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VOLUME VI, NUMBER 3 AUTUMN, 1987

ORGANIZATION

NORTH COUNTRYP.O. Box 311lihite Cloud,

TRAIL ASSOCIATION

Michigan 493t+9

CO-EDITORS

BARBARA ANN SMITHJOHN G. HIPPSP.O. Box 243Emporium, PA 15834

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OFEICERS

Thomas J. Reimers, President30 Wildflower DriveIthaca, NY 14850(607) 272-867e

Glenn Osrer, Vice President84 Olive St.Pittsburgh, PA L5239(4L2) 364-2864

Tomi Lou SPYker, Secrel.?'Y7044 Africa Rd., R'D' #LGalena, OH 43021(6L4) 882-8023

Kennelh R. Gackler, Treasurer4L3 West Johnson St'Caledonia, MI 49316(616) 8e1-1366

Virginia l^lunsch, - Hdq ' Manager

Route #4, MundY LaneWhite Cloud, MI 49349(616) 68e-6876

Ruth Sack, ChairPersonMembershiP2377 Foster, N-8.Grand RaPids, MI 49505( (516) 363-se66

Art HoIland, ChairPerson-iggo End-To-End Trail Hike492 Four Mile Rd., N'W'Comstock Park, MI 4932t(616) 784-664L

Lance FeildPresident. Emeritus

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vol-ultE vr,. NUMBER 3 ORGANIZATIONAL AUTUMN, L987

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

New YorktffiBowen BosworthThomas J- Reimers

Penns v Ivan iaitr75ar-?A-T:-smi LhJohn G. HiPPsGlenn OsterPaulett.e JohnsonBrita and Don Dorn

0hiogrnfTe S - GregorCecil DobbinsTami Lou SPYkerHerschel A. Rubin

MichiganVIrgffia WunschPat AllenKen GacklerJim l^larmelsArt HollandRuLh SackDerek BlountWes BoYdMart.ha Jones

Wiscons inRobert DrersSteve Sorenson

MinnesotaeE71s-Eredlow

North DakotaPending

USS SACTA

NCTANCTAAYHWPCNCTA

BTABTAOHCBTA

NCTANCTANCTANCTANCTANCTANCTANCTANCTA

NCTANCTA

NCTA

EDI-FLASH

FaIt Meeting: We of t'he Nort'hc;;;t;;-i;;ir Association wirr con-.iJ.i-i. an rto"ot to hear and to be

;;;;;tained uv nuttr Qack's renditionIi -;c"".v at tr't Bat" !

LIe hear it is delightf uI and coming -

from Rut,h it .o"fa"U" nothing else! !

W" L*p".t handouts of the verse'Ruth! ! !

voLULlE VI, NUI'{BER 3

Pend ing

Please rePorts ions to t.he

ORGAN

or omrs-

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rlic IONAL CttAl,'t'ljl{S / Coatul NA'1.'oliS/AL'F I L IATES

Nerv York

Finger Lakes Trail Council'lom Re imer s

Penns y lvan ia

Co-Editors:Barbara A

Ohio

Smith/John G. Hipps

Buckeye TraiI Associalion:Emily Gregor

Michigan

Southeas tern - [Iar tha JonesSout.hern - Wes BoYdWes tern - Jim LTarmel- s

Upper Peninsula - Pending

Wiscons in

Bob Dreis

Minnes o ta

Chris Bredlorv

North Dakota

any errorsEditors.

ED I -NOTE :

l.Jhen your glasses fog duringwea ther, here' s an an Eido te.wet thunb and forefinger withand rub i t on the l-enses . Por.;itir clean cloth, and no moreging.

muggyJus ts oap

l-ishfog -

fng rvork has been progressing nicely't/aIly Doane has been mos t generousr^ri th- his t ime spen t in the carpen tryand Ihe plumbing necessarY for theinstalla-tion of our long arvaited in-door facilities -

LIe l-rad a school house work bee inJuly and Art and Glnny l{unsch pro-.viaLcl us with a delicious spaghettid inner . Good f ood and f e I lorvship '

Besides Art and GinnY, many thanksto Wally, AI and Bernice Baron, PauILaBar, Ruth Arthur and MarY PaYne'

If you have any sPare time to assistuSr come on uP. Soon we startpri.,ting inside and out- JulY 29inother-work day PIanned.

More and more bikers and hikers areus ing this AYH f aci Ii ty, I'r7e s t i Ilneed dinner plates, cutlery, - cerealborvls, fry Pans, souP Pot and a

Iarger size wood burning stove'

EDI -NOTE

A whooping big thanks to, Chrisnr"Jfo, fEr hIs (already) efforts inmakins. the faII meeting in Minnesotaa "solne thing" tha L already teasesout hiking ai ruell as our naLuralinteres ts .

lll:lADQUAli'l'l'.1{5 a l-:r SACK

The nexI time that You visit Yourvill be in f or a nice surPrise '

hTith the assistance of the recentlygran Lecl school [-touse f und , uP grad-

ED I - NOTE

New members ar'e now being acceptedalso. PIease use the aPPlicalionf orm in t.he News leL ter. Ruth roilljust love hearing from You. So, Loo,wiII Ken Gackler, oUr Treasurer'

E..{IrlE}q&-?dF{€cffi {ar1ffiiry@i,@

voLUME Vr, NUMIJIiti. 3 IiD ITOR IA I- r\uTUl'lN , L987

in this is sue, "SECOND BEST NOI'tr"

sense ideas.

RI) T'I'OIiIAI,

Regular rcadcrs of the New.slettcr m.ly remcmber that in each issue fol-lowing every biannual meet;;;; In". edj.rorial reports with renewed en-

thusiasm that whi.ch comes ouE'of the interchange.among ?II in atLen-

dancel each one being greater Lhan the lasL' Tnis one is no exception'

In attendance at the rriciay nighL board meeting were L7 members from

six of the seven stat.es. tft.iE was like t"pt"E"tlation at the member-

ship businesr'*"uting_the i;ll;ri;g day when 32 people hrere present'New faces with new t.alenL were'there and contriUutea great new ideas

and t.alent to all phases of business, both old and new'

Two new names appear on the organizational page^of officers; Glen Oster'

AyH, pirrsburgh, pa.-and tJmi-i;; spykei, etal glio' Thev are fillingt.he shoes, in part, Ieft by Bob DriL-s ""a Pat Allen to whome the NCTA isimmensely gratlfut'for their-y""t" of time and sincere effort'

our meeLings are consistent.ly so worEhrvhile in that thev re-kindle in-reres r and inf Iame enthusi;;il f or all oi-"t , perhap" ""pttl'll, ^f

or

those of us who have ".t"i[f.d-;itn q1u laborious growrh of the NCTA

since 1980. It has t.aken-tfris periodic renewal in-order to avoid the

pits of discouragement we h;;; L*p.ti."""J i" dealing ivith the immensity

of the job.

NCTAisnowsevenyearsoldandthatspanoftimebegins-!:-:ll?:'t"tsome reflections on Ehe grorrir, and a.rlr"p*-"i of ori organization' And

this reflection begins with an increasingiy greater realization than

ever of t.he complexities r,a enormities Eft'"L"must be confront'ed in the

nurruring of a !iair- rhe l;;s;i;-;?^;;;i r and of its geographi:1i-uiver-sity. Because. of these two Basic features Lhe approlch-to growth and

development must vary as gt.rifV-"" these features vary' aIl along the

way.

Another reflection emerges from the meditative minds concerns the natureof the trail and the problems arising out of its geographY'..r:}t not

only that g..ul-f ""gtfr "f i'r':ZO-mileE, iL is the f act that it traversesthe norLheastern seven states from N.' y"'tt to North Dakota through 29

degrees of longit.ude. That means many different types of topography and

geography, the-varying "otiolpoit!it:i. problems

- of seven different

states and the innumerable specific ririre local matters many of which

are t,ot.a11y unpredictable -.;A-;;;pletely unimaginable except by those

who are right, there.

so t.he growth of the NCTA lo age seven. has brought to us who at'tempt

fo guide the ti"iil , devel;;*;;i .or" Uii" and [ieces of maturit'y and

wisdom in our rearizarion;f"';;; urira-.ra ii"*iur" policy mat'ters and

suidelines mus t be as they apply u.,a -t.ty throughout the length and

6readth of the trail. rnis-il[a',,s, of "o'rr"., !!"t regionar.un9,-rocarsections of the corridor musL muster "o"tiauiable

autonomy in their own

individual efforts.

Please read I^Jes Boydts article elsewherefor some Penelrating insites and common

voLUME Vr, NUI'IBER 3 EDITOR LETTER

HeIIo SmithiPPs:

PermiL me to adcl it voice to the clj'scussion of mtrl'tjPlc use p1'ans for th

N.C.T. Thank goodness my delayed renewal of membership. rva: 9n. time tobring me your E;;;;;;" l;67-i;"i", so r courd be ar'{/are the debate r'vas on

yes, there are serious problems for hikers when they share the trail;ri;f-, horsebaEf riders ' Specif ically:

Jennifer Leipold is quife in error lvhen the says manure "debrisbreaks dorvn in abouL;i-a3-iio"it". That's just not true!

