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Newsletter July 24, 2006 |
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Our state park event at Holly State Recreation Area just got approved (conditioned on production of the brochure). Routes are mapped out for 5, 10 and 15 K on the hiking trails. If you can think of a theme for the event, let me know soon, so I can include it in the brochure. Rob at Hiking Michigan is planning to promote the event through his group, so we can expect a lot of folks new to AVA. We will be marking the trails the night before (Friday, Oct 27), so if you can help with that, let me know! I have submitted the following YREs at the listed distances for 2007 . . .
The test walk for Howell has been set at 6 pm on Tuesday, August 1st. Please come join us! From I-96, take exit #137, go north on Michigan Ave. Turn left on Grand River Ave (96-B). Turn right on Byron. McPherson Hospital will be on the left.
Nancy sent this report . . . "I did 2 walks this weekend--Fort Wayne St. Francis University and Indianapolis (the College/River walk, earning me 2 more colleges and 2 rivers, a Civil War stamp, and a Railroad stamp. And. . .best of all, I finished the Walking the USA A-Z Program--all I needed was the I! Yea!!!!!!" Dot and I walked in Quincy on Saturday. We scouted out some parking areas for the 5 K folks to use so the 5 K can be all in town. Dot reports that she and Joan did 4 Ohio walks in 3 days, including Xenia and Yellow Springs. They also did Greenfield Village with Eunice. I hope to see you at our walk and semi-annual meeting in Charlotte on Saturday, August 12. We'll be setting our group walk schedule for the next 6 months, and taking ideas for regular events in 2007. So, if you want to put your 2 cents in, please come! If you can't make the walk at 10 am, but want to join us for the meeting, we'll be at Gavel Restaurant & Lounge at 1 pm. I met one of the officers of Great Lakes Organization of Walkers, Mandy. Mandy is the director of the Monroe Blueberry Fitness Expo on the weekend of August 19 & 20. She is offering us a free booth space if we would like to be there to talk about AVA and GLA with the folks who are interested in non-competitive walking. I can't be there because that's Harris' weekend celebrating his 9th birthday. I'll supply whoever wants to volunteer with a table, chairs, the AVA banner, my 2006 Start Point, a supply of brochures, some issues of The American Wanderer and some New Walker Packets. Let me know if you are interested! Chelane Previous Newletters
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Regular Events and Group Walk Map.
Sat, July 29, HP Group Walk & Meeting, Marshall. Walk at 10am, Meet at 1pm. Sat, Aug 12: GLA Group Walk & Meeting, Charlotte, 10 am Sat, Aug 27: MP Event, CMU Fri, Sep 1: GLA Group Walk, Grand Ledge, 6 pm. Sat - Mon, Sep 2 - 4, Trip to UP to do Marquette, Whitefish Point and Mackinac Bridge Sat, Oct 14. HP Event, Ionia Sun, Oct 15. WW Event, Independence Lake Sat, Oct 28. GLA & Hiking Michigan Event, Holly State Recreation Area. Sun, Jan 7. WW Event, Ann Arbor Fri - Sun, Mar 9-11 Mid-America Weekend, Dayton OH
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Great Lakes Weekend We are currently up to 46 seats reserved on the bus (49 participants). At this point we are going to stay with the small bus. We have up to 3 more seats available (with 1 female roommate wanted). Let your friends know! Direct them to our site at: |
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Membership List Chelane & John Priller, Dot & Rudy Meyers, Joan Ritter, Nancy & Darrell Bratt, Eunice Bottorff, Anne Wohlfiel, Billy Tweedy, Mary & Jim Hinton, Barbara Newtown, Jean Woltjer, John Pierce, Jerry & Juva Lea Thomlison, Mary & Ronald & Alex Winfield, Valerie Meyer, Jeff Taylor, Earl & Lois Sauers, Wilma Fuelling, Coletta Crews, Pat Korloch. Dues are $10 per family for 2006.
Dues, Donations Joan Ritter
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