White Pine Needle 2018 AUTUMN UPDATE (September, October, November, December; & Feb. ’19) White Pine Group, Northeast Iowa Sierra Club (Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee, Fayette, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, and Jackson Counties.) “Explore, Enjoy and Protect” [Volume 38, No. 2] 9/06/18 In this 2018, FALL UPDATE: Program/Meetings and Outings. Other events and opportunities. Turkey Dinner Fundraiser: 11/03/18, Swiss Valley. Attend, Donate &/or Volunteer. See page 3. ** VOTE>>>VOTE>>>VOTE, November 6 Backbone Cabin Outing: Feb. 8-10, 2019. Like our Facebook Page for meeting notices, event reports, updates. www.facebook.com/whitepinegroup. Newsletter/Membership/Meetings: This 2018 Autumn Update Needle is being emailed to memberships for which we have an email address and mailed to the remaining of our current (July, 2018) roster of 456 memberships (543 members) down from last year. (More members due to Joint memberships.) If you receive this Autumn Update only by regular mail but are willing to receive it and occasional email-only updates, in full color, by email please send an email to Dick Worm including your name, mailing address, and complete Zip Code (ex: 52031-9557) for easier membership list identification. ([email protected]). Saves paper and $$’s. Membership in the Sierra Club and renewals are made through the national office. Our White Pine Group receives monthly updates listing new and expiring memberships for our 8 county region. Membership is to be renewed on a yearly basis. Some mailing labels include a “reminder” regarding when a renewal is due. For example, a “1018” indicates expiration in October of 2018. An “M/A18” on a SIERRA magazine label “reports” a March/April, 2018, final issue. Your membership is vital to helping carry out Sierra Club goals…. in competition with the even MORE rich (dollar-wise) and infamous! Our White Pine Group publishes and distributes to all members just 2 newsletters/year. We therefore encourage our members to note on a Wall or other handy Calendar our meeting/programs and outing opportunities. Attendance is commonly low for our programs which is embarrassing when we, the Sierra Club, have guest presenters; but we keep trying. Our 2018 September and October, “Protect” programs, in particular, have presenters from farther away or from other organizations. In addition, members take time to produce and share other “Explore/Enjoy” programs. WHITE PINE GROUP AUTUMN PROGRAM/MEETINGS: Time and Location: 7:00 PM Meet/Greet; 7:15 Program; 8:15 EXCOM and membership meeting; 8:30 PM Adjourn/Social. (4 th Tues.) St. Peter Lutheran Church Rectory, 3200 Asbury Rd., Dubuque. The walk-in meeting room is at the rear of brick home to the right in church parking lot. (No December Program/Meeting.) September 25 (Tues.): “Walz Cattle Feeding Operation, Monona.” Member, Larry Stone, rural Elkader, former outdoor writer for the Des Moines Register, will present this program about a topic of concern within our NE Iowa, 8 county region. The facility is a threat to the nearby, Bloody Run Trout Stream and groundwater in general in this karst region (a limestone cavity-rich bedrock often afflicted with sinkholes.) Larry writes that “the plan is for 10,000 head of cattle. (That’s 10,000 at a time, or 20,000 per year, as they’re marketed every six months.) But, they call themselves ‘Walz Energy’ because of the goal of their plan to use a methane digester to produce biogas from the manure and other organic waste.” PROTECT! October 23 (Tues.): “Sister Water Project.” The Dubuque Franciscan Sisters want to make a difference in the global water crisis. “1 in 10 people in the world do not have access to clean water. In Honduras, 684,000 people lack access to safe water and 1,000,000 lack access to proper sanitation (water.org). In Tanzania, girls and women are adversely affected by time spent fetching water, keeping them out of school and productive employment (UNICEF).” So motivated, the Dubuque Franciscans founded the Sister Water Project in 2006 to bring potable water to the people in those countries. Through collaboration with villagers and support of donors, 200 water projects have been completed or restored. The Franciscans are committed to protect precious water resources, advocate for everyone’s right to clean water, and make water accessible to the most vulnerable. “The Gospel imperative of giving drink to the thirsty” improves the quality of life where water was once scarce. “Tim Wietzel and Brian Gilligan, members of the Sisters Water Project Committee, will speak to your group on October 23 rd .” Sr. Kathy Knipper, OSF. PROTECT! November 27 (Tues.): “Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Fourteeners, Colorado.” Using two backpack base camps to aid their efforts, this August 10-16, Kevin Berg and Dick Worm ascended three 14,000+ foot peaks. Both reached Missouri Mtn. (14,067 ft) and Mount Harvard (14,420 ft), while Kevin added Mount Belford (14,197 ft), which Dick did in 2016, and Dick added Mount Oxford (14,153 ft). Hear and see their story as Kevin did his first 3 and Dick reached #30. EXPLORE/ENJOY.
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White Pine Needle 2018 AUTUMN UPDATE (September, October, November, December; & Feb. ’19) White Pine Group, Northeast Iowa Sierra Club (Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee, Fayette, Clayton, Delaware,
Dubuque, and Jackson Counties.) “Explore, Enjoy and Protect”