Nature at the Grove Animals, activities, food, fun Experience nature through hands-on Tentative schedule of events: activities, live animal presentations and •10 a.m. – Booths with activities more during GroveFest: Nature at the and food open. Wagon rides will be Grove on June 24 at Spiegel Grove, available until 2 p.m. the grounds of the Rutherford B. Hayes •11 a.m. – Back to the Wild will give Presidential Library & Museums. a live animal presentation. This free annual nature event is from •Noon – Rimelspach Farms will give a 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It highlights Spiegel corn-grilling demonstration. Grove, a 25-acre state park and the • – Toledo Zoo will give a live Lorie McCown of Fredericksburg, 1 p.m. Virginia, created this quilt, titled “The estate of President Rutherford and animal presentation. Story Cloth Vol. 1-4”, which is featured First Lady Lucy •2 p.m. – in the “Quilt National” exhibit. Hayes, who Booths close. loved nature and Visitor parking the outdoors. is off-site only. ‘Quilt National’ The couple had For parking chickens, cows information, exhibit features and gardens on visit rbhayes.org array of art quilts the property. or call 800-998- Nature-related 7737. Birds flourishing next to oil organizations Major rigs, the moon, summer flowers will have crafts sponsors: and earthquakes are among the and activities KeyBank - inspiration for a variety of art for kids, and The Walter quilts that will be featured in the there will be E. Terhune next special exhibit at the Hayes live animal Families make nature crafts during the 2016 Memorial Presidential Library & Museums. presentations GroveFest: Nature at the Grove. Fund; “Quilt National” will feature 20 from the Randolph J. contemporary art quilts that were Toledo Zoo and Back to the Wild and Estelle M. Dorn Foundation. entered in the 2015 Quilt National Rehabilitation Center of Activity sponsors: Albrechta & Coble Ltd., competition, a biennial juried attorneys; Christy Lease; Decker Siding & competition of the contemporary art Castalia. Food will be available on the Gutter Solutions; Keller-Koch-Chudzinski grounds for a donation or purchase. Funeral Home; M.L.A.D. quilt, that takes place at The Dairy South Creek Clydesdales Graphic Design Services, LLC; Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio. will offer horse-drawn Mosser Construction; Pomona The exhibit opens June 3 in the wagon rides through Properties, LLC; ProMedica lower level of the Hayes Museum. It Spiegel Grove with guides Memorial Hospital, Unique will be on display through Oct. 15. sharing points of interest Fabrications, Inc. and Skip Quilts displayed in this exhibit on the property. Wagon and Ellen Honsperger; U.S. were made in 2012 or 2014 by rides are $3 for adults, $1 for Bank Foundation. Supporters: artists in the United States and Comfort Inn; Dan & Jacqué kids ages 6-12 and free for Lease; Richard Binau Insurance & around the world. They feature kids age 5 and younger. Financial Services; Ralph W. Peters, a variety of fabrics, colors and M.D; Sandusky County Convention innovative techniques used to and Visitors Bureau; Steinle GMC Cadillac Fremont & Chevrolet Buick Clyde. Please see Quilt, page 3 From the executive director McLochlin, will fill our long-vacant of tireless dedication to the Hayes curator position. Dustin has a Ph.D. Presidential Library & Museums. in policy history from Bowling Green In addition to being an outstanding State University and will head up a museum professional, Mary Lou is also newly formed curatorial and education an amazing coworker, always sharing department that will take the lead in cheerful words of encouragement providing more history to our public and a beaming smile with fellow staff in different and exciting ways. members and visitors. We will miss her. We are also pleased to announce Recently, we recognized former that Kevin Moore will be joining staff member Ralph Billow at a the new department as associate special ceremony during which we Executive Director Christie Weininger reads to kids during the Welcome Home Rud & curator of artifacts. This position planted two American Chestnut trees Lucy Party over Presidents’ Day weekend. was created after the announced at Spiegel Grove and named one retirement of Collections Manager of them in Ralph’s honor. Naming Intense work began this spring on our Mary Lou Rendon. While Kevin will trees at Spiegel Grove was a practice new strategic plan, which will chart be taking on the core duties of the started by President Hayes. Ralph our course for the next three years. collections manager, the position has began working at Spiegel Grove Board members, staff, volunteers, been expanded to include historical when he was a teenager. He was members of the community and research and educational outreach a chauffeur and handyman for the colleagues from other museums and components as well. Hayes family when