Albany Fitwalkers, a member of the American Volkssporting Association, is a non-competitive group meeting the second Wednesday of each month at Brookdale Villas Courtyard , 1929 Grand Prairie Rd. SE, Craft Room A, Albany OR. Visitors are welcome. Dues are$10.00.

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You are invited to join us at 6pm at Phoebe and Randy Harrison’s home. Table

service, iced tea and coffee are provided by the Harrisons. Please bring your own

table ware (plate, knife, fork and spoon) and a side dish, salad, or dessert to share.

The club furnishes the meat dish.

Wear your pink (or tan) Fitwalkers t-shirt for the annual group picture.

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Phoebe & Randy live at 1410 SE Lehigh Way, Albany. From Santiam, (Rt. 20) turn

on Center St. SE and take a left at 13th Ave SE, which becomes Lehigh after the

curve. The Harrison house is on the right.

Please RSVP by Sunday, August 7, to Jan at 924-3847 or e-mail

jmhagemeister@msn.com. She needs to know the number of people attending.

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ALBANY FITWALKERS NEWSLETTER

AUGUST WALK ALBANY 2011

WALKER WEBSITES FITWALKERS www.albanyfitwalkers.org OTSVA www.walkoregon.org AVA www.ava.org

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Carpool to YREs www.albanyfitwalkers.org.

Julia at pjwesterberg@comcast.net or 541-967-3001 Phoebe at ranphoeb@pacifier.com or 541-926-1735

August

Aug. 4 - McMinnville – Wildcat – Parks, Y1916, 10km, rated 1+ Aug. 11 - Silverton Aug. 18 - Tualatin - Hedges Creek Wetlands, Y1431, 10km, rated 1 August 25 - Eugene - Willamette River Greenway, Y1970, 10km, rated 1

September Sept. 1 – Gladstone - River Views, Y0773, 10km, rated 1 Sept. 8 - Corvallis – OSU/Covered Bridge, Y0999, 10km, rated 1 Promoting Fun, Fitness & Friendship

Walk with the

Wanderers

Salem Second

Sunday Strolls Promoting Fun, Fitness

& Friendship

August 14, 5:00 PM – Walk through the capitol and WillametteUniversity grounds, past the court house and the Governor’s Mansion, and through parks along shaded pathways. Click HERE for details. September 11, 5:00 PM – Walk through various parks alongside MillStream and the Willamette River and across the pedestrian bridge into Polk County. Click HERE for complete details.

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Reservations Required. For more information call (541) 747-6470 or see www.mossbacks.org Aug. 1, Tues. Yachats YRE, Carpool (7am-4pm) 10km rated 2. Aug. 5, Fri. Mark Trail for Elkton Event, Carpool (10am-5:30pm), 5/10km, rated 2 Aug. 13, Sat. Silver Falls YRE, Carpool (8am-4pm), 11/12km rated 3+ Aug. 19-21, Fri.-Sun. Astoria and North Coast, Astoria Birthday Walks and YREs along the way. Road trip. Aug. 24, Weds. Litter pickup on Clearwater Trail, carpool (9-11am), 5km Aug.27, Sat. Winchester Bay YRE, carpool (8am-5pm), 10km, rated 2 Aug. 28, Sun. Portland Sunday Parkways Walk, Carpool (7am-4pm), 5/10km, rated 1+. Aug. 31, Weds. Check Cottage Grove Walk, route for Oct. 8 Walk, Carpool (9am-3:30pm), 5/10 km, rated 1

Albany Fitwalkers

Officers President – Jim

Vice President – Rozy

Secretary – Karen

Treasurer – Jan

2011 COMMITTEES Year Round Events - Nancy

Membership - Jean and Jan Thursday Walks - Phoebe, Julia, and Judy

Newsletter - Sandy and Julia Publicity - Rozy and Karen Albany Bicycle & Ped Committee - Nita

Historian - Stephanie Website Karen and Jim

Girl Scout Liason LuAnn

Along the road of life, there are times when a helping hand is needed. The same is true of AVA Clubs.

Willamette Wanderers

Starting in May Albany Fitwalkers and OTSVA have paired up, helping the Willamette Wanderers put on walks and meetings Since then the Wanderers membership has increase and regular meeting are being held.

Willamette Wanderers Meet Monthly 3rd Wednesday of each month

7:00 PM Room 1, Building D, Salem Hospital

Pre-meeting Walk

Leaves the Main Lobby, Building A 4:30 PM (until daylight savingstime)

Julia is working as co organizer with Wanderers President Susan Hoskin and member Gary Brown to attract walkers through www.meetup.com. To learn more see this website that Julia posts. Enter “Salem” and ”walks.” Karen published the first of the Willamette Wanderers quarterly newsletters. Great job, Karen. Look for the next newsletter in November.

Rosy workings in her duel role as a Fitwalker and President of OTSVA. And thanks to all the other Fitwalkers who continue to contribute to the Willamette Wanders. Albany Fitwalkers are helping make Salem a viable club.

