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Flying February

Flying February has begun. Read more to find out how to participate in this a month-long Downtown Birdhouse Search. You could win a fabulous gift basket.

Last Friday, our Cake Eaters turned in 20 birdhouses for the Birdhouse Challenge. This particular challenge was simple: create a work of art inspired by the theme birdhouse, to be used in a Downtown Treasure Hunt. 

Prizes were given for First, Second and Third Place. We were very happy to have Jim Roth, of Saline City Council, and Cindy Czubko, who heads the Saline Main Street Effort and is Principal at Beckett and Raeder, as our challenge judges. After much deliberation, the judges awarded three winners with gift certificates.

First Place was awarded to Karen Losey, who made a felted fiber birdhouse complete with baby birds begging for food inside the house. Second Place was awarded to Cindy Baxter, who created the Migration Motel, a compilation of nine birdhouses designed to house every type of bird. Third Place was awarded to Kay Cassill, who made a tropical fantasy birdhouse suitable for a flying fish. Cassill's birdhouse was based on the Frank Sinatra song, "On the Road to Mandalay."

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All of the birdhouses will be featured in Saline's downtown businesses during the month of February as a part of the Flying February Downtown Treasure Hunt, an annual collaboration between the Saline Downtown Merchants Association and Two Twelve Arts Center. This is the third annual scavenger hunt, with last year's search featuring Mouse Houses, and the prior year's featuring Fairy Doors. During this month-long search, the public has the opportunity to find all of the birdhouses and mark them off on a playing card by collecting a stamp at each birdhouse location. After finding all of the birdhouses, playing cards can be turned in at any participating business for a chance to win a lovely gift basket compliments of Saline's downtown businesses.

Thank you to Saline Downtown Merchants Association for supplying our winners with My Favorite Café gift certificates.

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The birdhouses will be moved to the Saline District Library in March.

All of our artists created such wonderful, unique, and inspiring birdhouses. Don't miss your opportunity to see the birdhouses and qualify to enter the gift basket drawing.

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