Orienteering North America Vol. 15 No. 05_July_1999

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Table of Contents ORIENTEERING EDITOR'S PAGE .............. .................. ................. ..... ....................................... .....2 NORTH AMERICA PUNCH CARD................................................................................... .................... 3 0-NEWS ........................... ..... .......................................................................... ... ... 4 SM & L Berman Publishing Co. SPECIAL RECOGNITION: Mark Thomas wins McAuliffe Award .............. .......... 6 23 Fayette St. US TEAM TRIALS: Dashing Among the Boulders................................................. 8 Cambridge, MA 02139-1111 USA Phone: 617-868-7416 Selecting a US Team for WOC-99, by Don Davis .................................... II email: ona@world.std.com USOF CONVENTION & 0-FEST ........................................................................ 12 fax#: 617-876-1562 CANOE-0: 3-time Champion Reveals All, by Aims Cooney ................................. 18 GIRL SCOUTS & 0: Groups and Orienteering, by Linda Eck .......... ..................... 19 PUBLISHERS' LETTER HORSEBACK-0: Mounted Search & Rescue 0, by Pat Palmer ............................. 21 SPECIAL 0-EVENT: A Forest Fire, by Nina Waddington ..................................... 22 We thought we could do a little extra ROGAINES: MaxiMoose ll- North American Champs, by Michael Haynes for our last issue. What the heck, we won't have to do it again. We did a color issue Critique & Etc, by Bob Reddick; Memories, by Judy Dickinson .............. 24 when the World Championships was held MEMORIES, by Sara Mae & Larry Berman ................ .......... .......................... ...... 26 in the US in 1993, but we decided this time GOAT-O: The First Ever Hillbilly Goat, by Ann Leonard ...................................... 28 we would rather include as much of the ma- terial on hand as we could. So we expanded Billygoat's 21st Birthday, by Jon Nash .................................................... 30 to 64 pages from our our more common 40 PREVIEWS: 1999 US Champs: a Classic, by Gary Kraght ................................... 33 or48. Battle of Kings Mountain, by Walter Siegenthaler ................................... 33 But you mustn' t expect such an ex- REPORT FROM THE IOF, by Bruce Wolfe...................... .................................... 34 travaganza from new editor/publisher Don- Commentary : On How the US (Foot-0) Team was Picked .................................... . 35 na Fluegel. We wouldn't have been able to 0-TEACHING, WORKSHOPS: Spreading the Word .. ................................. ......... 38 put together so big an issue when we first ORIENTEERING CLUBS OF THE US & CANADA ........ .... .......................... ..... 40 started; our first issues were only 32 pages. NUTRITION: Salt: Shake it or Leave it? by Nancy Clark ..................................... 42 We assume her style will be different, but US ORIENTEERING FEDERATION NEWS (USOF) we think she will do a good job for our 0- community--especially with your coopera- The Next Two Years of USOF, by Chuck Ferguson, USOF president .................44 tion. Pres. Service Awards, New on the Web, National 0-Day 2000 ........ ........ .. ........ ..45 Collecting Features, by Michael Schneiderman .................................... .................46 EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS: USOF Event Calendar, prepared by Tom Hollowell ·............................................47 Sara Mae Berman Lawrence J Berman ORIENTEERING ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA NEWS (OABC) Editor's Notes, Club News, Meet Results, etc ................................................ 48 CONTRIBUTING ARTIST: Robert Dunlavey MEET RESULTS .............................. ................................... .. ......... ... ....... .... ....... 55 EVENT SCHEDULE FOR THE US & CANADA ................................................. 58 CONTR. PHOTOGRAPHER: Joel Thomson MEET ENTRY INFO: REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS: EWOC Northwest 0-Cup & Western States Champs A-meet, Sept 18-19 ...... 7 Mike Minium, Scott Donald, Karl Kolva, Rob- 22nd West Point Invitational A-meet, Sept 18-19 ........................................ 17 in Shannonhouse, Alan Petit, Ross Burnett, BAOC 1999 US Individual Champs, Sept 24-25 ......................................... 20 Winnie Stott, Rick Hood, Bob Reddick, Jane MVOC Pumpkin Hunt A-meet, Oct 23-24 ................................ .................. 23 Betros, Rick Womer, Barb Sleight, Mikell COK Battle of Kings Mountain A-meet, Novemberl3-14 ........................... 32 Platt, Carl Fey, J-J Cote, Bob McBride BAOC Sierra 2000 0-Fest & USOF Convention, Aug 1-6, 2000 ................ 39 STANDARDIZED USOF ENTRY FORM ................................................ 43 All unsigned articles in 0/NA are the opinions of the editors and publishers; all signed articles rep- Printed by Cummings Printing Company, Hooksett, NH resent the opinions of their authors. Material in the USOF section represents the positions and opinions ORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA (ISSN 0886-1080) is published 8 times per year (January, of the US Orienteering Federation; likewise the February, April, May, July, August, October. & November) by SM & L Berman Publishing Co, 23 Fay- OABC section represents the opinions of that pro- ette St Cambridge, MA , 02139-1111. Periodicals postage paid at Cambridge. MA. Subscription price is vincial association. $22.00 per year. Additional charge for first class or overseas mailing. Send address changes to ORIEN- TEERING NORTH AMERICA, 23 Fayette St. Cambridge, MA , 02139-1111. The contents ofO/NA are FOR THE FUTURE: copyright © 1999 by SM & L Berman Publishing Co. except for those pages designated a~ US Orienteer- People who have articles or other materials ing Federation News, which are copyright © 1999 by the US Orienteering Federation, and those pages for Orienteering North America should send it designated by Orienteering Association of British Columbia, which are copyright© 1999 by and OABC. to the new editor: All rights reserved . Donna Fluegel COVER. Speedy start of the US Relay Champs at Valley Forge, June 27. and you will see people looking 488 Thayer Pond Rd. at their maps-even at that speed! A 96° F day, very li ttle \"warm-up\" needed. Wilton, CT 06897-2323 203-762-0737ORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999 donnabf@aol.com 1

EDITOR'S PAGEA NEW TEAM FOR 0/NAWelcome, Donna & Steve Fluegel When we announced last January that hooked. We both run Red because we like Donna Fluegelwe intended to stop publishing this nu:zgazine, the exercise and challenge of the longerthe US Orienteering Federation began look- courses, but our abilities and conditioning sional career in the investment business. Ining/or someone else to publish a nu:zgazine to are probably better suited to Green. addition to helping Donna with articles, etc, Ikeep them in contact with their members. At expect to make my contribution on the busi-the recent USOF Convention, the Board ap- 0/NA: What is appealing to you about ness side of the operation.proved Donna Fluegel (with help from her the sport?husband Steve) as its new publisher. 0/NA 0/NA: Why did you decide to offer towould like you to meet them. Donna Fluegel: We were both hikers publish this nu:zgazine? before we learned about orienteering, so the 0/NA: How would you introduce your- outdoor experience was appealing. But, we Donna Fluegel : As a writer, it is aselfto the readers? needed more than just a mindless hike. dream come true to be able to be the publish- Orienteering has given us the opportunity to er and editor of a magazine. Even designing Donna Fluegel: I will be the primary enjoy the outdoors and sharpen our map the small details (where to put the page num-publisher and editor, but my husband Steve, reading and general concentration skills. bers and in what font) is an exciting chal-will be contributing to the magazine as well. lenge for me. I will now be able to take allWe have lived in Fairfield County, CT since 0/NA: Have you organized events, that I have learned as a journalism teacher1985, and our current home in Wilton for the made nu:zps, given talks about 0? and actually apply it to a full magazine. Aslast 6 years. No kids, no pets. (Readers nu:zy an added attraction, orienteering has been aremember Steve, striding out of the water on Donna Fluegel: I have worked with major part of my life for the last few years,the July 1998 cover, the \"Nessie\" of Western several Girl Scout troops on orienteering and this is just one more way to become evenConnecticut OC.) badges. We have organized numerous local more involved in a sport I enjoy. and national meets over the years, including 0/NA: How long have you been orien- the Billygoat and A-meet, when they were 0/NA : We wish Donna and Steve well.teering? Do you do other sports? sponsored by WCOC. We also worked on They have accepted an enormous challenge. the World Cup 92, WOC-93, and the Ameri- Please welcome th em and support their ef- Donna Fluegel: We have been orien- can Orienteering Round-Up (August 1996). forts-th e way you have done so wellfor us.teering for about 8 years. Our primary club isWestern Connecticutt 0-Ciub: I've been 0/NA : What is your publishing back-WCOC secretary for the past 5 years and ground? How long have you worked in theSteve has been the club's treasurer for the field ? What has been your nu:zin occupation?same amount of time. Our other sports: run-ning, biking, swimming (both of us now do Donna Fluegel: I've been an Englishshort and middle distance triathlons for teacher and advisor of the school newspaperfun- never placing very high); we did two and literary magazine for the last 12 years. Iweek-long bike rides so far: in Florida and in have also:Michigan; Steve plays basketball two days aweek also. • worked as a feature writer for a small trade publication before teaching; 0/NA: When did you start doing 0?Where did you hear, read about it ? At what • been a freelance writer since 1981,level do you orienteer? writing articles on topics ranging from travel to the history of Christmas cards. Donna Fluegel: We heard about orien-teering from a newspaper article and, after at- • gained additional publishing experi-tending a local meet at Five Ponds, we were ence as editor of both the WCOC and HVO newsletters for the last 5 years. Steve Fluegel: I have little background in publishing-spending my entire profes-Thank You dars every issue; Joel Thomson who sent us George Murphy ; all the Gagarins, J-J Cote, photos from events we couldn't get to, as did Karen Dennis/Dave Irving, the Betros', the We want to say \"Thank you·· to a lot of Kent & Caroline Ringo and Mike Minium; ear- Childs', Barb Sleight, Karl Kolva, the Tails, AIpeople, and risk overlooking someone: please ly on, Ken Sidney wrote training articles for us; Newman/Roddy Wares, the Plants, Judy Dick-forgive us. Many helped us with the magazine; Winnie Stott, beginner articles; Nancy Clark inson, Allmuth Perzel , Sid Sachs, the Stensbys,many always encouraged and supported us. sent her nutrition columns in return for her Mikell Platt, Scott Pleban, Heather Williams/We appreciate all of you, including so many ad--everyone loves her column; people from Pat Dunlavey, Rick Worner/Linda Kohn, thewho have thanked us personally: so many clubs who regularly sent us their news- Murrays, the Frankses, the Edwardses, the La- letters; meet directors who sent us their results; vines, Keith McLeod, Frank Kuhn, the Bruces, Friends of35 years, Jack and Flo Williams, people who wrote about their 0-experiences; Joe Scarborough, the Bengtssons, Dave Linthi-who we brought to 0-Jack said to put \"Orien- the 001 and OABC folks who worked with us cum, Beatrice Zurcher, Stephanie Martineau,teering\" in our title (easier to find in an index); to send 0/NA to their members; special friends, Walter Siegenthaler, Rick Hood, the Hawkes-our cartoonist Rob Dunlavey -many have told the de St Croix's and the Charlows put us up so Teeters, the Dentinos, Joseph Huberman/Ruthus how much they like his work; Robin Shan- often we've lost count; Bruce McAlister also Bromer, Ruth Johnson, the Bundschuhs, Nelsnonhouse, who sends us USOF' s mailing labels put us up (even my mom when she was with us Holmberg, Dave McGraw, AI Petit, Bob Red-each month; Dave Bailey (formerly MA, now last year); people we knew we could always dick, Carl Fey, Jim Pugh, Mike Schuh, the Ko-in Ml), for 0/NA's first five years Dave proof-read for us; the USOF News editors, Don Davis call on, like Jim Waddington and family, Stig towskis, and many other wonderful folks.(and his wife Marit) and Michael Schneider- Skarborn, Dick James, Alex Kerr, the Donalds, We feel we can go anywhere and findman; Tom Hollowell who sent us USOF calen- the Adams', the Edmunds, Ross Burnett, friendly orienteers. Look for us in the woods!2 ORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999

PUNCH CARD where our readers record themselvesWOMEN NEED TO BE NOTICED ting up, and carrying out the thousands of de- CORRECTION: We mis-identified oneDearO/NA, tails which made the FREEDOM 0-FEST 1999 such a fantastic success. Southern Penn- of the men on our May cover. The fellow I was very disappointed when I got your sylvania was recently alive for ten days with the mustache on the right is Glen Try-magazine and read the article about the inter- straight, with sanctioned A- events, including son of EMPO. (In fact, all the men facingcollegiate champs. You focus the article on the US Short Course Champs, the US Relay front have mustaches--does that say some-the men's competition. Maybe you could Champs, and the US Night-0 Champs, plus thing?)have said a little about the women ' s. Granted two other A-event days; a \"History-0\" atthere was only one in the women ' s division Valley Forge National Historic Site; a \"Fiow- CANCELLED: The Quebec Champsbut that is not the point. We have to get more er-0\" at the renowned Longwood Gardenswomen into the sport. You didn't even men- Arboretum; a Trail-0 qualifying event for the originally set for Sept 4-5 will not be held.tion what school she represented. It was the World Trail-0 Champs later this year, and aScholastic and Intercollegiate Champs, not couple other local B-and C-events. All this in 1998 Entry Info in this& previous issuesthe Men' s Intercollegiate champs. Give the addition to five days of workshops, clinics,women a little credit and maybe they' ll make meetings, and fun activities for adults and date event issuemore of a commitment and effort to get to youth alike, plus many special programs forthese events. the juniors. Housing, meal plans, logistics, Aug 13-22 Rocky Mt 1000-day May presenters, vendors, fund raisers, were all According to the plaque this is the first ably coordinated. Sep 4-5cA~~M..IEtJuebec Champs Maytime a woman has competed in the JV divi-sion since 1996. That says something, you Jack said 100 people worked on this Sep 18-19 NW 0-Cup + West'n StsJulycould have made a statement about that. event, and I believe it! Congratulations to all of the capable and dedicated people ofDVOA Sep18-19 WestPointA-meet July Samantha Zipp (Delaware Valley Orienteering Association), Indiana University of Pennsylvania the major host club, and to their colleagues Sep 25-26 BAOC - US lnd Champs July(Ms. Zipp was Junior Varsity champion at the from QOC (Quantico), SVO (Susquehanalntercollegiates held Apri/24-25. in NY State.) Valley), and the US Team who assisted with Oct 23-24 MVOC Pumpkin A-mt July this memorable Convention week.Editor 's note: Congratulations to Ms. Zipp for Nov 13-14 COK Battle-Kings Mt Julystepping forward to accept the challenges of Barb Sleight, CNYOorienteering. Lack off emales exists among our North Syracuse, NY Dec 31-Jan 7 World Masters Champscollege-age competitors and many other agegroups. We feel that a review ofour past maga- 2000 in New Zealand Mayzines will demonstrate our support of womenorienteers' efforts. Ms. Zipp 's name and her Aug 1-6,2000 BAOC Conv +0-fest Julyschool abbreviation was in the box at th e begin-ning of the article which listed th e individual International multi-day summer events Feband team champions. If we had had a photo ofher, we would have included that also. Standardized USOF entry form Jan/JulBAOC HELPS US TEAM The last few pages carry a 3-month scheduleDearO/NA, by region for the US and Canada, On June 15, the Bay Area Orienteering also the Rogaine, Ski-0 & Bike-0 scheduleClub, Board of Directors voted to contribute$500 to the US Orienteering Team competing See USOF pages for US A-meet schedulein the the World Championships in Scotland.The Board also voted a $700 Grant to James Supplying quality equipmentfor your orienteering...Scarborough, our club member, who hasmade this team for the third time. Berman's Orienteering Supply BAOC encourages other US clubs and 23 Fayette St, Cambridge, MA 02139-1111;individuals to contribute to our team. It may Tel: 617-868-7416 fax: 617-876-1562not be widely known that our team members email: ona@world.std.comget very little financial support from USOFdue to the lack of funds . Their expenses can We accept V1SA, MC, Disc/Novus. ArnExrange into the thousands of dollars. Contribu-tions to the USOF are tax deductible. Mail GET YOUR CATALOG TODAY!your contributions to USOF, PO Box 1444,Forest Park, GA 30298. WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED NEW STOCK: Mention that your check is designated COMPASSES: Baseplate & Thumb styles, for beginners to elitesfor the US Team. Contributors may want to by Silva, Suunto, Nexus/Brunton and Moscow.post their donation amount on this thread.Maybe we can generate a bandwagon effect. 0-SHOES: VJ of Finland-NEWWW PRICES Integrator shoes- $100, studs- $110 Thanks for supporting our team . Falcon shoes - $95, studs - $105 George Minarik, BAOC Treasurer Pro # 1 shoes - $76, studs - $86 Forest shoes - $65 (discontinued model,only a few left)GREAT CONVENTION, THANKSDearO/NA, VJ GAITERS: both VJ regular & VJ Pro. both with zippers The entire United States Orienteering Also, your suppliers of GAITERS byTREKLITE of North CarolinaFederation owes a resounding applause of ap-preciation and gratitude to Jack Williams and 0-EQUIPMENT: Flags & Punches, other meet supplies,the many hard workers for their planning, set- Books, Games, Teaching aids. Videos, etc. Great giftfor graduations, birthdays, a special person-maybe yourselfl SUUNTO European backpack with detatchable seat. separate shoe compart- ment with net cover to let air in, sleeve for thermos, detachable zipper purse, holds controls flags, vinyl on the bottom, rain cover in a back pocket, fits in an airplane overhead bin, $49 + $7.50 shpg. 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G-NEWSSearle, Southeast Service Award Winnerby Walter Siegenthaler Laurie Searle, a member of the Geor- Amy Fuller wins ESPNgia Orienteering Club (GAOC) and USOF,has received the 1999 Southeast Regional Scholarship AwardService Award. Since joining GAOC andUSOF in 1993, Laurie has tirelessly volun- On May 17, ESPN announced its annu-teered her time and skill to promote orien-teering within GAOC and the Southeast. al college scholarship awards-and one Laurie has served as meet director or went to a promising young orienteer fromassistant at many local meets, as newslet-ter editor for GAOC for two years, and she Minnesota. Amy Fuller, who shows promiseand just finished a term as president of theclub. After being the assistant meet direc- as a ski-orienteer as well as a $fo2o5t0-o0riceonltleeegr~tor for the 1997 GAOC Navigator Cup, won one of two dozen ESPNLaurie served as the meet director for the1998 Navigator Cup, which was combined scholarships. Fuller will attend McGill Uni-with the 1998 JROTC US Championships,making it by far the largest A-Meet ever Laurie Searle versity in Montreal. Congratulations to Amyheld by GAOC. During Laurie' s leader-ship as president, bylaws for the organiza- sanctioning fees for juniors. Laurie inspires and her family, the Martineaus of Roseville.tion of the club were passed and many or- many of us with her cheerful and enthusiasticganizational changes implemented to attitude. A truly deserving winner of the 1999 SportsMatch Onlinemake the club run smoother. Southeast Service Award! from a press release by Alice Blondell Presently, Laurie is serving on the SportsMatch Online,USOF Board and was instrumental in get-ting a resolution passed to lower USOF www.sportsmatchonline.com, is a new In- ternet service located in Arizona. The ser-WSF College Scholarship to Sandra Zurcher vice is designed to bring people together for fitness, recreation, and fun. by Sandra Zurcher SportsMatch Online, a free service, Was it orienteering that caught their at- very obscurity to help it grow. instantly connects individuals and groupstention? I think so! The Women's Sports Besides grants to undergraduates, the who are interested in the same sport or rec-Foundation gives $5000 college scholarships reational activity. We have designed thisto women athletes. I applied for this scholar- Women's Sports Foundation also has grant service to provide a fast and easy way toship through Colorado's Gan Sport Store. programs for graduate students, and travel find people who like to stay fit by partici-Eight girls from around the nation won this grants for individuals and teams. USOF pating in scores of activities. It matchesgrant this year, and, surprising to me, I was should take advantage of this. people by sport or activity, age range, skillone of them. But, then, orienteering is unusu- level, location, and schedule. It is de-al. The judges told me that it interested them, In July, Zurcher competes in the Jr. signed for people who are on businessand since I was helping to make the sport World Champs in Bulgaria; in August, the trips, vacationing, relocating, or just look-grow, they wanted to assist me. I was excited (senior) World Champs in Scotland. This fall ing for other participants in their immedi-to win the money and help my parents with she will attend the University of New Hamp- ate area. Basic Membership is free, emailthe financial burden of an out-of-state school. shire. is \"blind\", and names will not be sold. TheThen, about a month after I won the scholar- service is supported by advertising.ship, WSF sent me an invitation to attend the Sandra Zurcher with Willye Whiteofficial award ceremony (along with the sev- We also maintain a free Bulletinen other girls). Garts Sport paid for my flight Board service where members and visitorsand accommodations in Washington, DC- to the Site can post information about rec-and for my mom's. This was a major event reational events, calendars, and activitiesfor us. A renowned track runner, Willye in their area.White, spoke at the luncheon where I re-ceived my award. She won her first Olympic Future plans for the Site include Un-gold medal when she was 16 years old. She believeable Trips, a Sports Shoppe, andtold us to follow our dreams and to always be other entertainment features.the person our hearts tell us to be. She spokewith such enthusiasm for her own life, and Feel free to peruse the Site atsuch hope for ours, that I was touched. This www.sportsmatchonline.com, browse thewhole event made me realize how lucky I Members Area, and check out the Bulletinwas to be recognized for my accomplish- Board. SportsMatch Online, 843 Westments. It also made me realize that we should Elna Rae, Tempe, AZ 85281; Ph: 480-take advantage of our growing sport. Use its 968-0121 ; Fx: 480-968-4679 URL: www.sportsmatchonline.com email of Barry J. Fuller: barry@ sportsmatchonline.com4 ORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999

G-NEWSMikell Platt wins '99 Silva Award To be considered for the Silva Service surprised him, Platt made these comments: Mikell PlattAward, the service to USOF should be within \"Thanks! Actually, I hadn't thought of it atthe past 5 years. Mikell Platt qualifies easily. aLl, and when a good friend called me with have had less visible, but key roles in helpingThough his efforts go back for years, he con- the news, I could hardly have been more sur- put things together-people like Fred Zendt,tinues to promote our sport, all while main- prised. It's certainfy nice to get the recogni- Steve Willman, Dan Walker, and J-J Cotetaining a high level of fitness, good enough to tion, of course.\" among others-and even if others don' t real-be on the US Team since 1979 and to be ize it, I know for a fact the I 000-Dayranked #I in M21 (again) last year. He is re- Typically, Platt wants to spread the cred- wouldn't have happened without them.\"sponsible for getting the Long, the Short, the it. He said, \"I think almost nobody remem-Relay and the Night-0 accepted as formats bers it anymore, but Ron Pontius played a big Congratulations, Mikell!and eventually as US Championships. His role in initiating the Long and Relay Champssummer event, first in Colorado and now in as well. My own recollection is weak, so I NORTHEAST REGIONALWyoming is a permanent fixture. A respected don't remember who did exactly what or who CHAMPIONSHIPSmapper, be made most of the West Point had the initial ideas, but it's more than possi-maps, many maps for championships, and ble Ron did more work than anyone else to by NE Region board member Robert Bura-others around the country and beyond. He see these two events established. At the time, czynski & NE board alternate Joanne Sankusmade the first US map for Ski-0, used for the Ron and I were both assigned Army duties infirst Ski-0 Champs in 1989. Now he maps the DC area, and we were sharing a town- A Northeast Regional meeting took placemostly for his summer events. A study in ded- house, and at the very least getting the Long during the recent US Orienteering Federationication to orienteering, Mikell Platt sets a ter- and Relay Champs started was a joint effort. (USOF) convention. The northeast orienteersrific example for the next generation of elites. 'attending decided to hold the 1999 Northeast \"To the extent the award is based on Regional Championships as part of the West When contacted and asked if the award work I've done with the events out here in, Point A-meet in September 18-19. Colorado/Wyoming, a number of peopleGREAT NEWS! NE champions will oe determined by the finish times from Saturday, September 18. IfSAMANTHA SAEGER S.TH IN JUNIOR any of Saturday 's courses or classes get void-WORLD CHAMPS CLASSIC RACE :ed, then the finish times from Sunday, Sep- tember 19, will determine the winners for At the Junior World 0-Champs JWOC includes orienteers 20 and un- those affected courses or classes.(JWOC) in Bulgaria, held between July 5- der. It is very interesting to us that neither1!, Samantha Saeger, 16, plac.ed 8th in the Sweden nor Norway got finishers in the top The top three finishers in each class whoClassic Distance event-beating all the ten. Top girls' finisher Regula Hulliger was 'meet any of the following eligibility require- 'Swedish and Norwegian entries! NEOC on Switzerl'and's Ski-0 Team at the 1996 ments will receive a certi-ficate of recognitionmember Saeger lives in Dedham, MA, wi th Ski-WOC, but it seems that she has decided (sorry, folks, no cash prizes from sponsors asher dad Jeff Saeger, USOF Junior Coordina- to concentrate on Foot-0. Look carefully at yet-just bragging rights !):tor, her mom , Judy Karpinski, and her sister the ~esults: these names will be on national (senior) teams in future World 0 -Champs. I) You are a tJSOF member and your pri- ,Hillary. This is the best result ever for a US mary club i,s located in the NE region; Classic JWOC Results 1' 2) You are an At-large USOF member ,junior or senior Team member at a world and you live in the NE region or tive outsidechampionship. According to her dad, email Girls of the US;sent by the US Junior Team coaches saidthat she was quite excited as she described I. Regula Hulliger SUI 52 :57 3) You are not a USOF member, but youher route to them. live in the NE region and are a member of a 2. Tatiana Perelyeva RUS 53:05 USOF-chartered club, located in the NE re- ' Samantha Saeger gion. The NE region includes: New England, 3. Katalin Hecz HUN 53 :37 New York, and northern New Jersey. 4. Heli Jukkol'a FIN 54:39 If you have any questions. please contact the NE Region board member 5. Yendula Klechova CZE 54:53 Robert Buraczynski (301-368-4455 , 6. Sara Forsstrom FIN 54:55 rburaczynski @compuserve.com) or NE board alternate Joanne Sankus 7. Salla Sukki FIN 55 :42 (781-938- 1740, jsankus@aol.com). 8. Samantha Saeger USA 56:07 5 9. Zuzana Macuchova CZE 56 :38 10. Tatiana Kostileva RUS 57 : 16 84. Sandra Zurcher USA 73:43 106. Erin Olafsen USA 82:24 Boys 136 starters, 128 finishers I. Andrei Hramov RUS 69 : 18 2. Miko Heikela FIN 72: 32 3. Troy deHans AUS 73 :03 4. Sergey Dedhov RUS 73:52 5. Pasi lkonen FIN 75 :01 6. Michael Reinhard SUI 76:42 7. Jakiv Sidheranko UKR 77c:10 8. Thierry Gueorgio FRA 77 : 15 9. Andrea~ Muller SUI 78:38 10. Mykhailo Andreev UKR 78 :55 139. Ross Smith USA 138:28 140. Greg Walker USA 138:41 144. Shawn Leonard USA 146:32 159 starters, 146 fini shersORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999

