[GeoStL] Summer News - Pt 1
- From: "Mike Griffin" <griff@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 09:49:24 -0500
Newsletters went out this morning but I wanted to make sure everyone on the
list sees the news. Here is Part 1 of the text copy..
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SLAGA Summer News - Pt. 1
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OFFICER NOMINATIONS
The St. Louis Area Geocachers Association is now accepting nominations for
officers. The following positions are up for nominations.
President
Vice President
Vice President
Secretary
The treasurer will remain until the next election in 2007. If you would
like to nominate someone, please send an email with the persons first and
last name along with their geocaching name and we will contact them.
Nominations can be sent to president@xxxxxxxxxxx Nominations are due no
later than July 15th, 2005.
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Officer Elections
The election for new officers will take place at the annual fall picnic
and membership meeting. There are more details on the picnic in this
newsletter. If for any reason you cannot make the picnic, we will have
absentee voting starting September 1st through September 22nd, midnight.
You can go to www.geostl.com and follow the links to absentee voting. If
you are going to make the picnic, please do NOT vote online.
Remember, these will be your group's representatives for the next 2 years.
We encourage everyone to participate.
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MOGA 2005
http://r26.vresp.com/?St.LouisAreaGeocache/546dd84b80/352965/TEST/TEST
This spring, the Midwest Open Geocaching Adventure (MOGA) was sponsored by
SLAGA and held at Meramec State Park, near Sullivan, Missouri. The weather
and turnout was great! Learning from the lessons of a similar event held
in 2004, the competition courses were tweaked and the staff more prepared.
On Friday, April 8, people from out-of-town were able to find a camp site
and get a head-start debriefing on the park rules (camping, speed limit,
out-of-bound areas, etc.). At the 'cracker barrel that evening, there
was a trivia contest for food coupon prizes and night caches were released
for hunting.
All the competition took place on Saturday, April 9. Anyone who attended
and only wanted to hunt the event caches were given the cache coordinates
and hints. That evening at the 'cracker barrel', the park naturalist gave
a presentation and there was other entertainment.
Sunday morning, April 10, competition awards and attendance prizes were
handed out. Anyone who still wanted to hunt the event caches could do so.
For a list of competition winners, to watch short videos of the event , or
to order full DVD coverage, go to
http://r26.vresp.com/?St.LouisAreaGeocache/997520005e/352965/TEST/TEST. And
stay tuned for information about MOGA 2006, which will be held
around the same timeframe next year.
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Featured Cacher - 'butch'
There aren't many people who know who 'butch' is (that's not his
registered geocaching name). In fact, very few people have ever met him.
He has always kept a low profile, which is his prerogative. He was one of
the first geocachers in St. Louis and the man-to-beat, at one time, for
First-to-Find (FTF). His 'Blood' cache
(http://r26.vresp.com/?St.LouisAreaGeocache/5f857f2ddf/352965/TEST/TEST) in
Emmennegger park is legendary and the spark for other caches of a
similar setup (such as at MOGA 2005).
He rarely logged his finds on geocaching.com. He is best known for his
cache hides in scenic places throughout the foothills of southern
Missouri. For example, Slabtown Cave, Greens Cave Overlook III, Bell
Mountain Wilderness. All of his cache placements can be found at:
http://r22.vresp.com/?St.LouisAreaGeocache/b85f392da2/352965/TEST/TEST.
Recently, butch archived many of his remaining active caches. We
don't know why, but again - that is his prerogative. Out of a total of 16
cache butch has placed, the only one of his that is still active is
X-treme Eleven Point Overlook (GC4B44).
Geocaching.com profile page for butch:
http://r27.vresp.com/?St.LouisAreaGeocache/46d34def05/352965/TEST/TEST.
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Summer Picnic
http://r29.vresp.com/?St.LouisAreaGeocache/73ef9bf80a/352965/TEST/TEST
A summer picnic has been planned for Saturday, July 16th at Whitecliff
Park in the city of Crestwood. The picnic will run from noon until 4pm.
