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vol,ut{E rv ilIHBER 3 FEM,IIARI 1985

CNCANIZATI@I

NORTH COI'NTBT 1X.[II, .ISSOCIATIONP. 0. Box 3I1llhtto Cloud, Mtchlganr l"93lr9

Presldont: Sobart E. DrcLsY{ce-Prcsl Vtrglnia UwrscbSccrctary: Pat AJ'lcar ActtnSIrcasurcr: f,ornctb B. OacklcrTITT** *f { *'ts * }tl TT*}IIT***TIT

Edltort John Btpps, M. D.br 367

UATIONAT MAND OF DIRECTOBS *Pcnnwlvani.aDr. Jobn Htpps

MlcbtranMs. Ylrgln!.a tfnnschMr, f,cnncth Gackler![r. Eobcrt t{aldron![s. Pat A]lcn

I{t econslnt{r. Bobcrt E. DrctsMr. Stcvo Sorcnson

NebraskaMr. Thoras Gllbr{, I{attonal Parks

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ortrrcERsi - 1985

Robcrt E. Dreta, Prestdont1632 Sntth StreetSpooner, lfl 5lr8;OL

T COITTD{IIED

Thc cdltor offers apologr lf anYnanc has bscn dolcted ln crror.

Sinl1ar1y, the Natlona1 AdvtsoryBoard Manbers arc not ltstcd bc-@uaG of tJrc lack of tb!.s lnfo:ma-ttoa tbat ls curr€nt and crodlblc.

TTTIT*T**ITI*I{ IIT}T*TI*I* i *T***TTiEUITORT.IT.

Ihc Autrm ncettng of tbc NCTA

took pl.acc oa October 20 & 2J, Lat our Headqrrartcrs Bulldlng lnt{hlte 01oud, Mlchlgan. In thc footatepa of our Sprlng neotlng, ltseemed to the Edltor to bc anothsrvorthshlle ueetlag under thcsbtp of our very effectlve presl-deut, Bob Drels. (ae surc to readtbe i'regldentrs ncetLng on Pagc 3.)

Yloe Prcsldcnt, Glnrry Iunsch, per-onnlal rnd dependablc, conti.nucs tobc the cornergtone of tlrc IICTA.She nas ln attendanoc ulth hcruaqa1 e:pertlec and bosted nanY ofus to a dcltghtfirl hike on a Dear-by.ccctlon of thc NCt.

Orr Sccrctat?, Joyce Harlukovlcz,nas uDab1c to attead and hes askedto be replaced because of over-nheLu{ng coulttnent to AXII. PatAl1en se:red ae a plnch-bltter laa vsr? coupetent Dann6r. We arcnost gratofirl to Jqrce for r&at shahas doae ln aa hor:r of great need.f, personally, ules her and hoPeverT nroh to sce bcr at futurc

. Vtrglnla tfunscb, Ylcc Preg.ute #4 - 2780 Dlundy Avc.tta C1oudl DII 49Yr9

f,cnncth B. OaokLer, TrcasurcrUcst Jobnson St.

edonta, lII 49316

t AILen, Acttng Sccretarly23Llr L*e Drlve, SE

Raptds, !tr l'956

Fcl1dr Prosldent'herltrrsIn thls lssuc of tJre IIEbISLEIIER,

edltor hc,s dolcted aIL Dallospt t'hosc honn to bln as curr-

t, crcdlblo Board Mcubcrs, aafinod by the NCTA By-Lano.

nectlags. (Iou taZ to be t&creaoy Jo]rce. )

Ken Geckler, our seasoued. and de-peadable trcasurcr, out-dtd hln-self, I thlnk. If I understand the

rs rcport rtghtly, ltlke ue are ln the B[,ACI( for tlle'

first tlrnc (Ln flvc years.) If rytnterprctatlon lE not colreot, theaI|IL go on fron hcrc BED Ln thcface.

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vottME rrEDI-COMME{T

I was routnded by Art HoILand tnhls lctter of Januaql 2?, L985,that he uantod evel1rone OUI THEREto knov that the trortb CormtryTral1 has not gono alralr non thattflnter ts hore. ft tg true thatln some parts lt 1g undcr up totwo fest of snou. The PennsrylvanlIeg of the trall has been htber-natlng under about a foot and ahelf of Enout soft, tfilte, lndee-crlbably beauttful". The NorthCountrT out tJeere, at ttrls tLnc ofthe year, ls ln poesesolon of aspeclal beauty, lnconparable toan;r other saasotr. If you bave notexperlenced the NCT ln the t{lntcr,I reconnard 1t to you nost btghly,on your ona tvo fcet, on cross-country skils, on snouohoes, snoucamPlnsr wl.th your carlera. GO FOnIf. It ts there, Just for YOU!

