HP News Dec. 2011

HISTORIC  PATHWALKERS  FALL/WINTER  NEWSLETTER    Dec 2011

Thanksgiving has come and gone and the new year will be here before we know it.  In the meantime there will be lots of fun and busyness to enjoy.

Our walk boxes have been pulled for another year with the exception of Lansing, Coldwater and Howell which are year round walks.  Please be sure to send your stamps to AVA, 1001 Pat Booker Rd., Suite 101, Universal City TX 78148  ASAP and money should be sent to Alma Lucas, 5261 Southbrook Ct. #51, Hudsonville MI.

The final statistics report must be submitted to the AVA by the end of the year so if those numbers could be sent to me I would appreciate it.  Even if you had no walkers the last quarter, be sure to let me know.

Participation was down this year but the Tator Tours bus group led by Mary Ptacek added considerable numbers to several of our walks so overall we did rather well.

Our group walks too were sparsely attended but enjoyed by those who did come.  We had a few new faces as well so that was encouraging.

Thanks to all who make our club what it is.  We appreciate all your efforts!

Pres:           Jean Woltjer                jean.woltjer@att.net           616-392-2844

VP:             Pat Korloch                  pk55@juno.com                            517-882-1495

Sec:            John Pierce                 jwpierce53@gmail.com                616-527-2413

Treas:                   Alma Lucas                 ajlucas@charter.net           616-669-2359

                             HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL

Join the Historic Pathwalkers this Saturday, October 22, for our last group walk of the season. The starting point is Biggby Coffee, 4480 Hagadorn, Okemos MI at 10:00 a.m. All are welcome!

Walk Grand Rapids during Artprize 2011

The Historic Pathwalkers encourage all to come and do the seasonal walk in Grand Rapids during the next few weeks. The walk starts at the Big Boy Restaurant on Pearl St. and most of the route is in the "high venue" area for Artprize 2011.
This is a great opportunity to check out the hundreds of Artprize exhibits while enjoying the walk. Artprize runs from Sept 21 through Oct 9.

http://www.artprize.org/

Third Maple City Walk will showcase Pumpkinvine fall colors



The third Maple City Walk will be held Saturday, October 15, 2011. Again this year, the route will feature the Pumpkinvine Nature Trail as the core of its 13.1 mile course, which is equivalent to a half-marathon.

Registration begins at 7:15 at the powerhouse on the Millrace Trail by the Farmers Market, 212 W. Washington Street, Goshen, IN and the walk starts at 8 am. Parking is available in the city lots on 3rd Street. Cost is $15 for preregistration and $20 the day of the walk. Register on-line after August 15 at www.cityonthego.org.

Fall is a magical time on the Pumpkinvine,” said Julia Gautsche, chair of the planning committee. “Walkers have a great time walking and enjoy wonderful fall colors at the same time.”

Every participant who completes the walk will receive a Maple City Walk medal and be entered into a drawing for a free pair of walking shoes.

For more information and a map of the course:
• Visit the Maple City Walk web site: www.cityonthego.org
• E-mail jgautsche@hotmail.com
• Call Julia Gautsche: 574-596-1632

Historic Pathwalkers Summer Newsletter August 2011

This newsletter is well overdue but the summer heat and humidity took their toll, hence the delay. After a slow start to summer it turned into a warm one. It seems to have curtailed walkers in our state since the cards are coming in rather slowly for most of our year rounds and seasonals.
Thanks to everyone for reporting their 2nd quarter numbers in a timely manner. We made the deadline and did not incur any late fees.

Club News
Our annual business meeting was held on June 25 after a group walk in Grand Rapids. Attendance was low but we all had a good time and enjoyed the walk. The usual business was conducted. Our treasurer reported that we are solvent. It was decided to keep our current walks going into 2012. This information has to be into the AVA by July/August of the current year so it is difficult to determine which walks we want to keep based on participation. We’ll look at end of year numbers for 2011 to help us make that decision again for the following year. If any of you have questions or concerns regarding the hosting and/or maintenance of our walk boxes please contact the board. It was decided to keep the same slate of officers for another year. We are also asking anyone for ideas as to where we might hold a scheduled event. Dues remain at $5.00 per year.
Thanks to Pat Korloch for again resanctioning our walks and gathering the required info for our yearly club brochure which will be printed early next year.
Group Walks
Lansing Sept 24 start at 10:00 a.m. from the MI Historical Museum, 702 W. Kalamazoo St. , Lansing MI
East Lansing Oct 22 start at 10:00 a.m. from Biggby Coffee, 4480 Hagadorn Rd. Okemos MI
Start Point Change
The start point for our South Haven walk has moved to a new location after some difficulties with the previous one. The box is now at Kilwin’s Ice Cream, 415 Phoenix Rd. After posting this on walklist someone emailed me and said “you can’t go wrong with an ice cream shop as a starting point”. Thanks to Sandra Tyrrell for arranging this on very short notice.

Bus Tour
In early September, Tator Tours is bringing a busload of walkers to Michigan. They will be stopping at three of our walks; Ludington State Park on Sept 6 at 1:30 p.m., Grand Rapids on Sept 7 at 8:15 a.m. and South Haven the same day at 1:00 p.m. They welcome club members to walk with them so if you’re interested let me know and I will try to confirm the times.
Convention News
The AVA Convention was held again in June in Des Moines Iowa. One of the decisions made there is a major change to the event stamp. To help boost participation, one can now get an event stamp and a distance stamp each day an event is walked. Keep this in mind as you decide which walks to do.
Condolences
Our sincere sympathy goes out to Sandra Tyrrell, our South Haven contact, in the sudden death of her husband Cole in May.