AUTUMN, L987

but manY exPeriencethe N.C.T., Lf. I

Additionally, when manure debris hasremains on the trail for the hiker to

- boots. Lihat a f oul and revolting way

My vote is a clear'lNq'l;-hikers and horses are nottraiI. No amount of aiafo[ue-.u, change the hiler't.raiI shared wi th a horse '

It's not my pleasure nor pattern to be so negative'on shared trails leave me convinced' Count me off*u" t hike in horse manure on i t' '

CrossOak, MI

Thank you f.or compilatjon.re traili; the Newsletler what's involved

Iike the wilderness.

Nor does most of the manure deposi.t?d early (o., the trail - on a

separare urail-;";Ji ;;i";-rhe'problem' Michigan's Shore to Shore

Trail is a case in poinL and one I jusl never traverse'

Backpackers try to run safe? ald therefore clean, trips with limi-ted sani Lary resources. Animal excremenL is not a welcome addi-tion to the dry's soiI.

Hiking trails are dug out and churned uP, oft'en-with deep trenches

by metal shoe, .u.ryI.,g *""y-po""at.9f hots"' I'm sorry' but my

work in developing and n,ri.tuini"g rhe t'i.c.T. is not intended forthat kind of use.

If it were my pleasure or saLisfaction Eo smell, shovel or walk inmanure, I know-exactly *n.r.-io find it.. It is no!. And I do not

wanL to contend with it. *;;; iim-out t9 perceive-the sights'.sounds, smeffs-and grandeu."oi o,rt wildeiness' On a hoise-sharedrrair I can,i-a3"ir,E;;";;* roo busy concenrrat.ing on clean sites

' for mY feet to find!

finally broken dorvn, it.!!ifI-;;ik-i" and fatner'on. hTETEeto LrY to enjoY sornethrng

compatible on thes experience of a

LauraRoya I

P.S.plain

miles bY slate. Can You ex-i"

-..iri'f u;-ne. a mile of trail?

I

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voLUME VI, NUPIBER 3 TP.AIL RUi..]NIi'IG AUTUI'lN, 1987

The fo1'l.owing interesting a::ti.cle appcar:ed in the Spr:ing, 1987 i.ssue ofthe l.'inger Lakes 'l'ra j I Ncws, V<-rlurrrc- 2b, Nurrrbcr I authored by Joe Dabes.

I t is rc1>ro<l uc(r(l hcrc Lo rc.:rch orr L Lo Llrc' NC'l' :rttcl i ct-tcc :ttt<l to in troducesLilI anbther non-motorized use of trail as a continualion of those itemsLhat havc becn in Lhc lasI two i,ssucs ol. Llrc Ncwsl.cttcr.

In rcsponsc to licl . t'JoIc aL thc cncl ol'.Ioc's artjclc atrc] as long distancerunners ourselves, co-edirors Smith-ipps finds it difficult to see anyobjection to foot running on hiking tiails. We have personally_done soand are aware that otheri have also, solo and in pairs and small groupsrather than as part of an organtzed run.

After aII, runners all over t.he world are running up and down Pike'sPeak and other such challenging terrain so what's a sprint through Lreeand bush country to the dedicated runner?

trle believe that running on t.rails in the future will be an increasing ac-tion and one to be encouraged. Runners as a group are interesLingr eX-citing and caring people w[ose talents and support can be welcomed withopen arms, and st.rong ones too, for trail building and maintenance.

EFFECTS OF TRAIL RUNNING

The popularity of trail running is on the rise. And rvith good reason.I,trhereas road running requires IittIe skill, trail running demands notonly care in foot. placement, but constant attention to the surroundingenvironmenL. Yet a t.raiI runner has less impact, on the trail than ahiker, since the runner's footstrikes are twice as far apart and runnersdon'L wear t.he heavy cleats typical of many hikers.

Trail races are growing in popularity, but the number of participants isstill tiny. Lasi August, I hetped organize what was probably the largest.trail race ever held-on the Finger Lakes Trail. We had 23 people travel-ing sixteen miIes, one volunteei providing water (tfre reluctant wife ofthis writer), and one spect,ator (a dog). Previous trail races in theIthaca area had j-nvolved between three and fourt.een runners over a givensectt:".

The Iargest t.rail race in New York SLat.e is held on t.he Escarpment Trailin the CatskiIls. This premiere of the Empire Stat.e trail races scalesfour mountains with 5200-feeL of total "upi", is nineLeen miles long, andinvolves plenty of walking (ttre uphills aira sLeeper downhills). Lihen Iparticipaied last July, iI had grown to about 140 parLicipants ang 20 volunteers. I saw no spbct.ators on the trail. Trail impact was probablyless than a Lroop of backpacking boy scouts.

While on a narrow trail, runners always run single file. Leaving Lhetrail to pass another runner is unthinkablg. If you approach another runner and wish t.o pass r you call out "TraiI !". Etiquette demands that therunner in front pull aside so that you may pass.

Because of. underuse, many ELT sections have become overgrown. We need Loencourage, not discourag-e, use of this "footpathtt PV alI users who aret'on foot". TraiI runneis provide not only needed t'foot" usage, bul alsoare now helping with mainLlnance of the trails t.hey use ! -( to page 6)

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VOLUME VI, NUMBER 3

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TRAIL HEAD II - a letter from

I was honoredCountry TraiII can fulfill

PRES IDENTIAL

I-'RIiS IDIIN'I'' Si I'ACIi

the President:

AUTUI'IN , 1987

ancl p) easecl to have been elected President of the NorthAssociaEion aL [he spring ttteeLing in white cloud. I hopegh; responsiUifili.s'of Ine office and your expectalions'

I in t,end to inc lude a le t ter to the membership I ikq this in each is sue o four newsletter. I have named the lettei Trali Yead II' As President ofthe Cayuga Tr.ails Club in ittu"", rytr- I aTGo-wrTTe a quarterly column forits neirsIet.Eer. It is the original Trail Head letter'

Based upon t.he spring meeti.8, I think the future of the NCTA looks verybright. Membership continueE'to increase, ihe treasurer's report was

better than ever, t.he excellent newslettei conLinues to develop, and

;;;i;;. plans are underway for the 1990 End-to-End Hike' I am a strongbeliever in pubticity for ."v-activiLy 9I organizaLi-on' If properly'planned and "i"""i"a,

a!. L}AO Hike "ir"ia be"the break we've been lookingfor t,o get the NCT devefop.a.

- A- "p""ial

present'ation regarding plans forthe 1990 Hike will be given by the otgr.,iiers at the October meeting inMinneso ta .

Chris Bredlow has been doing a t,errific job organizing the 0ctober meet-

ing in Itasca Stat.e Park in-Minnesota. illot. iiformation on the meetingcan be found on the following-p"g"". Tf,; Program looks outstanding and Irnticipate record att.endan"""ot ff,. memberi. -The FaIl meeting next year

,uilt be in Upst,ate New York and we New iorkers int.end to match or exceed

Minnesota's meeting.

I would be very haPPYgarding develoPment .

ofiew areas of emPhasis

t.o hear f rom all of You'the NCT, snowmobiles on

for the NCTA, etc.? MY

What are Your ideas re-the NCT, the 1990 Hike,

home address is:

3C Wildflower DriveIthaca, NY 14850

My telephone number is 607 /272-8679. Don't hesit'ate to contact me'

Tom Reimers

( f roi,r JaLe 5 )

The following foot races are planned in the Ithaca area for L987: A re-lay race (3 fo 5 runners per iug) from trtratkins Glen to Caroline on May.lQa'SO-tilometer run from Hlctor Io Treman State Park on June Lt and a 2L-miler on t,he TC3 North Country Trail secLion on August 23. I! you wouldlike t,o part,icipat.e, volunteer to helpr or jusE see what. trail running isreally all about, call me at 607-272-8957-

Joe Dabes

Ed. Note: Some.time agor we had protests about another t.rail run thatwas to be held on a sedtion of tha FLT. Joe Dabes is a very respectedmember of Ehe Conference, and experienced in trail building, hiking andbackpacking. Do any of our readers have a comment?

IiDI-N01]IJ

The editors wanE to c:rl-I:rl-l rcaclera t l-en L ion Lo the aclver t is ing tha thas begun Lo slowly emerge over thepast two issues of the NIIhISLETTER 'ifre products are aII suPerior onesand (ui te approPriate f or tra j- lhikes. Please use them as is Yourneed. It's tough getting good ad-ver t is ing ; \{e can keeP tirem and ge tmore as h,e patronize these qual-i typroducts.

ED I -F'LASH

Smithipps has become increasinglypleased- and aPPreciative for t.heiig.,ificant increase in communica-ti5ns f rom the NCTA membe::shiP. I thas given us reaIIY good- lnPut forthe NfUrSlfftfn and is making oursemi-annual meetings very excit'ingevents.

I,Je have had truly wonderful ideasabou t the 1-990 tli ke and a I I tha t i s

a part of that; fund raising, P!o-motio., and lrail develoPment. OurAutumn meeting will be a most Prom-Autumn meeting will be a most Prom-ising and productive aff.air. I-et usall 6. there to hear from Wes BoYd,Art Holland and each and all ourothers selves.

ED I - F'LASH

RUTH SACK and KEN GACKLER rushedthe Editors an urgent telecommuni-cation about. membershiP which at-rived aL 11:59 PM on deadline7/3L/87l OcEober is the annual re-newal and neh, membershiP month!They have asked us to let allpreient, former and future mernbersicno, that Ehere are still some open-ings left on our raPidlY grorvi-ngros ter !

