{"id":4619,"date":"2018-08-31T14:30:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T20:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corehike.org\/?p=4619"},"modified":"2021-08-31T08:05:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T14:05:09","slug":"core-august-2018-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corehike.org\/?p=4619","title":{"rendered":"CORE August 2018 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"

EXECUTIVE CORNER<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Seeking Communications Coordinator to Publish the CORE Newsletter<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Despite the personal satisfaction in putting together the CORE Newsletter each month, your current author is spending more time in administrative duties than he is on the trails. He needs your help. If you could find the time to put together and publish the small online monthly newsletter, we need you! This is an Executive position as Communications Coordinator and we would of course like to fill it as such, but if you could take on just the newsletter task, then we would be very grateful. Interested?<\/strong> Please email the Executive at mailbox@corehike.org<\/strong><\/a>, or contact Carol or Stu for more details on what is entailed.<\/p>\n

Contacting your Executive
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CORE has a couple of purpose-oriented email addresses through which you can contact various executive members<\/strong><\/a>. If you have a general question about the club, for instance what activities are coming up, presenters planned, etc, please email us at mailbox@corehike.org<\/strong><\/a>. If it is a question about membership or joining the club, please direct your query to membership@corehike.org<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Remember that our CORE Executive members are volunteers who also have day jobs and a life outside of CORE, so please be patient if it takes a few days to respond to your queries.<\/p>\n

Monthly Presentations
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Our Presentation planner(s) have have done a great job in finding presenters for the monthly club meetings at the Scarboro Community Centre, right through to the end of the year, some by club members relating their adventures, and others by very interesting outside presenters. Members and non-members alike are invited to attend. If YOU have an idea for a presenter who may be willing to give us a talk on their adventures, please send their particulars along to the executive, and we’ll see what can be arranged<\/p>\n

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ACTIVITY SCOREBOARD<\/strong><\/h1>\n

August 2018<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Here are a few highlights from the CORE calendar for August. Please visit the CORE photo albums <\/a>for more pictures from recent activities.<\/p>\n

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Golden Hikes<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Golden Scrambles<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Day Hikes<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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NEWS & NOTES<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Courses<\/strong><\/h2>\n

CORE will be sponsoring a Wilderness \u00a0First Aid course<\/strong>. This is a one-day, non-certification course, similar to the very successful one we had a couple of years ago. The course will be mostly funded by the club from the\u00a0Peterman Endowment Fund<\/strong><\/a>, but there will be a small registration fee. The planned date is is September 22 at the Bragg Creek Community Centre. Please stay tuned for further information – we’ll post it on the calendar as soon as we have everything firmed up.<\/p>\n

Injury Avoidance and Fitness Exercises
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The CORE August presenter was chiropractor, Dr. Colin Johnston, who summited Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania in 2016. Out of that experience he has developed a set of exercises, particularly in regard to the knee area, to mitigate injuries when participating in strenuous activities. He has kindly provided CORE with a description of some exercises to improve knee streangth. A link to the PDF file, including his contact information, is provided on the CORE Safety Guidelines<\/strong><\/a> page.<\/p>\n

Trailhead Parking Security
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It has been reported that car break-ins and theft has been happening at trail-head parking lots. Be sure to lock up your belongings and ensure nothing is visible when you leave your vehicle to mitigate the visibility of tempting items for thieves.<\/p>\n

Trail Closures
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