SPECIAL RECOGNITIONNH Orienteer wins McAuliffe Awardmaterial from Mark Thomas ' winning proposal and UNO' s June 1999 newsletter According to an account by the Asso- could I draw technology like GPS and digi- Mark Thomas, McAuliffe Sabbatical Award Winnerciated Press, which appeared in the Boston tized mapping into the program? HowGlobe on April 19, \"Teacher Mark Thomas could I spread the work? Now, I have my Thomas believes, \" You can build upwill climb mountains to get his middle chance.\" confidence because every kid can succeedschool pupils interested in science- at it. It lends itself to scientific method, butliterally.\" During the upcoming year, Thomas kids are truly on their own, making their will be enlisting UNO members to help own decisions-it has the same appeal as New Hampshire resident and member train educators and critique the orienteering building something.\"of Up North Orienteers, Thomas won the resources he will develop.Christa McAuliffe Sabbatical Award, 1999- Parents approve: \"Instead of being2000, for innovative approaches to teach- His project objectives are: I ) create a cooped up in a classroom, learning abouting. During the coming year, he plans to de- science curriculum based on orienteering how to do it, they're doing it themselves,\"velop and refine a science curriculum on for middle school level, one that may be said the parent of two of Thomas' formerorienteering. The NH Charitable Founda- used in classes in math and physical educa- pupils .tion will pay his salary for the year (while tion, also for special education; 2) providehis school system hires a substitute for his 0-workshops for educators; 3) organize 0- For the past I0 years, Thomas hasclasses) and give him funds for materials to meets primarily for middle school students; taught earth and life science in Pembroke.carry out his project. 4) establish an 0 -resource teacher at each He learned about orienteering eight years of the four middle schools in his district and ago and soon started using it in the class- Thomas, 41, a middle school science equip each school with the necessary mate- room .teacher at the Three Rivers School in Pem- rials for an 0 -study unit and an 0-meet; 5)broke, NH, says, \"I have used orienteering create an 0-resource center at his school in Those who want more informationas a motivating tool to teach my students Pembroke and at the State Library to be about Thomas' plans can reach him byabout topography, angular measurement, used by educators and the general public; 6) email: pthomas@chi.tds.netand the scientific method . I came to realize develop a permanent 0-course at Bearthat this moving, decision-making sport Brook State Park. Christa McAuliffe, a NH teacher, lostwas perfect for adolescents, and for the past her life when the space Shuttle she was oneight years, I have developed an interdisci- His activities will include: teacher blew up shortly after take-off in Januaryplinary curriculum with orienteering as the workshops, holding 0-meets, teacher train- 1986. She had won a contest for the right tocenterpiece...! wanted to create accessible ing sessions at UNO meets in the state, train to be part of thdt crew, so she couldorienteering variety and competition. How mass mailings of project results and re- transmit lessons from space to students be- sources. low. These awards and a Science Center in Concord were created to honor her memory US TEAM BENEFIT and her commitment to teaching. (•J featuring the YOUR TRAVEL AGENTS US Long Course Champs and a One Day A-Event We research air fares to all A-meets. International discounts available. Oct 30 and 31, 1999 Up to 5% commission Harriman State Park, New York donated to the US Teams. (SUREBRIDGE 1993 -JACKIE JONES 1993) CONTACT both maps used for the 1993 woe EAST Event Director Vladimir Gusiatnikov 765-497-1838 KRIS HARRISON 22 SNOW MEADOW LANE, STAFFORD VA 22554 WEST Bruce McALister 425-821-6862 7031720-1643 Registrar SANDY FILLEBROWN8011 CRITTENDEN ST, PHILADELPHIA PA 19118-2908 215/242-0911 fillebro@erols.com Details will be available at: http://www.sju.edu/-sfillebrffeamBenefit/MainPage.htm6 ORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999

The Eastern Washington Orienteering Club and Nisqually Orienteers present theNinth Inland Northwest Orienteering Cupand 1999 Western States Championships A-Meet September 18-19, 1999 Fishtrap Lake, WATerrain · Cheney Saturday evening. There will be a buffet with choice of four pasta dishes, salad and bread for $11.95 ($6.95 forGrassland and open ponderosa pine forest, numerous pothole children 5-10, free for children 4 and under).ponds and intricate basalt mini-canyons. InformationMap For more information about the meet, please contact the MeetNew 1:15,000 scale map, field-checked in the fall of 1998 by Director, John Beck, (509) 838-7078 or 323-3429 or E-mailCarl Moore; cartography by Scott Donald using OCAD. beck@jepson.gonzaga.edu, or the Registrar, Scott Coble, (509) 323-6046 or coble@gonzaga.eduCourses and Categories Directions to the Event SiteSeven courses each day, designed by Bill Barrie. Somecategories may use the \"condensed\" class structure. Fishtrap Lake is about 30 miles southwest of Spokane. Go south from 1-90 Exit 254 about 2 miles and turn left ontoAwards Scroggie Road, which will take you to the Fishtrap Lake Resort where you can pick up your registration packet.All participants in competitive categories (regardless ofresidence) are eligible for Inland Northwest Cup ribbons to be Accommodationspresented to the top three fmishers in each category. InlandNorthwest Cup trophies will be awarded to the top woman on (Please make your own reservations directly.)Red and the top man on Blue. Fishtrap Lake Resort immediately adjacent to the event siteTo be eligible for a Western States Championship ribbon, the offers 30 RV and tent sites and restrooms with running waterparticipant must: but no showers. $12 per nigp.t for sites with electricity and(1) have lived in a Western state (Montana, Wyoming, water, $10 without. Call (509) 235-2284.Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Wasington,Oregon, Nevada, Colorado, Alaska, or Hawaii) six of the Willow Springs Motel, 5 \"B\" Steet, Cheney WA, 15 mi. NEprevious 12 months of Fishtrap Lake. (Eastbound on 1-90 from Fishtrap take exit(2) be a member of USOF 257 to Cheney, westbound from Spokane take exit 270).(3) be eligible for the US championship (US citizen or green Rates including tax: $42.94 for I person, $48.44 for 2,card or dual citizen) $53.95 for 3, $59.45 for 4. Mention \"orienteering\" when making your reservation; rates will be reduced by $5 if weStart Times book 10 rooms. Call (509) 235-5138.Saturday- 1:00 to 3:00P.M. Sprague WA, 9 miles SW of Fishtrap Lake, has two smallSunday - 9:00 to 11:00 A.M. motels: Purple Sage, $29.95 for one person, $36.95 for 2, $43.95Fees and Registration for 3-4. Call (509) 257-2507 or (800) 957-2507. Last Roundup Motel & RV Park has 9 rooms with 1-3Fees per day will be $15.00 ($10.00 for youth 18 and under, beds, prices ranging $40-$69, 13 RV spots for $16 with$5.00 for map hikers) less $3.00 for USOF and COF shower, and 20 tent sites with shower for $10 per night. Callmembers, plus $7.00 for entries postmarked after August 31. (509) 257-2583.Day-care will be available each day for $3/hour for one child,$2/hour for additional children. Sprague Lake Resort, 2 mi. W of Sprague (11 mi. SW ofPlease make checks payable to EWOC in U.S. funds and send Fishtrap Lake), has camping and RV sites with showers. Callentries using the standard USOF entry form to: (509) 257-2864. EWOC Super 8 West Spokane, at 1-90 exit 272, 19 mi. NE of P.O. Box 944 Fishtrap Lake. Call (509) 838-8800. Spokane, WA 99210Saturday DinnerThere will be a dinner at the Willow Springs restaurant in



US TEAM TRIALS US WOC-99 TEAM MEN 1. • Joe Brautigam WCOCDashing Among the Boulders 2. • Eric Bone COC 3. • Peter Nelson USMA 4.• Mark Everett OK 5. • James Scarborough BAOC A wann weekend greeted the Boulder ground dots. (What else did you expect at a alternatesDash-ers on May 1-2, in Hillsborough, NH. Boulder Dash?)The Fox Forest A-meet held by Up North I. Peter Gagarin NEOC declinedOrienteers included special courses for those TEAM TRIALS: THE MENtrying to make the US Team to the 1999 Peter Gagarin commenting on the 2. • Clem McGrath DVOA alternateWorld Champs (WOC). UNO managed to 3. Mihai Veres·control all the details but the temperature. men's field, praised these racers: svo \"Joe (Brautigam), for winning both Before awards, we gathered to hear the 4. Ken Walker, Jr QOCUS WOC-99 Team announced. Great ex- days. He made the very astute observationcitement for some, dashed hopes for others. last week that people should 'try concentrat- 5. Carl Childs GMOC ing on what is important-having a great The Boulder Dash organizers actually run.' . How fine to have said that, and then 6. Ted Good QOCput on three simultaneous events: I) Team gone out and done it.Trials for M/F 21, running on Blue and Red 7. Jean-Joseph Cote UNOcourses designed by Alar Ruutopold; with a \"Eric Bone, for having become a con-Classic Distance on day I and a Short Dis- sistent top finisher, although I don't think he 8. Wyatt Riley BAOC.tance on day 2; 2) arranging for those in Ml is anywhere near realizing his potential.F21 not eligible for (or interested in) the US WOMENTeam to run the same courses after those in \"Pete Nelson, for improving a whole lotthe Team Trials; these were part of the regu- in the last year, and he still has lots more 1. • Pavlina Brautigam wcoclar A-meet with the full range of courses, in- room for improvement. I first realized howcluding extra Red courses on both days for good he had gotten when he won WCOC's 2. • Peggy Dickison OKthose classes not running the Team Trials; A-meet last fall at Pond Mountain (site ofBob Lux designed day I, Ruutopold, day 2; this year's Billygoat, and tough, technical 3. • Karen Williams DVOAand 3) recreational events on White, Yellow, terrain). Is he the best cadet since Mikelland Orange. (Platt)? 4. Sandy Tetreault MOMO declined The courses made good use of the \"Mark Everett, for pulling out a good 5. Karen Muffatti WCOC declinedrocky, hilly, and sometimes thick terrain. run the second day when he needed it.But the older veterans on the Brown course alternatesran long times. Maybe it was the heat, may- \"And even J-J (Jean-Joseph Cote), who,be it was the terrain and the abundant dead- for the first time at an event like this, was a 1. Erin Olafsen UNO declinedfall. The map was revised by Tony Federer, serious contender.with a southwestern comer checked by Ruu- 2. Samantha Saeger NEOC declinedtopold especially for the Team Trials. Ac- \"However, I must point out that thecording to Federer, the map includes 3116 standard for the weekend was set by (Cana- 3. Sharon Crawford RMOC declinedregular-sized boulders, 186 large boulders, dian) Mike Waddington, who ran just over251 boulder field symbols, and 8430 stony 90 minutes on Saturday and 26:30 on Sun- 4. • Eileen Breseman coc day. Mike has developed the abi lity to~ 5. Kris Harrison Q0C declined sistently orienteer till and accurately. None 6. • Sandra Zurcher RMOC of the Americans can manage more than 2 of those 3 qualities. 7. • Jessica Rykken GMOC alternate 8. Janice Huebner coo • =team member or alternate \"What is missing? My guess is that what is needed (in addition to more practice and more race experience under all sorts of conditions) is more mental toughness and concentration during the run . When done right, orienteering is exhausting mentally. When done right, your mind is constantly engaged on navigation matters (present and near future), micro and macro route choices, map reading efticiency, running efticiency, running toughness. the list is a long one. And every time the mind wanders, the op- portunities for mistakes will increase. I see with envy how fast some of you run. You should be orienteering much better, every time.\" Eddie Bergeron, SVO Matt Stuckey, USMA Tora Olafsen, UNOORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999 9

US TEAM TRIALSTop US Team selections (1-r, front row): Peggy Dickison, Peter Nelson, Karen Muffatti; back row : Sandy Te- At the Team Trials, a new generation catches up:treault, Karen Williams, James Scarborough, Pavlina & Joe Brautigam. (Eric Bone & Mark Everett had gone. ) (1 -r) Samantha Saeger & Erin Olafsen.TEAM TRIALS: THE WOMEN helps some, but the US Team does not at- es, including a table at the finish full of bana- Pavlina Brautigam aced the Team tract the level of sponsorship that the Euro- nas, oranges, water, and sport drinks. BoyTrials, just like her husband. Canadian Pam pean teams do. Scout Troop #2 sold snacks. UNO meetJames, was a minute behind on day I, but workers wearing fluorescent orange bunters'ran 2-1/2 minutes faster on the Short courseon day 2. Peggy Dickison ran her usual solid MEET ARRANGEMENTS vests (easy to spot), were available to an-effort to take second Team place. KarenWilliams powered her way onto the team Meet director Lex Bundschuh de- swer questions. The meet program listedwith a super Short course run, after a slow scribed how organizing the Boulder Dash re- nearby scenic and historic sites, includingClassic race on day I. quired a schedule of many months. It started the local stone bridges. with making the map (the sine qua non of Surprising to everyone was the perfor- every 0-event), getting landowner and for- Supper at the Congregational Churchmances of some of the junior women: est permission, assigning crew chiefs- and was all-you-could-eat spaghetti and secondsUNO' s Erin Olafsen, 18, ran so well she was getting course setters working. After weeks on homemade pies. Someone was heard topicked for the first alternate' s position; and and months of seeing to all the details, the say, \"I don't care where in the state you doSamantha Saeger, 16. became second alter- water didn ' t show up on Thursday: the driv- the next A-meet. Just make sure the same la-nate. When both Sandy Tetreault and Karen dies from the church make the dinner!\"Muffatti, discretionary choices for 4th and5th Team places, declined, the two teenagers er for Monadnock Water got sick. Frantic RECREATION-0moved up. But, they decided to go to the phone calls got the water promised for the The recreational weekend events, runJunior World Champs in Bulgaria, not to the next morning. Almost half of UNO's 150(senior) World Champs in Scotland. When members worked on the meet-and partici- by Deb Humiston and Scott Bailey, hadthe shuffling and declining was over, Eileen pants praised their efforts: about I00 starts. A father and son drove 5Breseman and Sandra Zurcher completed hours to see what it was all about. One wom-the Team lineup and Jessica Rykken was the Allmuth Perzel said,\"You worked hard an ran White on Saturday and Orange onalternate. and it showed in what you did.\" Sunday. Another first-timer on Orange said that he ran though the woods to each control , Since the Team members must cover a Sandra Zurcher: \" ...one of the best or- but was met at each control by the same ganized meets I have been to in a long woman-who had walked! How many timessubstantial part of going to the woe them- time .. .thank you for the time and effort.. .\" have we experienced that?selves, cost can become a big obstacle. The Dave Kostansek: \"I made the trip inTeam does fund-raising and the federation from Cleveland, Ohio, and was quite im- pressed with how smoothly everything MEET CREW: Akey family, Jim , Beth, & went, it seems easy.\" Matt Arsenault, Hannah & Scott Bailey, Josh Belida, Ryan Bulker, Lex, Pete, Johnny & Kristine Bunds- UNO provided many thoughtful touch- chuh; Jean-Joseph Cote, Anne Dentino, Bill Doug- las, Neil & Elspeth Faiman & Lynne Pentler, Tony &Minlkm of Top 2from the US/Canada in US Team Trials Minlkm of Fastest on the Advanced Courses Suzanne Federer, Caroline, Desmond & SiobhanBLUE: M21 .llill !!!i!JLk .4&Q!s !!!i!JLk RED Y: M40 1Q1k min/k 6.77k rnillLis Fleming, Susan Fraser, Holly Gallagher, Chris Gar- cia, Doug Gosling, Bill & Charlotte Gray, John &Mike Waddington Can 90:48 7.90 26:29 6.16 Tim Parsons,NEOC 67:42 9.66 75:30 11 .15 Robin Harding, Deb Humiston, Ruth Johnson, Amy Kane, Maureen, Bob & Patrick Knepp, Ed Kotow-MikeSmith Can 102:32 8.92 29:16 6.81 GREEN Y\" M50 ~ rnillLis 5.J.5.is rnillLis ski, Jonie LaBombard; Nancy, John , Kate, & Jen Le- febvfe , Ernst Linder, Bob & Beth Lux, Ron & JodiJoeBrautigam US 101 :46 8.86 32:34 7.57 Charlie DeWeese,NEOC 68:06 12.97 57:55 11.25 Maniscalco, Patrick & Emma Marr, Mary Marsh, Kathy McArdle, Bill & Abby Noyce, Tracy & ToraEric Bone US 103:33 9.01 33:27 7.78 GREEN X\" F50 ~ rnillLis 5.J.5.is mirlLk Olafsen, Jon Reeves, Alar & Eva Ruutopold, NancyREOX· F21 a.Ik rnillLis ~ rnillLis Gail Gagarin,NEOC 79:45 15.46 68:33 13.31 Sankus, Paul Schmidt, Donn Springer, Steve Tarry, Christine & Matt Tinkham, Mark Thomas, LuannPam James Can 88:25 10.16 27:41 8.36 BROWN: M70 3l2!s min/k !m rnillLis Varney, Bob, Jeanne & Emily Walsh. Special thanks 9.12 to Forester Ken DeMaris and the abutting landown-Pavlina Brautigam us 87:37 10.07 30:12 Jim Browne,DVOA 79:57 21.26 76:57 18.32 9.39 ers for their help and cooperation.Peggy Dickison us 104:19 11.99 31 :04 9.74Sandy Smith Can 98:59 11 .38 32:1510 ORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999

11TEAM SELECTION PROCESS US Team Trials Scores for the Team for WOC-99, top 20 placesSelecting a US Team for WOC-99 WOMEN Day I Day I Day2 Day2 Thtal ~ from a report by Don Davis £l Naml: ~ .fui.n1s 30:12 .fui.n1s 200.00 31:04 190.10 The US Team to represent the US at the World Championships in I Pavlina Brautigam 87:37 100.0 100.0Augu$t was chosen by a selection committee after the Team Trials. 2 Peggy Dickison 94:19 92.9 32:10 97.2 177.00This year's selectors were Don Davis and Bruce Wolfe, both former 3 Karen Williams 105:26 83.1 33:59 170.40US Team members (now outstanding racers in their age groups); the 107:29 47:39 93.9 161.60third member was Ann Dentino,Jormerly on the Standing Team. 4 Erin Olafson 89:20 81.5 41:02 88.9 158.30 5 Sandy Tetreault 98.1 38:13 63.6 146.90 The top three scorers (men and women) in the Team Trials were 6 Karen Muffatti 103:27 84.7 45:03 73 .6 145.70automatic selections. On each day, the winners received 100 points; 7 Sharon Crawford 129:01 67.9 47:00 79.0 138.60the other racers got scores lower in proportion to how much slower 8 Eileen Breseman 111:25 78.6 44:08 67.0they were. The two-day point totals gave the final scores (not the 2-day 9 Samantha Saeger 40:08 64.3 135.60time totals). People who couldn't take part in the Team Trials could 10 Jessica Rykken 117:51 74.3 43:57 68.4 134.01petition the Team's Executive Steering Committee (ESC) ahead oftime II Kris Harrison 130:26 67.2 48:20 75.2 133.95to ask for consideration. The fourth and fifth Team positions and the 12 Sandra Zurcher 149:07 58.8 48:20 68.7 129.20alternates were discretionary choices. 13 Nancy Koehler 134:18 65.2 46:19 62.5 129.00 14 Janice Huebner 131:23 66.7 42:13 62.5 Don Davis chaired the committee, so we asked how they did their 131:44 66.5 50:11 128.90work. Davis said, \"I knew .. .it would not be easy, that I would certainly 15 Beatrice Zurcher 137:33 63.7 44:28 65.2 125.20take some heat. .. that's the way it's been at every Team Trials... when 16 Corrine Porter 163:14 53.7 48:14 71.5 122.60discretion is part of the process, it's to be expected...\" 17 Mariead 0' Keefe 140:17 62.5 56:17 60.2 121.50 18 Kate Jensen 163:22 53.6 67.9 121.10 Davis approved of the Trials' events, Classic (long) race on day I 19 Clare Durand 149:41 58.5 62.6 117.20and a Short race on day 2, but felt this format made choosing very diffi- 20 Barbara Bryant 137:50 63.6 53 .7cult, because except for the top two places on both days, the rest of thefield \"started to rock n' roll\" all over the results page on day 2, com- MEN Day I Day I Day2 Day2 Thtalpared to the day I placings. £l Naml: ~ .fui.n1s ~ .fui.n1s 200.00 Anticipating that people would want to know quickly who was on 195.60the Team, they studied the records of potential competitors well before I Joe Brautigam 101:46 100.0 32:34 100.0 190.10the competition. Davis is confident that \"the Team would not have 2 Eric Bone 103:33 98.3 33:27 97.4 186.20changed significantly (even) with additional time\" .. .and he was 3 Peter Nelson 103:22 98.5 35:33 91.6 181.24pleased with the harmony on the selection committee. 4 Peter Gagarin 112:07 90.8 34:08 95.4 181.18 112:41 90.3 90.9 181.15 They all agreed on the following principles: I) age would be a 5 Clem McGrath 119:34 85.1 35:49 96.1 177.60factor, i.e., if all oth.er factors were equal, in a close decision between 6 Mark Everett 107:44 94.5 33:54 86.7 175.50two orienteers, they would favor youth ... the men's coach had agreed 7 Carl Childs 106:48 95 .3 37:34 82.3 174.70strongly in a letter to them. An inherent drawback is that juniors have 8 Mihai Veres 117:21 86.7 39:35 88.8 173.60little or no ranking information from which to compare them with the 9 Jean-Joseph Cote 114:42 88.7 36:41 86.0 172.20M/F21 's. As a result, a few older competitors believed that their expe- 10 Sergey Velichko 87 .7 37:52 85.9 171.60rience was unfairly overlooked in favor of the juniors selected; 2) ab- II James Scarborough 116:01 86.2 37:56 86.0 167.60sentees who wanted to be considered for the Team, had to submit ape- 118:01 83.2 37:53 88.4 166.90tition. One selector felt that Mikell Platt, #I in the 1998 USOF 12 Bruce Wolfe 122:18 74.6 36:50 93.0rankings, should be named to the Team, despite his not showing an in- 13 Wyatt Riley 136:26 80.4 35:01 86.5 162.70terest. But, they stuck with the petition requirement-their only real 14 Ted Good 126:31 75.7 37:40 87.0 162.60disagreement. The rest was straightforward. Small disagreements on 15 Man Stuckey 134:24 83.6 37:26 79.0 161.00exact placement on the list got resolved quickly. No one dominated 121:43 79.1 41:14 81.9 159.50the process- all contributed equally. 16 Eddie Bergeron 128:36 71.9 39:46 87.6 155.20 141:31 83.4 71.8 Davis praised Wyatt Riley for quickly producing the list of \"nor- 17 Scott Pleban 121:57 37:10malized\" 2-day total rankings of the competitors, based on the program 18 Jeff Saeger 45:22used for the annual USOF rankings system. 19 Erin Taylor 20 Dave KostansekDON DAVIS' PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS could benefit from the experience and just may be a threat to medal in Two personal observations: I) the age issue: I know some disa- the future? Realistically, if neither the junior nor the veteran named togreement exists in USOF about picking a junior over an older person, the team now are going to make the A-final at the next WOC, doesn't itparticularly when the older person beat that junior at the Team Trials. make more sense to give the junior the experience? (I know the argu-Well, it's not that simple. The junior had be close to the older person in ment that placing a junior under such pressure could destroy his will totime, or have demonstrated the ability to compete at the elite level try again, but I believe that the potential benefits outweigh that.)(\"US\" elite level) in the past year. And the older person had to be vete-ran (i.e. 35 years or over); \"over the hill\" by IOF elite standards! 2) This year's Team Trials makes me conclude we should limit fu-We've got to nurture and promote our potentially good juniors in ture Team Trials only to those who intend to compete in the WOC if se-hopes that they may someday be credible on the international level. Al- lected. I know this is controversial, but here's why: having been in-though there's no guarantee that our best juniors (I mean 16-22 years volved with the selection process several times, it's obvious to me thatold) will continue the interest and dedication required to be a threat on the selection process is complicated enough without having to deal withthe international level in the future, it's a given that the \"40-ish\" crowd competitors who you know have absolutely no intention of competing inwill never be a future threat on the international elite level. Does it WOC. I'm not advocating restricting who can compete-at this point. Imake sense to reward somebody with a \"Lifetime Achievement realize that some who make the team may have to bow out before theAward\" by naming him to the team instead of a younger person, who woe for various reasons-financial being an obvious one. I'm target- ing the ones who just seek the prestige of being named to the WOC team without any intention of going. Indeed, the selection committee's orders from the ESC were to ignore whether or not someone being considered would go to the WOC. We adhered to these orders, but it was tough. To the elites I'm refering to: I understand your desire to see how you compare with others vying for a spot on the WOC Team. But you should be able to adequately satisfy that need by competing in the same category as the Canadians and the other non-eligibles did at the Team Trials this year. Same course, same day-but with a later start. As for the \"ptestige\" argument, you should be able to satisfy your ego via the pub- lished results of the Team Trials event, the annual ran kings, plus the an- nual Standing Team list. To me this only makes sense. 'ORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999 11

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~~~~~~toNew+~ ~ paved road, narrow paved mad dirt mad, driveway IRONIDLL jeep trail, large footpath 1999 US Short Course Champs small footpath, indistinct trail (Blue course shown in blue, narrow ride, footbridge Red course in purple) t=::;:::'~::::j fences: uncrossable, cmssable f-.-~~ ruined fence, stone wall n - • • cliffs, boulders A '• ~ boulder cluster, boulder field :·:. ·: .-.:..-. stony ground, broken earth ooi •c::oo buildings, ruins v o • rocky p~. cairn, misc. object tower, huntefs stand ~ stream, seasonal stream spring, trickle well, waterhole pond, lake, swimming pool contours, downhill tag ....-~formline small knoll, dry d~ch small depression, p~ rootstock, log pile m - steep bank, earth wall · , gravel parl<ing area, paved area vegetation: fl!lht, walk slow run, normal forest (wh~e) 1111111111111 undergrowth: walk, slow run • o lone trees: conifer, deciduous open land, w/scatlered trees rough open, w/scattered trees treefarrn, cemetery distinct vegetation boundary '-------' development boundary Northwestern Delaware+0 250 500 mware Valley Orienteering Association. All rights reserved . This ced from aerial and field surveys and may not be reproduced of the area depicted are private. Possession of this map does more information about this map or the sport of orienteering, Spring City, PA 19475, 610-792-0502, frankdvoa@aol.com.

