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Remember to
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KCK
General Meeting for Thursday, May 17th
Wilda
Marston Theatre, Lower
Level Loussac Library, 3600 Denali Street, Anchorage (Meeting
starts at 7 pm)
Bob Kaufman recently added The Alaska App, a free iPhone app for
visitors and resident’s highly-detailed descriptions and photos for
over 100 river/float trips, including the ability to search by region,
trip length, whitewater classification, and difficulty. Bob will demo
the product, ask for input on how to make it more useful to river and
ocean paddlers, and also invite any club members to help contribute
their knowledge. For more info or to download the app visit http://thealaskaapp.com/
Tim Lydon from Chugach
National
Forest Glacier Ranger District will
speak on taking a fresh look at the wilderness study area in Prince
William Sound. He is also interested in hearing the thoughts and ideas
of KCK members on this subject. Come share your personal insights
on
this important matter.
Ruth Kroon of Eagle
Enterprises, Inc. will be showing some of the newest and best equipment
and gear available to help increase your safety in the wilderness.
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KCK Official Membership Cards
Cards
will be available to members at the general meeting
in May and the KCK potluck-barbeques at Goose Lake this summer.
The
new membership cards will identify you as a current KCK member to a
variety of vendors offering discounts to KCK on paddling gear and
services.
If
you are not a member, then please consider joining KCK for the low cost
of $10 and support KCK's efforts toward safety, conservation and access
rights for the Alaskan paddling community. The associated benefits are
well worth the low $10 membership fee. http://kck.org/join.html |
 KCK Paddling Classes
for 2012
Classes
are now forming for the 2012 paddling season. This year the club will
offer classes in Canoeing, Rafting, Sea
Kayaking and Pack-Rafting. Current members
are allowed to register early. Space is limited and on a first come
first served basis. For more information see our classes page.
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 KCK is joining with ADP Community Services and REI to
help sponsor the
Children's Kayak Pool
at the 2012 Downtown Summer Solstice Festival, Saturday, June 23rd.
The 80-foot long and
40-foot wide Children's Kayak Pool runs
down the center of 4th Avenue in front of the Captain Cook Hotel. The
pool is built with straw bales, heavy-duty tarps, rope and supports.
The Anchorage Fire
Department fills the pool and REI will provide boats and staff. This is
one of the most popular children's events at the festival! Over 12,000
people are expected to attend this year. Any KCK members wishing
to participate by assisting the kids as they paddle their way across
the pool can contact Chris Schutte by email at: 
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 KCK Online
Forums
KCK
is pleased
to open a new online service for the Alaska paddling
community with our new bulletin board / forum page. This new service is
open to all and is intended to be a place for online discussion
and postings related to paddle sports in Alaska. All that is
required
is a free online registration and areement to terms of service. You
will then be able to read, comment and start new topics.
Simply go to:
http://kck.org/bb
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KCK
NEEDS
YOU
Volunteer
today!
Openings
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KCK Volunteers
Needed
Sergeant at Arms
Programs
Assistant
Summer
Grillmaster and Assistant
Conservation
Advocate
Insurance
Coordinator
Canoeing
Instructor Assistants
Pack-Rafting
Instructor:
and Assistants
IK Instructor: and Assistants
Rafting
Assistants
Volunteer by
sending an
e-mail to 
or by contacting any current Board member.
