The State of Two States

THE STATE OF TWO STATES - On Saturday, May 19th, Holy Family Walkers of Lawton, Oklahoma, will be celebrating the "Red River Ramble" with walks in BOTH Oklahoma AND Texas. At Pavilion #2 in the park at Lake Frederick, OK, Saturday morning's event will start (9:00 a.m. to Noon). Lake Frederick is about 50 miles west of Lawton. The AVA South Central Region Director's Stamp will be available at Lake Frederick for all who are or would like to do the SNOB Stamps Program. After completing the Oklahoma leg of the Red River Ramble, head south for about 35 miles and across the Red River to the Holy Family Walkers Texas event, starting (Noon to 3:00 p.m.) at the Chaparral Activities Center, 4400 Augusta Street in Vernon, TX. The AVA South West Region Director's Stamp will be available at Vernon. THANK YOU Holy Family Walkers for taking on the task of providing us events in two states on one weekend!

EVENT STAMP HANDLES - Some AVA Clubs have discovered a new way to be accessed a $15.00 fine by the AVA. They are not protecting the stamp handles. These clubs are writing“Front”, “Back”, or the name of the event on the stamp handles using some type of permanent ink marker or an individual working the Finish Table lays the stamp handle flat on an ink pad and presses down hard, resulting in the stamp handle becoming the same color as the entries in the IVV event /distance books.

To prevent paying a fine of $15.00, just spend a few minutes prior to your event by protecting the stamp handle. Perhaps by wrapping your stamp handle in some type of plastic wrap. Write the name of your event on a paper label which you affix to the front of the stamp handle or to a plastc baggie in which you store the stamp.  This will definitely protect the AVA event stamp handle from damage. Just remember to remove any plastic wrap, paper label and tape that you affix to the stamp prior to returning it to AVA Headquarters.

CLUBS CANNOT CHECK THEIR YEAR-ROUND OR SEASONAL EVENT ROUTES OFTEN ENOUGH - One AVA Region's seasonal walks have had three major changes to the trail directions in the last six weeks.  Seems like the people (walkers?) are replacing or moving signs or even moving the location of rest benches. YRE Sponsoring Club Members must check the trail directions constantly.  You may ask volksmarchers attending your year-round or seasonal events to inform your Club of possible problem areas or changes they have observed to your trail directions while walking, but nothing substitutes for hands-on inspection.

 

Ken
Ken Miles

AVA SC Region Director

918-745-0212