USOF CONVENTION WEEK 1999 US SHORT DISTANCE CHAMPS1999 USOF Convention and M21 Joe Brautigam WCOC F21 M20 Karen Williams DVOA F20Freedom Orienteering-Fest M35 Greg Walker QOC F35 M40 Erin Olafsen UNO F40 M45 Dan Meenehan OK F45 Eight years ago the Delaware Valley 0 - discussions after events, trammg, control- M50 Amy Kane UNOAssociation held a super Convention for the picking, and all kinds of fun, sightseeing, FSOUS Orienteering Federation at West Chester swimming, and socializing. M55 Tim Good QOC(PA) State University. This summer, June F5525 to July 5, DVOA held another USOF The US Foot-0 Team, thanks to Bruce M60 Tracey Olafsen UNOConvention, this time at the Church Farm Wolfe' s Silent Auction all week, raised over F60School, a boys' prep school, in Exton-and $1000 in contributions. A Raffle for the Ski- M65 Bruce Wolfe BAOCagain, it was wonderful. 0 Team earned $225 when Berman's Orien- F65 teering Supply offered a Suunto packback M70 Diana Todd QOC Small white dorm buildings set on with attached seat as the prize. Judy Dickin- F70grassy lawns sit under a tall canopy of very son of HVO was the lucky winner. The Jun- MIS Walter Siegenthaler COKold elms, oaks and maples. Across a busy ior Team also got into the fund-raising ef- F18state road from the dorms are the administra- fort: overseen by Mike Minium and Jeff M16 Gail Gagarin NEOCtive and classroom building where we met Saeger, they sold refreshments at 0-meets F16for the seminars, the outdoor swimming and helped with the History-0. They also MI4 Francis Hogle, LII QOCpool, and other school structures. The served ice cream at the annual 0/NA Ice Fl4School required that we all use \"the-tunnel- Cream Social and $321 was generously do- Ml2 Judy Dickinson HVOunder-the-road\" or else-we did-that road nated by Lovers of the cool stuff. Fl2traffic made it difficult even for cars to get MIO John Edwards DVOAfrom one side to the other. Any way to keep cool was welcome FlO that last week of June into early July as tem- Marit Davis QOC The Annual Convention always gives peratures rose into the upper 90s F. TheUSOF members from around the country a rooms weren't air conditioned, but many Sandy Heath DVOAchance to come together, meet old friends raided the local super-stores for fans, andand make new ones, learn about the federa- even brought them to every seminar. The Barb Sleight CNYOtion's activities, elect officers and decide im- swimming pool at the School proved a virtu-portant issues, enjoy 0 -competitions and 0- al magnet for young and old. (Even your cra- Bruce McAlister SAMMactivities, and explore the local cultural and zy editors who roller-skied on the School'sscenic opportunities. The daily schedule in- back road, jumped in one day .) Caroline Ringo DVOAcluded an 0-meet or fun 0-activity, sight-seeing attractions near the 0 -event, and, Several nights live music added to the Chris Gross DVOAback at the school, interesting seminars. pleasure of the social activities. A pianist,Evening socials were woven into the mix. Ed Palimar, a friend of convention director Kelly Lamb VULC Jack Williams, played on Saturday night at Most important for USOF's future de- the social which signalled the beginning of Kyle Tarry UNOvelopment were the Junior Activities, coor- the Convention. At the Ice Cream Socialdinated by Janet Porter. This year about Tuesday night, in full costume, Lukens Ger- Hillary Saeger NEOCthree dozen young people took part. The jun- man Band (in which Williams plays), playediors had technical activities: route choice on a dorm porch nearby. Eric Menendez DVOA Emily Marr UNO Addison Cole DVOA Ellen Tarry UNO Troy Menendez DVOA Iolanthe Good QOC 1999 US RELAY CHAMPS 4-Point Teams DVOA: Chris Gross , Karen Williams, Ed White, Clem McGrath 8-Point Teams NEOC: Samantha Saeger, Hillary Saeger, Jeff Saeger, Peter Gagarin 1999 US NIGHT-0 CHAMPS M21 Eric Bone COC F21 M20 Angelika Riley DVOA F20 M35 Patrick Shannon HVO F35 M40 Suzanne Armstrong SLOC F40 M45 Ted Good QOC F45 M50 Clare Durand LAOC F50 M55 Tim Good Q0C F55 M60 Laurie Searle GAOC F70 M 18 Ernst Linder UNO M 16 Fl6 Janet Tryson EMPO M14 F I4 Steve Willman RMOC M 12 F12 Gail Gagarin NEOC MIO Peter Gagarin NEOC Judy Dickinson HVO Bill Shannon HVO Caroli ne Ringo DVOA Chris Gross DVOA Joel Rauschenbach OCIN Hillary Saeger NEOC Eric Menendez DVOA Siobhan Fleming NEOC Nathan Menendez DVOA Ellen Tarry UNO Troy Menendez DVOA Trail-0 at Nottingham County Park: at this viewing point, 4 0-flags are in the terrain . Which flag represents the Those on the meal plan at the School one is circled on the map and described? Dick Neuburger (standing) and Gale Teschendorf (bent over) ponder. didn' t have a chance to diet: a delicious buf- fet confronted them at each meal. Thursday,ORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999 activities moved to the Myrick Conservation Center near West Chester: canoeing in the morning, picnic lunch, USOF Board meeting or Center nature programs in the afternoon, 13

USOF CONVENTION WEEKthen a cookout in the evening, followed by a 4-Point Teams -US RELAY CHAMPS- 8-Point Teamsconcert in a natural amphitheatre on the Cen-ter's grounds. The famous Barbone Street Beno~ Letourneau - Can leg time elaptime elap time leg time Steve Gregg • BAOCJazz Band delivered toe-stomping Dixieland Dan Meehan - OK ORANGE Samantha Saeger- NEOCjazz to orienteers and Center members. Then Sergey Velichko- DVOAa 15:53 ORANGE Erin Olafsen- UNOaa Night-O on the grounds. Partick Shannon - HVO 15:59 YELLOW 17:02 Tora Olafsen- UNOb Greg Walker- QOC 16:50 32:15 17:19 Gene Wee - PTOC/OK\"DON'T-MISS\" SEMINARS Scott Pflum - BB 17:03 32:56 17:25 JimHaii-COK The Convention seminars made choos- Syd Reader· BAOCb 17:24 33:09 18:11 Kyle Tarry- UNOc Chris Gross - DVOAb 17:35 33:12 21:51 Gregg Tryson • EMPOing difficult, because they all sounded great: 17:39 33:20 22:04 Finance for Orienteers, 15 years of Piaras deCieir- HVO 18:45 33:41 22:21 Nancy Koehler- UNOa Ken Walker, Sr • QOC 39:19 22:23 Hilary Saeger· NEOCOrienteering North America, The Friendly Fred Markey- BB 15:12 Marty Hawkes-Teeter- EMPO0-Ciub, Beginning Mapping (i, II, III), GPS Peggy Dickison -OK 15:32 YELLOW Greta Olafsen - UNObTracking for the Orienteer, Caving and 3D Karen Williams - DVOAb 15:34 35:17 17:52 Laurie Wolfe - BAOCMaps, How to Get a 50 l .c.3 (tax exemption) Marie Catherine Bruno - Can 17:13 35:36 18:17 Steve Willman - RMOCfor your Club, Lyme Disease, Trail-0, Activ- Mary Frank· DVOAa 14:35 39:45 17:22 Amy Fuller· HVObity String-0, The Corporate Connection, So 17:48 40:05 21 :54You want to Hold an A-meet, Physical Ther- 22:29 42:12 25:10apy, Beginning OCAD. We couldn' t get to 42:28 20:01all them, but here are a few we sat in on: 43:13 18:27 Friendly 0 -Ciubs session suggested: Boris Granovskiy • HVO 39:18 GREEN BROWN 34:30 Jeff Saeger- NEOCclub greeters for new folks, social events, us- Ed Wh~e • DVOAb 39:11 71:33 70:06 39:46 Steve Tarry- UNOaing the 0-net/web site to help provide infor- Mike Eglinski -OK 40:21 72:31 75:03 40:56 Wa~er Siegenthaler- COKmation, tracking who comes, getting on your Pam James - Can 41 :06 73:33 84:36 42:28 Dan Greene - BAOClibrary's list of local organizations, big scale Dan Walker -QOC 42:10 74:47 84:40 44:45 Tracey Olafsen- UNObmaps for beginners, maps near cities, ex- 75:06 84 :50press registration for regulars, newcomers' Clem McGrath • DVOAb 39:07 GREEN 38:45 Peter Gagarin- NEOCevents with club \"buddies\" helping. Greg Ba~er • HVO 40:34 RED 108:51 38:52 Ernst Linder- UNOa Mark Everett -OK 41:01 111:38 113:55 39:33 Bruce Wolfe - BAOC CPA Catherine Yekenevicz led the Ken Walker- QOC 39:32 112:07 124:13 42:48 llari Gronholm - COKgroup through some of the mysteries of get- Joe Brautigam - Can 41:21 114:34 127:24 42:37 Steve Olafsen - UNObting a tax exempt status for 0-clubs, an- 114:38 127:27swered questions on what might be involved 116:08in having the federation get a blanket statusfor its clubs. First, she said, check the IRS goal of growth. People listed perceived ob- work, but the rest is thick, thicker and rocky,web site: $5000 is the threshold income a stacles to growth and possible solutions. and there is housing around the edge. Weclub takes in before it has to file with the took shuttle buses from a high school park-IRS , under tax exempt or tax-paying status. US SHORT DISTANCE CHAMPS ing lot to the start, because not enough park-She also pointed out that the IRS has a spe- The competition schedule began on ing was available in the park. The first twocial oftice that deals with not-for-profit or- controls were in a very detailed area; the restganizations, and that she has found it very June 26, with the US Short Champs on Iron of the terrain was blander.helpful. A tax exempt designation may allow Hill in Newark, DE. Lucky it was a shorta club to accept tax-deductible donations and race because temperatures were in the 90's Joe Brautigam, WCOC, and Karen Wil-many other benefits. As a result of her infor- F. Iron Hi II is a small area: the I : I 0,000 liams, DVOA, won the US titles in M/F21.mation, USOF is looking into what it advice scale map tits on an 8-1/2\" x II\" page with Each was a second finisher. Almost 4 min-it should give its clubs about this issue. lots of space left over. About half is relative- utes ahead of Brautigam was Nick Duca, a ly open forest with an extensive trail net- Romanian living in Canada; the US men ' s Chris Cassone is an orienteer whoturned his hobby into a money-paying occu- Winning 4-pt Relay Team (1-r):Chris Gross, Clem Winning 8-pt Relay Team (1-r): Peter Gagarin,pation. He urged the group not to undervalue McGrath, Karen Williams, and Ed White. Hillary, Samantha, and Jeff Saegerwhat they have to offer to corporations whowant team-building or fun activities for their ORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999employees. \"Don' t give away for free whatthey are willing and eager to pay for,\" hecounselled. He started giving \"TreasureHunt\" birthday parties, and those satisfiedclients led him into arranging 0 -type eventsfor the corporate world. He is now directingeducational activities for the Brunton Com-pany of Wyoming (distributor of Nexuscompasses). A lively discussion followed;many of those in the room who have orga-nized events for Scouts, schools, and busi-nesses sharing experience. At the President' s Conference, GaryKraght led a discussion about the federation14

USOF CONVENTION WEEKSam Smith of Georgia demonstrates GPS tracking on his computer screen. You .::-: • New officers for the USOF Board of Directors (1-r): At-large member, Barb Sleightrace was very tight: Brautigam 33 : 12, Mark Gagarin from NEOC won the 8-pt team title; then had to backtrack to find the correct one.Everett 33:33, Eric Bone 33:55. Pam James, 4 Walkers took fourth in the 4-pt team race; But he finished. (What a guy!)the top woman on the Canadian Team, beat and the Olafsens from UNO had enough toWilliams by over 5 minutes. And, 4 minutes put 4 on one 8-pt team and 1on another. Because Irving has a heart conditionin back of her, a surprising result, Kris Harri- and must walk his courses, he expects toson beat Peggy Dickison by a minute. The chart of leg finishers shows the compete in the Trail-0 World Cup, the first progress of the top 4-pt and 8-pt teams. The one, in Scotland. It will be held with WOC- Almost 250 competed: strong fields in many wide open fields at Mount Joy allowed 99 in August.most of the upper age classes, including teammates to follow the progress of the re-three in M70. Closest race of the day was the lay easily. Except that it was devilishly hot, TRAIL-0five second difference in MI4 between Eric the competition was thrilling, and the orga- On Tuesday, a Trail-0 event and a GPSMenendez in 18:17 and Marty Hawkes- nizers put out plenty of water.Teeter (actually 12) in 18:22. Also, in Ml2, demonstration shared Nottingham Park, notthe first three were within the same minute: US NIGHT-0 CHAMPS far from the morning's Flower-0 at world fa-Addison Cole won in 20:23; second. Hunter The US Night-0 Champs followed a mous Longwood Botannical Gardens. In theCornish, 20:29; third, Rob Tryson, 21:13. Trail-0, Estonian visitor Taavi Tatsi got all full day of convention seminars. It took place 12 controls correct. But of the seven peopleUS RELAY CHAMPS in Brandywine State Park in Delaware, a 40- with II right, the top 4 were juniors. Almost The US Relay Champs were at Valley minutes drive from the School. The map ter- 80 tried this precision form of orienteering, rain was fairly thick, and a rain shower be- where the ability to relate the map to the ter-Forge National Park, the Mount Joy map, on fore the event left trees and bushes drip- rain is what counts, not physical ability orJune 27. The weather was even hotter than ping-which soon soaked the competitors. speed. Ties are broken at two special con-the day before. The Relays have two classes: The US M/F21 champions Eric Bone and trols where the time for decision-making is4-point and 8-point teams,each with four Angelica Riley finished second to Romanian taken .legs. Point values are: 14 & under and 60 & Nick Duca and Canadian Pam James. Al-over, 3 pts; 15-16, 2 pts; 17-20 & 35-49, I pt; most 120 competed, a large field for a Night- FRENCH CREEK A-MEET2 pts extra for females of any age; men 21-34 0. A protest about the placement of a control The mid-week 0-event used the French= 0 pts. So, a 4-pt team can have 2 M21 s, an on the edge of a clearing was disallowed byM20 and an F35. An 8-pt team can include the jury and two competitors were allowed to Creek North map. In this forest US orient-an F 16, an F45, an M40, and an M21. The 4- take \"sporting withdrawals\". eers tirst learned about the ubiquitous char-pt team must have at least 4 points; an 8-pt coal platforms (for the unitiated, leveled are-team must have at least 8 pts. Creating com- Dave Irving, memory-0 \"champ\" in the as about 20 feet in diameter where charcoalbinations is part of the strategy. It can give daytime, did it at night this time. First, he was made over a century ago). This forest isevery member of a club the chance to be im- studied the map for an hour, noting to us that fairly open, but its bland hillsides offer fewportant to the relay team's success. the lower visibility at night, makes it a lot point features besides the charcoal platforms harder to recognize where you are. Irving and some stripes of stony ground. About 140 The 4 pt teams ran on Orange (3.7km), makes a mental image of the terrain, but at raced. The weather was actually pleasant:Yellow (2.3km), Green (5.7km), and Red night you see only a small area of the terrain. gone was the humidity of the previous days,(6.5km) legs, totalling 18.2 km. The 8-pt Even with a headlamp, possible terrain fea- though the temperatures were in the upperteams ran the same Orange and Yellow legs, tures are often in the shadows. At night he 70's F. The closest race of the day was inthen a Brown (4.2 km), and then the Green uses his compass, which he rarely does by M21 between Estonian Tatsi and Romanianfor a total of 15.9 km. There were 16 4-pt day. He did confess to having some prob- Nick Duca: 73:20 to 73:34. Tatsi creditedteams and 34 8-pt teams (200 runners in all); lems in an area which had changed substan- his new 0-shoes with giving him the edge.some clubs entered several teams. tially from what was on the map (a rough open area which now had a tree canopy over After the competition, Flo Williams, a Several families fielded, or almost it); and took the wrong trail several times, \" pro\" at historical re-enactments, wore afielded, their own teams: 3 Saegers and a mid-19th century dress and bonnet to give aORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999 15

USOF CONVENTION WEEKtalk and tour at Hopewell Furnace, a nation- Board seat. (For the results of regional elec- THE CHURCH FARM SCHOOLal Historic Site at French Creek . (Hopewell tions, see the list of Board members on theFurnace was an iron blast furnace which first USOF News page.) Headmaster Terry Shreiner addressedneeded to bum charcoal-the reason for all the USOF members at the Annual Generalthe charcoal platforms in the surrounding Presidential awards, made by outgoing Meeting in the School chapel. The Schoolforest-because it burned cleaner and hotter president Gary Kraght, went to Liz Kotow- was started as a boys' college preparatorythan wood.) ski, VP Marketing & Publicity; Jon Reeves; program in 1918 by his grandfather, the first (new grandmother) Robin Shannonhouse, headmaster. Shreiner's father followed him,USOF BUSINESS USOF Executive Director of the federation; and now he serves. This fall, the School ex- On Thursday, Board members ap- and Sara Mae and Larry Berman. pects 175-180 students from about 25 states and foreign countries. The School is \"mis-proved a contract with Donna Fluegel of The annual Silva Award for Service sion-driven\", not \"tuition-driven\". Tuition,Connecticut to provide USOF with a maga- went, by a unanimous vote of the Executive on a sliding scale basis, helps boys whozine for its membership from October l, Committee, to Mikell Platt. (see page 5) could otherwise not afford to come. At first,1999 till the end of 2000, with a 6-months' the boys studied and farmed. But to meet to-notice of termination. In a close vote, the Three more competitions followed the day's job needs, every boy gets a laptop andBoard gave the nod to HYO (NY) ver QOC Convention: On July 3, an A-meet at Rocky all the desks and dorm rooms are wired to re-(VA) for the 2000 North American Champs. Ridge near York, PA, was held jointly by ceive them. Convention director WilliamsThe 2000 Intercollegiate Champs went to SVO, QOC, and US Team members.lt was a praised the School staffs cooperation.BOK(NC). thick area, with many rocky features and lots of trai Is. In a different part of the same park, a CONVENTION/MEET WORKERS: Although The Annual General Meeting on Friday \"Park\" event, fast, open running with a mass convention director Jack Williams said there wereincluded reports from the vice presidents start, took place on July 4. The final event, a 100 workers, they were everywhere-so it seemedabout the committees they supervise, elec- B-meet, moved to French Creek East on July like more. Here are some of the chiefs: ombudsman,tion of officers, approving a technical 5. Altogether, a very busy 10 days of 0- Marsha Menendez; registrar, Tim Walsh; treasurer,change in the bylaws (evening up the num- races, fun, and federation activities: well Mary Frank; junior program coordinator, Janet Port-ber of vice-presidents elected each year), done, DVOA and all the allied clubs. er; 0-Fest chiefs: Sandy Fillebrown, Clem McGrath,and awards for service. Mary Frank, Harvey Lape, Doug Reece, Rick Slater, In 2000, USOF's Annual Convention Kent Shaw, Fred Kruesi, Bob Meyer, Ron Wood, Ed Chuck Ferguson of GAOC was elected will be in early August, in the Sierras near Scott, Gayle Kupcho, Eddie Bergeron, Brad Whit-president; his wife Linda, Board Secretary; Lake Tahoe again, put on by the Bay Area more, John Campbell and Carol Nowak. Warmand Barb Sleight of CNYO to the At-Large 0-Ciub. Plan for it-you and your family thanks to School headmaster Terry Shreiner, food will have a great time! service chief Claudia Rose Muir, and administrators on duty Bill Wentzel & Jose Sanchez.(\" ORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999

22nd Annual West Point Invitational 18-19 September 1999 Overview Meet FeesThe United States Military AcademyOrienteering Club invites you to compete in Make checks payable to: Cadet Activitiesthe 22\"d Annual West Point Invitational. Theclass A meet will be held on September 18-19 Fundnear West Point, New York, on some of themost scenic landscapes on the East Coast. Please--U.S. Funds omy_Competition will start at 10:00 am on Saturdayand 8:00 am on Sunday with lodging available Adult (19 or over) Entrance Fee (per $19at Camp Buckner. Both days will use the LakePopolopen map, 1:15,000, 5 m contours, oerson oer day)revised 1996. Both days' meet site will belocated at Camp Buckner. 0-signs will be Junior (18 or under) Entrance Fee $12posted to direct you . Visit our web site at:http://www.dean.usma .edu/geo/clubs/o_team/ (oer person per day) Map Hike, per mao $6 Discount for USOF, COF, IOF per $-3 oerson per day (Provide #) Late Registration Fee (postmarked $5 after Sept 4} Barracks Housing (Weekend) $12 Barracks Housing (1 NiQht Only) $6 Camping (Per night - covers use of $3 Schedule showers, latrines, etc.)Day Time Event Saturday Dinner iAdult) $817SEP 6-10 pm Check-In at meet HQ Saturday Dinner (Children 12 or $418SEP under)19 7-10 am Check-In at meet HQ T-shirts (Free for the first 250 pre- FreeSEP 10 am First Start 6 pm Dinner at Barth Hall registered competitors) 7-9 pm Course Critiques T-shirts $10 7-9 am Check-In at meet HQ 8 am First Start Mailed Results $2 2 pm Awards Ceremony Military Discount (Active, Reserve, $-2 Retired) per da}'_ Collegiate Discount (with Student 10) $-2 per day USMA Cadets Free Meet OfficialsMeet Director: COT Sean McCafferty Registration Cadet Nate Kutsko is handling registration forCourse Setter: COT Matt Stuckey the meet this year. Please register using the standard USOF entry forms (found in ONA orRegistrar: COT Nate Kutsko our web page) and mail to the registrar. If you have a special request for start times, pleaseOfficer in Charge: MAJ Stephen Myers tell us early and we will do our best to accommodate you.Meet Consultant: Paul Regan, HVO The deadline for registration will be September 4. Please add $5.00 fee for any late entriesCourse Consultant: Paul Bennett, HVO postmarked after September 4, 1999. Dinner I Course Critique Mailing address:We will have a pasta dinner Saturday night in Cadet Nate KutskoBarth Hall located at Camp Buckner. After c/o MAJ Stephen Myersdinner, we will have a projector set up for a USMA; Dept. of G&EnEcourse critique. If you would like a reservation West Point, NY 10996for the dinner, please indicate so on lines 7 &16 on the entry form . Continental breakfaststyle items and snacks will be available for aminimal cost.

CANOE-0A 3-Time USCA Canoe-0 I used a flat compass taped to a thwart so I couldn't see it either.Champion Reveals All If you use reading glasses, wear them,by Aims Coney or hang them around your neck ready for use. Better yet, for $20 at a drugstore, I WINNING CANOE-0 to go because everything you see around you found stick-on, half-round reading lenses. I At Lock Haven (PA) last July, theca- lines up with the map in your hand. put them in my wrap-around sunglasses and now have a perfect combination of glare pro- noe-orienteering field was incredulous when I've found that a basic wrist compass tection and magnification. an obviously out-of-shape, middle-aged works best for canoe-0. Your hands stay man (me) paddling C-1 had the best time free and it stays with you when you jump out Rig for fast portaging. Make sure every-overall, beating the fastest C-2 by over four of the boat. If you're going C-2, both pad- thing is tied-in . Set up your C-2 so both your minutes. I was stunned too because some dlers need a compass. and your partner' s paddles and the boat can very good paddlers competed. Afterwards be carried solo.Jim Mack asked me to share my competitive Second, a 75-cent clipboard can savesecrets with the readers of Canoe News. you many minutes and also help keep ·your Wear running shoes. People who showKnowing well that by revealing them, I will map dry. If your competition stuffs the map up in flip-flops inevitably lose. never win again, I nevertheless agreed. in a pocket, they're at a disadvantage be- cause they can't study it and plan routes TACTICS How have I won every canoe-0 meet while paddling. Always know where you are on the mapI've entered for over a decade? The answermust be that canoe racers don' t orienteer ef- As you proceed through the course, the and know which way you're heading. If youficiently, and orienteers don't paddle fast. clipboard allows you to re-orient the map as don't know where you are, STOP, and figureSomeone like me, an intermediate in the in- you change direction. When you leave the it out before proceeding. You could be head-dividual sports, seems to shine when I com- canoe to run, just unclip the map and then ed 180 degrees in the wrong direction!bine them. snap it back in when you return. Don't forget to rotate the map so what's I think that canoe racers can probably In my C-1, I mount my clipboard be- ahead is on top. Match features you seebecome winning canoe-orienteers more tween my legs on the seat frame. In a C-2, I ahead to features on the map. Rememberquickly and less expensively than top foot- have a clipboard for each paddler. In the that the perspective from a canoe is quite dif-orienteers who start with canoeing. Canoe stem, I suspend it with wire ties between the ferent from the map's bird's eye view, maderacers already own a fast, light boat, and foot-brace and rear thwart. For bow, I trim even harder by the expanses visible over wa-know how to paddle and portage fast. the clipboard to a broad, inverted \"V\" and ter. When you figure out where you are, slip tape it across the gunwales, making sure to a stick under the clipboard clip as a pointer In this article, I divulge secrets needed leave room to hold the canoe's carry handle. so your eye goes right back to that spot theto succeed at orienteering. By applying map.them, you can win most local canoe-0 meets Don ' t let your map tum to mush half-and may have a good shot at winning the way . For a dry map, use a flat, clear plastic Plot your route several moves in ad-USCA Championship! bag. Never touch your map with wet hands, vance. On your way to control I, plan your always handle it through the bag. Often the route to controls 2 and 3. Modify your The most important secret of canoe-0: meet director has plastic map cases, but be planned route as you get a feel for the map.don ' t paddle, run . We' ve all had the same ex- prepared with your own. Use a bag with an Keep scanning for shortcuts. Don't lock intoperience, 'busting our butt' in mid-river open end, not a zip-lock, even if you have to route choices if they stop making sense.while joggers on shore easily pull away. In cut the zip lock off. As you handle the mapcanoe-0 , given a choice between paddling during the event, the zip lock will trap air Find ways to leave the canoe and run.and running the same distance, running, even and the bag will become an air pillow while At Lock Haven last year, one control wasif carrying the canoe, is usually the faster. open-ended bag lets air belch out and stays way up a long tributary. Others were content flat. to fight the current, but I noticed a parallel Of course, it is more complicated than railroad bed and ran up and back in less timejust running. As always, read that map! Be Give your eyes an easy target. Before than they took to go just upstream.sure the shoreline around the bend doesn't you put your map in the bag, fold back irrel-tum into a swamp or that an uncrossable side evant sections. As you proceed around the If you're a C-2, a good tactic is to splitstream doesn't intrude. course, fold the map, and the case right with up. One of you runs with the punch card and it, so that you can concentrate only on the the other moves the canoe to a rally point. At To determine which running options next few course legs. In foot-0, competitors Syracuse in 1996, I was with Barry Fifieldwill work, make sure the meet director de- mark their place with their thumb. For ca- and we noticed the next five controls wereclares whether finishing with your canoe is noe-0, I slip a stick under the clipboard clip on one shore of the lake. So Barry took offrequired. Sometimes, only the punch card pointing to where I am on the map. with his 32-minute-l OK speed while I pad-must get back to the finish, but in other dled to a rendezvous and we ended up win-meets, the canoe and all team members must Make sure you can access your map ning by 14 minutes .start and finish together. Don't leave this to during a portage. In a 1986 meet, I lost a lotchance, make sure it gets specified. of time on a portage and finished fourth, my But, C-2 paddlers, don't take reuniting worst ever, because I couldn't see my map in for granted. Be clear about your meetingEQUIPMENT AND RIGGING the boat over my head, didn' t bother to put place before you're out of shouting range. A First, you need a simple compass to ori- boat down, guessed wrong and picked a trail Syracuse, while waiting for Barry to return, I running the length of a peninsula instead of moved inland, ready to guide him froment the map to your surroundings. To orient across. A wrist compass would have saved whatever angle he approached.a map, rotate it so that north on the map, me too, because it would have shown thelines up with north on the compass. With an trail headed east, not north, but in those days Scout ahead while you're on the course.oriented map, it is easier to know which way If your planned route involves a loop back with a portage and you pass the planned put- in, check it out. At a local meet last spring, I18 ORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999

