Chautauquans have been acquainted with Turner Community Center and its amenities for over a decade, from the community pool to the basketball court to the state-of-the-art exercise machines. Julie Monaco, though, has been familiar with the halls of Turner for much longer than most.
The Seneca Indians who named Chautauqua Lake were captivated by its beauty, tranquility, and nourishing connectivity with nature, and so settled here centuries ago. The founders of Chautauqua Institution also recognized the draw of the waterfront when they first built their Sunday school training camp on Chautauqua Lake. Today, the lake is a playground for all forms of recreation, from boating and fishing to sailing and swimming, and the Institution uses its strategic position to fortify its recreational mission of relaxing intellectual engagement.
John Rappole leads the final Lake Walk presentation of the season, titled “Bird Migration on and around Chautauqua Lake,” at 6:30 p.m. tonight at the covered porch at the Heinz Fitness Center, below the Youth Activities Center, on South Lake Drive at the corner of South.
The event is sponsored by the Bird, Tree & Garden Club in partnership with the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy.
Rappole said his talk will begin on the Heinz porch before he leads the group on a lake walk in search of birds.
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