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Freestate Wanderings
The Newsletter of the Freestate Happy Wanderers (FHW)
(American Volkssport Association (AVA))
Volume 9 Issue 8
Sep-Oct-Nov
2014
Key contact points for Freestate Happy Wanderers (FHW)
President – Bob Wolfe
(301) 879-6898
[email protected]
Secretary/Publicity
Membership/Renewals
Linda Hassell
(410) 437-2164
[email protected]
Events Committee meetings are held
1st Thursday of the month. Open to all!
Event meeting are generally held at the
Bob Evans Restaurant on 198 (near
intersection 198 & 295)
501(c)(3) Donations – and
Specialty Sales POC
Joyce Conway
(301) 572-5574
or call Bill at
(410) 437-2164
Club Meetings are held on the 2nd
Thursday of the month at Faith Ministry
Center, 9050 Baltimore Street, Savage
MD 20763.
Doors open at 7PM for social with
Meetings at 7:30 PM. Note that
Meetings postponed when Howard
County schools are closed for inclement
weather.
VP – Tom Mosely
(301) 367-3654
Themose7999@comcast. Brochures – Bev DiMenna
net
[email protected]
Treasurer - Bill Reaves
443-994-5370
[email protected]
Newsletter – Anita
Juskelis
(410) 493-5195
[email protected]
Events and Asst Editor –
Phill Wilder
(301) 717-3604
[email protected]
Webmaster –
Darrell Neily,
(301) 937-9659,
[email protected].
American Volkssport Association (AVA)
AVA - Atlantic Region (AR)
Maryland Volkssport Association (MVA)
Maryland Volkssport Association Clubs
FHW WEB-SITE:
http://www.mdvolks.org/freestate
FHW NEWSLETTER:
http://www.mdvolks.org/freestate/newslet
ters.html
MARYLAND MEET UP GROUP:
http://www.meetup.com/MarylandWalkers-Hikers-Volksmarchers/
www.ava.org
www.ava.org/clubs/reg_atlantic
www.mdvolks.org/
www.mdvolks.org/clubs.php
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President’s Remarks
FHW – President’s Remarks.
Change in Club Meeting day! Starting September our monthly club meeting will be on the
second Thursday of each month, still at the Savage United Methodist Church. At this meeting in
September, we will do the Savage YRE walk and have pizza with only essential business. One
bit of club business to note is that our taxes have been accepted by the IRS, so we are good for
another year there.
In case you haven’t heard our new Atlantic Region director is Tom Jackson from Pennsylvania.
Tom volunteered and was quickly elected. Tom is a great advocate of the common sense part
of volksmarching and putting on events. In memory of Dave Scull, Freestate donated $100 each
to the AVA and Rails-to-Trails Association.
Although we haven’t put on an event in the last 2 months, we have been very busy. We had
some group walks including one at St Mary’s City. Last week we also met and surveyed trails at
the north tract of the Patuxent Research Refuge for a possible future event. The sights are nice,
and a few of us also saw a Snowden family cemetery. This is the same Snowden family from
Montpelier Mansion, where we are holding our next event on September 6th. Freestate
continues our remembrance of 9/11. Thanks to Lynne Haffner for being this year’s POC.
Please join us and look for the sign up sheet to help out. Thanks to Bob Lumbert, we have our
YREs to include 3 new ones at Mount Airy, Fredrick, and Sykesville sanctioned for next year.
This year it was especially challenging due to our turnover of YRE POCs. Welcome to our new
YRE POCs Fred Pugh – Laurel, Lou Dimenna – Cambridge, Sue and Tom DeHetre –
Indianhead, Melissa Mooney - Sykesville, Charlotte Lord - Frederick, Phill Wilder – Mount Airy,
and Debbie Bourke - Ocean City. Thanks for stepping up to help us out. I’d like to challenge
each of our YRE POCs to think of a date next year, when no regular events are scheduled, to
hold a group walks of your YRE as a group activity.
