1533 SUNDANCE TRAIL LAKEVIEW, NY 14085 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED FOOTHILLS TRAIL CLUB TALES MAY 2018 Visit and us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FoothillsTrailClub Officers and Board Members Co-President, Sally Hardenburg Program Chair, Weekend Hikes, Kathy Foote Yahoo! 123 Ranch Trail West, Williamsville 14221 349 Wimbledon Court, West Seneca 14224 392-3019 675-3989 [email protected] [email protected] Join the Foothills Yahoo Group Email List to learn of hiking and trail Co-President, Claudia Lawler Publicity Chair, Ellen Banks work opportunities. This is an email 105 Nadine Drive, Cheektowaga 14225 144 Cottonwood Drive, Williamsville 14221 group restricted to Foothills 572-8497 435-5105 members and the only emails you [email protected] [email protected] will receive will be from members of Treasurer, Jim Beardsley TALES Editor, Carol Kobrin the Foothills Yahoo Group. If you are 83 Bryant Street, Apt 9D, Buffalo 14209 6506 Amy Lane, Lockport 14094 a member of Foothills but not of the [email protected] 912-0370 Yahoo Group, it is very easy to join. [email protected] Secretary, Wendy Edson 209 Maple Avenue, Hamburg 14075 Trail Steward Coordinator, Don Bergman Send an email to foothillstrailclub- 512-0124 5383 Tonawanda Creek Road, NT 14120 [email protected]. You [email protected] 625-8746 will receive an email back with [email protected] instructions. If you have any difficulties, please call Sally Archivist, Kirk Doyle Trails Administrator, Mike Schlicht 5205 Glendale Avenue, Hamburg 14074 30 Temple Drive, Buffalo, 14225 Hardenburg at 716-392-3019 or 627-4199 316-4388 Jeanne Moog at 716-652-6190. [email protected] [email protected] Circulation Manager, Barbara Morrisey Three-Year Director, Sharon Kelly 1533 Sundance Trail, Lakeview 14085 2905 Four Rod Road, East Aurora 14052 627-3878 655-5248 Disclaimers [email protected] [email protected] As a courtesy to our members, End-To-End Coordinator, Shari Senefelder Three-Year Director, Dee McCarthy w e f r e q u e n t l y p r o v i d e 27 Patricia Drive, Tonawanda 14150 [email protected] information about events 694-4346 s p o n s o r e d b y o t h e r Three-Year Director, Marty Ruszaj Membership Chair, Roy Tocha 82 Misty Lane, East Amherst 14051 organizations. Unless published 11 N. Eaglecrest Drive, Hamburg 14074 689-4177 in the Foothills Trail Club [email protected] [email protected] schedule, these events are not FTC outings. They are merely Program Chair, Tuesday Saunters, Gayle Syty One-Year Director, Barbara Arber items of interest and anyone 70 Pheasant Run Road, Amherst 14228 206-4347 wanting more information should 691-6750 [email protected] c o n t a c t t h e a p p r o p r i a t e organization. Program Chair, Wed Mini Hikes, David Wittmann One-Year Director, Brock Carmichael 109 Nason Parkway, Lackwanna 14218 585-322-3830 823-8156 [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 July issue is June 1st. TALES MAY 2018 NEWS FROM THE FOOTHILLS COUNCIL The FTC Board of Directors met on March 26th. Meeting highlights include: • FLTC will not have Fall Campout in 2018. Instead they are planning a “Hike the Trails” weekend. Stay tuned to upcoming TALES for more information. • Allegany spring clean up will be May 4-5-6-7, weather allowing. • Darien Lake Alley Cat is May 11-13. • The Nominations Committee has completed their work, election of new officers and directors will take place at the Spring Banquet on April 13th. The next meeting of the FTC Board takes place on May 21, 2018 at the Reinstein Library on Losson Road. Spring Banquet Report Election of 2018-19 O"cers Foothills Spring Banquet was held on Friday, April 13th at Banchetti’s. Dinner was delicious and the socializing was even better. The most important piece of business at the banquet was to elect the 2018-19 o"cers. The nominations committee presented their slate of o"cers and those in attendance voted to accept the recommendation of the committee. We have a new president……..well actually we have two. Sally Hardenburg and Claudia Lawler will lead the Foothills Trail Club in 2018-19 as Co-Presidents. Our new one-year directors are Barbara Arber and Brock Carmichael. All other positions remain the same. Congratulations