The next meeting of the LVKCC will be Tuesday, June 5. We will meet at the Little Lehigh Practice area at 5:30 PM to practice and then we will have pizza and a general membership meeting. This is our last general membership meeting until September. Please bring your white water boat and join in the fun! There will also be a swap meet and gear sale. If you have anything you want to trade or sell bring it along.
June 3, 2012
Kayak and Canoe Games at Lake NocKamixon! 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM. Be prepared to get wet! Meet at the Haycock launch area. Bring the following: boat, paddle, pfd,whistle,throw rope, bilge pump, sponge or bailer, beverage (no-alcoholic), boat shoes, change of clothes, towel, strap for glasses if you wear them. Your boat should have launch permit.
May 3, 2012
The next meeting of the Lehigh Valley Kayak & Canoe Club will be held Thursday, May 3. This is our Paddle & Potluck at the Lehigh Gap Nature Center. We will meet at the Nature Center at 5:30 PM. We will set up the shuttle to Walnutport and paddle the Ledges. Looks like we will have water! Potluck dinner will follow the paddle session. Paddlers with last names beginning with A to M bring a main dish to share, N to Z appetizer or dessert.
Business meeting is set for 7PM.
Sunday April 29 pool session at Lafayette 5:30PM until 9 PM . Last one for the year!
April 14, 2012
Larry March passed away today while helping on the Schuykill river clean up. Our deepest sympathies go out to his family and friends. Larry was a long time member of the Lehigh Valley Kayak and Canoe Club as well a very active member of the Keystone Canoe Club in Reading PA. He was a great friend, teacher, coach and paddling partner to many of us. We will miss him very much. This is a very sad day in the life of our paddling community.
Photo of Larry March taken at Paddlefest 2012. Courtesy of Lisa Aderhold.
Paddle Fest 2012 Boat Raffle Winner are Larry March and Nicole Boger!
Next meeting of the LVKCC will be Thursday, April 5 at 7PM at the Red Cross building. We will have trip reports from the Chesapeake Bay, and Alaska.
March 2012 meeting minutes now posted on Forum.
General membership Meeting: March 1, 7 PM at LL Bean Promenade Shops Saucon Valley PA. Our guest speaker will be from Dagger Canoe. Click here for directions.
February 2012 Minutes now posted on Forum
Paddler of the Year and Young Paddler of the Year Awards
We are still looking for your nominations for Paddler of the Year and Young Paddler of the Year. As of the February 2 general membership meeting we had no nominations. We need your nominations by February 12. Nominees must be members of the LVKCC and your nomination must be submitted in writing via email to Bob Rock at paheart@comcast.net or Bill Smith at mutter7@verizon.net. Please read the following criteria before submitting your nominee.
New LVKCC Awards Announced at February 2012 Meeting!
Starting this year (January 2012 to December 2012) the LVKCC is sponsoring two new paddling awards: Most White-water Miles Paddled by a LVKCC Member and Most Flat-water Miles Paddled by a LVKCC Member. Start logging you miles as of January 1 2012. The awards for 2012 will be awarded at the Ice breaker Dinner in 2013. LL Bean is pro ported to offering prizes to the winner. But details are still being worked out. contact persons for the prizes are Bob Rock and Bill Smith.
The next general membership meeting will be February 2 at 7 PM at the Red Cross Building.
Program topic:
Gas and Water in the Lehigh River and Delaware River Watersheds: Will Our Water be Affected?
A presentation by Tracy Carluccio, Deputy Director, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, will review the issues and open up a discussion of what the controversial development of natural gas in the Lehigh and Delaware Watersheds means for our region.
Beginner kayak and canoe classes and practice pool sessions start January 8. Click the Kayak and Canoe Classes tab for more information.
January 5 Executive Board meeting. Contact club president Jim Schulte for more details.
2012 Executive Meeting Minutes now posted on Forum.
November club election results and November meeting minutes are on the Forum.
Walnutport Canal Festival Sunday October 16th
LVKCC at the Canal Festival!
Support your club and the community! Volunteer at the Walnutport Canal Festival! The club needs volunteers to help put people on the water from 12 noon until 6 P.M. The Wildlands Conservancy supplies the canoes and we supply the manpower. The Canal festival is also a lot of fun just to visit.
Contact Bob Brunda at 610-577-5312 and let him know when you can help.
October 6, 2011 Meeting
The next meeting of the Lehigh Valley Kayak & Canoe club will take place on Thursday, October 6th at the Red Cross Building on Ave A in the Industrial Park next to the Lehigh Valley Airport.
Here is the proposed agenda for the meeting:
1. Penn Cup races: Scott Douglas
2. Website update:
3. Fall boating schedule update: John Rossini
4. Walnutport festival: Bob Brunda
5. Report on trip to Chesapeake etc.: Bob Rock
6. Program for November meeting: LL Bean will present Stand Up Paddling
7. Planning of winter classes and expanding them into the spring ( my suggestion is to run the first 4 classes from 6-8 pm and focus just on club members that want to practice there roll. Then 8 classes for beginners WW and 3 classes for flat water to finish the winter/spring
8. Racing team update: Scott Douglas
9. Report on the Easton WW Park: John Rossini
10. Holiday party date and place: If no solid suggestions go with bath Rod and Gun. I’d like to see one at a restaurant in Allentown/Bethlehem area.
11. Club instruction/instructors and expansion of more instructors. Next round of potential instructors: Bob Babacz and a female for WW kayak. We need another canoe person. Is Tony Broadwater still available or did he get it. I can’t remember.
12. Film Festival (potential new site) Jerry McAward suggested the place he had the film festival in Jim Thorpe last month.otherwise lets go for Saucon Valley at a later date.
13. Membership report: Don Harris
14. Treasurers report: Kim Royer
New business:
1. Nominations for officiers to be voted on in next meeting.
2. Still need a Secretary.
Jim Schulte
President Lehigh Valley Kayak & Canoe Club
Here is a Google Maps Link to the meeting site.
View minutes from September 1, 2011 here.
