July 12th, 2011

     No matter your source of information with which to access this site, please list it in your address book as the AVA South Central Region Blog at http://avascrd.blogspot.com/.  You can then return at your convenience.  The objective, of course, is to provide you information about the AVA, about the South Central Region, about your Club(s), and about YOU.  When an area is provided, you are welcome to make and transmit your questions and/or comments (about this Blog, or about volkssports, the AVA, etc.).

     Some information that previously went out to Clubs (and I hope that I'm spoiling no one's surprise by republishing this):

AVA RECOGNITION AWARDS

     The awards shown here were made to individuals from the South Central Region at the 2011 AVA Biennial Convention in Des Moines, Iowa:  

Distinguished Achievement Award (Given to an individual who has given at least eight years of exemplary service to the AVA at several stages of service, including the national level)

Ed Tod, St. Louis-Stuttgart Volksmarch Club

Meritorious Service Award (Given to an individual who has given at least five years of outstanding service to the AVA)

Teresa Arnold, Tulsa Walking Club

Dorris Bender, Clay-Platte Trackers

Harrison Billy, St Louis-Stuttgart Volksmarch Club

Barbara Buehrer, Clay-Platte Trackers

Tom Cabot, Hermann Volkssport Ass’n.

Doris Conyers, Dogwood Trailblazers

Doug Evett, Ozark Hill Hikers

Joe Fountain, Wandergruppe Walking Club

Phyllis Gall, Clay-Platte Trackers

Jim Gant, Dogwood Trailblazers

               Jules Hollingshead, Dogwood Trailblazers

Twila Hollingshead, Dogwood Trailblazers

June Holmes, Tulsa Walking Club

Lawrence Lehman, Global Adventurers

Andy Lucas, Florissant Valley Walkers

Kenneth G. Miles, Tulsa Walking Club

Rhonda Minson, Tulsa Walking Club

Janie Otto, Crescent City Volkssport Club

Barbara Porche, Baton Rouge Striders

Barbara Ramsay, Pace Setters Volkssport Club

Shirley Schelper, Tulsa Walking Club

George Snyder, Holy Family Walkers

Sharon Snyder, Holy Family Walkers

Ed Tod, St. Louis-Stuttgart Volksmarch Club

Terri Tyler, Topeka Sod Stompers

John Wickham, Wichita Skywalkers

Jan Wood, East Texas Trekkers

Lucy Yother, Kansas JayWalkers

Certificate of Service  (Given to an individual who has given at least three years of significant service to the AVA, appointed officials of the AVA, and members of AVA committees.

Ronda Chandler, Tulsa Walking Club

Taylor Chandler, Tulsa Walking Club

Lester Clutter, Tulsa Walking Club

Cheryl Hiatt, Tulsa Walking Club

Rhonda Minson, Tulsa Walking Club

Adelle Stutts, Tulsa Walking Club

     Checked your YRE Boxes?  I hope all YRE Boxes have been checked (on or since July 1st) to verify that + plugs have been cut from stamps and that the materials in the box are otherwise in good supply and in good shape!  What brings this to mind is that I visited a South Central Region YRE on Saturday, July 9th, and found a stamp with + plug unremoved, and a Box somewhat deplete of necessary materials.  NOT a good way to make an impression on me, a new walker, or any other person.  There are clubs that will accept whatever excuse for this condition, but ones short of catastrophe, death, and the like fail to meet the basic needs of our sport!  I suppose my response to anyone failing to meet that standard is "If I can do it, anyone can!"  WE ALL CAN and in so doing we all can make the AVA better!

Ken