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THE NORTH
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No.
SPRING 1982
"FLASH LIGHTS"
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Tfre Sorino Boord of Directors Hbetihg oi Stipp"ry Rock, Pennsylvonio this post April 24 & 25, wos o sesounding successful ond delightful week-end. The Pennsylvonio Chopter hosted us
royolly of
Comp Bucoco under
BILL SHINER'5 commendoble hostmonship. The weother wos Appolochion primol perfect ond wos decoroted with skunk cobboge, coltts foot, tooth wort, hepotico ond blue ond yellow violets. A Piloted Woodpecker swcoped down on us just os ve lrere sit-' ting of our picnic tob1e.
vere disoppointed to be without President, Lonce FeiId, howeverr Yâ‚Ź did next best ond very well under the govel of
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progress hos been mode on the Heodquorters Building in l.lhite CIoud. 0ffice .spoce is.expecte, to be reody soon. New iections of the North Country Troil 'o.re being cleqred ond built with th, help of the Mich igon Troilfinde. CIub of Grond Ropids ond the oreo Forest Service. * **r**.******** **** *.x.** *{.**.} *** *' PRESIDENT LANCE FEILD ogoin
BOARD CHANGES
to MLPH MMEY, vho is President of Buckeye Troil Associotion ond DR. WELC0ME ABOARD
l{ILLIAM EHLING, representing the Finger Lokes TroiL Council of Nev York. BEST WISHES
is very octive in Michigon in motters concerning troils ond hiking. He is porticipoting in the Michigon Hiking TroiI Conference on June 26, r-epresenting The Greot Loke Comp ond Troil Ass'ociotion, The Michigon Troils'Advisory Counci ond the North Country Troil Ass LARRY LEMANSKI
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NCTA
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to
BARBARA
regret to report is leoving Detroit for Son
RISING, who we
Froncisco ond hos resigned from the Boord.
thot o publicotion 1i, is oyoiloble which gontoines quite o few tentotive North Cour Troil Route Itinerories ond Mop, North Country Troil Associotion froil Sulletins thot deol vith the hovr ond voyp to Bock Pock ond Troil reloted publicotions deoling vith survivol kits ond other elements of sofe ond sone troil use. These publicotions be obtoined from: NCNSTA-0ffice of the President onnounces
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Ni"f,igon 49349 * President: Lonce Feitd Vice President: Virginio Wunsch * White Cloud,
Notionol Treosurer: Kenneth Gocklerr Edi tor: John G. Hipps r .rTroil..Blozer
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iTALES FROM THE TRAILBLAZER EDITOR..
John G. Hipps, M.D.
things obout my oyn involvement in the North !Country Notionol Scenic Troii Assoliotion oyif_!!,g.P9lt tvo-yeors. The present most exciting is working_ yi th the TMILBLAZER. This hos come to in" in o number of woys ond they o11 impress me vith the very grqot interest on the port of very mony Ameritons in outdoor recreotion o1d sP.oft: octivities of mony kinds ond in oli seosons. One of the biggest of them vhich is close to or h"oris is'nit ing onJ Uo"t pocking. f hove-6een receiving Newsletters' of vorious 'troil orgoiizotions fiom President Lonce Feildr. miscelloneous news items from Booid Members ond moiling lists from Bob Mortin thot puts this foct in block ond white. Literolly-thousontls of individuols ond dozens of orqonizbtions ore octive in this movement in the seven stotes through vhic6 the North Country Troil posses. I om olso inp ressed by the difficulties some orgonizotions. ore hoving here ond there with regords to legislotion, rights of voyt goveinment ogency serious complicotions cooperotion ond funding."fn some coses, it omounts to ce ond survivol. to neu troil development ond existing tmil mointenon It would be good to pool o11 the members ond oll the tolent of these orgonizotioni ond individuols in o cooperotive federotion whereby o high level of mutuol help could be reolized vhile mointoining o strong degree I;There hove been mony exciting
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The North Country Notionol Scenic Troil Boordd Directors hereby invites o11 who reod this newsletter to give us your ideos to occomplish this. l,le olso invite individuol ond group membership in the North Country Notionol Scenic Troil Associotion ond encouroge your ottendonce ot'our next onnuol member"hip meeting ot Glen Helein Noture eenter in Yellov Springs, Ohio on August 14 ond 15, 1982. You ore osked to use the opplicotion form of the end of the .'
