Conservation, flight to Kenya lecture topic

Michel Laplace-Toulouse and pilot Alexis Peltier of Kenya will give a talk Friday, June 8, on their plans to fly from Twin Oaks Airpark in Scholls to Kenya to bring attention to African wildlife and how it affects the local population. 

The pair will fly a restored 1957 Piper Super Cub. "The unprecedented flight will take Michel and his pilot Alexis Peltier across North America to Greenland and continental Europe before crossing the Mediterranean to Africa," Lee Thompson, owner of the South Store Cafe, wrote in an email. "This grand adventure is being undertaken to raise awareness for conservation in his adopted homeland of Kenya."

The lecture will focus on the 750 Maasai families who have joined together to create a 10,000-hectares wildlife conservation sanctuary on their combined land in southern Kenya near Lake Magadi and Lake Natron.

The lecture begins at 7 p.m. in the South Store Café, 24485 S.W. Scholls Ferry Road. Admission is free, but donations to support the flight will be accepted. Seating is limited so reservations are requested.

Information: flying4conservation.org or southstorecafe.com or 503-628-1920. 

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