Please look for upcoming tribute events in memory of our fellow volksmarchers. On October 4th
in Westminster, MD FHW plans to group walk at the pancake breakfast and walk for Carl Frock.
This will be the last event of the Piedmont pacers. On October 11th at the Greenbelt MD walk
event, a bike event has been added to honor Dave Scull. Please try to support these events.
Another opportunity for a group walk is Friday October 17th when the Tater Tours come to town.
They were planning to walk Brookside Gardens, but while the events and gardens are open,
there’s no parking by the Visitor’s Center, so I suggested and they agreed, to walk our Savage
YRE instead. If you are free around 9:00 on the 17th please join them at Savage. One other
event to look out for is on December 13th in Annapolis for us in Maryland. The AVA is trying to
have as many walkers as possible walking at 10:11 am, which will be 10:11 on 12/13/14.
Then it won’t be long before we close out the year with our New Years events. The workers
walks for the New Years events will be held on Veterans Day 11/11 at 9:00 and 1:00. Look for
the sign up sheets and opportunities to help out.
Please look for some new events next year and a continuation of one event or activity per
month, with the help of our YRE POCs. We have sanctioned a February Black History Month
event at Queens Chapel Church, in April a walk in conjunction with Tea and Arts festival at
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Montpelier mansion, and another in Laurel in October. Looks for more details as we get closer
to these events.
Please join us for our Club Business meetings at 7:30pm the second Thursday of each month at
the Savage United Methodist Church, where you can have a say in what we do, and enjoy some
good refreshments. Please also attend our Events meeting at 6:30pm the first Thursday of the
month at the Laurel-Russett Bob Evans for dinner and discussion, where you can help us with
the direction of our events and activities.
FHW is always looking for some new volunteers who would like to help the club with our various
committees. Most volunteers for the committees and YREs have been in their positions for
years, and some help with multiple jobs. These positions only take a couple hours a month if
that long, and we’d love some fresh ideas and talent to help support our club. Please contact
any POC or club officer if you can help us out. Thanks to all our many volunteers, without whom
we couldn’t do all that we do. Freestate is a little different in that we look beyond just walking
events, and actively promote the social aspect, whether it’s an educational side trip or the
chance to catch up with our walking friends over some good food. FHW is committed to Fun,
Fitness and Friendship and welcomes everyone. Thank you, and see you on the trail.
Bob Wolfe
FHW MEETINGS/WALKS – details below
September 4, Thursday - Events Meeting – Bob Evans, Laurel – 6:30 PM
September 6, Saturday – Montpelier Walk – 9AM – 1PM
September 11, Thursday – FHW Mtg -Walk Savage YRE/Pizza - brief wrap-up.
October 2, Thursday – Events Meeting – Bob Evans, Laurel – 6:30 PM
October 4, Saturday – 0800 see Memorial/Breakfast (Carl Frock) below
October 9, Thursday – FHW Club Meeting
October 11, Saturday – Bike Ride in Greenbelt (honor Dave Sull)
October 17, Friday - 0900 - invite to join TaterTours walk in Savage
October 25-26 Weekend - see FIRST STATE WEBFOOTERS below
November 6, Thursday - Events Meeting – Bob Evans, Laurel – 6:30 PM
November 11, Tuesday – Pre walk for NewYear Eve Walk 9 AM – see below
November 13, Thorsday – FHW Club Meeting
December 4, Thursday - Events Meeting – Bob Evans, Laurel – 6:30 PM
December 11, Thursday – FHW Club Meeting
December 13, Saturday – Unique date/time alignment - see below
Dec 31/Jan 1, Ring out the old year and ring in the new
Also - see FHW contest in the Photo Section of this Newsletter
name the Year Round Event (YRE) you intend to walk in 2015
--- drawing to be held 27 Sept ---
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Event Details
SEP 6 - Montpelier Walk Event – Arts Center, 9650 Muirkirk Road, Laurel, Maryland 20708.
