Alan Tittle, Race Coordina-tor
The 5th annual Trinity River Challenge is upon us; Saturday, Sept. 9th. DDRC’s proceeds from dues and fund-raising are di-rected by mem-bership vote to river-related issues. Past contributions include organi-zations supporting river conservation, restoration, access, and junior racing, to name a few. Your long term paddling security is at stake.
COME WATCH, COME RACE, or COME HELP!! Bake something or bring something from you grocer for the bake sale! Our vol-
unteers have spread the word and we are hoping for a big turnout. This is the weekend after your Labor Day weekend paddle, so stay in town and check out the race for the first time,
or, even race for the first time. Please evaluate our fine sponsors’ gear and services next time you upgrade, as they inevitably support the causes
that we vote to support with our proceeds.
Thanks to our sponsors! Our corporate sponsors at the time of copy deadline are Deluge paddles, Weno-nah Canoe, Dagger Canoe, Mohawk Canoes, Leather-man Multitools, Sawyer Paddles, Outdoorplay.com, REI (Recreation Equipment
Incorporated), Nantahala Outdoor Center. See Page 2 for more information about our sponsors.
RBSS Automotive (Richard Steppe) and North Texas Canoe (Rich Manning) de-serve special sponsor thanks for their crucial support throughout the history of our race. A new friend to the club is Cross Timbers Outfitters; Mr. Marvin Hill kindly accepted 20 flyers for distribution on park bul-letin boards, assuring com-pliance with the Park Ser-vice Office. Cross Timbers supplies shuttles and boat rentals on the Trinity Green-belt below Lake Ray Rob-erts.
Thanks to the cleanup crew!
Newsletter of the Dallas Downriver Club—Visit our website at www.down-river.org
5th Annual Trinity River Challenge! September 2000
Special points of interest:
• Early newsletter delivery, this month only!
• The Deadline for next month’s newsletter is Sep-tember 30. Contact Susan Harkins at 972-470-0195 or via email at: [email protected] . Please send articles, upcoming trips, boating tips and informa-tion.
• DDRC board meetings are held every second Thursday. All members are welcome to at-tend to learn more about club business. Contact club President Betty Scott at 214-363-2480 or [email protected] for time and location.
Trinity River Chal-lenge Sponsors
2
White Rock Lake Cleanup News
3
Southwestern Canoe Rendezvous
3
Upcoming Events 5
Lambs get the gold! 6
Environmental Con-cerns
6
DDRC Officers and Committees
7
Inside this issue:
Caddo Lake Halloween Party : Oct 27th—29th The Dallas DownRiver Club invites you and your family and friends to help us haunt Goat Is-land on Friday Oct 27th thru 29th. Camp will be at the
usual location on the south-west corner of Goat Island near Pine Needle Lodge. Put-in and take out will be at Pine Needle Lodge or Blair’s Landing.
Events include: pumpkin
carving, Piñata for kids, tent decorating contest, dutch oven cooking contest, Cos-tume contest, ghost stories. Camp is primitive, so bring all that you need. Much more in next newsletter and on DDRC web. !
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Thanks to our 5th Annual TRC Sponsors!
Call 800.99.4.GEAR—No Sales Tax 6 Oak Street
Hood River, OR 97031 800-994-4327
www.wenonah.com P.O. Box 247
Winona, MN 55987
Perception Kayaks—Harmony Accessories www.kayaker.com 111 Kayaker Way Easley, SC 29642
800-595-2925
Paddling accessories for the serious enthusiast
www.deluge.com 5000 E. Second Street
Benicia, CA 94510 800-422-2482
North Texas Canoe Sales and RentalNorth Texas Canoe Sales and Rental 1616 Whitlock Ln.
Carrollton, TX 972-245-7475
4515 LBJ Freeway
Farmers Branch, TX 75244 972-490-5989
RBSS AutomotiveRBSS Automotive 10411 Harry Hines Blvd.
Dallas, TX 75220 214-357-9775
Hobie Cats, Windsurfers, Sport Kayaks www.mariner-sails.com
10903 Indian Trail Dallas, TX
972-241-1498
www.nctcog.dst.tx.us/envir/trin/parks/llela/edu/llelaedp.html
13077 Hwy 19 W Bryson City, NC 28713
888-662-1662
www.intur.net 811 Alpha Drive Suite 331
Richardson, TX 75081 972-783-0066
Southwestern Canoe Rendezvous 2000—Oct 6, 7 &8 also having and event called Ren-dezvous TOO! For kids ages 5-13. This camp will include kayak and
canoe instructions, science and nature activities, and craft activities. This even requires special registra-tion. Circle #250 on the registration form see the website listed below. There is a limit of 40 children for the day camp at a cost of
$45.
