March, April, May 2012

Penn Dutch Pacers Volksmarch Club • Lancaster, Pa

the pacer pulseAs many of you know the Penn Dutch Pacersalong with most of clubs in the AVA have beenstruggling with declining participation whichtranslates to declining revenue. With decliningrevenue comes scrutiny of many expenses thatwe have taken for granted for years. One of

those expenses is printing and mailing this newsletter. The cost ofwhich was $1,494.68 in 2011.A lot of clubs have already decided to go exclusively to digital dis-tribution which means that when the newsletter is complete insteadof receiving it in your USPS mail box you will get an e-mail with alink to a digital version. This means no waiting for the USPS to de-liver the physical newsletter and instant access to the current versionno matter where you are.There are many advantages to a digital version among them consid-erable monetary savings for the club along with the environmentalsavings with the reduction of the paper and ink that it would normal-ly be printed on. The digital version can be read on any digital de-vice, i.e. computers, tablets and smart phones and instead of theblack and white newsletter that you see here you will see all the pic-tures and graphics in full color and of course have the choice to printit or not at your discretion.It has been decided that we will go to a digital version of this news-letter beginning with the December, January, February 2013 editionthat comes out the beginning of December 2012. We know that thereare those of you who do not have computer or internet access and wedon't want you to be left out. So if you are a current paid memberthat will not have digital access to The Pacer Pulse by December of2012, we would ask you to notify us that you need to have a copymailed. Please address your request to: Penn Dutch Pacers, PacerPulse USPS Opt-In, PO Box 7445, Lancaster PA 17604-7445. Indi-cate in your letter that you would like to be mailed a copy of thePacer Pulse and of course include your name and correct completeaddress.Initially there is no extra cost to have an issue mailed to you, but be-ginning with your membership renewal (memberships renew inJune) and immediately with new members, you will pay a $4.00 peryear premium to have your newsletter mailed.Lifetime members will of course have access to the digital edition ofthe newsletter but as with everyone else will need to pay the $4.00per year stipend to have the newsletter mailed beginning in June of2013. The membership form on the back page of this newsletter hasbeen modified to reflect these policy changes regarding the newslet-ter. And although we currently believe that the $4.00 yearly stipendwill be sufficient to offset the costs we will continue to evaluatethings especially the first year and may need to adjust the fee in di-rect response to the actual costs we experience.Thank you for your understanding in this matter and of course wewould like to hear any comments that you may have regarding thischange. It is not our intent to irritate or inconvenience anyone withthis change, but it is the necessary and responsible thing to do tokeep the club financially viable. Please contact President Pete Byrnevia phone or e-mail with your concerns using his contact info onpage 11.

New Distribution for the Pacer PulseThis April we will again be walkingLebanon County. I say again sincein 2011 we walked in Mt. Gretnawhich is just to the west of Corn-wall. To our knowledge this is thefirst volksmarch in Cornwall eventhough the Lebanon Baloney

Stompers had operated in Lebanon County for many years. Thisis also the first time that we can remember that we will be startinga walk in a museum (too bad the PDP Museum Walk AmericaSpecial Walking Program ended 12/31/11). “What museum”, youmight ask, “is in Cornwall?” If you said the Cornwall Iron Fur-nace you would have the correct answer.Here’s what you will experience on the trail in Cornwall. Uponexiting the museum we turn right and proceed east on rural Rex-mont Road. About 1k into the walk, we bear left on Lynch Drive,then right onto Palmer Street. Palmer Street loops through asmall development and leads us to a right turn on AnthraciteRoad. This location is called "Anthracite Village". The brickdouble homes in this community were once occupied by workersfrom the iron furnace and the nearby iron mine. These "companyhouses" are now privately owned. We continue on AnthraciteRoad to a right turn onto Willow Road. At the end of WillowRoad, we cross Scheaffer Road (Rte 419) and bear left (south) onthe scenic Lebanon Valley Rail Trail. We soon reach a trail headlocated at the intersection of Boyd Street and Scheaffer Road.This is the location of our 1st checkpoint. (porta-potty and picnictables here)From the checkpoint, the 5k walk crosses Boyd Street and contin-ues south for a short distance on the rail trail. We then bear leftonto paved Wildflower Lane and continue through the CornwallManor Retirement Community back to the start/finish at the ironfurnace.The 10k walk reverses at the checkpoint and proceeds north onthe rail trail for a long kilometer. We exit the rail trail onto Cul-vert Street and continue to a left turn on Cornwall Road. At thenext 4 way intersection, we cross onto Burd Coleman Road. Af-ter a short stroll, we arrive at our 2nd checkpoint situated on thefront porch of the Cornwall Borough Office/Police Station. (norest facilities here) We then continue south along winding BurdColeman Road to Burd Coleman Village. These "company hous-es" were constructed of locally quarried limestone and are verynicely maintained by their current owners. At the end of the vil-lage, we cross Burd Coleman Road and continue in a reverse di-rection back through Burd Coleman Village. A left turn onOverlook Drive leads us to an entrance to another section of therail trail. Walking north on the rail trail takes us over top of astone arch and across a steel bridge. Our next turn is onto Wild-

Walking in Cornwall, April 21st

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Across3. The second most mined mineral from the mines in Cornwallwas ___________.5. Our startpoint for our walk in Lititz was not at Freeze & Frizz asexpected but at a sub shop named ________.7. The Cornwall Furnace produced iron that was named for thisfarm animal that has a snout and likes mud.8. Peter Grubb discovered three hills of _________iron ore.10. One nationally known product of Lebanon County is this dis-tinctive lunch meat.13. Wood that’s cooked thoroughly but not to the point of disinte-gration was one of things that the Cornwall Furnace had an ap-petite for.15. The Cornwall Furnace produced these big guns.16. The PDP Special Walking Program that ended at the end ofDecember is the ___________ Walk America program.17. The British Parliament attempted in 1750 to_________ pro-duction of iron in the colonies.18. The furnace had an appetite for iron _______.19. We will again be walking in _________ County when we walkin Cornwall this April.21. Lebanon County was formed from portion of___________and Lancaster Counties.23. The Top Ten YRE that is located closest to Lancaster Countyis located in ______________.

24. One of the most unique museums visitedby folks that walked the Museum Walk Ameri-ca Special Walking program the _________Seat Lid Museum.26. The KSVA (Keystone State VolksmarchAssociation) annually produces a booklet list-ing all the YRE and ___________ walkingevents that are available in Pennsylvania.27. The YRE that heads the list of the TopTen favorite walks of 2011 is located in thecity of ___________.

