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February 2007
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Vol. 18, Number 1
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Tuscazoar to host annual Maple Days breakfast March
24, 25
Camp Tuscazoar will host its fourth annual Maple
Days breakfast on Saturday March 24 and Sunday March 25.
All-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage, applesauce, orange juice and
samples of the camp's maple syrup will be served from 8 a.m. to 3
p.m. in the camp dining hall. The dining hall will be
heated.
The camp will not be producing maple syrup this
year but income is needed to help defray the original equipment
costs. The sugar shack will be open for tours and demonstrations
and gift baskets of syrup will also be available, along with baked
goods prepared with our syrup. And, there will be lots of maple
leaf cookies and even maple leaf muffins available. Get here early
before they're gone!
Tickets for this fund-raiser are $6 for adults
and $3 for children (10 & under) and are available from
Foundation members or by calling the camp at 330-859-2288 or Nancy
Schoenbaum at 330-493-1386. Transportation will be provided from
the parking lot to the dining hall. Mark your calendars now, and
invite your friends!
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Tour Dover Dam during the annual Dover Dam
Weekend, May 5-7
Camp Tuscazoar's annual Dover Dam Weekend
is scheduled for May 5-7. As in year's past, the weekend will
include activities designed to assist scouts in earning a merit
badge. The specific merit badge has not yet been determined, but
watch the camp website at www.tuscazoar.org
in the coming weeks for an announcement on the merit badge and
related activities. As always, the weekend will include tours of
Dover Dam. Check-in will begin Saturday at 8 a.m. The $7 per
person activity fee includes all camp events, a souvenir patch and
a delicious dinner Saturday evening. Camping fees are additional.
Groups can also attend the Saturday activities (no dinner) for $4
per person. Call 330-859-2288.
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Camp Tuscazoar will host first Fisherman's Swap
Meet May 19
Hoover Lodge and field will host a Camp
Tuscazoar first on Saturday, May 19. Larry Hennis and Dana Powers
are planning a Fisherman's Swap Meet with all proceeds
benefiting the camp. Larry, a former Tuscazoar Ranger and Life
Member of the Foundation, came up with the idea last year.
The Swap Meet will be open to the public from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is only $2 per person. Children under 10
years old are free, with an adult. Admission fees will be
collected at the camp entrance. Sunday, May 20 has been scheduled
as the rain date.
Dealers, collectors and the public will offer
antiques, collectables, and other new and used items. Vendor setup
is $20 for indoor and $15 for outdoor locations. Vendors must
provide their own tables, chairs and other items needed. Vendor
setup will be from 7 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. A food stand will offer
food and beverages. Fishing paraphernalia (stuff) should be in
plentiful supply, so plan to attend for a fun day! For more info,
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Buy-A-Brick continues New
brochures are now available for the Camp Tuscazoar Buy-A-Brick
program. Several bricks are waiting to be installed as soon as
the weather breaks in the spring. Do you know an Eagle Scout you
would like to recognize? Why not "Buy-A-Brick" to be
placed in front of the W.C. Moorhead Museum? We will also be
adding a new brick location in front of the Kimble dining hall
this spring. We will be cleaning both sides of the doorway and
putting in blanks for now, but hopefully you will think of people
that you would like to recognize and will consider purchasing a
brick for a $30 contribution. All Eagle bricks will be placed in
front of the museum but anything else can be placed at Kimble
Hall. Need a brochure? You can visit the camp website at
www.tuscazoar.org to download a copy. Or, send us an e-mail at
info@tuscazoar.org or a letter and we will send a copy to you. |
Tuscazoar events, programs and activities
For reservations or additional information,
contact Camp Tuscazoar at 330-859-2288 |
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Buckeye Council Story DVD available with your
contribution
The Buckeye Council, Boy Scouts of
America and Camp Tuscazoar have very rich histories that will be
forever intertwined. That's why we are very proud to be able to make
The Story of Buckeye Council 1916 - 2005 DVD available to thank you
for supporting Camp Tuscazoar.