EDIIIOTE

In the eyes of tbls Edttor, shoseYislon 7s n/zo corrected wlthbifocal lensee, tJre l{0I End-to-tadHlke ls slovly and srrely shapLngup ntth a target date for aboutfive yoars hence. I vould ltkc toses us set the'year at our Sprlngraeetlng. (f an uonderlng hor 199Osounds and feels to the rest of

Ihc corulttee for the End-to-hdHlke Lncludesi r

Bob Drles - l{CtA PreetdentPeter tlolfo - I{0I4 l.Icnber #1Art Holland - NCTA Hero of tbcrear (1984)

Jobn Btpps, N0TA Nersletter Edltorton Gllbert,l U.D1 Dept. of Parks

I uould I!.ke to sec eddltlonalmembers of th{s comltteo tolncLude:

FEBR,UAru 1

EDI-CCMMII{T CONTTD

1. Jln l,Iarnels, Iresldent,Uestern Mtcbtgan

2. A Eeprcscntativc frorn:Hestcra Pcnnr. tratLs Assoc.Tbc Blngcr lc.kcg &Gr.oups ln l{cu fork

c. Tbc 0h1o Buckcyc tral1 Groupd. A Mtnncsota Pcrsonc. A North Dakota Pcrson

lot us glvo prlorlty to tbls natt-er at orrr Sprlng meetlng.

EDIN(nE

thts Etlttor of the NCTA NELISIEIIERn111 be plana{ng to recetvez frouany and q]1 meubers present at tbeSprlng ncetlngr speclflc lnfor:na-tlon of arJroue that ls lnterestedln advertlstug I.n the I{EIISLEf,TER.

EDilOTE

The crrment NEJSTEITB, v111 be re-celvcd by all those ubo are on tbenalllng llst as provlded bY ourIleasuron, f,en Gaclclcr. ff, aay-one has bcen Dtssed, pleaee letthls Edttor knov.

HIKEA,SI LTVE IOITGER

at Ea:rard and Stan-ford lhtvsrslttes report thatexerclgc keepa peopJ-e allve longer.The two unlvcrslt!.ss foll-oved thehabits and health of 171000 Bldillaged and older nea, and found adlrect rclatlonshlp betuecn theIevel of physlcal actlvlty and thelength of l:lfe. The studlr alsoIlDked high blood pressurc andcardllo-vascular dlsoase to theof physical fltness. Thts ls un-doubtedly nhy ne have gs na\yhca.Ithy, actlve sontor cltlzens lntho hlklng and trall organlzat{onsthrough out thc country.

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VOLIME

PRESIDETiT'S }.{ESSAGE

He11o, feIlov htkersl

Ag I nrtte thls tlre suonflalceaare sllently faUln8 on l{tsconslnrnortbland. It ts a cozy feellngto be lnstde and natch the land-scape change fron t&e brornrs ofAutrun to thc whltos of l{tnter.VerT soon now, I nl-Ll be spendlnga 1ot of tlue on touring skl.s.Cross count4y aktlng ls the pcrfaasuer for thc hlker uttJr ltctr,yfeet ln tJlnter.

By the tlne you read thle, Ohrlsvl1l be past. f hope all of youhad a verlr nlce ons and th8t 1985v111 flnd you on or adJacent toour Nortb CountrT Trall verT

Early ln Janr:ar7 ls also a goodtlne to look tno yays: back andahead.

Flrstr lctrs look back at ouracconpllshments. Althougb lt uayaot accar so, rro dtd put our Asao-clatlon ou a flrn footing, bothflna.nclally and project-ulse. tJe

are establlshcd, vo ar€ afflltatedulth the Ancrlcan Htklng Socfety,Y€ are the recogntzed cltlzcngroup to nork vlth the l{atloaalParlc Serivcc, rric havc our logo, nehave one chapter (tn Crana Raplds,UI,, and ne havo had onc succcsa-fu1 schcduled hlke. In addttlon,tbe Grand Rgptds folks have done aJob of naklng tho trall throughManlstcc l{atfonal Forcst rrhlkeablc

I[or letrs look ahead. Groat tharc Just over thc horizon. lle arcnov actlvcty uorktnS on tho NatlaI Park Scrrlcers alide shov andbrocbure; nc u111 have anothcrgulded hlke lnillcbigan and ons lnWlsconeln - nagrbc EoD€ in otherstatos too. Our progfess on tbeheadquarterg-hostel viIL contlnueand y6 arc deternined to get ourNEHSLIf,TER out 4x/ycar (Aronrt ve,JOHN? ).