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v0LUI.lE VI, NUi'lllllli 3 Pt)'I

CAI.IP I NG

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ED I NOTE

At our i'Iay, 1987 meeting, of f icialrecognition was given to CaroIYn['loffman for being the first personEo complete the entire NCT by multi-use. (Refer to feature article,page 17 , Volume VI, Number 2 of. the

""i=Ietler); and Lo Peter l{oIf e forbeing the first to do the same onfoo t.

EDI -FLASH

Oc[ober L, L9B7 is the deadline forrenewing membershiP in NCTA! Getyour moieY Eo RuEh Sack ASAP! t{e

Lr" over 2OO strong nol{ and are aim-ing for 300 bY next Year and 500 bY

1 c,90 Hi ke t ime.

ED I . NOTE

! \'u ll 1 K,\ llA S I'l' !

tll t\ l.NC

The program comm i t t' ee1988-meeting in LThireTomi Lou SPYker, ArtG innv I,,Junsch - I'lcasethesL inrl ividuals f orhavc for the Program'

t'IU N'i'I NG

for our SPringCloud includes

Holland andcontact anY ofany ideas You

VOLUME VI NUMBER 3 IIEADQUARTERS AUTUI.lN , L987

ll l.s'j.'ol{Y ANI) lllili l'l'ACli

T6e f olloruing f our paragraphs are reprinted f rom VoIume VI, I'lumber l- ofour Newsletter to cLt eUiatL the eighth year f or the Iittle rvhite schoolhouse t.hat serves a big purposc as NC'1.'A's National tleadquarters. It isalso to introduce Ginny l^lunsch's genuine, grass roots essay of its in-teresting heritage and Lo express greaI gratiIude to Ginny especiallyand t.o a-handiul-of other chart.er Board and Association [lembers fortheir diligence, perserverance and dedication in the realizaLion of avery credible and geographically situated HeadquarLers for our Long,Long Trail Av;inding. EDITORS

ouR tTEADQUAR',tERS A',l' WtlrTE cLOuD

I t, was divinethe NCT is at

invention thaL the half-waY int f or the 3,246 miles of

and it is where a restored partial) his toric, littleone-room school house serves as our National Headquarters

Ginny not only gave conception and birth to the Headquarters building; .

she suffered tnE growth pii.," of its restoration and-its economic sur- Ivival. iI

A mileage indicator on Lhe bror,r of the Headquarter'9 f ace, points westtoward *isconsin, Minnesota and North Dakota for 1,r633 miles and east toOhio, Pennsylvania and New York for 1,603 miles.

Although human and satanic inLervention has threatened its survival oc-casionXlly because of strain on our chronically borderline budget andby discouraging I,Jhite Cloud as t.he regular, permanent site f or our an-nlal Spring"M"Eti.,g, this f it f icldle i tays alive and rvell [o PIay an in-creasingly"beautifii symphony of Home on the Trail for the NCTA and forall rvho roam on the NCT.

invention thaL the haIf-way po1nt tor ti-re J,L+o mIIes oLLihite Cloud, Michigan, for it was there that Ginr:y l{unschnd it is where a restored (still partial) historic, littlwas, and is,

old, white,

finffi

This 100 year old schoolhouse was once used attown. The schoolhouse was moved to its presenLCity, a lumbering town, was abandoned in the lafor- [.he Birch Grove neighborhood children untilit was used as a Community Building for Sundayt'Iee t ings .

voLUME Vr, NUI,IBER 3 I{EADQUARTERS

NCl'A IIIi:Al)()tlAIi'l'l':li:; I s

HISTORICAL SCHOOLIIOUSE FROM

MICHIGANiS LUMBERING DAYS

AUTUI'tN, l-987

Pork Ci ty r nol{ a ghos tlocation after Pork

te l-800's and then usedlate 1950. After that

School and CommunitY

National Headquarters.roof and wiring. Thisand money donated bY

, iet

The NCTA annual meeting is held here each May and.is used throughoutthe year by members hifing and working- on the trail. The use increases

"i.uiity fi:om one year to rhe next wiih 42 overnights in 1986 and alsomuch daytime use.

It was donated to NCTA in L979 to be used as ourMuch repair \^/as needed including a-new basement,work hai been done wit.h volunteer laborr 0sterialNCTA members.

The building is also an American Yout'h Hostel'

pump for the well, labor and moneY!

Anyone interested in using the building is to conLact me.

Ginny Wunsch, tleadquarLers ManagerRoute #4 MundY Laneldhite C1oud, MI 49349616-689 -6876

Ide could use donations of t.he f ollowing items: f olding ch3irs, f olding+ ^l-r ^o 'r araa r^rnnJ c rnrra rrqad rof ri oeia t-or. linoleum f or bathroomtables, large wood stove, used refri , Iinoleumtables, large wood stove, used ref rigeratorr, IalgIeum f or Datnroomifoot,'whitE exterior paint, pots and pans for kitchen, silverware

ED I -ADDENDUM :

complete plumbing for Lhe Heaclquarters Building is getting slowly

"i"iaify tlor"r Io realizat.ion. Cilry Wunsch has commitments for

andpipeing.andbis,

ownandknow

f rom Jim l^/armels, et al, and labor f or installation andContribut,ions are needed to purchase a pump' Any and aIfriends are asked to send thbir donalionsr ilo matLer howEo Ginny. Remember, we are a non-profit grSgltzaLion nowtax nu*L"r. Let us do our best to beat the IRS for thislegal purpose. t{hen you visit the Headquart.I: Buildingthit tire thui, you puil can be your very own f lush.

weIl driIlI readerssmall orwi th our

veEy goodnext time

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VOLUME VI, NUMBER 3 PETER AUTUMN, L987

PTr.',illll rltli l.Jol.FIiA l'roliLe iLr SPririL

The rrord spirit is used in the sub-title of [lris essay rather than couriZ," i.or spi::i.t is a quality tlrat incl-udes, and goes beyond, courage.

To knorv Peter is to know a spirit in a man that goes t.o t.he depths of[rirn as a [)crson vrfticlr i.n t'lo lvily <l irrr inislrcs his utri-c1uc cxtcrnal appear-ance.

peter was on his rvay f rom Florida to l"lichigan this Pas t March , 1-987 onhis seasonaf pilgrimage Lo the North CountIy.- t'le took the tirne to passt.hrough fmporiuml Pa .

"where t.he Edi tors had the gooci f or tune . to- j us ttrappef; Lo b. vrhen the Chamber of Commerce President, Barbara's brother,thl-Postmaster and the Atlant,ic Service Station called to say that ani.f ali,

-.itrr.. -gray-haired man" was Iooking f or "the Liro irunks",

.

Smithipps , rvho uJ"re a part. of t.he NCT. I,ie kners immedi"!el-y--who ii \/asalrhoulir iotally surprised (g very big trait of Peter's ) . lie quicklyhopped"into our-Bronto (Ford), raced into town, searched !hrough it,did'not find him and got on the road rvest to Lry tracking-!l* <iown.

Having f aiIed, tr{e retlrned to Lown, s topped- at th-. pos t of f ice f ot ourmail ind were t.old that The Wolfe was thought to be right nexL door atthe Atlant.ic Service St.at.ion wait.ing for his truck to be repalred.Later we learned iL was being tuned up. can you imagine anything beingin tune with Peter except a hiki-ng Lrail?

And therein lies this profile of spirit,incomparable as well as ineffable and itint.ense eyes; in the sense of it when in

l,Ihen Thoreau talked about the majorit,y of people "living lives of .quiet'a..p.rition", he was not Lalking-aboui people- in despair of materialthings; weaitf,, clothing, a hoile r Possessions. He was not t'alking a- -bout"the likes of Peter and t.he res-t of us rvho are dedicaLed to the NCT

and other trails in the country and to nature and to all that. is brightand beautiful, great and smal1. He was talking about th9 majority ofAmericans rvho bElong t.o the boring af f luent and the bored subf luenL,t.hose bits and piecEs of sys Eems, -whetl'rer Ltrey be poli ticaI, medical,legdl, blue collar, labor, high Lech or other societal entrapmen!.;those who are in tlie voluntarlly imposed <iesperations of conformity andwho smolder their lives away under the influence of societal expecta-tions.

PeLer l,Iolf e is, f or us r a symbol of shleet and simple perspective and a

living example of lif e in the spirit,ual zone.

one that is uniquelY Peter,is Lo be experienced in hishis presence.

