groban, Miranda Lambert, Meghan Trainor, Leslie Odom Jr. and Andrea Bocelli.

– Television Writer Lynn Elber

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STILL HOLIDAY

SHOPPING? Give gift of reading while supporting indie bookstores

By ALLISON BILLS

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t’s the most wonderful time of the year – except when you can’t find that perfect gift for a loved one.

While it’s easy to buy books online or listen to audiobooks these days, there’s something to be said about flipping through the pages of a hardcover book while enjoying the scent of hundreds of unopened books lining the shelves of a bookshop.

Here’s a list of five independent bookstores to check out in your last-minute shopping rush.

Harvey’s Tales 216 James St., Geneva 630-232-2991 www.harveystales.com When Roxanne and Chuck Osborne retired, they knew they wanted to do something that kept them active, engaged and connected to their community.

“We have lived in Geneva for 30 years and always loved the downtown shopping area for its lovely family-owned stores and tree-lined streets,” Roxanne Osborne says, noting they visited many independent bookstores throughout their marriage.

The couple’s shop, which opened on their 35th anniversary, on Oct. 1, 2018, pays homage to their first Bernese mountain dog, Harvey, who passed away shortly after they purchased the building. They currently have two Bernese mountain dogs, Hazel and Howard. “(Harvey) was a gentle giant, and we felt he would be a perfect bookstore dog, hanging out with us behind the register,” Osborne says,

noting the “tales” pun.

“We wanted to still honor him by keeping it named after him.”

Customers can find a variety of new books, puzzles, games and plush toys at the shop while enjoying coffee and tea in front of the fireplace in the winter in regular years or on the patio in the summer.

“We are so happy to have our little bookshop in downtown Geneva and enjoy meeting so many wonderful people every day,” says Osborne.

Anderson’s Bookshop 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville 5112 Main St., Downers Grove 630-355-2665 or 630-963-2665 www.andersonsbookshop.com This sixth-generation bookshop dates back to 1875 – and it’s still thriving. While it now has several locations, Anderson’s has stayed true to its roots and prides itself on supporting local communities. In addition to a variety of books, they also sell classic toys and autographed books, and have book groups, book signings and author chats.

Metropolis Comics 821 First St., La Salle 815-223-9433 Facebook: Metropolis Comics Not all bookworms read long-form literature! Since 1991, Metropolis Comics has been offering a bit of everything for comic enthusiasts, including new and back-issue comics, hardcover and trade paperbacks, board games, card supplies, posters and T-shirts.

Books on First 202 W. First St., Dixon 815-285-2665 www.booksonfirst.com Books on First is also a coffee shop with the promise of entertaining conversation in normal times. This shop has an extensive selection of Midwest history books, fiction, poetry, young adult reads and biographies.

Bring the bookshop home with you with one of Ana’s hand-poured, coffeehouse-inspired candles or honey from Tim’s Bees. Don’t forget to stop by for some live music and author events.

Read Between the Lynes 111 E. Van Buren St., Woodstock 815-206-5967 www.readbetweenthelynes.com Nestled on the historic Woodstock Square, Read Between the Lynes (named after owner Arlene Lynes) has been a staple in Woodstock since 2005.

The shop offers an array of books, book bundles, e-books, book groups, kids’ events and more.

In addition to books, Read Between the Lynes also offers toys from Marvin’s Toy Store plus Pirro’s Sauce, Prairie Pure Cheese and Pappardelle’s Pasta.

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Chicago Shakespeare’s ‘Peter Pan’ streams free SHAW MEDIA Chicago Shakespeare Theater invites audiences of all ages to return to Neverland with a free on-demand streaming performance of “Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure.”

The newly remastered recording of the theater’s 2018 production – directed and choreographed by Amber Mak – was filmed by multiple cameras in front of a live audience, and now gives at-home viewers a front-row seat to the show. The 80-minute performance will be available for worldwide distribution from Dec. 19 through New Year’s Day at chicagoshakes.com.

Based on J.M. Barrie’s beloved tale about the boy who wouldn’t grow up, “Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure” dazzles with a score written by George Stiles and lyrics by Anthony Drewe – the award-winning songwriting duo behind smash hit “Mary Poppins” and the Olivier Award-winning “Honk!”

This newly updated version

by Elliot Davis is based on the book

by Willis Hall. The heartwarming musical follows Peter and the Darling children – Wendy, John and Michael – on a high-flying journey to the

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Peter Pan (Johnny Shea) leads the Darling siblings (Carter Graf, Elizabeth Stenholt and Cameron Goode) on a high-flying adventure to Neverland in “Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure,” directed and choreographed by Amber Mak, streaming free on-demand for the holiday season. enchanted world of Neverland, where the Lost Boys take on the villainous Captain Hook and his bumbling band

of pirates. The streamed production is the perfect opportunity for families to come together and experience the de-

lights of theatrical performance this holiday season, a news release stated.

“What’s remarkable about young audiences is how they can transform the mundane and everyday into the fantastical,” Director Amber Mak said in the release. “Yet in our world, as we tell them they have to grow up, that spark of imagination can be extinguished. ‘Peter Pan’ has endured for so long because it inspires that imagination, hope and freedom. Now more than ever, young people – and all of us, in fact – need that.”

As part of the theater’s commitment to making its programming accessible to all through its Access Shakespeare initiatives, the streamed run of “Peter Pan – A Musical Adventure” will include options for closed captioning (a text display of the words and sounds heard during the performance), ASL duo-interpretation (all dialogue and lyrics are translated on-screen into American Sign Language by two certified interpreters), and audio description (a program that enables patrons who are blind or have low vision to more fully experience the performance through additional spoken narration of a play’s key visual elements).