Pres: Jean Woltjer jean.woltjer@att.net 616-392-2844
VP: Pat Korloch pk55@juno.com 517-882-1495
Sec: John Pierce jwpierce53@gmail.com 616-527-2413
Treas: Alma Lucas ajlucas@charter.net 616-669-2359

The walk box in South Haven MI has been relocated to Kilwin's at 415 Phoenix Rd.
This is a cute ice cream shop right downtown and a perfect spot for the box. The manager was happy to take it and we sure appreciate that. Be sure to check it out soon.

Join us on Saturday, June 11 for a group walk in Zeeland MI. We'll be starting at 9:30 a.m. from Zeeland Hospital, 8333 Felch St. This is a great walk so let's hope for nice walking weather... All are welcome to join us!

The walkbox at the Café Julia in South Haven has been pulled per request of the owner. We hope to have a new start point soon and will keep you posted on our progress.

In the meantime you may want to walk in St Joseph. They are featuring sidewalk sculptures of 43 artfully painted farm animals in the downtown area. The exhibit runs until October 1, 2011 and is called Barnyard at the Beach. Check it out!

Thanks to Linda Theil for hosting the group walk in Howell today. The weather was perfect and the revised trail took us through some neighborhoods that we hadn't seen before. The abundance of colorful spring flowers and trees made it even more enjoyable.
Our next walk is scheduled for June 25 in Grand Rapids. We'll start at 9:30 a.m. from the Big Boy Restaurant on Pearl St. and have our annual business meeting afterwards. All are welcome to join us!

Walk Howell History Days Celebration, May 21, 2011

The Historic Pathwalkers will host a 10K/5K AVA sanctioned group walk departing at 10 a.m. on Saturday May 21, 2011 from the Uptown Coffeehouse startpoint at 102 E. Grand River Avenue in Howell, Michigan. May 21 is the Howell History Days Celebration and State Street will be closed to traffic and parking that day. There are several municipal parking lots on Sibley and Clinton streets, immediately north and south of Grand River Avenue in Howell. DDA Director Nathan Voght says on the Downtown Howell weblog:

Join the Howell Area Historical Society for the 9th Annual Howell History Days Celebration. A community event celebrating the History of Howell, May 15th - 21st, will feature window displays in the downtown keeping with this year's theme, "celebrating the past, preserving it for the future". Historic photographs from the  Howell Meijer will be on display at the Howell library during the celebration week. . . . Join in the festivities on Saturday, May 21st with historic building tours, vintage quilt display, and Living Historians. Tractor Alley returns for the fourth year and award winning chain saw carver, John Kornowski will demonstrate his skills. There will be local genealogical  research assistance, live music, sheep shearing, model train exhibit, an ice cream social and Buddy Moorehouse will perform his magic show to entertain young and old.

Free walking seminar in Howell May 7

The Walk Howell Michigan walking club and the Howell Area Parks & Recreation Authority will sponsor a

FREE walking seminar at 10 a.m. Saturday May 7, 2011 in the Barnard Community Center, 415 N. Barnard St., Howell, MI 48843 with:

• Brad Hagen (NASM-PES & ACE-CPT)  -- owner of Sports Lab Consulting -- and Cally Bukovina -- creator of Adventure Quest Bootcamp – will discuss the benefits of walking, how to get started, and how to achieve top results.
• Learn about walking programs and events for every walker.
• An optional group walk will be lead at 11:15 after the program presentation.

Spring 2011 Newsletter

Historic Pathwalkers Spring Newsletter March 2011
According to the calendar spring has arrived but the warm temperatures have not. At least the snow has melted and we can again walk on clear sidewalks.
Our walk boxes will soon be in place for another season. The total for 2011 is an even dozen, three of which are year round walks. Six of our walks start on April 1 and the other 3 on May 1. We will not have a box in Douglas/Saugatuck or in Manistee this year but if anyone would like to volunteer to adopt a box for next year please let me know.
A new walk this year is the one in East Lansing which begins at Biggby Coffee, 4480 Hagadorn Rd. Okemos MI. The walk is mostly on the campus of Michigan State University with its historic buildings and sculptures. Be sure to visit the Dairy Store which is part of the Agricultural Dept and has delicious ice cream for sale. Our YRE and seasonal walk locations are as follows:
Coldwater Ludington State Park
East Lansing Lansing
Grand Haven South Haven
Grand Rapids St. Joseph
Holland Traverse City
Howell Zeeland
Once these walks begin again we are required to submit quarterly statistics to the AVA so please send those numbers to jean.woltjer@att.net so that I can send them in. This should be done at the end of each quarter and I will send a reminder when the time comes. Please continue to send any money received to our treasurer, Alma Lucas, 5261 Southbrook Ct. #51, Hudsonville MI 49426.
More information about these walks is available at www.ava.org and on our blog at http://historicpathwalkers.blogspot.com/ You can also find us on Facebook.

Historic Pathwalkers Group Walk Schedule

April 16 Coldwater
We will start from the Holiday Inn Express, 630 E. Chicago St. at 10:00 a.m.
NOTICE! The group walk in Coldwater scheduled for this Saturday, April 16 has been postponed due to adverse weather conditions.   It has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 30 at 10:00 a.m.    The start point is the Holiday Inn Express,  630 E Chicago St.
May 21 Howell
Starting from Uptown Coffeehouse, 102 E. Grand River at 10:00 a.m.
June 25 Grand Rapids
We will start from Big Boy, 407 Pearl St. at 9:30 a.m. so that we can meet for our annual business meeting afterwards.
Suggestions are welcome for July and August!

The 17th Biennial AVA Convention will be held this year from June 18 – 26 in Des Moines, Iowa. I have registration forms if anyone is interested in attending. You can also go online at www.ava.org/clubs/ava2011convention/index.asp

SEE YOU ON THE TRAIL!!