Down1. The Cornwall Furnace produced these cooking appliances.2. Cornwall Furnace is “the only one of America’s hundreds of19th century charcoal fueled blast furnaces to survive fully________.4. The style of the Cornwall Furnace building is Gothic___________.6. Robert Coleman was one of Pennsylvania'sfirst____________.9. Furnaces fueled by ___________ coal made the charcoal firedCornwall Furnace obsolete.11. This sedimentary rock which is primarily composed of calciumcarbonate was required in the iron making process at Cornwall.12. There was a last minute problem with the startpoint at Lititz.Another word for this screw up is________.13. The ____________ family who followed Peter Grubb as own-ers of the Cornwall Furnace supervised extensive renovations.14. The process of converting iron ore, limestone using charcoalin pig iron is called ________.19. The borough in which we had our Christmas walk this pastDecember.20. The founder, so to speak, of Cornwall is Peter__________.22. The name of the new president of the Penn Dutch Pacerselected at the January dinner meeting is Pete __________.25. Our startpoint for our walk in Cornwall is the Cornwall________ Furnace

The reason that we named this the Cornwall DominantCrossword puzzle is that the majority of the clues dealwith our upcoming walk in the borough of Cornwall inLebanon County. The answers are included in the com-prehensive and interesting history of Cornwall and theCornwall Iron Furnace that we’ve included in this issueof the newsletter. I’m sure that you found out many in-teresting things in that article about the iron furnace thatwill be our startpoint for what will surely be an interest-ing and enjoyable walk.We pulled a few other clues from some of the other arti-cles that you will find included in this edition of the

newsletter.We have been including a crosswordpuzzle in the newsletter for quite anumber of issues but found we reallyhaven’t had any feedback on them.Since it takes quite a bit of work toput a crossword puzzle together itwould help us to know what youthink about them. Please take a mo-ment to write a note and address itto the PDP address found on theback page or e-mail your input to theeditor at phil@solanco.com. Thanksin advance for your input.

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President’s Message RENEWED FOOTPRINTSKEEP ON WALKING THE

TRAILS

2012Jeanne Schopf

CLUB MEMBERSACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

75 EventsTiernan Barber

275 EventsMonica Daniel-Barber

525 EventsRose Grumbling

300 EventsJeanne Schopf

425 EventsFlo Bechtold

650 EventsKitty Glass

700 EventsKitty Glass

800 EventsCharles HalseyMuriel Halsey

Barry Hitchcock

2000 KmRalph Greenawalt

Rebecca Sipe

3000 KmDavid Barber

7500 KmKitty Glass

8000 KmCharles HalseyMuriel Halsey

10000 KmBarry Hitchcock

Records from theDecember ‘11/January ‘12 andFebruary/March ’12 issues of

The American Wanderer.

Hello again. Yes,I’m back! Our previ-ous President, PhilAllamong, hadserved two 2-yearterms, which is allour by-laws permit,so it was time for achange. I waselected President at our annual meet-ing in January, so here I am again.As you can see on the masthead ofthis newsletter, I am joined by FirstVice-President George Resh and Sec-ond Vice-President Carmelita Keiser.Inge Koenig and Kitty Glass haveagreed to continue to serve as Secre-tary and Treasurer respectively.Thankfully, Phil has agreed to contin-ue to edit our newsletter and to designour walk brochures and patches.These folks and the others listed inthe masthead, and their spouses,make up the core volunteers of ourorganization, as they have for yearsand years.

Currently we have 129 families in ourmembership. One would think thatmore of these members would haveenough interest in our club to attendour monthly meetings and help deter-mine our future activities. I supposewe could attribute their lack of partici-pation to satisfaction with the statusquo, but eventually the core contribu-tors will no longer be there, and thenwhat?

I am blessed that Phil and BarryWeatherholtz and Don Young havedeveloped and sanctioned a completeseries of walks for 2012, and we arewell on our way to finalizing the walksfor 2013. With the demise of the Ba-loney Stompers club in Lebanon wehave decided to offer at least onewalk per year in Lebanon County.Last year it was Mount Gretna, thisyear it will be Cornwall, which you canread about elsewhere in this issue.We may be able to find some interest-ing trails in southern Berks Countyand western Chester County to in-crease our range and attract newmembers. If you know of a locationthat would be good for a walk, pleasespeak up.

When one takes on the leadership ofa successful organization, there is atendency to continue the policies andpractices that worked in the past. But,as the wit once said, “If you keep ondoin’ what you always did, you’ll keepon gettin’ what you always got.” With129 families in our membership, sure-ly we can come up with some newideas which will make our club evenbetter. I look forward to hearing fromyou. -Pete

Pete Byrne

It is easy to get so caught up inthe moment that we don’tconsider enough how our actionsat events affect fellowvolkssporters. We don’t mean to.But it’s just as easy to take littleproactive steps that contribute tothose volkssporters’ overallevent experiences. Considerthese simple actions. (Event

volunteers will appreciate yourthoughtfulness too!)At a One-Day EventIn our busy lives we’re often on a tightschedule. We need to get in, get going, andget on the way to our next activity. (And thevolunteers want to oblige.)• At the start have your labels and moneyready when you get to the table. If you startearly, have small bills (too many $20 billsquickly deplete smaller denominations forchange).• If there are people behind you in line, moveaway from the table when you’re finishedwith business.(Wait until the line is gone to chat withvolunteers.)• At the finish have IVV books open to thepage with the next blank lines. (It takes timefor the volunteer to find where you want yourbooks stamped.) When you have specialevent books make the volunteer’s job easy bypointing to where the stamp would go.• Take only the brochures you need. If youfind extras at home, take them to anotherevent and put them back into circulation.• Grabbing a bite to eat, leave the condimentarea and your seat clean when you are done.Clean up any mess.At a Year-Round/Seasonal EventThere may not be a line, but there still aresteps you can take to be considerate of otherparticipants.• Keep the box as neat and tidy as you foundit (if not better). Put it back where the eventhost stores it.• Leave general instructions in the binder.They are for everyone, and there is nothing

Be Considerate© Robert C. Wright, 2012

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Thursday, March 15th -Regular monthly meeting of the PennDutch Pacers in the Diagnostic Imag-ing Center - Patient & Family Educa-tion Conference Room •• 1st FloorLancaster Health Campus -- 7:00 PM

Sunday, April 15th-Cornwall Pre-walk @ 1 PM from theCornwall Iron Furnace Startpoint

Thursday, April 19th -Regular monthly meeting of the PennDutch Pacers in the Diagnostic Imag-ing Center - Patient & Family Educa-tion Conference Room •• 1st FloorLancaster Health Campus -- 7:00 PM

Saturday, April 21 ONLY -Cornwall Walk • Start anytime be-tween 8 AM & 1 PM from the CornwallIron Furnace.

