Jeff Umbreit lines up decorative gingerbread house cutouts inside the DeWitt Center at George Owens Nature Park in Independence, before the cutouts go on display along the park’s trails. The wooden cutouts, purchased and decorated by the public as a fundraiser for Truman Heritage Habitat for Humanity, are part of Wednesday’s annual Winter Solstice Torch-Lit Hike. MIKE GENET/THE EXAMINER
The decorated gingerbread house cutouts went up Tuesday afternoon along the trails at George Owens Nature Park, in preparation for Wednesday’s 18th Annual Winter Solstice…