Activities for the 50+ crowd too! This is a course designed for physi-cally active senior adults who enjoy the outdoors and love to explore. The instructor is Bob Foote, and will cover basic skills and the trying out those skills in the last half of the day. Circle #150 on the registra-tion form. Cost $70.
Campsites are available! The Rendezvous has reserved campsites
Susan Harkins
The Houston Canoe Club Canoe Rendezvous is on October 6, 7 and 8. If you have never been to this event it is a great chance to see lots of great gear and boats, meets lots of pad-dlers, and watch some of the best canoe competi-tions going. This event is the largest on-the-water show in the US.
-See the ACA Freestyle Canoe Na-tional Champoinshiops. -Test-paddle the newest canoes and kayaks on the market from top manu-facturers & local dealers! -Attend Clinics for beginning and ad-vanced paddlers taught by nationally renowned instructors!
Kids activities. This year they are
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Proposed Cancellation of White Rock Lake Cleanup Event At the August DDRC meeting a motion was made and seconded that we disband the support for the monthly White Rock Lake Cleanup efforts. The bylaws of our club state that this motion must be posted in the newsletter, so that we can vote on this at our September meeting. Please make a note of this and be prepared to vote.
The motion was made because of dwindling support and attendance at this activity. !
Next Meeting: Thursday, September 21st, 2000. Enchilada’s Restaurant, 6526 E. Northwest Highway. Hope to see you there!
and screen shelters from the State park to make sure you have a place to camp. The sites are reserved for Thurs., Fri., and Sat. nights. The price for a campsite is $37 and for the screen shelter $55 for three days. The cost includes a $1 han-dling fee. (Electricity and water are provided). You still have to pay the State Park entry fee of $3.
You need to register before Septem-ber 22 to be notified of your camp-site or shelter. Send your registra-tions in early, there are a limited number of sites.
Visit the Houston Canoe Club web-site for a complete schedule of ac-tivities: www.houstoncanoeclub.org
If you don’t have access to the inter-net, registration forms will be avail-able at the next meeting. Call 713-467-8857 for more information. "
Check out www.houstoncanoeclub.org
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DDRC Members: be on the lookout in your mail for a $5 gift certificate, compliments of our ad-vertising partner, www.outdoorplay.com. Please support our advertisers for all you gear needs!
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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 Roll Clinic
5 6 Canoe Rendezvous
7 Canoe Rendezvous
8 Canoe Rendezvous
9 10 11 Roll Clinic
12 13 14
15 16 17 18 Roll Clinic
19 20 21
22 23 24 25 Roll Clinic
26 27 Caddo Lake Halloween Party
28 Caddo Lake Halloween Party
29 Caddo Lake Halloween Party
30 31
October 2000 September Schedule of Events
• Every Wednesday—Roll, Paddle and Rescue Clinic, 5-dark, Lake Grapevine, Rockledge Park, Contact Keith Smith @ 940-566-4869
• Sat. 2nd—FALLing IN Sprint Race, McInnish Park, Carrollton. David Lamb 972-931-3068
• Sat.-Mon. 2-4—Sabine Labor Day River Trip. Contact Jack Deather-age, 972-222-1407 or email at [email protected]
• Sat. 9th—Trinity River Challenge. Contact Alan Tittle, 972-727-3586
• Fri 15th-17th—Illinois River Trip. Contact Bonnie Haskins, 972-254-9672 or Jerry Johnson, 817-267-5375 or via email @ [email protected]
• Fri 15th - 17th—Arkansas Canoe Club Rendezvous, Article on page 3 www.swalaw.com
October Schedule of Events
• Every Wednesday—Roll, Paddle and Rescue Clinic, 5-dark, Lake Grapevine, Rockledge Park, Contact Keith Smith @ 940-566-4869
• Fri 6th, 7th & 8th—Southwestern Canoe Rendezvous - Houston Ca-noe Club, Huntsville State Park. Call 713-467-8857 for more information. (See article on page 3)
• Fri 27th—29th—Annual Hallow-een Campout at Caddo Lake (see article on page 1) Contact Jack Deatherage, 972-222-1407 or email at: jfdeatherage@drs-irtech.
As a participant in any DDRC activity, an individual assumes the responsibility of evaluating all inherent risks before participating and assumes any risk of death or injury inherent in the sport. The partici-pant waives claims that may arise against the club, its officers, mem-bers, servants, agents and/or trip coordinators, for death or injury to person or property, including claims of vicarious liability and claims arising from civil recklessness or any degree of negligence. Not waived are claims against an individual who causes injury intention-ally or with criminal recklessness and claims among driver, owner and passengers of a motor vehicle for injuries.
bronze in sprint downriver kayaking and a gold in sprint ICF kayaking! His time in the sprint ICF kayaking was the fastest solo time of the event for the 500M, even against adults.
