The Register-Herald, Beckley, West Virginia

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February 9, 2010

Hiking club to meet Monday

The TuGuNu Hiking Club will meet at 7 p.m. Monday at the Wyoming County Economic Development Authority office in Pineville.

Tom Johnson, president of the Great Eastern Trail Association, and Peggy Pings of the National Park Service’s Rivers and Trails Program will be guest speakers. Members will also select a new logo.

Named for the Tug, Guyandotte and New rivers, the club was organized to assist with developing the Great Eastern Trail, an 1,800-mile, non-motorized trail, primarily used for hiking, that will run from Alabama to New York.

The trail will cross Wyoming, Mercer, Mingo, Raleigh and Summers counties in southern West Virginia. By linking existing trails, more than 70 percent of the Great Eastern Trail is already in place and open, according to officials.

Volunteers are needed to construct and map the southern West Virginia section. Some of those volunteers will come from across the nation, organizers said, but area residents are also needed.

For more information, contact Steve Reece at 304-294-4092 or Becky Morris at queenbecky@ mail.com or 304-732-6707.

— Mary Catherine Brooks

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