I just received this following message from the Trading Path Association. The first portion is a reminder about their First Sunday Hike, this Sunday in Alamance County. =================================================== October 30, 2007 First Sunday Hike Reminder Vehicle Need Reminder Mailing List Opt In/Opt Out Reminder [Please, remember to check the "Events" section in the right column of the Trading Path website <http://www.tradingpath.org> for all of our upcoming events.] ************************* Map of Cedar Cliffs area <http://www.tradingpath.org/images/stories/NewsletterImages/cedarcliffsarea.jpg>November's First Sunday Hike will be on the west bank of the Haw River, in Alamance County, NC, at Cedar Cliffs. The Payne name is prominent on both sides of the Haw at this point. We once held a hike on the east bank of the Haw at Cedar Cliffs, and we saw the foundations for the old, long gone post office. We also saw some canal work and parts of a lock that used to lift cargo barges around a dam at this point in the 19th century. In fact, the dam made possible a ferry at Cedar Cliffs where once, long before, there was a ford. On the map to the left (click the map for a larger image) there is a dashed brown line leading down to the river from the west. That is the old roadbed. We will meet at the "star" and walk over to the line from there. To find the trail head heading south on Highway 87: turn east on Preacher Holmes Rd, right at the first paved road on to Cedar Cliffs Rd, left at first paved road on to Rumley Road, and left again on to Coggins Road. For those of you using a navigation system, just enter 4698 Coggins Rd, Graham, NC. Coming north from Saxapahaw or along Highway 87 you can turn on to Rumley Rd and then turn right on Coggins Road. Click here for a topo map of the area with arrows showing the way. <http://www.tradingpath.org/images/stories/Events/novemberfshmap.jpg> TPA Still Needs Vehicles Member John Delconte loaned us a diesel Isuzu Trooper ('88), so we're able to operate, but we still need a TPA vehicle. Our preference is for a diesel powered vehicle, and we'll still not count a gift-horse's teeth, but realisticly we need donations to use for trade-in. So, if you know of a vehicle owned by someone who needs a solid deduction this year, please, make the connection. Alternatively, if you know of a really, really, really good deal on a FWD vehicle, please, contact the TPA ([email protected] or 919-644-0600) Annual Fund Raising Letter Each year the TPA sends out our annual dues and donation reminder at the end of the year. That letter generates about a quarter to a third of our annual operating budget. It is an import source of operating money. We are about to send out this year's note. Some of you are not on the mailing list and want to receive that letter. Others of you are on the mailing list and don't want to receive that letter. Please, let us know whether to remove you from or add you to our list by sending email to [email protected] indicating your pleasure. ================================================ -- Richard =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Richard K. Ellington ITS Facilities Manager Information Technology Services University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 440 W. Franklin St., CB 1150 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-1150 Control Center - http://control-center.unc.edu 919-698-8591 (voice) 919-843-9153 (fax) [email protected] "We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job". -Winston Churchill =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=