GIRL SCOUTS Be 0found the only suitable put-in for seemingly Girl Scout Groups and Orienteeringmiles by taking a longer route, paddling theoutside of a bend during an early leg. I might by Linda Eck, USOF Girl Scout Development Liaison and advisor for the Great Valleynever have known to look for that deer path Girl Scout Council (Allentown, PA) Orienteering Patrol, DVOA memberon the way back if I hadn't first seen it fromthe water. I'd like to share some thoughts about orienteering in groups. Girl Scouts of the USA has rules for orienteering. They are found in Safety and Risk Management in Girl ScoutingTRICKS pages 76-77, Competitive Orienteering. It says is that girls need to receive training from Orienteering is supposed to occur on someone with experience in orienteering prior to going out on a course, and first timers must do a White course. Daisy (age 5 or kindergarten), Brownies (age 6-8 or grades 1-3)unfamiliar terrain and following other com- and Junior Girl Scouts (age 9-ll or grades 4-6) must go in pairs with an adult accompany-petitors is frowned upon. But, in practicality, ing them. Cadette (age 12-14 or grades 7-9) and Senior (age 15-17 or grades 10-12) Girlpeople do benefit from local knowledge and Scouts with training must orienteer in groups of at least 2 at all times. Other things listedfrom observing others. Here are a few tricks: on these 2 pages: working with an established 0-Club, first aid, equipment, safety, and time issues. If a girl is participating in an 0-event as a Girl Scout and these rules are not Unless the meet director has declared followed and something happens, the adults responsible for the group are potentially in se-an area off-limits, get to know it. Study rious trouble. It is because of these rules that USOF has added a group category on White,whatever local maps you can find of the Yellow, and Orange for A-meets.meet area and envision how the coursemight be set. At Lock Haven, Great Island I understand that 0 is not a team sport. Some scout leaders take entire patrols in awas an obvious feature and sure enough, the group, which may prove a problem to some organizers. At times, sufficient trained adultcourse circled it. When I arrived in town, I supervision is not available for girls to go in smaller groups. When groups go out on adrove up and down both sides of the river course, they do learn skills: decision making, self-esteem, and confidence, as well as mapand observed where the roads came close to reading and some compass use. I recommend that no more than two people share a map--the water, where running might be possible, preferably every scout gets her own map. This way they cannot only avoid the \"follow theand where it wasn't. I got a good feel for the leader\" syndrome while in the woods, but they can then also have a map to take home andarea and the scale of things. If you have time share with their family . For girls who may lack confidence, going with at least one otherthe day before, scout from the water, too. person helps reassure them and provide them with a successful day in the woods. This isBut, remember it isn' t fair to go out the especially true as girls move from White to Yellow and from Yellow to Orange.morning of the competition to find controlsin advance. Many scouts will never go to anything except a local club event. But it is good to ex- pose girls to an A-meet. However, for the first few times at an A-meet (especially in areas On the water, watch other boats. If they outside the local club), going in a group of two for Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts is acruise a shoreline without stopping, the con- good idea. Changes in terrain such as a lot of rock in the West Point area or very littletrol isn't there. If they stop, that's a pointer. green on some QOC maps can really confuse girls used to the DVOA type terrain.If the canoe disappears onto shore, they'reportaging or running to an inland control. If girls are truly interested in continuing with orienteering, I urge them to get an indi- vidual or family membership in the local 0 -club and/or USOF. This way they can go to an When looking for an inland control, fol- 0-event as an individual and not as a Girl Scout and be able to compete individually. Thelow the footprints headed toward shore rath- 0-Patrol has a number of girls who are nationally ranked and we can claim several USer than the ones going away. If the prints are Champs in the past 8 years in Fl4 and Fl8. These girls did not start out going by them-headed toward you, they found the control selves to build their skills!and took the short route back. I believe that it is far better to allow groups of girls do 0 and have fun than to make Start late. When you're on the water, them go by themselves and hate 0. The future ofO depends on the interest of the youth!you'll have more boats to observe and morefootprints leading to land controls. You If anyone has specific questions related to Girl Scouts, please email me directly:may also overhear early finishers talking LEckGSO@aol.comabout their route and pick up valuable infor-mation. C-2, time it both solo and tandem. Figure http ://www .us.orienteering.org/. your relative speed in each mode. Later, Most clubs post their schedules on line. If the start is set up so that competitors when you're in the boat looking at routeare sent in opposite directions around the choices, you' II make rational decisions. NOW, STEP UP THE COMPETITION!course, figure out which is better and ma- Don ' t neglect the effect of current, tide, or Let's hope that by spilling the beans onneuver to be selected to go that way . At hill climbs. Yes, orienteering is a brainteas-Lock Haven, clockwise was superior be- er, that's the idea. my secrets, that all canoe-0 competitorscause there were so many roads on the sec- benefit and the competitive level increases.ond half that I knew I'd have a better chance Practice map reading and route selec- It is high time that someone fit and fast startsto leave my canoe and run back. Running tion. On the way anywhere in the car, grab winning. If that's you, then I've succeeded.wouldn't have been practical counter- the road map and find the optimal route.clockwise because the only bridge on that Every chance you get, study maps looking ***side was way upstream. for better routes. That's what orienteering is all about and you need to get sharp. Don ' t My local club, the New England Orien- Maybe someday meet directors will re- wait until the meet to hone your skills. teering Club, had a canoe-0 on June 20th onalize how different the two directions can the Norumbega Lakes section of the Charlesbe, but until they do, go the best way . Practice by entering local foot, bike, River. Please join us for our next one. Starts and ski orienteering meets. Some clubs even are usually between lOam and I pm from theMENTAL PREP & PRACTICE hold canoe-0 meets. Charles River Canoe and Kayak Center. Before you canoe-0, do a little timing. You can write me for more info at: USOF lists orienteering clubs at: aims .coney@compaq.comTime getting in and out of the canoe. Timerunning, paddling, and portaging. If you're aORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999 19

~ ®®..,. . · :., ·fU o.o0 0 ®.oThe B(ya~'yr'e~Oariente.ger:.ing C©Jiu.bp~~se.W'nts',DcihcQJ..:e..M. ~'·l. ~,.· ©lfu®M WJH@tru@fru 0[p)@ A Two-Day USOF Sanctioned A-Meet September 25 and 26, 1999Lake Tahoe-Nevada State Park at Spooner LakeThe Lake Tahoe basin, located in the center of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, is one of the most scenicareas in the United States. Spooner Lake, overlooking all of the Lake Tahoe basin, is in an alpine fir forestwith scattered small clearings, few trails, lots ofrock features, and lots of boulder fields to challenge yournavigational skills. At 7000 feet in elevation, the occasional views are stupendous, the forest is mostly openand runnable, and you 'll find no poison oak or rattlesnakes.The weather in the Sierras is variable and often unpredictable, so be prepared for anything from 80°F in thesun to freezing temperatures in the snow.The map you'll use is the first IOF-standard map used for an A-meet in Nevada. This US Championshipswill be the first use of this map. You've seen the forests if you've watched Bonanza on TV (filmed on site).Courses and Awards How to RegisterThis event includes all standard courses for USOF classes. • To register by mail, fill out an A-meet reg. form and send itThere will also be recreational courses (WYO), beginner's with your check (payable to BAOC) to Marsha Jacobs,clinics, and Start-0 courses on both days. 501 Roosevelt Blvd., HalfMoon Bay, CA 94019-1341.We will present awards to the following participants: • To register by E-mail, include your registration information (follow the A-meet fonn) in an E-mail message to•Top three qualified US finishers in all classes marsha@.batnetcom and mail your check (payable to BAOC) to the above address to complete your registration. To quality, you must be a US citizen or have permanent residence status in the US (\"green-card carrier''). Ifyou Register by September I to avoid paying a late fee. have dual citizenship with the US and another country, you must have resided in the US for the prior 12 months. Fees• Top overall fmisher in each class Entry fee, adult (21 and older): $20 per event dayImportant Dates junior (tmder 21): $1 0 per event day USOF/IOF discount: -$3 per event daySept I Last day to postmark registration--avoids late fee. Late fee (after September 1 postmark): +$5 per event daySept 24 Model event, Noon to 4 pm. Model Event FreePackets available at event headquarters, the Forest Saturday night dinner, adult or teen $17Inn in South Lake Tahoe, from 7 pm to I0 pm. 10 to 15 years old Half priceSept 25 Packets available at meet site beginning at 9 am. under 10 years old Free First starts at I0 am. Dinner and course reviews at 5:30pm. T-shirts (indicate your size): $12 Daycare ($5 per day, pay on site)Sept 26 Packets available at meet site beginning at 9 am. Lodging and DirectionsFirst starts at 9 am. We have arranged a discounted group rate at the Forest Inn,Awards ceremony at 2 pm. South Lake Tahoe. Double, $69; I BR suite (2-4 people),Start Times and Results $89; 2 BR suite (4-6 people), $109. Mention that you are with the orienteering group. 800-822-5950.To determine your start times, look at the BAOC Web site For other lodging, call 800-288-2463 or see our Web site,(www.baoc.org) a few days before the event www.baoc.org. The surrounding towns have ample lodging.Results will be posted on the BAOC web site. For camping reservations at Nevada Beach, callCasin-O Banquet-Run Hard and Arrive Hungry! 877-444-6777 (toll free).Lots of food for lots of athletes and course reviews at PlanetHollywood in Ceaser's Lake Tahoe casino in Stateline, NV.Updated Event Information• Visit the BAOC web site (www.baoc.org) 10 20•Contact Evan Custer at 925-254-5628 (9 am to 9 pm Pacific Time) evancuster@home.com

HORSEBACK-0(I) Linda from a nearby Mountain Squad and (r) Allen Litton Kirk. the map. Search & Rescue uses a USGS map exclusively, so we worked with feet andMounted Search & Rescue ''0'' miles, instead of the metric system. USGS maps are drawn to grid north, with the decli-by Pat Albright Palmer, who supplied the photo & map nation noted on the edge. To get magnetic north (so you can use your compass proper- On Saturday, Junel2, Bob Joder's pa- consisting of nine controls. ly), you have to know how to apply the dec-trol of Mounted Search & Rescue gained a In discussion, the group clarified the lination. In the region that the patrol wou ldbetter sense of 'where to go' from an orien- be searching, the USGS maps used a contourteering class on the Joder Arabian Ranch in specific needs of a Mounted Search & Res- interval of 40 feet.Boulder County, Colorado. The class includ- cue team when locating a missing person.ed map reading and basic compass skills, We brainstormed how to use orienteering I scanned the USGS map into my com-and finished with an orienteering course skills in the search process to better assist puter and used two overlays, an aerial photo- horse and rider in the field. We started with graph (thanks to pilot friend Christy), and a horse trail map that Bob Joder developed of •• his riding facility. The scale was easily changed to I: 12,000 and the map was then 0 ready for the color printer. The description sheet, punch card, scale and declination JODER ARAB IAN RANCH, LLC . were added to an 8.5 x 14 sheet of paper. scale: 1:1 2,000 contour 40 ft We then talked about where to keep the map to make it easier to read while on horseback.ORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999 The riders liked the controls, especially those on spurs and saddles. Photo-0 provided a good introduction for those waiting for the rest to arrive, and people were enthusiastic about the challeng- es of the sport. The classroom session in- cluded Chris Cassone's video Orienteerini- AII Welcome. Weather rearranged our schedule a bit. Clouds started building around noon, and hurried us outside to do the actual orienteering, before we completed our classroom discussion . So, we finished up inside after the orienteering course was completed outside. My husband Chuck han- dled the Start/Finish, allowing me to take photos of the orienteers on the course. This became a real wildlife experience for me. As I sat-in-waiting by the first control, I scared the daylights out of three coyote; two very curious deer approached as I waited at control 7; and I spotted a Golden Eagle soar- ing above. The two alert Arabian horses spotted me long before anyone or anything else. The thunderstorms broke just as we were finishing. The group requested an Orienteering, Part II, class, where we would do more compass exercises, pace-counting on hors- es, and a more technical 0-course. We also stirred excitement around the ranch: the boarders were trying to figure out what in the world we were doing; and when they found out, wanted to know if they could try it. People in 4-H caught wind: to them it sounded like something fun to do on horse- back other than horse shows-and the beat goes on. Thanks again to my husband Chuck, who is always willing to lend a hand, to Bob Joder who included me in his Joder School of Hi~her Leamin~. and to the orienteering participants who braved the severe thunder- storm warnings- and went out anyway . i• • 21

SPECIAL G-EVENTYou can't Fight a Forest FireWithout Orienteers!by Nina Waddington Nina first emailed this to the Canadian gated from Dundas around to Ancaster, with by Rob Dunlavey0-Squad newsletter. Ted de St Croix in Swe- the engines close behind.den posted it to his parents in Ontario, who all still standing. It could have been a disas-sent it to the Canadian 0-Federation office, Mike and Dad were still in the woods. ter though, because we had one of the driestwhich published it in the Winter 1999 edi- Mike had shown the men a dried-up spring. summers and falls ever. Lake Ontario wastion of \"Orienteering Canada\". Digging there, they found water. Once we down a whole metre. Around the fire some got to the other side, Mike met us and led us spots had leaves 45 em deep (about 17 inch- As my brother Mike, my father, and I across the overgrown field, showing us es). The fire fighters figure that a group ofcame down the Dundas Escarpment, after where the ditches were. We got the 4x4 teens had a campfire which they didn'tvisiting relatives·, we noticed a lot of smoke truck about 300 metres from the fire, when douse properly-and it spread.in the area of the Dundas Valley. Worried we came across small trees. The deputythat our favorite 0-map was in flames, we chief left to get chain saws. Mike and Dad Before we discovered the fire, Mikedrove over to see where the fire really was. leading, showed the fire fighters how to get had gone for a two-hour run. After all hisThough we could see the smoke, we from the fire to the truck. running around, he needed a long sleep tocouldn't find where it was coming from. feel rested. I don't think people understandFinally, we drove to the area where we had It was dark now and many of the men what fire fighters go through- absolutelyheld an 0-meetjust two weeks before. From had no idea how to get from point A to point unbelieveable.there we determined that the fire was burn- B. So Mike and dad ran back and forth. Weing on the Ancaster Creek map, just east of would get a radio call that someone was After living in Norway when their chil-the Dundas Valley. The fire was on the other coming out of the woods, then they would dren were small, the Waddingtons have beenside of a deep ravine, across two streams, radio back that Mike would be there in five avid orienteers. Daughter Nina has been anand up a very steep hill. But we couldn't see minutes to meet them. Dad and I hauled in advanced orienteer since she was a teen.any fire fighters. drinking water, then returned to show the Her brother Mike is the top orienteer in chief which way to take the truck in. It was North America this year. ('l When my father called the fire station, about 8 pm when they finally got the truck toto make sure that they knew about the fire, within 100 metres. We left then and walkedhe learned that they had spent an hour trying past the glowing woods, down the ravineto tind a way into the woods. Our 0-club has and back up to the car. By ll pm they hadalways thought that we could help in search the fire out.and rescues, but never thought about forestfires. About 150 metres square (about 500 feet square) was burned, but the big trees are We went home and called 911. We letthem know that we had maps of the area, by Rob Dunlaveyknew the area, and were willing to help any ORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999way possible. They were glad to get help, sowe got into our running clothes, and re-turned quickly to where we had seen the fire45 minutes before. The fire fighters were eager to see ourmaps. They wanted to know which streamshad water in them; how they could get theirmen to the fire. Mike Jed a group down theravine. I stayed with the deputy chief as hetalked to the men out at the fire. Every fewminutes, he would ask me questions; Iwould check the map and answer him; thenhe would radio the information. They contained the fire pretty quickly,and were trying to figure out how to put itout. It became pretty clear that lugging thewater from the stream up a 100-metre hill,while wearing 60 lbs of gear, wasn' t a popu-lar option. They asked about all-terrain vehi-cles. I suggested that they go around the mapto the other side, where there was a big field.From there, the fire was only 200 metresaway, across relatively flat terrain. Theyagreed; going with them in the truck, I navi-22

ff.>~Wwu~lk<n(ii) !MI~W!iil1f @rrn®(ii)1f®®rrn(ii)® ~ 1M\®®1f @~1f©!ID®rr ?l~...?l~o ~'il'il'il!MI©~1f®@J ~IDw 1ffril® IM\n@wun ~@00®W @rrn®!iil1!'®®rrn!iil@ «:O~WIIDWhat is it? available at Camp Hook. This will be primitive camping, with no water provided.The 1999 Pumpkin Hunt is a two day, USOF-sanctioned, Class-Aorienteering event and will have a classic cross-country style event If there is enough interest, we can have a junior camp. Pleaseon Sunday and for lower level courses on Saturday. Red and Blue contact the registrar if you have an interest in a junior camp.competitors on Saturday will have an exciting two-part chase startcompetition, where the starts for part 2 will be staggered based on Banquetfinish times for the first part. Awards will be presented to the topthree competitors in each category, based on the total two-day The Saturday evening dinner will be held at The Old Country Buffettime. The USOF condensed course structure will be offered. restaurant. Ticke~ will not be required - pay at the door and joinLocation, Terrain, Maps your feHow orienteerers in the party room. You will not rleed to fillThe competition will be held at three parks in the Five Rivers out the line on the USOF entry form.MetroParks of Dayton, OH. Saturday's competition will be held atthe Twin Creek and Camp Hook MetroParks. Sunday's event will be Event Scheduleheld at Germantown MetroPark. Oct 2, 1999Terrain is ridge and reentrant system, with a dense trail network inCamp Hook, and primary hardwoods with smaller sections of Last day to postmark without a late feeopen, successional, and tall grass prairie in Germantown. Mapsare 1:10000, 5 meter contours: New map (Twin Creek) and Oct 15, 1999remapped (Camp Hook) by George Kuntsevich, Marat Gizatulin,and Victor Dobretsov in Nov. 1997. Germantown has a new east Last day to change course registrationhalf and revised west half, mapped by George Kuntsevich, ViktorDobretsov, and Matt Bond in Nov.1997 and Feb.1999. Saturday's Fri Oct 22, 1999event at Twin Creek/Camp Hook will be dedicated to the memory of 6-10pm Registration open at Camp HookMarat Gizatulin who died of cancer on May23, 1998, in his home Sat Oct 23, 1999city of Ufa, Russia. The Twin Creek/Camp Hook map was one ofthe last maps he helped create. 8-12am Registration open at Camp HookOfficials 9am First start for competitors & map hikersEvent Director: Matt Bond 937-433-8836 Sun Oct 24, 1999Registrar: Sharon Bond 937-433-8836Course SettersNetters: 8-12am Registration open at Germantown Day 1: Dave lrvingJTom Kopp 9am First start for competitors & map hikers Day 2: Steve Barnhart & Karen Dennis/Joel Rauschenbach 2pm Awards ceremonyDirections Fees $19/day ($38 for two days)Day 1: From the north, south, and east, take 1-75 to exit 44 (SR725, This includes a box lunch for 19 and over (adults) Saturday.Miamisburg/Centerville). Travel west on SR725 through $16/day ($32 for two days)Miamisburg and across the Great Miami River. At SR4, tum left 18 and under $5/day(south). From the west, take SR725 east past Germantown. Where Map Hiker -$3/daySR725 junctions with SR4, tum right (south) on SR4. Once USOFIIOF discount $6/daytraveling south on SR4, tum left (south) on Eby Rd., tum left (east) Late fee $4/course after Oct. 15, 1999 Course change fee $10/course during event dayson Chamberlain Rd. to Morningstar Rd., tum right (south) on $5each Preview map $1Morningstar Rd. to the Camp Hook entrance. The travel time from Results (SASE)exit 44 on 1-75 is approximately 30 minutes. Make checks payable to MVOCDay 2: From the north, south, and east, take 1-75 to exit 44 (SR725, Send completed entry forms to:Miamisburg/Centerville). Travel west on SR725 throughMiamisburg and across the Great Miami River. Follow SR725 Sharon Bondthrough Germantown. Approx. 3 miles west from the center of 9692 Springwater LaneGermantown tum right (north) on Boomershine Rd to the Miamisburg, OH 45342Germantown MetroPark entrance. Travel time from exit 44 on 1-75 MVOC web page: members.aol.cornlmnovitskilis approximately 30 minutes. From the west, travel east on SR725 Pumpkin hunt web page: members.aol.comlpumpknhunt/through Gratis, approx. 5 miles until you get to Boomershine Rd. Pumpkin hunt email: pumpknhunt@aol.comTum left (north) to the park entrance. BabysittingAccommodationsThe offiCial interstate exit of the 1999 Pumpkin Hunt is exit 44 on 1- Babysitting will be available on site during competition times on a75. There you will find many hotels and restaurants and the Dayton first-come, first-served basis. Please contact the registrar forMall. There are also some Bed & Bnlakfast establishments in details.Miamisburg and Germantown. There is tent camping space Special notes 1. There will be a bus to take red, blue, green, and orange competitors to a remote start for day 1, and to take red and blue competitors to a remote start on day 2. Please arrive at least 30 minutes early to catch a bus. 2. No competitive entries will be accepted after Oct 15, 1999. 3. MVOC requires all competitors to carry whistles while on the course. Please bring a whistle or be prepared to acquire one (we sell them for $0.50 each.)

ROGAINESThe MaxiMoose II Rogaine gent navigating using all the terrain clues got results.1999 Nor-Am Rogaine Champs The organizers got lots of feedback onby Michael Haynes need for reflector tape on controls. ( I' II get more detailed cost and source info together Rogaine, a long distance Score-0 (con- ries, the worst of which were sprained an- from 3M for reference soon.)trols visited in any order), is done in teams kles, forced a number of teams to withdraw.of at least two, for safety, lasting up to 24 Since tourist attractions seem to openhours. On the bright side, I must report that a after June lst (some at the end of June), in real Moose was sighted. Nova Scotia-sunshine being one of them, Although he was not running with perhaps the full moon dates in late June,long-time partner Fred Pilon, Peter Gagarin CRITIQUE & ETC. July, and August should be given priority forof Massachusetts was once again on the Maxi-Moose ill.championship victory stand. Ernst Linder of by Bob ReddickNew Hampshire proved to be a suitable The first award for outstanding, merito- Pat and I had very good visits to theteammate for the weekend, as the two Mas- Maritime Museum and the Citadel (3+ters amassed 6800 points, visited all 42 con- rious service in the furtherance of world ro- hours) in Halifax after the event. The parktol points, and finished with 2 hours to gaining, Geoduck - Panopea Abrupta, was staff told us the \"those people on the thirdspare. They even outclassed aU the younger awarded to Michael Haynes of Hailfax, floor don't work on holidays\", so we didn'tteams. The second best score was made by Nova Scotia organizer of the Maxi-Moose II get to see Andrea on Victoria Day. EnjoyedEric Cyr and Francis Falardeau of Quebec, North American Rogaine Champs, May 22- the Noon gun and 21-gun salute firing drills.with 39 controls and 5900 points. The top 23. 1999. Noted that Canadian reserve army artilleryWomen's team was Sharon Crawford of unit has females in gun crews. (Also ad-Colorado and Judy Dickinson of New Jer- About the creature: The geoduck (pro- vised staff that several display lights weresey, who got 4500 points. The highest- nounced gooey-duck) is found only on the out in the many historical displays and mo-scoring mixed team was the husband and Pacific coast of North America. Its name is vie theaters, all of which were very wellwife team of Eric and Mary Smith of New derived from a Native American (Nisqually) done.)York, with 4700 points. The best Junior word meaning \"dig deep.\" These bivalveteam, with 4500, was Vytenis Benetis and (two-shelled) mollusks bury themselves 2-3 Put about 2400 km on our rental car,Melissa Coombes of Maryland. (Benetis is a feet below the sandy mud and gravel, using trying to do three provi'\"lces in three days!cadet at the US Naval Academy on an ex- their long siphon, or feeding tube, to extract Got to the Anne Murray Museum, Fundychange from Lithuania.) food from the water. Geoduck's shells aver- Fossil Museum at Parrsboro, Industry and age 5-8 inches, about halftheir body length, Science Museum at Stellarton, Train Station The Maxi-Moose II Rogaine, which and add to their nearly 10 pounds. A Geo- museums at Antigonish, Kensington, andserved as the 1999 North American Ro- duck can live to be I30 years old, living most Tatamagouche, fo;;sil digs at Arisaig Provin-gaine Championships, took place near ofits life in one spot. Approximately 100 mil- cial Park, lobster tank at McKelvie's restau-Wentworth in northern Nova Scotia on May lion Geoducks live in the Northwestern rant, ferry and longest bridge in world at22 and 23 . The event attracted sixty-eight coastlines. Prince Edward Island, Anne of Greenteams for the 24-hour championship, and Gables historical site, old waterfront atsix teams for the six-hour recreational race. The geoduck is also the mascot ofEver- Charlottetown, and slept in a 1911 caboose.The teams included more than 170 competi- green State College in Olympia, WA, and is Great trip! Too bad we were beaten out bytors; 112 from Nova Scotia and 58 from 5 sometimes called the State Bird! (Obscene two 19-year-old local males for tirst in ourother provinces and 10 states as far away as references to its physical appearance are section, but in reviewing event I see that itCalifornia and Washington. The largest of best left to the college crowd.) was solely due to my parallel error for anthese groups came from New York (II), hour on our second control!New Hampshire (8), and Newfoundland Random comments on Nova Scotia and(8). In addition to experienced orienteers, the rogaine: 170 participants- outstanding Bob Reddick lives in Kenmore, WA , is aseveral local Search and Rescue groups also showing! Great support from the Amherst member ofSammamish 0-Club, and has tak-competed, with the two teams from Clare church group for food and conversation, the en part in Rogaines since they developed inSearch & Rescue achieving good results in search and rescue folks who also competed, the US.the 24-hour race. and the Scouts who tended a sleeping hut. Even parking attendants. Memories of Cobequid Mts The competition area covered 120square kilometres of the Cobequid Moun- Results were published before Pat and I by Judy Dickinsontains in Cumberland and Colchester counties got home! Americans did quite well in all The Maxi-Moose II Rogaine was to bebounded by Highway 4, Highway 246, and categories. Peter Gagarin and Ernst Linderthe Debert River. The race started and fin- once again did the impossible: captured all the \"shake-down\" event for Sharon (Craw-ished at the North Shore Snowmobile Club controls and got back early! Nice weather in ford) and me to prepare for the 4th Worldin Warwick Mountain. Overnight shelters Nova Scotia the whole time we were there, Rogaine Champs, scheduled for New Zea-were also available at the Folly Lake Snow- except for the Sat-Sun period. Competitors land in January 2000.mobile Clubhouse and the Freda Wales were thus saved from having to use sun-Warming Hut at the top of Ski Wentworth. block, sunglasses, shorts, bug lotion, head- To be successful, the proper equipment nets, excess drinking water, and seeking sha- (food, clothing, and backpacks) must be Dreadful weather conditions: rain and dy resting points. One black fly , however, used along with sound orienteering tech-fog persisted throughout the entire race, of- seeing my guard down, bit me on the eyelid. niques and planning. Sharon lives in the Col-ten reducing visibility to a few metres. Inju- Some competitors thought that mapping in- orado mountains and flew to Nova Scotia. I adequacies should have argued against some live in New Jersey and shared the 700-mile control placements, but all controls were vis- drive with Joe Brautigam (CT) and J-J Cote ited by a least one-third of the teams, so dili- (MA). At the Canadian border, the guard24 ORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999

asked questions to determine why we were 0-NET ADVICEvisiting Canada. Eyeing Joe's T-shirt withBulgarian written in Cyrillic letters across On the 0-net, Pat Zerfas wrote: I have been orienteering for approximately 1-1/2 years, andthe front, the guard directed us to park on one year of this time I have been on the advanced courses. In several races I have had a very slowthe side and soon she came over with an- first leg (20-60 mins.) After this initial problem, I tend to have few problems or time loss on theother guard. They thoroughly searched the remaining controls. I have tried to slow down my running speed, but this does not seem to help. Iwhole car-and everything in it. Wearing thought I might have moved up to the advanced courses too soon, but have tried Yellow andsurgical gloves, she opened my antibiotic Orange again and have few problems. Thanks in advance for any advice.pill bottles and examined each pill. Her eyesreally opened when she found my zip-lock Jeff Hutchinson, jeffhutch@juno.com replied : The first thing to do is to analyze what youbag of energy replacement drink powder. are doing wrong on that first leg. Are you doing I80's out of the start? Are you going the rightWhen they finally finished searching, we direction, but too long or too short? What are you doing on the first leg that you don't do on sub-saw that the car was packed neater than sequent legs? Concentrate on your navigation on that first leg. If necessary, walk it! Or if that' swhen we arrived. just TOO hard, make a tiny, short first leg for yourself: when you tum over your map or while you're copying from the master map, immediately pick a clearly identifiable point 75- 100 me- As we continued our drive, Joe re- ters from the start in the general direction of the fLrst controL Run to it, locate, and make the firstenacted the inquiry. Playing the role of the control YOUR \"second control.\" But the key is to figure out what you're doing wrong. Onlyguard, Joe demanded, \"Why are you visiting then can you start to do it right. See you in the woods!Canada?\" Then replying in a heavy foreignaccent, \"Tooourrrissm-you know, runnin' For more info, write us at info @dennisw.comaround, sssight-zeeing, ssshopping, chazing Download free demo from www.dennisw.commooooossse.\" Orienteer At Home! We arrived at the meet headquarters,the Warwick Mountain Snowmobile Club, An orienteering simulation for your Mac or PCat II :30 pm, on a cold, windy, misty, miser-able night. Next morning-more of the You've read his training columns - now try his software!same. \"All the fun of orienteering- without the painl\"- F40 \"With this I can orienteer everyday, in the middle of the night, All the previous week, I had been tryingto recover from a bad chest cold-and still whenever I want.\" - M50felt quite sick. But, Sharon and I had made From Dennis Wildfogel...such a heavy financial commitment in our \"My favorite computer game!\"- FlOplanning, that ifl couldn't compete, it wouldhave been devastating to us. The New England Orienteering Club is planning the I told Sharon that I would go out there in TROLL CUPthat awful weather only if we would detinite- April 15-16, 20001y spend most of the night in a shelter, heatedby a wood stove, on the far side of the map. Join us for a two day A-meet (pending USOF sanctioning) on a newWell, the sequence of controls we visited got 8 km2 map in north-central Massachusetts. Details will be posted on ourus to the shelter at I:30 am. It was heavenlyin there: just like a sauna! Everyone was web site beginning in September 1999.asleep on the hard floor-no mats of anykind. Two Boy Scouts were caring for the www.tiac.net/users/cohen/neoc/stove and had thoughtfully strung clothes-lines across the room. About 3:30 am, North America's Foremost 0-Map Printer\"doink\"-\"kerplunk\", the clotheslines fullof wet clothes fell on us. Then around 4 am, I Now accepting OCAD files for maps up to 11\" x 17\"started changing back into my wet clothes Newell Printing, Inc. • 65 University Drive • Amherst, :MA 01002and got ready to go out and finish the remain-ing hours. As we were about to leave, Sharon 413 549-5000asked, \"Whose tights are those?\" They weremine-in the darkness, I had put on someman' s tights by mistake-boy, was I embar-rassed. Later, after successfully locating sever-al more controls, we emerged out on theroad all the way across the map. Then wesaw that we only had 60 minutes left to getback to finish before being overtime-and6-1/2 km of road to cover. We started racingall the way back-and finished with only 90seconds to spare before the noon deadline. Looking over the results, we have deter-mined that a team must be 50 years or olderto win a rogaine. Both the men's and wom-en ' s winning teams were 50+ that day. (•lORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999 25

