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CNCANIZATI@I NORTH COI'NTBT
1X.[II,
.ISSOCIATION
P. 0. Box 3I1 llhtto Cloud, Mtchlganr l"93lr9
Presldont: Sobart E. DrcLs Y{ce-Prcsl Vtrglnia Uwrscb Sccrctary: Pat AJ'lcar ActtnS
Ircasurcr:
FEM,IIARI 1985
f,ornctb B. Oacklcr
TITT** *f { *'ts * }tl TT*}IIT***TIT John Btpps, M. D. Edltort
Thc cdltor offers apologr lf anY nanc has bscn dolcted ln crror.
Sinl1ar1y, the Natlona1 Advtsory Board Manbers arc not ltstcd bc@uaG of tJrc lack of tb!.s lnfo:mattoa tbat ls currâ‚Źnt and crodlblc. TTTIT*T**ITI*I{ IIT}T*TI*I*
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EUITORT.IT.
br 367 Autrm ncettng of tbc NCTA lbrtcnvlI1s. Pa. 16?39 Ihc pl.acc oa October 20 & 2J, L took (sra) 92?&5 Headqrrartcrs Bulldlng ln at our r*r*rfi fl.***I*rrr*** rr* r.r { I *# r*r**** Mlchlgan. In thc foot t{hlte 01oud, UATIONAT MAND OF DIRECTOBS * atepa of our Sprlng neotlng, lt Pcnnwlvani.a seemed to the Edltor to bc anothsr Dr. Jobn Htpps H
Mlcbtran Ms. Ylrgln!.a tfnnsch Mr, f,cnncth Gackler ![r. Eobcrt t{aldron ![s. Pat A]lcn
vorthshlle ueetlag under thc sbtp of our very effectlve presldeut, Bob Drels. (ae surc to read tbe i'regldentrs ncetLng on Pagc 3.)
Yloe Prcsldcnt, Glnrry Iunsch, peronnlal rnd dependablc, conti.nucs to I{t econsln bc the cornergtone of tlrc IICTA. t{r. Bobcrt E. Drcts She nas ln attendanoc ulth hcr Mr. Stcvo Sorcnson uaqa1 e:pertlec and bosted nanY of us to a dcltghtfirl hike on a DearNebraska by.ccctlon of thc NCt. I{attonal Parks Gllbr{, Thoras Mr. Serrlce }}TT*}**}TTT**}* TTIT*}TT}TITI*TT TI Orr Sccrctat?, Joyce Harlukovlcz, nas uDab1c to attead and hes asked ortrrcERsi - 1985 to be replaced because of overcoulttnent to AXII. Pat nheLu{ng Robcrt E. Dreta, Prestdont Al1en ae a plnch-bltter la se:red 1632 Sntth Street Dann6r. We arc a vsr? coupetent Spooner, lfl 5lr8;OL nost gratofirl to Jqrce for r&at sha . Vtrglnla tfunscb, Ylcc Preg. has doae ln aa hor:r of great need. ute #4 - 2780 Dlundy Avc. f, personally, ules her and hoPe tta C1oudl DII 49Yr9 verT nroh to sce bcr at futurc nectlags. (Iou taZ to be t&cre f,cnncth B. OaokLer, Trcasurcr aoy Jo]rce. ) Ucst Jobnson St. edonta, lII 49316 Ken Geckler, our seasoued. and depeadable trcasurcr, out-dtd hlnt AILen, Acttng Sccretarly If I understand the self, I thlnk. 23Llr L*e Drlve, SE rs rcport rtghtly, lt Raptds, !tr l'956 lke ue are ln the B[,ACI( for tlle' first tlrnc (Ln flvc years.) If ry
Fcl1dr Prosldent'herltrrs tnterprctatlon lE not colreot, thea In thls lssuc of tJre IIEbISLEIIER, I|IL go on fron hcrc BED Ln thc edltor hc,s dolcted aIL Dallos face. pt t'hosc honn to bln as currt, crcdlblo Board Mcubcrs, aa finod by the NCTA By-Lano. -1-
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FEBR,UAru 1
EDI-CCMMII{T CONTTD
EDI-COMME{T
I was routnded by Art HoILand tn hls lctter of Januaql 2?, L985, that he uantod evel1rone OUI THERE to knov that the trortb Cormtry
1. Jln l,Iarnels, Iresldent,
helf of
lot us glvo prlorlty to tbls natter at orrr Sprlng meetlng.
