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Police Officer Admits Mountain Biking Illegally!
http://www.metromodemedia.com/devnew...rail0093.aspx:
Volunteers hack away at Sterling Heights mountain bike trail metromode, 11/13/2008 Aaron Burgess has been breaking the law... by riding his mountain bike in Sterling Heights. What makes it ironic is that Burgess is a sergeant with the Sterling Heights Police Department and he was riding on a trail he is now improving and making legitimate. Burgess is heading up a group of local volunteers that are improving a mountain bike trail that starts in Sterling Heights and stretches nine miles through northern Macomb County. "I have been riding what is an illegal trail for the last 13 years," Burgess says. "I have wanted to do the project for last 10 years." During most of that time, the path was little more than a deer trail that locals used to get their mountain bike fix. During that time, vegetation had been destroyed by riders using it and erosion spread as people strayed beyond the informal path's boundaries. Burgess and his fellow volunteers are creating a permanent trail to help stop the erosion and close off rogue paths. The idea is to create a greenway that will help enhance the recreation options in Sterling Heights. They are bringing in the Michigan Mountain Bike Association to help make the whole thing legit. "This will be the first sanctioned mountain bike trail in Macomb County," Burgess says. "I want it to be the nicest mountain bike trail in Michigan." The first leg will be 2.5 miles between Jaycee Park (near Henry Ford II High School) and Dodge Park. More than 60 people showed up to help improve the trail earlier this month. Burgess hopes to finish that first section this fall. Next spring they plan to start tacking a 6.5 mile section between Dodge Park and the Edison corridor. The plan is to have it done within two years. "We're just starting with baby steps," Burgess says. For information on the trail and the efforts to improve it, send an email to Burgess at . Source: Aaron Burgess, sergeant with the Sterling Heights Police Department Writer: Jon Zemke -- I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande |
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Police Officer Admits Mountain Biking Illegally!
Mike Vandeman wrote:
Burgess and his fellow volunteers are creating a permanent trail to help stop the erosion and close off rogue paths. The idea is to create a greenway that will help enhance the recreation options in Sterling Heights. They are bringing in the Michigan Mountain Bike Association to help make the whole thing legit. "This will be the first sanctioned mountain bike trail in Macomb County," Burgess says. "I want it to be the nicest mountain bike trail in Michigan." The first leg will be 2.5 miles between Jaycee Park (near Henry Ford II High School) and Dodge Park. More than 60 people showed up to help improve the trail earlier this month. Burgess hopes to finish that first section this fall. Next spring they plan to start tacking a 6.5 mile section between Dodge Park and the Edison corridor. The plan is to have it done within two years. "We're just starting with baby steps," Burgess says. For information on the trail and the efforts to improve it, send an email to Burgess at . Source: Aaron Burgess, sergeant with the Sterling Heights Police Department Writer: Jon Zemke Wow...Mike actually posting a pro-mountain bike trail building article....a trail that helps stop erosion even. Thanks Mike...I'll go out and work on some this weekend just to make you proud. |
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Police Officer Admits Mountain Biking Illegally!
In the previous article, Mike Vandeman wrote: "This will be the first sanctioned mountain bike trail in Macomb County," Burgess says. "I want it to be the nicest mountain bike trail in Michigan." Stony Creek Metropark is in Macomb County and has had a nice mountain bike trail system for the better part of a decade. They recently added a "Skillz park" that looks pretty cool. -- _+_ From the catapult of |If anyone objects to any statement I make, I am _|70|___=}- J.D. Baldwin |quite prepared not only to retract it, but also \ / |to deny under oath that I ever made it.-T. Lehrer ***~~~~---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Michael J. Vandeman Admitts To Destroying Trees For SelfishPleasure
Michael J.Vandeman wrote:
As I was about to cut down a tree to lay a third layer of logs on my little log cabin in the woods, I took one swing at the trunk with my axe, and immediately got a painful sting (there must have been a bee-hive in the tree) and ran away as fast as I could. His third layer of logs!!!! |
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Michael J. Vandeman Admitts To Destroying Trees For SelfishPleasure
More than 60 people showed up to help
improve the trail earlier this month. Wow...60 people. that's 59 more than those who support mikey's cause! Third LAYER!! That's just horrible..."trunk with my axe"...that phrase makes my eyes well up in tears thinking of the destruction from this man. |
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Police Officer Admits Mountain Biking Illegally!
\On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:41:46 -0700, "M. Halliwell"
templetagteam@shawdotca wrote: Mike Vandeman wrote: Burgess and his fellow volunteers are creating a permanent trail to help stop the erosion and close off rogue paths. The idea is to create a greenway that will help enhance the recreation options in Sterling Heights. They are bringing in the Michigan Mountain Bike Association to help make the whole thing legit. "This will be the first sanctioned mountain bike trail in Macomb County," Burgess says. "I want it to be the nicest mountain bike trail in Michigan." The first leg will be 2.5 miles between Jaycee Park (near Henry Ford II High School) and Dodge Park. More than 60 people showed up to help improve the trail earlier this month. Burgess hopes to finish that first section this fall. Next spring they plan to start tacking a 6.5 mile section between Dodge Park and the Edison corridor. The plan is to have it done within two years. "We're just starting with baby steps," Burgess says. For information on the trail and the efforts to improve it, send an email to Burgess at . Source: Aaron Burgess, sergeant with the Sterling Heights Police Department Writer: Jon Zemke Wow...Mike actually posting a pro-mountain bike trail building article....a trail that helps stop erosion even. Thanks Mike...I'll go out and work on some this weekend just to make you proud. I knew you wouldn't understand it. Thanks for proving that once again. -- I am working on creating wildlife habitat that is off-limits to humans ("pure habitat"). Want to help? (I spent the previous 8 years fighting auto dependence and road construction.) Please don't put a cell phone next to any part of your body that you are fond of! http://home.pacbell.net/mjvande |
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Police Officer Admits Mountain Biking Illegally!
Mike Vandeman wrote:
\On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 21:41:46 -0700, "M. Halliwell" templetagteam@shawdotca wrote: Mike Vandeman wrote: Burgess and his fellow volunteers are creating a permanent trail to help stop the erosion and close off rogue paths. The idea is to create a greenway that will help enhance the recreation options in Sterling Heights. They are bringing in the Michigan Mountain Bike Association to help make the whole thing legit. "This will be the first sanctioned mountain bike trail in Macomb County," Burgess says. "I want it to be the nicest mountain bike trail in Michigan." The first leg will be 2.5 miles between Jaycee Park (near Henry Ford II High School) and Dodge Park. More than 60 people showed up to help improve the trail earlier this month. Burgess hopes to finish that first section this fall. Next spring they plan to start tacking a 6.5 mile section between Dodge Park and the Edison corridor. The plan is to have it done within two years. "We're just starting with baby steps," Burgess says. For information on the trail and the efforts to improve it, send an email to Burgess at . Source: Aaron Burgess, sergeant with the Sterling Heights Police Department Writer: Jon Zemke Wow...Mike actually posting a pro-mountain bike trail building article....a trail that helps stop erosion even. Thanks Mike...I'll go out and work on some this weekend just to make you proud. I knew you wouldn't understand it. Thanks for proving that once again. Apparently you have no grasp of the concept: it was a facetious reply in terms of making you proud. Apparently you also selectively read as the article does say that they are getting rid of "rogue trails" and replacing them with a sanctioned, "permanent trail to help stop the erosion." But that's right...you hate mountain biking and have to find a negative spin for anything mountain bike related, even if the article is overall positive...after all, when was the last time you saw 60 hikers out to do trail work? Michael |
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