This will be a very laid back picnic event. It is in no way intended to
compete with our Spring and Fall picnics, so there will be no attendance
prizes, auctions, or any advanced planning needed (which should be pretty
obvious at the picnic).
The city of Crestwood has donated this shelter for us to use along with
vouchers for access to the pool/water park. Normal admission will be
charged to the pool but access is normally for Crestwood residents only.
Also near the pool is a new playground. Unfortunately the new shelter near
the pool is reserved every weekend through the summer, so we will use the
shelter very near the entrance to the park, which actually has a lot more
privacy, but requires a short walk or drive to the playground and pool.
There are 2 small pits, water, porta-potty, but no electric.
Since this is intended as a picnic get together, SLAGA will provide
charcoal for those that want to cook burgers or brats, or ? but everyone
should bring everything for their families (food, plates, drinks, etc). If
anyone wants to bring something to share, that's great, but not required.
Pool Prices
Adult ( ages 13-61 ): $7
Youth ( ages 4-12 ): $5
Senior ( ages 62+ ): $5
Age 3 and under: Free
Please see
http://r25.vresp.com/?St.LouisAreaGeocache/793766e58e/352965/TEST/TEST
for more details including any changes.
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Fall Picnic
http://r42.vresp.com/?St.LouisAreaGeocache/253238b872/352965/TEST/TEST
This picnic will be held at Onondaga Cave State Park on September 24,
2005. Picnic time is 12:00 p.m. This picnic is for SLAGA Members and Non
Members.
Onondaga park does have spaces for camping and RVs. No Cabins. However
right across the river from Onondaga is Ozark Outdoors which has cabins, a
motel, camping, etc. If you go to their website you can see what all they
offer.
There is electric and water at the shelter.
SLAGA will be cooking hamburgers, hotdogs, brats, and providing utensils,
plates, cups and napkins. All this for $3 per adult and $2 for kids 11 and
under. There will be a registration table at the picnic where you can sign
up and pay for this there.
SLAGA does ask you to please bring a side dish, dessert, chips, or drinks.
Plans are still in the works and this will be updated as things get
planned so just keep an eye out on the event page.
Activities:
Silent Auction
We are planning a silent auction. All proceeds are to go to SLAGA. So we
are asking for donations for this. Please no junk. Item doesn't have to be
caching related. Just contact us Jen & Matt if you have a donation letting
us know.
Temporary caches
We are planning on having 15 - 20 for you all to hunt. We plan on place
about 4-5 for KIDS ONLY. Thundermonk, Cubs, & Tim (of Tim, Pam, & Molly)
has offered to help with placing these.
Onondaga Cave Tour
There is also an opportunity to tour Onondaga Cave at a reduced rate. The
cost is $5 for adults, $4 for kids 13-19, & $2.50 for kids 6-12. Two tours
have been set up. The time for the tours is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. and
3:15 p.m.
There is a max. of 30 people per tour. Please send us an email if you
would like to tour Onondaga Cave. Jen & Matt
This is our first picnic to plan and we are always open for suggestions.
So if you have any ideas to share just email us. Thanks
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SLAGA Geocache Statistics (as of June 17, 2005)
'SLAGA Territory' contains 982 active geocaches
(765 in Missouri; 217 in Illinois)
655 of those are TRADITIONAL, 199 are MULTI, 58 are MYSTERY, 53 are
VIRTUAL (The rest are event, letterbox or earth caches).
The most popular cache Difficulty/Terrain placement rating is 1/1 (195
count), followed by 1.5/1 (74 count), followed by 2/1 (69 count).
See a list of active caches:
http://r18.vresp.com/?St.LouisAreaGeocache/8b0c90c604/352965/TEST/TEST
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Contributors:
Brawny Bear
Konopapw
Didg Guy
RockSusan
Thanks to all those who have contributed to the newsletter. If you would
like to contribute, please contact griff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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