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North Country Tran Association National Board of Directors Tenns Expiring2003 Werner Veit, at Large · 229 E. Main St., Lowell, MI 49331 · (888) 454-6282 · wv12@aol.com Joan Young,Secretary, at Large· 861 W. USlO, Scottville, MI 49454 · (231) 757-2205 · jhy@t-one.net RichardHanis, VP East, at Large· 974 SOM Center Rd., Mayfield, OH 44143 · (440) 4497467 · richhohi@concentric.net Daryl Wllllamson,Minnesota· 5901 Timberglade Dr., Bloomington, MN 55438 · (952) 835-2186
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Tenns Expiring2005 Derek Blount,at Large· 906 N. Alexander, Royal Oak, MI 48607 · (248) 548-1737 · djblount@aol.com Helen Coyne, at Large· 212 Willow Circle, Cranberry Township, PA 16066 · (724) 776-0678 · hcoyne@zbzoom.net Mary Lucas, at Large · 753 Davenporr St., Rhinelander, WI 54501 · (715) 362-0616 · myridgemary@netscape.net HowardBeye, New York· 202 Colebourne Rd., Rochester, NY 14609 · (716) 288-7191 · fltc@frontiernet.com Jon G. Undgren,North Dakota · Vice President, West· 2001 N. Seventh St., Fargo, ND 58102 · (701) 232-7868 · jon_ lindgren@ndsu.nodak.edu
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The beautiful cascades on the Little Garlic River will be in easy range of members attending the 2003 conference of the North Country National Scenic Trail at "Trailtown USA," Marquette, MI.
About the Cover Rod MacRae, recipient of the North Country Trail Association's 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award, was photographed by the North Star's Art Director, Aaron Phipps. The North Star Staff: Werner Veit, Editor Biii Menke, Contributing Editor Roger Meyer, Contributing Editor Joan Young, Contributing Editor Aaron Phipps, Art Director Jennifer Tripp, Production Manager
The Norrh Star, Fall Issue, Vol. XXI, Issue 4, is published quarterlyby the Norrh Country TrailAssociation, a private, notfur-profit 50 lc(3) organization,229 East Main Street, Lowell, MI 49331. The Norrh Star is published fur promotional and educational purposes and as a benefit of membership in the Association. All rights reserved. No pan of this publicationmay be reproducedin any form without written permissionof the North Country Trail Association.