MEMORIESWhat a great ride we've had these past 15 years! Publishing Orienteering North America from 1985 till now has anyway, with HVO's John Traks, local fireman and orient-been a great adventure for us. We've seen at close hand so many eer, standing at critical points to assure the runners that, de-highs in orienteering-in the US, Canada, and internationally, on spite the smoke and flames curling through the brush, itfoot, skis, mountain bikes, canoes, etc. We can only describe some wasn't serious. It wasn't then, but later, it got worse andhere: took a week to put out!1984 • Our first World Champs for Ski-0 in northern Italy, as 1990 • At the World Ski-0 Champs in Sweden, the US Women's members of the US Team. In the Classic event, hearing Team were one of only six women ' s teams who compet- teammate Dave McGraw announced first to the mid-course ed-so, since the top six teams are honored at the Award radio control was so exciting. (Except-he had gone there Ceremony, the US women got to be on the yictory stand for because it was also a place for spare equipment: he had the first time ever! broken his pole and had to go there to get a new one.) • Canada held the first ever Asia-Pacific 0-Champs in North1985 • Our small club, Cambridge Sports Union, held its first America. APOC attracted almost 1000, many from Japan, USOF Convention (a great success) and A-meet (a disaster) . Australia, and New Zealand. To participate, you have to be from a country on the Pacific Ocean, and at that time, the • Somehow, while cranking out the almost monthly maga- USSR stretched all the way to the Pacific. Several Baltic zines, we also found time to go to Sweden for 0-Ringen, to country eLites competed for the Soviet Union, the last time Alberta for the Canadian Champs week, and to WOC-85. before their nations regained independence. We came home produced the magazine and slept for a whole weekend. 1991 • While we were at the World Champs in Czechoslovakia (still together as one country), some factions in the Soviet • The first World Champs (foot-0) we went to, was in Aus- Union launched a coup against Gorbachev, head of the tralia, held outside of Europe for the first time; Canadians USSR-great apprehension among everyone, especially Ted de St Croix, I Oth, and Denise DeMonte, 18th, were the those from satellite nations; some athletes had trouble leav- best North American performances at a World Champs. ing the USSR to get to WOC-91; then just before awards in the Short Distance event (the first time for this event at a1986 • After downing a great many bowls of Wheaties, US orient- WOC), the announcement came that Gorbachev was safe eers succeeded in getting Peter Gagarin chosen to appear (as and the plotters were arrested. Great applause and waves of did other popular national sports heros) on a great many relief. Wheaties boxes for a few months. 1992 • We took our grandson, 2-1/2, on his first String-0 course. • We traveled behind the Iron Curtain to Bulgaria to compete • The USOF Convention accepting the report of the Restruc- (and cover) the Ski-0 World Champs. Surprise: they look turing Committee (chaired by Peter Gagarin), which moved just like us and treated us royally; we also learned about USOF toward regionalization, and regional election of their history and culture; Board members. • The first US World Cup (foot-0) held in the Hudson Valley 1993 • One-time USOF sponsor K•Swiss, held a fancy reception (NY) by HVO; exciting to see the world elites in the US and 0-walk for the press of metropolitan New York at the (and at the companion event by HKF in Dundas, Ontario). very posh Tavern-on-the-Green in Central Park. The 0- event used the park map made by Heather Williams in the • At the USOF Convention in Wisconsin, the Annual General early 80s. They even gave each participant a pair of Meeting (AGM) of the membership voted to use 0/NA as K•Swiss hiking boots! their magazine. • Eating pancakes the size of a pizza at the Mountain Shad-1987 • We visited former Hungarian world champion Sarolta Mon- ows Restaurant in Lake George at the the first Colorado spart in Budapest. She and her family and the national team multi-day (an event conjured up by many-time US champi- members she coached showed us around. At their National on Mikell Platt). Library, we saw an exhibit of books and documents from the \"Age of the Englightment\", among them the US Declar- • A small group of stalwarts had labored fiercely for years to ation of Independence, amazing for a Communist country at bring the 1993 World Champs to the US . The week before that time. the actual events, they began to set up in Harriman State Park, really worried that they didn' t have enough workers. • At the World (foot-0) Champs in France, Larry resurrected And then waves of orienteers began to show up to help- his high school French well enough to interview the course and they kept coming. At each of the event sites, when setter (who didn' t speak English). structures had to be erected or knocked down and moved, people stepped up and helped- no one had to tell them1988 • A USOF Board meeting at Peter Gagarin' s house in western what to do: like a colony of ants, each seemed to sense Massachusetts; after a passionate discussion and a very what was needed and did it. It was thrilling to be part of close vote, USOF agreed to bid for the World Champs in such a glorious effort-and impressive to the world. 1993; the closeness of the vote came to haunt both sides for years . • The WOC-93 maps were superb and the courses wonderful; Pat Dunlavey guided printers Hamilton Newell, and Steve1989 • During the US Team Trials in Harriman State Park (Hudson Tarry supervised the course-setting team. But the IOF (In Valley, NY), a brush fire spread through the area of the competiton, and continued spreading. The Trials went on ORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 199926

ternational 0-Federation) controller demanded that .they MEMORIES shorten all the courses-afraid of their being too long as at WOC-91 in Czechoslovakia (the courses there were 20% Crawford won her second world championship in F50; Pe- too long). US Team member Eric Weyman, a former US ter Gagarin, his first in M50; Beatrice Zurcher-McBride, a second in F45; and Ted de St Croix, a third in M40. In '98, champion, had worked hard to select the right woe terrain. Crawford won a third time-super! He set all the Short Distance courses (3 for the qualifying 1998 • At World Rogaine Champs ill in British Columbia, the win- heats each for men and women and the men's and women's ning women's team were Canadians Pam James and Cathe- finals). He \"knew\" his courses were the right length for the rine Hagen; with her baby only 4-months old, Hagen is per- speed of the Harriman terrain in October. When the finish- haps the only rogainer ever to include a portable breast ing times in the Short Distance, the first event, proved him pump with her equipment. right, he had a happy fit (some called it an Indian war dance), joyous to behold! 1999 • At the first Masters Ski-0 World Champs, held in Russia (a • Prizes for the world champions were handmade quilts, each preview event for next winter's World Ski-0 Champs) square made by a different USOF club. Mary Jo Childs got Scott Pleban finally \"put it all together\" and won the the idea and supervised the project. When the first quilt was bronze medal for the M35 Sprint and Classic events, unfurled at the Short Champs award ceremony, the mostly against the best in the world, a fantastic result against for- foreign crowd gasped; photographers rushed forward; ev- mer world champions. eryone applauded. This response was repeated when the quilts for the Classic Champs were presented. • After we thought there would be nothing more to be excited about at this point this year, 16-year old Samantha Saeger1994 • The great performance of Sandy (Stripp) Tetreault at the placed 8th in the Junior World Champs (JWOC) in Bulgar- World Ski-0 Champs in northern Italy: 23rd in the Long ia-the best junior or senior international result so far! and 31st in the Short; but she finished fifth on the first leg of the Relay, terrific! Local favorite Nicolo Corradini, the Meeting with the three \"fathers\" of orienteering in North America: Long Distance gold already in his pocket, set the standard in the Short Distance, not bettered by anyone else-till the last 1985 • Bji:irn Kjellstri:im was one of three Swedish brothers who racer. Ivan Kuzmin of Russia came flying out of a fog cloud developed and produced the first liquid-damped compass. to match his time exactly. We met at a special party in Ontario, part of the first Mas- ters Games held in North America. He arrived in the US in • In 1996, Tetreault did even better: 5th on her leg of the Re- 1946 to bring Silva compasses and orienteering to the US lay, 23rd in the Long, and 17th on the Short Distance-the and Canada.We later got to interview him at his home on best performance by a US racer ever, on foot or on skis! the edge of Pound Ridge Reservation, NY (he always called the park his backyard), and to see his history-of-the-1994 • A trip to Anchorage for the US Champs, our first time in compass collection. He supported the founding of USOF Alaska-in summer, it stays light so late! We saw our first and continued helping through the years. Kjellstri:im died in moose at Kincaid Park. Even in summer, the mountain tops 1995. have snowy caps and you can walk on the glaciers-and we did. Arctic OC also managed to get the Anchorage paper to 1995 • Piltti Heiskanen, a Finn, first came to the US in 1941 toes- send a reporter and photographer to cover the 0-events eve- cape both Stalin and Hitler. He had been a literary translator ry day; the paper gave a quarter to a third of a page of cov- and journalist. He introduced orienteering to his physical ed- erage each day, with photographs, some in color! ucation students at Dartmouth College in NH, and held the first 0-meet on November 20, 1941. Later, he became a citi-1996 • We went to Salt Lake City with IOF officials to meet with a zen, served in the US Army, and joined the US Foreign Ser- 2002 Winter Olympics vice president to try to make the vice. We interviewed him and his wife in Hanover, NH, at case for Ski-0 to be included in their Games. The results of the retirement community they call home. He taught us a lot our visit were inconclusive. (This year, that particular VP of Finnish history. In his mid-80s, he still is active, has gone resigned as a result of the Salt Lake City organizers' bid- to some local 0-meets, and has a great sense of humor. bribery scandal.) 1997 • Harald Wibye, a Norwegian engineer, came to North Amer- • Our first time at an IOF Congress (held every two years- ica in the middle 60s, first to work in Canada, then in the like USOF's annual convention), and our first time in Israel. US. In each place, he started orienteering going: making The Congress had sent a bus to \"whisk\" the attendees to maps, publicizing the events, getting local outdoor enthu- their hotel in Jerusalem. (First, the bus had to get a flat tire siasts interested. In Montreal, he got American Youth Hos- fixed, but that's another story.) We got into the city at dusk, tel member John Charlow and his wife Gloria started. In and with a busful of the world's most experienced orient- Pennsylvania, he encouraged Kent and Caroline Ringo, eers, arrived at the wrong control, er, hotel-well, the driver founding members of the Delaware Valley 0-Association. thought that Holiday (Inn) sounded a lot like the Holyland We met him, now in this late 50s, when he returned to (Hotel). Larry had a good map of the city, but the driver, DVOA's 30th anniversary A-meet in 1997. who didn't trust himself, didn't trust any advice; eventually, he found the way by asking a small boy walking his dog. Numerous close calls making planes (you don't want to know ... ). The excitement of going to so many countries to cover Ski-0 and1997 • The US organized its largest international event ever, World Foot-0 World Champs-seeing history and geography come alive. Veterans Cup 1997, in Minnesota, a great technical success: Making so many friends through orienteering, both in North Ameri- great maps, great courses. I remember how excited I felt as I ca and abroad. Seeing the children of our 0-friends grow up: they're ran my course: how really interesting it was, how well it the future of our sport. r·~·l used the terrain. Proud results for North America: Sharon 27ORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999

GOAT·O flies awaiting the last of the runners to finish the Mountain Goat. However, the \"gee whiz,First Ever Hillbilly Goat that was a quite a bill!\" comments I got wereby Ann Leonard well worth the wait. Back to base (much more sedately) we joined Raylene at the fini sh line. We didn ' t Despite some frantic scrambling to get haul my rear post-haste to the Mountain have long to wait. Ross Smith jogged acrossready, the First Ever Hillbilly Goat came off Goat area to set up! Fortunately the crowdsmoothly Sunday, June 6th. Named fasce- listened, swerving en masse down around the Line at 2: II :30, to take First Billy on thetiously after our ROGAINE moniker \"Hill- the bottom of the garden and cow pasture.billies,\" the Hillbilly Goat: 16.5k, 635m Phew. Close call... Good thing I have a fog- Pygmy Goat. He had been signed up for theclimb; and its shorter cousin, the Pygmy hom for a voice!Coat: 9k, 345m climb, were modeled after Hillbilly Goat, but dropped down to the Pyg-the original Billygoat race. I also shameless- After leaving instructions for Raylenely borrowed ideas used elsewhere in similar Ludgate (my start/finish volunteer), and fur- my, an option made available in case anyevents, such as the \"control windows\" very ther exhortations to Ramana Dominie andeffectively put to use in the Susquehanna orienteer ran into trouble and needed to cutStumble, and the Highlander's Hill Ben LeonardRun leg, which I modified to be a about out early. This gave runners in trouble an op-trail run straight up a hill and re- hownamed the \"Mountain Goat.\" portunity to salvage their race, rather thanAwards(goat bells, continuing on when quitting was a saner op-of course!)were slated tion. His reason for shortening his race: \"toofor top Bil-ly and dam hot.\" He had not carried water withNanny oneach of him, despite the warnings to do so.the Goats(Hil lbilly, Ross was quickly followed by PeterPygmy,and Moun- Dady (2: 12:58). Had Peter not arrived aftertain). the Noon start, he' d have won the Pygmy. Shawn Leonard was third in 2:35 :18. \"First Nanny\" across the line for the Pygmy was Barb Dominie, with the \"Youngest Goat Finisher,\" RobTryson (II) in tow. The two had walked the who le way, finish - ing in good Jhysical con-Tum- dition inout was 3:22:18 .tshmanallaetroth -6~gi~3~~~~;iii;~~~~~ Owener, estab- -, v - by Rob Dunlavey Baird was al-lished ready back fromgoats, but representatives from EMPO, and when to get the Guest of Honor into po- the Hillbilly Goat, finish-DVOA, SVO and ROC joined the CNYO sition, Wendy Alberg (my fellow Mountain ing in 3:16:30. Heat had taken its toll, how-faithful at the start line. Five minutes before Goat herder) and I jumped into my hus- ever, and other than raising an arm to drinknoon, we instructed the runners about vari- band's brand new Chevy 4x4 and headed for from hi s water bottle every so often, Owenous hazards, such as orienteer-eating briars the end of Red Man Run to get the Mountain did not move a whole lot over the next hour.and logging slash, (\" keep to the trails in this Goat set up. Halfway down Canaan Road, In the closest finish of the day, Mike Ball spurted over the finish line in second, just inarea, or you deserve what you get!\") carry- we saw orienteers dashing across, already en front of Charlie Leonard. Mike had beening water, instructions to feed the \"Guest of route to the control window just before the content to walk in, but heard Charlie comingHonor\" (as yet unidentified: \"you'll know Mountain Goat. (I will not say what trans- up behind him, still jogging, on the final ap-him when you see him\") and a stem warning pired next because it might prove grounds proach to the finish. Forced to jog in or takethat running through the vegetable garden for divorce-but I got us over to the log third place, Mike mustered his remaining en-was grounds for disqualification. At high landing on Red Man in record time.) Aban- ergy, picked up his pace a notch, and fin-noon, the field was off and running- head- doning Wendy at the bottom, I scrambled up ished a scant II seconds in front of Charlie:ing straight towards the cow pastu re! the Mountain Goat, loaded down with my 3:52:55 to 3:53:06. Several other men fin-OOPS. Forgot to tell them: \"NOBODY backpack and two full gallons of water, terri- ished before Mary Smith, who took Firstgoes through the cow pasture! GO fied that the first racer would beat me there. I Nanny on the HilLBilly Goat in 5:43:20.AROUND!!\" This desperate yell was ac- made it to the top in five minutes. A mere six However, none did the course with as littlecompanied by frantic gesticulations due minutes later, Owen Baird punched in. effect to their systems as she: Mary strodewest: that way! The last thing I needed was Phew! Another close call ... ! across the finish line with as much vigor andfor a herd of orienteers to stampede Char- A couple minutes later, I realized there poise as when she'd started, demonstratinglie's four Chianina beef cows (weighing a was a detail I'd overlooked: fly spray. The the endurance that has won many a RO-ton apiece) through a fence, when I had to next hour was spent stamping and shooing GAINE for her and her partner. Mary' s se-28 ORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999

GOAT·Ocret? \"I walk!\" with extra gallons of water. replacement for a tiny spur formation I'd Winners of the Mountain Goat leg were, originally planned on, figuring only the top May had been an unusually dry month. guns (certainly not this course setter!) wouldFirst Billy: Owen Baird (2 :59,) with Ross do- Already forced to move one control off a find that subtlety in the greenery thating the leg in 3:20, and Shawn in 3:31. First marsh that was no longer marshy, I figured cloaked Hammond Hill. Deciding early onNanny was Mary Smith, (6:57) followed by that the water hazards at the top of Ham- caution, I was handrailing down to the re-Barb Dominie close behind with a time of entrant using the state boundary. DEC had7:31. Third was Erin Colquitt (8: II) mond Hill road (monster sized, mapped pud- recently painted the boundary, so following dles that ordinarily swallow four-wheel the yellow blazes was child's play. Only, I For those who hadn't guessed, our drive trucks whole) would be passable. The got to a sturdy yellow pipe and the threeGuest of Honor was CD, a real billygoat, first one had been reduced to a pussy cat: slashes on a tree that usually marks a comer,supplied by Mary Smith. CD did his job ad- two negligible muddy tracks . The second without ever crossing a re-entrant of any de-mirably, greeting surprised orienteers as monster was a mud wallow that dam near scription! I stood there, ducking around, try-they approached the 19th control, then hap- stopped my trusty Blazer in her tracks. We ing to see where the yellow went next. Noth-pily munching the carrots they stuffed in his made it through (barely) with mud flying ing. I decided I'd reached the southern end,mouth. Ramana Dominie staffed this control high from the tires and my sidekick Petie and that the state boys bad gotten lazy thisfor three hours, taking pictures of orienteers squeeking pitifully in the rear as the bumps far into no-man's land and not marked themeeting the billygoat. Mark Dominie en- took him repeatedly off his feet. Vowing not southern boundary line. I headed back up,gaged in a butting contest with CD. (There- to do that again, I headed on to the log land- still looking for the re-entrant, calling my-sults of that skirmish were not available to ing where I parked the truck. Apologizing to self a few unpleasant names. Arrived at thethe press.) the poor Blazer, I rescued my traumatized top comer some minutes later. Still no re- dog from the back and headed into the entrant. (This is when the song-singing start- The dish-to-pass feast afterwards was woods, laden down with two gallons of wa- ed) Frustrated, I baled out, headed down theaccompanied by enthusiastic course compar- ter and a backpack full of controls and water main re-entrant, (cruddy going!) found theisons, ending only after I \"sent out the caval- cups. bottom of the side re-entrant right oppositery\" in search of a lone orienteer who had yet the comer of the trail where it was supposedto finish. As Murphy's Law would dictate, A half hour later, having rid myself of to be, and followed it up. Crossed yellowthe errant orienteer finished, in good condi- the water five minutes into my walk at Con- blazes the better part of the way up. Cursingtion, 15 minutes after I took off on horse- trol 20, I was singing my orienteering song. myself and the DEC boys who hadn't paint-back to go looking for him. I didn't mind; I The music varies. The words rarely do. The ed the blazes so this idiot could see them, Ihad a nice ride, and was very grateful that polite version (cleaned up for publication, so continued on to the top and set the control.everyone came back safely despite the very as not to teach young children language theydifficult running conditions. probably have already learned at school) is I set two more controls before I called it very simple. I repeat \" You are the world' s quits, moving yet another one on my base I plan to host the Hillbilly Goat again worst orienteer!\" ad nauseum until I finally map because I was too dam tired to go hunt-next year, God willing, despite my son Ben find the control point, at which point I finish ing around for the tiny clearing I had origi-vowing to be \"elsewhere! You ' re crazy at up with a \" You idiot- you were nearly here nally planned on . Putting the panting, ex-these things!\" Thanks to all my volunteers, 45 minutes ago! \" hausted dog back into the Blazer, I headedand the brave souls who took on the 90 de- home the long way around (no driver' s li-gree record heat and near I 00% humidity to I started out well enough . For Control cense with me, natch .. . who needs one ofrun the First Ever Hillbilly Goat. Couldn't 22, I was looking for a little re-entrant as a those to drive in my back yard?) thinking uphave done it with out you, folks! an excuse for the trooper who was sure to pull me over because he would supernatural-Control Setting Lesson Learned ly devine that I hadn' t got the dam thing... the hard way with me. (Never been pulled over in my life. No reason why I should be pulled over now,by Ann Leonard except that's Murphy's law.) Escaping the long arm of the law and mud puddles alike, I Usually when the weatherman promis- got home and immediately headed for aes record highs and clear blue skies in June, clean map. How the h... had I messed up thatI'm dancing with delight. But as the day for re-entrant control so badly? Well, the boun-the First Ever Hillbilly Goat drew close, I dary marker was there on the map, withinlistened to the weather report with displeas- spitting distance of the dam re-entrant, cov-ure. Directing a few uncomplimentary ered on my course map by purple marker.words at the hapless radio, I added several My reaction to this bit of news is not fit tomore water stops to my base map and head- print, but I learned my lesson : mark poten-ed out on my control setting duties armed tial control points with pink highlighter; to heck with penned circles! Pen the circle after you've set the control. by Rob Dunlavey Ann Leonard, a member ofCNYO, real- ly is a pretty good orienteer, ranking 4th inORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999 F40. She and her husband won the bronze medal in the Mixed Team class in the 1998 World Rogaine Champs. 29

GOAT·OBillygoat's 21st Birthday 1999 Billygoat Statistics Club Style Award winner= HVOby Jon D. Nash, additional meet information from meet director Melissa Dominguez Starts: 155 Female Competitors: 32 (20.7%) It was the spring of 1979. The Shah had field size. The Pond Mountain map covers a Male Competitors: 123 (79.4%)fled Iran. With her Conservative Party's smaller area than some other northeast maps. Official Finishers: 144 (92.9%)election victory, Margaret Thatcher had just Also, the parking and assembly area, in the Age Range: 12 - 69become Britain's first female Prime Minis- southwest comer of the map, sit at the base Average Age: 38ter. Back in the US, the 'incident' at the of a 'mountain'. Conventional course-setting Winning time= 93 minThree Mile Island (in Pennsylvania) made wisdom would suggest that Ralf walk themany people question nuclear energy. And, orienteers to a mountain-top start or he might first leg worthy of testing the fitness and re-at Mt. Tom in Massachusetts, a handful of have set several legs along the foot of the solve of the field. Yes, it went a long way toorienteers competed on an unusaUy long mountain allowing the orienteers to make a stringing them out.course, dubbed the Billygoat Run, the brain- gradual ascent. But, Ralf wasn't sure thischild of Peter Gagarin, a US Team member. would solve his field-management chal- The race itself followed the pattern ofIt was part of a local 0-meet held by the New lenge; but, hey, this is the Billygoat-it's many spring races: Canadian Team memberEngland Orienteering Club. supposed to have a lot of climb, so he decid- Mike Waddington from Ontario made his ed to go for a bold third alternative. He trip a winning one, again. Although his victo- Now it's 1999. The Shah never made it walked the competitors northeast along an ry seemed easy, he was challenged by USback to Iran. Margaret Thatcher's stay at# I0 open area to a field at the base of the moun- Team member Pete Nelson-but, ultimately,Downing Street lasted eleven years and re- tain. Once there, he briefed the runners, Mike was just too fast and too steady techni-shaped her nation. The public debate over passed out the maps, and gave the 'Go' sig- cally over the long ( 12.6 kilometers) distancenuclear safety still carries on, although now nal. The orienteers turned over their maps for anyone to overtake him.it is more about waste disposal rather than and came face-to-face withplant safety. And, twenty years later, the Bil- Ralfs course-setting solu- In the women's race, Pam Jameslygoat Run still is going strong. tion: a one kilometer leg heading north/north- The twenty-first anniversary of the an- west towards a singlenual Billygoat Run took place on April II th distinct tree-aat Pond Mountain in Kent, Connecticut. This climb of 27 con-year's event attracted a record 155 starters, tour lines, five-evidence of the Billygoat's continuing ap- meter inter-peal. The larger and larger Billygoat fields vals apart: ahave posed a new set of challenges for coursesetters. The Billygoat Run is a mass-start, long-distance event, with fo llowing allowed. Alarge field means the course setter has to de-cide how to spread them out. This year'scourse setter, Ralf Becker of the host HudsonValley Orienteering club, had two othercourse setting challenges to deal with beside/30

of Canada, training hard and in top in- heading to the third control all the time, and GOAT·Otemational form, scored a widely expected those trying to keep up with her had to sud- only to the site selection, but to set coursesvictory (as she has many times this year). denly try and figure out exactly where they that allow the competitors to do at least some orienteering, not feel crowded, and keep onThough, it was her strategy, rather than her were. None had been planning to skip the sec- enjoying the experience they have come toconditioning or navigation, that her fellow ond control, so strategy reassessment among know as the Billygoat Run. The memories of the Shah and Three Mile Jsland may haveracers admired. fn the Billygoat, each com- her followers was now costing them time. faded, and the Labour Party is now in control of the British government, but, some thingspetitor may skip one control. Many orienteers After Waddington and James, 142 other that were vintage 1979 were meant to en- dure-like the Billygoat.often save their skip for later in the race when starters finished the race in under 3-1/2 MEET CREW: Meet director & course vetter: Melis-they are trying to make up time, either against hours. The high success rate was due to the sa Dominguez; course setter: Ralf Becker; registrar: Craig Weber; t-shirt design: Annette Becker; meetanother competitor or to make the 3-1/2 hour combination of the wide open woods (Apri l workers: Ellen 0' Keeffe (I st split, finish) , Anne Bu- raczynski (aid station, results), Karin Knesaurektime limit they must beat to be an official fin- II th comes before ' leaf out' takes place in (Aid Station), Jarmila Jutt (Aid Station), Annette Bo- rowitz (rec, finish), Bill Borowitz (rec, finish) , An-isher -and earn a Billygoat t-shirt. James, the northeast), the small area (the course had nette Becker (finish), Ed Hicks (finish); special thanks to the meet workers for doing double-dutywanting to lose any women (and possibly to cross over itself) and the large fie ld. An and in particular: Ellen , for claiming to be too out of shape to run (I know you could have); Anne, for vol-quite a few men) who might try to run with. aerial view of the race as it was happening unteering eons ago and travelling all that way; Karin, for giving up running in the Goat and for bringing an-her, used a different strategy. Leaving th~ would have shown a long line of people other volunteer; Jarmilla, for being volunteered by Karin and coming; Annette (Borowitz) and Bill, forfirst control, she headed in a direction that snaking their way through the woods, each always volunteering (it ' s hard not to abuse you); An- nette (Becker) and Ed, volunteers I didn ' t know I'dmight have been a route choice to the second within view of at least one other person. have; also, many thanks to: Donna Fluegel, George Hawes, Judith Dickinson, Stephen Stibler, Betsycontrol. After assessing who was fo llowing The Billygoat Run's appeal continues to Hawes, Mairead O' Keeffe, Dave Webber, Paul Re- gan, Joe Mokszycki, Robert Buraczynski , Jim Bul-her, she looked for a spot to put her running grow. So, the three-member Billygoat Steer- litt , Paul Bennett, Donna Hutton , Susan & Rick De- Witt, and Peter Goodwin (particularly for theinto high gear, suddenly take off, and leave ing Committee, the host clubs, and the course weather!) -those behind her on their ownn .:t;~:f;!.~:J~~~!/7': setters will continue to haveIt worked. James -:: to pay careful atten-had been tion not 31

