Ozark Trail Association

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Subject: Weekly Ozark Trail Association Update 1-19-2004

Week of January 19th, 2004

Middle Fork Construction

No work was done on the trail due to weather. Please join us this
coming Sunday, January 25th. See
http://www.ozarktrail.com/workparties.asp to sign up.

If you haven't been on the web page recently, John has added a new page dedicated to the Middle Fork. You can visit it at

http://www.ozarktrail.com/middlefork.htm.

Sawyer Certification

The Ozark Trail Association is going to be sponsoring a Class A Sawyer Certification class with the US Forest Service. Still working on the dates, but it will be a two-day class, which will be
held on a weekend or possibly consecutive Saturdays in either February or March. If you are interested in taking part in the training please reply to this email as soon as you can with available dates. Hope to have a
firm schedule out soon.

OTA Board Meeting

The first OTA Board meeting of 2004 will be held on Saturday, January 24th at 10:00. The meeting will be held at the Arcadian Café, 123 Main Street,
Arcadia, MO.

We will be electing a new Board of Directors at this meeting. The
meeting will open with a Q&A session with the candidates and then elections will be held. After the votes are tallied, the new board will conduct business.

After the meeting we are looking at having an optional hike over on the Marble Creek section of the OT, over the 3-mile Crane Lake loop. Hike will be at approximately 1:00 PM, meeting at the Crane Lake parking area.

For Bios on the candidates please visit

http://www.ozarktrail.com/boardcandidates.htm

For more information on the Arcadian Café please visit
http://www.arcadiancafe.com

Super Bowl Hike

Celebrate the GRAND OPENING OF THE MIDDLE FORK! with us on Sunday,
February 1st. We'll meet at the Highway DD parking lot 1/4 mile south of Council Bluff Lake (look for signs), then hike a 3-mile portion of the Trace Creek Trail before connecting with the 4-mile completed section of the Middle
Fork. Please sign up at
http://www.ozarktrail.com/workparties.asp

American Hiking Society Volunteer Vacation

The volunteer vacation is getting closer. This outing will begin
Sunday, May 2, 2004 and end Saturday, May 8, 2004. Gwen & Dave Fuehring will be leading this outing. For more information please visit

http://www.ozarktrail.com/AHSWeek.htm

Sierra Club Plans Blair Creek Outings

The Sierra Club has scheduled four maintenance weekends on the Blair
Creek section of the Ozark Trail to remove deadfall, repair flood damage, and perform general maintenance. We've heard great things about their Saturday
evening meals! Contact Bob Gestel at (636) 296-8975 or Paul Stupperich at (314) 429-4352 for more details and to register. The four outings are:

February 7th & 8th
February 28th & 29th
March 27th & 28th
April 24th & 25th

Hope to see everyone at the upcoming events. Good Hiking


Jeff Goetter
Volunteer Coordinator
Ozark Trail Association
http://www.ozarktrail.com”

“torll!”

“WTF!! It's me, lizs, 2poops, and I reposted what I received, just in case anyone might want to go/do any of these Ozark events.

Quit screwing up everyone's threads!”

“Ugh. Trailrats.”

“C'mon Mutt, you swing from tree to tree, high above them, waaaaaaaay off trail, right? Give'm their space too. Play nice. :-)”

“theres no pleasing us”

“That's an interesting thought, lizs. I could climb a tree that overhangs the trail and 'water' the rats as they pass by below...”

“hmmmmmmm... you should not drop pennies from tall heights onto passersby below..... and neither should you "water" them. LOL! Just think, Mutt, now that you know where these groups will be, YOU can be FAR AWAY from them! See, it IS HELPFUL information!”

“whats a sawyer certificationa?”

“lol - I like your logic, lizs. Actually that is the good thing about trails. It keeps the trailrats in one place, and the rest of the forest is reserved for the enthusiasts.”