Old Kia Kima News

O L D K I A K I M A P R E S E R VA T I O N A S S O C I A T I O N , I NC .
Old Kia Kima News
EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING AT
OLD KIA KIMA
BY Phil Adams - OKKPA Treasurer, and Osage Executive
Committee Chairman
Actions of the OKKPA Board of Directors at, and since
the late April Board
meeting will result in
significant changes
to the Old Kia Kima
campgrounds.
The Board has approved contracts for
construction of an
Office/Commissary/
Storage facility located in the Northwest corner of the
Quadrangle, at the
old stone pump
house. This building will house the
Camp Office, our
Cooler/Freezer and
a dry storage area.
Adjacent to that will
be the Group Cooking/Dining Pavilion.
This facility will
have a 6’ X 12’ enclosed storage areas on either side of
a 12’ X 24’ cleanup
area with sinks,
cabinets, & shelves
for Kitchen storage.
The remaining 34’ X
40’ covered, but
open sided area will
be for Dining and
Cooking . We’ll
have an area for
Dutch Oven cooking, Grilling, & Propane burner type
cooking, and with
our 8 picnic tables,
have a dining capacity for 64 or
more people.
There is also a project under way to
provide access to
the eastern portion
of OKKPA property
via a road and covered bridge across
Spirit Creek, just
east of the T/Bird
Lodge.
We have signed the
contract for reconstructing the Thunderbird Lodge as
proposed by our architects, David Soliday and Lee Askew.
This reconstruction
should be well un-
der way by reunion
time. An additional
project expected by
reunion time includes improvement
of our Waterfront
area, allowing for at
least minimal waterfront activities on
the South Fork.
Seeing any of these
improvements alone
would be well worth
your attendance at
the 2001 Reunion.
Couple all of these
together with the
planned Reunion
activities, (Golf
Tournament, Cedar
Bluff Vespers, Canoe Trip, Banquet,
BBQ dinner, and
Campfire, and you
will be amazed at
our progress and
gratified by your attendance.
If that isn’t enough,
then consider the
camaraderie of being with old scouting
friends, campers
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A UGUST 2001
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Reunion Time
3
Stream Team
4
Smoke Signals
5
Charlie Holland
Biography
6&7
The Hush or the
Rush
8
Message to
Wives
9
Reunion
Schedule
10-11
and staff members
from virtually every
era of Old Kamp Kia
Kima from it’s beginnings in 1916
through its’ closure
in 1963. Many you
will know, and new
friends you’ll meet.
The dream is coming true, BELIEVE
IT! Be there to see
it, and experience
the spirit, camaraderie, and purpose
of OKKPA!!
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Group Cooking
and
Dining Pavilion
Office
Commissary
Storage Facility
Photos by Brooks Gooch - July 7, 2001
Old Fashion Water Carnival
The waterfront guys (aka: So. Fork River Rats) are churning the waters for the 2001 reunion. Funds
have appeared for us to create a temporary waterfront. This will include a floating dock that can be later used
to recreate the waterfront we inherited from George Billingsley’s creativity in 1948. The floating dock will
extend from the Point to
the beach area. Some of you might
recall that the Point was
the port of entry before the days of
low-water bridges. You
might also remember those many
Saturday and Sundays
rowing the young scouts with their
gear and their parents back
and forth across the river countless
times.
In addition to providin g a safe and siltless launching site for canoeing activities during the reunion,
the dock will serve as the focal point for an old fashion water carnival. Remember those Friday afternoons of
fun and games? Assuming my life insurance is fully paid and with Lis’ blessings, I shall, on demand, volunteer to entertain one and all with my canoe bobbing skills fully clothed. Plan on a grand ole time with Mason
Ezzell running the carnival with Frank Simonton and Fred Deen.
… David Fleming, Waterfront Chair, Chickasaw Executive Committee.
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VOLUME 7, I S S U E 2
It’s Reunion Time Again!
Scouting has been part of my life since my earliest days. As a cub I built
an airplane you could sitn.i I made it from an old red wagon, and a couple
of boards for wings and tail. This was in the days when there was still a
Lion badge in the Cubs. I can’t remember which badge I did this project
for, but I knew that wagon was going to fly.
Anita and I have just shipped our fourteen year old out for two weeks at
Philmont Scout Ranch, New Mexico, ….. a trip I always hoped
, but
for
never made.
There weren’t many of those fifty years between the flying wagon and
sending Junior off to Philmont that Sc
outing wasn’t on my mind. The
most abundant source of memories of those great years, people, and
x- e
periences flow from the Kia Kima years.
We have another great Kia Kima reunion coming up. I hope you’ll reach
back into your past and find the joyful memories that will inspire you to
send back the pre-registration form enclosed with this issue.OKKPA
needs you at this reunion. You are part of our history.
I located my old Kia Kima buddy, Charlie Holland, this Spring. lives
He in
Florida, now, but he’s coming back to Hardy this year with his wife. Don’t
let this special event pass you by. Meet
us in Hardy on September 27
30. If you can’t make all these days, make some of them. We’ll see you
there. I’m still skinny,ave
h a full head of hair, and I’ll show you my
wagon that can fly.
