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1 ILLINOIS TREKKERS FOOTNOTES NO July 2011 President: Leonard Wojtysiak Vice President: Debbie Kruep Secretary: Cindy Stucky Treasurer: Jack McKeon IT Database Manager, Gary Staley Meridian Gardens & Peacock Farm Come join us on Saturday July 9 th. We will be visiting Meridian Gardens. Meridian Gardens is a private residence in Dorsey, Illinois, just a short drive north of Edwardsville. Debbie Gray and Marie Johnson have been growing hundreds of Day Lilies for many years. If you think the yellow ones you see at every bank are the only kind of daylily out there, you need to come and see for yourself! We will also visit Peacock Farm a bit further down the road. This is an old farm that has been turned in to a beautiful country estate. You will meet Don Peacock, a wonderful southern gentleman who transformed the homestead where Debbie Gray actually grew up. They have extended their hospitality to us. I have learned from last July s Hummingbird walk. The start point is air-conditioned. We will have several water stops. The checkpoints will have snow cones or watermelon so everyone will stay cool. Remember you may start as early as 7:30am if you wish to beat the heat. You may order or purchase daylilies from Meridian Gardens. If you would like to look them up on line prior to the walk, the address iswww.meridian-gardens.com Thoughts for 2012 Put on your thinking caps! 2012 will be here before you know it. Let s get prepared to have some great walks. This will take all of us. Bring your ideas to the planning meeting at 6:00pm before the regular monthly meeting on July 7 th at Faith Lutheran Church. Please consider coming and being part of the process. No idea is too small or too large. We will be brainstorming! 2011 Walking Convention What a bunch of super walks and very interesting business meetings! Plus there were some great Workshops to attend. I nicknamed it the "Water Convention". Directors-at-Large Tom Stucky Rob Pilkington Trudy Duffman We walked across Iowa starting in Council Bluffs and ending in Davenport/Rock Inland, IL. Just getting to Council Bluffs we had to detour off I-29 to drive around the flooding. Then on the first day it rained so the park walk was all mud until about noon when it dried up somewhat. Sunday it rained early again so that walk was wet for us early birds. Flooding in Des Moines, flooding in Rock Inland, you get the picture! But just think of the nightmare the clubs went through to get the trails marked. But they did a fair/good job marking the trails and every walk had interesting things to see. I could see that the walks were designed to show off Iowa because if you are like me and think Iowa is just a big farm state with nothing much to see; boy was I wrong. Now I want to go back to see some more of the tourist stuff. I attend six Workshops with two of them being outstanding, two good, and two I wished I had attended a different one. I will talk more about the two outstanding workshops at our meeting. The business meetings went well with a couple of surprises. One surprise was being able to stamp our event book every time we walk as long as we have paid our fee; it passed. The other was having two people to vote for in each officer position (except one). It caused quite a stir with each candidate campaigning to get elected. Our club had three of our four officers at the convention so we talked over our voting options as we learned more about the political climate (we had 10 club members attend walks). The social events were wonderful starting with "everything on a stick" social Tuesday. Thursday dinner and square dance was a blast with yours truly caught carrying a purse (not mine really) and our group dancing the night away. Friday night dinner wrapped up the convention part of our week with Dee and I setting at the Mid- America table. So we went out with a splash, I guess.

2 Written By Leonard Wojtysiak Mascoutah Ice Cream June 4 was another hot day but refreshing with the variety of ice cream served by the merchants. Even one of the checkpoints served lemonade and snacks. The trail had been modified from previous years which were enjoyed by 94 walkers. The winner of the Ice Cream Contest was Flowers, Balloons, Etc. The ice cream creation was titled "Life's a Beach". Many thanks to Bee Hollow Market and the Illinois Trekker volunteers helping to make this walk enjoyable for all. Written by Dee Wojtysiak 3 Mile Thursdays Our 3 mile Thursdays are continuing in another new park this month. Check our Walk alerts for time and location. See you there! "Trekkin" Dates for your Calendar 07/07/11 Trekker Meeting 7pm 07/09/11 Daylily Garden Dorsey, IL 07/14/11 Three Mile Thursday Jefferson Barracks, MO 07/21/11 Three Mile Thursday Jefferson Barracks, MO 07/28/11 Three Mile Thursday Jefferson Barracks, MO Footnotes is a monthly (except January) publication of the Illinois Trekkers Volkssport Club FOOTNOTES SUBMISSIONS Send articles and/or comments to Footnotes via to: lpw46@sbcglobal.net WEBSITES HQ AVA Illinois Trekkers IVV EVENT AWARDS Members listed in the June/July 2011 issue of The American Wanderer having accomplished an award for: Event Distance Janice Haake 10 Robert Pilkington 10 William Badger KM Congratulations for completing a new milestone in your walking adventures. Compiled by Dee Wojtysiak Tour de Belleville For those serious and definitely not so serious bikers the Tour de Belleville will be Friday July 8 th at 9:00pm. This is a fun family bike ride of 6 or 15 miles. It fits in perfectly with our sport of noncompetitive, go at your own pace activities. People on the street cheer and wave and possibly clank pots and pans as you ride by! For more information go to Remember not to stay out too late so you don t miss our walk the next day!

