Edison State kayakers ‘Float, Learn and Feast’
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PIQUA Students, faculty, staff, and friends of Edison State Community College came together for an educational kayak trip down the Great Miami River during the fourth annual “Float, Learn and Feast” event on Friday, April 23, 2021.
Organized by the Edison State Student Senate, the event brought together nearly 20 participants who embarked on the Miami River at Roadside Park to experience beautiful weather and wildlife along the way.
Jeff Lange, founder of Protecting Our Water-Ways (POWW), has joined the Edison State group to travel down the Miami River each year.
“POWW is a nonprofit organization that I started back in 2004. We are responsible for cleaning up the Great Miami River, starting in Sidney at the Big Four Bridge all the way to Great Miami River Trail near Bridge Street. In our 17-year history, we’ve removed 194,500 pounds of trash in our sixteen miles of adopted river,” said Lange.
Sidney to receive$850K for trail extension
Sidney Mayor Mike Barhorst, center, discusses the Ohio Capital Budget Grant received by the City of Sidney with, left to right, Parks and Recreation Director Duane Gaier, Shelby County Commissioner Tony Bornhorst, Great Miami Riverway Director Dan Foley and Sidney Parks and Recreation Board Chair Amy Zorn along the site of the future trail. The trail will pass from the east side of Interstate 75 under the bridge in the background along the river and along the route of the former Miami & Erie Canal to Kuther Road.
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SIDNEY The city of Sidney will be one step closer to becoming the northern anchor of the Great Miami River Recreation Trail. When completed, the 99-mile trail will extend from Sidney to Hamilton, and be part of the country’s largest paved trail system.