By PAM OTTO

Taking interesting dives into the natural world around us, Pam Otto opens new avenues of exploration.

Sleuths track down motive of pith poacher

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ast week’s Good Natured column ended with a cliffhanger. Who, or what, was destroying the Ohio buckeye tree at the Wildflower Sanctuary?

In case you missed it, here’s a recap: Right around Thanksgiving, Sanctuary steward Sarah Kimber was dismayed to find one of the two buckeyes nearly annihilated at the Batavia site on the Fox River. Someone, or something, had shredded the ends of the branches, leaving tattered chips of once-vibrant, living tissue scattered across the ground below. Sarah was quite concerned and wondered whether the tree would die at the hand of the self-appointed and overzealous pruner.

Doing my Nancy Drew best, I dug into books and websites that detailed the Ohio buckeye’s biology and ecology, and quickly learned of the impressive array of toxins the tree produces, as well as the fact that only tree squirrels seemed tolerant of them.

My initial thought was that maybe squirrels were shredding the branches to use as nest material, thus incorporating some natural insect repellents into their winter abodes.

Well, shall we say, I definitely was barking up the wrong tree.

While I was poring over field guides and research papers, Sarah was doing some investigating of her own. Accompanied by Molly, her faithful canine companion, Sarah headed back to the scene of the crime and – in a move that would make even Nancy Drew proud – caught the culprit red- (or, as Sarah Photo provided by Sarah Kimber noted, brown-) handed!

A fox squirrel is caught red-, er, brown-handed munching on Ohio buckeye pith at the Wildflower Sanctuary on the Fox River.

As Sarah and Molly watched, a fox squirrel munched contentedly on yet another buckeye toxins, the wheels started to turn. Then visions of buckeye and sugar maple both contain about 12% branch. But it wasn’t the bark the perp was after. sugar pith danced in my head. Could a little taste sugar, whereas the sugar content in the other trees Using her keen observation skills, Sarah noticed really do much harm? was less than 4%. that the squirrel’s target was the pith – the soft, At this point, I should probably add the admoA-ha! So the fox squirrel has a sweet tooth. And, spongy cells at the center of each branch. as it turns out, is also fairly discriminating. nition of “Kids, don’t try this at home!” as well as This bit of information proved to be the clue that While the pith of the sugar maple was indeed sug- point out that Sarah is actually Dr. Sarah, as in would crack “The Case of the Beleaguered Buckeye.” ary, containing 55% sucrose, the pith of the buckeye Sarah Kimber, M.D. What better time to taste someAdding the words “pith” and “fox squirrel” to the was more sugary. It contained 66% raffinose, a com- thing sweet yet potentially poisonous than with a internet search term “Ohio buckeye” yielded a rebona-fide physician standing by? pound even sweeter than sucrose. Given its larger search paper that could very well have been written molecular structure, the researchers theorized that As it turns out, Sarah was up for the tasting right there at the Wildflower Sanctuary. It related raffinose might also offer the squirrels more energy adventure too. We proceeded to pluck pieces of pith, observations made in late autumn and winter 1973chewing gingerly at first but then with more gusto and thus more calories to burn in the ever-present 74 in Trelease Woods, a tract of mature forest in when no ill effects ensued. We both enjoyed the texquest to stay warm during an Illinois winter.

Somer Township, northeast of Urbana, Illinois.

So how widespread is this pith-eating behavior? ture, which was sort of like crisp cucumber, as well Wildlife ecologists there observed fox squirrels – As part of their research, Havera, Nixon and Collins as the woodsy flavor. and only fox squirrels, not gray squirrels or flying visited nearby Brownfield Woods and found no But was it sweet? It didn’t taste like candy, for squirrels or any other manner of rodent or herbievidence of buckeye pith pilfering. They did note, sure, but it also wasn’t bitter, salty or sour. We both vore – “clipping the terminal ends of twigs of Ohio however, that oak trees and therefore acorns were agreed it could serve as food in a pinch, but also buckeye trees, and consuming the relatively large more abundant at the Brownfield site, thus providnot wanting to test the toxins’ punch, decided that amount of pith that they contained.”

Thanksgiving leftovers would be a much better ing squirrels a more traditional source of energy.

The scientists found freshly cut twigs beneath 10 snack choice – at least for us humans.

As part of my research, I plugged through vardifferent buckeye trees. Continuing to observe the And the fox squirrel? Sarah’s been doing her best ious papers detailing fox squirrel diets and Ohio happenings there in December and again in March, buckeye faunal associates. But other than referto stave it off by spraying a deterrent called Squirrel they noted that light buckeye pith consumption Stopper. Its active ingredients include “putrescent ences to the paper by Havera et al, I didn’t find any continued throughout the winter, but that the twigs other mention of this most interesting behavior. whole egg solids,” as well as mint, rosemary and of other trees remained untouched. cinnamon oils – components that, with any luck, Still wanting to see the local threatened buckeye Curious about the attraction to that one spewill discourage further pith poaching. But another, in person, and also hoping to catch a glimpse of the cies of tree, the three ecologists – Stephen Havera, twig filcher in action, I made plans to meet Sarah at untouched buckeye remains, and there’s a long Charles Nixon and Floyd Collins – collected twigs the Wildflower Sanctuary. Alas, the fox squirrel was winter ahead. from the buckeye, as well as red oak, basswood, nowhere to be found. But the wounded branches – white ash and sugar maple, which were the other and some leftover pith – were present in abundance.

• Pam Otto is the outreach ambassador for the St. predominant species growing there.

Having a sweet tooth myself, yet cognizant of Charles Park District. She can be reached at 630-513the dire warnings attached to Ohio buckeye and its 4346 or potto@stcparks.org.

Chemical analysis showed that the pith in Ohio

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