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I got an another email from Helen Abramson of Meadowlands and she loves = all the ideas and will be presenting them to the board very soon. Helen = also sent me a website that showcases this new facility for lodging in = the Meadowlands area. It's called the Ladyslipper Retreat and the = website also has photos of the exterior and interior of the facility. = It's really nice! This is what Helen Sent me. I am very excited about = working with the Meadowlands Development Board and Helen has expressed a = lot of excitement about my ideas and one of them is organizing a Sax Zim = Bog Birding Festival which is an idea that I had for a long time. I am = working with Helen to get this festival up and going for January or = February of 2008. The area has it all for making this a HUGE winter = event!! Birds (Great Gray Owls, winter finches, and other boreal = birds), accommodations, places for meetings (old school building), = energetic people and much more. =20 Some people suggested to me about restrooms/portable restrooms and to be = honest in my opinion no matter where you place these restrooms someone = will vandalize them, making it tough to keep them in running order. = Also I am not in favor of turnarounds on these county roads as I see = this as not a issue for birding. I am going to present another idea of = creating a bog boardwalk into the bog. I would like to see if a board = walk can be erected either off Owl Avenue, McDavitt Road or Admiral Rd. = As you know most of the bogs in the Sax Zim Area is surrounded by deep = muddy ditches and having a board walk where you can go in explore the = bog would be beneficial to birdwatching and other activities. Again if you have any suggestions please let me know.=20 Helen emailed this posting about the Lady Slipper Retreat. Which is = located a mile or so west of Meadowlands on Co. Rd 133. =20 "The house has 12 single beds--four on the main floor and eight in the = basement. It has a large workroom on the main floor because it was = built originally for crafting groups. Quilters, knitters, etc. However, = the gals who own The Lady Slipper would welcome birders too. There is a = kitchen--renters provide their own food supplies. Bedding and towels = are provided. The two ladies who took on this project would be happy to = have The Lady Slipper featured on the MOU site."=20 You might check it out at www.ladyslipperretreat.com=20 Michael Hendrickson Duluth, Minnesota http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/ ------=_NextPart_000_0035_01C751AD.7F51FC60 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>I got an = another email=20 from Helen Abramson of Meadowlands and she loves all the ideas and will = be=20 presenting them to the board very soon. Helen also sent me a = website that=20 showcases this new facility for lodging in the Meadowlands area. = It's=20 called the Ladyslipper Retreat and the website also has photos of the = exterior=20 and interior of the facility. It's really nice! This is what Helen = Sent=20 me. I am very excited about working with the Meadowlands = Development=20 Board and Helen has expressed a lot of excitement about my ideas and one = of them=20 is organizing a Sax Zim Bog Birding Festival which is an idea that I had = for a=20 long time. I am working with Helen to get this festival up and = going for=20 January or February of 2008. The area has it all for making this a = HUGE=20 winter event!! Birds (Great Gray Owls, winter finches, and = other=20 boreal birds), accommodations, places for meetings (old school = building),=20 energetic people and much more. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 = size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>Some = people suggested=20 to me about restrooms/portable restrooms and to be honest in my opinion = no=20 matter where you place these restrooms someone will vandalize them, = making it=20 tough to keep them in running order. Also I am not in favor of = turnarounds=20 on these county roads as I see this as not a issue for birding. I=20 am going to present another idea of creating a bog boardwalk into = the=20 bog. I would like to see if a board walk can be erected either = off Owl=20 Avenue, McDavitt Road or Admiral Rd. As you know most of the bogs = in the=20 Sax Zim Area is surrounded by deep muddy ditches and having a board walk = where=20 you can go in explore the bog would be beneficial to birdwatching and = other=20 activities.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 = size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>Again if = you have any=20 suggestions please let me know. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 = size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>Helen = emailed=20 this posting about the Lady Slipper Retreat. Which is located a = mile or so=20 west of Meadowlands on Co. Rd 133. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 = size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"The house has 12 single beds--four on = the main=20 floor and eight in the basement. It has a large workroom on the = main floor=20 because it was built originally for crafting groups. Quilters, knitters, = etc. However, the gals who own The Lady Slipper would welcome = birders=20 too. There is a kitchen--renters provide their own food = supplies. =20 Bedding and towels are provided. The two ladies who took on this = project=20 would be happy to have The Lady Slipper featured on the MOU site." = </FONT> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 = size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>You might check it out at </FONT><A=20 href=3D"http://www.ladyslipperretreat.com/"><FONT face=3DArial=20 size=3D2>www.ladyslipperretreat.com</FONT></A><FONT face=3DArial = size=3D2>=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3D"Bookman Old Style" color=3D#800000 size=3D2>Michael=20 Hendrickson<BR>Duluth, Minnesota<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://webpages.charter.net/mmhendrickson/">http://webpages.chart= er.net/mmhendrickson/</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0035_01C751AD.7F51FC60--