Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
HISTORIC PATHWALKERS SPRING NEWSLETTER
MARCH 2012
Everyone is talking about the weather! It seems we’ve jumped right over spring and into summer with these record setting temperatures.
Most of our seasonal walk boxes will be in place by April 1 with the rest following on May 1. Let’s hope the warm weather brings out lots of walkers this season. Our group walk schedule has been set up as follows based on member suggestions. The June walk will be followed by our annual business meeting.
March 31 10:00 Lansing Michigan Historical Museum
April 21 10:00 Holland Gazelle’s
May 12 9:30 Zeeland Community Hospital/Spectrum
June 16 9:30 Grand Rapids Big Boy Pearl St.
July 21 9:30 South Haven Kilwin’s
We have twelve sanctioned walks this year. The Holland and Grand Rapids walk routes have been changed partly due to construction issues and should also be more interesting to repeat walkers. Let’s hope there are some tulips left by the time we do our Holland walk!
We’re introducing a new award for both the Holland and Lansing walks this year. The patches have run out so we’re changing to a high quality die cut soft enamel pin. They look great!
Information on our walks can be found at www.ava.org/pathwalkers or our blog http://historicpathwalkers.blogspot.com/ . We can also be found on Facebook, just look for Historic Pathwalkers.
Overall participation in AVA walks is declining but walking continues to be the most favorite form of exercise as shown in an AARP poll recently. Our club has New Walker packets available for sale and can be obtained by contacting any one of our officers.
Pres: Jean Woltjer jean.woltjer@att.net 616-392-2844
V.P. Pat Korloch pk55@juno.com 517-882-1495
Sec. John Pierce jwpierce53@gmail.com 616-527-2413
Treas. Alma Lucas ajlucas@charter.net 616-662-2359
Hope to see many of you on our walks.
MARCH 2012
Everyone is talking about the weather! It seems we’ve jumped right over spring and into summer with these record setting temperatures.
Most of our seasonal walk boxes will be in place by April 1 with the rest following on May 1. Let’s hope the warm weather brings out lots of walkers this season. Our group walk schedule has been set up as follows based on member suggestions. The June walk will be followed by our annual business meeting.
March 31 10:00 Lansing Michigan Historical Museum
April 21 10:00 Holland Gazelle’s
May 12 9:30 Zeeland Community Hospital/Spectrum
June 16 9:30 Grand Rapids Big Boy Pearl St.
July 21 9:30 South Haven Kilwin’s
We have twelve sanctioned walks this year. The Holland and Grand Rapids walk routes have been changed partly due to construction issues and should also be more interesting to repeat walkers. Let’s hope there are some tulips left by the time we do our Holland walk!
We’re introducing a new award for both the Holland and Lansing walks this year. The patches have run out so we’re changing to a high quality die cut soft enamel pin. They look great!
Information on our walks can be found at www.ava.org/pathwalkers or our blog http://historicpathwalkers.blogspot.com/ . We can also be found on Facebook, just look for Historic Pathwalkers.
Overall participation in AVA walks is declining but walking continues to be the most favorite form of exercise as shown in an AARP poll recently. Our club has New Walker packets available for sale and can be obtained by contacting any one of our officers.
Pres: Jean Woltjer jean.woltjer@att.net 616-392-2844
V.P. Pat Korloch pk55@juno.com 517-882-1495
Sec. John Pierce jwpierce53@gmail.com 616-527-2413
Treas. Alma Lucas ajlucas@charter.net 616-662-2359
Hope to see many of you on our walks.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
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
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
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/
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/
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
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
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
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
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
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
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)