they still lived in educational institutions have spent a Kevin has worked at the Hayes the Hayes Home. Ralph later became considerable number of hours over the Presidential Library & Museums as the superintendent of buildings and past few months helping us figure out a house guide and receptionist for grounds. what our planning action should be. two years. He was also part of the Ralph and his wife, Juanita, Some of the questions we have centennial weekend programming have spent decades working been discussing are: How can we committee. Kevin is an adjunct and volunteering for the Hayes increase the public’s awareness of instructor at several area colleges Presidential Library & Museums. and appreciation for our artifact and and universities, and his teaching Ralph is still an active member of our manuscript collections, how can we experience covers virtually all of Buildings and Grounds Committee. In make our buildings more “green,” American history as well as subjects that role, he took initiative to acquire how do we reach new audiences such as African history, world for us two sapling Chestnut trees. A and what kind of programs might civilization, art history, government, blight in the early 20th century wiped revolutionize the way people learn English and sociology. out most of the Chestnut trees in the about history? Is it enough that The strategic plan will be under United States, including two that people acquire historical knowledge development throughout the summer once stood in Spiegel Grove. Ralph, after experiencing one of our and released to the public later a true lover of trees, wanted to see programs, or should we inspire this fall. We believe you will be Chestnuts again gracing the grounds people to do something with that enthusiastic about our future plans, of the Grove. It was our pleasure to knowledge? These conversations and we are looking forward to recognize Ralph in this way and thank keep us invigorated and help us grow sharing them with you! him for the tremendous impact he has and flourish as an organization. While we are excited with these had on our organization. As part of our strategic plan, we staffing changes, we are sad to say The Hayes Presidential Library & are aligning staff expertise to support goodbye to one of our “sparkliest” Museums would not be the amazing our ambitious goals. On May 1, staff members, Mary Lou Rendon, institution it is today without such our education coordinator, Dustin who retired this month after 37 years wonderful and remarkable staff as these. Symphony band performs on Independence Day Celebrate Independence Day with a patriotic concert by the Toledo Symphony Concert Band at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums. The performance is from 2 to 3:30 p.m. July 4. The band will perform on the verandah of the historic Hayes Home. Admission is free. Bring a blanket or chair for seating on the lawn. In a Fourth of July tradition at the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, Civil War reenactors will punctuate the performance of the “1812 Overture” with cannon fire. Sponsored by Crown Battery. Additional funding by Mosser Construction. The Hayes Home and museum will be open for tours from noon to 5 p.m. The library will be closed for the holiday. page 2 Collections manager retires after 37 years In the 37 years Mary Lou Rendon Library & Museums’ website and worked at the Hayes Presidential is searchable. Library & Museums, there are two Rendon was so good at cataloging things that haven’t changed. and storing the collections that One is her love of the museum’s an accreditation team from the 20,999 artifacts, for which American Alliance of Museums she lovingly cared, cataloged, cited her work as exemplary during organized and put in a searchable a site visit last year. online index. “The cleanliness and orderliness “It’s the experience of actually of collections is stellar and serves being able to touch something as an example for the profession,” that is a piece of history,” said the team noted. Rendon, who retired from She also loved putting together her position as the museum’s special exhibits with the museum’s collections manager May 3. “To exhibit team and has led setup of the think that an item I’m holding was annual “Hayes Train Special” model on a Civil War battlefield or used train exhibit since it started in 1994. by a soldier is mind-boggling. It’s Additionally, Rendon has helped been preserved and lasted.” set up for the annual Christmas The other thing that hasn’t changed dinners in the Hayes Home, which is the positive and helpful attitude is a fundraiser for the Hayes of the staff. Although Rendon has Presidential Library & Museums, seen many staff members come Collections Manager Mary Lou Rendon retired and been a server for those dinners and go in her nearly four decades May 3 after 37 years at the Hayes Presidential since they started in the 1980s.