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AUTUI'11,{ , L9BlvoLUi.lE VI, NUMBER 3

The following is i)

Lou Spyker. Her s

NEWSLETTER, Volumesecond daY:

conLinttatiotory began oVI, Number 2,

ide of otlr SecretarY, Tomiwas described in the9. I t is norv TuesdaY, the

TOMI,S TREK

of thc NCT ra l"londaY andpages 8 and

nn2

Tuesday: I meanL to get uP at.fiveand prtk-rp. I overslePt - did notbannLd on vacations). I skiP lhe lebout an hour, just as dawn begins totrates with a -risP foggy cold, Yet

a.m. to have a IeisureIY breakfast

Dogs bark and sreet ref e-and L: Y"-!1":^?l::9 :l:,1:i*;,, i"'?ilr?";i:3;.::";."'l;"8;;;:y"Ii'rL*.;";;.9-,XJ^poin."l :.11::r^h:l::,:l"l"IIiB?:"::'il:':';i;.i;i [;-;;:'a;;;;i"e 50'"'l:u' :Tf:..'^:r3::i] [:T;;:.: ?;..T":; ?i::i'lriilv'a'oil";;;;-to'u'J' the y'l1'I :l I::5I-f::u[?!Eui"" i : : "' ;;

" i t i ll- i'"u]il5" n;leii ; - ;;; - tL'"'" !'y.:-l':l, l::": i li,o, 3"oIIE"f;;"ri.!'1.,"'it''l'li"a'!;-g;y."-tl,;'l:;;::-!:::"1,,'?I: ?::o?l,Hl"I"]ll;: ;:ffiiXE lil"ii*ni"I*,rii.il-i,;, i;;"riy pun.rraLed rhe low lving ros'

Although running fult bank, Rocky Fork is easy to cross-:I:l ?":tg:::l;:i:i;::" :;:'J';: ;;:-,,;;;;'=;';;"i ;;;-':t :t :i:::]Ts":t;:::fln,.1:".113!";I.)L ILl6(:. .r uD L

Thinking Jefe *"V Uu thirst; "o*, *" foIlow-" ::"11^t?I:":l^:::"t5:i:ri?i?il";"i";";; 'if,: ;;.:ii:'-a'.rol"' rii. ".".r r can see rhe exposed dolomite. r - -^:r .L^r +!.io ohnrr]rl he atlno a way to

cliff. I am not a geologisl-t"I,*y..t"uai"g 1"t said that this should be a'r ^.,^* ^-1't at "p-ot t oi" - it belones to the Niagran escape-Silurian Age layer-caffid "Peeb1es". -,1: Iongs to the Niagran escaPe-

;:i:':?1,^*f;t1f,';'ui'ii;;"s arrhough rirrr.-""i u" ?::: Sl^i: ;^:l isment over *,,"i:^:^iTu.:;;:'. rng Rocky fork.U"ti.a deeply il"".uth glacIaI debrls, except here alr

wake till six (Inisure Part and am

lighten the sky.retains Iast nigh

mv book, alarms areon the road in a-The morning Pene-

t t s peace.

themapLer-

once I have determined Ehat Jefe has had adequate time to "goldbrick"' I;;;;t ut and we head on a detour downstream to the real gorge area'Rocky Fork has carved itseii a handsome-rock Sorge.throu[h the dolomite;once again due to the gf""i.t. The llfinoian"glicier (earlier than the

Wisconsin) forced Lhe stream to cut a new outlEt through bedrock, I'Je

follow Cave Road northeast aio"g the-cieek unt'il we come to a rvonderful

overlook near the road. Teth;;i;g Jefe along the road r walk out onto

the redge - others have been befoie me. i-..E the "Budwieser" blooming a'long the way. Sheer grey "fiii"

give me a momenLary sense of vertigobut I sit. quietly upon lhe cool sione and watch the Rock Doves (otherrvise

known as pigeons)sweep down-into the goi[.:.. A l.arge slump rock of dolo-mite sits in midstream parting the wa!9;; Iike Lhe-proverbial ship - itprobably is ..if.a ship'ro.[.' (a"t,.,.IIy; i lut", fbund out is is calledSteamship Rock). On top oi tf,. rock ut,i'a1ong t-he gorge walls I have my

firsr sighr of rhe graci.l-ruri., rhe No.lr,uril 1^/hir; cEdar (Arborvitae)'Somehow t.heir presence makes Lhe air Seem f resher ' I take several min-

utest,osit'andabsorbtn"-"it',thesoundandthe:i:ll-:l-tl:^Y:'?::"-UEES tO SIL A

fOre returning-Uo Jefe lo geE^my camera. Further downstream there 'rs a

side stream cilled cave nui tha! has many uniqu" plants such as sullivan-ria, trratking [.'ern, alother"gi;;iri ;.li;', iu*it, lld several f ascinatingcaves. Bur today I have LeEe with me ";a;;;o only where he is allorved'

(fo be continued)

*r,'irffiilr1"f*,r,.ri,:[.dff *iiii

1 990 AUTUN{N, 1987

1 C)C)O MTNIIS 1'IIRIiII

The 1990 End-To-End Trail Hike looms in not all that too distant a fu-ture. t^Je are fooking for a name for the hike thaE will be used widely in;;;;.ring rhe evenr. The NCTA officers and board members are calling out;;;i" ro''aIl rnernbers and f riencls Lo givc us yguI ul-,1:y-,lt :!:^":ltes [ 'To date we have a tot.al of eleven. Keep in mina that the name should be

catchy and noL Loo Iong ancl curnl>ersonlc. llclnember also LhaE the winner ofthe contest gets to hi[e the enLire trail free of charge'

The editors want to offer a theme for the hike not as a name but as a

;;i"t-.f emphasis. The theme is that of "Hike America Too". Recentyears have seen an increased interes t. in hiking all over the r'rorld and by

,iy-"f a multitude of special tours. This movement is in keeping rvith.uiry ot.her events and acti.rities whereby *3.y Pggpf: of aIl countries are,f,rii.g each;lh;.i. p"rt of the 8!od elrth.- tfrii kind of sharing is a

;;;t-c3m*endable rhing because it"brings us all closer togethls in mutual.uring for th; only wErld we have. LeL that be an on-going thing and letuS roi forget. our own spoL that each of uS can share with our own body'mind and soul, it being t.he case t.hat the more we know and love our own

iurf , t.he *or" we care f or, and share it, wiLh all others.

By our August meeting, a basic organizational modus operandi yill be pre-sented to the officeis, board and membership. The.hike will be a monu-

mental event requirl-ng'equatty colossal ef iort and palticipation of Tanyt;;;y-people. piease 6. r".Jy'to volun!""I yourselves for your place inthe effort. The three preseitly conceivecl

-a.uas for hetp are: publicity,fund-raising, and trail hike leadership'

By 1990 we of NCTA must be prepared Lo Pyt down on Pap-eT..,9t 31236 milesof certified rrail bur ideniifiable trair that can be- hiked each mire ofthe way. It also does noL mean that each mile will be clear and cleanwith markers and blazes and bright lights. It. does mean that each of t'he

seven states must be ready to piovide"hikers with lhe way to g? insideifs own borders. For examPle,'in Pennsylvania.!!.I" is a total of 180

miles of trail. LLg .g of if,oi. miles ur" cerLif ied through tl,. AlleghenyNational Forest, in the Baker and cook Forest trails and on three short

"""li.ons of trail in t.he west central part of the Keystgl" Stat'e' The

,"*rining 60.1 miles is readily identi-f iable a!-olg .th. Clarion and

AIlegheny Rivers to Parker t.heir wesLward into ohi6 between three shortmileage secLions of certified trails in-Jenny's Environmental EducationalCentei and in Moraine and McConnelIs Milts State Parks'

And away we go into the last. decade of t.he Twentieth Century head firstin to the Twen t.Y Firs t .

VOLUI.lE VI NUMBER 3

Co-ediEors Smithipps

2b

voLUME Vr, NUI'{BIiR 3 LYME DISIIA.SE AUTUMN, L9B7

a TIC, a TAC, a T'OI1:k

:'rEditbr t s" translati-on -s6 t.ick,-ryiII aLtack your ".toes' and any pl.ace elsealso goes.

A Tick is a brg t.hat is more respectf ully called an arthropod and is,therefore, in the same insect family as the mosquito. It is also avector becausc it caln transrnit discasc from an infect.ed animal to man.

Ticks come in four stages; egg, larvae, nymph and adult. Each of theseforms can transmit disease Lo each other and other animals, includingman ; hor.rever , the mos t common is the adu I t bug .

Ticks can transmit. disease because they are infected themselves wifhone of f ive t.ypes of micro organisms ; Richitts:i-a, SpirocheLe, Bact.erium,Virus and Prot.ozoa.

There are a variet.y of disease forms t.haton the prevalence of specific ones in difStat,es. They are known by the names:

L. Rocky Mountain Spott,ed Fever2. Lyme Disease3. Tuleremia4. Colorado Tick Fever5 . Babes ios is6. Relapsing Fever7. Tick Paralysis8. Q Fever

can appear in man and dependsferent parts of the United

The one most common in t.he Northeastern United SLates is Lyme Disease,so named because it L,as first idenLified in a clust.er of residence inand around Lyme, Connecticut. This condition prevails all the wayfrom one end of the North Country Trail to the other and beyond.

The disease is best, discussed by its three slages as described in thefollowing paragraphs.

Stage f (the Acute Phase) - This stage occurs during t.he months ofJunE and July when the adult t.ick is out and about.

Sympt.oms begin within a few days to abouL a week af ter Ehe inf ectedbite. The most common and cliaract,eristic early sign is a skin errup-t,ion that occurs at the site of t.he bite. It begins as a flat orslightly raised, inflamed patch which steadily expands over severaldays reaching a diameter of from 5 to 60 centimeters. As expansionoccurs the borders continue Lo be bright red and Lhe cenLer graduallybecomes clearer. The lesion resembles L.hat of ringworm, althoughusually much larger. There may also be smaller, annular, satellitepat.ches around the initial lesion t.hat may conLinue to appear for sev-eral months in an untreat.ed case.