For
more information, follow the link: |
KCK Board of
Directors and Officers for 2011
KCK Board of
Directors
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Volunteer
Positions
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President:
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Eric Downey
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Sergeant at
Arms:
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OPEN
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Grillmaster:
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OPEN |
Vice President:
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Steve Shamburek |
Membership:
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Charlene
Carter
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Grillmaster
Assistant:
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OPEN |
Secretary /
Treasurer:
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Jim Davis
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Programs
Director:
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Keith
Hawkings
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Conservation: |
OPEN |
Board Member:
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Marvin Copley
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Programs
Assistant:
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OPEN |
Insurance
Coordinator:
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OPEN |
Board
Member:
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Dan Schubert
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Webmaster:
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Marvin
Copley
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Canoeing
Instructor:
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Rich
Crain
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Board
Member:
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Keith Hawkings |
Newsletter
Editor:
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Richard
Sepersky
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Rafting
Instructor:
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Eric
Downey
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| Board
Member: |
Peggy
Wilcox |
Bookkeeper:
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Alden
Worachek
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Sea Kayaking
Instructor:
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Jim
Gonski
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| Board
Member: |
Rich
Crain
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Safety Meeting
Coordinator: |
Marvin
Copley |
Pack-Rafting
Instructor:
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Jim
Gonski |
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Conservation:
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Peggy
Wilcox
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Interested in having the club help you pay
for professional development?
The KCK Board is
interested in encouraging people to take leadership roles in club
activities as well as promoting safety education. To further those
goals the club will pay up to $100 to those members that take
recognized outdoor professional development training. The applicant
must approach the Board and the award of the scholarship will be on a
case by case basis. Think of this as your chance to help the club and
learn something that could save a life! Contact any Board member or
email : |
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28th
Annual Anchorage
Waterways Council - MOA Creek Cleanup
The 27th Annual Anchorage Waterways Council-MOA Creek Cleanup will be
Saturday, May 19th, from 9-noon, followed by a celebration at Valley of
the Moon Park from noon -2 pm. A free lunch will be provided
along with music and educational displays. Trash awards will be
given out in a variety of categories, and this year we are including
one for the "best" dressed team. To sign up a team, go to
our website at www.anchoragecreeks.org
and click on Creek Cleanup (on left side of Home page). There are
several choices including the creek cleanup "team signup". This
is a great event to help focus Anchorage citizens on our fantastic
urban waterways, what we can each do to help keep them clean and
healthy, and just what horrible types of trash end up in them.
Please contact Matt Kays at 
if you have any questions, want to volunteer to be a Honcho, or if you
know of a waterway that is in particular need of cleanup.
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The proposed Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project would be located
approximately half-way between Anchorage and Fairbanks on the upper
Susitna River. The Susitna-Watana dam would be located within a
steep-sided valley of the Susitna River at River Mile 184 above the
mouth, approximately 34 miles upstream of the Devil’s Canyon rapids.
The single dam would be at the same location below Watana Creek as in
the larger two-dam Susitna Hydroelectric Project proposed in the
1980’s. The 700-foot high Susitna-Watana dam would have a 557-foot
difference between tail water and the maximum pond elevation of 2,014
feet. The resulting reservoir would be 39 miles long and up to 2 miles
wide. Construction access would be provided by a proposed road from the
Denali Highway as well as a rail spur fro the Alaska Railroad at Gold
Creek.
The project is currently in the preliminary planning stage with
FERC scoping meetings having been held in March 2012 and numerous work
group meetings scheduled for April 2012.
A synopsis from the Alaska Energy
Authority website says:
"In 2010, the Alaska State Legislature passed legislation which
declares a State energy policy. The bill directs the State to receive
50 percent of its electrical generation from renewable and alternative
energy sources by 2025. Hydropower, the lowest cost energy for Alaska
consumers, currently provides approximately 24 percent of the
electrical energy used in Alaska. The only way to achieve the new goal
of deriving 50 percent of our electricity from renewable and
alternative sources is for a new, large hydroelectric project to be
built in the Railbelt region."
For more info
visit: http://www.susitna-watanahydro.org/
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Paddlesports
Safety Resources
offered by the U.S. Coast Guard
Auxiliary in partnership with the American Canoe Association
The ACA and the USCGA are
working together to promote safety among those who use kayaks,
canoes and other paddlecraft. For more information follow the link .
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adventure of exploring the waterways of Alaska and beyond with
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