Tral1 has not gono alralr non that tflnter ts hore. ft tg true that ln some parts lt 1g undcr up to two fest of snou. The Pennsrylvanl Ieg of the trall has been htbernatlng under about a foot and a Enout
soft, tfilte,
lndee-
crlbably beauttful". out tJeere, at ttrls tLnc of the year, ls ln poesesolon of a speclal beauty, lnconparable to an;r other saasotr. If you bave not experlenced the NCT ln the t{lntcr, I reconnard 1t to you nost btghly, on your ona tvo fcet, on crosscountry skils, on snouohoes, snou camPlnsr wl.th your carlera. GO FOn If. It ts there, Just for YOU! The North
Uestern Mtcbtgan
2. A Eeprcscntativc
frorn: 8r Hestcra Pcnnr. tratLs Assoc. b. Tbc Blngcr lc.kcg & Gr.oups ln l{cu fork c. Tbc 0h1o Buckcyc tral1 Group d. A Mtnncsota Pcrson c. A North Dakota Pcrson
CountrT
EDIN(nE
thts Etlttor of the NCTA NELISIEIIER n111 be plana{ng to recetvez frou any and q]1 meubers present at tbe Sprlng ncetlngr speclflc lnfor:natlon of arJroue that ls lnterested ln advertlstug I.n the I{EIISLEf,TER. EDilOTE
EDIIIOTE
The crrment NEJSTEITB, v111 be
re-
In the eyes of tbls Edttor, shose celvcd by all those ubo are on tbe nalllng llst as provlded bY our Yislon 7s n/zo corrected wlth Ileasuron, f,en Gaclclcr. ff, aayl{0I End-to-tad tJre bifocal lensee, Hlke ls slovly and srrely shapLng one has bcen Dtssed, pleaee let thls Edttor knov. up ntth a target date for about five yoars hence. I vould ltkc to HIKEA,SI LTVE IOITGER ses us set the'year at our Sprlng (f raeetlng. an uonderlng hor 199O sounds and
feels to the rest of
Ihc corulttee for the End-to-hd
Hlke Lncludesi
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Bob Drles - l{CtA Preetdent Peter tlolfo - I{0I4 l.Icnber #1 Art Holland - NCTA Hero of tbc
rear
(1984)
at Ea:rard and Stanford lhtvsrslttes report that exerclgc keepa peopJ-e allve longer. The two unlvcrslt!.ss foll-oved the habits and health of 171000 Bldill aged and older nea, and found a dlrect rclatlonshlp betuecn the Ievel of physlcal actlvlty and the length of l:lfe. The studlr also
Jobn Btpps, N0TA Nersletter Edltor IlDked high blood pressurc and ton Gllbert,l U.D1 Dept. of Parks cardllo-vascular dlsoase to the
I
to sec eddltlonal members of th{s comltteo to uould I!.ke
lncLude:
of physical fltness. Thts ls un-
doubtedly nhy ne have gs na\y hca.Ithy, actlve sontor cltlzens ln tho hlklng and trall organlzat{ons through out thc country.
FEBN,UTAI 1985
VOLIME
PRESIDETiT'S }.{ESSAGE
He11o,
MESIDENT
feIlov htkersl
I vant to
IS
UESSAGE CONT ID
thank orct?onc who con-
trlbuted tlne and effort. I aru afratd to na.nc all of you for fear
I nrtte thls tlre suonflalcea are sllently faUln8 on l{tsconslnr nortbland. It ts a cozy feellng to be lnstde and natch the landscape change fron t&e brornrs of Autrun to thc whltos of l{tnter. VerT soon now, I nl-Ll be spendlng a 1ot of tlue on touring skl.s. Cross count4y aktlng ls the pcrf aasuer for thc hlker uttJr ltctr,y feet ln tJlnter. Ag
of sklpplng somoone and hurting fceIlngs. 8o f tl1 Jr:st say to all of ,fou fron all of us. rl
Sone problens rolnala and
f
hopefully
can dlscuss tbese ln the ne:rb NE{SLEPIXB. Hapfry Tratle, everlrone.