3 Illinois Trekkers Volkssport Club Meeting Minutes June 2, 2011 CALL TO ORDER: 7:00 pm by Leonard Wojtysiak OFFICERS PRESENT: Leonard Wojtysiak, Debbie Kruep, Cindy Stucky OFFICERS ABSENT: Jack McKeon VISITORS: None NEW MEMBERS: None SECRETARY S REPORT: Cindy Stucky Attached to Footnotes CORRECTIONS: None Motion: Billy Herring Second: Trudy Duffman Motion passed. TREASURER S REPORT: Debbie Kruep on behalf of Jack McKeon- Balance as of May 31, 2011 $6, Motion: Robin Latdrick Second: Dee Wojtysiak Motion passed. PRESIDENT S REPORT: Leonard Wojtysiak Leonard discussed worker etiquette on walks. Those working should not be talking on cell phone and ignoring people who need help. Personal calls should be minimized. STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS: Awards and Achievements: Wil Clark- none Services and Properties: Dee Wojtysiak no report Publicity: Debbie Kruep Trudy is continuing to publicize our walks in the local newspaper. Tom Stucky has been maintaining and updating the Illinois Trekker Facebook page. Both are doing a great job. Special Activities- None AD HOC COMMITTEE REPORTS: Refreshments: This month s refreshments were provided by Trudy Duffman and July refreshments will be provided by Jack & Shirley McKeon. We still need a volunteer for October. Footnotes: No report Club Points Manager: Dee Wojtysiak No report Data Base Admin: Gary Staley- None Website News: None REPORT ON YEAR ROUND EVENTS (YREs): Our Lady of the Snows: Jack & Shirley McKeon 1 for month, 30 for year Richland Creek: Debbie Kruep 9 for month, 40 for year Maryville: Gary Staley Walk? YTD Bike -? Belleville YMCA Walk/Bike: Packy & Sue Botula walk 43 YTD, 5 YTD bike Fenton: Cindy Stucky 11 for the month and 26 YTD OLD BUSINESS:

4 The deadline for Nashville deposit is due by June 15. Carol Reznicek has the remaining Gingerbread T-shirts if anyone would like to purchase a shirt. The cost is $10. NEW BUSINESS: UPCOMING WALKS: June 9, 16, 23, 30 at St. Ellen Mine in O Fallon, Illinois June 4: Mascoutah Ice Cream walk. Anyone who is willing to help mark the trail should meet at the Mascoutah Visitor Center at 9:00. The trail is different this year. Please sign up to help work. June 11: Hardin, IL July 9: Meridian Daylily Gardens and Peacock Farm Walk. There will be several cooling stations with water and watermelon at each station. Anyone who is interested in attending Shakespeare in the Park as a group should meet at the St. Louis Institute by the Art Institute at 6:00 p.m. The group will walk the Forest Park walk and then attend the festival in Forest Park. The club will raise the cost of the cookie bags for the annual Gingerbread Walk to $6 per bag to cover the costs. The books for mural walks are currently on sale. The mural program begins in We will have a presentation from a speaker on health issues. The July business meeting will be an abbreviated to accommodate the presentation. We will conduct a planning meeting for 2012 prior to our regular July meeting. The planning meeting will begin at 6:00 p.m. ATTENDANCE DRAWING: Rob Pilkington is the lucky winner of a free club walk. NEXT MEETING: July 7, 2011 MEETING ADJOURNED: Motion: Billy Herring Submitted by Cindy Stucky Secretary Illinois Trekkers

5 2011 YREs Belleville Richland Creek Greenway (Walk) St. Elizabeth Hospital, Main Lobby Visitors Desk, 211 S. 3rd Street, Belleville, IL. Contact: (618) Belleville-YMCA (Walk/Bike) YMCA, 2627 Carlyle Ave., East Belleville, IL. Contact: (618) CMT YMCA (Walk/Bike) YMCA, 1 Town Center Dr, Maryville, IL, Contact: (618) National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows (Walk) Shrine Motel, 451 S. De Mazenod Dr., Belleville, IL. Contact:, (618) St Louis Fenton, Mo (Walk) Riverchase of Fenton Recreation Center, 990 Horan, Fenton, MO Contact: (636) Illinois Trekkers P. O. Box Scott AFB, IL ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED