TIPPECANOE – Potawatomi Wildlife Park announced several upcoming events. Park Board members are serving up pancakes hot off the griddle on the morning of its annual family fishing derby. The all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast, benefiting Potawatomi Wildlife Park, will be Saturday from 7 to 9:30 a.m. at the Bessinger Pavilion at Potawatomi Wildlife Park. Cost is free-will donation. The Annual Fishing Derby includes door prizes, awards and lots of fun. The event runs Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon. Entry fees are birth to 9 years old, free; 10 to 16, $5; and 17 and older, $7. Reasonable priced food available. No fishing licenses are required. Questions may be directed to the Potawatomi Wildlife Park director at 574-498-6550 or park@getintonature.com. The Warsaw Astronomical Society will conduct a public observing night hosted by Potawatomi Wildlife Park Saturday evening, one hour after dark at the park observing field. Observing is pending clear skies. Call ahead if partly cloudy. Plan to attend and discover the universe for yourself. Society members will be in attendance to share the night sky through telescopes of all sizes. Objects will include various constellations, and an array of other near and deep sky objects. Questions may be directed to the Potawatomi Wildlife Park director at 574-498-6550 or park@getintonature.com. Potawatomi Wildlife Park is a free-admission 317-acre park along the Tippecanoe River south of Bourbon. It is in Marshall County, just over the Kosciusko County border. Coming from the north, the park entrance is located approximately a half mile south of Ind. 10 directly across from 17th Road. Coming from the south, the entrance is approximately a half mile north of the Tippecanoe Bridge on Ind. 331.