With your tax deductible donation of $10 or more (plus $4 for
shipping and handling), we will send this DVD, which tells the story
of this area's Boy Scout movement in digitally mastered pictures
from the collections of area Scouters. The DVD is narrated by
Scouters both young and old in moving voices that echo the reverence
each holds for their own bits of the "story."
We want you to see and share this magnificent collection of
rare images. We want you to feel the paths as Scouts long past trod
them, carving them into the hillsides of our Camp Tuscazoar and Camp
Buckeye, and of Seven Ranges Scout Reservation, where vital programs
continue to teach Scouting to our area youth.
By helping us to keep Camp Tuscazoar operating, you become a part
of our history as well. To order a copy of this DVD, visit
www.tuscazoar.org/ SupportCampTuscazoar.htm
and click on the link to our contribution form. We
thank you for your support.
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EAB presents firewood problems
By Dana Powers, Camp Tuscazoar Ranger
"Can I bring wood to camp?" is a
common question. You may cut any fallen trees here (see the camp
rules on our camping application) and we encourage campers to
clean up firewood from the forest floor. We've always asked
groups to leave one night's wood supply at check-out for the
next group at our lodges and campsites.
Bringing firewood into camp? Ohio's Emerald
Ash Boarer (EAB) Quarantine & Regulations (http://www.ohioagriculture.gov/eab/plnt-eab-regulations.stm)
say, "It is illegal to move ash trees, ash logs, ash
branches, ash wood chips, ash bark, and all hardwood firewood
out of Ohio's quarantined areas. These materials can move freely
within, but cannot leave, contiguous quarantined areas… Note:
A federal quarantine prohibits the movement of ash tree
materials and hardwood firewood out of the state of Ohio without
federal certification. This does not change Ohio's quarantine,
which still makes it illegal to take ash tree materials and
hardwood firewood out of infested counties."
If you are located in any of the following
counties, border them, or have an EAB infestation on the below
mentioned map, you are not permitted to bring fire wood into
camp: Auglaize, Cuyahoga, Defiance, Delaware, Erie, Franklin,
Fulton, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Huron, Logan, Lorain, Lucas,
Marion, Medina, Mercer, Miami, Ottawa, Paulding, Sandusky,
Seneca, Warren, Williams, Wood, and Wyandot Hancock, or Huron
county: entire state of Michigan; and the entire states of
Indiana and Illinois (per federal quarantine).
To view a map of quarantined locations,
visit:
http://www.ohioagriculture.gov/eab/documents/eab-map-quarantine_023.pdf
We will use these criteria to
answer your questions. Here are a few more sites with
information on the EAB infestation:
Please help protect our woods
by keeping the Emerald Ash Borer from getting a foothold in our
camp's Ash tree population. Bringing in firewood from these
areas could leave our woods… Ash-less.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has big plans for
Dover Dam; Camp Tuscazoar to be involved
By David Tschantz, Foundation Attorney
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Recently, based on new criteria
developed for evaluating dam safety, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers announced the implementation of a Dam Safety Assurance
Program (DSA) for Dover Dam, which spans the Tuscarawas River
adjacent to Camp Tuscazoar. The dam's observation deck on the left
river bank has long been a favorite destination of campers and
hikers. In addition, for many years the camp has hosted Dover Dam
Weekend, which provides an opportunity for campers to tour the
interior of the dam.
The Corps initiated the DSA after determining
that the dam could not withstand flooding from a Probable Maximum
Flood event (PMF). A PMF is a theoretical, but still possible,
situation that could occur when enough rain has fallen upstream of
the dam that water begins flowing over the dam's spillway and the
river still continues to rise. At that point, the dam can no longer
control flooding downstream and the question would then become
whether or not the dam would survive. The concern of the Corps is
that if the river rose high enough it would begin to flow around the
dam and eventually overtop the observation decks on both sides of
the spillway. The Corps believes that if that happened water would
undercut the dam and erode the banks, roadways and railroad bed on
the sides of the dam, and that this could lead to a total collapse
of the dam. In addition, a horizontal geologic fault was discovered
several years ago under the dam which, it is believed, could also
result in the dam sliding downriver under the pressure of the backed
up water. Because of this, the Corps decided to consider ways to
strengthen the dam and began examining its alternatives. While a
number of ideas were discussed, ultimately three alternatives were
finally considered.
