ILLINOIS TREKKERS FOOTNOTES

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1 ILLINOIS TREKKERS FOOTNOTES NO July 2017 President: Diane Prost; phone (618) Vice President: Trudy Duffman; (618) Secretary: Vickie Ridgeway; phone (618) Treasurer: Dee Wojtysiak; phone (618) A Message from our President President s Message The Volkssport Committee has been hard at work planning walks for 2018 and checking out locations. The committee has many good walks planned for 2018 plus some new year round events. The next Volkssport Committee meeting will be on July 19, 2017 at 3 pm at the St. Louis Bread Company 2720 Belleville Crossing; Belleville. Everyone is invited to attend the meeting. There are many good walks still to come in The next traditional walk will be the Waterloo, IL Town Walk Christmas in July on July 22, This will be the first traditional walk to have a guided 5k and 10k walk starting at 8:30 am. Read more about this walk in this edition of the Footnotes. Three Mile Thursdays will continue in July by walking the Maryville YRE on July 13 th, 20 th, & 27 th. Registration will be at 6:15. The walk will begin at 6:30 pm. Trekkin Tuesdays will continue in July and there will be group walks on Saturdays when there isn t a traditional walk. Please check the events calendar on our website for details. Happy 60 th Anniversary to Bruce and Kathleen Kirk! Please plan to attend the July 6, 2017 club 6:30 pm in the Conference Room at the Fairview Heights Library. We will be discussing walk ideas for 2018 and YREs for The Fairview Heights Library is located at Bunkum Road, Fairview Heights, IL. When you reach Bunkum Road turn right onto Library Drive and continue to the library parking lot behind the library. Enter through the door on the lower level at back of library. An early morning walk is a Blessing for the whole day. Henry David Thoreau Submitted by Diane Prost President, Illinois Trekkers Volkssport Club

2 Upcoming Walks The next Illinois Trekkers Traditional walking event is scheduled for Saturday, July 22, 2017 in Waterloo, IL. See you there. Christmas in July Mark your calendars for July 22 nd and explore historical Waterloo. Our 5K and 10K routes take you past the Waterloo historical museum, Bellefontaine home, and Peterstown house as well as the lovely downtown shops. The historical buildings will be open for you to visit ($2 donation would be greatly appreciated). Waterloo is the first permanent settlement in what is now the state of Illinois (1781), with the earliest settlers including families of Revolutionary War veterans. Their annual Christmas in July event will give you a chance to get started on your Christmas shopping, finding unique and homemade Christmas items. In keeping with the Christmas spirit, we will be collecting donations of diapers or pull ups; diaper cream; spill proof sippy cups; toddler snacks and meals; and $5 Walmart gift cards (to be used for specific formula needs). All items collected will be given to the Life Network Southern Illinois. Both routes start and finish at the Monroe County Courthouse Bandshell Gazebo. Don t miss this opportunity to visit one of Illinois most historic towns. Submitted by: Susan Jones Keep on Trekkin Upcoming "Trekkin" Dates for your Calendar July 1 Group 5k/10k Fenton, MO (Saturday 7:45am) July 4 Group 5k/10k Millstadt, IL (Tuesday, 7:45am) July 6 Membership Meeting, Fvw Hts (Thursday, 6:30pm) July 8 Group 5k/10k Belleville Historic (Saturday, 7:45am) July 11 Group 5k/10k Webster Groves, MO (Tuesday, 8:45am) July 13 3-Mile Thursday, Maryville, IL (6:15pm) July 15 Group 5k/10k Maryland Heights, MO (Saturday, 7:45am) July 18 Group 5k/10k Maryland Heights, MO (Tuesday, 8:45am) July 20 3-Mile Thursday, Maryville, IL (6:15pm) July 22 Traditional Event, Waterloo, IL (8-10:30am) July 25 Group 5k/10k CWE, Forest Park (Tuesday, 8:45am) July 27 3-Mile Thursday, Maryville, IL (6:15pm) July 29 Group 5k/10k St Claire Mall (Saturday, 7:45am Schnuck s) SAVE THE DATE FOR FUTURE EVENTS August 19 Germantown, IL Spassfest September 23 Swansea, IL Scavenger Hunt WEBSITE Please check our club website for times and places of Trekkin Tuesdays, 3-Mile Thursdays, and Saturday group walks. The website is currently undergoing a makeover and you will be pleased with the updates that Diane Prost has added to the site. Want to volunteer to help support this Site, just contact Diane Prost at diaprost@sisna.com.

