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BUCKEYE TRAIL A SSOCIA T ION Trailblazer FOunDED 1959 SUMMER 2008 VOLUME 41 NO. 2 Boy Scouts Celebrate Earth Day Over 300 Boy Scouts worked on the Buckeye Trail in AEP lands in Noble County over Earth Day weekend, bringing together the BTA Trail Crew and perhaps tomorrow’s BTA trail workers. I N T H I S I SSUE... 11 Meet the New BTA Board 2 BTA Bits and Pieces Members Earth Share of Ohio 3 12 Visiting a 4 Schedule of Hikes & Events Glassblower for the 5 End of Trail Annual 6 Boy Scouts Help with Trail Work Meeting 7 Adopter’s Corner 13 2008 BTA Awards 8 Rock Run Work Party in Presented at New Straitsville Section 17 State Trail Coordinator’s Report the Annual Meeting 9 Welcome New Members! 18 Wild Neighbors 14 Highlights of the BTA Board 9 BTA Accepts Award from Wayne Meetings 19 Dear Landowner on the Buckeye National Forest Trail 15 Barn Talk 10 Northwest Ohio’s 2008 BTA 19 Donations to BTA Funds Annual Meeting 15 BTA Annual Picnic 20 Bramble #47 16 Avoiding Our Two Left Feet CKEY BTA Bits and U E B Pieces T R I L Pat Hayes, BTA President A I am writing this article during National Volunteer Week, April 27–May 3, 2008. National Volunteer Week was created in 1974 when President Richard Nixon signed an execu- Trailblazer tive order to establish the week as an annual celebration of volunteering. And every year since that time, each U.S. Published Quarterly by the Buckeye Trail Association, Inc. President, along with many governors, mayors and other elected officials, has signed a P.O. Box 254 proclamation promoting National Volunteer Week. I have no proclamation to sign, but Worthington, Ohio 43085 I do want to take this opportunity to thank all the volunteers who work so hard to make Circulation: 1,200 the Buckeye Trail the premier hiking trail in Ohio. Lisa Daiber Speaking of volunteers, I want to thank several special volunteers who devoted much Editor time and planning to make our just concluded April 2008 BTA Annual Meeting in Napo- Mary Hayes leon a success. Many thanks go to BTA Vice President Greg Wisniewski for arranging to Associate Editor have our annual meeting at the Church of the Nazarene in Napoleon. It is a large com- plex with great kitchen facilities and plenty of room for a group of our size. We even had Darlene Karoly Production several BTA members camped out in some of the smaller rooms. Mary Hamilton once again shouldered the huge responsibility of making sure we were all well fed during the weekend long event. Special thanks also go to our two Annual Meeting Co-chairpersons, D E ADLI NES Mary Hamilton and Ruth Brown for seeing to the myriad details that go into making an Deadlines for submission are event like this a success. February 1 for the Spring issue, May 1 for the Summer issue, I believe we had about fifty members in attendance this year who took advantage of August 1 for the Fall issue, several different hikes on the BTA/NCT, a trip to a glass blowing studio in West Unity, and November 1 for the Winter issue. Ohio, a program on the Miami Erie Canal in Northwest Ohio by Stephanie Jaqua, and a program on the Black Swamp by Pete Wilhelm. By the time you read this, National Volunteer Week will be long past, but the oppor- SU BMI SS IO NS & A D V E RTI S I N G tunities to volunteer are ever present. There are many weekend and week long BTA work Address for submissions parties scheduled for the remainder of the year so take a look at the Schedule of Hikes and advertising inquiries: and Events in this issue or check out the Events page BTA web site for a volunteer oppor- Lisa Daiber tunity near you. 2369 Suncrest Drive Long time BTA Board members Herb Hulls and Jay Holwick chose not to run for Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 44221 board trustee positions this time. Herb has served as a board member since 1994 and Jay Phone: 330.928.8931 has served since 1999. Herb will still be greatly involved in an advisory capacity and he Fax: 330.926.9574 [email protected] and Susie will still manage the Chuck Wagon. Jay plans to continue as BTA Store man- ager. I want to thank them both for their many years of service as BTA Board Trustees. Disclaimer: The articles and all information in this publication have been prepared with utmost care. However, neither the Buckeye Trail Association nor the Editor can guarantee accuracy or completeness of information. Opinions expressed in the articles, columns