Other earLy symptoms include; malaise, lethargy, headache, fever,chills, muscle and joint, pain, stiff neck and lymph node srselling.These symptoms may be intermitLenL over a period of several tueeks andcan mimic f1ue, mononucleocis, measles, meningiLis and drug erruptions.The diagnosis must be made on the basis of alert meciical judgement

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VOLUME VI, NUMBER 3 LYME DISEASE Aurut'IN , L987

for there are no tests available to confirm the illness aL this stage'

St.age II (The Subacute Phase) - This stage develops af ter several weeks

t.o several months. At thi;-li*" certain"neurological and cardiac sym-

pt.oms appear ..a shouIC U""foot.a for f.o*-AugusI into December' The

anEibody tiLre blood serum test becomes-potitlve at. the beginning of

this st.age (by the end 9! the third week af ter onset of illness ) and

rvilI conf irm that. t.he illness is def initely Lyme Disease '

It is the case that the blood test can conLinuemonths or y"ui, and may fluctuate during that tiitr. can lf"o-vary vrith re-infection for t.hose

much time in infested areas'

Stage III (fne Chronic or Art,hritic Phase) - This^stage develops from

weeks to y.ur" iutut and is-est.imated rc-LffecL 60% of patient's' The

arthrit.is most commonly afiects larger joints, especially the knees'

Treatment. - The treaLment of choice is the antibiotic Tetracyclin'Ir. is srarted as early as;;.-ai;gnosi"-.u1 pos?ibly be made and isgiven for 10 t; ZO-a"V", aefenain[ on:ht duiation 6f symploms' Treat-menL during Stage I will usirally Eure .the disease and elgYg"t'- compli-cations. Tet,racyclin "uo

'"f "o-ir"

,r"a io j[tgt" II ani III along withspecific treatmenL for n""tofogf".1, "uidi.c

Ind arthritic complica-tions; however, it, is not as tifettive as in Stage I'

prevention - The hallmark of prevent ion for those who may be exposed

to tick bites is thorough claily inspecti;; of the body q"9.carefulremoval of the tick wit.h tn.-"'"u of ' f orceps or- prof ected f ingers ' It isrisky ro clepcnc.l on petroleui J"rf Vl. "uii-["riin,

alcohol ' diihwater de-

t,ergent and the hot mat.ch b."i,r""- [h."t *Ltt"ti do not complet'ely re-move the t.ick or t,he inf ecied salivary ";a;;iiot't

that are tef t behind 'The mosL you can get from;h; h;t mati:fr-in addition to a case of Lyme

Disease for yo,ri"Eff and a-second degree burn is a hot foot for the

t ick.

For ihose of you r.rho live, work and play- in infested areas it can be an

expedient .or,'"iJ"rulion that you havl. a'blood serum ant'ibody titre testdone once or t,wice a yu.t

-io i.,oro what'-vo"t base line is and to have

one done when there are acute slmptoms 'ii-lf.,"-gooa old summer Lime and

when experiencing symptoms of tfie-second and third stages'

to be positive forime. The antibodYindividuals who sPend

the t,ick that bit may be long -gone but the microUefrind in Your bodY goes on and on 'Remember this; t.hat

org,anism i t leaves

Pathogenesis of LYme disease

Rodents, a"il; oill"iwira'and domesticanimals

VOLUME VI, NUMBER 3 THE PEOPLE, YES! AUTUMN, L987

WE 'fHE PEOPLI'J

ACalIForAnAinendmenttoTheU'S'Const'itution

EDINOTE - Follovring is an address by Jay D. Igi:,.President, NationalI^liIdlife Federation presenLed at' t,he ttLu'tt 5i-st Annual t'teeting and

prinred in N";;;;;i.ilil;ri;;, J"""lj"rv, Ls87, pa'e 25. rhese para-

graphs arg the opening o.,." io the spe-ech that proposed a very inter-esting ancl exciting idea tf,ai we hopl to- f''""t rnuch'more about in the

future. It merits the atteniior,..d ""ppoti-oi aII r'rho similarly wish'

want and need.

"One of the goals rvc havc establ-ishcd here-toq"riiiV ""."8*."t

to the Unit'ed Stat'es constiduring act . W. n.,r. said , loudly 'r.r9.

clearlyhealthful environment is as inalienable as Lh

freedom of vrorshiP.

As a member of the National wildlif e Federation,- I am proud t'hat the

delegates to lf,i" Annuaf erieii;;-;;;"i*o""iy endorsed ln Environmental

Qualiry Amendment. That, ;f-.oitr., i"-;;ii the. first step' It rvilltake long hours and dedicaled i'rork by .any volunteers across our great

nation t,o p.r"rruJl Lwo-thi;;;;f-b.t[r houles of Congress and three-quarters of t.he s tates t,o iuiif V a Cons Litutional amendment '

Listen again to the words of the proposed consLitutional amendment:

'The people have a right. t; clean'air, pure l"'gter,.productive soi-is and

t,o the conservation of the naLural, "..ii., historit. recreational, es-

thetic and economic values oi-ttr. environment' America's natural re-sources uero"t-'i.-"rI the p.opr.., including generations yet Lo come '

As trustee of these t."orti""r-ti. unilea StIttt Government shall con-

serve and maint.ain them f ;;-;f-t. benef it of all people ' '

The words are clear. The senLiment, is lofty. Much like the ConsEi|u-

tion itself, our proposed amendment seeks t; safeguard human values and

improve the frumao'"ohdition. Eor Lhat tl'"o1, I Selieve our goal is a

historic one.

Nlnth Annual Hlke'InTHE AMERICAI\ HIKING SOCIETY

1015-31st St. Nltf,/, washtngton, D.c. 2ooa7 - 7O3-385 -3252

October 16'1E, L9874-H Center, Front RoYal, Vtrginia

Friday Night

Walkin Jim Stultz

aclcl an environmentaltution-maY be our most en-, tha t the right toe right to free sPeech ano

Folk Singer

VOLUME VI, NUMBER 3 TALL TRAIL TALES AUTUMi! , L9B7

lJcrrr llottcs, Dctrr lJclttcs

A sad story of Bones and Molly, two porcupines: tlat once lived on ourtrail. It was around noon, one beautiful-day in June and they- spottedthis large beautifuf N.C.T: sign. It was Bones'downfall to skip NoRTH(;;-y;;iii

".. rater) and starl on couNTRY which is plain to c. .. Thenext.' letter O was .,othing and then t.hey had a good time turning the N

upside down for they bot6 could chew U up at Lhe same time'

They took a short break and had.Tl saved the R for a rainy day' Ofcourse, the las t let, t.er, you' ll have to f igure out Y '

Now, onto TRAIL and so f irst. t,hey took time out f or T and then R was putaside for each Lo have one on thit rainy day. Bones looked'at the re-maining three IeLLers AIL and felt ill.- LIe then patted himself on thest,omac6 and said, I for me and told Molly to go to L'

Both filled up; Bones decided that. he needed a toothpickr. so.splinteredthe NORTH sig;r Lhe long $/ay. WiLh t.his in his mouth, he'headeg-IEsT fora snooze undEr a big tIee, but that toothpick wanted to turn NORTH likethe long pointer on our compass. It got Lrosswise in his throat and hechoked to death.

YoutIl see his remains under our partially chewed up sigl just.north ofBrevoort, Lake on y1L23 and will knbw how he got his nam.e-from the pile ofbones and needles that were left behind.

Mo1ly wenL off a}l by herself and is now working on_our side by warningall porcupines not Lo mess wit.h our N.C.T. signs. POOR B0NES'

We believe t.his t.o be truer ds we went down the Lrail...there \^Iere evi-dences of no hunti.g, no tiespassing and keep off -ilgns t'hat were chewedupr but the N.C.T. signs still stood and stood still.

One for ourselves, but, we have a long way to go ye! t.o train others inthe woods thaL we are all working foi the same goal...recreation, r€Iax-aLion and cooperation - for we aft can enjoy oui sports together in thewide 'bpen spaces that was provided by mother naLure.

Please help Molly to help us preserve our signs and markers'

Anonymous Author's Note - Maybe this doesntthopiirg f or, so use it. or dontt, use it as yous ign ind the remains under t.he s ign .

Au t.hor-non-commi t ta 1

have t.he humor that I waswish. It's Lrue about the

Art

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,,THE TRAIL IN VIRGINIA - In L7L6, the-governor of Virginia l:9, l1tknights up. !!. Irr.r. Biclg-e vo"'iui''' or-ii;C]:]:: ::9 iu" so taken rvith

their mag,nrtr""r,". that,-he'"iui*ua the mountains and the valleys below

ioi King-George I of England'

In Lg27, Myron Avery , t1. c-. Anderson , Frank Sha i r9r z Joseph c9* ' J.t' ' and

Joseph Cox, Sr. ciii,U.a the same mount"i"" and claimed them f or the

APpalachian r."ir, _,t.'."

the A.T. route was st,ill nebulous.

