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1 Newsletter of the Dallas Downriver Club Visit our website at June 2002 Special points of interest: The Deadline for next month s newsletter is June 30th. BE FAMOUS - see your name in print in the world-renowned DDRC Current News. Send articles, upcoming trips, boating tips, trip reports, or any other stuff to Fred Crowley , fredcrowley@teamhealeytexas.com UPCOMING TRIPS & EVENTS TO START GETTING READY FOR... BRAZOS RIVER MOONLIGHT PADDLE - Saturday, June 22: Brazos River below Whitney Dam. Contact Bonnie Haskins, DDRC board meetings are held every second Thursday of the month Enchilada s (directions on back of newsletter). All members are welcome to attend to learn more about club business. What s Inside Eskimo Roll Sessions 2 June Calendar 2 Texas Tornadoes Win Junior National Title for Kayak Polo Trip Report - Illinois River May 17-19, Mile Denton Branch Hike and Bike Trail Opens Treasurer s Report 5 Most Miles Paddled 5 Decals & Patches 6 DDRC Newsletter Ad Rates Officers, Committees, and other assorted neat folk neat folk THE TRININTY RIVER CHALLENGE NEEDS YOU! The Seventh Annual Trinity River Challenge is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 14 Volunteers are needed now for all aspects, especially publicity and awards. See Al Currie at the regular DDRC meetings, or contact him at: Curriew@ema.abbott.com INTERESTED IN BECOMING A CANOE OR KAYAK INSTRUCTOR? If you have an interest in becoming a Certified Canoe or Kayak instructor and then subsequently help to organize and run some training programs, the DDRC will defray some of the expenses associated with this certification. If you would like to go through a certification program, please come to a DDRC Board Meeting to review and discuss. DDRC Board meetings are held at Enchilada s Restaurant (the same place as our regular DDRC meetings). The DDRC Board meetings are held the 2nd Thursday of each month starting at 7pm. SO YOU THINK YOU RE TOUGH EH? That white stuff is snow - and the canoe is birch-bark! (another old photo from Fred s archives)

Wednesdays after work (about 5-5:30 pm) at Rockledge Park, Lake Grapevine, and will continue every Wednesday evening, same place, same time.

2 PAGE 2 NE WS L ETT ER OF TH E DAL LAS D OW NRI V ER C LU B VI S I T OUR W E BSI T E AT W WW. D OW N- RI V E R. ORG ESKIMO ROLL SESSIONS 7 pm on Friday evenings The DDRC Wednesday evening roll, paddle, and rescue practice. Wednesdays after work (about 5-5:30 pm) at Rockledge Park, Lake Grapevine, and will continue every Wednesday evening, same place, same time. June 2002 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Call Keith Smith for info (940) or Board Meeting DDRC Meeting 30 As a participant in any DDRC activity, an individual assumes the responsibility of evaluating all inherent risks before participating and assumes any risk of death or injury inherent in the sport. The participant waives claims that may arise against the club, its officers, members, servants, agents and/or trip coordinators, for death or injury to person or property, including claims of vicarious liability and claims arising from civil recklessness or any degree of negligence. Not waived are claims against an individual who causes injury intentionally or with criminal recklessness and claims among driver, owner and passengers of a motor vehicle Crazy Frog Communications Business web design and host services Brian Harvey Principal, Interactive 6003 Maple Ave., Suite 109 Dallas, TX brian@crazyfrog.com

Hampshire. The tournament was June 7-9 at the University of New Hampshire in Durham on an interesting, large, outdoor pool. We left Dallas at 7:00 PM on Monday, June 3.

Here is our roster: Brian Carroll - #11-20 years old Rachel Lamb - #1-14 years old Alan Lamb - #3-16 years old Megan Meuller - #10-17 years old Stephanie Schnorr - #7-17 years old Monica Palmer -

3 NEWSLETTER OF THE DALLAS DOWNRIVER CLUB VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT PAGE 3 Texas Tornadoes Win Junior National Title of Kayak Polo Trip Report by David Lamb Here are some notes from our junior kayak polo team trip to kayak polo Nationals in Durham, New Hampshire. The tournament was June 7-9 at the University of New Hampshire in Durham on an interesting, large, outdoor pool. We left Dallas at 7:00 PM on Monday, June 3. We returned to Dallas at 9:30 PM on Tuesday, June 11. The Tornadoes won the Junior title of the Kayak Polo Nationals for the third year in a row. Here is our roster: Brian Carroll - #11-20 years old Rachel Lamb - #1-14 years old Alan Lamb - #3-16 years old Megan Meuller - #10-17 years old Stephanie Schnorr - #7-17 years old Monica Palmer - #5-18 years old Nicole McNeil - equipment manager - 18 years old David Lamb/ Dale Palmer - drivers - old enough. On Thursday, June 6, the Tornadoes were invited to participate in the U.S. Women's Development camp. The Tornadoes played in the Women's club division of the tournament and placed second of the five teams. The record was 4 wins, 3 losses and 1 tie. Juniors use the same size ball as the women use. Friday games. Tornadoes 3, Austin Powers 1 Tornadoes 1, Lady Lobsters (Boston) 0 Tornadoes 3, Sponge Girls (California) 1 Saturday games. Ravens 5, Tornadoes 0 Sponge Girls 3, Tornadoes 2 Tornadoes 5, Lady Lobsters 0 Sunday games. Tornadoes 5, Sponge Girls 2 Ravens 3, Tornadoes 1 in the finals. We played all but the last game on a 30M pitch, with the final on the 35M pitch. (Continued on page 6)

