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VOLUNTEER CORNER
November 30, 2009
ANGELES CHAPTER LEADERSHIP ROLES The Angeles Chapter has two leadership opportunities. The Chapter Conservation Chair position and the Chapter Treasurer positions are both available for 2010. If you have an inkling to take on one of these extremely...
Passages / Remembering Al Mader
November 30, 2009
Al Mader, a former hike leader for Crescenta Valley, died Thursday August 13, 2009. Al was 80 years young. He and his wife Suzanne were living in the Seattle area since leaving Los Angeles 4 years ago. Al and Suzanne came to Southern...
The Black Hills: Where the Buffalo Roam
November 30, 2009
Buffalo Custer State Park Photo By: Mike Sappingfield On day one of their first trip to the Black Hills, Mike and Patty Sappingfield set out for coffee. From this mundane errand, they got a lot more than they bargained for: We were...
Chapter Members Participate in National Diversity Conference
November 30, 2009
BY MELODY ANDERSON Several members of the Angeles Chapter recently participated in the inaugural Breaking the Color Barrier in the Great American Outdoors conference in Atlanta. The conference, which was held September 23-26 at the Hilton Atlanta...
What Will You Give The Planet?
November 30, 2009
BY Elizabeth Saas Editor Happy holidays! Whether we observe Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, or the Solstice, most of us think of this time of year as the Season of Giving. And if the merchants and the media had their way, Season of Giving would be...
Group Spotlight: OCICO
November 30, 2009
Left Photo: Discovering nature: students who participate in OCICO learn about and participate in conservation. Right Photo:OCICO members remove invasive species. In sharp contrast to The OC presented in TV dramas, in The Real OC, there...
Hot Ticket: Mediterranean Cruise
November 30, 2009
Photo Courtesy Of CNL Cruises WHAT: Angeles Chapter. Board the luxury ship Norwegian Jade for a 12 night cruise the length of the Mediterranean. Ports of call are Rome, Italy; Athens, Greece, Ephesus, Turkey; Alexandria, Egypt; Valletta...
Passages/Remembering Joe McCosker
November 30, 2009
Joe McCosker in 1967 Photo Credit: Angeles Chapter Archives Most of us met that zany and incredibly witty couple, Joe and Betty McCosker back in the 1970s, when they were deemed our matriarch and patriarch of the Desert Peaks Section...
2009 Political Leadership Awards
November 30, 2009
From left: L.A. PolComm Co-chair Howard Strauss, Speaker Karen Bass, L.A. PolComm Co-Chair Susana Reyes, and L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas Photo Credit: Jane Simpson On October 25, the 3rd annual Angeles Chapter Political...
Learn to Leave no trace
November 30, 2009
Wilderness Travelers enjoying a snow table Photo Credit: Jane Simpson Among the many benefits you get from taking the Angeles Chapter's Wilderness Travel Course (WTC), two things stand out. One is meeting people with similar interests....