Thursday, May 17th -Regular monthly meeting of the PennDutch Pacers in the Diagnostic Imag-ing Center - Patient & Family Educa-tion Conference Room •• 1st FloorLancaster Health Campus -- 7:00 PM

LititzFollowup

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10K 24 77 16 117

Totals 24 84 18 126

Lititz Walk Followup

For the first Saturday in December we re-ally couldn't have asked for a better day towalk in Lititz. The day started off in themid-thirties and progressed to a sunny gor-geous day topping out in the upper 40'swith little or no breeze, WOW.And considering that just a few days be-fore the walk that we found out that ourstartpoint that had been arranged formonths was going to be closed the day ofour walk, our last minute efforts to find areplacement startpoint atBruno's Old Style Hoa-gies worked better thanwe could have everimagined. We also have to say that thefolks at Bruno's went out of their way toaccommodate us. They even provided adiscount coupon for those wanting to pur-chase one of their delicious subs. You'llfind out more on the startpoint debacle inthe article entitled The Startpoint Debaclebelow.

So to recap we have a walk in what has tobe our favorite walking venue of all time,the weather is perfect and our new start-point is the most accommodating ever. Dothe walkers like it? If the numbers are anyindications the resounding answer is YES.For a one day walk our numbers in Lititznever disappoint but when everything fallsinto place as it did this year we're thankful.We're also thankful as we always are foreveryone who contributed in any way to

our walk’s success andespecially to BarryWeatherholtz who reallyhad to scramble to get us

an excellent new start point less than aweek before the walk.We can't say often enough that the successof PDP events, like our recent one in Li-titz, is the direct result of the people whogive freely of their time and talents.Thanks again to everyone for your help.

If someoneon Sunday,Nov 25that the Lititz

pre-walkwould have

asked me what the chances arefor having a successful walknext Saturday, I would haveresponded, “Things don't lookgood!!!” I had just read a no-tice on the start point door,"Closed until Tuesday, Dec6". The walk was on the 3rd.No explanation and I had NOhome address or telephonenumber of the owner. Therewas no other option for a startpoint with such little time----or so I thought. My wife

would say, oh ye of little faith,whatever that crap means!!!Well, to make a long storyshort, I met a tenant in theback of the building who hadno idea where the owner wasbut offered his space to try tohelp me out. Great offer butthe space was not conduciveto a start area, lack of restrooms, etc. Having no lucklocating the owner, I checkedback with this nice young man2 days later to see if he hadheard anything from his land-lord. No he hadn't----but----hedid talk to the owner of thenew hoagie shop next dooracross the parking lot and shewill try to help us. I went rightover.

Well, to make a long storyshort, (I think I said that be-fore) the rest is history. I metthe nicest young lady who re-ally went out of her way toaccommodate us. The spacewas small but workable andthere were two restrooms .WOW And no rental charge,this was almost too good to betrue. I asked my [trailmaster]partner, Don, to meet methere, I thought I'd better get asecond opinion. He agreedthat we could make it work.One final test, we tried two ofthe hoagies on the menu andwow again, they were verygood.But being of little faith therewas still a little apprehension

on my part. However, on Sat-urday the weather was beauti-ful and the walkers came.They walked and they ate hoa-gies and they were happy. Theonly problem was parking asthere was a lot going on inLititiz that day. Even SantaClaus came, but he didn’tvolkswalk! Many said it wasa great trail with good instruc-tions. What a great day.Through this little ordeal Ihave met some very nice peo-ple who went out of their wayfor a stranger and an organiza-tion they never knew. By theway, that sub shop is BRU-NO'S and I hope you try it, Iknow I'll go there again, andagain, and again.

The Startpoint Debacle by Barry Weatherholtz

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flower Lane. This scenic paved path leads us into the CornwallManor complex. The conclusion of our walking experience takesus past the impressive Buckingham Mansion (the original iron-masters residence) and the Paymasters Office. We then crossRexmont Road and return to our start/finish at the Cornwall IronFurnace Museum. The museum/iron furnace tour is professional-ly done and is highly recommended and by showing your start-card you will get a discount off the standard admission which willbe a very reasonable $5.50.Now that we have an idea of what we will experience on the trail,let’s take a look at the back story.First settled in 1723, Lebanon County was created by an Act ofAssembly in 1813 from portions of Dauphin and Lancaster Coun-ties. The original German settlers tilled the valley's fertile soil,creating an economic base that continues today and blends withthe residential, commercial and industrial development presentlyoccurring. Also reflective of Lebanon County's "PennsylvaniaDutch" heritage are its pastoral landscape, attractive farms andoutstanding dairy and pork products, especially Lebanon Bolo-gna. Lebanon County also is blessed with an abundance of openspace and conservation lands that provide numerous recreationalopportunities as we experienced when we walked in Mt. Gretna.Cornwall owes its being to Peter Grubb, a 19 year old immigrantwho in 1737 came prospecting and discovered three hills of mag-netic iron ore. He purchased a total of 442.5 acres of land for$675.00, and established what was to become one of the world-renowned and most productive iron ore mining operations of alltime. Following continuous operations for 236 years, duringwhich time 110 million tons of iron ore were produced, alongwith 447,000 tons of copper, plus iron pyrite (fool’s gold), cobalt,and trace elements of silver and gold, the famous Cornwall IronOre Mines closed in 1973. Twenty-five common and 57 uncom-mon minerals were associated with the ore and attracted mineralcollectors from around the world.Cornwall Furnace is indeed a unique survivor of the early Ameri-can iron industry. Originally built by Peter Grubb in 1742, thefurnace underwent extensive renovations in 1856-57 under itssubsequent owners, the Coleman family, and closed in 1883. It isthis mid-19th century ironmaking complex which survives today.At Cornwall furnace, blast equipment, and related buildings stillstand as they did over a century ago. Here visitors can explore therambling Gothic Revival buildings where cannons, stoves, andpig iron were cast, and where men labored day and night to satisfythe furnace’s appetite for charcoal, limestone, and iron ore.Grubb erected a furnace to process the iron ore metal and namedthe furnace Cornwall – after his father’s birthplace in England.Much appreciation and credit for the development of Cornwallrests with the Cornwall Ore Bank Co. (The Grubb, Coleman, Al-den, Freeman and Buckingham families and descendants whowere the shareholders) until 1894 and successor owners – Lack-awanna Iron and Steel Co., and Bethlehem Steel Corporation,who developed and maintained town sites near the mines and fur-naces during a period when transportation was limited to thehorse and later the early automobile.When Peter died in 1754, the property passed to his sons, Curtisand Peter. By 1798, Robert Coleman had gained control of thefurnace operation. Robert was very successful and became one ofPennsylvania’s first millionaires. Cornwall Iron Furnace re-