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The first alternative considered
was to do nothing. However, in view of the tremendous potential for
loss of life, estimated at up to 1,000 people, and the possibility
of hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to the cities of Dover
and New Philadelphia should the dam fail, this alternative was
rejected.
The next alternative considered was to overtop
the dam; in other words, to construct spillway structures below the
left and right abutments of the dam. However, this alternative has a
higher initial cost and would require higher maintenance costs in
the future than the final alternative: raising the dam.
The alternative of raising the dam provides for
constructing concrete parapet walls on the upstream side of the
observation decks that would curve around the ends of the dam and
lock into the hills on both sides of the dam. A map of the proposed
modifications is shown below.
The wall on the right bank will have a gate
installed to allow traffic on SR 800
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to pass through the wall during periods of low
water. The wall on the left bank, beneath Buzzard's Roost, will have
ramps on both sides to allow hikers and users of the Zoar Valley Trail
to go over the wall to reach the dam and continue on south to SR 416. An
information kiosk on top of the wall will have information about the dam
and the camp on display. The current plan will result in an obstructed
view upriver toward the camp from the left bank observation deck, but
the Foundation has asked the Corps to consider providing a higher
observation deck along the top of the wall so the view can still be
appreciated.
In addition to the reinforcement of the walls, a
series of huge anchors will be driven down through the dam across its
length into bedrock far below the river. Huge nuts on the tops of these
anchors will then be tightened, fastening the dam to the bedrock far
below the geologic
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'07 calendars mailed
Hopefully you have received your 2007 Camp
Tuscazoar events calendar. If you did not receive one, you can join
the Foundation for only $15 and we will send one to you. A few copies
are available in the museum while supplies last.
Also, if your business would like to support Camp
Tuscazoar, we would be happy to discuss advertising possibilities. The
advertisers displayed on our calendar make it possible for us to send
free event calendars to more than 500 members and campers. Please help
us continue this tradition by providing a few advertising dollars for
the camp. Scout groups can list their yearly campouts on the calendar
for only $5. The deadline for the 2008 calendar is Sept. 1.
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Coming Events: |
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March 4 |
CTF Board Meeting |
| March 24 & 25 |
Maple Days breakfast |
| April 1 |
CTF Board Meeting |
May 4-6 |
Dover Dam
Weekend |
| May 6 |
CTF Board Meeting |
May 19 |
Fisherman's Swap Meet |
June 3 |
CTF Board Meeting |
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Camp Tuscazoar "Breeze"
is published by the
Camp Tuscazoar Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 308
Zoarville, OH 44656-0308
http://www.tuscazoar.org
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has big plans for Dover
Dam
(from Page 3)
fault. All construction
vehicles and materials for the left bank portion of the project will
obtain access to the dam by coming north from SR 416 and Township Road 317
and then up the Kimble railroad right-of-way. Under the current plan, the
Corps will also need to lease from the Foundation a vehicle turn-around
south of the dam, and will need to purchase a .79 acre tract beneath
Buzzard's Roost. This area of the cliff face will be pushed back to
accommodate the ramps and kiosk area. The Roost is not in any danger from
this project. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2010, so stay tuned
for further developments. The draft plan is online in pdf file format and
can be reviewed at:
www.lrh.usace.army.mil/projects/review/
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Belcher Lodge nears completion
There is a lot to be thankful for
regarding the Richard W. Belcher Memorial Lodge. The Marlite Company
in Dover has donated the wall covering material needed to finish the
handicapped accessible floor of the building. Also, they have sold the
Foundation the drywall for under the paneling at a greatly reduced
rate.
In addition, two of our faithful and longtime
members, Dick and Patrick Matheny, have undertaken all the plumbing in
the building. They have finished the sewer lines in the basement and
have begun installing the shower and a toilet on the second floor.
What a blessing to have these two individuals working for us and to
have a company like Marlite giving us a hand in the completion of this
project. Be sure to stop by and view the progress. Hopefully, we will
have it completed in late spring.
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