Start time 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM, finish by 4:00 PM. 10 Km and 5 Km Trails. This is a 9-11
Memorial walk remembers the victims of the Pentagon; Shanksville, Pennsylvania; and the
World Trade Center. The trails are on natural surfaces through grounds of Montpelier and
sidewalks of surrounding residential area - rated 1A. The trail includes Montpelier Arts Center;
Montpelier Mansion, and Oxwell Park. See MAILER PAGE OF NEWSLETTER
OCT 4 - Walk Honoring Carl Frock - Several members are traveling to Westminster for the
Memorial/Breakfast Walk to honor Carl Frock, Jr. at the Church of the Ascension 23 North Court
Street, Westminster, Maryland on Saturday, October 4, 2014, 10Km and 5Km Trails Rated 1A.
Carl and Cindy were members of Freestate several years ago and supported Freestate
activities. We would like to meet and have breakfast and start out on the trail together. Get to
the Church at 8 a.m. start eating and get out on the trail by 9 a.m. This is the last walk of the
Piedmont Pacers so let us support our fellow volkssporters.
October 25-26 - FIRST STATE WEBFOOTERS hosting the Annual Sea Witch & Fiddler’s
Festival Walk in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Several club members plan to travel to the
Eastern Shore and walk one of our YRE’s on Saturday (25), have dinner and stay at the
Henlopen Hotel (with the “walker rate of $90), and walk the Rehoboth event on Sunday (26)
- finishing in time for the dog parade. If you are interested please make your reservation.
Limited rooms are available so don’t wait until the last minute. Henlopen Hotel, 511 North
Boardwalk, Rehoboth Beach, DE A “Walker Rates” Room Reservation can be made 1800-441-8450, before the walk for this. Sea Witch weekend only. Tell them it is under “First
State Webfooters” group. Start any time between 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. and finish before
5:00 p.m. This is a 10K (6.2 mi.) event with a 5K option available. Trail ratings: 1A (no
significant difficulty and is stroller and wheelchair friendly). Pets are NOT allowed on the
beach, and leash and scooper laws are enforced. THEME: Sea Witch Festival with
parades, activities, and Treasure Hunt. SPECIAL PROGRAMS: Alternative Capitals,
Classic American Diners, Honoring Our Flag, Lakes and Reservoirs, Trekking With the
Trees, Water Towers, and Walking the USA A-Z.
Nov 11 - preparation for New Year Eve 2014 - Just a note to mark your calendar for prep
(Nov) and event (Dec/Jan). We will send out information in November/December about
volunteer times, baked-goods sales, etc. Brochure will be on the Meet-Up list and the AVA
website. The volunteer/workers walk for this event is scheduled for Tuesday, November 11,
2014 (Veterans Holiday) at 9 AM, Owen Brown Community Center. Directions will be available
for all trails.
Unusual date-time-alignment – 10:11 12/13/14 – a Unique Event – On December 13, 2014
the Annapolis Amblers Club is hosting a unique walk event. This combination of date and time
will occur at 10:11 on that day (12/13/14) which will not repeat for some 91 years. Given the
unique nature of this time/date combination, it was determined that AVA should have a national
event that would get as many walkers as possible on the trail at 10:11 (their local time) on
December 13, 2014. A special slug will be available for the stamp used for this national event
and A-Award will be available from HQ AVA. Mark your calendars and let’s go walking.