4 PAGE 4 NEWSLETTER OF THE DALLAS DOWNRIVER CLUB VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT Trip Report - Illinois River May 17-19, 2002 Bryan Jackson Even though the weather was not looking promising on Friday morning, everyone who braved the elements to load up and head out to Tahlequah for our trip down the Illinois was in for a real treat. By late Friday afternoon, the sun was peeking out of the clouds and most things (except firewood) were beginning to dry out a bit. Folks began arriving around 4 pm. There was a lot of renewing of acquaintances and catching up as many were out for their first trip of the year. All told around 24 people and 16 boats turned out. After we set up camp, we went to the river and found that it had been rising through the day and was running at right around 6 ft. This represents a flow of about 2500 cfs, which is pretty swift for the Illinois. After some time and a few sideways comments about Texans not being able to properly light a fire, we got our really damp campfire going. Everyone had their supper and sat around the smoky fire, occasionally moving to avoid the drifting smoke. During the night the river continued to rise and by morning was running at a little over 3200 cfs. By later in the afternoon on Saturday the Illinois peaked at about We decided that since we had such good flow that we would try a stretch of the upper section. We ran a shuttle to the Chewey Bridge put in and were off and running by about 11 am. The weather was sunny, but not too warm and it was nice to see that we still had blue skies overhead. The river was unusually wide due to the flow and most of the larger obstacles like tree stumps and rocks were deep below the surface creating some "almost whitewater" spots that were a blast to run through. This 14 mile section usually takes the majority of the day to run, but due to the increased flow, we were making spectacular time. We completed the first 4 miles in around 30 minutes. When you were actually out on the river, you really had no sense of exactly how fast you were moving, when you pulled up on shore and watched everyone go by, it was amazing. The normal lunch stop on this section is Hanging Rock Camp, but most didn't see it until it was too late to stop, so everyone kept going until we returned to Peyton's Place. We were back at camp having lunch by about 1:30 pm, having completed the 14 miles in less than 2 1/2 hours. After lunch, we decided that another section was in order since it was so early in the day. We ran a shuttle to Sparrow Hawk Camp and set out on the 16 mile run from Peyton's Place around Elephant Rock to Sparrow Hawk. Due to the flow the river was higher and wider than normal creating some more "almost rapids" and making paddling more of a steering exercise than a necessity. We floated into Sparrow Hawk in just under 3 hours having averaged 5.5 mph on the trip. By nightfall, we were back at the now mostly smoke free campfire having supper. Everyone was pretty amazed at the amount of river we had been able to cover that day and were planning a "short" trip for Sunday morning. Ordinarily, we do a 4 or 6-mile stretch on Sunday before packing up and heading home, but the river had only dropped about a foot or so over night leaving it at around 5 ½ feet and about 2200 cfs. The group that was going decided to do the Peyton's to Sparrow Hawk section again, figuring that they could complete it around the same amount of time as the day before. All told, some of our paddlers racked up 46 miles in two days! That's pretty good for the slow moving Illinois. All in all this was another great trip. I would like to thank everyone who came and made this such a great weekend. Also worth mentioning are the improvements that have been made to Peyton's Place over the winter. A new restroom and shower facility as well as RV pad sites with electricity and water has been completed. The restroom however would be the crown jewel, with its larger men's and ladies rooms and 8 shower rooms with real locking doors. Anyone who has seen or used the old restrooms will appreciate this new structure.

37 Most Miles Paddled in 2001 STRESSED OUT AF- TER THAT LAST TRIP MASSAGE Marilyn School 972-370-5844 Folks, once again it s time to go through your trip logs and submit your entry for most miles

5 NEWSLETTER OF THE DALLAS DOWNRIVER CLUB VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT PAGE 5 THE FAR SIDE Treasurer s Report Beginning Balance 04/27/02 $2, Receipts Dues Collected $66.00 Total Collections $66.00 Disbursements Denton County Morning News 5/26/02 Expenses Newsletter -$ Total Expenses -$ Sub Total $2, $ Ending Balance 05/31/02 $2, Most Miles Paddled in 2001 STRESSED OUT AF- TER THAT LAST TRIP MASSAGE Marilyn School Folks, once again it s time to go through your trip logs and submit your entry for most miles paddled in Bring your info to the next DDRC meeting. Information required: Paddler s name who are you (also you have to had Paddled -being a passenger in a raft doesn t count!) Witness(es) River (or other body of water) and location Identify the section of river And of course The number of miles paddled.

