The millipedes didn’t seem to care about the weather. Inside a cabin at Izaak Walton Preserve, Karen McCray let one crawl across her hand while Annette Pletcher balanced a cockroach on her sleeve and Cindy Wade-Mayo held up a shimmering blue beetle. Margaret Burns-Westmeyer stood nearby, explaining how each insect played a role in keeping the forest alive.
Walk Walton, the annual fundraiser for the Homewood Science Center, went ahead on Sunday, Oct. 19, despite…