to all of the 2018-19 o"cers. The full list of o"cers, with contact information, is found on page 1 of this TALES. Huge thank you to our outgoing o"cers — Donna Flood, Lori Chiarelli, and Sally Hardenburg. THANK YOU DONNA FLOOD Thank you Donna for all the time and effort you have given over the past several years to the Club. You have worked to maintain its mission and promote its promise. Hopefully, you will continue to help the efforts of the Club and its members in educating the public, maintaining the trails and promoting conservation efforts. ~~ Sally Foothills Trail Club www.foothillstrailclub.org !2 TALES MAY 2018 Tuesday Saunters and Wednesday Mini Hikes Earlier this year, Gayle Syty took over as Program Chair of the Tuesday morning saunters and David Wittmann became the Program Chair for our Wednesday night mini hikes. If you are interested in leading a saunter or mini hike, please contact the respective Program Chair to get on the schedule. Gayle Syty, 691-6750 David Wittmann, 823-8156 National Trail Day Saturday, June 2, 2018 Foothills Trail Club will Celebrate National Trails Day at the Erie County Forest in Sardinia, NY this year. Participants may choose from 3 different hikes…8 miles, 4 miles, and a 2.5 - 3 mile option. The hikes will all leave from the parking on Genesee Road. The 8 mile hike will leave at 8:00 AM. The 4 mile hike at 10:00 AM and the 2.5-3 mile hike at 10:30AM —————- Directions from Buffalo: take Route 219 South to Genesee Road. Turn left onto Genesee Road. In approximately 7 miles, the parking lot will be on the left. 8:00 AM hike, 7.5 to 8 miles 2B We will hike the Conservation Trail for 8 miles with the option to drop out after 4 miles. Be sure to bring water for the hike. Call Claudia Lawler 572-8497 10:00 AM hike 4 miles 2B We will hike the Conservation Trail for 4 miles. Be sure to bring water for the hike. Call Barb Mach 1-585-457-9892 10:30 AM hike 2.5-3 miles 2A We will walk the road through the Erie County Forest. The hike is quite flat with one gradual hill. Call Jeanne Moog 445-3179 Following the hike, we will have a picnic lunch. Foothills will provide hot dogs, rolls and condiments. Every one should bring their own beverage and a dish to pass. Please bring a friend!! Foothills Trail Club www.foothillstrailclub.org !3 TALES MAY 2018 Allegany State Park Spring Clean Up The club is planning on spending May 4-5-6-7 in Allegany State Park doing Spring clean up work. We are trying to set up the A use of a couple of cabins as the park has not been able to find any available cabins for our use. Please let Jeanne Moog or Don Bergmann know about your availability. L Your help is greatly appreciated. O FLTC Spring Weekend O 2019 K June 7-8-9, 2019 Foothills will be coordinating and running the 2019 FLTC Spring Weekend. We are so B excited to have a found a beautiful venue in the University at Pittsburgh/Bradford. Our A team is in the early planning stages, but mark your calendars and stay tuned to C upcoming TALES for information on this great event. K Foothills Membership Submitted Our annual membership is effective April 1st by of every year. If you have not yet renewed, please do so as soon as possible. Your m e m b e r s h i p d u e s s u p p o r t s t h e Ed Conservation Trail, multiple hikes scheduled every week all over WNY, and the TALES Wesolowski which is published six times a year. The dues also pays for insurance and supports trail maintenance supplying signs, paint, tools and publicity and promotion. A copy of the membership form can be found on page 5 of this TALES. Foothills Trail Club www.foothillstrailclub.org !4 TALES MAY 2018 MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL FORM Membership in the Foothills Trail Club is from April 1st to March 31st the following year. If you have not already renewed your membership, please do so now! Membership dues is $22 per individual or $30 per family per year. $5 of each member’s dues will be set aside to be used for trail maintenance and trail construction costs. Dues can be paid in advance for subsequent years. Your yearly membership entitles you to a copy of the bi-monthly TALES/hiking schedule and the accumulation of miles hiked and/or work party hours for award of bunion badges.