That way folks will know who you are when you wipe-out in that Class V. Guaranteed until they wear out - then buy some more - they re cheap! Guaranteed waterproof unless they leak.

6 PAGE 6 NEWSLETTER OF THE DALLAS DOWNRIVER CLUB VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT EXCLUSIVE!! DDRC Decals and Patches Only $1 each or 2 for $2 (get them at the DDRC meetings) Put em on your canoe/kayak, life jackets, swim suits, paddles, packs, and tents. That way folks will know who you are when you wipe-out in that Class V. Guaranteed until they wear out - then buy some more - they re cheap! Guaranteed waterproof unless they leak. Stats: Five of our six players scored goals Four of our six players played goalie No wet exits No players were carded Monica and Alan played hurt (Alan wrist, Monica elbow) One paddle repaired - New paddle shaft (Brian, of course) No paddles were broken (Yea, Brian) I got to ref five games, and be a linesman in the finals Alan and I got to be timekeeper/scorekeeper on the big pitch Had equipment manager - Nicole McNeil Five lobsters eaten at party One t-shirt won in a raffle "rugby scrum?" by Brian Alan got a lycra top from raffle thanks to raffle ticket from Stephanie 13 boats left Dallas 20 boats returned to Dallas Added two more Tornadoes polo boats - Revenge, too for Rachel and Super Condor for Rick Rankin 4200 miles on Suburban 4000 miles on Carroll's rented Montero 17 States visited: Texas Tornadoes (Continued from page 3) Texas Arkansas Tennessee Virginia Maryland Delaware New Jersey New York Connecticut Rhode Island Massachusetts New Hampshire Maine Vermont Pennsylvania West Virginia Kentucky Total equipment damage: One broken trailer tail light Two blown fuses Minor dents on passenger side of Suburban from a marauding grandstand -honest, the Suburban was parked.

7 NEWSLETTER OF THE DALLAS DOWNRIVER CLUB VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT PAGE 7 DDRC Officers & Committees PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER/MEMBERSHIP/ EQUIP. Ray Foley yelofyar@hotmail.com Pat Chamberlain ptittle29@msn.com Marilyn Scholl gerounsefell@cowtown.net Bryan Jackson foot5236@hotmail.com NEWSLETTER EDITOR Fred Crowley fredcrowley@teamhealeytexas.com DDRC Newsletter Ad Rates Type of Ad Per Insertion Annually Business Cards (member) Business Cards (non-members) /4 Page display /3 Page display /2 Page display Full Page display To advertise, contact Fred Crowley at to discuss artwork format. All ads are payable by check to: DDRC, ATTN: Newsletter Ad. P.O. Box , Dallas, TX Webmaster: Rich Grayson rgrayson@downriver.com Environmental: Ken Lock klockps@swbell.net Librarian: Jesse Gentry gamdiar@msn.com Programs/Events: David Harmon Roster: Marvin Dietel Trip Coordinator: David Nevers Paddlerdave1@msn.com Membership: Bryan Jackson Racing: Open Trinity River Challenge Chairman Al Currie Curriew@ema.abbott.com Raffle: Debbie Kupp Safety: Jeff Peters work: texas.c1@itexas.net Ken Lock klockps@swbell.net Canoe Training: John Pullman padlstandg@aol.com Kayak Training: Alan Tittle ATatDDRC@aol.com.

8 635 (LBJ) US 75 MEADOW ROAD WALNUT HILL G R E E N V I L L E DALLAS DOWNRIVER CLUB June 2002 MEETING Thur. 20 Jun, 7:00 PM Enchilada s Restaurant 6526 E. Northwest Hwy. NORTHWEST HIGHWAY A B R A M S KFC R D DALLAS DOWNRIVER CLUB P.O. Box Dallas, Texas The Official Newsletter of the Dallas Downriver Club Contact Marvin Dietel to change your personal information on the roster, or Fred Crowley to access this newsletter via the internet AND IN COLOR! Save paper Let us the newsletter to you!

UPCOMING TRIPS & EVENTS TO START GETTING READY FOR...

UPCOMING TRIPS & EVENTS TO START GETTING READY FOR... Newsletter of the Dallas Downriver Club Visit our website at www.down-river.org May 2002 Special points of interest: The Deadline for next month s newsletter is May 31st. BE FAMOUS - see your name in print