One day after the Festival in Panhandle, Darryl Birkenfeld and Jim Steiert continued east on U.S. Highway 60 to "The Emerald City" of Canadian. There, our veteran faculty members teamed up with Hemphill County Underground Water Conservation District to present a Water Festival to 75 5th Graders from Baker Elementary School in Canadian. A star attraction for the day was Mr. Bob Rogers from Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept. over at the Gene Howe Wildlife Managment Area, who brought a demonstration that included the 5 turtles of the Texas Panhandle: softshell, ornate box, yellow mud, and two kinds of snapping turtles. Mr. Rogers' stories were even more fun and interesting than the turtles! After a great presentation on using math to measure aquifer levels by Janet Guthrie, General Manager of Hemphill County UWCD, students and teachers boarded buses and drove out to the Canadian River. On their field trip, students observed water spiders, minnows, dozens of wetland plants, and just basked in the warm autumn sun under the Canadian River Wagon Bridge. Students and teachers all agreed that it was a great day filled with learning and adventure!
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