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Joyce Swogger

Past member Joyce Swogger recently passed away.
Members can read more on the Empty Boots Page.

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Summer Picnics Begin in June

Join fellow trails clubbers for good food and camaraderie at four summer picnics, beginning June 17 at 6 p.m. at Sellwood Riverfront Park and continuing July 15 at Grant Park, August 19 at Willamette Park, and September 16 at Gabriel Park. Bring your favorite picnic potluck dish and plates and eating utensils for yourself or family.

The club will provide beverages and a main course. We are asking for a $1 donation for persons over 12 years of age to help defray costs.

Questions? Contact Barbara, 503-281-6094 or birdiegirl2009@gmail.com.

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Work Party Reminder:

Please remember to make time to call your work party reservations for either lodge no later then the Wednesday evening before the event. That allows only two days to plan and shop for the meals. If we call on Thursday or Friday it adds quite a burden for the cooks to adjust their menus. The Trails Club is blessed with many great cooks and helpers that volunteer their time and talent for the work weekends. Please honor them by placing your reservations in a timely manner.
Thank you, George Milne - Lodge and Properties Trustee.

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Tyee Work Weekends and Projects for 2010

Volunteers are needed this summer to repair and re-supply the lodge for the upcoming winter. If you have enjoyed the Lodge in the winter, please volunteers for one of these weekends. We have five once a month work weekends scheduled. Our first weekend starts in June when the West Leg Rd. is opened to the Lodge. Last years roof replacement and living room floor refinishing took up much of the summer and fall. Bringing in firewood will be a priority this summer. Volunteers receive free lodging and meals for the weekend. Work starts Saturday at 10 am and finishes at 3 pm on Sunday. Reservations required. After dinner hikes are also an enjoyable part of the weekend activities.

A Tyee Project Planning Meeting will be held on Sun. May 2nd at 1 PM. We will discuss projects for the summer and lodge needs. This is your chance to have input on improvements to the Lodge. A lunch will be prepared.

Contact Stephen Brown, Tyee Lodge Chair, to confirm your attendance.
Tyee Work weekends: June 19-20, July 24-25, August 28-29, September 25-26, October 23-24

Cooks needed for all weekends.
Contact Stephen Brown to Volunteer, 360-687-6169 or ryanbrowns4@spiritone.com

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Attention Lodge Key Holders

To increase usage of Tyee and Nesika in the upcoming months, we are again encouraging lodge key holders to "host only" at the lodges, which means that guests are responsible for their own meals. Host duties include receiving phone calls from persons wanting to come to the lodge, opening and closing the lodge, and collecting usage fees. As usual, the host’s lodging fees are waived. To make "host only" even easier, the vice-president will take care of providing the Blazer announcement. Please begin thinking now of a weekend or weekdays that you would like to schedule as a getaway at one of the lodges.

Contact Barbara Warren-Sams 503-281-6094 or birdiegirl2009@gmail.com to check on or schedule the dates

Lodge Scheduling

We would like to thank Joan Ragan for her excellent job in serving as the Tyee Winter Coordinator this year and to remind members that beginning in April, they need to contact Barbara Warren-Sams to make Tyee lodge requests for hosting and cooking, no-cook hosting, or private use,. She can be reached at 503-281-6094.

The lodge schedules and the complete lodge scheduling process can be found on the Lodges Page of the Trails club web site.

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The Trail Blazer is available on-line

The Club newsletter The Trailblazer is available on-line at the Trails Club web site at http://www.trailsclub.org/members/blazers.html. New issues are posted each month as they are sent to the printer.
If you can do without your paper Trailblazer you can go "Electronic Only" by sending a request to membership@trailsclub.org. When you go electronic we will send you an e-mail each month when the new Blazer is posted, so please send the request from a e-mail account you use or include an e-mail address in the message.
Going Electronic Only saves some paper, and saves the club some printing and postage expense.
Submitted by Randy Dietrich, Asst Webmaster

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TCO Historical Materials

Most of the TCO historical and financial documents are now stored at the Mazamas Mountaineering Center. To view these materials, please contact a current board member to request access. Please do not contact the Mazama staff.
Thank you.

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OUTINGS REMINDER

The Board has reaffirmed the Trails Club policy that all outings must be approved by the Trips Committee before they are published on the website or in the Blazer. Outings are defined as any multi-day trip except for backpack, bicycle or kayak trips, which are approved by the individual activity committees within the Trips Committee. Please contact Susan Saul at (360) 892-5643 or sunr1s3cr33k@gmail.com regarding your outing proposal.
Outing Policies

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Mazamas Round the Mountain

The Mazama's are having the 5th Annual Hike of Mt. Hood’s Timberline Trail over Labor Day weekend Sept 4-6 (Sat-Mon). To learn more, come to the Information Night on Wed. May 26 at 7 p.m. at the Mazama Mountaineering Center. To apply on-line, or to find out more information, go the Round the Mountain page at: www.mazamas.org/your/adventure/starts-here/C467.

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Trails Club Weekend on the McKenzie River

July 9-11, 2010

Please check out link McKenzie River Outing for more info and reservations.
Reservations begin March 1, 2010.

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Alpine Outing

August 8-15 & August 15-22

Please check out link Alpine Outing for more info and reservations.

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Mount Baker Summer Outing

Monday, August 30 to Monday, September 6, 2010

Please check out link Mt Baker Outings for more info and reservations.

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San Juan Kayak Trip

September 13-16, 2010

Please check out link San Juan Kayak Trip for more info and reservations.

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Bend Oregon Outing

September 12-17, 2010

Please see link Bend Oregon Outingfor more info and reservations.

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