American Tobacco Trail Workday, Saturday, January 6 9 a.m.
Bill Bussey
billbus at gte.net
Thu Jan 4 12:48:00 EST 2007
Happy Holidays Volunteers for the American Tobacco Trail,
This message is to remind you of our American Tobacco Trail workday,
this *Saturday, January 6*, on the American Tobacco Trail at the
Chatham/Wake County line at *9 a.m. *
Please join us,* Saturday, January 6* at *9 a.m.* at the Chatham/Wake
County line in Chatham County. */Note, this is a change from previous
week calendars!/* If you go to the Fayetteville Road Trailhead, we won't
be there! */
/**Directions: *
From I-40 Exit 276, Southpoint Mall-Fayetteville Road, go south - away
from Durham - toward Jordan Lake.
Go past the mall on your right and 2.4 miles all the way to the end of
Fayetteville Road. Here, Fayetteville Road intersects NC 751 at a light.
Turn left at the light. Go 6.6 miles, passing O'Kelly Chapel Road at .75
miles and New Hope Church Road (see Exxon convenience store on left) at
4.2 miles. At or near 6.6 miles is Lewter Shop Road on the left. See the
sign for Jean's Berry Patch. Turn left onto Lewter Shop Road.
Go approximately 2.5 miles or so. See a place with small auto/truck size
trailers on the right. Immediately beyond his place is the Chatham/Wake
County line. The road changes texture at the county line. About a 1/4
mile beyond the county line, you'll see White Oak Church Road on your
right. Continue beyond to the first left past White Oak Church Road.This
is Farrell Road. If you cross the new construction of the trail
crossing, you've gone too far.
Turn left onto Farrell Road. Go about 1/2 mile. Pass the Turtle Farm
subdivision entrance on your left. The trail will be on your right. Park
on the side of the road. I'm sure our cars will be parked there so
you'll see them. We'll be working on the trail just north of there. We
don't want to park in or near the driveway where we'll be working, so
we'll walk a few hundred feet in.
Our plan is to dig out and clean some drainage ditches along the trail
in the area, as well as do some cutting of brush, downed and standing
trees and logs which will be in the way of the drainage ditch cleaning.
Thanks to Roger Truitt (and his toys!) Hannele Feiring, Jack Walker,
Dilys Bowman and her son, Luke and Frank Bennett for working hard in the
mud and hauling lots of brush and logs last Saturday. We had a great
time and did some very substantial work. Thanks also to adjacent
property owner Mr. Oakley, for clearing the trail and ditch adjacent to
his home, and for burning all the brush and logs we can pile up for him!
The growing number of trail users are stopping more and commenting that
they appreciate and are grateful for the work we are doing on this section.
The weather is supposed to be nice, with sunny to overcast conditions.
Of course, conditions may change! Tis the season! So please dress
appropriately.
If it is rainy or worse on Saturday, we will have a limited workday that
would end before noon. Or we may have none at all. Please use your best
judgment to determine if you want to be working outside in rainy
conditions.
We'll be digging a bit in wet dirt and mud as well as picking up and
hauling decomposing wood. *So you WILL get messy! *If you have rubber
boots that reach up to your knees, and don't mind digging or standing in
mud, please bring them because you will put them to use!
While you don't have to bring any tools because we'll have some tools
with us, we do have a *wish list *of tools if you'd like to bring them.
If you have a cutter or blade style mattock and/or a round or pointed
nose shovel, please bring it.
Feel free to bring a small hand pruning saw if you like. Loppers are
always needed as well. Also, a wheelbarrow is always handy if you can
haul it to the site.
We have a need to do some chainsaw work in this area. For the safety of
all, we separate the chainsawyers and their small assistance crews from
everyone else. If you have a chainsaw, are trained or know how to use
it, and have full protective gear including helmet, eye protection,
hearing protection, chaps and appropriate boots, feel free to bring it.
Of course, you don't need to bring any tools, because we always need
"haulers and toters",
Bring *work gloves*, *full shoes or boots*, *long pants*, and other
clothing appropriate for the weather, *water and a snack* if you like.*
*You will need to sign a waiver and participation list.
We'll work till about noon or 1 p.m.
If you or your group would like to work days or early evenings other
than Saturdays, please let Bill Bussey <mailto:billbus at gte.net> know.
Please let Curt Devereux <mailto:devereux at gte.net> 919 919 544-3948
Frank Bennett <mailto:FJB675 at hotmail.com> 919-851-3992 or Bill Bussey
<mailto:billbus at gte.net> 919 545-9104 know if you have any questions.