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Atlantic Region Calendar
September 2014
Date
Type Club
06
W
Freestate Happy Wanderers
08
NW
Northern Virginia Volksmarchers
13
W
Baltimore Walking Club
13
W
Liberty Bell Wanderers
13
W
Northern Virginia Volksmarchers
21
W
Annapolis Amblers
21
W
Liberty Bell Wanderers
22
W
Washington DC Area VM Club
27
W
Penn Dutch Pacers
Loudoun Walking & Volkssport
27
W
Club
October 2014
04
W
Piedmont Pacers
04/05 W
York White Rose Wanderers
11
Bike
Maryland Volkssport Association
11
W
Susquehanna Rovers
11
W
Lee Lepus Volksverband
17
W
US Freedom Walk Festival Club
17/19 W
Nittany Nomads
18
W
Columbia Volksmarch Club
18
W
US Freedom Walk Festival Club
19
W
US Freedom Walk Festival Club
25
W
Seneca Valley Sugarloafers
25/26 W
First State Webfooters
November 2014
08
NW
Seneca Valley Sugarloafers
December 2014
12/14
W
13
W
20
NW
31/01 W
January 2015
D31/
W
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Location
Laurel, MD ( Montpelier Arts Center)
Fairfax, VA (Daniels Run School)
Baltimore, MD (Battle of Baltimore walk)
New Britain/Doylestown, PA (Lake Galena)
Burke, VA (Accotink UU Church)
Annapolis, MD (Ambler Tent)
Macungie, PA (Bear Creek Resort)
Alexandria, VA (Kate Waller Library)
Elizabethtown, PA (Masonic Village)
PoC Phone
301.490.5850
703.352.5135
410.252.3165
610.906.6252
703.644.0189
410.507.3514
610.906.6252
571.405.4808
717.656.6873
Lovettsville, VA (Game Preservation Hall)
703.737.2175
Westminster, MD (Church of Ascension)
Stewartstown, PA (Naylor Wine Cellar)
College Park, MD (College Park Airport)
Carlisle, PA (AHEC)
Dinwiddie, VA (Dinwiddie H.S.)
Arlington, VA (Holiday Inn)
State College, PA (Super 8 Motel)
Elkridge, MD (Belmont Manor and Patapsco
State Park)
Arlington, VA (Holiday Inn)
Arlington, VA (Holiday Inn)
Gaithersburg, MD (Healthy Back Store)
Rehoboth Beach, DE (Henlopen Hotel)
301.829.3685
717.817.9724
301.661.3826
717.379.8945
804.768.0055
703.209.0174
814.359.6875
Gaithersburg, MD (Seneca Creek ST Pk Offices)
301.385.0054
410.290.6510
703.209.0174
703.209.0174
301.926.9065
302.697.1191
Williamsburg, VA (Colonial Williamsburg Walk)
Walking Weekend – Look up - ava.org
Annapolis Amblers
Annapolis, MD (Annapolis Athletic Club)
Germanna Volkssport Association Fredericksburg, VA (Fredericksburg)
Freestate Happy Wanderers
Columbia, MD (Owen Brown Community Ctr)
410.867.7511
540.455.0772
410.437.2164
Freestate Happy Wanderers
410.437.2164
Peninsula Pathfinders
Columbia, MD (OBCC)
757.814.1417
Awards Feedback Publicity
CONGRATULATIONS
Celebrating their walking accomplishments our members and other walking friends names
appeared in The American Wanderer (TAW):
Bev DiMenna 50 events; Lou DiMenna 50 events, Louisa Elliott 50 events, Charlotte Lord 300
events and 3000 km, Carolyn Garber 350 events and 3000 km, Darrell Neily 425 events, Carol
Quinlan 550 events and 6000 km, Lynne Haffner 525 events, Bob Schmick 1050 events and Dot
Marshall 1900 events and 22000 km, Charlie Gentile 3700 events and 40000 km, Susan
DeHetre 15000 km and Mike Quinlan 17000 km. Maryland walkers were well represented in
this issue of TAW.
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Lou and Bev DiMenna also earned “I Walked them All” patch. Good job and hope you enjoyed
the walks.
WALKER FEEDBACK;
This note was received from a couple who walked and enjoyed the Cambridge YRE.
The Free Voucher they are talking about is the one the Club gave out at the Savage “30th”
Event.
Dear Bill, Linda and the Freestate Happy Wanderers.