3 AVA Convention Report June 7-9, 2017; Billings, Montana Walk Events: Over 500 walkers came together to enjoy 6 days of walking in beautiful Rocky Mountain Region of AVA: America s Walking Club! Preconvention walks were held at Crazy Horse Monument (with over 900 walkers), Buffalo WY, and Little Big Horn National Monument. Three convention walks were held in the Billings MT area: along the Yellowstone River, through downtown Billings, and along the Sword Rim Park Bluffs. Two post-convention walks were held in Red Lodge MT and Cody WY. Very unique variety of various walking terrains! Election of Officers: Business was conducted as well at the convention sessions. Only one Bylaws change was approved by the members: changing the name of the National Executive Committee (NEC) to Board of Directors effective July 1, The following AVA National officers were elected: President David Bonewitz, Louisville TN (Southeast Region) Vice President Nancy Wittenberg, Puyallup WA (Northwest Region) Secretary Sam Korff, Clatskanie OR (Northwest Region) Treasurer Bob Morrison (Northwest Region) Andy Bacon will represent Mid-America Region on the NEC from July 1, 2017 to June 30, Various educational sessions were held, including an overview of the revamped AVA website and upcoming upgrades to the Electronic Sanctioning Request system Convention Site: The 2019 Biennual Convention will be held at the Radisson Hotel in Albany NY from June 5-9 (2 nd weekend in June). Proposed walk events include Portsmouth NH, Danvers MA, Deerfield MA, Saratoga National Park, Waterford NY, Cooperstown NY and Hyde Park NY. There s also numerous YREs in the Northeast Region. Mark your calendars now for a terrific upcoming convention in National Awards: Our club president, Diane Prost, was recognized for her devoted service with the AVA Meritorious Service Award, and the Commendable Service Award was given to Tim Prost. We congratulate Diane and Tim for these awards and thank them for their dedicated service to AVA and to the Illinois Trekkers. Submitted: Sue Bacon MILESTONES FOR MEMBERS! Jackie McKay Jackie McKay Muriel Barber Thomas Stucky Diane Gebhardt William Badger Linda Badger Jackie McKay William Badger 75 Events 100 Events 325 Events 375 Events 525 Events 1200 Events 1250 Events 500 KM 1200 KM If you reached a milestone and it has not been recognized in the Footnotes, please let the editor know. Submit Articles to: Trudy Duffman at trudydufffman@yahoo.com by the 25 th of each month.

4 COME WALK WITH US!!! 50 STATES COMPLETED! Chuck and Jonnie Gendron from Temple, TX, just needed to do a walk in Illinois to complete their goal to walk all 50 states. They chose the Illinois Trekkers Glen Carbon YRE as their Illinois walk! They were able to complete the walk Friday, May 5th, the one day all that week we had no rain! They had to fly back to Texas on Saturday. Congratulations to Chuck and Jonnie Gendron! Photos courtesy of Vickie Ridgeway, Illinois Trekkers.

5 ILLINOIS TREKKERS VOLKSSPORT CLUB MEETING MINUTES June 1, Call to Order At 6:32 per Diane Prost, President 2. Special Guests: None 3. New Members: None 4. Secretary s Report: Original report attached to Footnotes; notes were amended and motion made by Leonard to accept these notes as amended, seconded by Dee and motion passed. 5. Treasurer s notes Report: Dee Wojtysiak. Bill made the motion to accept this report pending audit, Muriel seconded and motion was then passed by members pending audit. 6. Committee Reports: A. Volkssport Committee: 1) Individual incentive program: Tour De Saint Louis a) 2017 brochures available tonight b) Can be downloaded or printed from Illinois Trekkers website c) Completed incentive program Susan Hodgson has completed her 3 rd Tour De Saint Louis program for this year. Other members who have completed it include Jackie McKay. 2) Maryville walk/edwardsville swim June 17, 2017: Vickie Ridgeway a) Volunteers to help with walk & swim b) Swim at Edwardsville YMCA. Members of any YMCA $3.00 for swim event Non-YMCA Members $6.00 for swim event YMCA charging $5.00 Illinois trekkers to pay AVA $.25 per swimmer c)we (Illinois Trekkers and fellow walkers) have been asked to sign in at the Maryville desk, pictures to be taken the morning of the walk. These pictures will be available for the entire participating YMCA Gateway St. Louis region. Permission to use their facilities(restrooms, lobby, etc.) requires a written form. Maryville Executive Director Sarah Rhodebeck states that each YMCA may ask for similar forms for their facilities, but the picture is a 1 time deal for the region. 3) July 22nd Waterloo, IL Town Walk Christmas in July : Sue Bacon. a. Amended notes includes update that ideas for donations to the Life Network of Southern Illinois will be available on the brochure b. There will be a group walk starting at 8:30am. 4) Belleville Downtown YRE a. New starting point: Balance Coffee and Tea Shop; 732 South Illinois Street b. Move to new start point June 1 st. Susan gave a report on our first walk this morning at the new start point. Seven members participated in the beautiful walk this morning. Susan had highlights of special areas of interest along the tour. 5) Soup Walk November 4, 2017, Faith Lutheran Church, O Fallon, IL: Trudy Duffman a) Bread donation clarification. Susan Hodgson will take care of getting donations. The youth group at the starting point will be selling desserts at the event. 6) New YRE for 2018 O Fallon, IL: Nikki Wilcoxen, POC, Diane Prost mentioned that Nikki will be taking over the O Fallon walksite duties in January ) 50 th Anniversary Spassfest Volksmarch in Germantown, IL on August 19, 2017 a. Germantown Historical Society volunteering to help i. Shuttle bus to fort will be available to fort for a donation b. Diane will look into parking 8) Walk ideas for 2018 a. Soup Walk in Breese January 27, 2018 POC: Trudy Duffman