Bob Drels
By the tlne you read thle, Ohrls be past. f hope all of you had a verlr nlce ons and th8t 1985 v111 flnd you on or adJacent to our Nortb CountrT Trall verT
vl1l
Early ln Janr:ar7 ls also a good tlne to look tno yays: back and ahead.
Flrstr lctrs look back at our acconpllshments. Althougb lt uay aot accar so, rro dtd put our Asaoclatlon ou a flrn footing, both flna.nclally and project-ulse. tJe are establlshcd, vo ar€ afflltated ulth the Ancrlcan Htklng Socfety, Y€ are the recogntzed cltlzcn group to nork vlth the l{atloaal
Parlc Serivcc, rric havc our logo, ne have one chapter (tn Crana Raplds, UI,, and ne havo had onc succcsafu1 schcduled hlke. In addttlon, tbe Grand Rgptds folks have done a
Job of naklng tho trall through Manlstcc l{atfonal Forcst rrhlkeablc
,
PESB
T{OIAE
IICTA Un{BIN #1
I[or letrs look ahead. Groat th arc Just over thc horizon. lle arc nov actlvcty uorktnS on tho Natl aI Park Scrrlcers alide shov and brocbure; nc u111 have anothcr gulded hlke lnillcbigan and ons ln
la to stlutc Patcr l{olfc, an tutercstlng, Iorablc, you"g-nlddle agod-ran vho ls the oaly pcrsoa ln Thls
tbc unlversc to datc, nho hac h thc cntlra 3r?Ab ntLes of thc !ICT.. That ts qulto an acconpllahneat. Wlsconeln - nagrbc EoD€ in other vhcn you constdcr that a largc progfess Our too. on tbe portlon of thc trall ls not there statos headquarterg-hostel viIL contlnue yct as such. Petcr {a an lnportand y6 arc deternined to get our ant poraon to I{CTA and htc volfarc NEHSLIf,TER out 4x/ycar (Aronrt ve, norlts a opot on thc agcnda for JOHN? ). our Sprtng uecttng. -3-
VOLIIME
TI'
NIJMBER 3 MESSAGE TNOM TIIE P^ARtr SERVICE
FEM,UABI 1985 EDINOTE
Pat Allen ls norklng steadily en ttre IICT sllde shoy and brochure.
I{ATIONAI
Dear Bob:
EDI!TOlE
Tbank you for your lettcr lnvltlng Ton Gllbertr our coordlnator for tJre llorth Country Natloual
Cltrry Uunsch and Jlu Ualuelo, are cahootslng ou our tax erenpt staScenlc Trall (UCt), to attend aud tle tus. have tt yott, befors partlclpate ln the upconlug meetlng I begln rynay prlson gentcnce. of tbe North CgurtrT tra1l Assoclatloa on May 18 1o llblte C1oud, EDItrqTE
l,tt-chlgan.
tle gladly accept your invltatloa. Ton v111 propare a 15- to 20m!.nute report oa the crrrreut status of the lIGt to prcsent to the dlrectors and nenbers of libe agsoclatlon. tJe are also hopoful that
Jln llaraels relrcrte that tbe West-
era Mlchlgfan Chapter bas Just stgn
ed an agrcemeat ultb Inrtka Foods to bs the area dlstrlbutor for that
Coryanles 10 oz. package, steam process packages of 10O products that ese roaqy b eit after boil-
tbe slldc shoy and trall.brocbnre lng la naterl. on whlch ths assoclatloa ls asslstlng us wlII be ready for presentat EDItrOTE
tlon at the nectlng. Elther prlor or subsequent to the meetl.ngr Ton v111 apprgciate hsvlng an opportunlty to dlscuse vlth you and others hor to strengthca' and broaden the neubershlp of the assocletlon. In our recent cooperatlvo agroemeut, up to $erOOO nas Dade avallable to asslst the
Thc nontratlng comlttee, conslettrg of Glnry lftnrsctr, Jin l{araels and'Jobn ElpPsr v111 prosent tbe slato of caldldates for eLeot{on of off,lces at thc May 18, L985, business neetlng at the Natlonal Headquarters ln l{hlte Cloud.
aseoclatlon 1n tJris endeavorr Ye belteve tbe gatherlng for tho ucetlng ulIL provlde an opportrure tlne to outllne a plan to effectlvely use those funds. Ton uil1 be in contact vlth you prlor to the neetlng to arrange a schedule for ttrls and other addlttonal aotlvitlee.
