Announcements 2013


Santa Rosa, CA. ~ The fourth annual Annadel Half Marathon is returning to Santa Rosa on Saturday, April 13, 2013.


The race will


start at 8:00 at Spring Lake Park, 393 Violetti Road, Santa Rosa. The race began as the dream of Fleet Feet employee Marc Strozyk, as a way to raise money for the endangered park. The marathon is put on by a team of seven volunteers. Since the race’s beginning in 2010, over $80,000 has been directly donated to save the park from closure and main- tain the park’s 20-plus trails. “The Annadel Half Marathon is an excellent opportunity for my family to give back to the park,” says Tawnya Nason, mother of three boys and the race volunteer coordinator. “We are either running or rid- ing our mountain bikes in the park six days a week. We enjoy seeing the trail improve- ments that the race proceeds have funded.” In 2012, improvements made to Annadel’s eight major trails were the direct result of funds from the Annadel Half Marathon according to Ken Wells, Executive Director of the Sonoma County Trails Council.


The


funds also provided for the staff of the SCTC and trail maintenance supplies. A total of 118 volunteers spent 464 hours working on these Annadel trails.


“To celebrate and


promote the diverse beauty of Annadel, the race course now incorporates 10 trails,” said Strozyk. “It is a challenging course, but well


Sonoma County Locals Help to Give Back to Annadel State Park


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County Regional Parks, with support from California State Parks, the Parks Alliance for Sonoma County, Sonoma County Trails Council, Valley of the Moon Natural History Association, Friends of Annadel and other partners.


California State Parks will


likely resume primary responsi- bility for Annadel for the fiscal year of 2013-14. Sonoma County Regional Parks will continue to collaborate with state park staff, providing support from regional park rangers and maintenance crews.


New legislation (AB 1478)


signed into law last fall prohibits the closure of any state parks for the next two years. At this time, we do not foresee Annadel being in any imminent danger of clo- sure. The long-term fate of the


worth the effort.” Maintaining the natural state of Annadel is of utmost importance to both park staff and volunteers. Annadel State Park was saved from closure in July 2012, a direct result of the phenomenal community support over the past 18 months, according to Melissa Kelley of the Sonoma County Regional Parks Foundation. The support included a generous $20,000 challenge grant from the Annadel Half Marathon in 2012. The park is currently being operated and maintained by Sonoma


park, however, remains unknown. The cur- rent park budget is lean and does not provide for the upkeep needed so the money raised by this race is critical to park maintenance.


If you would like to make a contribution to the race by volunteering or offering race sponsorship, please refer to our website AnnadelHalfMarathon.com. Online race registration is open on Active.com http:// www.active.com/running/santa-rosa-ca/ann- adel-half-marathon-2013


If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. ~ Henry David Thoreau


3. I will never rush into a job without a lifetime of consideration.


4. I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount of injury I could expect to receive from missing them.


5. I firmly believe that tomorrow holds the possibility for new technologies, astounding dis- coveries, and a reprieve from my obligations.


6. I shall never forget that the probability of a miracle, though incredibly small, is not exactly zero.


7. If at first I don't succeed, there is always next year.


8. I truly believe that all deadlines are unreasonable regardless of the amount of time given.


9. I shall always decide not to decide, unless of course I decide to change my mind.


10. I will never put off until tomorrow, what I can forget about forever.


1. I believe that if anything is worth doing, it would have been done already.


2. I shall never move quickly, except to avoid more work or find excuses.


Our good Upbeat Times friends Rick Feldman and Chris Parr-Feldman with their friend from Hawaii(center) at the Rotary Club's annual fund- raiser Crab feed at the Friedman Center in Bennett Valley, CA.


4 • March 2013 • UPBEAT TIMES To think too long about doing a thing often becomes its undoing. ~Eva Young


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