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Download .pdf version of Newsletter Vaca Valley Volks Newsletter Spring (March - April - May) 2016 |
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Steve Dmytriw,
Bud Simmons,
Janis Dmytriw,
Jill Simmons,
REGULAR MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS: 1ST MONDAY EACH MONTH (Except February), at 7:00 pm. Meetings are held in the cafeteria conference room of Vaca Valley Hospital, 1000 Nut Tree Rd Vacaville. |
Completed VVV Event Mare Island Walk One hundred and sixty-five walkers joined us on a beautiful weekend to walk Mare Island in conjunction with the 20th annual Bay Flyway Festival. We need to thank Howie for arranging the wonderful weather. He should do that every year!
There was a walk option for every need - 5K, 6K, 10K walks with pet and non-pet walks and extensions to take you to the cemetery or top of the island. You could even get a tour of well known St Peters Chapel. The festival celebrates the migration through San Francisco Bay of more than 1 million shorebirds and hundreds of thousands of ducks, geese, hawks, songbirds and other wildlife at the peak of migration.
Our Newest members Mariel Allshouse Ron Allshouse Nathan AllsHouse Shawnda Allshouse Aurora Allshouse Cheryl Brown Troy Burke Ritta Deanda LeeAnne Fortney Elizabeth Motto-Ros  Events Bud Simmons ...... 2400 events Jill Simmons ....... 2400 events Distance Craig Wirth ..... 3,000 KM Jane Wirth ....... 3,000 KM Annual Dinner
We held our annual Member Appreciation Dinner at the Heritage Inn Cafe. Thanks to Kitty and Johanna who worked hard to make it a success. We had twenty members attend and enjoy a great meal. This being our 30th anniversary we shared a special cake to celebrate, a short history and a revised scrapbook. Remember, we have our Club Challenge all year long. Upcoming VVV Event Rosie the Riveter Come walk with us on 14-15 May, 2016 back through time and the Rosie the Riveter memorial, a tribute to the millions of American women who worked in factories and shipyards
during World War II. The memorial is located at Marina Bay Park, Richmond, CA, the site of former Kaiser Richmond Shipyard #2. The memorial itself is the length of a Liberty ship with a form of the ship being built. The walk starts out at the memorial, then goes around the marina area to the docked Liberty ship, SS Red Oak Victory. The first part of the memorial is a sculpture evoking a ship's hull under construction and is made of stainless steel. "Image ladders" recall those used by workers to traverse the prefabricated ship parts.
Etched granite pavers begin at the hull and cover the length of the keel walk, including a timeline of events on the home front and tos Notes from AVA: Special program Bridges - Spanning the USA
Begins Jan 1, 2016 to Dec31, 2018. It's simple to qualify for the Bridges program - the route must go under or over a bridge; for example, a pedestrian bridge over railroad tracks, wood bridges over a mountain stream or a highway bridge over a city street would all qualify. Bridges, either named or unnamed, can also cross any water-way, ravine, marsh, road, or railroad. The San Francisco Golden Gate and the Brooklyn bridges were chosen for the 4"x3" embroidered patch to emphasize the country-wide aspect of the program. Order your book from Central Washington Sun Striders, c/o Millie Haupt, 2510 So. 52nd Ave, Yakima, WA 98903. Cost is $10. For more info contact m.haupt@charter.net. |
MEMBER ACTIVITIES: New Year's Walk Linda and Wyle Haviland joined the Walking Sticks for their annual New Year's walk in Sacramento. This is a unique annual opportunity for walkers to end the year with the last walk of the year, and start the New Year with the first walk of the year!
The first walk is on December 31st in Downtown Sacramento, a 10 K and 5 K. Each walk takes place in some of the most beautiful areas in and around the city of Sacramento. Many homes and businesses are decorated making the walks more exciting and bringing the spirit of the season to everyone. Following the walks, everyone returns to the start to enjoy a variety of the great food and drink. Everyone is asked to bring a food dish to the party. For all those who wish to stay, there is a great fireworks display at 9:00 pm sponsored by the city of Sacramento. The second walk takes place on January 1st, again in the Sacramento area. This walk includes many of the state historic sites including the capitol building and rose gardens. Check for exact times and locations for the starts prior to December 31, 2016.
30th Anniversary Club Challenge
In celebration of our 30th Anniversary, the club is holding a Club Challenge, challenging its members to do all nine of the club's Year Round Events in 2016. A unique patch has been designed and will be awarded to those who complete all the walks.
Being YRE's, these walks can be done by anyone at any time. Because it is more fun to walk with others, we encourage members to seek out other members for the walks. Janis and Steve's personal schedule is below. I'd like to start the walks at 09:30am, and will leave Digger's Deli parking lot in time to make that start time. I encourage as many members as possible to join us. These are weekend walks due to our other commitments. I realize some members would rather walk on weekdays, and I encourage that, but I would suggest you find other members who also want to walk on weekdays. We could ask at the monthly meetings if some one would like to honcho a weekday group. Please note that three of these walks coincide with Friendship walks and additional people may be walking on those days.
26 March ... Alameda Victorian UPCOMING LOCAL WALKS: March
DB Roseville April
2/3 TW Davis-North Davis May
1 CVA Beaumont-Annual Convention June
4/5 TW Arnold-Calaveras Big Trees  If you are looking down while you
are walking, it is better to walk up hill,
the ground is closer......Gertrude Stein |
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YRE of the Month Alameda Victorian RATING:1A - Route is mainly paved with some gravel, going by parks, historical sites and old Victorian homes. The walk is like a textbook of Victorian Homes from the 19th and 20th Century
by Priscilla Fife #3. It qualifies for the new Take a Walk in a City Park, Lady Liberty, Treasure Hunt and Make A Wish – Water Fountains special programs. #4. Learn what happened to the bones and artifacts discovered in an ancient shell mound in 1908. #5. Learn why it's not a good idea to make your neighbor angry when you see the Spite House. #6. Visit the Alameda Museum along the walk, you'll learn why Ishi visited Alameda in 1914. #7. You'll see the first church built in Alameda. #8. You can see the beautifully restored art deco lobby of the Alameda Theater (1932). #9. You'll see where the Alameda shoreline was before landfill created South Shore in the 1950s. #10. See the mansion Joseph Leonard built for his family after building the Victorians in Leonardville. #11. See the oldest house in Alameda (built in New York City and shipped around the tip of South America in the hold of a ship). #12.This walk qualifies for 9 current special programs in addition to the 4 new special programs. #13.You will see 5 buildings that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. #14.Walk through the Park Street Historic Commercial District also listed on the NRHP.
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