Join the Darke County Parks on Thursday, September 4th at 6:30pm for a program about the technical and artful skill of transforming pieces of specialized rock into useful tools, producing knives, spear points, scrapers and many other interesting materials. Bill Light will demonstrate this useful art form using ancient techniques and more modern ones. Various types of rocks (chert, flint, etc.) will be described and shown. Depending on the size of the audience, you might get the opportunity to knock off a few chips and create a remarkably sharp tool. This FREE program will occur at Shawnee Prairie Preserve (4267 State Route 502 West) and pre-registration is required. You can pre-register by calling the Nature Center at 937.548.0165. Visit our website at
www.darkecountyparks.org for information about all of our upcoming programs.