Walk with the Wanderers

Salem Second Sunday Strolls Promoting Fun, Fitness & Friendship

August 14, 5:00 PM – Walk through the capitol and WillametteUniversity grounds, past the court house and theGovernor’s Mansion, and through parks along shaded pathways. Click HERE for details. September 11, 5:00 PM – Walk through various parks alongside MillStream and the Willamette River and across the pedestrianbridge into Polk County. Click HERE for complete details. October 10, 4:00 PM – Sunday Stroll through the historic WillametteMission and along the Willamette River. Click HERE fordetails. November 13, 2:00 PM – Repeat the Capitol Parks walk prepared to seethe changes in colors only experienced on a fall day in Oregon. Plus Saturday, November 26, 9:00 AM – Time to do the Turkey Trot – a 5k or 10k at alocation in the Salem area yet to be announced. Included at this event is also a celebration of the Willamette Wanderers 25

th anniversary. Don’t

miss it! S ISSUE

• Upcoming Walk

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The Corvallis Cruisers are a Volkssporting Club that has suffered for a number of years due to lack of membership. Donna, both a Cruisers and a Fitwalker has been one of the faithful in Corvallis. Fitwalkers have increased efforts to be supportive by including Corvallis Year Round Events on the Thursday Walks calendar. We recently helped with the daVinci Days Walk on July 17, hosted by the Cruisers and OTSVA.

Albany Fitwalkers Officers President – Jim

Vice President – Rozy

Secretary – Karen

Treasurer – Jan

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IVV Congress of Delegates

Meeting You may not be able to attend the meeting October 19, 2011, in Turkey

but you can learn more about it on http://www.ivv-web.org

While you are on the site, check these out:

IVV Special Events

12th IVV Olympiad Antalya / Türkei 19th - 23rd October 2011

IVV World Cup - Volkssport on 3

continents

IVV Europa Cup I and II - awards are given to volkssporters who have

participated in IVV events in 14 or 16 different European national member

associations

IVV Pacific Cup - The Pacific Cup encourages participation in events which are organized by countries that

touch the Pacific Ocean

World Walking Day - A special stamp and a certificate

will be given on this day

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Electronic Sanctioning Requests – (ESRs) 2012. August 31, 2011 is the deadline for submitting Year Round and Seasonal Events for 2012., to our Region Director. The. Regional Director has until September 15 to look over, approve and note any changes so that before printing the 2012 Starting Point Book and the 2012 IVV Calendar of Events Book New IVV Event Stamp Policy In Effect Rememeber , as of July 1, 2011, use the "IVV Event Stamp in the IVV Distance Record Book each time an individual completes the distance of an IVV event. The IVV Event Stamp is entered in the Event Record Book once each day an individual completes the distance of an IVV Event." This applies to each one of our events effective. "IVV Credit now may be placed in your IVV event record book daily!". The more participation, the more we grow.

Post Convention Photos to the Web Site Share your convention fun and memories. Susan Pinneke has set up a shared album on the AVA 2011 Convention web site for you. The instructions for posting your photos are on the web site www.ava.org/clubs/ava2011convention/index.asp

2011/2012

Girl Scout

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Great Columbia Crossing

Register for Great Columbia Crossing, the event held Sunday, Oct 2, in Astoria, OR. Register online at www.greatcolumbiacrossing.com. There is a slight additional charge of online registration. Or, register by mail.

Cost is: Adults - $35; youth (8-17 years old) - $25

Entry fee includes: parking, shuttle bus service to start of race & parking, bib number, light snacks and 5 Clam Dollars that can be redeemed at participating Chamber businesses September 30 - October 2, 2011.

Starting Point Photo Contest Postmark Deadline August 17

Walking and Trail related Volkssporting photos are needed in 5" x 7" color. Include the photo location, brief description of photo and who submitted the photo, name, phone number and email address. Mail to AVA Headquarters, Attn: Candace Purcell., AVA, 1001 Pat Booker Rd. Suite 101, Universal City, TX 78148 The person(s) submitting the front and back winning cover photos receive a free copy of the 2012 Starting Point Book.

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$16 each Gold or Platinum

Contact Sandy www.cramerss2@aol.com

Left: Stephanie - July “Getting to Know You” person and mother of Kassadee (below) Right: Leroy -to inspire a young walker, he gave his convention canvas bag with patches from the 11 walks he did to Kassadee Below: Kassadee – Albany Fitwalker and daughter of Stephanie.

Summer Sun

Sun protection is imperative at any age. Contrary to myth, most sun

damage is not done during childhood. In fact, adults over the age of 40 have the highest UV exposure, and the risk

of developing melanoma (the deadliest from of skin cancer) doubles

if you have five or more severe sunburns anytime in your life.

Keep covered out there!

Last year Americans went through about 50 billion plastic water bottles. Fill up a reusable water bottle at home and bring it with you.

Northwest Art and Air Festival Fun Runs

August 28, 2011 • Timber Linn Park

10K, 5K, and Kids 1K

Hi,

My name is Erin and I am an intern with

Albany Parks and Rec. I am involved in

setting up a run that will take place

Sunday August 28th at Timber Linn park.

