We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Ute Valley Park Trail Maintenance

Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Time: 6:00PM - 9:00PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

Join us for trail maintenance in the evening at Ute Vally Park.
Meet at the parking lot on Vindicator Drive. For more
information, go to www.medwheel.org

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Cheyenne Mt State Park Trail Building

Date: Tuesday, July 5, 2005
Time: 4:00PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

Trail building volunteers are needed to build our next trail in
Cheyenne Mountain State Park.  We will be building every Tuesday
starting from about 4:00pm to dusk, weather permitting.  You can
show up later than 4:00 if you need to.

Directions to the trail site are on our web site here:

http://www.medwheel.org/park.html

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Stratton Open Space Trail Maintenance

Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Time: 6:00PM - 9:00PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

Join us for trail maintenance in the evening at Stratton Open
Space. Meet at the trailhead off Cresta Rd SW of Cheyenne Mt
High School.  For more information, go to www.medwheel.org

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Cheyenne Mt State Park Trail Building

Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Time: 4:00PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

Trail building volunteers are needed to build our next trail in
Cheyenne Mountain State Park.  We will be building every Tuesday
starting from about 4:00pm to dusk, weather permitting.  You can
show up later than 4:00 if you need to.

Directions to the trail site are on our web site here:

http://www.medwheel.org/park.html

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Stratton Open Space Trail Maintenance

Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Time: 6:00PM - 9:00PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

Join us for trail maintenance in the evening at Stratton Open
Space. Meet at the trailhead off Cresta Rd SW of Cheyenne Mt
High School.  For more information, go to www.medwheel.org

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Cheyenne Mt State Park Trail Building

Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Time: 4:00PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

Trail building volunteers are needed to build our next trail in
Cheyenne Mountain State Park.  We will be building every Tuesday
starting from about 4:00pm to dusk, weather permitting.  You can
show up later than 4:00 if you need to.

Directions to the trail site are on our web site here:

http://www.medwheel.org/park.html

Greetings!

The first workday for the Red Rock Canyon Freeride Area is this Saturday,
June 18, from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm!

The freeride area will contain a stunts, jumps, ramps, teeter-totters, etc.
This should be some fun stuff.

We will meet in the parking area on High St. just south of the Hwy 24/Ridge
Rd. intersection.

Come down and be a part of this exciting new project.

----- Original Message -----
From: "dan.cleveland@..." <dan@...>
To: <tosc-list@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 12:22 PM
Subject: [tosc-list] Starlight Spectacular Bike Ride, Saturday Night


> There is still time to register for the Starlight Spectacular Saturday
> night, June 18. Pre-ride activities, registration and packet pickup
> start at 10:00 pm Saturday night with the ride following two hours
> later at midnight.
>
> Go to our website at www.trailsandopenspaces.org to register online,
> come to our office Friday afternoon: 1426 North Hancock Ave, Ste 4N
> (It is three blocks north of Uintah on Hancock in the Golf Acres
> Office Park - SW corner of the shopping center.) or register at the
> Garden of the Gods Visitor Center.
>
> Packet pickup is closed at the bike shops but you can still pick up
> your packet at our office Friday afternoon until 5:00 pm or at the
> Visitor Center Saturday night.
>
>
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>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
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We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Stratton Open Space Trail Maintenance

Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Time: 6:00PM - 9:00PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

Join us for trail maintenance in the evening at Stratton Open
Space. Meet at the trailhead off Cresta Rd SW of Cheyenne Mt
High School.  For more information, go to www.medwheel.org

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Cheyenne Mt State Park Trail Building

Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Time: 4:00PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

Trail building volunteers are needed to build our next trail in
Cheyenne Mountain State Park.  We will be building every Tuesday
starting from about 4:00pm to dusk, weather permitting.  You can
show up later than 4:00 if you need to.

Directions to the trail site are on our web site here:

http://www.medwheel.org/park.html

Please note that there is NOT a workday this Saturday (6/11/05) for the Red
Rock Canyon Freeride Area.