mained in operation until 1883, when newer furnace operationsfueled by anthracite coal made it obsolete. The furnace was aban-doned, leaving the building virtually untouched until it was givenin 1932 to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by Margaret Cole-man Freeman Buckingham, Robert’s great grand-daughter.In the mid-nineteenth century, Cornwall’s iron plantation con-tained industrial, residential, and agricultural activities. Small vil-lages were created for furnace workers and miners. These stoneand brick structures were simple in style but sturdy in construc-tion. Many other structures built during this time period use aGothic Revival architectural style.The ore mine is located just south of the furnace property. Bethle-hem Steel acquired ownership of the mine between 1917 and1922. Both strip mining and underground mining were used toextract ore from the ground. The open pit mine began to flood in1972, and today the open pit is filled with water.Cornwall Iron Furnace is part of a National Historic LandmarkDistrict by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Ser-vice. It has also been designated a National Historical Landmarkby the American Society of Metals, and a National Historic Me-chanical Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Me-chanical Engineers, citing Cornwall Furnace as “the only one ofAmerica’s hundreds of 19th century charcoal fueled blast furnac-es to survive fully intact.”Cornwall Iron Furnace is an extraordinary example of the furnac-es that dotted the Pennsylvania countryside in the 18th and 19thcenturies. Around it developed villages, artisans’ shops, stores,schools, churches, and the home of a wealthy ironmaster. All ofthe raw materials necessary for the smelting process — iron ore,limestone and wood for charcoal — were found in this self con-tained iron plantation. Cornwall Iron Furnace, the only survivingintact charcoal cold blast furnace in the Western Hemisphere, at-tests to the once great iron industry that flourished in south centralPennsylvania.Although the British Parliament attempted in 1750 to restrict pro-duction of iron in the colonies, the output continued to rise. TheAmerican colonies, with Pennsylvania being the top producer,smelted one-seventh of the world’s iron.Cornwall became a borough on October 11, 1926 after havingbeen a part of northern Lancaster County and, for a while of east-ern Dauphin County as Cornwall Township. At the time it offi-cially became a Borough, it was comprised of 6 widely separatedvillages. In 2002 it currently consists of 16 separate villages ordevelopments with a total population of about 3,486. CornwallBorough embraces 9.7 square miles in area (more than twice thatof the City of Lebanon at 4.6 square miles and has about 1/10 thepopulation as has the City). Cornwall maintains more than 50miles of paved roads and streets. It is the largest borough geo-graphically, in the continental United States. Cornwall is alsolarger in area than the City of Harrisburg – the Capital of theCommonwealth of Pennsylvania.Cornwall’s heritage is completely that of a industrial complexwhich flourished for 236 years, generated by the world famousOpen Pit Iron Ore Mine, and underground mine at Burd Colemanand another at Rexmont, iron furnaces at North Cornwall, BurdColeman, and Anthracite Village, ore roasters at Anthracite, aniron ore Concentrator Plant at Rexmont, all of which were ser-viced by three railroads – Cornwall Railroad, Cornwall and Leba-non Railroad, and Cornwall Ore Bank Railroad. The former two

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2012 Atlantic Region Calendar

March 2012Date Type Sponsoring Club Event Location Contact Phone15 M Penn Dutch Pacers Meeting • Patient & Family Education Conference Room •• Lancaster Health Campus at 7:00 PM16-18 4W Germanna Volkssport Association Fredericksburg VA 540-455-077217 W Baltimore Walking Club Baltimore Convention Center 410-592-317124 W Seneca Valley Sugarloafers Chevy Chase MD (GEICO Insurance HQ) 301-610-775224 W Virginia Vagabonds Gloucster VA 757-766-306531 W Freestate Happy Wanderers Laurel MD – Fairland Park 301-572-5574

April 2012Date Type Sponsoring Club Event Location Contact Phone7 W Piedmont Pacers Westminster MD – Breakfast Walk 301-829-36859 W Northern Virginia Volksmarchers Fairfax VA 703-352-513514 W Lee Lepus Volkverband Farmville VA 804-768-005515 W Cavalier Volkssporting Club Charlottesville VA 434-924-379119 M Penn Dutch Pacers Meeting • Patient & Family Education Conference Room •• Lancaster Health Campus at 7:00 PM21 W Penn Dutch Pacers Cornwall PA 717-625-353321 W Annapolis Amblers Annapolis MD – Annapolis GreenScape 410-960-622621 W Penninsula Pathfinders of Virginia Hampton VA 757-851-925221 W Great Greenbelt Volksmarchers Inc. Shrom Hills Community Park, Greenbelt MD 301-937-354923 W Washington DC Area Volksmarch Club Alexandria VA 703-329-372128-29 W York White Rose Wanderers Rocky Ridge County Park 717-266-540028 W Columbia Volksmarch Club Meadowbrook Park 410-290-651028 W Princeton Area Walkers Princeton NJ (First Campus Center) 609-259-236528 W Gator Volksmarch Club Chesapeake VA 757-421-007028 W Loudon Walking & Volksmarch Club Leesburg VA 703-737-2175

May 2012Date Type Sponsoring Club Event Location Contact Phone5 W Liberty Bell Wanders Huntingdon Valley – Lorimer Park 215-442-133712 W Princeton Area Walkers Titusville NJ (Washing Crossing State Park 609-259-236512-13 W York White Rose Wanderers New Oxford PA (United Hook & Ladder) 717-451-070912 W Penninsula Pathfinders of Virginia Surry VA 757-357-535512 W Loudon Walking & Volkssport Club Leesburg VA 703-737-217514 NW Northern Virginia Volksmarchers Fairfax VA 703-352-513517 M Penn Dutch Pacers Meeting • Patient & Family Education Conference Room •• Lancaster Health Campus at 7:00 PM19 W Northern Virginia Volksmarchers Vienna VA 703-591-647920 W Baltimore Walking Club Baltimore MD 410-383-272221 W Washing DC Area Volksmarch Club Alexandria VA 703-329-372126 W Freestate Happy Wanderers Solomon, MD 301-717-3604