6 b. Alton Historic Homes c. Marissa Coal Festival d. American Legion Freedom Farm e. Swansea Centennial Park f. Eckert s Orchard g. Chester Statues of Popeye h. Red Bud City Walk i. Way of Lights j. New Year s Eve Walk k. Cahokia Mounds l. May 2018 Mayes town Festival m. Shakespeare In the Park event with walk n. New Belleville Scott Bike trail 9)Committee Members -So far, we have four volunteers to help organize next year s walks: Diane Prost, Sue Bacon, Susan Jones and Vickie Ridgeway. We d love to see other members join the group! o Special Activities Committee: Nikki Wilcoxen, Chairman. Refreshments: Darleen Kraemer. Everyone brought snacks this evening and we had quite the variety! Bravo! Next month, Muriel signed up to bring snacks. (This is her 2 nd time this year) 7. Old Business A. Volkssport Committee meeting open to anyone interested in planning 2018 walks So far, we have three volunteers to help organize next year s walks: Diane Prost, Sue Bacon, Vickie Ridgeway. We d love to see other members join the group! B Illinois Trekkers membership forms available o Time to renew your membership C. Three Mile Thursdays Schedule o June 8, 15, 22 & 29, 2017 Millstadt YRE-Start point will be at the Village Park Pavilion, Not the IGA. Diane will bring the signup book to the Park for our convenience and time saving. Sign up time: 6:15pm, Walk:6:30pm o July 13, 20 & 27, 2017 Maryville YRE o August 10, 17, 24 & 31, 2017 Belleville East YMCA YRE o September 14, 21 & 28, 2017 Glen Carbon YRE o October 12, 19 & 26, 2017 St. Clair Square Mall YRE D. Mid-America Conference o Mid America Conference date is October 27, 28, & 29, 2017 at Evansville Indiana o Brochure available tonight o Ideas for Illinois Trekkers basket for conference- several ideas were mentioned, but Sue Bacon mentioned that being as there are 5 states in the conference, we should each bring 5 like items into the basket. More discussion to follow, but a great idea! E. Traveling Stamp: Sue Bacon. Volksport Committee to discuss. F. Group walk leader at Traditional events o Will have trial walks at Waterloo Walk o 5k o 10k 8. Reports on Year-Round Events: Our Lady of the Snows: Jackie McKay Walkers: May=10 YTD=51 Richland Creek: Susan Hodgson Walkers: May=24 YTD=48 Belleville YMCA Packy & Sue Botula Walkers: May=12 YTD=56 Bike: May=4 YTD=6