Although the 6/11 date was listed on the City of Colorado Spring's web site
(http://www.springsgov.com/Page.asp?NavID=5552), the Phase I plans were
still being finalized by the City.  The City has now given us their thumbs
up, so we have now scheduled our first workday:

Red Rock Canyon Freeride Area Workday
Saturday, June 18th, 2005
8:00AM-4:00PM

We will meet in the parking area on High St. just south of the Hwy 24/Ridge
Rd. intersection.

Would anyone like to carpool to Cheyenne Mt. State
Park on Tuesday, June 21, to do trail work?

Janet



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Greetings,

I would like to let you know about yet another trail work opportunity.
This is for you guys who just live to ride on Cap'n Jacks.

CMTRA (Colorado Motorized Trail Riders Association) will be working
on trails in Frosty's Park.  This is the top of the Cap'n Jacks/
Pipeline Trail system.

WHEN:  9:00 am June 11
WHERE: Frosty's Park

To get there, go up Old Stage Rd to Gold Camp Road.  Proceed west
to the Frosty's turnoff, it will be marked.  Turn right, and head
up the road.  Don't take your car.

The usual items are required, gloves, sturdy shoes, water, sun
screen etc.  They will be providing a barbeque lunch.  If you
want lunch, you will need to contact Steve Lang at 527-1392 or
stevlan@....  Work will continue until the early afternoon.

Hope to see you there.

Phil Yearsley
Trail Work Coordinator

Please note that there will NOT be a workday this Saturday, June 11th, for
the Red Rock Canyon Freeride Area.

The City of Colorado Springs originally set that date as the first workday
(and it is listed on their website), but we are still finalizing the Phase I
plans with the City.  As soon as a new day is set, word will be sent out to
the distribution list.

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Stratton Open Space Trail Maintenance

Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Time: 6:00PM - 9:00PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

Join us for trail maintenance in the evening at Stratton Open
Space. Meet at the trailhead off Cresta Rd SW of Cheyenne Mt
High School.  For more information, go to www.medwheel.org

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Cheyenne Mt State Park Trail Building

Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2005
Time: 4:00PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

Trail building volunteers are needed to build our next trail in
Cheyenne Mountain State Park.  We will be building every Tuesday
starting from about 4:00pm to dusk, weather permitting.  You can
show up later than 4:00 if you need to.

Directions to the trail site are on our web site here:

http://www.medwheel.org/park.html

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Cheyenne Mt State Park Trail Building

Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2005
Time: 4:00PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

Trail building volunteers are needed to build our next trail in
Cheyenne Mountain State Park.  We will be building every Tuesday
starting from about 4:00pm to dusk, weather permitting.  You can
show up later than 4:00 if you need to.

Directions to the trail site are on our web site here:

http://www.medwheel.org/park.html

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Cheyenne Mt St Park Trail Building

Date: Saturday, June 4, 2005
Time: 8:30AM - 12:30PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

Join us for trail construction At Cheyenne Mountain State Park.
Meet at the gate on Pine Oaks Road off Highway 115. For more
information, go to www.medwheel.org

----- Original Message -----
From: "dan.cleveland@..." <dan@...>
To: <tosc-list@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 8:30 AM
Subject: [tosc-list] Amendment threatens bicycle and pedestrian funding
levels


This is from the Vermont Bicycle and Pedestrian Coalition.

"Folks, On Monday evening, a critical vote will occur in the Senate on
an amendment by Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) that effectively
threatens many of the key gains that have been made in the SAFETEA
legislation, setting some funding commitments back to ISTEA funding
levels.

This is real and its needs your full attention and immediate action.

Senator Sessions' amendment will cut funding for public transit by $5
billion, clean air improvements funded by the Congestion Mitigation
and Air Quality program by $4 billion, community building and
transportation options funded under the Transportation Enhancements
program (TOSC note: This has paid for many of our bicycle and trail
improvements in the Pikes Peak region.) by $1.1 billion, and smart
transportation strategies funded under the TCSP program by $100
million. These changes and some others total $10.7 billion.