June 2012Date Type Sponsoring Club Event Location Contact Phone2-3 W York White Rose Wanderers New Freedom PA (Summit Grove Camp) 717-578-17642 W Susquehanna Rovers Volksmarch Club Duncannon PA 717-834-41852 W Seneca Valley Sugarloafers Silver Spring MD 301-946-54962 W Loudon Walking & Volkssport Club Sterling VA 703-737-21759-10 W Penn Dutch Pacers Lancaster, PA – Martin Greider Park 717-625-35339 2W Penninsula Pathfinders of Virginia Norfolk VA 757-890-92209 W Great Greenbelt Volksmarchers Greenbelt MD 301-937-35499 W Gator Volksmarch Club Norfolk VA 757-490-932411 NW Northern Virginia Volksmarchers Fairfax VA 703-352-513516 W Columbia Volksmarch Club Cedar Lane Park 410-290-651021 M Penn Dutch Pacers Meeting • Patient & Family Education Conference Room •• Lancaster Health Campus at 7:00 PM23 W Virginia Vagabonds Hampton VA 757-766-306525 W Washington DC Area Volksmarch Club Alexandria VA 703-329-372130 W Northern Virginia Volksmarchers Fairfax VA 703-352-5135

July 2012Date Type Sponsoring Club Event Location Contact Phone19 M Penn Dutch Pacers Meeting • Patient & Family Education Conference Room ••   Lancaster Health Campus at 7:00 PM28 W Susquehanna Rovers Millersburg PA 717-567-953728 W Columiba Volksmarch Club Nightmare Graphics 410-290-6510

This calendar is a compilation of the data taken from the Atlantic Region Calendar which was cross referenced withthe AVA Calendar as of 02/19/12. Since new walks are always being added we would suggested referencing the

AVA calendar for a definitive up to the minute list of current walking events in the region.

Legend: W=Walk, GW=Guided Walk, GNW=Guided Night Walk, NW=Night Walk, B=Bike, S=SwimSk=Ski, XSki = Cross Country Ski, IS=Ice Skate, RS=Roller Skate, SS=Snowshoe M=Meeting

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railroads transported passengers, as well,with the Cornwall R.R. handling morethan five million passengers during its op-erating years. All of the foregoing havedisappeared, leaving only the originalCharcoal Furnace (1742) standing intactas a museum.Cornwall’s industry produced cannon andmunitions and iron products for all of thewars in which our Country was engagedfrom the Revolutionary War through Viet-nam. It supplied the iron for rails andspikes necessary for the westward expan-sion and development of the United Statesand for its bridges and buildings. Cornwallplayed a vital role in the overall develop-ment and protection of our Country.Sadly, the ethnic mix of industrious citi-zens has been replaced by a breed of new-comers who have, in just a few shortyears, succeeded in converting thrivingindustrial hub into a bedroom communitywhich, through enacted zoning ordinance,has practically outlawed industry withinits borders. Absent the 236 years of raw,basic industry, there would not have beena Cornwall.The Penn Dutch Pacers hope that theCornwall walking event will be a historic,cultural and learning experience for allwho participate. Plan to attend.Information for this article came from thewebsites of Cornwall and the CornwallIron Furnace. Editorial content providedby Don Young and Phil Allamong.

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In the fall of 2007, the club officers werepondering ideas on ways to generate morerevenue to ensure the Penn Dutch Pacerssurvival from a financial standpoint.Though several officers had their doubts asto the success of this venture, it wasdecided to get involved in the latest crazethat was peaking throughout the AVAmembership, "The Special EventPrograms". What concept could we comeup with that would be exciting, rewarding,and encourage maximum participantsacross the country? Sherry Allamongwould answer that for us with the birth of"Museum Walk America" that wouldeventually begin on January 1, 2009 andend December 31, 2011. A committee ofvolunteers including Phil & SherryAllamong (web and patch designs), KittyGlass (treasurer and financial contact to theAVA) and Robert Coonney (booklet designand special event P.O.C.). We experienceda lot of growing pains the first year dealingwith the AVA financial aspect, but wewould endure and finish in the top 10 mostpopular programs amongst the AVAmembership (my belief is we could havefinished much higher had the AVA notbegun to saturate the nation with "SpecialEvents" as it continues to do today).The club unofficially started allowingmembers to sign up for the program duringthe Akron Event in the spring of 2008 andwould continue at all our events from thatday forward. The first participant to sign upwas Deb Mundy. During this time, otherAVA members were also securing theirentries into the Museum Walk AmericaSpecial Event. The club's official launchingof the program would be highlighted at theLancaster Event on January 3, 2009.At our event in Lancaster County Park inJune of 2009, the club would recognizeAlice Eckardt of the Susquehanna Roversas the first participant to complete thespecial event. Our last participant, KarenHighfield from Oregon, finished ourspecial event for the second time in just acouple of months after signing up in lateAugust/early September of 2011. We alsohad an international participant (JanJorgensen of Norway) who visited theUnited States and completed the programduring his travels here. Another couple Iwould like to recognize are Ellen Callahanand Jim Tompkins from Washington statefor participating in our special event 3times as well as sending an additional$2.00 donation to our club on each

occasion. Thank you!As the Point of Contact (P.O.C), I wascharged with contacting all the walkingorganizations in the AVA family for theirinformation regarding the YREs andWeekend Events that would qualify for theMuseum Walk America Special Event andI would then transfer this information to aspread sheet that President Phil created(viewable by anyone interested on the PennDutch Pacers website). Not every clubresponded, which made my efforts moredifficult to obtain pertinent informationneeded for all participants across thenation, and became an ongoing project fora very long time. I handled all the postalmailings in distribution of the booklets andthe awards after completion, answerednumerous emails from participants, clubpresidents, and the AVA Special EventsAdministrator. Last but not least Imaintained a hard copy of all participants(this would become quite handy should ourclub be audited).While compiling the list of museums, Itook notice that there were many HistoricalSocieties and Art Museums. Here are someunique museums along walking routes thatclubs around the country shared with me:Hand Fan Museum - Healdsburg, CA;Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum -Atlantic City, NJ; UFO Museum - Roswell,NM; Louisville Slugger Museum -Louisville, KY; Raggety Ann and AndyMuseum - Arcola, IL; World Kite Museum- Long Beach, WA; Ground Zero MuseumWorkshop - New York, NY; NationalVoting Rights Museum - Selma, AL;Atomic Testing Museum - Las Vegas, NV;Decoy Museum - Havre de Grace, MD; HatMuseum - - Portland, OR; The BeadMuseum- Glendale, AZ; Rotary SnowPlow Park - Breckenridge, CO; and ourvery own Sturgis Pretzel Bakery andMuseum. There were also two livingmuseums in Maryland (St. Mary's City)and Nebraska (Stuhr Museum of the PrairiePioneer). The only art museum I'mmentioning is the Toilet Seat Lid ArtMuseum in Alamo Heights, TX due to it'sobvious uniqueness. There are a greatmany more museums I failed to mentionbut whether you participated in theMuseum Walk America Special Event ornot, you may find it interesting to visit suchan institution while you’re trekking.I received many letters thanking the clubfor sponsoring a fun, interesting,

