Camp Five Clean Up

Special thanks to OHA members and non-members that assisted in the clean up of Camp Five.  We were pleasantly surprised to find Camp Five had recently been cleaned up, with the exception a few SOLV bags of garbage that we collected with shotgun shells and remains of targets.  We as a group moved to two other sites that have been neglected, and it was time well spent.  We all finished our cleanup with a real sense of accomplishment, and a realization that as we come back next year for the cleanup, that we'll once again be just as disappointed as we were this year with the lack of respect and responsiblity that people have toward the outdoors.

We enjoyed a BBQ of hamburgers and gormet hotdogs, along with homemade beans (to hot for Bill).  Thanks to OHA members Steve Hall, Tom Brewer, Tracy Smith, Ron Lackey, Bill Freeman, Richard Duyck and Mel Csergei.  We were able to enlist help from non-members as well,  David and Kathy Csergei, and Melinda Csergei.  With a membership of close to 1000, we had a representation of less than 1%, I will take partial responsibiltiy since I had not given appropriate time to planning and it was short notice, at the same time, I would like to put out a challenge that next year, since we already have the date of September 15th, 2012 scheduled, that we strive to get at least 2% of our membership to assist in cleanup.  We all felt that the 5 hours of our day was well spent in doing what we could to help keep our forests open for all to enjoy.

Mel Csegei