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Summer Camp 2006 -- Sequim, Here We VOLUME 65 OCTOBER 2005 NUMBER 9 Inside This Issue Summer Camp 2006 -- Construction Progress 2 Sequim, Here We Come! Obituaries 2 By Lana Lindstrom Essentials 4 T SEEMS AS THOUGH the Obsidians FWOC Convention 6 I have a fairly strong rumor mill net- Media Mix 8 work, so we might as well confess: the Trip Reports 9 - 15 rumor that next year's Summer Camp is Oldie Trip Report 17 going to be on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington is true! On the other hand, Upcoming 18 - 19 the decision was just finalized a few Calendar 19 weeks ago, so if this is the first time Features by Members you're hearing about it, don't feel bad. Summer Camp 1 THE PLACE: Sequim Bay State Park (pronounced Squim...the "e" is silent). This part of the peninsula is in the rain Wilderness Volunteers 3 shadow and receives only 17" of rain a year. The park is on the bay, so you can The Urban Hike 5 carry your sea kayak or canoe from your camp to the water. A Rails to Trails Life of a Park Ranger 7 bike path starts just a half mile away; 18 miles later, you'll be in Port Angeles. Roads Not Taken 16 Two daily ferries depart from Port Angeles to Victoria, B.C.; so, while at camp, you can visit a foreign country and return to sleep in your own tent. And, of course, there's hiking: on the beach, along rivers and in the mountains. THE FACILITIES: This will be a very civilized camping experience. We have Dates to Remember a lodge with cooking facilities, as well as a "living room" with a piano, VCR, ping-pong table, sofas and other accouterments. You can pitch your tent, but Oct 14 Annual Meeting there are also cabins and Adirondacks (three-sided buildings) which have multi- Oct 19 Board Meeting ple bunk beds. For a premium, these will be available for those folks who prefer Nov 2 Board Meeting sleeping inside and off the ground. THE DATES: Sites in the park can be rented for a maximum of 10 days. In order to accommodate the maximum number of Obsidians, we'll have two five- Detailed trip schedules at: day camps: Monday, June 26 to Saturday, July 1 and Saturday, July 1 to www.obsidians.org or Continued on Page 4 Register-Guard – Sports – Thursday x Trip Leader Logs Updated Annual Meeting ust a short note from someone with a long title: Sharon Ritchie, chairperson October 14, 7:00 p.m. of the Trip Leader Award Ad Hoc Committee, wants to let “all you leaders” EWEB Training Center J know the trip leader logs have been updated as of September 30, 2005. Trip re- ports received by the chairpersons by that date were counted on the log. Those received after that date will go toward next year’s count. Several Obsidians have Membership Dues moved up into the “Award” categories, so you might want to check out your cur- Are Overdue rent trip leader standing online. The awards will be presented at the annual meet- ing at EWEB on Friday, October 14. See Page 18 Sharon extends her thanks to Lenore McManigal and Wayne Deeter for help- ing bring the list up to date. Slo-Mo Replay OBSIDIANS, INC Barbara Hasek P.O. Box 322 Reverses Sprinkler Eugene, OR 97440 A CELEBRATION OF LIFE was held Website: www.obsidians.org Requirement Sept. 25 for Barbara Mary Hasek of Springfield, who died Aug. 29 after Board of Directors President - John Jacobsen ITH THE ODGE CONSTRUC- a head injury. She was 81. L Vice President - Wayne Deeter W TION game still in doubt, care- She was born Sept. 17, 1923, in Secretary - Jim Duncan ful reviews revealed errors in EWEB’s Vancouver, B.C., to Alfred and El- Treasurer - Sheila Ward calculations and, in effect, ruled out eanor Saugstad. She married Mary Croson Sandra Larsen our apparent need to install sprinklers John Pegg Steve Schriver Stanley Hasek on Feb. 14, 1945, in Susan Sullivan throughout our remodeled lodge. Vancouver. He died in May 1984. Board meetings are held at 6:00 p.m. on the It appears we may still need to in- Barbara attended a secretarial first Wednesday of each month, except Au- stall a new fire hydrant and incur other school and worked as a legal secre- gust, at the Obsidian Lodge. related expenses, but the final cost is tary. She enjoyed sewing, hiking, anticipated to be much less than the skiing and knitting. She was a mem- Committee Chairpersons By-Ways By Bus ......................Liz Reanier sprinkler system would have taken out ber of the Parent Teachers Associa- Climbs..................................... Sue Sullivan of our treasury. tion and had served as Oregon presi- Concessions .................. Laurie Funkhouser dent. She served on the Willama- Conservation.......................... Doug Nelson Our apologies to the City of Eugene, Entertainment...........................Kathy Hoeg which was not the agency apparently lane Park & Recreation District Extended Trips...................Lana Lindstrom board and was an Obsidian Princess. Finance .................................. Ken Kodama that threw cold water on our plans (as Lodge Building ................. Rob Castleberry reported in last month’s Bulletin); but, “SHE BEGAN WITH the club in Lodge Grounds ........................ Max Brown indeed, deserves credit for their con- 1960 and climbed five mountains,” Librarian/Historian........Lenore McManigal reports club historian Lenore Membership .........................Sharon Ritchie scientious officials helping to call for Online .................................. Wayne Deeter the instant replay. McManigal. Barbara became the Publications .....................Marshall Kandell 86th Obsidian Princess, with the Publicity................................. Mary Croson The wrong calls cost us lots of de- name "Sun on the Snow." She was a Safety..........................................John Pegg lays in getting our permits and starting Science & Education............... Rick Ahrens life member, as was her husband. construction and it’s difficult to pre- Summer Camp ......................... Jim Duncan “When my family was learning to Summer Trips ...................... Sandra Larsen dict what winter will bring or what the ski in the early 70's, we used to see Trail Maintenance.......................Peter Asai hurricanes have done to the cost of Winter Trips............................ Bill Johnson Barbara and Stan skiing at Hoodoo,” building materials… but it looks as Youth ................................... Andy Jobanek recalled Lenore. though we’ll be moving ahead very soon. Survivors include her son, Robert, of Eugene; a brother, Eric Saugstad, The OBSIDIAN Bulletin To all who have contributed to our of Burns Lake, B.C.; three grand- construction and contingency funds, Published monthly, except August. Articles, children; and six great-grandchild- story ideas, letters to the editor and other edi- our sincerest appreciation. Every cent ren. A son, Norman Edward Hasek, torial submissions may be emailed to: helps us navigate these unpredictable died previously. She raised her [email protected] waters. three grandchildren after her son and Although email is preferred, is his wife died in an automobile ac- submissions can also be sent to: We will have a complete cident. The Obsidian Bulletin list of new contributions to the P.O. Box 51424, Eugene, OR 97405 construction and contingency funds in the November Bulle- Directory Changes Deadline for November Bulletin tin. WENDY DAME Saturday, October 29th [email protected] MARGARET LEE FEA Editorial Team October 2005 Membership [email protected] Marshall Kandell, Barb Revere, Active 479 BOB HARRISON Janet and John Jacobsen [email protected] Associate 38 SCOTT HUNT Assembly/Mailing Team Honorary 3 [email protected] For September Bulletin HELMUT PLANT Junior 19 Yuan Hopkins, Ray Jensen, Anne Hollander, Life 23 [email protected] RICHARD ROMM Lenore and John McManigal, Marshall Kan- TOTAL 562 [email protected] dell, Vera Wooley and Dick and Rose Marie Moffitt (crew chief) Page 2 The OBSIDIAN Bulletin Wilderness Volunteers: Work, Adventure, Feel Good Time By Mike BeBout and Sylvia Harvey O YOU HAVE SOME utes. Avoiding scratches takes a little D EXTRA TIME and more time. want a bit of adventure? ANCESTRAL PUEBLOANS lived in this Then check out the Wil- area from 700-1200 AD. Native artisans derness Volunteers. A are rebuilding and stabilizing some struc- week's work-trip to an tures. We were able to visit and work in area consists of the day areas not open to the general public. This you meet, two workdays, experience was priceless. a day off to enjoy the area Removing tamarisk at Canyonlands (usually on a group hike), National Park in Utah was hot, dirty work. two more days of work, This exotic plant is overwhelming native and then the out day. plants and increasing fire danger. On this Usually, the group con- project, we met a remarkable man. Rex, sists of two leaders and 10 an 84-year old gentleman from Texas, has volunteers. worked on more than 100 service trips We wanted to contrib- with various organizations. He drove out ute our time and sweat to from Texas and even appeared at Klamath a project that would bene- Marsh in August when we removed fit the environment. It barbed wire from the old cattle ranches in turned out to be an enor- the refuge. mous "feel good" time for THERE ARE MANY ourselves, as well. PLACES to visit and Our first trip was in the many projects that need Guadalupe Mountains of Sylvia and Mike volunteers. The WV pro- Texas, where we rebuilt In the Guadalupe vides access into various Mountains (above) locations in the US and water bars. What people and in other countries at a say about the winds in at Canyonlands reasonable charge. Cost West Texas is all true. (right) Even the barbs on barbed per trip is around $219, wire all face in the same direction! The which includes meals for Guadalupes and the Carlsbad Caves are of the week.
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