Newsletter to join in the increosing excitement of North Country Troil develooment. Your opolicotion ond fee is to be sent to the Notionol Heodquorteis in White CIbiJd, Michigon... i******
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NEWS ITEMS
devel?Ping-I!:I ts steoolry. steodily. qeverePrrrrq Publicity Publicity is l'.'Yj-.t ..:lt +ho Ni-ih Carrntrv NOtron North.Country,NoTtol:l ^-^-^+o the -"An-o.ti6r" viII promote
Pleose send ony items you moy find of interst for future issues of
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is beine the TRATLBLAZER to: Siiii['iif;ii ;;;';;: Blozer Editor vith the of its publicotion in o mogozrne in'the not too distont future.
hope
JOI-IN G. HTPPS, l.l.D. ORCMRD HILL FARM FOREST ROAD I'IARIENVILLE, PA I 62sg
t ''FLASHLIGHTS'' CON t. *r ** *t *'**+ *'**** ** r* ***** i**'i **+* *'r** Exciting nevs oPPeored in the
Sprins-[inter, 1982, isste of the Finoer Lokes Troil News regording-thot oreo's eventuoL involvement in the NCNST. We ore looking forYord to more first hond-discussions with this group ot the fgf!! co[ilg meetIno in Auqust 1982. BILL EHLING, nei NCNSTA member vill be helplng out in this. ?
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is vorking on o thot viII be items of number qood for our couse. TheY inilude Boord llember recruitment. l,le hope to hove o full compliment from Loch of the seven stotes bY the meeting in August. -BILL is olso vorking vith the AYH groyP, of Pittsburgh ond vith the Mellon BILL
SHINER
Foundotion'to obtoin the "OId Stone House"'neor SliPPerY Rock os o joint Stote heodquorters
for
AYH ond NCNSTA.
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THE]IORTH COU]ITRY
i TRAILASSOCIATIIIII APPU0ATI0N FoB TIEI1BERSHIP
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thc corept of prormting, building. maintaining and gotccting thc Norti Country Trail whkh ic thc baaic purposc of thc North Country Trail Amciation lnd dcrirc to Eupport tlreir work.
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I treby
makc applicatba for mcgrbership io tlrc Nonh Country Trail Amciation as hrll ducr for drcckcd mcrnbersbip. aDd cmlce t.. . .. Narne
Addrtr Phoc
No.
Poge -3-
SPRING '82
TRAILBLAZER
Thc ;crrftcrrhip yelu ruD. tio- jr* I to lr{ry 3l3L Ducr prid alttr }lerch 31, rU L epptica-b thr mrt nuabcrrhip yar. Plc- rod mbcrrbip epplicrtin tith cbcct 6 moo.Y odcr to; tdCTll. P.O. Bd 3U. lVDitG Ood. MicbiBD {Bag
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wiLl qII be oiming ot lounching o membership drive ofter the August meeting. T!i_s_gc!i91 is to-be knovn os o"MEMBER A MILE" Drive. The totol gool is set ot thot of the totol length of thb troil i 3 1246 members for the We
3,246 miles
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The Pennsylvonio Section of the North Country Troil is'tentotively loid out from the Nev York to the 0hio Border. Letters ore going out to vorious sections of Penniylvonio, Iining up meetings
to stimulote interest, membership ond oction. Much is Yet to be done, of course, ond the qround vork is being loid for on Exolosion of oction thot will octomplish the gool over the next six to tvelve months. *.r.*.* **
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BUCK-A-iRAIL
Monv notes hove bben received
frofi NCf supporters o11 the woy from Moine to Georgio to CoIifornio olong vith o buck's donotion. A good monY of these reouest booklets on " How To Podt a Bock Pock" ond olso Troil Mops. {.
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PLEASE CHECK THE TYPE MEMBERSHIP DESIRED:
Adult. ... . .......'..$10.00 Fomily. . o. .. . .. ... .$15.00Student. ........ .. o 5.00 Any Orgonizotion. . .$25.00Suiporting .. o.....$50.001Dohbr.. .. ;.. ......$25o.ooPotron. .. . .. . . .. .$5000.00Lifetime........ ..$5ooroor --Speciol Gift.... .6-
North Country Troil Asso.
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