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Tales November 2019 1533 SUNDANCE TRAIL LAKEVIEW, NY 14085 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED FOOTHILLS TRAIL CLUB TALES NOVEMBER 2019 Visit and us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FoothillsTrailClub Foothills Trail Club Officers, Directors, and Chairs 2019-2020 Officers Chairs President, Donna Flood Archivist, Kirk Doyle Program Weekend, Kathy Foote 5010 Salt Road, Clarence, 14031 5205 Glendale Avenue, Hamburg 14074 349 Wimbledon Court, West Seneca 14224 759-6442 627-4199 675-3989 dmfl[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Vice President, Jeanne Moog Bunion Badges, Sharon Kelly Publicity, Donna Flood 312 Sycamore Street, East Aurora 14052 2905 Four Road Road, East Aurora 14052 5010 Salt Road, Clarence 14031 652-6190 655-5248 759-6442 [email protected] [email protected] dmfl[email protected] Secretary, Wendy Edson Circulation, Barbara Morrisey TALES Editor, Carol Kobrin 209 Maple Avenue, Hamburg 14075 1533 Sundance Trail, Lakeview 14085 6506 Amy Lane, Lockport 14094 512-0124 627-3878 912-0370 [email protected] bfl[email protected] [email protected] Treasurer, Claudia Lawler End-To-End, Shari Senefelder Trail Stewards, Don Bergman 105 Nadine Drive, Cheektowaga 14225 27 Patricia Drive, Tonawanda 14150 5383 Tonawanda Creek Road, NT 14120 572-8497 694-4346 625-8746 [email protected] [email protected] Finger Lakes, Donna Flood Directors 5010 Salt Road, Clarence 14031 Trail Stewards, Jeanne Moog Elected 759-6442 312 Sycamore Street, East Aurora 14052 Three-Year Director, Dee McCarthy (2017-2020) dmfl[email protected] 652-6190 [email protected] [email protected] Meet Up, Chuck Feldman Three-Year Director, Sharon Kelly (2018-2021) 117 Cattaraugus Road, Springville 14141 Trail Administrator, Jeanne Moog 2905 Four Rod Road, East Aurora 14052 866-8945 312 Sycamore Street, East Aurora 14052 655-5248 [email protected] 652-6190 [email protected] [email protected] Membership, Roy Tocha Three-Year Director, Marty Ruszaj (2019-2022) 11 N. Eaglecrest Drive, Hamburg 14074 Webmaster, Jim Flood 82 Misty Lane, East Amherst 14051 [email protected] 759-6442 689-4177 jdfl[email protected] [email protected] Program Tuesday, Gayle Syty 70 Pheasant Run Road, Amherst 14228 Appointed 691-6750 One-Year Director, Barbara Arber (2019-2020) 206-4347 Program Wednesday, David Wittmann [email protected] 109 Nason Parkway, Lackwanna 14218 823-8156 One-Year Director, Brock Carmichael (2019-2020) 585-322-3830 [email protected] TALES is a bi-monthly newsletter devoted to informing club members about club business, activities and hikes, as well as about environmental issues related to trails and hiking, and other items of interest to hikers. If you have an article of interest, please send it to the TALES editor. Please keep your submissions to a reasonable length and write or type clearly. If an article cannot be included in an issue, every effort will be made to put it in the next issue. Submitted articles may be edited if necessary. Please remember to include your name and contact information with your submitted material. Deadline for the JANUARY 2020 issue is December 1st. TALES NOVEMBER 2019 NEWS FROM THE FOOTHILLS COUNCIL The FTC Council met on September 30th. Among the items discussed: • Sharon Kelly was approved as the new Bunion Badge Chair. Her contact information is provided on page 1 of this TALES. • Rack cards have been distributed to libraries in Erie and Niagara Counties. • Barb Morrissey reported that plans are in place for the 10/5 Potluck. Chuck Feldman and Marty Ruszaj reported that 35 Meet Up members have signed up for the event. The next meeting of the FTC Council takes place on November 25, 2019 at the Reinstein Library on Losson Road. Fall Potluck and Hike 63 people signed in on October 5th. This included members, meet-up people, and students from UB. Three hikes went out and Hunting Season is upon us. got back in plenty of time for the lunch. Lots Use caution from October 1 of different foods were brought for our enjoyment. until December 17, and wear high visibility clothing (the Annette asked for volunteers to come out to do trail work on Holland Ravines Oct 13th. more blaze orange the Donna held a brief meeting in which she asked better). If you take your for volunteers to lead hikes for the FLTC dogs with you, they will also weekend next spring (2020), details to follow. benefit from orange vests. The 50/50 was drawn and won by Claudia Stay safe out there. Lawler who donated $40.00 back to the club (thank you Claudia!). Thank you to all those who helped to make this event a success. For you snowbirds, if wintering away please contact Barb Morrisey to update your mailing address OR to suspend your TALES mailing. The post office does not forward the TALES, and we would appreciate the postage savings. Thank you for your understanding, and happy winter. Foothills Trail Club www.foothillstrailclub.org 2 TALES NOVEMBER 2019 Mabel James/Wally Wood Lean-To Dedication Sunshine, blue