Club To Host Talk On Wilderness Paddling

By GAIL SLUPATCHUK

Published: Mar 16, 2007 12:00 am

Club To Host

Talk On

Wilderness Paddling

BROOKFIELD â Housatonic Valley Paddlers Club will hold its next monthly meeting Monday, March 12, at 7 pm, at the Brookfield Community Center. The public is welcome.

Peter Burckmyer of Somers, N.Y., will give a presentation on wilderness paddling at Lake Powell, Utah. Mr Burckmyer is the former president and board chairman of his local Audubon chapter.

For information, call 263-3281 or visit HVPaddleClub.org.

Future meetings will be held on the following Mondays; April 9, May 14, and June 11.

Brookfield Community Center is at 100 Pocono Road.

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