and paid advertising are not necessarily those of the BTA. Trailblazer is printed on recycled paper. BTA Trailblazer Summer 2008 www.buckeyetrail.org BTA S T A F F Dorothy Anson Mail Secretary Ruth Brown, Mary Hamilton Annual Meeting Josh Gille, John Heater, John Payton, Jim Sprague, Jack Watkins One Environment . Cartography Team ® Kathy Hamilton One Simple Way to Care for It. Grants Jay Holwick, Dana Zintek Earth Share of Ohio is a great way to donate to the Buckeye Trail Associa- Sales Managers tion. ESO represents dozens of local, national and international groups Mary Hayes working to preserve, protect and defend Ohio’s and the world’s environ- Webmaster ment. ESO’s beneficiary organizations are some of the most respected and Thomas Horvath Legal Counsel responsible environmental and conservation nonprofits in the country. You Elmo Layman can designate your gift to ESO to benefit the BTA. There are two ways for Scholarship Fund you to do this: Liz McQuaid Staff Coordinator • First is through your workplace giving program. More than 79 workplaces Steve Miller in Ohio now partner with ESO to offer their employees an environmental Computer Services Coordinator choice in their annual workplace giving campaign. Employees can check Constance Pond with their payroll offices or with ESO to determine if they have the option Statutory Agent to contribute to ESO. If your workplace already partners with ESO, you'll Gary Williams just need to fill out a pledge form when your campaign runs! If your Publicity workplace does not have a giving program or does not include ESO in William T. Schultz Trail Preservation Fund an existing one you can ask your employer to do so. ESO will help you. Jim Sprague • Secondly, you could give through your United Way Campaign. If your Maintenance Supervisor workplace offers a United Way giving drive and your local United Way Beverly Starcher includes ESO in its list of charities, you can select it from the list. Membership Secretary Using Earth Share Ohio is an easy method for giving to the BTA through BTA T rail payroll deductions. C oordi N ator S S tat E Jim Runk www.earthshareofohio.org Rick Adamson Jack Watkins NOR th E ast VACANT East C E nt R A L VACANT SO uth E ast Vacant SO uthw E st Jim Runk BTeasers NOR thw E st David Stilwell Pat Hayes NOR th C E nt R A L When did an article about the Serpent Charles Huth Q Mound crypto-explosive Structure appear BTA B oard O F in the Trailblazer? T R US T E E S 2 0 0 8 Offic ER S It appeared on page 4 of the July 1980 Pat Hayes, President Greg Wisniewski, Vice President A Trailblazer Vol. 13 no. 3. Ruth Brown, Secretary Constance Pond, Treasurer TR ust EE S Russ Johnson, Elmo Layman, Chris McIntyyre, Liz McQuaid, Melissa Reed, John Rethman, Quincy Robe, Susan Stover, Adrian Vanko, Gary Williams, Jeff Yoest www.buckeyetrail.org BTA Trailblazer Summer 2008 3 Schedule of Hikes & Events Always check www.buckeyetrail.org/events.html for last-minute updates J UNE Take SR-821 south to the town of Warner and July 19 BTA Annual Picnic. BTA Head- SR-530. Turn right on SR-530 and go 0.1 mile quarters on Tappan Lake. See page XX for June 14 NE BTA Hike, Oak Hill Area, to Duck Creek Rd. (T-16) and turn left. Fol- more information. Cuyahoga Valley NP. Leave at 10:00 a.m., low T-16 south for about 2.6 miles and park from the parking lot, CVNP Plateau Trail at the Washington County Fish and Game AU G US T (4.9 miles, some hills, considered moderate to Association property. difficult by the NP, hike could be shortened). If coming from Marietta, take I-77 north August 2 BTA NE Group Hike, North Lunch in Peninsula restaurant. From Penin- to exit 6 and SR-821 north to Duck Creek Rd. Chagrin Reservation. Hike North Chagrin sula, go west to first road, (Riverview Rd.), (T-l6) just before the town of Whipple. Fol- Reservation and the Mayfield Hts. Wetland. south to first road, (Major Rd.), west to first low T-l6 north about 2.3 miles and park at the Leave at 9:00 am from Sunset Pond and the road, (Oak Hill Rd.), south to parking lot. Washington County Fish and Game Associa- North Chagrin Nature Center for a 5-mile Contact: Sophia or Larry Morton, tion property. hike (shorter hikes available). Lunch at a local 330-794-7059. To get to Monday’s meeting point, take restaurant. Directions: Exit I-271 at Wilson Mills Road. E on Wilson Mills Rd. to SR-91 June 21–25 BTA Work Party, Old Man I-77 to exit 16 and turn west onto Sherbourne (1/8 mile).