Thirt.y-one Clubs maintain t,he A.T. from Nlaine to Georgia - Nine clubs

maintain the A.T. through iil; "tate of virginia which hosts one-quarter

of the trail througll a mignificent mounfaiious area that the Nationalpark Service and U.S. forest-5"tti.u ftu".-"i"i*ta for Lhe American pub-

llrrc' :k :'i :k :k :k >k :k :k

HeId July 3rd thru 10th in Lynchburg, Virginia - the heart of t'he Blue

Ridge Mountains - it was protably.oit ";-?h;-iihottest" conferences I have

ever attended - temperatures "ooristentiy-i". tf't mid-high .99't with

humidit,y about f 5O7"i t t - U,r!, -ul"9-l-?ne "t the most enjdyable and' I hope

;;;;ii"1u1 for the growth of the NCTA'

voLUME Vr, NUI"IBER 3 MARTHA'S MESSAGE AUTUMN, L987

A',f coNlillltltNCl': - l9B7

LYNCHBURG 87

There were General Meetings held both Saturday 3ld tYng:I-::r:::"til:.":;:H:':"X';;.H'l:13:..;;;:;"E.o,ghr !_o Lhe Ncrn tabre, r ,,.,du'"tand that the

r-anodrtr.tinn Frrncl .ili,3i: IiSloll':;*3;t;;d;;;"F;; l::;:1,-i::'+::?i;'?ffi::I'lli"rli"o'Keynote >peaKer u, raLuLuov , r s u """"--',1niru Trail. (Thank you paE;;a; ,".r"iul ref erences Eo the Nort'h Co-^.^', .:-^i, 4ni ac qnrr rporrests Eomaqe SevefarNoonan ! ). It broughE a number of interested l:^O::::":^u:*,1"3Y?;t::::'?il;'r,_til 3[l[1"'o?;;t q?ty persons-who sropped to chat with us, mv

t^^1.'la ahnrrl- rtrlri';:.::fi ;;ii; ;;";i"r^st:;i';6:t' 1:I: ::*:Yh:: o'?H]"?g:o*:.?o:::r:::;?:ii';.5";i: Sinlll'iofi"ilIi ;;;"; heard oi u". (sv t6e next conrerence'

r l--^^L:^^f t.,tt\fi;;l ?il:'1"!u'""ntages "r'oriJ have .r,,ntea drasiit'rrv ! I ) '

The first, day and a half were spglt in setLing.up exhibits in the huge

Turner Gymnasium of t-ynchbuig 9;IIege^u"J-*tlii"L other exhibitors' Many

of rhe 31 hiking clubs from-ilaine L6 Cuoigi" !h?i support the Appalachian

Trail Conference and help maintain sectioi" of the Aiialachian Trail were

represenred, as were many "i1t.t hiking ;;;;P;-f io*, ti-tb Atlantic to thepacific, plus hikerp from E;;l;"a, CaiaEa, [{t* Zealand and elsewhere'

There were also exhibitors-oE hiking .q"iptl"i-and hiking supplies; triporgani zexs roi"sii;il;;.:wr;;:ii:;:f..Ta 1""' ror rartin[ trips on a rew

of the many Oeauiifi,f white waLer rivers in our country ' a pretty im-

Dressive and porverful grouP of people IF otguni"a to promote the Preser-;;ii;; of "crlen Areas'' in the u's'A'

UanJ interesting Workshops were scheduled throughout SaEurday and Sunday.[]iiir'i;;'""i^5En) g.a by "oIop.t"ting

with nei[,hboring exhibitors lve

were able t,o "cover" for uu.n btn.t f6r tttott pitiods of time allowing us

each to attend a i{orkshop oi t*o of particular interest' I was able toat,tend Lwo, "Fund Raisi,g.." neraEed to.-;[;-n.t. " (and hopef ully to lhe

NCT), and "n""Lriri"e-iiEii"V"f""ieert", both of which brought out some

inr,eresring i"i.iruilon which could be ippiita to NCT activities' and

which wiII b-";;;;EA-ufnng, io Board Memblis aE our next meet'ing'

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VOLUME VI, NUMBER 3 MARTI{A'S I'IESSAGE AUTUMN , 1.987

I'trc cxlr il-i i rvcck-cncl, plusour slide

he most of ten asked question r{as, "l^Jhy do you start and terminate r.rhereou do; why cln.,it VnLr'join thc t.orig tr:ail 'in Vet:mont to the Iiast (N/S

!rail in Vermont) ancl In" Pacific i,Jorttrwest TraiI in the [i]est (from thePacific to the Continental Divjcle in Montana)?" Other concerns which a-

Ls wt'l-(: l;oLlr :rcLiv(r ;lll(l wt'll ;rltt'tttlt'tl ()vL'l-

shorv \^/as well received ancl llan many cycl es '

rose h,ere: "Are there shelters along the rvay?": "Horv much trail is oncitv streets?": "Is there a Trail Cuide Book?": "How ntuch oi the trail. I rt r r.llis''proctected' land?".

y Monday noon, most pggple interested in exhibits of any kind 1rr9assed tfrrough the 10b"(i), non-air conditioned Turner Gy* ung h3durned their-energies to soaking up sunshine on the trails. So by Nlon-

ay evening aIl eihibits were clismounted anq only pieces of Iiteratureemained oi the tables for-the-taking by a ferv stragglers, Elsie uld Iad made the unanimous decision to retain our air conditioned dormitory;;'"' (;; ..rpi"e on the unshaded athletic f ield as origina-Ily. planned) ,

nd w€r too, to5k to the trails for the next three days. tliking in thelue Ridge Plountains is a tiroroughly delightf uI exper j-ence.

e Entertainment Comnnittee of the Conference plied us with great hap-enings every evening from concerts and dancing to movies and slidehows'of hiking the iorld over. The organizers of this L986 Conferenceeserve a huge vote of appreciation for-ttreir unEiring efforts and dedi-at.ion to mating this a most successf ul anci Lruely enjoyable event. Itas indeed and a+ affair. Thank you for allowing me the privilege oft Lending.

Martha K. JonesNCTA Representative at theAT Conference, Lynchburg, VA

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TRAILS AI,ID GUIDES AUTUIIN, l-987voLUI.lE Vr, NUMBER 3

SIICOND I]IiST

NCTA Board

NOW: A PROPOSAI, ITOR TI1MPORARY ROT]TII DIIVEI-OPMENT

bY l'rles I3oYdMember and Sout.hern i'ti.higut' Chapter President

l^lhen you look at how fat the North Country Trail has come since 1980'

it's easy to have mixed.toiit"". Much his been accomPlished: b't so

much remains t.o be done that sometimes the task Seems ilmost impossible'

I'm sure we would all like to have the trail to the quality of !h'Appalachian Trail -- and like Lo have it next year, too '

-But

' Ietrs f ace

it; it's a long Process.

Benton McKaye first proposed Lhe idea of the ApPalachian Trail (and the

genesis of rhe idea bf tf,. North Countr| it"if)'i" lht early 1920's' Itwas abouL tg't7 before ,.,yorL Look him .Z,tio"tfy, ?nd depres-sllqly littlehad been done bt-if,l *iaifgiO;", when !h. depression-era Civilian Con-

servation Corps'grr. the trail a shot in Lhe arm and m?ny -miles com-

pleted. The irail was noL marked from end to end until after l^lorldWar II.

LittIe known fact: as recenLly as Lg57, forty-five.percent.of !h"Appalachian TraiI was located or, what the p"i servite would today caII

trails. Despit,e masSive i;f;;io." of federal dollars in recent years topurchase land for a p.r*.r,"it-right.f wey fgt the APpalachian Trail' ten

percent is stifi-i" i'"o.,.,."ii.,! Eections"- today, seventy years af terBenton McKaYe.

come, here we are among friends; rye 9an be honest with each other' For

the 1990 hike and for promotion of lhe trail to pot'ential users, it's be-

coming increasingly neces";;t-io-h.tr" a-wf,of" triil, even if much of itis in connecting sections r oI even ,r.,rutlta-isugges ied Iinking routes"that the user must consurL "-g"iJ.u."t

l"-i.ltoil-(we need Lhe guidebook'i;;; but t,hat's an achieveablE goal by 1990)'

Having a fragment,ed lrail of steppingstones is going to be disillusioningboth to tt.re potential user-""a-tb'tnE developer. . Hiving -a 99*Pretetrail, no matter how rudi*.r,l.ty? TifI.be inialuable in-deafing with bothgovernment "g"r,"i."

and p.irr"i"'individuals. Given a known pat'tern ofuse, it. wilI U. much .rsi.r t.o imProve existing connect'ing secLions than

it is to develop a cerLified traii that. may noI 8et a lot' of use sinceua3oining secEibns are still incomplete'

While consLrucLing t.he North Coultry Trail as a fully certified trailfrom the end to end is an admirable'go?l and one we should not lose

sighr of it's rlot liket;-;;-[;rgg; i; the f orseeable f uEure I unless

;;Ei;ryi. prt_oriries changl radiciity. Tharrs unlikely.