FEBN,UTAI 1985

MESIDENT IS UESSAGE CONT ID

I vant to thank orct?onc who con-trlbuted tlne and effort. I aru

afratd to na.nc all of you for fearof sklpplng somoone and hurtingfceIlngs. 8o f tl1 Jr:st say rl

to all of ,fou fron all of us.

Sone problens rolnala and hopefullyf can dlscuss tbese ln the ne:rbNE{SLEPIXB. Hapfry Tratle, everlr-one.

Bob Drels

, PESB T{OIAEIICTA Un{BIN #1

Thls la to stlutc Patcr l{olfc, antutercstlng, Iorablc, you"g-nlddleagod-ran vho ls the oaly pcrsoa lntbc unlversc to datc, nho hac hthc cntlra 3r?Ab ntLes of thc !ICT..That ts qulto an acconpllahneat.vhcn you constdcr that a largcportlon of thc trall ls not thereyct as such. Petcr {a an lnport-ant poraon to I{CTA and htc volfarcnorlts a opot on thc agcnda forour Sprtng uecttng.

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VOLIIME TI' NIJMBER 3 FEM,UABI 1985

MESSAGE TNOM TIIEI{ATIONAI P^ARtr SERVICE

Dear Bob:

Tbank you for your lettcr lnvlt-lng Ton Gllbertr our coordlnatorfor tJre llorth Country NatloualScenlc Trall (UCt), to attend audpartlclpate ln the upconlug meetlngof tbe North CgurtrT tra1l Asso-clatloa on May 18 1o llblte C1oud,l,tt-chlgan.

tle gladly accept your invltatloa.Ton v111 propare a 15- to 20-m!.nute report oa the crrrreut statusof the lIGt to prcsent to the dlr-ectors and nenbers of libe agso-clatlon. tJe are also hopoful thattbe slldc shoy and trall.brocbnreon whlch ths assoclatloa ls asslst-lng us wlII be ready for presentattlon at the nectlng.

Elther prlor or subsequent to themeetl.ngr Ton v111 apprgciate hsv-lng an opportunlty to dlscuse vlthyou and others hor to strengthca'and broaden the neubershlp of theassocletlon. In our recent coop-eratlvo agroemeut, up to $erOOOnas Dade avallable to asslst theaseoclatlon 1n tJris endeavorr Yebelteve tbe gatherlng for tho ucet-lng ulIL provlde an opportrure tlneto outllne a plan to effectlvelyuse those funds. Ton uil1 be incontact vlth you prlor to the neet-lng to arrange a schedule for ttrlsand other addlttonal aotlvitlee.

PartlctpatLon by prlvate vohmteertrai.l organlzatloas 1n the develop-racnt and nanagsment of the !{CT lsabsolutely essentla,l becausc of tloellntted Federal role speatffed byCoagress ln the legtslatlon auth-orlzlDg the trall. l{e apprecl.atcvery utrch the comltncnt the NorthCountrT Trall Aasoclatlon has na{eto the NCT and the asslstancc youbavo glven us.

harles H. OdegaardBeglonal Dlrector

EDINOTEPat Allen ls norklng steadily enttre IICT sllde shoy and brochure.

EDI!TOlE

Cltrry Uunsch and Jlu Ualuelo, arecahootslng ou our tax erenpt sta-tus. tle nay have tt yott, beforsI begln ry prlson gentcnce.

EDItrqTE

Jln llaraels relrcrte that tbe West-era Mlchlgfan Chapter bas Just stgned an agrcemeat ultb Inrtka Foodsto bs the area dlstrlbutor for thatCoryanles 10 oz. package, steamprocess packages of 10O productsthat ese roaqy b eit after boil-lng la naterl.

EDItrOTE

Thc nontratlng comlttee, conslet-trg of Glnry lftnrsctr, Jin l{araelsand'Jobn ElpPsr v111 prosent tbeslato of caldldates for eLeot{onof off,lces at thc May 18, L985,business neetlng at the NatlonalHeadquarters ln l{hlte Cloud.

