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Friends of the Falling Waters Trail

 Volume 1, Issue 1   April 2008

Todd Zeller,President

Bruce Bigelow,Vice President

Glen Pascoe, Treasurer

Helen Burnett, Secretary

Gail Keagle, Trustee

Jeff Jackson, Trustee

Stephanie Ruhl, Trustee

April

*20 Earth Day Event
1-4 PM Cascades Park Pavilion Jackson

*22 Volunteer Meeting
Grand opening event 7:00PM Cascades Golf Course Starter House, Jackson

May

*3 Clean up the Trail!
9:00 AM Lime Lake County Park, Spring Arbor

*9 Trail Opening Ceremony 11:00 AM
on the trail at Lime Lake, Spring Arbor

*19 Annual Meeting 5:30 PM Cascades Manor House, Jackson
 

HELP US CLEAN THE TRAIL! Teft to Moscow Road, Saturday, May 3, 9:00AM. Meet at Lime Lake County Park. Bring: gloves, long pants and sensible shoes

GRAND OPENING OF THE
FALLING WATERS TRAIL
On May 9, 2008, we will be hosting the grand Opening of the Falling Waters Trail. Ceremonies will be held on the trail at Lime Lake with information booths, free t-shirts (to the first 500 attendees), and a great opportunity to get out on the trail. Governor Granholm has been invited to speak, along with other community leaders who have supported this trail.

Activities will be held at Concord in conjunction with those at Lime Lake. Bike, skate walk or run from Weatherwax Road to Lime Lake, from Concord to Lime Lake or meet us at Lime Lake (follow signs for parking)

Ceremonies will begin at 11:00 at Lime Lake, and will then spread throughout the rest of the trail to Concord. Come and help us celebrate and enjoy the grand opening of the newest county park in Jackson County!

TRAIL SAFETY
ADOPT-A-TRAIL (ADOPT-A-MILE)
Now it the time for our community to take ownership of our new county park-the Falling Waters Trail.

The Dahlem Center is organizing an adopt-a-mile program and is inviting companies, non-profit, and other groups to make a commitment for cleaning up a mile segment of the trail on a regular basis.

We are seeking 3 to 5 year commitments for this important project. If you are interested or know a group or organization that would be interested - please contact Kathi Bigelow by phone at 787-9442 or by email as bsbigelow@comcast.net

EARTH DAY EVENT
On Sunday April 20th from 1-4pm the Jackson Area Outdoor Coalition will celebrate Earth Day with activities for the whole family.

This will be held at the Cascades Park pavilion. Activities will include kayaking and canoeing in the lagoons, geocaching, bird house building by the Dahlem Center, birding hikes with the Audubon Society, storytelling and many other activities. This is a free event!

The Falling Waters Trail group will be working with the Fitness Council on their reCycling bike project.

Have you outgrown your bike, getting a new bike to enjoy the trail, or just have a bike no one is using? Bring it down to the park and we will put it to good use!

 

Please come and donate your time handing out t-shirts, distribute informational brochures and other information about our newest park and the Friends of the Falling Waters Trail. We also need assistance with parking cars at Lime Lake, and clean up afterwards. There will be a meeting at 7 PM on April 22nd, at Cascades Golf Course Starter House. Please contact Kathi Bigelow at 787-9442 or bsbigelow@comcast.net

UPCOMING EVENT
Parks Association/Friends of the Falling Waters Trail Dinner Meeting
This year the Friends will be holding their annual meeting together with the Parks association on Monday, May 19th at the Cascades Manor House. The featured speaker will be our president and the Jackson Citizen Patriot Citizen of the Year - Todd Zeller. Besides good food and talk, there will be a silent auction.

All members of the Friends group are invited to attend the dinner and stay for our annual meeting. This is your opportunity to get together with other trail supporters, have a good time and meet and talk with board members.

Time: 5:30 PM
Cost $11.00 per person

RSVP by My 9th with Betty Garrison at 764-0384 or Becky Humphrey at 768-2901

YOUR ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED
Donations for Silent Auction

At our annual meeting on May 19th we will be having a silent auction in partnership with the Parks Association.

Donations of new or near-new items or services are needed to make this auction a success.

Please call Joann Meyer at 522-5383 to arrange for donations.

We would be happy to pick up your donations if that would work best for you.

Donations to a non-profit may be tax deductible. Please see your tax preparer for more information. Thank you in advance for supporting the Friends of the Jackson County Parks Association and the Falling Waters Trail!

Newsletter compiled for the Friends of the Falling Waters Trail by a friend: Tim Payne, Concord