Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
Annual Watermelon Summer Party<br />
At <strong>Wolf</strong> <strong>Park</strong>’s annual<br />
Watermelon Party, not<br />
all the wolves were on<br />
their best behavior.<br />
The party was held on<br />
June 28th this year, a<br />
tradition that includes<br />
stuffing watermelons with treats<br />
and giving them to the wolves,<br />
foxes, and even the bison. As<br />
usual, both the melons and the<br />
tasty treats inside were a hit!<br />
The wolves began their<br />
excitement upon seeing the<br />
melons being lined up by the<br />
fence, or put in a wheelbarrow<br />
near their enclosure’s entrance.<br />
Their excitement manifested in<br />
some not- very- polite and<br />
rather graceless behavior. Miska<br />
took advantage of Pat’s full<br />
hands as she juggled a melon<br />
and a megaphone, when he<br />
roughly pulled the tasty orb from<br />
her hands. Ayla dove off of the<br />
top of a hut<br />
into Monty and<br />
her melon<br />
which resulted<br />
in a result<br />
analogous to<br />
pool balls on a<br />
billiards table:<br />
she went in<br />
one direction,<br />
and her<br />
watermelon<br />
propelled in<br />
another. Monty reported that he<br />
stayed clean in the clash while<br />
Ayla reclaimed her prizes, the<br />
succulent melon and its juicy<br />
treats. While most, if not all, of<br />
the melons were eventually<br />
scent marked, <strong>Wolf</strong>gang pooped<br />
in his, provoking quite a reaction<br />
from the audience.<br />
Thank You to Our Watermelon Donors<br />
CHARLENE ABRAHAM<br />
JOSEPHINE ADAMS<br />
NICHOLE ALFANO<br />
RENATE ALLCOCK<br />
SANDY ANDERSON<br />
ROY APPLEGATE<br />
NUNZIATA ARDIZZONE<br />
BEVERLY ARNOTT<br />
LINDA BALLARD<br />
ROGER BATTON<br />
JACKIE BECK<br />
WILLIAM &<br />
LINDA BENNETT<br />
VINCENT BERG<br />
RICHARD BERNARDONI<br />
BARBARA BIESTERFELDT<br />
DENNIS BIONDI<br />
JOHN BOMBARD<br />
EDDIE & NANCY BOWER<br />
TREVOR BOYD<br />
JON BRANDY<br />
PATT BREILING<br />
DAWN BREWER (2)<br />
VICKI BRIGGS<br />
JIM BRINING<br />
MARIAN BROCK<br />
VIVIAN BROWN<br />
MARY ANN BUCKHEISTER<br />
LAURA BURRELL<br />
JONI SOFFRON<br />
c/o WOLF HOLLOW<br />
SANDRA TURMAIL<br />
c/o WOODMAR ANIMAL<br />
CLINIC<br />
BEVERLY CALIENDO<br />
JOHN CASHIN<br />
BOB CHENEY<br />
JAMES CHIALIVA<br />
R W COBLE<br />
JOLEEN & LEON COLE<br />
BERNADETTE COOK<br />
JEAN COOK<br />
GAY COPPAGE<br />
NORMA CORRELL<br />
MARILYN CULLEN<br />
JUDY DAY<br />
JUNE DECMAN<br />
DEBRA DEMERLY<br />
MICHAEL DePAULO<br />
JOHN DICK<br />
BURTON DICUS<br />
CHRIS DIEKMAN<br />
BRIAN DIETZ<br />
DOTTERWEICH<br />