The Battle of Kings Mountain A Two Day USOF Sanctioned A Meet November 13 and 14, 1999Hosted by the Carolina Orienteering Klubb Use USOF St!l!dsrd Enby FormMap: Kings Mountain State Park, 1996 and Lake Courses: All standard USOF courses are offered.Crawford, 1999, 1:15000, 5 meter contours, both White, Yellow and Orange recreational courses arefield checked by Georgy Kuntsevitch. available each day, register day of event.Terrain: Typical Piedmont ridge and valley T-shirts: Short sleeve T-shirts are available, S, M,system with light to moderate undergrowth. L, XL (entry_form line 8, indicate size).Location and Directions: About 30 miles west- Fees:southwest of Charlotte, NC. Meet headquarters atKings Mountain State Park Group Camp. 21 years and over $ 17/day line 13From Charlotte: 1-85 south to exit 8, take Route161 south for 5 miles, turn right into park and under 21 years $ 9/day line 13follow signs.From Spartanburg, SC: I-85 north into North USOF/COFIIOF discount $ 3/day line 13Carolina, take exit 2, follow Route 216 south for6.6 miles (you will drive through Kings Mountain Late fee, after 11/1 $ 5/day line 15National Military Park into Kings Mountain StatePark), turn right at Group Camp. Heated cabins, /person/night $ 5 line 18Accommodations: Pasta Dinner, adults $ 10 line 16 Heated Cabins with shared bath, hot showers, children 12 and under $ 5 line 16located at the meet headquarters. 2 and 4 personcabins available. Space for 104 people. (indicate T-shirts $ 1Oeach line 17persons to share with on line 9). Child care $ 2/hr/child Camping at Kings Mountain State Park, LakeCrawford Campground (3 mi. from HQ), $ 15.54/ Recreational courses $ 5 pay at eventnight/site. No reservations possible.Limited space for tents available in cabin area at Make checks payable to: COK (US fundsHQ, $ 4.00/person/night (indicate on entry formline 9). only, foreigners pay on arrival) Hotels/Motels at 1-85 exit 8: Registrar: Blair PeeryRamada Limited 704-739-2544, mentionOrienteering for special rate: Double$ 42.95 5306 Furman PlaceComfort Inn 704-739-7070, mention Orienteeringfor special rate: Single $ 39.95, Double$ 44.95 Charlotte, NC 28210Awards: Awards to top three in each category blair@mail.com 704-521-8171based on two day combined time. Schedule of events:Child Care: Available while competing (entry Nov. 1 Last date to postmark to avoid late feeform line 6). Nov. 8 Last date to register with late fee Nov. 11 Call for start time. 7-10pm EST,Dinner: Saturday night Pasta Dinner at the meet .headquarters (entry form line 7). 704-896-8141 Nov. 12 6pm-1Opm pick up packets at HQ Nov. 13 8am-12pm Check-in at meet site 11 :OOam first start 6pm Dinner at HQ Nov. 14 7:30-lOam Check-in at meet site 9:00am first start 2:00pm awards Meet Officials: Walter Siegenthaler Meet Director: 704-896-8141 sthale19@idt.net Course Setter: llari Gronholm Course Vetter: Pasi Ronkainen

PREVIEWSSeptember 25-26, in Nevada in the Tahoe basin, with average highs in the 60's and little chance of rain. Occasionally,The 1999 US Champs: a Classic an early snow flurry will come uninvited. More usual is a healthy dose of suntan lotionby Gary Kraght weather. Looking for tourist opportunities to complement the fine weather? You could Let us paint the picture of a classic Classic Championships at Annadel State visit the Ponderosa Ranch, only a few milesorienteering event for you. We'll start with Park, BAOC has also put on the Long from Spooner Lake, where the classic televi-fast, intriguing terrain. At the center of our Course Championships (twice), the Relay sion series was filmed. Or sail on Lake Ta-picture sits a lovely, clear mountain lake, Championships, and hosted the USOF Con- hoe in a glass-bottomed boat, shop for an-framed by meadows and forests of scented vention. Past participants will tell you with a tiques in the Sierra Nevada \"gold country\",fir and pine. (We will leave out chaparral, smile that BAOC goes all out to provide the see the shows and showgirls in Reno. Mysticker bushes, brambles, logging slash, poi- best technical, error-free course setting and personal favorite is a trip to Virginia Cityson oak and other nasties.) We'll liberally the friendliest event officials. (about 30 driving miles east of Spoonerbrush in some interesting and complex rock Lake), former home of the Comstock silverformations, but leave out those ankle- Spooner Lake is just east of Lake Tahoe lode, which made a brief cameo appearanceturning stones underneath. We'll capture our in the Sierra Nevada, a few miles northeast in US history as the wealthiest city in thepicturesque terrain with a brand-new !OF- of South Lake Tahoe and 65 miles from the country. For more ideas, check outstandard map, field-checked by one of Reno airport. It's about 4-l/2 hours from theAmerica's best, George Kirkov. To add col- major Bay Area airports (San Francisco, www. virtualtahoe.com,or, we'll even locate it in a new state! Oakland, San Jose). The Lake Tahoe region www.tahoesbest.com, or has hundreds of miles of hiking trails, in- Welcome to the 1999 United States cluding the Pacific Crest trail, and loads of www .renotahoe.com.Classic Orienteering Championships, hosted campgrounds and motels. Besides hiking, But the star attraction on September 25-by the Bay Area Orienteering Club at Lake popular summer activities, include swim- 26 will be the US Classic OrienteeringTahoe-Nevada State Park at Spooner Lake, ming at one of Lake Tahoe's beaches, moun- Championships. As you scamper through al-Nevada, on September 25 and 26. BAOC, tain biking (most ski resorts have rentals), pine forests, don't let the mountain air andthe third largest orienteering club in the hitting the links at an award-winning golf the outstanding views distract you from yourUnited States, has a history of hosting suc- course. Oh, did I mention the casinos? primary task. You might even, after a perfectcessful US championships. Besides the 1989 run, catch a glimpse of Tahoe Tessie, the Late September is a lovely time of year lake's very own lovable Monster! (•:dlNovember 13-14, in North Carolina The Alexander Central JROTC unit from Taylorsville, NC, expects about 200 cadetsBattle of Kings Mountain to take part in their competition.by Walter Siegenthaler Come experience some real southern hospitality. We have great accommodations Another 'Battle of Kings Mountain' is facilities and plenty of parking for an 0- ready for you. Meet headquarters at Campcoming your way! On November 13-14, meet. I'm convinced that if the British Cherokee has heated cabins-yes, I said1999, the Carolina Orienteering Klubb will would have had as good of a map as we heated-for I04 people, and a bathhousehost this event, serious, but more friendly have, they would not have lost this battle. with hot showers! Registration on Fridayand enjoyable than the original. During the Day 2 will be on the existing map of Kings night and dinner on Saturday night will be atRevolutionary War, British troops under the Mountain State Park, field checked 1996/97, the Mess Hall, which is heated as well. If thecommand of Major Patrick Ferguson hoped by Georgy Kountsevich. We will only run weather is good, we may not need the heat,to suppress the patriot movement in South one day on this map, so we will set courses but it sure is comforting to know it's availa-Carolina and restore the authority of King to avoid the denser areas. ble. On both days, the drive from meet head-George by defeating any patriot army he quarters to the start area is less than threefound. But, instead, on October 7, 1780, a Both areas are typical ridge and re- miles and we will have a short walk to thedisastrous defeat at Kings Mountain, by entrant Southern Piedmont terrain, with start from the parking each day . If you planmountaineers from East Tennessee and mili- mixed hardwoods and some pines. Gold on flying in, the meet sites are only an hour'stia-men from North and South Carolina, mining, which mainly took place from 1880 drive from Charlotte, NC, or Greenville/prevented the British from gaining a hold in to 1910, has left some huge pits and promi- Spartanburg, SC. Flying in and out of Green-the south. nent knolls in some sections. During the ville/Spartanburg can be less expensive even peak period, the mines produced up to 20- if your connection goes through Charlotte, 0ur goal for this year's \"Battle\" is to ounce nuggets. Keep your eyes open, maybe check it out.strengthen the hold of orienteering in the you'll find one!south-we will do everything we can to While you are in the area, take a fewavoid a defeat. On day I, we will use a new Course setter for both days is Ilari minutes to visit the Kings Mountain Nation-map, field checked and drawn by renowned Gronholm, a former member of the Finnish al Military Park. Its Visitor Center offers ex-mapper Georgy Kountsevich, which covers National Team, and the vetting is done by hibits, books, a video and a self-guided tourpart of Kings Mountain National Military Pasi Ronkainen, also from Finland. With the of the battlefield. Take your day I map alongPark (where the British lost the battle) and expertise of these two Finns, we can expect and you can follow a piece of history of thepart of Kings Mountain State Park. This challenging and fair courses. (I promise: Revolutionary War on an orienteering map.Piedmont area offers some of the most open there will be no patriot army out there shoot-terrain I have orienteered in. The National ing at you.) But, on day I, almost for sure, Make your plans now so you can enjoyPark not on!y offers you a taste of history, it you will see some people in camouflage, friendly 0-competition in the warm southalso includes a campground, which has good si nee the Blue Ridge JROTC Champion- before the winter hits hard in the north! ships will be held in parallel to the A-meet. Look for the meet announcement in this issue. t·~·)ORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999 33

REPORT FROM THE IOFIOF & North America velopment efforts in such countries.) The IOF knows that even establishedAn Improving Relationship federations need strengthening. At the last USOF = US Orienteering Federation; COF = Cana- disciplines of Trail-0, Mountain Bike-0 Presidents's Conference, the !OF held adian Orienteering Federation; IOF = International (MTBO), and marathon-0 to develop. Trail- workshop on marketing and publicity for theOrienteering Federation. 0 will hold its first World Cup in Scotland at federations . Another topic at this year's Con- this year's Foot-0 WOC. The first MTBO ference will be on recruiting new orienteers. The IOF is the international organization WOC will take place in France in 2002. The The IOF clinic schedules will expand to reachof national orienteering federations . USOF IOF will update its rules for these events and out to more geographical areas (e.g., the IOFand COF and North American orienteers has scheduled controllers' clinics specific to Controllers' Clinic in Ontario in July), andcommonly view the IOF in much the same each discipline. Council members have been assigned federa-way clubs view USOF and COF: as \"us\" and tions to monitor and help as needed.\"them\" . Really, it is all of \"us\" that \"are\" the A working group on marathon-0 (thosefederations: we orienteers do the work, serve events longer than 3 hours, usually done in IOF's Olympic Project knows that iton the boards and committees, provide the teams, e.g., rogaines) is now part of the must raise orienteering's profile for all itsfunds, and make the decisions. ln this same Foot-0 Committee. It intends to recognize members. To this end, it produced new mar-way, all of us \"are\" the IOF. an international series of three or so events, keting materials, reformatted its magazine, which incorporate the spirit and format of Orienteering World, to better reach the inter- How are we, as the IOF, doing? How the varied forms of these Long-O events. The national sports community, enhanced its webdoes the IOF affect North Americans? What group intends that a rogaine be included in page, and increased lobbying with the IOC,is the fit between the IOF and North Ameri- each year's series. The first one should be international sports organizations, and na-can orienteers ? the rogaine in New Zealand scheduled for tional Olympic Committees. IOF President January, 2000. In 2002, the group welcomes Sue Harvey' s recent appointment to the IOCIOFEVENTS a proposal from Tucson OC for its rogaine. Commission for Environmental Protection Over the past few years the IOF has will significantly raise orienteering's interna- DEVELOPMENT IN NEW AND tional profile.worked to be more effective as an internation- ESTABLISHED FEDERATIONSal sports organization. It maintains standards SUMMARYfor and sanctions a program of international An international sports federation needs Much more is going on, but I believeevents: the World Championships (WOC) members from at least 75 countries recog-and World Cups. nized by the International Olympic Commit- that the growing North American participa- tee (IOC), before a valid application to in- tion in IOF affairs is having a positive effect. !OF initiatives which should benefit clude a new event in the Summer Olympics Bruce McAlister is a member of the IOFNorth American orienteers: can even be accepted. The IOF considers Technology Development Committee, Frank reaching this number a top goal , one which Kuhn is on the IOF Trail-0 Committee, and I) It has added a system of World Rank- will make 0 a truly worldwide sport. The Ted de St. Croix serves on the IOF Foot-0ing Events (WREs). Now in its second year, IOF membership is up to 53 with the recent Committee, chairing the Senior Elite Pro-events designated as WREs allow world- additions of Uruguay and Yenzuela.( If you gram group.wide comparison of competitors (and media have business in countries not yet memberscoverage of these competitors), beyond what of the IOF or have any contacts there, please CONTACT MEbefore could only be seen at WOCs and let me know, so we can help coordinate de- (wolfes-orienteercali fornia@ worldnet.att.net)World Cups (usually very expensive for or the folks mentioned above with your ques-North Americans to participate in). \"\" tions, ideas, and hopes for the international growth and development of orienteering. \":' 2) It has improved opportunities forjuniors and masters, returning the Junior International 0-calendar 2000woe to its lower-key, social competition Want to remember the highlights from ourstatus; expanding the Ski-0 program to in- beautiful sport? 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commentaryOn How the US Team was Picked chance to normalize our working relationship with USOF and attract any paying sponsors,a conversation retrieved from the 0-net, edited by 0/NA we must present them with something of val- ue that they would be interested in buying. A(ESC= Executive Steering Committee of the US Team, its self-elected governing body) picture of a National Team, assembled for the(WOC =World Orienteering Championships) sake of satisfying personal desire for recogni- tion, will hardly present such an attraction. Every two years, a US Team has to be discretionary. The people who favor a fullychosen to compete in the (foot-0) World automatic Team selection method can be I was so surprised in previous yearsChampionships. No two Team Selections are somewhat relieved that automatic selections when battles were fought, protests and grie-done in the same way. Each time the process comprise more than half of the team : just fin- vances launched, and relations strained forelicits comments, pro and con. Since the US ish in the top three, and you're on the team. mere for the sake of being named to theTeam at this premier international event rep- WOe Team. It disappointed me to hearresents the whole country, every US orienteer Those who want a discretionary system, about the Trials competitors who from thehas an interest in the process being fair and rather than the automatic results of one race, very start knew they were not interested inproper. A review of these recent comments realize there are still two spaces on the team going to Scotland, yet competed in the Trialscan give the reader background information for one or two of the best orienteers in the category.and insights into what makes a person worthy country who may be injured or ill, which tem-ofbeing on the Team. porarily prevents them from doing their best. I side fully with the selection committee Whatever procedure we have in place, we will in their desire to pick the Team that wouldBruce McAlister, USOF Board alternate for always have people who complain, especially perform best at the WOC. If we are to get bet-the NW region, /OF Technical Committee those who didn't make the team, who feel ter, we need to be more like successful sports they would have made it if the rules were dif- programs, and start these efforts somewhere. Once more, people who have trained and ferent. Many ways exist to be recognized for orien-competed in the Team Trials and are left feel- teering achievement, e.g., the US Champsing that they have been treated unfairly. Regardless of what changes the selec- and USOF ran kings. tion process needs, if any, I think the forum Our sport is built on fairness. lf we don't for discussion is within the Team and the Ex- JeffSaeger, USOF Jr. Team chairmanhave fairness, it is a worthless exercise. What ecutive Steering Committee, and not within I encouraged many of the juniors to at-I am asking is that USOF guarantee that this the largely non-A-level-competitive (anddoes not happen again. And that is easy to do. largely non-supportive) USOF Board. My tend the Trials this year, but am advocating historical understanding doesn't run too that they do not attend woe. especially 16 I think the time has come to get rid of the deep, but I think some of the reason for the and 17 year-olds. Too much maturity diffe-selection committee. If orienteers want to re- ESC' s existence is to maintain some level of rential and physical di sadvantage.present USOF, they should come to the Team self-governance of the US Team.Trials, do their best, and the best should be Don Davis, a form er US WOC Team member,selected. If there are to be exceptions- James (Clem) McGrath , WOC-99 Team al- USOF Board member, and USOF News edi-although I see no reason for any exceptions- ternate, chair USOF Investment committee tor; on the ESC, selection commillee chairthen the criteria for those exceptions shouldbe clear, unequivocal, objective, and known If anyone has problems with the proce- The age situation within USOF's topto all competitors well in advance of the com- dure now in use, these complaints should be orienteers puts our sport in a unique situationpeti tion. aired, well in advance of the trials, to the among sports federations in the USA. I can team administration and members. I don't think of no other sport in which the core of Team members should be selected not think that the USOF Board has anything to do the best competitors are of an age bracket faron subjective assessment of what they might with it. exceeding the human peak physical perfor-do tomorrow, nor on what they might have mance window. It's an indictment against alldone last year, but on objective standards that If there are objections to the procedure, of us in USOF that we have a situation wherethey meet today. we have ample time to propose changes for men and women well over 40 years (and 50 2001. However, I too agree that the current years!) can still make the national team. Bill At the Board meetings at the Convention procedure does seem an intelligent solution Rodgers is still a great marathoner as an overI will urge that the USOF Board take action to an imperfect problem. 50 year old, but he can't beat the best USso that USOF team selection to WOC be marathoners anymore-not even close.based solely on pre-determined objective cri- Vladimir Gusiatnikov, US Foot-0 Team Ad- That's the way it should be within USOF. Butteria, with my preference being the simplest ministrator it isn't. So we have to deal with it as best aspossible: that selection be based only on per- we can for now.formance at Team Trials. Being a WOC Team member is a great achievement, worthy of recognition. I am up- Nancy Koehler, USOF Board member forWyatt Riley, Standing Team member, USOF set that this recognition seems for many on ly competition, Standing Team memberBoard memberfrom the Pacific region the goal of competing for a place on the Team. While this is an admirable position (fa - Unlike previous years, I believe this In most developed 0-nations and amongyear's team selection has gone relatively all Olympic sports here in the US , the goal of voring juniors over veteran age seniors, if re-smoothly, with most relevant information making a World Championship Team is, firstpublished well in advance (start times except- of all, to show one's best at the top level in or- sults are close}, which has some merit, it caned), and the team having debated openly over der to represent one's own nation, or the only be taken seriously if applied consistentlythe last few years, by email and team meet- sponsors. The recognition comes afterwards, and appropriately across the selection pro-ings, about the team selection procedure. and is mostly related to performing well at cess. Looking at the results versus the team the Champs, not just traveling there to partici- list, this principle was more the exception Our current system is a compromise be- pate. than the rule. Are we really \"nurturing\" ourtween those who think it should be fully auto- Juniors when we treat them inconsistently-matic and those who think it should be fully If we on the US 0-Team want any even if you support this idea of sending the young and inexperienced to WOC?ORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999 35

commentary We need to improve the selection pro- then elite team ofMoldova; coached 8 years, in the team selection competition. In addition,cess so it stops looking like a \"who you came to the US in 1991, and helped start City the Team Selection Committee will select al- know\" process. It will gain credibility among ofTrees Orienteering Club (CTOC) in idaho. ternates in case any member is unable to par-not only the elite orienteers but the general 0- ticipate in the World Championships. (See thecommunity, and increase their support for o ur I. Team Trials do not serve well in thefund-raising efforts. It appears that the Board selection of the US Team. They create too USOF Rules ifyou wantthefulltext.)will take up this issue atour June meeting. much controversy and frustration. I personal- ly believe that Team Trials are waste of time These rules seem to view the \"team\" thatDon Davis and money for participants. Teams could be is selected to consist primarily of the people How does one make a discretionary se- selected as well based on the ranking List. who will actually be going, and doesn't seem to take into account the notion that many peo-lection of something without incorporating 2. Results of the recent Team Trials can ple might be earning spots on the team andpersonal biases? When a committee makes not be used for the ranking because they \"vio- then declining-so that the alternates far out-discretionary choices, multiple biases are in- lated\" USOF rules. number the \"primary\" team members. Withvolved (likely conflicting ones too). You so many alternates, the bulk of the team ishope the majority of those biases are sound, 3. I propose to abandon the system of the chosen by committee, not by the Team Trialsbut I think it's the exception when everybody selection based on the results of Team Trials results.agrees with the committee's results. in future. I think that some discretion is advisable, In hindsight, I think that our committee 4. And, have the Team selected by the to avoid situations such as (to take an extremewas made vulnerable to criticism because we selection committee based on the following: case: when Dan O'Brien did not get a berthwere instructed to select eight alternates-in on the Olympic decathlon team in 1992) Ab-addition to the two discretionary Team picks. • 3 team members of 5 selected on the re- sent any extenuating circumstances, the twoWe had to do this because of the uncertainty sults of US Champs (classic, short, and long); discretionary spots should probably be theabout who at the trials was serious about go- fourth and fifth place finishers at the Trials.ing to Scotland. It probably would have been • 4th team member selected on the place\"fairer\" to name the alternates in the order that in the ranking list; My suggestion is that the alternate poolthey finished at the trials-making only two be chosen by objective criteria-not neces-discretionary picks rather than ten. ln fact, • 5th team member is top junior in the sarily from the results of the Team Trials. Itthis system is my suggestion for fixing the elite list (age 20 and below) (if one is already could be from the ranking list, the results ofprocess. in the list above this place is given to the next the most recent US Champs, results from a ranked athlete) or an athlete with exceptional specified set of races-whatever, as long asJames (Clem) McGrath abilities and potential who could not compete it's publicized well in advance. Using the Don's proposal to make alternate selec- in the USA Champs (we should not have Trials has the advantage that it imposes less more than one:); of a financial burden on people who mighttion based on trials res ults exclusively sounds have trouble getting to a lot of other meets.nice, but isn't necessarily better. It is possible • 2 alternates chosen based on their rank- Requiring people to go to one specific race isthat a person who may not deserve to be in the ings; reasonable. Does it place too much emphasistop five, but is definitely next in line, can't be on one race, in one terrain type? You can lev-at the trial . Adopting the \"fairer\" approach • Selection results published at the be-may not produced the best combination of ginning of the year with a full description of el that complaint against the woe itself orpeople. all the criteria used for each team member and alternate; the US Champs. Using the Team TrialsPeggy Dickison. US WOC Team member would be consistent with the selection rules. Isince 1985.former Rankings chair • If any of the selected team members or see no need to announce the alternates. The alternates declines or cannot go at any time, five men and five women (unless an automat- \"Fairer\" to name the alternates in the or- the process is repeated from the beginning; ic selection declined) would be the team .der that they finished at the trials? I have a Maybe it would be worth mentioning the firstfew problems with this; on the surface it • Any selected athlete must be active in alternate, who would be \"on call\". If an auto-seems fair, but I think it puts too much em- the sport-! propose at least 5 A-meet elite matic selection declined on the spot, then anphasis on one weekend, and doesn't take into starts per year. alternate would move up immediately. Theaccount things such as illness or minor injury rest of the alternates (as deep as whatever liston that weekend; lack of familiarity with the I really believe that US athletes will nev- was used to select them) would just be outspecific terrain; unfair advantages gained by er compete successfully at the international there, available to be called if a lot of unex-following, etc, etc. We have a selection com- level unless the top runners will run at leastmittee to sort through all the situations that 20 A-class elite starts per year. The current pected problems occurred before the woe.occur, and in general they do a pretty good system of selection and ranking in the USjob. It is a really hard job, I don't always promotes less running! Changing the process as I've describedagree with them. But I also don' t agree that would keep discretion for extenuating cir-just because we have a few people who are Jean-Joseph Cote, standing Team member, cumstances, but reduce the selection commit-unhappy with the outcome, we must change USOF Grievance commillee chair tee workload, allowing them more time tothe system and make it less flexible. I espe- consider the most important spots. Any suchcially would not like to see the USOF Board The manner of selecting the team to the change would have to be pursued through aget involved. We have the ESC for this pur- WOC is spelled out in the USOF Rules of change to the USOF rules, not just by ESC ac-pose. If we as a Team feel we need to make a Competition. The first sentence of the rele- tion.change, I believe it should be made through vant section is:the ESC. Peter Gagarin, member of or qualified for 53.1 The make-up of the U.S. Team to every WOC team since 1976, US TeamSergey Velichko, born in the former USSR in the World Orienteering Championships (the coach for many years, former editor of Team1962; began 0-ing in 1979, on the junior. WOC Team) is based primarily on the results News,former USOF Board member of a team selection competition held in the36 spring before the World Championships. In all the discussion over the proper way and the next paragraph reads: to select the woe team, it seems to me that 53.1.1 Teams to the World Champion- ships are composed of 5 men and 5 women. we are losing sight of the big picture. This is The top 3 men and top 3 women at the team se- what I think is important-looking forward lection competition automatically earn places on the WOC-Team. The remaining 2 men and 2 women will be chosen by the Team Selection Committee; they need not have participated ORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999

