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May 2006 Number 5 VOLUME 66 MAY 2006 NUMBER 5 Inside This Issue New Members 2 Car Clouting Becoming Nominating Committee 2 A Major Trailhead Concern Potlucks (in the Interim) 3 Power Lunches 4 By Marshall Jay Kandell Board Notes 12 Trip Reports 13-19 Upcoming Events 20-23 HATTERED GLASS…everywhere! Your heart sinks to the pit of your stomach with the realization that someone has Calendar into June 23 S smashed your car window and you’ve been vandalized. Your hike has ended and Features by Members your hassle with law enforcement, insurance and repairs has just begun. Car Clouting 1 Throughout the nation, car clouting at trailheads has become a major problem…a Lodge Renovation 1 costly concern with no easy answers. Buy a Goat 5 In a recent Register-Guard feature story on car clouting, writer Jack Moran re- Elwa River Canyon 7 ported in the past year Eugene police have taken more than 30 reports of vehicle Wildflowers of Northwest 8 break-ins at lots surrounding Spencer Butte. Damages in some incidents exceeded Elderhostel 9 $1,000. A Sheriff’s Department spokesman says the issue is a countywide problem Gary’s Garden 19 from the coast to the Cascades. Barb’s Trip Sampler 21 In 1997, the Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs passed a resolution that “a por- Camp Deetour Update 22 tion of the funds derived from fees levied by the Forest Service for parking at trail- Dates to Remember (Continued on page 6) May 19 Program - Energy May 22 First Aid for Leaders June 7 Board Meeting Lodge Renovation Detailed trip schedules at: Nears Completion www.obsidians.org or Register- Guard – Sports – Tuesday Story and Photos by John Jacobsen FTER A LONG and what seemed at Interim Potluck A times a tortuous road, we appear to be Location in the final stretch of completing the expan- The May program will take sion and renovation work on our lodge. place at Washington Park Cen- Things are looking great, with most of the ter, 2025 Washington St. new features in place, making us think all See Potluck Preview - Page 3 the trials and tribulations were worth it. The following is an update on construc- LATE BREAKING NEWS tion progress, along with some personal impressions and expressions of appreciation The Obsidians board has on behalf of the Construction Committee unanimously approved the and the club in general to those who have first dues increases in 13 made significant contributions to this ambi- years. See Board Notes on tious project. Preview of new etched artwork at lodge. Page 12 and full story, with background information, in • BEA FONTANA did an incredible job creating and etching a beautiful scene of the the June Bulletin. Three Sisters in the glass panels of the garage door hanging in the new lodge entry. A garage door? You need to see it to understand it, but it is really something. The (Continued on page 11) Nominating Committee Seeking Candidates OBSIDIANS, INC P.O. Box 322 election will take place at the October 10 HE NOMINATING Committee will annual meeting at the lodge. Eugene, OR 97440 T meet during the latter part of May Website: www.obsidians.org to discuss the procedures for selecting Article IV of the Obsidian Constitu- three candidates for election to three- tion (GOVERNMENT, Section c) de- Board of Directors year terms on the Obsidian board of scribes the responsibilities of the board President - Wayne Deeter and nominating committee: Vice President - John Pegg directors beginning January 2007. The Secretary - Laurie Funkhouser nominees’ names need to be submitted “At the April Board meeting the Board Treasurer - Sheila Ward to the board at its July meeting. The shall appoint from the Club at large a Marianne Camp Jim Duncan Nominating Committee of five (5) Active Brian Hamilton Stewart Hoeg Members whose duty it shall be to nomi- Anne Dhu McLucas Sandra Larsen nate three (3) candidates for the Board of Welcome! Directors for the coming year. The Nomi- Board meetings are held at 6:00 p.m. on nating Committee shall report to the the first Wednesday of each month, except August, at the Obsidian Lodge. Board of Directors at the July board meet- New Members ing the names of three (3) nominees for Committee Chairpersons Board of Directors (with approval of those By-Ways By Bus......................Liz Reanier ALLEN, JANE (Active) nominated). The names of nominees 1635 S. Bertelsen Rd., Eugene, OR 97402 Climbs ....................................Doug Nelson shall be published in the July Bulletin. Up Concessions...................Laurie Funkhouser 344-6362 [email protected] to three (3) additional nominees may be Conservation.........................Judy Newman LINDA P. JOHNSTON (Active) submitted by petition (signatures of five Entertainment .......................... Kathy Hoeg 2372 11th St. (5) voting