DAWN DOWNS<br />
PAT DYAR<br />
DON & CELESTE DYBECK<br />
EMMA EBY<br />
NANCY EGGERT<br />
JOHN EIME<br />
STEPHEN ELLIS<br />
MARIAN ENGLAND<br />
DORIS ETHERIDGE<br />
SUE ETTELSON<br />
CAL & DONNA EWING (2)<br />
JOHN EWING<br />
F&S WILLIAMS<br />
PHYLLIS FELDNER<br />
UTA FESTERLING-POHL<br />
KELLY FIGHTS<br />
ALICE FITZGERALD<br />
MARGARET FLACK<br />
WILLIAM &<br />
SUSAN FORBES<br />
ANITA FREEMAN<br />
MACK FUHRER<br />
DONNA GAGEN<br />
LUCRECE GALLANT<br />
DENISA & CRAIG GARNER<br />
JULIA GILE<br />
GAIL GILMORE<br />
TINA GLASSMAN<br />
LEEANN GOODWIN<br />
LYNN GRABELLE<br />
JAMES GREEN, JR<br />
DEBRA GREULICH<br />
MAXINE J. HAIDOS<br />
CHARLENE HALL<br />
EMILY & ALLEN HALLOCK<br />
MR & MRS VERNON L<br />
HALTERMAN<br />
TIMOTHY HANSON<br />
JODY BROWN HARKEY<br />
PETER &<br />
LORETTA HARTWIG<br />
LORI HEBERT<br />
TIM HEISER<br />
CHRISTOPHER HELLER<br />
BRUCE HENDERSON<br />
LAURIE HENDERSON<br />
SUSAN HOCHGRABER<br />
KATIE HODGE<br />
MICHAEL HODGES<br />
GREG HOFFMAN<br />
DON HOLCOMB<br />
HERB & DEBBY HOLT<br />
ALLAN HOMMELGAARD<br />
JAKE HORVATH<br />
LINDA HREBIK<br />
ALICE HUBER<br />
HAROLD &<br />
JANET HUDSON<br />
GEORGE & ELIZ<br />
HUNTINGTON<br />
GERHARD & DONNA IMMIG<br />
RALPH & CONNIE JENKINS<br />
TINA JENKINS<br />
JUSTIN JENNINGS<br />
GARY JOHNSON<br />
JANYSE &<br />
BETTE-JEAN JONES<br />
PAULETTE JONES<br />
CANDICE JUSTICE<br />
BILL & CHERI KARN<br />
THOMAS KASTNER<br />
GEORGE AND LESYA<br />
KERCHEVAL<br />
JOHN KIMSEY<br />
RUTH KLATTE<br />
LINDA KNIGHT<br />
PATRICIA KNIGHT<br />
MICHAEL KO<br />
JANE KOLMETZ<br />
JOHN KOLOPANIS<br />
LINDA KOSSEN<br />
SANDI KREEVICH<br />
MARILYNN KREGAL<br />
KATHLEEN KRUM<br />
HELENE KUHN<br />
JANE KUSHNIR<br />
DEBORAH LAKE<br />
RANDALL LANGE<br />
JOANNE LEACH<br />
RICHARD & CLARICE LEE<br />
JANET LIDLE<br />
SARA JO LIGHT<br />
RUTH LIMON-BREWER<br />
ED LIPSMAN<br />
JACQUELYN<br />
LOBITZ-BAUMANN<br />
RICHARD LOWE<br />
CHERYL LOZE<br />
DALE LYBARGER<br />
THOMAS J. MACHNIKOWSKI<br />
BERNICE C. MAERTZ<br />
PAT & KATHY MAHONEY<br />
<strong>Wolf</strong><strong>Park</strong>.org ⎢ 10 ⎢<br />
Some of the other wolves<br />
handled their summer treat with<br />
a bit more grace. Orca claimed<br />
his indulgence and scurried off<br />
making a valiant effort to use<br />
his hind limbs. Echo, the<br />
<strong>Park</strong>’s grand dame, delicately<br />
dismembered her watermelon<br />
and selected her treats with her<br />
usual pickiness. Kiri leisurely<br />
enjoyed his melon.<br />
Even the bison got a melon!<br />
It was primarily enjoyed by a<br />
cow and a couple of calves,<br />
including the rind. Remnants<br />