EDtr{ME

The l{estera Mlcblgan Chepter lahavtng rcgrrlar uonthly ueetLngsslnce thctr fomatlon. They aroan acttvc, gronlag group. ft rtILbe our good fortune to eone. dayhave thc Ilkcs of tJrat group aILalong thc catirc 3r2lrb nllas ofNCr.

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NIJMBM,

I{ARUU,'S I{IRSBLINGS

OBEETIIGS FNOM TTIE LTESTM}I}TICHIGAN CHAPTIN

llestcrtr tllchtgan Chaptor of thoSCIA bas had a busy falt. tJcsponsored tho FalI Gonfercncc of thellorth Countr? Trall Acsoclatlon onOctober 20, L98l+, at rrTbc llead-quartersx in lhltc Cloud, }{r.,ublch na8 v€r? productlve. Tbesonlnar on 'rtrltctr back bulldlngrvhlcb uas to follov on tbe ne:ri day,vas rained out. Houever, no planon reschodrfllng thls for anotherconference.

Slr nlIes of additlorr'l trall vasclearcd and narLed by us thlr faIl.Thls sectlon ls located nortb ofUSIO and cast of Baldnln, ![f.,startlng at Tlnber Crcek Natlonn'lorogt Canpground. l{o havo rarked

an addltlon.I four nllcs north oftbls socttoa, uhlcb vlIL bc clcarcdas soon as tJxE neattrer cooperatcs.

tlenaygo Corrnty has glven us pcr-nlsslon to usc draln ftold eas€-nents to locate four nl1es of trallnorth of the Rogtre Rlver State Ga.ueArrea gection. Thls acctlon Yascleared and Darked tff us last sp,rfruand ultb the easononts ul1l provldeelevcn nllas of contlnuous NorttrCorntry }{atlonal Scenic Tral1.

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Tbla sprlng ui rr1II be clearlngrnarkingr and dotng nalntonanccvork on the trall as yeIL as Justplaln hlktng and beckpacking. l{evlIL again be epoasorLng the SprlngConfcroncc on l{agr 18, 1985 and planon holdlng a fund ralslng evant.

Our neetlngE rrc bcld on thc tblrdThtrrsdsy of every nonth ai 969

th l{. Ei ln GraDd Rapldsr }tl.rat 7::D f!{. Coruc Joln r:s and helpbulld lhe Trall. If you can not

tt to our ncetlugar give nc acaIL at 6L6-l+51+-O5l+5.

Janee C. Yaraels, Prcsldentllestonn Htchlgan Cbapter ofthe NCIA

FEBRrrAnr 1985

NCTA.IBO rOB 1gg/+

For cverTonc that hqrs lrt Ho1I-and lt lc no surprlsc to lcara thathc ls IICTA Hcro of 1984,. ' Hls tlnarcffort and cpcrtlsc ls an'oldrtory. ft ls a1so a ncv storTfoIloulng lbe 125 n{lc blko tJrathi pla'ncd and crecuted thls pastSumer of 1984.

Tbc group pictured bclou can te1Ius bov gcIl doae thclr hikc yasand that tt nas a nost wortb-rfilIe htktng crportence for all.

voLu,IE Ir NUI"IBI'F.3 FEBE,IIABI 1985

APPLICATION T.ON, }{EI'tsERSHIP

Anmral Dues (membership year runs NCTA

from October 1 to September 1) P. 0. Box 311Hhlte C1oud, MI lr93l'9

Date

I wlsh to join the North CountryTrail Assoclation. Ernclosed is

for aFamlly. . .$ 15.00 membership.Student. . $ 5.000rganization. ..$ 25.00 NameSupportlng. . .$ 5o.o0Donor. ..$z5o.ao AddressLife... .$30o.ooPatron.. .$5ooo.ooCommercial. . .$ IOO.OO

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Enclosed is $postage)

Send to:

for t{CT.r. PATCHES($3.25 each inclucting

Nelte Addressa

zlp code

Please complete:

I am tnterested ln furthering the work of the NCTA hy:

Constructlng and mointainlng irailsButldlng and ualntalning shelters and campsltesBegional. Newsletter reporter.Clerlcal, secretarlal, typtng worklGmbershlp DevelopmentLlaison with area trail organlzationsOther:

The following person(s) r.rant to become members of IICTA:

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North Country Trail AssociationP.O. Box 311While Cloud, Michigan 49349Editor: John HippsMarienville, PA 16239

BULK RATEPERMIT # 7Marienville, PA

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KENNETH R. GACKLER41S I.I JOHNISCIN STREETCRLEDCIN]R I{I 49316

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