Some might charge that, in doing tlrisI we are seLtling for "second best"'In t.he shorL run, this is truel But, *u't" better of f to have somet'hing

that is second best nowr rat,her than a perfect route thaL is first com-

pleted end to end in 2087.

l,tre're not. going to get something like theunless we E"t 6usy developing conLinuous;;;. than 6o Yeari catching uP to do '

Aooalachian Trail Lomorrow, andtrlit, we're going Lo have even

-'1.9-

The sil-uaLicln i.:; si.trti-l.:.rr ollpercentage of Public ownedstifl "cEnnecting secEions"

According to my figures (which do noL neccessarily ag.ree with anyoneelse,s) 427. of t,he North C;;;trt Trail is currentiy 6ith.t certif ied orconnecting sections, with more i" t,he works; the hope is for 507" by 1990'

We would not be that far along were it not for the unstinting support ofthe U.S. Eorest Service,,po.,-rto"" lands th9 majority -of new trail has

been cons t,ructed since igab. But there' s bad news in that s tatement :

;h;;"is 1ot a lot of foresL service land left to develop' Development-of the trail i;-t"i"g t,o have to move out into less cooperat.ive publicly-held Iands.

Yet, in 1990r w€ have a plan to walk t.he whole trail from end to end!

Therets a lesson here. While we all would like t,o see the Nort'h Countryi;;ii i,rify certified, I d;;it think that v/e need Lo be ashamed Lo be

forced to temtorarily'd"tr"top "o.,tecEing sectigo". located on roads, snow-

mobile rrail"l-;;a-ri'," like.' This is eEpecially true in areas where landis predominant,Iy held in private ownership; in Lt.." like that, we're go-ir,g'io have to iake whaL ire can get and like it; temporarily may come t'o

mean a long time indeed.

Developing such sections is not exceptionally-d.rf f icult. They will needscatrered *"r[i"el-h;;;i"iIy with "o*. sort of btandprdized marker, and

;;;i"trat,ion of If,e "brr,."i'i.,g secLj-ons wit.h t,he National Park Service

and the North Country Trail Association.SIMPLY SACK

From the desk (kirchen r.abre) of Ruth sack (not sacks )

VOLUME VI, NUMBER 3 SIMPLY SACK (IIOI SIMON)

Lhc l'rrc i. I'ic Ct:r:s l- T'r;tIands along its rouLe,

MembershiP NCTA

Aoril 24-26 - I attended t,he annual meet'ingffi;;frtnican State Park near PerrysviIIe,

Also f ea Eured was Jeane t t,eJeanette is the founder of

AUTUI.IN , L987

Irr spite of a hugchea I t.hy percen t age i s

of the BuckeYe TraiI Associa-Ohio.

hike in lhe UP will wind up my summer'sin all of t,hese hi-king groups - and I am

interact.ion as much as I am-

i.la

Emily Gregor has passed the leadership-"f the BTA to Jim Sprague' Yes

EmiIi, those ripples that V""-.i."t.ed' inspired many of us at the NCTA"

Susan Henley, Execut,ive Direct.or of t,he American Hiking !.oc,l."ty' .Pre-sented her excellent slide ;[;" "Hike-A-Nation - 1980-81" ' Th-" pict'ureswere taken as Susan and tr"t-[ioup t it"a f rom the Pacif ic Eo the Atlant'ic

Fitzwilliams from Alexandria, Virginia'the National Trails Council!

ning our cookout

June 15-19- - I joined 43 hikers in ald around onaway,Mi"ligan's Big wildiffi8eon.[.iverCountyis-known)..DebBeckwithandRuthAnneWendrow executed a week of'w.tI planned hikes. My favorite d?y was inthe beaut,iful area of tf,e Ocqueai Falls where there was s-wimming and a

;i;";;d-picnic. Thanks ro new NCTA members the Lassner family for plan-

August 23-25activities. Isure that they

Art Holland's longfind NCTA membersare enjoying this

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VOLUME VI, NUMBER 3 TRAIL FRIENDS AUTUMN, L987

A TAHQUA TRAIL FRIEND

While scouting lhe N.C.T. for the Lg87-100 mile long distance hike' Idrove up Lhe Tahgua Traif ,-ufo"g--th" -Tahquamenon

f'aIIs River to visitwith May Nelson (goU, one of o.,i hard *;;[i;g trail-member's mother) 'She told me to bring my ".o.ti;;

iriends, Lef and Elsie Demorest up forcoffee the next morning and so I did'

Mrs. Nlay Nelson is a super wonderfyl person; Ygry friendly, has lots ofinteres ting s tories to teIl and makes- good iof f eL ' I'rIe had a great time

'but finally realLzed. that. we had a tot-*oi. scouLing to do, so departedafter hearing one of her stories about the trail in 1981'

Some people were working, scouting ancl hiking on lh" EraiI between the

lower Tahquamenon Falls-and the Rlvermouth SIate Park' One of the ladiesbroke an arm, so was taken-to Lhe hosp|ta1 by another' Later' three men

were outside her place,,r.rf-"o"."i""h about the Lwo ladies being lost inthe swamp near the trail-

May invited them in for cof f ee, !-ot re3lizrngtha part.y that she didn't see. She told themdiesi she served them several pot" of.coffee,

""ppiy of cookies, then ended up keeping the

wh'iie'the oLher stayed in the state park'

that there were ten more inwhat happened to the la-they atL uP her two week

broken arm gaI overnight,

t.he lit.tle things that. are of ten tedious,and remain all too ofLen thankless in so many

Grateful, kind people like May Nelson may-not be 9Yt working on the traillike her son Bob, clearing be'aver dams.i'a re-routing around !h" floodedareas, but they are a great encourQgemenL for this North Country Trailin becoming a i:ea I i ty in the near f u ture '

Thank your Mrs. May Nelson, and all other super nice people for your helpall along the trail.

Art HoIland

THE LITTLE PEOPLE

So often we forget. the "Little People'of the North Country Trail Associ-ation', who arI-fii*p..a""t-f.opf"" io its growth, iLs well-beitg, itsIiving.

These ttlmportant PeoPIett dorepetitious and overlookedorgan izaLions .

we all know who they or we are i the lett,er writers, the stamp and enve-

t;p;-ituf f ers and lickers, it " staplers, t,he Pqny Express people, theaIl-errand rrrnr,.t", the fypi=ts, the proof readers, lhe organLzets' etc';;-";-;;;t irirrle derailir' *r.l make'up and keep every organizaLion 'run-

ning smoot.h and in Lune.

Hundreds (someday it will be thousands!!!) of these "Lit'tle ImportanEi;;;;i;;-*;k;' ;;-tn"-uorth couniry TraiI Association. rhe NorLh CountrvTrail Association wants them Lo'stand up so it may cheer lhem one and allfor Lheir aai-ry-.rioit" th;;, -combinedr'make one tolossal ef f ort' calledthe North CountrY Trail.

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V0LUt'lE VI, blUi'llllrR 3 \.t,tullii, 19E7

SO I]IiCI(ONS TIIIi NOIt'I'II S1'A11

,iNTATIVE SCI{EDUI-E FOR'I'llli t'Al.l- i'lUrl'fLNG Olr'l'Ltli i"lORlll-l C0UN'fliY TIir\ILASSOCIATION IN I'ltNNIrlSO'l'A: liorrrc[ rncrnl)crs (l i.(l l]oL sctlcl :rrly corrccLiousot.her than Smith/l{ipps \{3nt Io canoe. The rive:: ]-errel is Iot"- The Iatesurnmcr ra ins rni gl-r L cotnc .

DESPERATE PLEA: l"linnesota illernbers pleasc.l.et me l;-not'r yoLlr availabilityand help Iocate sponsors Lor tl-re col-fce br:caks attd recognitior-r l-uncheon.STUDY THE SCI-IEDULE ACAIN AND OTF'liR [I]]LI,, PI-EASE.

ocToBER 9, FRTDAY7:00-10:00 P. N{.

ocToBER 10, SATUR

RECOGNITIOI\] AND RECREATION

BOARD IIEETING in the Doug las"Lleritage Room" (:rrris. is notboard members \\relcome).

Lodge llee t ing room,a dinner meeting, non-

9:00-10:00 A10:00-10:30 A10:30-11: O0 A

11:00-11:30 A

11- : 30- L2:OO A

LZ:OO- 1:00 P

1:00- 2 00P

DAYM.i'I .M.

M.

M.M.

NCTA FAI-L BUS INESS l'lEETING , Fores t InnCOFFE[ BREAI( ( Sponsor needed )ED SOLSTAD: TRAIL BUILDING IN TI.IE BOUNDARY I'/ATERSAND ]]ItE I]EAUTY OF TIIE ROVERS TRAILI UNDING tIII(ING '1'RAILS, A CASE EXAI'1PLE - LAI(ESUPIlRIOR I{IKING ASSOCIATIONC0t"t"Illi BltljAl( (S1-,<-,nsr-rr Nceded)Tr-tE 1990 3200 I.1rLE END-TO-END Hrt(E PLAN, BUDGET,ItOUI.'II, JOHN tlIl.'PS (['ennsylvanier) aud ART HOLLAND( ttictr igan )

ItICOGNITION OI,"I'IIE CER'I'IFIED TIIAIL IN CTIIPPE\iANATIONAI- I"ORIiST LUNCLIEON ( Sponsor needed ) , DouglasLodge Dining RoonrMENI : MINNESOTA I,JII-D RICE tlOT DISI{ ( f f you don ' tknow what a "Hot Dish" is, you must read HowardI'lohr ' s book, "Hoiv to Ta lk Minneso Lan" bef ore themeeting).IlECOCNITIOI{ 0I Tllll I.'li],VATII Lz\ND OhrNEItS, TITAILI'lAIN'TENANCE VOLUNTEET1S AND CIIIPPE\"/A FOREST SERVICE:TOI'1 RIIIMIiRS , ( llew York ) pnns rDENT N. c. T. A.