“My husband and I really enjoyed this beautiful walk. We both had the free voucher for one of
your YRE’s and are using them for this walk. They are enclosed. Thanks you for sponsoring this
walk...it was truly one of the most beautiful ones we were ever on. Hopefully we will have the
chance to do more of the YREs in the future.” Happy walking! Judy & Craig Kostela,
Elizabethtown, PA
NEW MEMBERS:
Welcome our new members Pam and Jim Copenhaver from York, PA. Membership renewals
went well with many members returning the $20 fee for two years. They saved the “Hassell” of
mailing the forms and receiving checks. Thanks to everyone for sending in your renewals
information.
PUBLICITY
New walkers continue to join the Maryland Meet-Up group that Freestate and MVA sponsor.
Interested walkers (515) see information on walks in our area. Join (no charge) and increase
our numbers so other walkers will come to our events and enjoy what we already know about
our sport. http://www.meetup.com/Maryland-Walkers-Hikers-Volksmarchers/
Was Hippocrates a VOLKSWALKER? – submitted by a walker
Excerpt from Harvard Study - 2,400 years ago, Hippocrates said, "Walking is a man's best
medicine." To find out if he was right, scientists in London performed a meta-analysis covering
20 years of peer-reviewed journals. After sifting through articles covering 460,000 participants
they tracked participants who were free of cardiovascular disease when the study began. Each
study collected information about the participants' walking habits and were tracked for an
average of 11 years, during which cardiovascular events (angina, heart attack and failure,
coronary artery bypass surgery, angioplasty, and stroke and deaths) were recorded. The metaanalysis makes a strong case for walking. Walking reduced the risk of cardiovascular events by
31%, and cut the risk of dying during the study period by 32%. Protection was evident even at
distances of just 5½ miles per week and at a pace as casual as about 2 miles per hour. The
people who walked longer distances, walked at a faster pace, or both, enjoyed the greatest
protection. To read the entire article check this link to the Harvard study;
http://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletters/Harvard_Mens_Health_Watch/2009/August/WalkingYour-steps-to-health
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Check out the unique photographs taken at recent FHW events – submitted by Phill
Wilder
These montages on show several members having wonderful time, and clearly enjoying the
social and health benefits from their outdoor experience.
Tips for Volkssporters – submitted by Linda Haasell –
source Be Sociable - © 2014, Robert C. Wright and Suzanne Wright, RN
Smile
Nothing broadcasts openness and
friendship more than a big, broad
smile. It shows we are welcoming at
our events.
Don’t be self-absorbed.
Smile.
Say Hello
In Germany Bob greeted fellow
volkssporters (and there were a lot of
them) with a hearty “Gruss Gott” or
“Guten Tag.” He continues that
tradition saying hello on the trail in the
States too.
Imagine all volkssporters on the trail
greeting each other. Imagine the
message that would send to
newcomers to our sport!
Join a Club and Help Out
If you haven’t taken this big step yet,
join with nearby volkssporters—
kindred spirits—to socialize.
Meetings, group walks, parties and
picnics, carpooling to nearby walks.
Sharing stories is a great way to
deepen your volkssport experience.
And you can take it to the next level
by volunteering at events: Greet
participants with a smile, say hello,
share your Volkssport stories when
answering questions.
These are just two more ways to be
sociable around others you have yet
to meet.
Join a Club and Help Out
If you haven’t taken this big step
yet, join with nearby volkssporters—
kindred spirits—to socialize.
Meetings, group walks, parties and
picnics, carpooling to nearby walks.
Sharing stories is a great way to
deepen your volkssport experience.
And you can take it to the next level
by volunteering at events: Greet
participants with a smile, say hello,
share your Volkssport stories when
answering questions.
These are just two more ways to be
sociable around others you have
yet to meet
Socialize at Events and on Trips
How many volkssporters you seen
who just come in, register, do the
event, get their IVV books stamped,
and leave—little or no conversation
with anyone.
Don’t be one of them. Smile at the
volunteers at events and say hello
to them; chat with them, and thank
them for their service. Greet fellow
participants on the walk, and stick
around after getting your IVV books
stamped to chat with other
participants and share stories.
