From Historic Pathwalkers President Jean Woltjer:
Fall has arrived and with it we are nearing the end of our walking season. We have enjoyed a wonderful fall season so far this year so let’s hope it lasts for a while longer.
We had good participation at our scheduled group walks this year and were able to get those in before the summer heat. Now it’s time to start closing down the walks for another season. The third-quarter participation reports have been filed with the AVA and after a very slow start the numbers were up significantly for some of the walks. Thanks to our walkbox hosts who submitted those numbers to me in such a timely manner and for maintaining the boxes throughout the year.
By the end of November most of these boxes will be pulled for another season. At that time the stamp(s) should be sent to AVA , 1001 Pat Booker Rd., Suite 101, Universal City, TX 78148 within 10 days to avoid a penalty. Please send the final walk numbers to jean.woltjer@att.net for our last report of the year.
Money should be sent to Alma Lucas, 5261 Southbrook Ct. #51, Hudsonville MI 49426.
At our annual meeting this summer the current officers were re-elected for another year. We also decided to take over the East Lansing walk from the Great Lakes Amblers, a club that is disbanding at the end of this year. John Pierce will be the POC for this walk. It will be a seasonal walk with the walk box being hosted by Biggby Coffee, 4480 Hagadorn Rd, Suite 108, East Lansing MI.
We’ve also sanctioned most of our current walks for 2011 with the following exceptions: Douglas, Ludington city walk and Manistee.
Each month the AVA sends out its bulletin with current news. The last issue noted that the AVA has a new logo tag line that reads: "AVA Moving together toward a healthier America." In addition they have a new national sponsor, Brazos Walking Sticks.
The AVA Biennial Convention will be held next summer in Des Moines Iowa for those who might be interested in attending. More information will be available early next year.
Thanks to all who have helped to make this another good year for our club. Your work is appreciated since we couldn’t function without you. This is the last newsletter for 2010 and as the holiday season is not far off I’d like to wish everyone a happy holiday season.
Vice Pres: Pat Korloch, 517-882-1495, pk55@juno.com
Secretary: John Pierce, 616-527-2413, jwpierce53@gmail.com
Treasurer: Alma Lucas, 616-662-2359, ajlucas@charter.net
