BURBANK CENTER WILL PRESENT HAUNTED HIKE.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer BURBANK- The city of ``Boo-Bank'' will hold its Haunted Hike tonight - a popular annual event at the Stough Canyon Nature Center that features live animals, games and face painting. The ``The Haunting of Coyote Creek Mine,'' a 15-minute tour of a cavern and a gold miner's campsite, will begin at Stough Park, located at Stough Canyon Avenue and Lockheed View Drive. It features live animals including a wolf, a skunk skunk, name for several related New World mammals of the weasel family, characterized by their conspicuous black and white markings and use of a strong, highly offensive odor for defense. and a turkey vulture turkey vulture or turkey buzzard Species (Cathartes aura) of long-winged, long-tailed vulture (family Cathartidae), about 30 in. (75 cm) long, with dark plumage, whitish beak and legs, bare red head covered with whitish bumps, and a 6-ft (1.8-m) wingspread. and ``search for gold'' games for children. ``The Haunted Hike is an indoor and outdoor haunted house A haunted house is defined as building that is believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences or paranormal phenomena.[1] A haunted house may contain ghosts, poltergeists, or even malevolent entities. ,'' said Carol Mercado, the recreation supervisor for the city of Burbank who runs the nature center. ``The nature center has been transformed into a haunted mine shaft.'' Handlers handlers persons involved in the handling of, for example, circus animals. Includes grooms, milkers, herdsmen, strappers. Used mostly in referring to persons handling animals for show or auction. from Nature of Wildworks, a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. that takes care of animals that can't go back into the wild, will be on hand to talk about their work. The hike, which yearly attracts thousands of visitors, is the seventh annual event for the city, but the third at the nature center. Adults must accompany children under 12, and children under 6 will not be allowed. The city will provide 20-minute baby-sitting services for children 3-8 while parents and older children enjoy the tour. People interested in the tour should meet at Stough Park near the Starlight Bowl There are several buildings named Starlight Bowl:
Proceeds from the $5 tickets and the sale of refreshments and souvenirs will benefit the Burbank Park, Recreation and Community Services Department's nature program. Tickets will be sold from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Naush Boghossian, (818) 546-3306 naush.boghossian(at)dailynews.com |
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