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Volunteer  Recognition

Thank-You, Chief Noonday Chapter Volunteers!

 

A number of the Chief Noonday Trail Adopters met for the 2010 Adopters gathering at Kellogg Forest on May 1.  Pictured here (from left) are Larry Hawkins (President of Chief Noonday Chapter), Susan Bond, Jim Mackey and son, Jeff Fleming, Larry Pio, Ron Sootsman, Vicki and Greg Hall, and Steve Hicks (Vice President for Trail Management).  Rounding out the Adopters group but not present for the picture: Mike Wilkey, Mary Fleming, Jim Martin, Bob Cooley, George Lee, Jerry Pattok, Roxanne Potter, Marcia Mellen, Tom Funke, Josh Richie, Joe Higdon, John Rudnicki, and Chris Vreeland and family.  (Photo by Diane Hawkins)

Our TRAIL ADOPTERS accept a section of the Trail where they hike at least once each month and perform “easy to handle” maintenance, i.e. trimming brush, mowing grass, removing branches from the trail, refurbishing blazing, etc. 

Volunteers are also needed at the national office in Lowell.  Contact Laura Lindstrom, Office Manager and Financial Administrator for info.

They file a monthly report on the condition of their trail section and outline larger maintenance projects to be carried out by the Chapter work crews. 

We owe them our gratitude for keeping our trail open and in a good hiking condition for all of us to use. 

This list changes regularly (such as new adopters being added), so if you have a section of trail and you are not listed, or you are interested in helping, please contact Mick Hawkins to be added!
 

 (Open) From Johnson Road to Crane Road, Middleville State Game Area
  George Lee From Peets Road, a mile west of M-37, to Chief Noonday Road (M-179), Barry State Game Area.
Tom Warner From Chief Noonday Road (M-179), southwest to Bassett Lake Road, past Hickory Point Road, to McDonald Lake, Barry State Game Area/Yankee Springs Recreation Area.

Jerry Pattok and Roxanne Potter have retired as Adopters of the two sections from the Peets Road trailhead to McDonald Lake.  We thank and salute them for their long service on these sections. 

Joe Higdon From McDonald Lake, past Hall Lake in Yankee Springs Recreation Area to Gun Lake Road
Marcia Mellen Gun Lake Road to Norris Road in Yankee Springs Recreation Area
Tom Funke From Norris Road east and south to McKibben Road in Barry State Game Area
Jim Martin
Jim Mackey
Baseline Rd to C Avenue in the Kellogg Biological Station
Ron Sootsman From C Avenue (beginning at 1/3 mile west of 42nd Street), south to M-89
Jeff & Mary Fleming From M-89 (beginning at 1/3 mile east of 42nd Street), south into Kellogg Experimental Forest to start of Dr. Sackett property
Chris Vreeland
& Family
From Dr. Sackett property south to EF Avenue.
Mike Wilkey From EF Avenue south to Augusta Drive trailhead (0.4 mile north of M-96)
Larry Pio From Kalamazoo River thru Fort Custer Cemetery to Armstrong Road
Sue Bond From Brady Road at Dickman Road, west terminus of the Battle Creek Linear Park pathway, along the NPS-certified portion of the pathway to the Emmett Street crossing
John Rudnicki
Bob Cooley
From Jameson Ave Ott Biological Preserve entrance through Kimball Pines County Park to Historic Bridge Park
New Adopters

(List updated August 2010)

 

 


N.C.T.A. Annual
Awards
 

Year Granted

Award

Recipient

     
2009 Outreach Tom Garnett
     
2009 Trail Builder
of the Year
Charles Krammin
     
2007 Communicator
of the Year
Mick Hawkins
     
2006 NCTA Lifetime Achievement Dave Cornell
     
2004 Most Total
Volunteer hours
Charles Krammin
     
2003
 
NCTA Leadership
 
Dave Cornell
 

 

 


Awards for Cumulative Hours of Volunteer Work

 

1000 Hour Award: fleece vest with embroidered name, NCTA logo, NPS Volunteer Patch
400 Hour Award:  National Park Service Volunteer shirt with NCTA logo,
NPS Volunteer Patch, and your name embroidered

200 Hour Award: 32 oz Nalgene water bottle w/ NCTA & NPS logos

100 Hour Award:  National Park Service Volunteer Pin and personalized name badge

(Note: The actual awards can change from year to year.  The items above were given out in 2006.) 

 

     

Year Granted

Award   Level

Recipient

     
2007 2500 hours Dave Cornell
     
2008 1000 hours Mick Hawkins
2008 1000 hours Steve Hicks
2007 1000 hours Jim Baldwin
2006

1000 hours

Dave Cornell
2006

1000 hours

Tom Garnett
2006

1000 hours

Charles Krammin
2006

1000 hours

Larry Pio
     
2008 400 hours Ron Sootsman
2007 400 hours Mick Hawkins
2006 400 hours Jim Baldwin
2006 400 hours Larry Hawkins
2004 400 hours Steve Hicks
2004 400 hours Jerry Pattok
2004 400 hours Gail Speer
2003 400 hours Dave Cornell
2003 400 hours Barb VanDyken
2003 400 hours Tom Garnett
2003 400 hours Larry Pio

2002

400 hours

John Rudnicki

2001

400 hours

Charles Krammin

1999

400 hours

Neil Juhl

     
2006

200 hours

Tom Garnett
2006

200 hours

Mick Hawkins
     
2009 100 hours Linda Sootsman
2008 100 hours Steve Chapman
2008 100 hours Jeff Fleming
2007 100 hours Tom Momenee
2007 100 hours Ron Sootsman
2006

100 hours

Tom Garnett
2006

100 hours

Mick Hawkins
2006

100 hours

Wayne Marvin
2006

100 hours

John Morgan
2006

100 hours

Linda Warren
2005 100 hours D. James Heaton
2004

100 hours

Dennis Hansen
2004

100 hours

Larry Hawkins

2002

100 hours

Dave Cornell

2002

100 hours

Gail Speer

2002

100 hours

Larry Hawkins

2002

100 hours

Larry Pio

2002

100 hours

Sheryl Drenth

2002

100 hours

Tom Funke

2002 100 hours Jerry Pattok

2001

100 hours

Steven Hicks

2001

100 hours

Teresa Agostini

2000

100 hours

John Rudnicki

2000

100 hours

LaVerne Bebeau

1999

100 hours

Robert Benham

1999

100 hours

Tom Garnett

1998

100 hours

Amaryliss South

1998

100 hours

Barbara Powell

1998

100 hours

Lynn Waldron

1998

100 hours

Ralph Powell

 

 

 

 

Please note:  We are aware that there are others of you out there who are not listed above and by all rights SHOULD be listed.  In order to be counted and recognized, we need you to submit your volunteer hours regularly (monthly, or quarterly, or per event / day) by updating your information on the web site found at Record Volunteer Hours.  Without a formal record, we have no way of knowing how many hours you have helped us. 

We apologize for any missing names.  If you feel you have been missed, AND you have logged all your hours on the national website, then please contact our chapter president (please refer to our Chapter Contact web page).

 

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