toward 200 I, not backward at the 1999 Trials tionary selection; or (c) one of the very best is commentaryand selections. injured and the committee decides that s/he will be healed and fit by the woe and de- leg, about 15 minutes to find number I, fin- I think it is important that we participate serves to be on the team. Beyond that, I ished second to last with only Ireland behindin the World Championships and that we would hesitate to juggle the order at the me). It was fun anyway, because I had no ex-strive to do as well as we can. This means Trials. pectations except finding out what it was like,sending the best team possible. That's all. experiencing the whole atmosphere, andNow I' II elaborate on the implications of this: Suppose one of the very best has a bad learning what I could do to improve. weekend, finishing 6th or 8th or lOth. Then I I. \"we strive to do as well as we can\"- would say that s/he really isn't in the best five All this happened, still it was a great trip.the WOC is not a training event. You should right now. If s/he can't produce under pres- Damon Douglas' calm and positive coachingnot be put on the team because you might be sure at the Trials, will s/he be able to produce had a lot to do with this. He didn't put anygood at some point in the future, or because under much more pressure at the WOC? If s/ pressure on us, gave us a lot of moral support.it will be good experience. You should be on he doesn't care enough to get fit for the Trials,the team because you are one our top 5 wills/he care enough to get fit for the WOC? WOC-91 was also the first for Christineorienteers. Lee, Joe Brautigam, and Shelly Kuipers. I 4. If the concern is that some of our best am pretty sure they all had as much fun as I We can discuss the best way to deter- orienteers are too old, a legitimate concern, did. In '93, '95 and '97, as well as the Worldmine our best 5 orienteers, but I think that if the simple solution may be to ban them from Cups in Britain last May, I had much higherwe are willing to send less than our best, then the Trials. The smart solution, however, is to expectations, at least one disappointing run inwe are going the wrong direction. If the 40- get the younger orienteers worldng a lot hard- each (though my places were higher than inyear-old is better than the 20-year-old, then er to get better. How do you think the older ' 91), and spent much more time being de-the 40-year-old should go. If you support orienteers got good? pressed, angry with myself, etc. I know othersending the 20-year-old because s/he will get US runners, not juniors, who have been quitebetter, I would first ask how many national Jean-Joseph Cote upset after their first woe performances, be-and international events that 20-year-old has A good concept: that the top runners will cause they had expectations of better runs.run in. And since the answer in all cases at the They came to terms with it later by admittingpresent time will be \"not very many,\" then I do at least 20 A-class elite starts per year. Un- that it was their first woe and that theywould say many more productive ways exist fortunately, it's difficult given the size of the hadn' t really considered that when they de-for that 20-year-old to get experience than in country and the number of A-meets available. veloped those expectations (particularly truehaving one or two runs at the WOC. In 1998, only one eligible person had as many for the relay). as 20 A-meet days in 2lA:just too expensive. My first choice would be to encourage I am not saying you shouldn't have anyor help her/him to live in Scandinavia for an Other good concepts: that team should goals for your first WOC. But perhaps theextended period of time. A distant second have enough funds to go and compete at the greatest goal should be to have a good experi-choice would be to encourage her/him to international level outside of the USA annu- ence, and to learn as much as possible. Partic-spend as much time making 0-maps as possi- ally-where will that money is come from? ularly for younger athletes, with (we pre-ble. In connection with either of these, s/he sume) quite a few woes in their future, thereshould be competing at least 30 days a year Mikell Platt, US Team member since 1979, will be plenty of time for higher aspirations.(and preferably 40 or 50), plus a lot more many-time US champ, ranked#1 again in '98 It is important to accept one's relative lack oftraining. Only then does it make sense to wor- experience as simple fact, but it certainlyry about getting experience at the woe. I second everything Peter just wrote. doesn't have to be a problem! It is only a I. That you have to go to WOCs, to be problem if you refuse to acknowledge it. 2. Bei ng on the WOC team should be prepared to run in woes, is indefensible.such an honor and such an exciting prospect 2. The most efficient route to get better I think that if I had gone to Australia inthat no one turns it down. Certainly no one is to go to Scandinavia and train and race ' 85 (at age 17), I would have had a ball. I hadshould tum it down for financial reasons. We with a club for a while, the longer the better. absolutely no expectations for myself at thatneed to do much more to re-establish the stat- If you come back unable to speak at least time; in fact, I would have expected to beus of being on the WOC team. All of our best some of the language of the country you've last, and have been thrilled with anythingorienteers should be at the Trials, except pos- just been in, you weren't there long enough. better! The only reason I didn't go was be-sibly those living overseas. It should be such 3. No shortcuts to getting better: blood, cause WOC was late that year (September)an exciting event that no one wants to miss it. sweat, tears, and persistence are requisites. and I would have missed my first week at 4. The Team Trials should be tough, de- college. If I had gone, I might have gained I remember back in the late 70s and the manding, decisive races of the highest status. the inspiration that I lacked during my col-80s when the Trials were the main event, lege years, and might not have had so manywith better and deeper fields than the US Kristin Hall, US Team member 1985, then years when I virtually dropped out of theChamps. We tried to get all the best orient- 1991-97, now lives in England; won't be on sport. (I might have run in '87 and '89, andeers there, even if it meant dipping into the the Team because her baby is due in the fall. been a much better orienteer at the interna-Team Fund to help them out. The US Trials tional level.)then were three days of long, hard courses. As someone who ran as a junior, let meThey meant something. Almost no one turned add my 2 cents: I agree with the folks who So, it is all about expectations-and in-down a chance to go to the WOC. Perhaps we say it depends on the personality of the partic- spiration . Nothing is as thrilling as seeing theneed to get back to that attitude. ular junior. In fact, this goes for any US ath- best in the world compete, and actually being lete competing at a woe, because any of us a part of it, instead of just watching. woe 3. I think that the reason for having dis- (including myself) risk having expectations needn't be intimidating if you don't put toocretionary selections is that they permit not for ourselves that we might not meet. much pressure on yourself. The pressure canfollowing the resu lts of the trials in certain be to have runs that are good runs FOR YOU,cases: (a) one of very best racers in the coun- Expectations are what it is all about. If a taking into account that it may be a new kindtry is involved in organizing the Trials and all junior, or a senior, goes to woe with certain of race atmosphere. This advice applies toagree in advance that that person will be a expectations, then fails to meet them, they ALL first time WOCers, not just those whodiscretionary selection; (b) one of the very may be very demoralised. Personally, I had happen to be under 20.best is living overseas and, again, all agreed the BEST experience in 91, at my first WOC,in advance that that person will be a discre- when I had an appalling run in the relay (I st All commenters praised the organizers, Up North Orienteers,for the well-run meet. '•:·>ORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999 37

G-TEACHING, WORKSHOPSSpreading the Word for Love and Pay Ed Hicks, HVO, who works full time teaching and promoting orienteering, hired In our previous issue, we asked people Braun made a presentation to a Boy Scout Pearson and 14 other orienteers to help himwho teach orienteering, hold workshops, Roundtable of about 30 scout leaders and with a corporate morning program at thetalk to groups of young or old, etc, to share helped a scout leader with a pace and com- Rye Hilton for 240 people.with us what they are doing. We understand pass course at a Scout Jamboree. The scoutthat what we have gathered is a very small leader from the Jamboree joined HOC and Pearson feels that the continuing edu-sampling. but it indicates the level of activity made a presentation to his Roundtable. cation or adult education or town recreationnow going on. We salute these folks and all programs are a good way to earn a littleof you who do this, because spreading the Nancy Niemann and David Swinehart spending money. Their typical continuingword about \"0\" promotes our sport and have also worked with scouts; education course is 2 hours in a classroombuilds for the future. during one evening and a 3 hour outdoor ses- One Thursday evening every month sion on a Saturday morni ng. A typical pay However, at the recent USOF Conven- from April to October, HOC holds Sociai- scale is $25 per hour.tion, Chris Cassone of Carmel, NY, de- O's at a city park: beginner instruction and ascribed how he started with 0 at kids's par- 1-hour Score-0; He considers that being part of a train-ties, how it led to 0-activities for ing weekend for girl scout leaders is a goodcorporations, and how his work is earning HOC has 4 \"practice\" (fun) meets each way to reach a lot of people because thehim a living. He also stressed that orienteers year where one member sets up only one leaders are then equipped to teach their girls.shouldn't give away what business or other Green course for the others. Originally in- Often, they bring the scouts and leaders togroups are willing and eager to pay for. tended for the enjoyment of hard working one of our club events. They've even had the club members who do not get to compete at girl scouts assist at local events. Many It occurs to us that USOF may want to HOC events, but we also instruct beginners troops do attend our local events (and makeget interested people to study this to set stan- and accompany them around the course. frequent use of the compass on the Whitedards or guidelines, and to act as a clearing- course.)house for requests from corporate or other Hill Country Orienteers (Austin, TX)groups. We know that plenty of people out Steve Nelson and others have taught an Pearson remembers that a few yearsthere are\"teaching\" 0, who have never back, USOF had a training program forbeen orienteering-and we need to establish 0-course at The University of Texas at Aus- those who wished to be certified as Level Iwho we are and what we do! tin through their outdoor recreational pro- orienteering coaches. Several people gram. He also teaches a map and compass throughout the country received this train-Houston O rienteeri ng Club class at the REI store in Austin a couple ing, and he wonders what happened to theMichael Braun times each year. program.michaelbraun@sprintmail.com Caroline and Kent Ringo DVOA Through all of the above promotional A map and compass class I or 2 times Over the years, they have given many activities (allowing participants to experi-per year at Recreational Equipment, Inc. ence the fun of orienteering) here in NEOC-(REI) in Houston; Similar outdoor events in talks, introduced many new groups to orien- CT, we have increased our exposure to thetwo state parks in the area; teering, most recently : general public and bolstered our attendance at local events. One member with \"weekend\" busi- Spoke to a group of retired federal em-ness, teaches a map and compass class for a ployees; shared their \"hobby\" at an Elder- Allmuth Per zel (NEOC) : Boy scout meritfee at a local state park 3-4 times per year; hostel they attended; gave a program for a badge counselor; EMS map and compassthe class advertised in a publication with senior citizens group sponsored by a local clinic; college courses at UMass, Springfieldother kinds of classes; community college. To the local groups, College, St Joseph (Hartford); non-credit they supplied their club event schedule; to courses at Manchester Community Techni- Larry Wei r set up an orienteering the Elderhostel folks from all over the coun- cal College (for ages 6-12 and to adc~ts ),course for Exxon executives in mid-week in try, they gave the USOF address. Northwest Conn Community College; teach-March 1999. Carolyn Ortegon did this for er workshop for Vernon School system;them a couple of years ago. We have had We don't know if any will actually go classes for students in East Hartford, Westsimilar requests; to an event, but we don't feel that our efforts Hartford elementary schools. She received are wasted: perhap. they have children or compensation for most of her work: she is a Cha rles Boone helps the scouts with a grandchildren or others they will tell about certified physical education teacher. She alsomeet at a county park each year. Michael the ''neat sport\" they heard about. Just hav- has served as an instructor for NEOC-for ing people say \"Orienteering-l've heard of almost 20 years, which, she said, has been a that!\" is a step in the right direction. very rewarding experience.CASIO NewModel New Engla nd 0 -Club Joel Wagner (NEOC): organized class- ACL-200 Paul Pearson, PRPearson@aol.com es and events for boy scouts and girl scouts; produced several B/W maps to use in orien-Replaces discontinued SDB-SOOW. Records Paul Pearson and his wife Susan gave teering workshops; Joan Hill (NEOC): in-50 splits/runs in memory. Electro-luminescent their first talk in '88. They often work to- cluded orienteering in her curriculum atbacklight with auto-light. 100 hr stop watch gether teaching orienteering adu lt ed classes; Montessori School; Stuart Sharackto 1/100 sec. Extended countdown alarms. work hops for training scouts and scout (NEOC): workshops for Science teachers,Marathon time simulator. 100m water resist. leaders; presentations for sport, cultural, and classes for students at New London Science1-yr warranty. 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Burlington, VT 05403, 802-862-3170 Orienteer Kansas (OK), c/o Gene Wee, 2223 Westchester Rd, Lawrence, KS 66049, www.geocities.com/colosseum/field/7306/MID-ATLANTICDelaware/New Jersey/Pennsylvania Minnesota Minnesota OC (MNOC), PO Box 580030, Minneapolis, MN 55458, Delaware Valley 0-Association (DVOA), Mary Frank, 14 Lake Dr, Spring www.cannon.net/-rewas/ City, PA 19475,610-792-0502, www.dvoa.us.orienteering.org/ MissouriPennsylvania St. Louis OC (SLOC), c/o AI Bromley, 6 Lake Pembroke Dr, Ferguson, Indiana Univertity of Pennsylvania (!UP), c/o Jim Wolfe, 319 Stright !UP, MO 63135, 314-963-5262; members.aol.com/jaswfultonlsloc/sloc.htrnl Indiana, PA 15705,724-357-6104, www.iup.edu/sao/orienteering/ Susquehanna Valley Orienteering (SVO), c/o Brad Whitmore, 20801 Missouri/Kansas S. Ruhl Rd, Freeland, MD 21053,410-343-1053, Possum TrotOC (PTOC), c/o Kevin Shipley, 141 Aspen, Gardner, KS users, success.netldnovosatl 66030, 913-884-7394, members.aol.com/ptoclublhome.html PoconoOC(POCO), POBox 245, Pocono, PA 18347-0245,717-822-0022 North DakotaVirginia/Maryland/District of Columbia North Dakota 0-Alliance (NDOA), c/o Thomas Simmers 1106 University Quantico OC (QOC), 6212 Thomas Dr, Springfield, VA 22150, Ave, Grand Forks, ND 58203 703-528-4636, qoc.nova.org Fork Union Military Academy (FUMA), c/o LTC Fred Tucker, FUMA, Wisconsin Fork Union, VA 23055, 804-842-4428 Badger Orienteers (BGR), c/o Catherine Ann Y ekenevicz, 2330 Chestnut St #35, West Bend WI 53095,414-335-3304, userpages.itis.com/kevinlSOUTHEASTAlabama SOUTHWEST Arkansas/Louisana!Texas Vulcan OC (VULC), c/o Tom Lamb, 2900 Blackjack Rd, Trussville, AL 35173, www.geocities.com/yosemite/trails/22511 ARK-LA-TEX Society (ALTOS), c/o Jim Huggins, 107 Maple Leaf Lane, Haughton, LA 71037, 318-949-360 I, www.softdisk.com/customer/jimhlFlorida Florida Orienteering (FLO), c/o Frank Kuhn, 3150-334 N. Harbor City Oklahoma Blvd, Melbourne, FL 32935,407-242-9480, www.engr.ucf.edu/clubs/flo Sooner OC (SOON), c/o Peter LoPresti, 2890 E. 51st ST #K, Tulsa, OK 74105, www.ww.utulsa.edu/-pgVsooner.htrnl Texas Houston OC (HOC), c/o Carolyn Ortegon, PO Box 18251, Houston, TX 77023,713-484-1391, www.c-com.net/-cortegonl North Texas 0-Association (NTOA), PO Box 832464, Richardson, TX 75083-2464, 214-369-1823, www.geocities.com/colosseum/8624/

Lone Star Orienteering (LSO), c/o Saul Villarreal, 606 Solo St, Loup Garou OC, c/o Caroline Phillips, RR#I, St. Andrews West, ON San Antonio, TX 78258; www.geocities.com/yosemite/trailsl491/ KOC 2AO; 613 938-6404; Caroline_Phillips@pch.gc.caPACIFIC Ottawa OC, c/o Richard Guttorrnson, 1310 Normandy Crescent, Ottawa,Arizona Ontario K2C ON3; tel: 613 226-3947; ag225@freenet.carleton.ca website: http://www.magma.ca/-ottawaoc/ Tucson OC (TSN), PO Box 13012, Tucson, AZ 85732, 520-628-8985, www .cloudbow .com/sites/toe/ ONTARIO Orienteering Clubs of Ontario (OCO), 2163 Third Sideroad, Campbell ville, Greater Phoenix OC (GPHX), c/o Fred Padgett, 2232 E. Pinchot Ave #9, Ontario LOP I BO; ph:416-41 0-4586 or 800-421-6402; president Annette Phoenix, AZ 85016, 602-956-7522; www.geocities./yosemite/trails/5132/ Van Tyghem, email: annette@gatoro.comCalifornia Forest Adventurers of York (FAY), Winnie Stott, 19 Poplar Crescent, Bay Area OC (BAOC), c/o Evan Custer, 18 Boblink Rd, Orinda, CA Aurora, ON L4G 3M4 94563, 408-255-8018, www.baoc.org/ Los Angeles OC (LAOC), c/o Mike Reason, 34751 Shangri Lane, Yucaipa, Forest City Orienteers (FCO), Susan Ryans, 357 StJames St, London, CA 92399, 818-769-0906, www.geocities.com/yosemite/trails/6320/ ON N6A IX8; 519-433-9350 Gold Country Orienteers (GCO), c/o Ron Gross, 14708 Echo Ridge Rd, Nevada City, CA 95959,530-265-8377, www.onrampll3 .org/gco/ Golden Horseshoe Orienteering (GHO), Mike Waddington, 99 Bond St, Monterey Bay OC (MBOC), c/o Monique Fargues, 3334 Michael Dr, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 3W4; ph: 905-523-7645; waddington@mcmaster.ca Marina, CA 93933, 831-649-6406, web.nps.navy.mil/-navigate San Diego Orienteering (SDO), PO Box 26722, San Diego, CA 92196, Guelph Gators Orienteering, Annette Van Tyghem, 2163 Third Sideroad, 619-578-9456, www.geocities.corn/yosemite/trails/9636/ Campbell ville, ON LOP IBO; ph: 905-854-3250; annette@gatoro.comUtah Toronto OC, Boon Tan, 160 The Esplanade, Apt 607, Toronto, ON The Utah Nordic Alliance (TUNA), c/o John Aalberg, P 0 Box 9008, M5A 3T2; ph:416-363-7779 Salt Lake City, UT 841 09; www.utahnordic.com Ukranian OC (UKR), Roman Malanczyj, 181 Victoria St. N,Port Hope, ONNORTHWEST LIA3N2Alaska ALBERTA Arctic OC (ARCT), c/o Jill Follett, 10300 Schneiter Dr, Anchorage, AK Alberta Orienteering Association, Dan Leggo, Tech. Dir, 11759 Groat Road, 99516, 907-348-0237, www.alaska.net/-oalaska! Edmonton, Alberta T5M 3K6; ph: 780-427-8138; fx: 780-422-2663; aoa@orienteering.sport.ab.ca; http://www.orienteering.sport.ab.caIdaho City of Trees OC (CTOC), c/o Roberta Fothergill, 9220 W. Wright St, Edmonton Overlanders Orienteering Club, Box 69082, Edmonton, AB Boise,ID 83709,208-362-3863, netnow.nicron.netl-velichko/ctoc.htm T5L 4Z8; http://www.orienteer.ab.ca EOOC president: Don Scott, 9739 10 lA Street, Edmonton, AB T5K 2R5,Oregon/Washington ph: 780-428-6028; jdscott@civil.ualberta.ca EOOC membership contact: Marilyn Edmunds, 12908 135A Ave, Columbia River OC (CROC), c/o Wiselogle, 6025 SE Woodstock Blvd, Edmonton, AB T5L 3Z7; ph: 780-455-1916; envirisk@ican.net Portland, OR 97206, 503-261-1493, www.norzang.com/croc/ Foothills Wanderers Orienteering Club, c\o Calgary Area Outdoor Council,Washington II II Memorial Drive NW, Calgary,AB T2N 3E4; http://www.cyberbia.com/fwoc Cascade OC (COC), POBox 31375, Seattle, WA 98103-0375, FWOC president: Bill Jarvis, 116 Mount Cascade Place NE, Calgary, AB 425-488-3691, www.eskimo.corn/-halter/orienteering/coc.html T2Z 2K4; ph: 403-257-2153; billjarvis@email.com FWOC membership contact: Jean Gaucher, Calgary, AB,403-288-7551; Chuckanut Orienteers (CHUK), c/o Ken Klepsch, 4313 Tyler Way, gaucher@ucalgary.ca Anacortes, WA 98221, 360-299-10 I0 BRITISH COLUMBIA Eastern Washington OC (EWOC), PO Box 944, Spokane, WA 99210, Orienteering Association ofBC (OABC), 1367 West Broadway, Vancouver, 509-838-7078, www.eskirno.corn/-halter/orienteering/pnw.html BC V6H 4A9; 604-737-3134; fx: 604-737-6043; www.oabc.bc.ca Husky 0-and-Running Club, c/o Bill Cusworth, UW Chemistry, Cowichan Valley Orienteers (CVO), Jim Traynor, Box 259, Shawnigan Box 351700, Seattle, WA 98195-1700, 206-789-1346, Lake, BC VOR 2WO; 250-753-6666 students.washington.edu/-run/ Greater Vancouver Orienteering Club (GVOC), Patrick Wells, Nisqually Orienteers (NISQ), c/o Carl Moore, 1453. N. Winnifred, 2035 w 15th Avenue, Vancouver BC V6J 2L4; ph: 604-736-4290 Tacoma, WA 98406, 253-756-5739, fax: 604-732-8814; heathere@netcom.ca; http://oabc.bc.ca/gvoc www.eskimo.corn/orienteering/pnw. htm I Kelowna Orienteering Club (SOC), Don Whyte, RR #6, S-8, C-7 Sacajawea Orienteers (SACO), c/o Frank Skorina, 116 Stanton St, Kelowna BC VI Y 8R3; ph: 250-765-9256 Walla Walla, WA 99362,509-522-2770, www.cbvcp.com/saco/ Kootenay OC (KOC), Scott Donald, Box 481, Rossland BC VOG IYO; Sammammish OC (SAMM), PO Box 3682, Bellevue, WA 98009, 250-362-7768; sdonald@ciao.trail.bc.ca 425-822-6254 Prince George Orienteering Club (PGOC), Catherine Hagen, 4362 StevensCANADIAN ORIENTEERING FEDERATION Drive, Prince George BC V2K IE3; 250-564-801;Colin Kirk (ckirk@rtm.cdnsport.ca), president of COF, Box 62052, Convent cathian@netbistro.comGlen PO, Orleans, Ontario, Canada KIC 7H8; ph: 613-830-1147;fax: 613-830-0456; COF web site: http://www.orienteering.ca! Sage Orienteering Club (Sage), Jim Fulton, I059 Belmont Crescent, Kamloops, BC V2B IX4; ph: 250-376-4500;NEW BRUNSWICK jhfulton@wkpowerlink.com, http://oabc.bc.ca/sageOrienteering New Brunswick, part of Sport NB, Gary Daneff, 147 CarriageHill Dr, Fredericton, NB E3E 1A4; 506-457-2217; fx: 506-455-5808; Subzero Orienteering Club (Sub), Grant Spelsberg, SS2 S-3, C-1,gdaneff@sympatico.ca; Fort StJohn, BC V lJ 4M7; ph: 250-785-5733(h); ph: 250-785-8580(w);http://www.fan.nb.ca/fan/info/ip_info/onb;index.html gspelsbe@cln.etc.bc.ca Fundy OC, c/o Don Heron, 105 Scarlet Drive, Quispamsis, New Brunswick Valley Navigators (VN), Charlie Fox, 1225-235 Street RR #9, Langley, E2E IS3; 506-847-7208; heron@nbnet.nb.ca BC V3A 6H5; ph: 604-533-3352; cfox@dowco.com Fredericton Foxes OC, c/o Mike Fellows, 648 Kitchen Street, Fredericton, VictOrienteers (VicO), Marvin Eng, 7268 Veyaness Rd., Saanichton BC New Brunswick E3B 3Z5; 506-451-1362 V8M 1M2; ph: 250-592-4944; eng@islandnet.com mfellows@nb.sympatico.ca http://oabc.bc.ca/vico Falcon OC, c/o Luella Smith, R.R. #2 Albert, New Brunswick, EOA lAO YUKON 506-887-2030; smithwe@nbnet.nb.ca Yukon Orienteering Association, c/o Sport Yukon, 4061 -4th Ave., Whitehorse, Yukon, YIA I HI; ph: 867-633-5314, Ross Burnett; 867-667-QUEBEC 8513, Charlie Roots (except between July 15 & August 22); fax: (notOrienteering Quebec has 5 clubs, 3 in the Greater Montreal area. checked regularly, try 867-393-6232 Charlie Roots); yoa@icefield.yk.ca;Our website is: www.mlink.net/-oquebec/ http://www. icefield. yk.ca!www/yoa Club d'O Montmorency, c/o Marie-Catherine Bruno, 750 Latour, No clubs now in Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island or Saskatchewan. Ste-Adele, Quebec J8B IJ6; tel: 450 229-360 I; rnckiller@ hotmail.com Ramblers OC, c/o John Cbarlow, 3615 Ridgewood, Apt. 406, Montreal, Quebec H3V I B4; tel: 514 733-5561, email: Charlow@ gowebway.com Viking Orienteers, c/o Judy Adams, 699 Cardinal, St. Hilaire, QC J3H 3Z5; 450467-4795

NUTRITION© by Nancy Clark, MS, RD How much salt does an athlete actually need? \"I devoured Sodium requirements vary and depend upon Nancy's first \"In the summer, I sweat profusely and my Guidebook.skin gets crusty with salt. Should I eat extra salt to how much sodium you lose in sweat. For non- This secondreplace those losses?\" athletes, the National Academy of Sciences recom- edition is even mends at least 500 milligrams of sodium per day better! It has \"I commonly eat processed foods that are for baseline health requirements. In the DASH helped meloaded with salt. Are they really badfor me???\" study, the subjects averaged 3,000 mg per day, have more which is slightly less than the 4,000 to 6,000 mg so- energy, lose \"I never use salt. I don't want to get high dium most Americans consume daily. 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US Orienteering Federation Standard Entry Form Revised Dec. 16,1998 INSTRUCTIONS: Consult the meet announcement to see which items below are applicable. USE ONE FORM FOR EACH ENTRANT. However, when several entries are sent together (eg, from a family), only one form needs to have the information com- mon to all. The minimum essential information on each form is 2, 4, 5, 13, 14, 15, and the waiver signature. 1.Nameofevent _________________________________________________________ Dateofevent ____________________ 2.Nameofentrant ___________________________________________ Year of birth____ Sex___Club _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 3. Address: S t r e e t - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - phone ( City/state/ZIP email-------------- 4. Members of USOF, COF, or any other national 0-Federation which is a member of the International 0-Federation are eligible for a $3 per day discount. If you are eligible, write federation name and your ID number___________ 5. DAY 1: Class.______ Course._ _ ____ DAY 2 (if different): Class______ Course.______ (See class structure below) 6. Babysitting needed? No___ Yes___ Number and ages of children__________________ 7. Number of dinners: Adults____ Children____ 8.Number & sizes ofT-shirts____________ 10. Order for preview/training maps_____________________________________________ 11. Number of sets of results_ _ 12.0ilier ___________________________ r -D- ---- ----------- ---- - , Check 1 here if you are willing to help 1 I during the meet. Organizers will contact you. I L----------------------~iusoF icouR5iS;5W:n'da;:d Zo;;;.s;s;r~c;;io-;-c~;d\"fo';\"e~yr;fe~~e~a;list~ bei;;w-:- - - - - - - - $$$ FEES $$$ 13. Entry fee (total for both days)11tUheSOyeFaCr oLfAthSeSeEveSn:t.FA= female, M =male, Grp =groups. Age Classes: The number denotes age on Dec 31 of 1 da~h indicates no age limit on that side: eg, M- 12 is open to boys 12 and under. A \"+\" 1 less USOF/COFIIOF discount1after an age limit, means it's forthat age and older. F35+ is for women 35 and older,\"2 1\" classes have no ageI limits. Course classes have no age limits.I COURSE ASSIGNMENTS: At USOF-sanctioned events, classes are assigned to each course as follows: 14. Net entry feeI COURSES WHITE YELLOW ORANGE BROWN GREEN RED BLUEIdifficulty level: beginner adv begin. intermediate <- ------ ----advanced- ----- -- -- - - - > 15. Late fee:winning time: 25-30 35-40 50-55 45-50 50-55 60-65 75 -80 16. Dinners (item 7) ..A..5....:..L 17. T-shirts (item 8)11AJeGngEtb (km): ..l..:..l.. ....1.:..5.. -L...l_ 1...i.:.l_ ....6....:..lQ_ ___8__:_li_ F-16 F-10 F-14 F-18 F-20 F-21+ M-21+ M-16 F60+ F35+ M-201CLASSES: F-12 M-141 M-10 F65+ F40+ M35+ 18.Housing/camping (item 9)I M-12 F70+ F45+ M40+ 19.Maps (item 10)I M65+ F50+ M45+IClasses in bold face are those retained in the condensed M70+ F55+ 20.Results (item II)Iclass structure that may be used for smaller events. M-18I M~ 21.0ther - - - - - - - - --I M~ICOURSE M60+ICLASSES: M/F-wbite F-yellow F-orange F-brown F-green1(these classes are Grp-white M-yellow M-orange M-brown M-green M-red:for any age) Grp-yellow Grp-orange TOTALLC~~ ~e~ ~~u~c.:_m_:n,!_f~ ~~a~o.!:a~~ ~o~s~~a~ :?~~-- _______________ ~ '--------------------------------' WAIVER OF RESPONSIBILITY IF YOU DO NOT FULLY ACCEPT THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS AND DO NOT SIGN THIS WAIVER, YOU WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT. I, the undersigned, know that Orienteering, as an outdooor action sport, carries significant risk of personal injury. I know that there are natural and man-made hazards, environmental conditions, and risks which, in combination with my actions, can cause me serious, or possibly even fatal, injury. I agree that I, as a participant, must take an active role in understanding and accepting these risks, condi- tions, and hazards. I also agree that I, and not the organizers and officials of this event, the US Orienteering Federation, the land own- ers or managers, or any sponsors, am responsible for my safety while I participate in this event. Name (please print)_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Signature_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Parent or guardian must sign if entrant is under 18_______________________________________ Date____________________