For more information on ATT workdays, please see our Volunteering page
at: http://triangletrails.org/VOLUNTEERS.HTM
For directions to workday meeting places and ATT Trailheads go to our
directions page at: http://www.triangletrails.org/DIRECTIONS.HTM*
*Future workdays are still being planned. Here is the tentative schedule
for upcoming workdays.*
**Upcoming American Tobacco Trail Workdays * *
** *
*Saturday, January 6* Chatham Workday Chatham/Wake County line. *9 a.m.*
See directions above or contact Bill Bussey <mailto:billbus at gte.net> at
919 545-9104.
*Saturday, January 13* Chatham Workday Chatham/Wake County line. 9 a.m.
See directions above or contact Bill Bussey <mailto:billbus at gte.net> at
919 545-9104.
*Saturday, January 20* Durham Workday Scott King Road Trailhead
<http://www.triangletrails.org/DIRECTIONS.HTM> 9 a.m.
*Saturday, January 27* Chatham Workday Chatham/Wake County line. 9 a.m.
See directions above or contact Bill Bussey <mailto:billbus at gte.net> at
919 545-9104.
*
Saturday, February 3* Durham Workday Fayetteville Road Trailhead
<http://www.triangletrails.org/DIRECTIONS.HTM> 9 a.m.
*Saturday, February 10 * Chatham Workday Chatham/Wake County line. 9
a.m. See directions above or contact Bill Bussey at 919 545-9104.
*Saturday, February 17* Durham Workday Scott King Road Trailhead
<http://www.triangletrails.org/DIRECTIONS.HTM> 9 a.m.
*
Saturday, February 24* We'll be volunteering at Coach Bubba Race
<http://www.coachbubba.com/> with Durham Godiva Track Club.
Also if you haven't already, please go sign our petition
<http://www.petitiononline.com/att2/petition.html>asking Durham to stop
stalling on designing and building the American Tobacco Trail.
*Again, THANK YOU for all of your support for this petition and the ATT.*
One more bit of news. The final phase of the ATT in Wake County, from
the White Oak Church Road Parking area north to the Chatham County line,
is *NOW COMPLETE and OPEN.* Many of you on this list helped clear and
clean this section this past Spring and Summer. *Thank YOU! *
PS: Also, we need your help NOW in the completely free Food Lion MVP
Shop and Share program. We need at least 25 Food Lion MVP cards
registered in this program because this year 25 is the minimum number
needed to participate. *Currently, we have only 17*. However, this *is
up from 7 from last week! *Thank You! We just need 8 more! You can help
us get to 25!
In your MS Internet Explorer browser (sorry, Firefox, Mozilla and
Netscape browser users :-( !) go to:
https://www.foodlion.com/IntheCommunity/ShopAndShare/
Here you can go to the appropriate links to register your Food Lion MVP
cards so that the Triangle Rails-to-Trails Conservancy gets some
proceeds from your Food Lion purchases when you use your MVP card. To
find the Triangle Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, click on "Register MVP
Cards." You go to a secure web page. Click "Select Organization." A
"Find Your Organization"window pops up. At the blocks, Select "NC",
"Durham", "Triangle Rails to Trails Conservancy." That should bring us
up. Enter your MVP card as instructed. It doesn't cost you a thing! And
it really helps us out !
This has been useful in the past for us because we've gotten
approximately $30 or so from this. Hey, every bit helps! This year we'll
need to get 25 minimum in the program in order to receive any funds
disbursements. Right now we only have 17.
Even if you don't regularly use your MVP card at Food Lion, please
register it, or apply for one, because every registration - used or not
- counts. Once we reach the 25 number, purchases from those that do shop
at Food Lion will count. If we don't get 25, we don't get a check! So
please register your Food Lion MVP card *now* because we need to get to
25; and help build the ATT.
If you need help with this, contact Bill Bussey at 919 545-9104 with
your MVP #, and we'll get it in there.
And let me take this opportunity to* Thank You* for all of your help and
support in building, cleaning and clearing the American Tobacco Trail in
2006. Thanks to your hard work, expertise and diligent efforts, we are
making steady progress. Thousands of trail users are *now safely using*
the sections of the trail and facilities you have helped clear, clean
and build. We get so many wonderful comments and thanks on how well the
trail looks when folks use these facilities. These trail users are often
amazed to find out that these improvements were done completely by
volunteers. Thank you for the great work and for volunteering your
valuable time to help with this project. Know that it wouldn't be
possible without the great work of each and every one of you.
Happy Trails and Happy New Year,
Bill Bussey
President
Triangle Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
americantobaccotrail at earthlink.net
www.triangletrails.org
919 545-9104
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