PartlctpatLon by prlvate vohmteer trai.l organlzatloas 1n the developracnt and nanagsment of the !{CT ls absolutely essentla,l becausc of tloe llntted Federal role speatffed by Coagress ln the legtslatlon authorlzlDg the trall. l{e apprecl.atc very utrch the comltncnt the North CountrT Trall Aasoclatlon has na{e to the NCT and the asslstancc you bavo glven us. harles H. Odegaard Beglonal Dlrector -lf
EDtr{ME
The l{estera Mlcblgan Chepter la havtng rcgrrlar uonthly ueetLngs slnce thctr fomatlon. They aro an acttvc, gronlag group. ft rtIL be our good fortune to eone. day have thc Ilkcs of tJrat group aIL along thc catirc 3r2lrb nllas of NCr.
FEBRrrAnr 1985
NIJMBM,
I{ARUU,'S I{IRSBLINGS OBEETIIGS FNOM TTIE LTESTM}I }TICHIGAN CHAPTIN
llestcrtr tllchtgan Chaptor of tho a busy falt. tJc sponsored tho FalI Gonfercncc of the llorth Countr? Trall Acsoclatlon on October 20, L98l+, at rrTbc lleadquartersx in lhltc Cloud, }{r., ublch na8 v€r? productlve. Tbe sonlnar on 'rtrltctr back bulldlngr vhlcb uas to follov on tbe ne:ri day, vas rained out. Houever, no plan SCIA bas had
thls for
on reschodrfllng conference.
another
Slr nlIes of additlorr'l trall
vas
clearcd and narLed by us thlr faIl. Thls sectlon ls located nortb of USIO and cast of Baldnln, ![f., startlng at Tlnber Crcek Natlonn'l orogt Canpground. l{o havo rarked an addltlon.I four nllcs north of tbls socttoa, uhlcb vlIL bc clcarcd as soon as tJxE neattrer cooperatcs. tlenaygo Corrnty has glven us pcrnlsslon to usc draln ftold eas€-
NCTA.IBO rOB 1gg/+
For cverTonc that hqrs lrt Ho1Iand lt lc no surprlsc to lcara that hc ls IICTA Hcro of 1984,. ' Hls tlnar cffort and cpcrtlsc ls an'old rtory. ft ls a1so a ncv storT foIloulng lbe 125 n{lc blko tJrat hi pla'ncd and crecuted thls past Sumer
of
1984.
nents to locate four nl1es of trall Tbc group pictured bclou can te1I north of the Rogtre Rlver State Ga.ue us bov gcIl doae thclr hikc yas and that tt nas a nost wortbArrea gection. Thls acctlon Yas cleared and Darked tff us last sp,rfru rfilIe htktng crportence for all. and ultb the easononts ul1l provlde elevcn nllas of contlnuous Norttr Corntry }{atlonal Scenic Tral1. i
Tbla sprlng ui rr1II be clearlngr narkingr and dotng nalntonancc vork on the trall as yeIL as Just plaln hlktng and beckpacking. l{e vlIL again be epoasorLng the Sprlng Confcroncc on l{agr 18, 1985 and plan on holdlng a fund ralslng evant. Our neetlngE rrc bcld on thc tblrd Thtrrsdsy of every nonth ai 969
th l{. Ei ln
at 7::D f!{.
Coruc
GraDd Rapldsr
}tl.r
Joln r:s and help
bulld lhe Trall. If you can not tt to our ncetlugar give nc caIL at
a
6L6-l+51+-O5l+5.
Janee C. Yaraels, Prcsldent llestonn Htchlgan Cbapter of
the
NCIA
Ir
voLu,IE
FEBE,IIABI 1985
NUI"IBI'F.3
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