There is a 10k run, a 5K run/walk and a

kids 1 mile run. We are hoping that Fit

Walkers of Albany would like to take part

in this first year event at the festival

and hopefully continue to keep coming

back. The proceeds will be going toward

the Albany Community Pool to replace a

water handicap access chair and help

fund scholarships that low income

families can apply for.

Thank you for your time, and we hope to

see you there!

Erin O’Connell

Erin.O'Connell@cityofalbany.net

COURSE: The 10K course is flat with one small hill. The 5K is a flat course. Both courses are loops and use the bike lanes as paths. The kid’s race is in the park and about a mile long. Walkers may join in on the 5K route. START TIMES: 10K at 9am, 5K at 9:15am and the kids run @ 10:30am. AWARDS: Medals will be awarded to 1st, 2nd & 3rd place for each category RACE START: Northern most part of the park, on Timber Street. Parking in the Linn

County Fairgrounds will be the closest. The start takes place at on Timber Street.

BLT Trail Work Day Cheadle Lake

Sat Aug 13 10am – 12pm Cheadle Lake, Lebanon, OR

Help Build Lebanon Trails Improve Lebanon trails!

Rocks. There’s a few of them—okay, a lot of them. Along with some brush, limbs and litter. And Build Lebanon Trails could really use your help picking it up! Please join us at Cheadle Lake on Saturday, August 13.

In addition to appropriate work clothing bring gloves and hand tools. Picks, pry bars, wheelbarrows, chain saws and weed eaters are all welcome. Bring along a snack and water. Also, please contact us if you can bring equipment to haul debris to designated dump areas—front bucket tractors, pickups or even quads with trailers! www.BuildLebanonTrails.com

Terry received the 2011 second

quarter Golden Shoe Award for

his hard work, tireless effort and

ongoing commitment to Albany

Fitwalkers. Thanks, Terry!

Dam Released

The start point of Fitwalkers” Shedd YRE was a great place to have a Fish Passage Celebration. The sun lit up Thompson’s Mills State Heritage Site making it picture perfect.

Sandy and Steve joined almost 100 people on Friday, July 29, 2011, to celebrate the removal of Sodom Dam that day. Sodom Ditch had run for so long it contained all the life of a river, except the Dam blocked fish smolt from entering the Calapooia River and access to the sea. Spearheaded by the Calapooia Watershed Council, it took 10 years and 12 organizations, including local, state and federal natural resource officials as well as landowners and farmers, to get rid of the Dam. So what’s a dam got to do with Thompson’s Mills??? Simple. For 120 years the dam diverted water from the Calapooia River to the Sodom Ditch to the Mills, the oldest water-powered grain mills in Oregon. In addition to speeches, food and beverages, the festivities included a shuttle out to the dam “deconstruction site.”

It’s not a pretty sight but when completed the Ditch becomes the Sodom Channel and provides better fishing as well as water management.

All these dam festivities where accompanied by live music provided by the local group Wild Hog in the Woods. One of these gifted musicians even played the saw!

If you are into dam removals, the Shearer Dam, which creates the millrace at Thompson’s Mills, is next. Shearer , the last dam on this water system, is scheduled for demolition on Monday, August 15, 20ll

East Thornton Lake Project

The Calapooia Watershed Council has been a long-time partner and supporter in the successful East Thornton Lake Natural Area (ETLNA) Project and will be collecting and temporarily managing private, tax deductible donations on behalf of the City of Albany. For more information and dam pictures go to www.calapooia.org

DATES TO REMEMBER –AUGUST 2011

AUGUST HOSTED EVENTS 2011

Event Location and Name Date(s) Host Club Click for Details Portland - Gabriel Park 8/3/2011 Guided Walk Vancouver USA Volkssporters View Details

Vancouver - Pacific Community Park 8/10/2011 Walk Vancouver USA View Details Battle Ground - Moulton Falls 8/13/20118/14/2011 Walk All Weather Walkers View Details Portland - Trolley, Train, Trail and Tram Walk 8/17/2011 Guided Walk Vancouver USA View Details

Astoria - Bicentennial Volkswalk 8/20/2011 Walk Turnaround Trekkers View Details Portland - The Grotto 8/24/2011 Walk Vancouver USA Volkssporters View Details Vancouver - Salmon Creek Greenway 8/27/2011 Walk Vancouver USA View Details Portland - Sunday Parkway - Southeast Portland 8/28/2011 Rose City Roamers View Details Lake Oswego - Hazelia Field at Luscher Farm 9/3/2011 Walk Rose City Roamers View Details

Other Albany Fitwalkers Sunday Strolls September – Lebanon, October – Shedd, November – Brownsville, December – Historic Albany

Northwest Regional Conference - Aug 16-19, 2012

ALBANY FITWALKERS VOLKSSPORT CLUB POST OFFICE BOX 1218, ALBANY OR 97321

Volkssport Information Lines http://www.ava.org

Elkton Fort Umpqua/Butterfly Gardens 8/6/2011 Eugene Springfield Mossbacks View Details

SUNDAY STROLL August 21, 2011 Start 5 PM Timber Linn Memorial Park,

Veterans Memorial, Albany, Oregon 5/10/Km, Rated 1

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