Alan also received a silver medal for his second place Barton cup finish for canoeing. Alan received the gold for fastest juvenile marathon kayaker. Alan also won the Barton Cup for being the fastest boy marathon kayaker. His solo time was the fastest on the 7 mile short course and only three tandem canoes had faster times.
David Lamb
Rachel Lamb and Alan Lamb, both DDRC members, brought home the gold from USCA Nationals in August!
Rachel Lamb won gold in the Barton Cup series for being the fastest bantam marathon kayaker. Alan Lamb had a top ten finish in sprint canoeing, a
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purpose of the general management and river management plan is to ensure that the park and river managers have a clearly defined direction to protect re-sources and to provide public access.”
What can we do? Each one of us can fill out the survey provided in the Big Bend newsletter (call 915-477-2251 to have a newsletter mailed to you) You can also send me email at [email protected] and I will send you a .pdf file that you can print, fill out and mail to the NPS. Also, Ken and I will have copies of the survey available at the next meeting. The survey wants to asses what you value most about the park, how you want to see the park 20 years
from now, what concerns you have, and what part of the Harte Ranch you want to see recommended for wilder-ness designation.
Visit the following websites to find out more about environmental issues: Big Bend National Park Home Page: www.nps.gov/bibe
Friends of Big Bend www.bigbendfriends.org
Newsletter information: www.nps.gov/bibe/pressrelses/gmpr.htm
San Marcos Dam info: world.std.com/~reichert/info/smdams.htm
Rio Grande Resotoration Info: www.riogranderestoration.org
River Cleanup Log: adventureteam.com/tckc/
Susan Harkins and Ken Lock
The National Park Service is accepting surveys to help them create a general management and river management plan for the future of Big Bend Na-tional Park and the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River. From the Spring 2000 Newsletter:
“The National Park Service (NPS) is starting to plan for the future of Big Bend national Park and the Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River… The new plans and study will be used to guide the management of Big Bend National Park and Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River for the next 10 to 15 years. In developing these plans, NPS staff will work closely with federal, state, and local agencies, interested parties, and the general public.”
“ Big Bend National Park preserves and protects than 800,000 acres of northern Chihuahuan Desert. ...The
NPS Staff will work closely with
federal, state, and local
agencies, interested parties,
and the general public.
Environmental Concerns For River Lovers!
Both will be racing in the DDRC Trin-ity River Challenge on Saturday Sep-tember 9th. Come play rabbit and see if they can catch you! "
Raffle News... Support our monthly raffle and you could win great gear! Tickets are $1 each – Donate $5, and get 6 Donate $10 and get 13
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President: Betty Scott 214-363-2480 [email protected] Vice President: Alan Tittle 972-727-3586 [email protected] Secretary: Marilyn Scholl 972-370-5844 [email protected] Treasurer: Chris Cockrell 214-340-3181 Newsletter Editor: Susan Harkins 972-470-0195 [email protected] Webmaster: Rich Grayson 214-827-0144 [email protected] Environmental: Ken Lock 214-823-5263 [email protected] Pat Tittle 972-727-3586 [email protected] Librarian: Mary Beth Kvanli 972-296-9910 [email protected]
DDRC Officers & Committees To spruce up the fraction of the
course not reached by the Lamb fam-ily, a pre-race Trinity Cleanup was held August 26 with the collection of 10 fully stuffed bags of litter by 8 volunteers. Many thanks go to Nad-ine Bourg, Glen Pye, Neil Licalsi, Allen Scott, Susie Deubeck, Chris Cockrell, Betty Scott, and Alan Tit-tle. We nearly finished what the Lambs have not. Cold watermelon served as a welcome refresher after-wards. After picking up 70....(?) bags of trash almost individually David, Alan and Rachel Lamb took the weekend off from their routine to paddle in another race - time off for extraordinary behavior.
Volunteers needed. A few volunteer
positions still need to be filled; river-side safety, sweep boats, race tim-ing, spotting, records, dinner, bake sale, shuttles and back up support staff. Most positions are light duty. Safety assistance would be especially helpful from those that have had the river rescue class, first aid or CPR training.
Questions? Contact Alan Tittle at (972) 727-3586 or e-mail [email protected] for more informa-tion on racing or volunteering.
Sponsors This race would be im-possible without our sponsors, who donate lots of great stuff for the raf-fle! Read about our wonderful spon-sors on Page 2! "
Are you concerned about the boat registration issue, permanent fees on public lands for any and all types of recreation or other issues affecting the paddling community? Make our system work for you. Your legislators need your opinion. Learn more in coming meetings. Find your senators and representatives at www.vote-smart.org/index.html
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