Museum Walk AmericaA Beginning to End Experience

As you read on the front page our Corn-wall walk is coming up in April and al-though the venue at the Cornwall IronFurnace does not lend itself well to pro-viding hot, cooked food for our walkerswe would like to provide some snack foodtype things to tide folks over.Thus we would appreciate donations ofbaked goods, energy bars, fruit, etc.Please bring all goods wrapped/packagedin individual portions ready for sale, i.e.cookies several to a ziplock bag, bars in-dividually wrapped, slices of cake or pieindividually wrapped. You get the idea.Thanks in advance for your contributions.Should you have any questions or youneed help getting your baked goods to thewalk early on Saturday then please callcontact Barb Weatherholtz @ 717-625-3533.

Food for Cornwall

By Bob Coonney

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Lancaster West 5 19 12 10 73 46 -27 7th

Lititz History 18 22 22 35 116 97 -19 1st

Lititz North 12 8 8 12 57 40 -17 8th

Manheim (new 2011) 27 26 14 18 0 85 0 2nd

Middle Creek Lake 35 5 14 0 64 54 -10 4th

Millersville 19 3 14 16 70 52 -18 5th

New Holland East 7 6 6 11 51 30 -21 9th

New Holland West 7 8 9 5 44 29 -15 10th

Quarterly Sub-Totals 156 118 122 143 647 539 -108

In the last newsletter we reportedthe YRE and seasonal walk par-ticipation figures for the firstthree quarters of the year. Andafter taking a look at those fig-ures and the number of walkersthat we needed to come evenwith 2010 figures it didn't take arocket scientist to know that theyear end figures were not goingto be good.So that you can more easy under-stand the 2011 figures we haveprovided two charts. All the fig-ures in the charts continue to bedutifully provided by our YREcoordinate Bob Gast. ThanksBob. The chart titled YRE & Sea-sonal Participation Since 1998on page 9 shows in dramaticfashion were we ended up in2011. As you can see we had asignificant dip in 2005 which werecovered from in 2006 but it hasbeen downhill ever since. In2011 we were down 108 walkersfrom our 2010 totals or down16.6%. If you really want to feelill, if we take the 1998 figure of893 and compare it to the 2011figure we are down 39.6%. Asdismal as all this sounds, and it isdismal, unfortunately it comparesfavorably to national trends. Thisis not a good thing, of course. Itonly points to the fact that it isjust not us.If you look at the 2011 YRE Re-sults chart on this page we recapthe four quarters this year, walkby walk and then compare the2010 and 2011 totals side byside. We also show the deficitswalk by walk from 2010 to 2011.The column at the far right showsthe ranking of our YRE eventsand ironically the walk that cameout on top is a walk that we havesponsored for years, the LititzHistory walk. The second mostpoplar walk was a walk that wasnew for 2011, the ManheimWalk. This high finish for a newwalk is to be expected since weusually see a lot of activity forany new YRE that we offer.

Looking at ourYRE and SeasonalResults for 2011

So there we have the resultsfor 2011. These are the fig-ures that we have to keep inmind when we look at thewalks that we want to spon-sor in 2013. One of the bigquestions we will have to askbased on the individual walkparticipation is does the eventpay for itself or are we losingmoney, i.e. is there enoughpaid participation for thewalk to pay the sanction fee,participation fees, quarterlyreport fees and printing andsupply costs. And if the walkdoesn't pay for itself are wegoing to continue to subsi-dize it?

Another walking year has begun. 2012 has started with severalgood, if not great, walking days. Many have been above normalin temperature and the lack of snow makes traversing the trails apleasure. AVA in its infinite wisdom has changed the rules to allow us towalk a trail as often as we want to. Previously a trail could onlybe walked twice a year. Not so anymore.Hopefully this will increase participation in all YRE’s. Yearround numbers have been on the decline for several years. If atrail doesn’t draw over 50 walkers it is losing money and no onesurvives operating in the red.The Penn Dutch Pacers will be looking hard at a few of our trailsthat have dropped to the 30 / 40 range this past year. Severaltrails have been changed to qualify for the new special programsand to bolster participation we are trying to add a shorter trail toall our start points. New Holland, Lititz, and Manheim have al-ways had a 5 or 6k option.Ephrata in 2012 now has a 5k trail. Lancaster will be getting onesoon and maybe Millersville next year. There is no way to do oneat Middle Creek, but we’ll keep trying.By the way, the geese are there NOW.We hope to see you on the trail soon---and----often. Just thinkabout it, if you only walk one trail each and everyday of theyear, that’s 3,650 k. WOW, how many books is that? Let’s gitwalkin…

LET’S GIT WALKIN’

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By Barry Weatherholtz

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March, April, May 2012 - 9

YRE & Seasonal Participation Since 1998

On Thursday, January 19th agroup of 17 Penn Dutch Pacersmet at Isaac's Restaurant on theManheim Pike to not only takecare of PDP business but to alsosit down and enjoy a meal to-gether. This is either the third orfourth year (maybe longer) thatwe have been at Isaac's on theManheim Pike. With their pri-vate, no cost meeting room andthe variety of menu options tosuit all tastes, Isaac's works ex-tremely well for our annualgathering. We will likely con-tinue to take advantage of theirgreat facility and wonderful ser-vice for future gatherings.People arrived at their leisureafter five o'clock and everyonewas done eating and ready for

the meeting to commence at it'sappointed hour of 7:00 PM. Themeeting included things that italways includes like the approv-al of the minutes from the lastmeeting, our financial report,membership update, and up-dates on sales, publications,publicity and YREs.Then we talked about the walksthat we have planned for 2012which we reviewed in the lastnewsletter. In case you forgotwe'll be walking in Cornwall asyou have probably already readon the front page. Then in Junein Martin Greider Park in Man-or Township. In September wewill be doing our first of manyplanned walks on the EnolaLow Grade Rail Trail in South-

ern Lancaster County and thenfor our Christmas walk in 2012we will be walking in Down-town Lancaster. At each meet-ing between now and eachevent more details are takencare of as things are honed andfinalized.The last thing on the agenda forour January meet-ing was our elec-tion. Thenominating com-mittee presentedthe followingnames for consid-eration. PeteByrne for Presi-dent, George Reshfor 1stVice President and Carm-ie Keiser for 2nd Vice President

(Volunteer Coordinator). Nomi-nations from the floor were re-quested and since none wereforth coming a motion wasmade and seconded to elect thenominees by acclamation. Thevote was unanimous in favorand the new officers were con-gratulated.