7 Fenton: Tom & Cindy Stucky Walkers: May=0 YTD=10 Maryville: Vickie Ridgeway Walkers: May=5 YTD=34 Bike: May=0 YTD=0 Glen Carbon: Susan Hodgson Walkers: May=6 YTD=70 St. Clair Square Mall: Trudy Duffman Walkers: May=4 YTD=33 Millstadt: Jackie McKay Walkers: May =10 YTD=78 9. Opportunities for service: A. Volunteers to work at traditional events B. Members for committees o Need Chairman for Volkssport committee o Need Members for Volkssport committee 10. New Business A. Belleville News Democrat s Newspapers in Education Program o Teachers use the newspaper to teach a variety of subjects including reading, math, science, writing and geography. o Each student in your sponsored classroom will receive a personal copy of the Newspaper. o Hard-working teachers receive lesson plans and other valuable teaching tools o Donations are recognized in Thank You advertisement in the Newspaper once a month and continuous recognition on webpage niebnd.com for a full year. o Bronze Level $300 Sponsor As a Bronze Level sponsor, your contribution will provide the Newspapers in Education program to area classrooms over the next year. Your business will be listed as a sponsor in the ad. o Silver Level $600 Sponsor As a Silver Level sponsor, your contribution will provide the Newspapers in Education program to area classrooms over the next year. Includes a logo of your business in the ad. o Gold Level $1200 Sponsor As a Gold Level sponsor, you will join an elite group of businesses as one of the largest supporters of education in the community. Includes a large logo of your business in the ad. o Trudy was contacted by the Belleville News Democrat to see if the Illinois Trekkers would like to participate in this worthwhile program. 1) Discussion re: donation vs participation in Belleville Chamber of Commerce program where the advertising may reach a bigger audience. Same price. No motion was made now. More discussion/research needed, it was felt. B. Andy Bacon candidate for Mid-America Regional Director. Diane Prost reported that a ballot was presented to the club with Andy s name on it. He was running unopposed, although there was a space for a write-in. Andy was introduced to other regional members last October at the Mid- American conference. C. AVA Convention June 7-9, 2017 Billings, MT o Walks prior to convention start June 3, 2017 o Post-convention walks June 10 & 11, 2017 o Delegate to convention: Sue Bacon o Proposed Bylaws Change #1: Change the name of NEC to Board of Directors 1. NEC Recommendation: Recommend approval 2. Illinois Trekkers Board: Recommend approval o Proposed Bylaws Change #2: Evaluation of candidates for NEC service 1. NEC Recommendation: Recommend disapproval & refer to the Standards & Evaluation Committee to place this in policy manual

8 2. Illinois Trekkers Board: Recommend disapproval & agree with NEC o Proposed Bylaws Change #3: Separate National & Regional Responsibilities of Directors 1. NEC Recommendation: Recommend disapproval- needs more work from Bylaws committee 2. Illinois Trekkers Board: Recommend disapproval & agree with NEC o Proposed Bylaws Change #4: Standing Committees & their orientation 1. NEC Recommendation: Recommend disapproval- needs more work from Bylaws committee 2. Illinois Trekkers Board: Recommend disapproval & agree with NEC o Dee made the motion that Sue Bacon can vote for our club based on her discretion. Trudy 2 nd and motion passed. Hopefully, more information will be given to clarify these changes that will help Sue to make a better judgement at the conference than what information we have at present. o Two AVA President Candidates o Discussion on knowledge of candidates, credits, etc. that fellow members had of candidates. 1. David Bonewitz, Southeast Regional Director 2. Bob Wright Leonard made the motion, Dee 2 nd to vote for David Bonewitz. Members present: 11- Votes For:6, Against:3, Abstained:2 o Vice President 1. Nancy Wittenberg o Treasurer 1. Bob Morrison 2. Candace Purcell Motion made by Dee to vote as a club for Candace. Votes For:10, Against:1 o Secretary 1. Sam Korff It was mentioned that if anything changes at convention, that Sue could use her judgement in voting for Illinois Trekkers. 11. President s Report o The Big Give raised $64,068 including matches as of May 31, AVA met their $60,000 goal. 1. Thank you to everyone who donated 2. Dee mailed check from Illinois Trekkers for $100 to donate to this year s Big Give o Website updates recently by Diane, Leonard, and Trudy 1. Event Calendar New Blue dot over date on Mobile Phone access. Hover over date and dot, it will give you the info sent to the AVA on the traditional walks. It will send you a link on the YRE. Check for info by scrolling down on your phone after selecting date. The laptop website has the events written out. 2. More pages Button at bottom of website is still a work in progress. 3. Any questions regarding navigation, please contact Leonard or Diane. 12. Review of AVA Headquarters Checkpoint Link available on IL Trekkers website or can have it ed to you. June s Checkpoint not out as of meeting time on June 1, Please check the website for further information. 13. Items from the Floor

9 A. Sue Hodgson 1) Invitation to Lebanon Cruiser s Old Chain of Rocks Walk on June 24, Registration 8-9. Walk starts at 8am. 2) Temple, TX couple recently finished their 50 states card and chose Glen Carbon, Illinois as their last state walk. B. Trudy Duffman Invitation to Sunflower Sod Stompers (Topeka, KS) YRE in St. Charles Saturday, June 3, Registration starts at 8:45am, Walk may begin at 9am. C. Diane Prost Diane Prost asked Susan Hodgson re plans for this year s annual New Year s Eve walk. Discussion ensued since this date falls on a Sunday. Susan H re: New Year s Eve ideas. Our Belleville Walksite-Balance Tea is only open until 3pm on Sundays. Volksport Committee to make final decision. 14. Attendance Drawing-Muriel s name was chosen among the group again. Good for you, Muriel! 15. Next Meeting: July 6, 6:30 pm in the Board Room at the Fairview Heights Library. The Fairview Heights Library is located at Bunkum Road; Fairview Heights, IL. When you reach Bunkum Road turn right onto Library Drive and continue to the library parking lot behind the library. Enter through the door on lower level at back of library. Meeting Adjourned at 19:28pm.