of the melon were found<br />
the next day during the wolfbison<br />
demonstration.<br />
The foxes too enjoyed their<br />
watermelons, as they are known<br />
to. Monty was able to get a<br />
great picture of Basil (Left),<br />
nibbling on a melon, looking<br />
younger than his years. Pat<br />
wisely commented that it is<br />
easy to think that watermelons<br />
contain fluid from the fountain<br />
of youth since eating them<br />
makes her feel like a kid again.<br />
How true!<br />
PATRICIA MANN<br />
DEBRA MARBERG<br />
DONALD MAREK<br />
GUS MARNEL<br />
ROY MARTIN<br />
ANTHONY MATELOCK<br />
BEVERLY MAURER<br />
KAREN MCADAM<br />
KEN McCORT<br />
PAT & ED MCDEAVITT<br />
MICHELE MCGRATH<br />
ROBERT MCLAUGHLIN<br />
TINA MEDALEN<br />
RUTH MEEK<br />
CRAIG MERRICK<br />
SUE MICEK<br />
SUE MICEK<br />
CODY MICHAEL<br />
HELEN & THOMAS MILAM<br />
RONALD MILLER<br />
DEBBIE MITMAN<br />
MIKE MOORE<br />
SHERI MOREHEAD<br />
PATRICIA MORTELL<br />
BEBE & TOM MOSILLO<br />
GALEN & NANCY MOTTER<br />
DAVE & COURTNAY<br />
MURAKOWSKI<br />
ROBERT NAGAN<br />
MARIKE NEFKENS<br />
TOM &<br />
VICTORIA O'CONNELL<br />
TRACY OGLESBY<br />
CHRISTINA OTTAVIANO<br />
ELIZABETH PALMBERG<br />
TERRI PATEE<br />
THAD PAWLIKOWSKI<br />
KIRSTY & ALAN PEAKE<br />
JUDY & SIDNEY<br />
PELLISSIER<br />
CATHY PERA<br />
MELISSA PEREZ<br />
BILL PERRIN<br />
JOHN PETERSON<br />
JIM PHILLIPS<br />
SUSAN PHILLIPS<br />
THERESA PIASECKI<br />
AUDREY POLITE<br />
CINDY POLLACK<br />
JIM POLSTER<br />
LOVETA POPE<br />
NICKI PORTER<br />
PHYLLIS PRICE<br />
WILLIAM & THELMA PYATT<br />
LISA QUATTROCHI<br />
JUDY RADEMAKER<br />
MARY ELLEN RADER<br />
J MICHAEL RASH<br />
SEAN REDBURN<br />
PAUL RICE<br />
SUSAN RICHARDSON<br />
MIKE ROBBINS<br />
JOYCE ROBINSON<br />
KEAN ROBINSON<br />
LAURA ROBINSON<br />
TAMMY ROGERS<br />
SHEILA RONE<br />
ROBERT & VERNA ROSS<br />
CHRISTINE RUEEGSEGGER<br />
W J & GAILE RUSS<br />
LAUREN RYAN<br />
MICHAEL RYBICKI<br />
ELLEN SANDBERG<br />
DAVID SCHOLES<br />
R SCHRIRE<br />
SCOTT SEBASTIAN<br />
JILL P SENGEL<br />
TITUS SGRO<br />
JANET & EVAN SHAAD<br />
Thank You<br />
to Our Supporters!<br />
JANIS ALFANO<br />
JOHN AMBROSE<br />
NANCY ANDERSON<br />
ROY APPLEGATE (2)<br />
NUNZIATA ARDIZZONE<br />
GERRY BAYGENTS<br />
AMY BEAUPRE (2)<br />
BIOTROPE, Inc. -<br />
JUDY BAKER<br />
MARLYNN BETTS<br />
REASON BIDDLE<br />
KRISTIN BOSTICK<br />
VICKI BRIGGS<br />
DIANE SCHRABECK c/o<br />
A & A MANUFACTURING CO<br />
A. RANDOLPH JUDD c/o<br />
LYON FOUNDATION, INC.<br />
OLEVIA B. CASCADDEN<br />
R W COBLE<br />
PHIL DEPOY<br />
LEE ENGSTROM<br />
JOHN EWING<br />
ED FRANKLIN<br />
MACK FUHRER<br />
HEIDI FULCHER<br />
RAY GAWNE<br />
CHARLES GENT<br />
GAIL GILMORE<br />
JOEL GUNDERSON<br />
MARY HARDWICK (4)<br />
GLORIA HEBERT<br />
PAUL HEBERT<br />
ROGER HEISER<br />
SHERRY HINSHAW<br />
VIRGINIA HOFFMANN<br />
JEANNIE HOSEY<br />
BILL & CHERI KARN<br />
JENNI KNOX<br />
TERRI KUSS<br />
RHONDA SUE SHELTON<br />
AMY SHEMOEL<br />
LOIS JEANNE SHRIVER<br />
ROSEMARY SIKORA<br />
PAUL & CHRISTINA SIMON<br />
ED SMITH<br />
CHARLES SPANGLER<br />
CAROL SPANN<br />
JAMI SPENCER<br />
EILEEN STACK<br />
LINDA STARK<br />
KATHLEEN STEMNOCK<br />
MATT STEVENS<br />
MR & MRS JOHN<br />
STEVENSON<br />
CHRISTINE STIAK<br />
MARCIA STORMS<br />
DIANE STRATTON<br />
SANDRA STRATTON<br />
DAVID SUBLETTE<br />
RAYLENE SWINOCK<br />
DICK & SUE SWITZER<br />
TONI SZCZEPAN<br />
MARK SZURLEJ<br />
THIEME<br />
RONALD THOMAS<br />
LYNDA THOMPSON<br />
ROBERT &<br />
MARLENE THORNBURG<br />
LARRY THRALL<br />
JOHN TROSTER<br />
DAVID TRUETT<br />
LAUREL TRYFOROS<br />
JOHN TYLER<br />
PAUL TYMEC<br />
JOHN F. URBAN<br />
ROBIN VAUGHAN<br />
ANNE HURST -<br />
VETERINARY<br />
ROBERT & SANDY LEHNEN<br />
JANET LIDLE<br />
DONALD LIECHTY<br />
DENISE MALNATI<br />
TINA MEDALEN<br />
MIKE MOORE<br />
LYNNE MOSTAGHIM<br />
MOLLY MOTT<br />
NICKY OSYPKA<br />
KIRSTY & ALAN PEAKE<br />
LOVETA POPE<br />
JOYCE ROBINSON<br />
LAVERNE &<br />
JEANETTE RYMAN<br />
CAROL SABO<br />
MADELEINE SAVARY<br />
STANLEY SAWYER<br />
JOE SEIBERT (4)<br />
JILL P SENGEL<br />
JANET & EVAN SHAAD<br />
LOIS JEANNE SHRIVER<br />
JOAN SILACO<br />
LYNNE SIMEONE<br />
KEVIN SMITH<br />
STATE EMPLOYEES'<br />
COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN<br />
MARCIA STORMS<br />
TONI SZCZEPAN<br />
RYAN TALBOT (2)<br />
LESLIE KEFAUVER THE<br />
HENRY J. FOX TRUST<br />
UNITY IN CHICAGO<br />
TIM UNSWORTH (3)<br />
JACQUIE WAGENSCHUTZ<br />
JOAN WEBSTER<br />
LES & LYNN WICKLIFF<br />
EILEEN WIRTCHAFTER<br />
SILKE WITTIG<br />
AMY VIAN<br />
KURT VOGT<br />
JOACHIM & WENDY<br />
VOLHARD<br />
VICTOR & DIANE WAECH<br />
JOHN & DEBBIE<br />
WAKEFORD<br />
L & L WALDEN<br />
DEBORAH WALDERHAUG<br />
MYRAN WALKER<br />
RUTH WALL<br />
GREG & SANDRA<br />
WALTERHOUSE<br />
JANE, ALAN &<br />
ANDREW WEBB<br />
SHARON WEINBERG<br />
RICHARD & KIM WELLIVER<br />
DIANE WHITE<br />
MICHAEL & DEBRA<br />
WHITEHEAD<br />
LES & LYNN WICKLIFF<br />
DEBORAH WILEY<br />
KELSEY WILKOWICH<br />
TASIA WILLEFORD<br />
JOHN WILLIAMS<br />
EILEEN WIRTCHAFTER<br />
LAWRENCE WISE<br />
CHRISTINE WOLF<br />
DIANE & LLOYD WORLEY<br />
DEBRA WOZNIAK<br />
BONNIE WRIGHT<br />
ROXANN YEAGER<br />
JIM YEARWOOD<br />
SCOTT YOUNG<br />
TRACY L YOUNG<br />
GLENN ZABEC<br />
DAVID ZACK<br />
JEANNE & DAVID ZUREY