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July-August Newsletter The Official Publication of the Montour Trail Council MONTOUR TRAIL-LETTER Celebrating 32 Years Volume 32 Issue 4 July-August 2021 Always B Smiling (copied from their web page) Loving came naturally to “B” and he learned from the very best. Kristin Heine Huibregtse and Dean Huibregtse are the epitome of loving parents and they made sure that Bennett’s life was lived joyfully and to the fullest every day. Just 18, Bennett loved being at the front of his Duet Bike with mom or dad at the helm, and we are thrilled to share this simple joy with other families. Always B Smiling has teamed up with the Tandem Connection on the Montour Trail in Canonsburg, PA to offer FREE adaptive bike rides for children and young adults with disabilities and their families. It’s a great way for people with disabilities that include limited mobility to enjoy recreation and fun outdoors! When: Saturday Afternoons May 15 thru October 30 - 2pm-4pm or 4pm-6pm Where: Tandem Connection -Hendersonville, PA Riders heading out on their inaugural ride. Photo courtesy of Harry Funk O-R. Powered by trained volunteers, the Duet Bike provides a comfortable wheelchair seat at the front of the electronic-assisted bicycle. This provides riders the pleasure of riding a bike with the breeze in your hair and the sun on your face. On every outing, there will be two trained volunteers joining you and your family and friends on your outing – one to power the bike and the other to ride along as a backup. * Note that at least one parent or adult must be present with the rider. Rides will be no more than 10 miles round-trip, but length can be decided on the day of. At the end of the ride, all participants will be treated to an ice cream on the patio of the Tandem Connection. Their web page is https:// Inside this issue: alwaysbsmiling.org/ Always B Smiling 1 Tour the Montour The Prez Sez 2 The Tour the Montour is Back!!! We are so pleased to announce that after last year’s virtual ride , the Tour will be an actual ride this Friends Groups 3 year. Register on line at https://www.bikereg.com/tour-the-montour-trail-ride2021. Brochures have been Remember When mailed to previous Tour cyclists. The brochures are also available at your local bike shop. You can ride 6, 12, 24, RMU Rowers Treasurer Search 4 44 or 62 miles. It is non-competitive so ride the distance you prefer. There will be the great rest stops and, of course, the epic lunch at Forest Grove Sportsmen’s Club. Pre-registration packet pick-up is at TREK in Robinson Twp. (please make note of this as the site has changed from previous years) as well as at the Tour. The Raffles Resurfacing 101 5 McDonald Kiosk are back as well! Non-cyclists will be interested in the Raffles as well. Pro Bike & Run has donated a $500.00 Butterflies and Girl gift card to be used in its stores. Seven Springs has donated a 2-nite stay for 2 people with breakfast included Scouts (blackout dates include Christmas week, MLK weekend and President’s Day weekend) and is good through Oct. Montour Railroad: 6 31, 2022. Aerotech Designs has donated a Cycling Kit which includes a cycling jersey, cycling shorts, cycling Chartiers Bridge socks, cycling gloves and cap. U-Haul has donated an INNO INH 120 hitch mount bike tray rack with locks and New Members 7 keys. This can hold up to 60lb per bike and fits many E-Bikes. Raffle tickets are available at pre-registration and at lunch at the Tour as well as from members of the Tour the Montour Planning Committee. There will be great baskets as well. Trail Map 8 Same day registration or packet pick-up starts at 7:15 a.m. The 62-mile cyclists leave at 8:15 a.m., the 44-mile cyclists leave at 8:30 a.m., the 12 and 24 –mile cyclists leave at 8:45 a.m. All other short ride cyclists leave at 9 a.m. Please note there is no parking at Forest Grove. So stop on your way back to your vehicles for lunch. Parking is anticipated to be at Mile 0 again this year. Visit the Montour Trail Web Site at: The Tour the Montour Planning Committee and the Montour Trail Council thank those that participated www.montourtrail.org in the Virtual Tour last year. Your support was and is greatly appreciated. To converse go to: https://www.facebook.com/ groups/43518292159 The Annual Report will not be availabe for this issue. Look for it in the next issue PAGE 2 July-August 2021 MONTOUR TRAIL-LETTER Volume 32 Issue 4 The Prez Sez: Beyond Here, There Be Clairton Say you get onto the Montour Trail at Mile 0, or even Mile 20 or 30, intent on a riding the whole main line of Montour Trail. You glide through Imperial, chug over the hill to McDonald, take in the countryside through Cecil, stop for an ice cream in Hendersonville, coast over the Library Viaduct, and skirt along Peters Creek Road. Then, just past the 44-mile mark, you find yourself staring across the abyss, like a Viking seafarer heading out to the open MONTOUR TRAIL COUNCIL ocean. Route 51. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Yes, you can get past there to continue on to the final trailhead in Clairton. Signs Deb Thompson President mark the way. But, after 32 years of trail building, the Route 51 crossing remains our only Phillip Torrez Vice-President substantial gap. We are embarking on a plan to, literally, bridge the gap, but it will take Vacant Treasurer multiple phases and several years to get there. Fran Hensler Secretary Fran Hensler 2021-2023 The first step will be a stopgap measure to make things easier while the final fix is Dave Jackel 2021-2023 put in place. A sidewalk will be installed between the stoplight and the Park and Ride lot, Mark Modispacher 2021-2023 eliminating the need to bike on the highway. We hope to have this installation completed David Oyler 2021-2023 within a year or so, and it will be a big improvement over current conditions. Tom Prezel 2021-2023 Julian Wolfe 2021-2023 However, the real, long-term fix will be a dedicated trail bridge crossing over the Jen Mosesso 2020-2022 Jim Richter 2020-2022 highway. This is not a simple endeavor. The interstate highway passing overhead, Peters Dave Tetrick 2020-2022 Creek crossing through the planned area, and a healthy commercial community all complicate Don Thobaben 2020-2022 the design process. Though plans are far from final, the current concept is that the creek will Deb Thompson 2020-2022 need to be crossed twice, requiring two more bridges. And the whole design needs to avoid Patricia Friedsam 2019-2021 impairing the creek’s ability to carry floodwaters. Applying permits and gaining access rights Mark Imgrund 2019-2021 Dennis Pfeiffer 2019-2021 will also be part of the effort. Phillip Torrez 2019-2021 In conjunction with all of that, as a non-profit, the Montour Trail Council also needs THE MONTOUR TRAIL-LETTER to secure funding. We anticipate that this project will cost $5 million or more, so we will need Is published every other month January to put substantial efforts into securing multiple sources of funding. through December. All Trail-Letter correspondence should be This whole process will likely take some years – which is why we’re starting now. addressed to: Most of the early progress will be invisible outside of the team working on preparations, but [email protected] know that work is being done. As a user, the most important thing you can do now is let your legislators know that you want them to support transportation infrastructure and bikeways. All other business related trail Follow the Montour Trail-Letter for updates on this project. And keep your membership correspondence should be addressed: current – membership counts help use in fundraising. [email protected] - Deb Thompson Other Trail Contact information: https://montourtrail.org/contact-us/ Tentative Schedule of Trail Events We are going digital, if paper correspondence JR Taylor Run is postponed until next year. Due to potential attendance conflicts with is necessary: the Joey Fabus Superhero Run Over DIPG 5K Race & 1-Mile Walk in Bethel Park the fol- lowing day, we are not running the JR Taylor 5K on September 11 as planned. The race MONTOUR TRAIL COUNCIL will return to its normal first Saturday in June 4, 2022. Those who have signed up will Suite #3 2nd Floor receive refunds, and we apologize for any inconvenience. 304 Hickman Street Bridgeville, PA 15017 Great News! At this time the Tour the Montour is back on the schedule as an actual PHONE NUMBER 412-257-3011 event. The date for the 19th Annual Tour the Montour is September 25, 2021. Please “Save the Date “! And watch for our great raffles. NEWSLETTER EDITORIAL TEAM Sunday, November 7: Annual meeting. Dennis Sims, managing editor Mark Imgrund Dennis Pfeiffer The Montour Trail Council is an all-volunteer organization founded in 1989 to convert the abandoned Montour Railroad right of way and the abandoned Peters Creek Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad into a 55 mile recreational trail for non-motorized activity regardless of physical ability or financial wherewithal. Volume 32 Issue 4 MONTOUR TRAIL-LETTER July-August 2021 PAGE 3 Friends’ Meetings and Work Parties MTC Board Meeting: Center and varying locations during warmer weather at Every third Monday of the month - 6:00 p.m.
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