skies and cooler temps…what more could we ask for? The August 24th hike and dedication of the Mabel James/ Wally Wood lean-to in Rock City was great! All three hikes got off without any issues and approximately 50 people attended the dedication. Marty Ruszaj spoke about both Mabel and Wally. Mabel’s family — Sarah Pratt Tobin, Sue Rudnickny, and Linda Jeanne (Becker) Ruckdeschel — attended, and Linda Jeanne unveiled the dedication sign for the lean-to. Hot dogs, chips, candy, cookies and zucchini bread were enjoyed by all afterwards. A great day. Many thanks to all the volunteers who helped make this outing successful and to all who attended. ~Annette Brzezicki Jacqui Wensich has put together a great video of our hike and dedication, check it out at the following link: https://animoto.com/play/6CfEkr1R6mznnsgaDbE1NQ Photo Credits: Annette Brzezicki and Wendy Edson Annette Brzezicki and Wendy Photo Credits: Foothills Trail Club www.foothillstrailclub.org 3 TALES NOVEMBER 2019 Fall Tree Color ID By the time you receive this issue, most of the Fall colors will be past-peak but this is an interesting chart to share and hopefully you can save for next year! CAR WINDOW FALL COLOR FOLIAGE IDENTITY Use the most common NY State forest trees (in CAPS) to help you confirm or guess by their colors. Others listed are less common but typical. Red – RED MAPLE BLACK CHERRY SUGAR MAPLE* road sides - staghorn sumac & Virginia creeper vines Rusty red – NORTHERN RED OAK Bronze- AMERICAN BEECH Yellow – POPLARS BIRCHES HICKORIES SUGAR MAPLE* big tooth aspen, cottonwood, tulip poplar, larch, elm, red mulberry, mountain ash, honey locust, black walnut, iron wood, willow Orange – SUGAR MAPLE* QUAKING ASPEN hornbeam, silver maple, white & pin oak, sassafras, sycamore Maroon/burgundy– WHITE ASH horse chestnut, dogwood, sour wood, and nannyberry Dark green conifers – HEMLOCK WHITE PINE SPRUCES red spruce and balsam fir mostly Adirondacks * Trees with mixed or changing colors: SUGAR MAPLE – typically orange also yellow or red. Paper & yellow birch & basswood -- yellow & green. Dogwood -- purple with mixed green Adirondack and Catskill mountain trees and leaf colors will vary sharply with altitudes. WALKING CLOSER TO SHRUBS Green – Alder (still green as leaves drop) Yellow – Willow, Black Locust, Stripped Maple/Moosewood** Red – Northern Arrowwood Viburnum **, Red and Black Raspberry, Wild Rose, Blueberry, Grape Vine Staghorn Sumac, Poison Ivy Reddish - Common Lilac **, High Bush Cranberry Viburnum Yellow, Orange, Red or Burgundy – Ash Leaf Maple %, Crab Apple, Honeysuckle ** Evergreen –Partridgeberry **, Sheep Laurel ** Maroon – Flowering Dogwood ** Tan/Bronze - Bayberry Underlined ** Leaves are attached opposite each other on twig. All others listed are alternate. Foothills Trail Club www.foothillstrailclub.org 4 TALES NOVEMBER 2019 Upcoming Events and Activities November 9, 2019 Trail Stewards Meeting Springville contact Don Bergman for more information November 25, 2019 Foothills Board Meeting Reinstein Library, Losson Road, all are welcome 6:30pm January 2020 Foothills Board Meeting Reinstein Library, Losson Road, all are welcome 6:30pm Winter 2020 FLTC Howard Beye Hike not yet scheduled March 2020 Foothills Board Meeting Reinstein Library, Losson Road, all are welcome 6:30pm May 2020 Foothills Board Meeting Reinstein Library, Losson Road, all are welcome 6:30pm Remember to Respect Akron Falls Hike 9/15/19 Landowner Rights Photo Credit: Sherry Nowak Stay on the trail, don’t take shortcuts, don’t walk on crops, don’t build fires or camp on private land, NEVER EVER enter landowner buildings…..and don’t park too close to driveways. Yahoo! Join the Foothills Yahoo Group Email List to learn of hiking and trail work opportunities. This is an email group restricted to Foothills members and the only Disclaimers emails you will receive will be from members of the Foothills Yahoo Group. If you are As a courtesy to our members, we frequently a member of Foothills but not of the Yahoo Group, it is very easy to join. provide information about events sponsored by other organizations. Unless published in the Send an email to [email protected]. You will receive an Foothills Trail Club schedule, these events are not email back with instructions. If you have any difficulties, please call Jeanne Moog at FTC outings. They are merely items of interest 716-652-6190. and anyone wanting more information should contact the appropriate organization. Foothills Trail Club www.foothillstrailclub.org 5 Last Name First Name Address City State Zip Phone e-mail Ackerman Margaret 6888 Plaza Dr. Apt 3 Niagara Falls NY 14304 [email protected] Aldrich Harold & Phyliss 1797 French Rd. Varysburg NY 14167 [email protected] Allen Peter 1044 Church Rd. Angola NY 14006 [email protected] Arber Barbara 62 Madaline Lane Depew NY 14043 206-4347 [email protected] Bailoni Valerie 2500 Parker Blvd. Tonawanda NY 14150 474-0617 [email protected] Banks Ellen 144 Cottonwood Dr.
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