USOF The Next Two Years of USOF P.O. Box 1444 Forest Park, GA 30298 by Chuck Ferguson, USOF president Executive Director: Robin Shannonhouse (404) 363-2110 email: rshannonhouse @mindspring.com If I could do anything I wanted to do wonderful sport and 28 years of existence. right now, I would be out in the woods USOF Web Page: www.us.orienteering.org hanging controls...even with the south Opportunities: There is a strong national Georgia heat, humidity and billions of trend toward extreme sports, most of President: Chuck Ferguson gnats. I am hooked. wttich require land navigation. We own the 117 BrookviewTerrace, Valdosta, GA 31605 expertise. Because of the exploding stock hm:912-259-9442, wk: 912-293-6304, fx: 912-219-1207 Having a positive addiction to orien- market, many foundations have more mon- (wk) cmfergus@valdosta.edu, (hm) cior@aol.com teering led me to agree to run for President ey to give away that ever before; perhaps of USOF when friends asked. I have been we can qualify. We have hardly tapped the Administration VP: Frank Kuhn orienteering since 1973 and USOF has outdoor markets (hunters, fishers, bird- 3150-334N.Harl:JorCityBivd, Melboume, FL32935 kept the sport alive and well for me . It is watchers, hikers, etc.) that are naturals for pay-back time for people that I truly like our avocation. The military is generally 407-242-9480; fhkuhn @compuserve.com and a sport that I love. very poor at land navigation and GPS only gives the direction, not the best route. The Marketing & Public Relations VP: Liz Kotowski I have a vision of the future : USOF as bow wave of our aging population is awak- 4 WhittierDr,Acton,MA01720 a stronger national organization, stronger ening to the value of good eating habits 978-263-9704, lizk @aics.net clubs, more events and improved national and a healthy lifestyle including interesting team situations. To do a SWOT analysis outdoor exercise. Club Services VP: Michael Schneiderman (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and 2500NorthLakeview Ave,#3504,Chicago,IL60614 threats), I see the following: 773-477-5444, maxgood @aol.com, Strengths: We have great strengths in our Threats: We seem to be at a crossroads, fax: 312-558-3312 members' abilities, willingness to serve, unsure of what USOF should be in the fu- and expertise. We already have an ap- ture. Lyme disease threatens to scare away Program Development VP: Mike Minium proved long-range plan to guide our work. our participants. Many of our long time 5412 College Comer Pike#ll3, Oxford, OH 45056 USOF has been around for almost 30 supporters, leaders and volunteers are years, performing for the sport and solving burning out and wearing out. Are we pre- 513-523-9279, mikeminium@aol.com problems. We have rules, by-laws and ac- paring our successors well? cepted governance. Our sport is positively Competition VP: Eric Bone addicting to most of us while being healthy I am looking forward to working col- 120 NE53rd St, Seattle, WA 98105-3727 and fun . We are truly national, with clubs legially with USOF's officers and board, 206-634-2279,ebone @u. washingron.edu from one side of the country to the other. and with all of the clubs, since it will take We have good orienteering neighbors in all of us to strengthen orienteering in North Secretary: Linda Ferguson Canada. We usually treat each other with America. 117 Brookview Terrace, Valdosta, GA 31605 respect. We can do much work via email. If you missed Convention 1999, you hm: 912-259-9442, cior@aol.com Weaknesses: We are a full time national missed a great one, fuU of orienteering fun, organization getting by with a part time great ideas, excellent food ,and successful Regional BOD Representatives & Alternates workforce that pays its own way. Most of fund-raising. DVOA gets my strongest us have very little vacation time compared thank-you and kudos for a superb conven- Northeast- Robert Buraczynski (DE) 302-368-4455 with our European counterparts. Because tion. rburaczyn~ki @compuserve.com;Alt: Joanne Sankus of the way we are structured, we try to do (MA) 781-938-1740,jsankus@aol.com most of our work in mighty bursts at a few Finally, congratulations for a job well meetings a year. We do pretty well, but ac- done to departing President Gary Kraght, Mid-Atlantic- AI Petit(MD)301-840-5844; tions are not always thought through and departing Board Members Jon Nash, Dick alannesw @aol.com; Air: JimEagleton (PA) some things do fall through the cracks. We Neuburger, Wyatt Riley, Ian Tidswell, 215-283-0137;rsejce @rohmhaas .com sometimes wound our problems instead of Secretary Betty Hawes, and Alternate identifying the root causes and solving Board Members Evan Custer and AI Southeast-Frank Campbell (GA) 770-591-{)332; them, so they come back to haunt us over Smith. Gary and Dick will stay on as new flying.wup @aol.com,Alt: John Fairley (NC) and over. We are quite small for such a alternates. You-all have left us a great lega- 704-558--3470, 704-332-1199, navig81 @aol.com cy of a sound organization. Midwest- Tom Murphy (OH),513-791-5052, USOFisyou. oland@one.net;Alt: KennethLappin (OH) 216-561-0548. etoorient@juno.com USOF Mission Statement Heartland-GaleTeschendorf(IL).847-25l-2934 Orienteering is the skill of navigating through an unfamiliar area using a detailed Alt: Richard Neuburger(KS) 913-888-1528 map and a compass. It may be a recreational walk through the woods or a competitive meuburger@worldnet.att.net sport involving endurance, ingenuity, and running or cross-country skiing. Pacific-Clare Durand (CA). 818-769~ The mission of the United States Orienteering Federation is to: I. Provide orienteer- smittyo@earthlink.net; Alt: Gary Kraght (CA) ing as a viable and attractive recreation choice for U.S. outdoor enthusiasts. 2. Promote 415-383-4429. gary_kraght @ffic.com orienteering for education, personal development and environmental awareness. 3. 1m- prove the competitive performance of US orienteering athletes to world-class levels. Southwell- David lrving(OH)937-237-0647 irving@infinet.com;Ait: Robert Paddock(TX) ORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999 972-519-D464, rpaddock@fla~h.net Northwest- Bill Cusworth (WA) 206-789-1346. bi113@i.am; Alt: Bruce McAiister(WA) 425-821-6862, 70673.1764@compuserve.com BODMembers-at-large: Paul Regan (NJ)973-625-1903,paul.regan@usa.net Laurie Searle (GA)770-463-2133, laurie.searle@mindspring.com Barb Sleight(NY) 315-458-6406,bsleight@aol.com Competition: Nancy Koehler (MA) 978-448-8055 ndkoeh1er@aol.com USOF News Editor Michael Schneiderman address/contact numbers as above44

President's Awards for Service to the Sport National Orienteering Day 2000 by Gary Kraght by Rick Hood As your out-going President, one of my LiSOF activity. Thank you, Liz.last privileges is the honor of announcing Jonathan Reeves is the first donor On April 10, 1999, the Washingtonthe 1999 President's Award recipients. State orienteering clubs coordinated a new-USOF is totally dependent on its volunteers. to USOF's new Endowment Fund. His sig- comers' event designed to interest peopleWe have no paid staff. The vibrancy of the nificant contribution kicks off our drive to who have never tried the sport. Our eventnational orienteering scene is directly relat- capitalize the Endowment Fund, and make it was a success in the eyes of both the host-ed to the intensity and numbers of USOF a significant source of funding for USOF ing clubs and the public that attended. I be-volunteers -- in other words, YOU! I am programs. The Endowment Fund won't be lieve there is merit in hosting this event an-both thankful and in awe of the great contri- officially set up until fall, but at that time nually regionally or nationwide, or maybebutions made to our sport by USOF mem- we encourage you to consider tax- even on a larger scale. A national \"Try 0bers year after year. deductible donations of stock and cash to Day\" could generate wide media attention USOF, and consider naming USOF in your and coverage beyond what any club is like- The 1999 President's Awards are will. Thank you, Jonathan . ly to generate on its own.presented to: Liz Kotowski, JonathanReeves, Robin Shannonhouse, and Larry Robin Shannonhouse has been a The idea is that each participati ng cluband Sara·Mae Berman. true unsung hero of USOF for many years. would do its own event and could take ad- As the USOF Executive Director, she is our vantage of a time-tested newcomers' for- Liz Kotowski is USOF's first Vice memory and nervous system. Serving full- mat that the Cascade club has used for thePresident of Marketing and Public Rela- time without pay, Robin handles all inquir- past five years, if they choose, or a formattions. When the position was created a year ies to the USOF national office, she manag- of their own choosing. The main hopeago, it was a long overdue reform for es our financial accounts and membership would be to get the word to the media re-USOF. But the position would be meaning- rosters, she makes sure the necessary rules gionally, nationally, or beyond about thisless without a dynamic volunteer. Liz has and regulations are followed to keep us le- one-day event focused on orienteering ac-shown tremendous initiative, enthusiasm, gal. In the past year, Robin has posted much tivity everywhere in the country.and hard wo~k in defining a more substan- of the USOF binder and other material totial marketing and public relations role for her website, which has been incorporated Liz Kotowski, USOF PR Vice Presi-USOF. We now have a sizable marketing into the new USOF website. Every year, dent, has begun planning this event forbudget, a new website, and many new con- Robin gives her all to USOF. Thank you, Spring, 2000. She wants to encourage alltacts with education, recreation and sports Robin. clubs to plan and publicize a special event.groups. Initiatives in the works include Larger clubs will be encouraged to bring anforming a USOF club publicity and market- Finally, a special President's Award additional event to an area currently with-ing network, video productions, and a pro- goes to Larry and Sara Mae Berman, in out an orienteering club. She is working onfessional media and marketing kit. Liz has a deep appreciation for the love they poured publicizing National Orienteering Day na-full-time paying job outside of USOF, and into Orienteering/North America over the tionally. All events will appear on a mastershe still manages to be a whirlwind of past thirteen years. We will miss you great- schedule. Liz thinks that a big national ly, Larry and Sara Mae. splash is possible if all clubs participate in this effort. NEW ON THE WEB APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP TO THE by Liz Kotowski 1.1niteaStates Orienteering :Jeaeration On May 12, 1999, the new USOFwebsite (www.us.orienteering.org) was ( ) New Member ( ) Renewal ( ) Address Changelaunched . It is current!) getting about 150hits perday-7400 since it opened . We up- As a U.S. citizen or U.S. resident, I hereby apply for USOF membership. I understand that I amdate it at least once a week. All USOFclubs now have links to the USOF website. entitled to a one-year subscription to the sports national magazine, voting rights, and member- Our webmaster is Debbie Newell ,long-time member of the Cascade club in ship in the International Orienteering Federation (IOF). [THIS FORM MAY BE PHOTOCOPIED.]Washington State. Take a look at herhandiwork - it is a terrific website. Debbie PLEASE PRINT & MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO USOFalso designed and launched a new USTeam website in June. It includes photos Date Year born Home phone ( )of all WOC-99 team members. We also have been working with Name email:other people's websites to improve expo-sure of orienteering. We worked with the AddressBoy Scouts of America webmaster, andthe editor of Boys Life magazine to post If this is a family membership, please list other family members:a short article about orienteering(www.bsa.scouting.org). The Women's Name Year bornSports Foundation website now has a list-ing for orienteering, summarizing the ba- llndividual $25, member of a chartered club ~ Student $10, (21 & under)sics of the sport: Member of a chartered club? Club name: - - - , . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (www. womenssportsfoundation.org) !lFamily $35, At large Junior $5, (18 & under, no vote, no magazine) Individual $30, At-large Family $30, members of chartered club Individual Life $450 Family Life (incl. children under 18) $540 FOR MAILING OVERSEAS (except APO & FPO): ( ) Surface, $5 extra; ( ) Airmail, $25 extraORIENTEERING NOR TH AMERICA JULY 1999 45

by Michael SchneidermanHmm, I'm Not a Software Engineer ... Trading Maps for Access. Some land own- of the United States Olympic Committee. ItWho are we? That depends on who you ask. ers can be induced to allow orienteering on is a lesser status, different from the organi-In a UPI story that has appeared in several their property by providing a good map in zations responsible for the 38 officialnewspapers around the country, orienteering exchange. Several clubs have used this ap- Olympic sports. Orienteering, though striv-is described accurately and favorably in all proach. The Columbia River club held its ing for full Olympic status, is one of theof its joy, complexity and varieties. You annual Vampire-0 on such a map. \"The forgotten six. The other five are karate, rug-would recognize the sport from the story, World Forestry Center deserves a big thank- by, sport acrobatics, trampoline and tum-but would you recognize yourself? Consider you for allowing us to use the tree farm at no bling, and underwater swimming.this quote: \"Gary Kraght, president of the charge this year (and perhaps for a few moreUSOF, says the sport draws, in general, years to come). They did this in exchange Rally Round the Flag, Boise. Some say we'computer programmers and software engi- for our creating and maintaining a map of would get more new orienteers if we calledneers, nerds of any kind.\"' Happily, there- the property.\" our organizations something other thanporter added: \"Actually, the sport attracts \"clubs.\" It sounds exclusive, which weeveryone from educators to repairmen, but Put This in Your Navigator Cup Bro- aren't. But we still like the name of one ofmost enthusiasts tend to be well-educated chure. Regular readers know our weakness our newest societies, organizations, associa-outdoor types with an analytical streak.\" for wildlife stories. Georgia club member tions, circles, lodges, groups, packs, herdsThis story is one product of the astounding Sam Smith, while running in the woods, and whatevers--Circle of Trees Orienteer-work of USOF PR Vice President, Liz Ko- \"stepped on the largest copperhead I have ing Club, raising the flag in Boise, Idaho.towski. Liz, and her promotion of our sport, ever seen.\" He says it \"scared the bejesus That's the good news. Farewells are in orderare one of Gary's most important legacies. out of me and the snake.\" Moving south, for the Nisqually club in Washington State,True to her calling, she reviewed the story Rick Orcutt files this report about a Wick- which will fold at the end of the year. Fortu-before it was published and asked the report- ham Park event. \"All of you that thought nately, there are several other good clubs iner to take out Gary's jest-it seemed more the water at [control] AZ was ankle deep its region to house its orphaned orienteers.serious in type than he intended it in the con- got a little surprise. Did anyone go com-text of a long interview. True to the report- pletely out of sight? I would have gone Publishers and Editors. Of the severaler's calling, the quote was left in. around the south end of the thicket instead thousand orienteers in this country, hun- of getting wet. And by the way, when we dreds-maybe more-have encounteredBut, Maybe Gary's Right. You are on a were picking up AZ we saw a fair size alli- Sara Mae and Larry Berman running orstraight, good trail. Run 200 meters, turn gator in that lake. I am glad he doesn't skiing in the woods, chasing after controls.right and run another I00 meters on a good mind visitors.\" Many of you have worked with them pro-trail to the control. Or, dive into the woods moting the sport here and abroad. Evenand cut the corner. Where should a nine- The Eagles Have Landed. Here's a mar- those who have not met them, know themminutes per kilometer runner leave the trail keting idea you haven't thought of. The an- in the way that people of our time come toand head straight for the control? Is the an- nouncement of the Quantico club's annual know media personalities, through theirswer different for a slower, 15rnlk runner? \"beer chase\" notes that the event will share words in this magazine. Just two of us-That's the question in the St. Louis club's an American Legion Post. \"Several other my predecessor on this page, Don Davis,Puzzle Corner. We are assured that the an- activities will also be taking place at the and 1-have known them in the close andswer is that the fast runner should hit the Post that day, including an induction of complicated relationship that enfolds edi-woods I 13 m from the corner; the slower Post officers and a Boy Scout Eagle cere- tors and publishers. From that foreshort-runner at 75 m. There is a formula for this mony ... Maybe we'll recruit some new ened distance, we have seen in detail whatthat accounts for different speeds on and off people to our sport!\" Check your merit many of you have seen from some dis-the trail, but we are typographically chal- badges at the door. tance-the Bermans' hard working com-lenged and can't handle it. mitment to putting out a useful magazine. One More Note on Maps and Beer. This has not been a sensible business forHere's at Least One Exception to the Among the most important mapping exer- them. But it has been a plausible way forGary Rule. Former Rochester club member, cises in history occurred in 1854, when them to try to make their sport stronger inand new Pocono club member, Eric Mayer cholera cases were plotted on a map and this country. They have done nothing casu-reports on his move to Northeastern Penn- showed a suspicious relationship between ally in this enterprise. They have workedsylvania. \"Mary and I continue writing and cholera and a particular public water pump. much too hard to put together an effectiveour first novel One for Sorrow is coming out When the pump was closed, the epidemic voice for the sport, and an essential com-from the Poisoned Pen Press in August, soon ended. Among the confirming evi- mon experience for all of us. It is not too1999. It's a murder mystery set during the dence was the fact that no serious cases oc- much to say that they have played a centralByzantine Roman Empire featuring John the curred among workers in a brewery close role in holding this sport together for moreEunuch, Lord Chamberlain to the Emperor to the pump. The brewery supplied them than a decade. Emails, late night phoneJustinian, and involves Mithraism, soothsay- with beer, and thus they did not use the calls, exchanges of proofs, arguments overers and the Holy Grail. We had a mystery set pump. They were, we might say, off the fine points of content, one more last minuteat an orienteering meet but that was consid- map. change in service of accuracy. Enough, al-ered too bizarre to publish.\" Perhaps Eric ready. This editor understands that the timecould combine these topics next time out Good Company? Six American organiza- has come to retire from all that. But he willwith a novel featuring Vlad the 1mpaler. tions share the distinction of being \"affiliat- miss you all the same. ed sports organizations\" under the umbrella46 ORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JulY 1999

(and other official positions) ADMINISTRATION (Frank Kuhn)Bylaws: Robert Wilkison 717-286-7643Computer &Technology: Bill Cusworth 206-789-1346Convention: Valerie Murray 508-877-8513Grievance: Jean-Joseph Cote 303-545-2248Investment: James McGrath 215-275-6033 1222 - 2000 USOF EVENT CALENDARNominations & Elections: Frank Kuhn 407-242-9480 The following calendar details the USOF sanctioned Orienteering events for the 1999 - 2000Rules: Steve Shannonhouse 404-363-2110 seasons. Further Information and/or entry forms can be obtained by sending a self-addressed, ~tamped envelope to the Registrar. Abbreviations: EDL (entry deadline), S.P. (state park).CLUB SERVICES (Michael Schneiderman)Club Developm't Coord.: Mary Frank 610-792-0502 DATE EVENT & REGION CLUB REGISTRAR INFORMATIONEnviroment & Land Access: Rick Hood 206-367-2606 1999 Rocky Mountain 1999 Multi-Day Dan Walker l)ay 1 & 2, Plains of Dispair, Days 3 & 4, Five USOF A Meet Days 1138 North Ridge Dr. Forrest Meadows, Day 5 W. MedicineInsurance Adm: Michael Schneiderman 773-477-5444 Aug . (HEARTLAND) BSK Erie, CO 80516 Bow. Medicine Bow N.F. Laramie WY 14, 16, RMOC (303)828-3491Map Fund Adm: George Minarik 510-525-1574 17,20 & 22Mapper Referral: Bill Gookin 619-578-9456New Club Support: 22nd Annual West Point Invitational Cadet Nate Kutsko xisting Map, Lake Popolopen, West Department of Geography Point, NY COMPETITION (Eric Bone) Sept. A Meet USMAOC and Environmental Engr 18-19 West Point, NY 10996Coaching: Jeff Saeger 781-326-0509 2-Day Individual USOF A (914)938-2930Course Consulting: Piaras de Cleir 914-524-9492 (NORTHEAST)Event Consulting: Inland Northwest Orienteering Cup EWOC Scott Coble ishtrap Lakes, 25 Mi. SW of Spokane, 2-Day Individual USOF A NISQ P. 0 . Box944 WAMap Consulting: Bill Jameson 518-877-8861 Sept. (NORTHWEST) Spokane WA 99210 18-19 (509) 323-6046Flarllir'g; Coooilatcr : Bill Cusworth 206-789-1346Sanctioning: Ed Scott61D-582-2128 1999 U.S. INDIVIDUAL CHAMPS Marsha Jacobs Spooner Lake S.P., Lake Tahoe, NV 2-Day Individual USOF A 501 Roosevelt Blvd .Ski{) : Larry Berman 617-868-7416 Sept. (PACIFIC) BAOC Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 25-26 (650)726-6636US Ski-0 Team Fund Adm: Anne Buraczynski 302-454-7019Team/Jr Tm Fund Adm: Bruce Wolfe 510-428-0701 Pumpkin Hunt Sharon Bond New & Revised Maps, Twin Creek/Camp 2-Day Individual USOF A 9692 Springwater Lane Hook, Germantown Metropark, NearUS JuniorTeam: Jeff Saeger 781-326®9 Oct. (MIDWEST) MVOC Miamisburg OH 45342 Dayton, Ohio 23-24 (937)433-8836US Senior Team: Vladimir Gusniatnikov 317-497-1838USSki.O Team: MitchCollinsworth 607-844-9730 US Long Course Champs & Team Sandy Fillebrown Harriman Park Maps, Jackie Jones & 8011 Crittenden St. Polebrook, 30 Mi. N of New York CityMARKETING &PUBLIC RELATIONS (Liz Kotowski) Oct. Benefit A Meet US Team Philadelphia, PA 19118- 30-31 2908 (215)242-0911Awards: Jon Nash 207-439-7096 2-Day Individual USOF A DVOA (NORTHEAST)Fundraising Chairman: Jack Williams 610444-2972 Texoma A Meet Scott Morris Revised Map, Lake Texoma/Mill Creek 2-Day Individual USOF A (817) 459-1417 Pottsboro, TXGrants: Unda Fergusoo 912-328-0057 Nov. (SOUTHWEST) NTOA 6-7 COK BlairPency Existing Map, Crawford Lake, Kings Mtn,Media Relations Director: Jon Nash 207-439-7096 Battle of Kings Mountain 5306 Furman Place 30 mi. W of Charlotte NC Nov. 2-Day Individual USOF A Charlotte, NC 28210Publications Director: Eva Ruutopold 603-654-2489 13 -14 (SOUTHEAST) (704)522-7761USOF News Editor: Michael Schneiderman 773-477-5444VIdeo Productions: Gail Rnnerty Keech 607-756-5359 2000 Georgia Navigator Cup & Jr Robin Shannonhouse Red Top Mountain S.P..Picketts Mill , Champs 4738 Cityview Dr. ~.;artersville, GAWebmaster: Del:fJie Newell42&488-3691 Jan. 2-Day Individual USOF A GAOC Forest Park, GA 30297 15-16 (SOUTHEAST) (404) 363-2110 PRESIDENT (Chuck Ferguson)Budget & Finance: David Irving 937-237-0647 US Intercollegiate Champs & SE Ruth Bromer New Map(99), Raven Rock, Lillington NC Champs 904 Dorothea Dr.IOF Activities Uaison: Bruce Woffe 51()-652-7871 April 2-Day Individual USOF A BOK Raleigh, NC ~ew Map, Burton Creek S.P., Tahoe 8-9 (SOUTHEAST) BAOC (9 19 ) 8 2 8 -6068 City, CALong Range Planning: Mark Frank 61 0-792-0502 Aug. Sierra 2000 'O'Fest & USOF Steve BeuermanUS ~ic Com Uaison: Beatrice McBride 719-599-8781 1 -6 Convention 963F LaMesa Terrace. 2-Day Individual USOF A Sunnyvale, CA 94086 PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT (Mike Minium) (PACIFIC) (408) 739-9376Boy Scout Dev.Liaison: Ed Scott610-582-2128Girl ScoutDev. Liaison: Linda Eck 610-488-7010 Rocky Mountain 1000 Day Dan Walker West of Laramie Wyoming Multi-Day USOF A Meet 1138 North Ridge Dr.JROTC Liaison Frank Campbell770-591-0332 Aug . (HEARTLAND) BSK Erie, CO 80516 11-20 RMOC (303)828-3491Little Troll Coordinator: Betsy Hawes 914-496-5230Military Development: ChuckFergusoo912-328-0057 ROC A-MEET Dick Detwiler amp Pinewood, Letchworth S.P. East, 2-Day Individual USOF A 422 Woodland Lane, Dansville, NYMountain Bike-0: Aug . (NORTHEAST) ROC Webster. New York 14580 21-22 (716) 671-24370 in Schools: Karl Kolva 716-342-5974Rogaine: Eric Smith 607-347-4844 North American Champs RalfBecker Harriman S.P., Ringwood & Shephards 2-Day Individual USOF A 555 Main St. Apt s-512 ake, 35 Mi. N. of New York CitySenior Program: Barb Sleight315-458-6406 Oct. (NORTHEAST HVO New York, NY 10044 28 - 29 (212) 753-1267Trail{): Frank Kuhn 407-242-9480Youth : QOCAMeet Valerie Meyer Existing Map, Combat Village, Triangle, 2-Day Individual USOF A 2305 S Buchanon St. ~A Oct. (NORTHEAST) aoc Arlington, VA 22206 28-29 Note: Date will change (703) 671-3655Regional Club Development DirectorsUSOF Club Dev Dir-Mary Frank 61 0-792-0502 2000 U.S. INDIVIDUAL CHAMPS Kent Shaw SpackmanCreek, Sunny Hill, PA, 2-Day Individual USOF A POc:onos between 180 & 184Northwest-Mike Schuh 206-783-3960 Nov. (NORTHEAST) DVOA 4-5Mid-Atlantic-Mary Frank 610-792-0502 hanges, Corrections: Tom Hollowell Sr., 2405 Pine Hill Ct. St. Joseph, Ml49085 (616) 983-2405 <tehollowell@juno.com>Pacific-Bruce Wolfe 510-428-0701 or the latest updated calendar visit the webpage <http://ourworid.compuaerve.com/homepagesltehollow> there you will find links o club and event web pages and email addresses for registrars, when available.Southwest-Miki Snell 214-369-1823Heartland-Richard Neuburger 913-888-1528Midwest-Pat Meehan 513-868-7535Northeast-Barb Sleight 315-458-6406Southeast-Walter Siegenthaler 704-896-8141ORIENTEERING NORTH AMERICA JULY 1999 47