Thanks to allthose who at-tended the din-ner meetingand especiallythose whostepped for-ward to takethe elected of-fices for the

Penn Dutch Pacers, your walk-ing club.

Annual Dinner Meeting

Carmie Keiser

This graphic dramatically displaysthe ups and downs, mostly downs, ofPDP YRE and Seasonal participa-tion since 1998 and why it’s going tobe very important going forward toexercise care when re-sanctioningexisting events that are not payingfor themselves.There are many things affecting par-ticipation. Volksmarchers are gettingolder and are not participating in asmany events as in the past. As gasprices continue to rise people are nottraveling as far to do walks and arenot doing as many walks as before.We are also seeing this with week-end events. We need to find a way

to bring new people into Volkss-porting. Without the new people wewill not have people to plan thewalks nor to walk them. We need tofind solutions before this line divesbelow a sustainable level locallyand nationally as well.

March, April, May 2012 - 10Across3.COPPER5.BRUNOS7.PIG8.MAGNETIC10.BOLOGNA13.CHARCOAL15.CANNONS16.MUSEUM17.RESTRICT18.ORE19.LEBANON21.DAUPHIN23.GETTYSBURG24.TOILET26.SEASONAL27.SANANTONIO

Answers to the Crossword Puzzle on Page 2

We realize that not 100% of the peoplewho receive this newsletter have access(or desire access) to the internet and e-mail, but if you have access to e-mail andaren't signed up already, we would en-courage you to sign up to the Penn DutchPacer E-mail list as well as encouragenewbies and anyone interested in volks-marching and the Penn Dutch Pacers to doso.To sign up first go to the PennDutch Pacer website athttp://www.penndutchpacers.org.Choose the Join page from themenu in the upper right handcorner of the page and thenonce on the Join page scroll tothe bottom where you'll see“Subscribe to pdpacers”. Tosubscribe you simply input your e-mailaddress and click the purple box to theright which says Join Now. Once you dothat you willget an e-mailasking you toverify that infact you didsubscribe.Once you re-spond to that e-mail you have joined thelist. There is another very easy way to jointhe PDP E-mail List and that is to simplyopen your e-mail client (that's the pro-gram that you use for your e-mail likeOutlook, Outlook Express, Thunderbird,etc.) and address an e-mail to pdpacers-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.Once signed up you will receive e-mailspertinent to the Penn Dutch Pacers likemeeting reminders (or cancellations in thecase of inclement weather), remindersabout pre-walks and the walks them-selves. And the e-mail list is a way tocommunicate with the PDP community.You can address an e-mail to the list bysending an e-mail topdpacers@yahoogroups.com. This e-mailgoes to everyone on the list, so be surethat your message is appropriate for ev-eryone on the list.This also brings up another importantpoint if you are replying to a message thatsomeone sent to the list and you wantyour response to go to the entire list thenyou can simply choose REPLY. Whenyou choose REPLY your response goes toeveryone on the list. A lot of times how-ever you may want to just reply to the per-son who sent the e-mail and NOT to theentire list. All e-mail clients have a way toonly reply to the person who sent the mes-

sage instead of the entire list. In most cas-es if you right click on the message (orsome other way specific toyour e-mail client) you willsee REPLY TO SENDERONLY. When you chooseReply to Sender Only asyou might expect your replyonly goes to the person who

sent the message to the list andnot the entire list.Replying to entire list when peo-ple simply meant to reply to thesender of the message is the sin-gle biggest mistake people make.This mistake obviously isn't fatalbut if you wrote something thatwas specifically for the sender

and not the entire list and it went to theentire list you could see where it mightget dicey.So let's review. If you haven't signed up

for the PDP e-mail list, sign uptoday and encourage others to doso as well and when you reply toa message make sure you knowwho it's going to, i.e. the senderonly or the entire list.

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on it that youcan’t find elsewhere, such as in the brochureand/or on the event web page at ava.org.• If items are running low, put a note on yourstart card, or call or send an email to thesponsor alerting them. (Event points ofcontact may not realize it.)• If you use the last copy of instructions, putthem back afterwards. (You don’t need tomake copies though some participants do as aservice to others.) Then refer to the bulletabove.• Take one copy of directions. That extracopy for you is an added expense for theclub.EverywhereOne last tip.• Thank the volunteers serving you and theestablishments hosting year-round/seasonalevents. (It istheir service that makes the events possible.)We all have a role to play in making IVVevents pleasant for everyone. Volunteers andparticipants alike can make each experiencegreat.Have ideas you want to share withfellow TAW readers or a subject for a futurecolumn? Send them to me, Robert Wright at43224 Cardston Place, Leesburg, VA 2 0 1 76 - 6 4 5 9 o r mailto:rwright2@jhu.edu.

Cont’d from Page 3 • Be Considerate

Each year nominations are taken for thebest of the best YRE events, andthen members are polled to find theten best walks. These walksshowcase the diversity of differentwalking routes that walkers canenjoy. Put these walks on yourbucket list –1. San Antonio Riverwalk, Texas -

Y0055 :: I've enjoyed this walk many times.Visit the Alamo and walk along the Paseo delRio, also known as the San AntonioRiverwalk.2. Chesapeake Beach, Maryland – Y1087 ::The lovely resort town of Chesapeake Beach islocated on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay.3. Kirkland Waterfront, Washington –Y0134 :: We have a water theme going for thetop walks of 2011. The Kirkland LakeWashington waterfront walk received thisnomination.4. Silver Falls State Park, Oregon – Y0171Walk past (or behind) nine waterfalls in averdant canyon.5. Gettysburg Day Three, Pennsylvania –Y0028 :: Few places surpass Gettysburg forCivil War history, and you can explore each ofthe three days of the Battle of Gettysburg withits own 10 kilometer trail.6. Savannah, Georgia – Y1366 :: (tie for #6and #7) This 5 kilometer or 10 kilometer longwalk starts at the Savannah History MuseumAnd Visitors Center.7. West Point, New York – Y0037 :: (tie for#6 and #7) Walk through the United StatesMilitary Academy to soak up its history.8. Boston Freedom Trail, Massachusetts –Y0730 :: Celebrate your Revolution with this11 kilometer or 6 kilometer walk from BostonNational Historic Park Visitor Center.9. Alexandria Old Town, Virginia – Y0061This beautiful walk starts at the GeorgeWashington Masonic National Memorial.10. Point Lobos - CA – Y0445 :: (tie for #10)The Monterey peninsula has some of theprettiest coastline in the USA.11. Williamsburg, Virginia – Y0287 :: (tiefor #10) This walk explores historic ColonialWilliamsburg and neighboring William andMary College.

