Six students are checking out the bat cave during ‘Gone Batty At the Lake’.

On July 13, 2011 ‘Gone Batty at the Lake’ drew several inquisitive
children and parents to the Crandon Public Library for a two hour interactive program on bats. The event was sponsored by Forest County Association of Lakes and planed by board member Roxanne Sprehe. Everyone enjoyed the bat cave while listening and learning about bat facts. There were several activities to choose from: word-finds, crossword puzzles, finger puppets, a bat puzzle and a book nook filled with bat books. A message was well learned during a play titled, “Bone Batty at the Lake”, we learned that if we find a bat on the ground we should let an adult know. Because the bat might be sick so you shouldn’t touch it with your bare hands. If you build a bat house and hang it in just the right spot, it might draw up helpful mosquito eaters to your yard. Bats eat more than 600 mosquitos in one hour. How do they find insects at night? Echolocation! Echolocation! Echolocation! To find out more about bats
visit: http://www.batcow.org/