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Section A
- Oil City, and Surrounding Areas.

Section B
- Oil and Gas, Coal, Timber, Farming

Section C
- Franklin /  Sugar Creek.

Section D
- Financial, Utilities, Transit and Real Estate.

Section E
- Health.

Section F
- Leisure, Tourism

Section G
- Education.

Section H
- Clarion.

Section I
- Clarion.

Section_F

This ’s not only a corn maze, it’s A-maze-ing

LUCINDA — The A-maze-ing Farm Adventure in Lucinda celebrated its

inaugural year in 2007 with the largest corn maze in the area, and the

owners say they already are gearing up for the 2008 season with a larger

maze and added attractions.

LUCINDA — The A-maze-ing Farm Adventure in Lucinda celebrated its

inaugural year in 2007 with the largest corn maze in the area, and the

owners say they already are gearing up for the 2008 season with a larger

maze and added attractions.

It is located off Route 66 on Easy Drive and is owned by Alan and Susie

Griebel. Situated on land adjacent to Griebel’s Dairy Farm, it offers the

largest professionally cut corn maze in the area, as well as activities for

the family. The staff includes the owners as well as many friends and

family members. In October, additional staff is added in the form of maze

haunters for a separate haunted maze called Terror in the Corn.

The biggest attraction at The A-maze-ing Farm Adventure is the large,

interactive corn maze. It is designed and cut by Maze Play of Firth, Idaho,

and features a different farm design each year. The maze is divided into

sub-mazes of varying difficulty to appeal to all types of adventurers from

children to hardcore mazers.

Each visitor receives a souvenir map and punch card. The object is to

maneuver through the mazes and find all the checkpoints located within

them. At each checkpoint, visitors punch a number on the punch card,

completing the maze when all stations are found.

In addition to the corn mazes, guests can visit the animal petting area

featuring a fact card to learn about animals typically found on a farm.

There are tunnels to crawl through, big hay bales and tractor tires to

climb on, a mini-maze of straw bales and a roping rack where visitors can

learn to lasso a “steer.” A gift shop and snack area is located inside the

1890s-era barn.

Plans for 2008 include the addition of more activities such as a duck

race, special event weekends and an expanded food area. An improved

agriculture education area also is under way, featuring informational

handouts, farming videos and more.