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Upcoming EventsMeetings of the Chapter Executive Committee will be held Bi-Monthly During 2010, at the East Greenbush Library, 10 Community Way, starting at 6:45 PM All chapter members are welcome to attend these meetings, and to learn more about the business and workings of the chapter. It's time to sign up for the chapter Highland Center Weekend, September 24-26. We have 3 types of rooms reserved: private double ($264pp); 4 person bunk room ($162pp); and bunks in the Shapleigh bunk house ($126pp). Rates include dinners Friday and Saturday, breakfasts Saturday and Sunday, and taxes. Hiking options include A, B, and C level hikes. Contact Sharon Bonk for details and to make reservations. (sboqc@mindspring.com, 518-674-0042). Final payment is due in August 21. Please make checks payable to Sharon C. Bonk Now that the State Parks are open again we are able to reschedule this event. As part of the AMC Green June initiative, we will do a Hudson River shoreline clean-up in Schodack Island State Park in Castleton, NY., from 10 AM-4 PM. The Park is providing heavy trash bags and a truck . Our presence and interest in the Park helps substantiate its value to the public, so bring your friends and let's have a big turnout. Please volunteer by contacting Arthur Fontijn fontia@verizon.net, (518) 477-7992. Mark your calendars and hold November 18 for our annual chapter dinner meeting and chapter elections at the Crossgates Restaurant and Banquet House. More details will follow as they become available. Our speaker will be Bernie Grossman giving a presentation with the working title: A North Slope Raft Trip in Search of North America's Seventh Chickadee Bio: Bernie and Chris Grossman grew up in Illinois and met at Grinnell College in Iowa. After graduate school, they lived in Utica and then the Capital District where their two boys were born. Bernie taught at Utica College and then worked as a chemist at Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory for 32 years, while Chris taught computer science at Schenectady County Community College. They have been retired for almost 6 and 5 years respectively. Their serious hiking experience started through their association with Utica College and the new ADK chapter there. After their move to the Capital District, they joined the Schenectady ADK chapter. They are 46r #4301 and #4302 and participate in the weekday AMC hikes. They have hiked in Norway and Olympic National Park with the ADK and independently three times in Banff and Jasper. They have watched wolves in Yellowstone in the winter and have had close encounters with polar bears at Churchill, Manitoba. Both have held positions with the Hudson-Mohawk Bird Club, and their birding travels have included trips to Northern India, Alaska (twice), Colorado and SE Arizona. Trips to Costa Rica and Bhutan are planned for 2011. |
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