members required with ap- Extended Trips .................. Lana Lindstrom Finance ..................................Stewart Hoeg Springfield, OR 97477 proval of those nominated to the Secre- Lodge Building..................Rob Castleberry 232-0939 [email protected] tary before the September board meet- ing.) Complete slate of nominees shall Lodge Grounds.........................Max Brown PEEL, MARY (Active) be published in the September Bulletin.” Librarian/Historian .......Lenore McManigal 4055 Royal Ave., #81, Eugene, OR 97402 Membership.........................Sharon Ritchie Contact any of the following Nomi- Online...................................Wayne Deeter 461-0863 nating Committee members before June Publications .....................Marshall Kandell Reinstated Publicity ............................Marianne Camp 1st if you would like someone to be con- Safety.......................................... John Pegg AKKE ARBARA ( ) B , B Active sidered as a candidate or have any sug- Science & Education ............John Jacobsen PO Box 10893, Eugene, OR 97440 gestions or comments: Summer Camp..........................Jim Duncan 744-1681 [email protected] Summer Trips................. Margaret Prentice John Jacobsen [email protected] Directory Changes Trail Maintenance....................... Peter Asai Ed Lichtenstein [email protected] Winter Trips ............................Bill Johnson RUEGER ARJORIE Youth....................................Andy Jobanek C , M Jim Duncan [email protected] 3800 Westleigh St., Apt. 431 Eugene, OR 97405 Rick Ahrens [email protected] JACKSON, MARJORIE Max Brown [email protected] The 455 Alexander Lp., Box 125, Eugene, 97401 OBSIDIAN Bulletin Sharon Ritchie [email protected] PIERCE, JIM [email protected] Don Payne 746-1964 Published monthly, except August. Articles, story ideas, letters to the editor and other editorial submissions may be emailed to: [email protected] Although email is preferred, submissions can also be sent to: The Obsidian Bulletin P.O. Box 51424, Eugene, OR 97405 Deadline for June Bulletin Saturday, June 3, 2006 Editorial Team Marshall Kandell, Barb Revere, Janet and John Jacobsen Assembly/Mailing Team For April Bulletin Yuan Hopkins, Ray Jensen, Marshall Kan- The mailing crew getting the Obsidian Bulletin ready to go. From left: Tom Revere, Yuan dell, John and Lenore McManigal, Tom Hopkins, John and Lenore McManigal, Ray Jensen and Marshall Kandell. Revere, Vera Woolley and Crew Chief Barb Revere took photo. Crew Chief Barb Revere Page 2 The Obsidian Bulletin COMING MAY 19th: A Net-Zero Energy Home LDON HAINES and his wife Linda ter indoor air quality, enhanced lighting Oregon’s first "net-zero energy" home. E Rose have been advocates of re- and constant temperature control. Employing solar photovoltaic panels, newable energy sources for years. In the 800-square-foot cottage was the LEARN HOW the couple accom- fact, Haines, a retired physicist, co- plished this pioneering feat at 7 p.m. on first in Portland to create more energy founded the company than it uses. Haines explains, "Net-zero that produced the energy means the 300 sq. feet of solar Copper Cricket pas- cells return as much electricity to the sive solar water grid in a year as we use." heater. So when their daughter and son-in-law extended, Note location change for this in Haines’ words, "a month’s program! The "Rose House" loving invitation," to presentation will take place at Wash- build their retirement ington Park Center, 2025 Washing- cottage in the ton St., Eugene. Socializing with light younger couple’s refreshments begins at 7 p.m. and the one-acre backyard in presentation will start at 7:30. northeast Portland, Haines and Rose made a commitment Friday evening, May 19, as they escort HAINES SAYS the features that make to walk the talk and "go green" in their you on a virtual walk-through of their net-zero energy use possible are ad- construction project. home’s construction. For a peak be- vanced conservation window frames, So inspiring as a sustainable living forehand, check out http://www.green- walls and roof; direct sun or diffuse space, the "Rose House " was featured rated.org/prog_builditgreen.asp? light on a heat-absorbing floor; solar in Portland’s 2004 "Build It Green" y=2004. water heating and a solar assisted heat- home tour that highlights the latest in Eponymously called the "Rose ing system. The cottage, which cost green building techniques, such as bet- House," the structure is considered (Continued on page 7) “Potlucks” Preview and Review …by Chris Cunningham APRIL REVIEW: “The Joy of Birds" AN GLEASON’S "The Joy of haviors and structural morphology, and allows it to hold onto many slippery D Birds" slide presentation was a we were mesmerized by the tiniest of fish at a time,
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