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When you take a Volkssport trip,
whether in an organized group or
own your own, don’t leave these
ways of being sociable behind.
Would this make a difference in the
sociability of events?
We think so. How about you?
Invite the Neighbors
Don’t just be sociable within the
Volkssport community. If you’re
going
to be infectious, take it to the
streets.
Tell your Volkssport stories to
those around where you live. Invite
them to an event; participate with
them. Some volkssporters are so
enthusiastic they buy newcomers
New Walker Packets.
Being sociable should be as
important as carrying IVV books.
It’s almost part of the AVA’s tag
line: what’s the fun and fitness
without the friendship?
Take a New Walker for a Walk
When you see new or free walkers
at an event offer to walk with them.
Being sociable could help make
them dedicated volkssporters—
that’s how we got started and fell in
love with the IVV and Volkssport.
FREESTATE HAPPY WANDERERS
We do group walks and they are often posted on the Maryland
Meetup Group
http://www.meetup.com/Maryland WalkersHistoric
St Mary’s City
L-R Dorothy Moore,
Phill, Louise Elliott, Sue
Filipovitts, Pat & Roger
Schermerhorn. Photo
by Bill Brabant
L. Sue found one of
the trade beads that
will be cataloged for
the Calvert House site.
To the right is a turn
point on YRE trail.
The St. John’s site was
Also on the trail is the
open for special tours
replica Dove of 1634. Right
this day. This is the orig- Phill & Archeologist Jaimie
inal dig site for HSMC
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FREESTATE HAPPY WANDERERS
The Anatomy of a great walk event
includes collaborative Planning, Teamwork, and enthusiastic Execution.
IT BEGAN—Darrell Neily had an idea that
he presented to the Events Committee.
These are held the first Thursday evening
each month.
The Events Committee gave enough encouragement that Darrell went out and scouted
the North Tract of the Patuxent Wildlife
Research Center.
With his good communication and promising report, other members of the committee agreed to meet for a Trail Review.
So we had a fun time
reviewing a possible walk
Casey’s Crabs on MD 198 made a great
place to recover and talk about the walk.
L-R Bill Brabant, Linda Hassell, Lynne Haffner,
Bill Hassell,, Darrell Neily, Bob Wolfe
Forest Habitat trail begins
with a Eagle Scout project
boardwalk
Panoramic Photo by Darrell Neily
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Just watch.
With more
details worked
out this very
well might be
on our upcoming events list.
FREESTATE HAPPY WANDERERS
FHW
YRE’s for 2015
Bowie yre 0390
www.mdvolks.org/freestate
Cambridge yre 1046
Chesapeake Beach yre 1087
Denton yre 1707
Frederick yre 1899
Glen Burnie Apt 1360
Glen Burnie KFP 1896
Indian Head walk 0129
Indian Head bike 1690
Laurel yre 0219
Mount Airy yre 1359
Ocean City yre 1572
St Mary’s City 1620
Savage yre 0575
Sykesville yre 0218
Wheaton woods yre 0144
Wheaton residential yre 1619
Send an email to Phill
[email protected]
Subject: FHW Contest
Text: (name the YRE you
intend to walk in 2015)
Drawing to be held SEPT
27th
Prize is a
$25 gift Certificate
Acknowledgement email will
be sent upon receipt of your
Submission.
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The Newsletter of Freestate Happy
Wanderers
(an American Volkssport Association
Club)
Mission Statement:
Anita Juskelis, Editor
5502 Rockleigh Dr
Arbutus, MD 21227
fun and fellowship through
The American Volkssport
Association promotes health,
non-competitive walking
and other sporting events
for everyone.
9652 Muirkirk Rd.
Laurel, MD 20708
Walk at
Montpelier Arts Center
SATURDAY SEPT 6th. 2014
9 AM 10-5 Km Trails
Freestate Happy Wanderers is a IRS 501 c (3) qualified organization EIN 52-1665322. Donations of
money and volunteer expenses (with proper documentation)
are deductible to the full extent of the law.
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