Top 10 Walks in the USA for 2011Down1.STOVES2.INTACT4.REVIVAL6.MILLIONAIRES9.ANTHRACITE11.LIMESTONE12.DEBACLE13.COLEMAN14.SMELTING19.LITITZ20.GRUBB22.BYRNE25.IRON

March, April, May 2012 - 11

Club Off iceHolders

Pete Byrne, President393-6700

plhbyrne@verizon.net•••

George Resh, 1st VP397-1906

col_resh@hotmail.com•••

Carmie Keiser, 2nd VPVolunteer Coordinator

898-1959tk.ck@verizon.net

•••Inge Koenig, Sec

664-7650lekohen@aol.com

•••Kitty Glass, Treas.

872-7743kittyglass@yahoo.com

•••Barry Weatherholtz,TM*

625-3533barrynbarb@dejazzd.com

•••Don Young, Asst. TM*

656-6873flydlyoung@aol.com

•••Membership & RegistrarThis Position is OPEN

How about YOU!!Use your talent to help PDP

•••Special Programs

Bob Coonney625-3627

rdcwalk@ptd.net•••

SalesMarv Albert

653-8989midnightmarv@aol.com

•••Publicity

Rose & Mary Angeline898-8153

Rmline@aol.com•••

HistorianChris Resh397-1906

col_resh@hotmail.com•••

WebmeisterPhil Allamong

786-7118phil@solanco.com

•••YRE Coordinator

Bob Gast393-8083

rmgast@comcast.net•••

KSVA PresidentJoan Lampart215-529-5686

jmlampart@verizon.net*Trailmaster

The folks listed below arethe people that have

stepped forward & give theirtime & talents to make PDP

work for you. Anencouraging word & a ThankYou occasionally is a small

price to pay for what they do.

The Pacer PulseThe Pacer Pulse is published for the membership and friends of PDP and is produced 4 times a year with the intention of keepingeveryone up-to-date with what is happening within the club and also within the world of Volksmarching. We encourage contributionsfrom members and non-members alike. Our deadlines are November 1 for Dec/Jan/Feb edition, February 1 for the Mar/Apr/May

edition, May 1 for the Jun/Jul/Aug edition and August 1 for the Sep/Oct/Nov edition. We prefer that articles for inclusion be submittedvia e-mail either as a Word attachment or as native e-mail. We also accept articles typed or in long hand. All submissions will be

included on a first-come first-included space available basis. Thanks in advance for your submissions. The Individual views expressedin articles published in The Pacer Pulse do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of the Penn Dutch Pacers.

Editor...........................................................................................Phil AllamongContributors…….. Pete Byrne, Bob Gast, George Resh, Don Young, Barry Weatherholtz,

Bob Coonney, Robert Wright, Sherry & Phil Allamong

Baked Barley Casserole withMushroom & Squash

Slightly crunchy with a mild nutty flavor, pearl barley cooks morequickly than the hulled variety while retaining its high-fiber, low-cholesterol benefits.

INGREDIENTS:1 tbsp plus1 tsp olive oil, divided8 oz mixed wild mushrooms (shiitake, oyster, cremini), sliced (about3 1/2 cups)1/4 tsp sea salt5 oz butternut squash, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch dice (about 1cup)1/3 cup diced leeks, white and light green parts only1 stalk celery, finely diced (about 1/2 cup)1 cup uncooked pearl barley1 clove garlic, minced3 1/2 cups low-fat, low-sodium vegetable or chicken broth2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley1 tbsp chopped thyme leaves1/2 cup raw pumpkin seeds1 1/2 oz soft goat cheese, crumbled

INSTRUCTIONS:Preheat oven to 400°F.Heat 1 tbsp oil in a large nonstick skillet or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and salt andcook, stirring often, until mushrooms begin to release their moisture, about 2 minutes. Add squash, leeks, cel-ery and remaining 1 tsp oil and continue to cook, stirring, until mushrooms are brown and squash is tender,about 4 minutes. Add barley and garlic and stir until thoroughly coated and slightly toasted, about 1 minute.Add broth, parsley and thyme and stir.Transfer mixture to an 11-cup (2.6 L) casserole dish, cover with aluminum foil and bake in oven until barley istender and liquid has been absorbed, about 35 minutes. Remove foil, sprinkle with pumpkin seeds and cheeseand return to oven. Bake, uncovered, until seeds are toasted and cheese is softened, about 10 minutes.Nutrients per 8-oz serving (using vegetable broth): Calories: 232, Total Fat: 6 g, Sat. Fat: 2 g, Carbs: 37 g, Fi-ber: 7 g, Sugars: 3 g, Protein: 7 g, Sodium: 208 mg, Cholesterol: 3 mg

Recipe from cleaneatingmag.com posted March 30, 2011

educational, and fascinating program. Here are a fewof them: “Thanks for a great program. We lovemuseums and spent much time in many of these. TheAir Force Museum in Dayton we visited twice in twoyears. Fort Scott in Kansas was very educational. Myfavorite will always be The National MustardMuseum just down the road from me.” - KristinaKenyon “I finished the Museum Walk Special Event booklet.From now on I'm brainwashed to seek out museumson all walks! Thanks for a great program” - KevinCarlson.“Please google Barney Smith's Toilet Seat LidMuseum. This museum was used by the RandolphRoadrunners as a checkpoint at their event. We did atoilet seat lid with Randolph Roadrunner's medalsand patches. When the walkers went by thecheckpoint, he had the walkers sign the lid! Thanksfor coordinating such a fun program” - Ellen Ott

“Thanks so much for sponsoring this very interestingprogram. Our special programs add enlighteningcultural and informational aspects to every walk!” -James Walters“I'm pleased to be submitting my completed museumspecial event program booklet. I was able to learn alot from the variety of museums. Your program wasone of the "very best" being offered. KUDOS to afine offering and thanks.” - Bill LohrOur final count stands at 433 participants and 271have finished as of the December 31 closing date,however; we must provide awards through 2012should anyone turn in a completed booklet duringthis time (I had to do this myself for the Island WalkSpecial Event. Becky and I did receive our awards).Kitty, Phil, and I learned a great deal about running aspecial event on the fly. We would like to thankeveryone who participated in our club's special event.

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