OUTDOOR ACTIVITY TII.1E

a hike oncertifica-

M.

2 :00-

CHOOSE1.

5:00 P

ONE:HIKE

2. CANOE:

3 . B ICYC],]1

M.

a canoeto I{anagang your ot{nrk can' t goadditional

and r"i. lder-

Tom Reinters aud D. N. R. personnel r"ill Ieadthe EraiI in IEasca Sta[e Park eligible fortion as North CounLry TraiI.(nrvnn T.EVEL rs LOw) ART HOLLAND rvilr lead

trip I-ronr Lake Itasca dorvn the i'lississippii-anditrg. (ff yoLl plan to canoe and can brj.ncanoc please do. Ilen tal canoes f rom tl're Padown rj.vcr. MinnesoLa members help locaLecanoes ) .

(f,n truC YOUR 0l{N): [,oop the 1>ark on tra j.lrlcss <.lr.i.vc - 1.8 tni.lcs. I-liADIill, NIiliDIlll.

(continued on nexL 1;aiic,)

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VOLUME VI NUMBER 3 PAUL BUNYAI'J AUTUMN, 1987

4.

5.

6.

in Leres t ing.

DINNER ON YOUR OI^]N

8:00- 9:30 P.M. PAUL BUNYAN TIME, MEETING ROOM DOUGLAS LODGE' Inthe evenitg, Ioggers would sit around telling talls tories .

DERECK BLOUNT will lead campfireless singing (I"nasking you now)RUTH SACK will recite "casey at Bat" (I'* askingyou now)ftffUfnS HIKING STORY: "The Hike was going justereat until we stumbled across a

EOLLaNO'S CANOE STORY: "It was one of those canoetripsr You wished everything Yq"ld go^rigl!, butyo,r'kneiv in your heart it wouldn't' So it was nosurprrse thai ..."BIKERS STORY: "Biking wilhout. dogs chasing you canbe a joy, but -.-.--"RUNNEB,S- StOny: "I was running in perfect harmonywith coa-ana lhe universe, when a little realityU"g"" knocking ol my consciousness so I could noi;;t;, ignore"ir". This is the story of an AfricanFractured Fable.HORSEBACK RIDERS STORY: "You know trees are not ast.all as theY used to be" '

9:30-10:00 P.M. VESPERS (rqO PIANO OR ORGAN AVAILABLE) CLERGY VoL-UNTEER.

OCTOI,ER TL-L6 RECOGNITION AND GUIDE PREPARATION HIKE(68-MiaEs rN APPRoxTMATELY t2 MrLE SEGMENTS)

RECOGNITION HIKE OF TIIE CERTIITIED NORTH COUNTRY TRAIL THROUGH THE

CT{IPPEI,trA NATIONAL FOREST. TRANSPORTATION FOR EACH SEGMENT FOR

DAY HIKERS. HIKE AS MANY AS YOU HAVE TIME. BACK PACKERS GO ATyOUR Ot47N pACE.

-'oOiirr FOnCsT YoUP. WATER FILTER. EACH HIKER I{ILL

BE ASKED TO WRITE DOI,IN T}IE MOST INTERESTING FEATURE FOR EACH SEG-

MENT. THEIR COMMENTS I^IILL NB COLLECTED AND INCLUDED IN THE TRAIL

GUIDE FOR THE NCT IN CHIPPEWA NATIONAL FOREST. THIS SHOULD I'IAKE

AN INTERESTING AND I{ELPFUL GUIDE.

IIr. NoRTI{ STAR has given me permisg}on to go canoe:ng. .I.will be

"nrrlting mail agaii afLer Aigusl L4' On Augggt 1? I rvill start';t-;;;ai?i"ri;s-;;;;';;- f;' ;; rirst century- ut:l:r: rtde/tace'Drop nie a Iine if you plan to'enter the HEAbtTATEilS 100. There is;-;;";t small town German Res t,aurant in Park Rapids f or the af ter

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VOLUME VI, NUMBER 3 AGENDA AUTUMN, 1987

tho r..lco monl. Tho Nortlr Corrntry Marathon is thc samo rvcokcnd,So rrr:ryltc Llrosc t-tI yoU wlto ilru t..tllllluL'S ciltl joi.rt uS.

NORTH COUN'I'RY 'I'ITAII- IJVIiN'fS IN MINNUSO'I'A:

stit,'l'liM!il,:lt 26:SEPTEMBER 262

OCTOBER 9-10:OCTOBER 11.16:

ilt,:Al)w^'l'1,:l{s 100 l} lcY(ll,l': ltA(:l':, l'n liK I{n l'IDS

I,JAI-KER/NORTH COUNTRY MARATI]ON ANd 1-OK RUN

N.C.T.A. FALL MEETING AT ITASCA

RECOGT{rrrot{ HrKE OF CHTPPEI{4 NAT.IONAL FOREST ,

NORTH COUNTRY TRAIL ASSOCIATION

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETINGOctober 9, t987

It,asca State ParkHeritage Room, Douglas Lodge

Lake I t.asca , Minneso ta7:00 - 10:00 p.m.

. AGENDA

1. Call the meet.ing Eo order - Tom lleimers2. Minutes of Diredtors meeting of May L5, L987 - Tomi Spyker3. Treasurerrs report - Ken Gackler4. Activities reports

a. Membership - Ruth Sackb. Finance - Ken Gacklerc. Headquarters - Virginia Wunschd. Newslet.t.er - John Hipps/Barbara Smithe. Membership developm.ent. - Pat. Allenf. NPS brochure - Pat Alleng. 1990 tin<I-to-End llike Art. llollarrd/Joht'r llippsh. National Park Service .- Tom Gilberti. 1988 annual meeting program - Tomi Spyker/Virginia [,'Iunsch/John

Hippsj. LoLll organizing commit.tee - Chris Bredlow

5. 01d Businessa. Appalachian Trail Conf erence meet.ing_-.Martha Jonesb. fliifs Syst.em Improvement Act - Tom Reimersc. One-hundred mile hike Art HoIIand

6, New Businessa. NCTA policy regarding snowmobiles on NCT

b. St,atus of NCT Advisory Councilc. Appointmenl of Nominating Committ,eed. Olher matters from Directors

7. Adjournment

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voLUME vr, NUMBER 3 "A RArNBow suRpRrsE"-EoR Hrpps AuruM.i ' 1987 r

JOHN HIPPS...You often hear him saying the spelling- of his name"'HIPPS,,you are sitti"*Z;iandlng o., tn"*"'...il. says it wiitrkis sof I yet ptayfulimpish chuckle.

John is the epitome of Peter Pan...t'The little boy-who never grew up": "with his f orr[i.-ii"er ula fti"- ""troolboy

charm, he- is simply and sweeLIy,A REAL HUMAN BEING.

The members of the Nort.h Country Trail Association have knowh John as

their edit,or of its NewsletLer "i.,"" the North Country.Trail 1::otiation

and t.he NewsletLer's inception in 1980. One of two oliginaI. (Glnnybeing the oth;;i-*"*U.i"r'ti" sweat, Iabor, toil uog fun-loving attiludehave poured into the Newilett,er and'Ehe *?ly oLher Nort'h Country TrailAssociarion p;;i.;;; (lik;-irr.-goId into tha po!), -keeping.the NorthC;;"i;, Traii uia Lhe North Couitry Trail Association noL just a rvhim

but a fantasy/dream that y41 come true'

Manv members of the Associat.ion have commented often that the Newsletteri]""t.-";;;-fp"r".i ;i-rh; rrail and the AssociaLion and what. pul-ls us

"if -i"g"ther.- WeIl, if the newsleLt,er is th9 pulse then...John Hipps -is

the heart...thaL hai kept the Newsletteq coming ouL 3-4 times a year forthe past seven years (ii's a Rainbow!!!!!!!)!!!

JOIINII TPPS

Members and all who"To know him, is t,oshirt,s leeve of t.his

(Hrp, HrPPS HooRAH

are lucky enough to knowlove himi'. . .NoLhing couldman. . .John Hipps. . .

John Hipps will agree. .

be more fitting on the

THREE AND A BIG THANK "YOU")

Barbara A. Smith, Co -Ed i tor

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INFOzu.IATION DATA FO}t}4

I'ORPRESEI{T AND PROSPECTIVE MEI{BEIS

AUTUMN, 1987VOLUI'I8 VI, l'lUlrlilril 3

Name Present Member Prospect

Address

Phone:

Spouse

Home

and Children

How dtd you learn of NCTA?

Where

Prevlous NCTA member? Yes

Why are you not PresentlY a member?

No

Other Trail or 0utdoor groups of whlch you are a member

al- 1,\)-

a NCIA member soltcit you to Jojn I{CTA? Yes NoDla

l.Iho

Mtscellaneous Informatlon

Membershlp AppllcatJ.on Form

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NORIH COUNTRY TRAII,' ASSOCIATIONP. O. 80X311v{HrrE CLOUD, MTCHTGAN &9349

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