Entries from February 2009

February 27, 2009

Former Iredell County Resident Walks 1,000 Miles

from press release
Published: February 27, 2009
Former Mooresville resident Carl Zwingli, 83, recently completed his goal of walking 1,000 miles within a year, in fact, he reached his goal in less than 11 months.
Zwingli has been walking, for pleasure, for exercise, and sometimes to clear his mind for most of his life. In fact, he currently [...]

February 25, 2009

An epic mountain bike race Proposed event may attract hundreds to the Catskills

An epic mountain bike race
Proposed event may attract hundreds to the Catskills

By ALAN WECHSLER, Staff writer
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First published: Sunday, February 22, 2009
Albany Times Union
Link to complete article is here:
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=772698&category=SPORTS

A group of mountain bike enthusiasts want to create a four-day race [...]

February 6, 2009

Life Scout to restore Layman’s Monument on South Mountain

The Daily Mail
link to full article is here:
http://www.thedailymail.net/articles/2009/02/01/news/news02.txt
By Jim Planck
HAINES FALLS — While much of the land in and around Kaaterskill Clove is New York State Forest Preserve — and as such the property of the people of the State of New York and managed by the Department of Environmental Conservation — there is actually [...]