Here is what the amendment does. First, $5 billion is cut from the
guaranteed spending for transit research and the transit formula grant
program. (The formula program distributes funds annually to every
transit provider in the nation - more than 525 systems throughout the
U.S. - for a range of eligible activities. For systems under 200,000,
they are permitted to use a share of their formula funds for operating
costs.) It reduces the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality
Improvement program funding by $4 billion, returning CMAQ funding to
what was > authorized under ISTEA (FYs'92-97) at a time when new air
quality standard for ozone (8-hour) and particulate matter (PM2.5)
will apply to more local areas. This greatly diminishes the existing
commitment to local areas to fund mandated costs of local air quality
compliance.

On Transportation Enhancements program, $1.1 billion will be cut from
this crucial community-building program which is widely acknowledged
as the most popular of the ISTEA/TEA-21 programs. This reduction will
turn the program's funding level back to early TEA-21 funding levels.

Finally, the funding level for the TCSP program would be cut almost in
half for this very modest and vastly over-scribed program which has
been a test bed for many local innovations and has underpinned new
directions in local and regional transportation investment. Keep in
mind that the overall funding in SAFETEA is growing by more than by 40
percent.

This amendment is really about telling Senators they can get $295
billion highway funding levels (minus CMAQ and Enhancements and
transit cuts) at the $284 billion price tag requested by the
President. This is a test drive on one theory on how to cut a deal in
conference that leaves key priorities short, while helping highway
spending. This is a massive hit on transit. Not only does its hit the
transit formula program directly, it goes after programs in the
highway account - CMAQ and TE - that have been most beneficial to
transit investment and in funding facilities to support transit use.

Here are the steps you need to take immediately to help defeat the
Sessions amendment by a decisive margin - . Call your Senators/Senate
Offices in the District office and in Washington (to reach the DC
offices, call 202-224-3121 and ask for your Senator); . Share this
information with others in your area and encourage them to make
contact with your Senators by Monday afternoon; . If you can write a
letter or email to a staffer, please do so; and . National
organizations should write to EPW and Banking Committee Leaders
expressing opposition to the amendment, copying each Senate > office,
if possible. This will be the last push on the legislation before it
clears the Senate on Tuesday!"





Yahoo! Groups Links

Colorado Legends and Legacies Youth Corps is looking for a crew
leader and an assistant crew leader for our day crew which will be
based out of Colorado Springs. These are full time, seasonal
positions which run mid-June through mid-August.
The Youth Corps is comprised of teams of 8-10 young people ages 16-
24 who work on conservation and environmental stewardship projects
on public lands. We have trail building, wetland planting, noxious
weed control and other projects lined up in CS City parks and open
spaces, El Paso County/Regional Parks, Lake Pueblo State Park, and a
state wildlife area.
Crew leaders and assistant crew leaders must be AT LEAST 21 years of
age, with good driving records, a high school diploma (Associate or
Bachelors Degree preferred), experience working outdoors on similar
projects, and some leadership experience. Red Cross First Aid and
CPR certifications are a big plus.
This is a terrific opportunity to get in on the ground floor of the
statewide youth corps network and help build this fledgling corps!
More info is available at www.cyca.org. Click on our name on the
map. Or email me at sfryc@... for the full job description
and application.
Michele Hanley, Exec Director

I'm new here and just wondering if it is alright to post paid crew
leader opportunities? Our new Colorado Legends and Legacies Youth
Corps is looking for a Crew Leader and an Assistant Crew Leader for
our day crew in Colo Springs this summer.
TFTS (Thanks for the space)
Michele

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Medicine Wheel Annual Meeting at REI

Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2005
Time: 6:00PM - 8:00PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

Our annual meeting will be at REI, Inc. on Woodmen Road in
Colorado Springs.  Come hear about our planned projects for this
riding season!

We would like to remind you of this upcoming event.

Medicine Wheel Annual Meeting at REI

Date: Wednesday, May 4, 2005
Time: 6:00PM - 8:00PM EDT (GMT-04:00)

Our annual meeting will be at REI, Inc. on Woodmen Road in
Colorado Springs.  Come hear about our planned projects for this
riding season!