10 ILLINOIS TREKKERS VOLKSSPORT CLUB MEETING MINUTES May 4, CALL TO ORDER: 6:30 p.m. by President, Diane Prost. 2. GUESTS: 3. NEW MEMBERS: None 4. SECRETARY S REPORT : Trudy made a motion to approve the minutes as corrected. Motion passed. 5. TREASURER S REPORT: Dee reported on February and March. Nikki made a motion to approve the report pending audit. Motion passed. 6. COMMITTEE REPORTS: A. Volkssport Committee: Diane Prost, Acting chair, reported. 1) Individual incentive program: Tour De Saint Louis. a) 2017 brochures available tonight b) Can be downloaded or printed from Illinois Trekkers website. c) Muriel recognized as 4 th person completing program this year thus far. 2) April 29 th walk: Packy Botula reported. The walk was canceled that Saturday due to thunderstorms in area. It was rescheduled on Tuesday May 2 for the Tuesday morning walk, and an evening walk for those who could not make it at that time. There were 14 walkers in the morning walk and 4 more in the evening for a total of 20 walkers. 3)Maryville walk/volksswim event June 17, 2017: Vickie Ridgeway reported. Will need Volunteers to help with walk & swim. Worksheet (Thank you, Trudy!) sent around for both sites. Swim at Edwardsville YMCA: a) Members of any YMCA will be charged $3.00 for swim event b) Non-YMCA Members will be charged $6.00 for swim event as YMCA charges $5.00 for open swim, Illinois trekkers must pay AVA $0.25 per swimmer for the event. 4) July 22nd walk, Waterloo, IL. Christmas in July. a)waterloo s theme this year is Christmas in July. The merchants have periodic celebrations and choose a different theme each year. The date being set for July 22 nd. Our original date of July 15 was changed to correlate with Waterloo s celebration. Participants are encouraged to bring donations(to correlate with the Christmas theme and spirit of giving)to benefit the chosen charity: Life Network of Southern Illinois. Suggested donations are listed in the Walk Brochure. b) It was mentioned that the Gateway Milers have a previously sanctioned event for that day Rolla Bus Trip. It has always been our Illinois Trekker practice to not schedule another traditional walk a 100-mile radius of another club s traditional walk (Google Maps reports mileage from Waterloo to Rolla as 115 miles). Unfortunately, the Christmas in July date was set and if we wanted to participate, it must be on that date. Notice will be given to Gateway Milers per Diane. 5)Belleville Downtown YRE a) New start point: Balance Coffee and Tea Shop, 723 South Illinois Street, Belleville, IL. Opens at 6am. Saturday and Sunday, opens 8am -9pm.

11 Illinois Trekkers Volkssport Club P. O. Box 603 O Fallon, IL YREs Belleville Historic District & Richland Creek Greenway (Walk) Balance Coffee and Tea, 732 S. Illinois Street, Belleville, IL POC: Susan Hodgson, Belleville - YMCA (Walk/Bike) YMCA, 2627 Carlyle Ave., East Belleville, IL POC: Packy /Susan Botula, Belleville - National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows (Walk) Shrine Motel, 451 S. De Mazenod Dr., Belleville, IL POC: Jackie McKay, Fairview Heights St. Clair Square Mall (Walk) Schnuck s, 625 Lincoln Highway, Fairview Heights IL POC: Trudy Duffman, Glen Carbon Old Town (Walk) Casey s General Store, 70 S. Main St, Glen Carbon IL POC: Susan Hodgson, Maryville - CMT YMCA (Walk/Bike) YMCA, 1 Town Center Dr., Maryville, IL POC: Vickie Ridgeway, Millstadt Village & Nature Park (Walk) IGA Store, 625 East Washington Street, Millstadt, IL POC: Jackie McKay, St Louis Fenton, Mo (Walk) Riverchase of Fenton Recreation Center, 990 Horan Street, Fenton, MO POC: Cindy/Tom Stucky,