Steve Demster
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Arkansas Stream Teams Preserve Future
Life Of Water And Its Creatures
( News Release by Ron Tate )
Cherokee Village, AR-How is it possible that something as fragile as the innocence of a tiny spotted salamander
can stir the protective instincts of the human species? One must see the creature and others within its riparian habitat
to open the door to understanding their value as residents of an environment that continues to be threatened by man as
well as by nature itself. One such area lies along the South
Fork of the Spring River where it flows through Cherokee
Village and Hardy Arkansas. Attempting to understand it as
an endangered area qualifies only as a starting point.
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OLD KIA KIMA PRESERVATION
GROUP RECEIVES AGFC MINI-GRANT
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The good news is that the Arka nsas Stream Team Program, operating as one of the more important
arms of the Arkansas Game and
Fish Commission, is daily at work
to bring a better understanding on
the part of those human creatures
who, sadly, live uninformed along
the rivers of Arkansas. One of the
more recent designees as an official Stream Team is The Old Kia
Kima Preservation Association.
The organization is a recent recipient of a mini-grant from the
AGFC. During the April meeting
of the OKKPA Board of Directors,
held at the old campsite, Stephen
O'Neal of the AGFC presented a
check for $5,000, to be used by the
group to begin work on clearing
the slough near the camp's wate rfront. Opening the slough should
ultimately result in a free flow of
water through the area, thus allowing nature to free itself from the
inherent problems caused by sta gnant pools that have formed for the
last forty + years. Next comes a
willingness and a strong desire to
expose others to the well-studied
observations from within the professional ranks of the AGFC.
Their mission is to continue the
fight to preserve the environment
and its waterways throughout the
Natural State. The mission of the
Old Kia Kima Preservation Association is to help spread the news.
To say it is no small task is a
monumental understatement,
sometimes grievously made even
more difficult by the local cit izenry itself, albeit sometimes unintentionally.
was here on this "little spit of
land," as it is often referred to by
one of its members, that boys became men, setting their courses on
the trail to becoming successful
businessmen, physicians, attorneys, community leaders. Early
on, more than forty years ago,
these young Boys Scouts learned
invaluable lessons about the need
to steward and preserve the environment. What better place to
practice lessons learned than the
heartland surrounding their beloved South Fork. Today, they are
considerably older and wiser and
their goal is to likewise preserve
their old campsite for future generations. They do so in the spirit
of the twelve Scout Laws, and
with every consideration given to
local residents. Including the tiny
spotted salamander and friends.
OKKPA is comprised of a cadre of
dedicated businessmen and professionals from every walk of life.
Their roots, to the man, are firmly
planted on forty-three acres of land
bordering the South Fork River
near Cherokee Village. Old Camp
Kia Kima is currently being restored and will be opened for lead- -30ership training when completed.
At the OKKPA reunion in September of 2000, the camp was dedicated to the youth of tomorrow. It
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VOLUME 7, I S S U E 2
Smoke Signals
By: Jim Moore
I have been thinking a lot about the OKKPA Reunion lately because it is shaping up to be the
best ever! We hope that you are making plans to
attend. There are so many reasons this year that
you will want to put this on your must do list! I
would like to share a few of those reasons with
you, and in the process, ask your help with something that is very important for Old Kia Kima -member turnout in support of what your OKKPA
Board of Directors and Committee Members have
been doing on your behalf.
First and foremost, the OKKPA Reunion is about
renewing old friendships and meeting new friends
who all have the common bond of the OKK experiences that make us the men that we are today.
It’s about being with people who you grew up
with, and it’s about reliving those experiences
with them that begin with “remember when…”, and
which are as vivid in our memories as if it were
yesterday! It’s about “returning to our youth” for
a few days and getting back in touch with our
roots in days of old when Scouts were bold and
Old Kia Kima was where it was happening.
If you attended last year, you will be in for quite
a surprise when you see all the new restoration
projects that we will have completed. If this will
be your first reunion, it’s a good bet that you will
be overwhelmed! In addition to the Cabin Restorations that were completed last year, we now
have a Group Cooking and Dining Pavilion that will
be completed in time for you to have a Bar-BQue dinner cooked by our own Bubba Rieves on
Saturday night of the Reunion. Why not make
plans to get a group togeth er and stay in one of
the restored cabins – the best stories come out
at night and besides, you won’t have far to walk
at the close of the Saturday night Campfire.
When you check in on Thursday, registration will
be at the site of the “Old Pump House” now under
restoration as the new Camp “Office”, Quartermaster’s Store, and Equipment Storage. This facility is complete with a walk-in freezer/cooler
and a covered activities porch. The new Dining
Pavilion next door will be the assembly hub for
our Reunion activities and meals with table seating
for 64 people. Diagonally across the Quadrangle
stands the Crown Jewel of Old Kia Kima – the
Thunderbird Lodge. It’s under restoration, and we
are excited to show you the construction progress
we’ve made.
But wait, there’s more. We are planning “Water
Carnival” activities, and are making temporary arrangements for a swimming area on the old waterfront, so bring your swimsuits just in case we
have it ready, and plan to take a dip in the South
Fork! On your walk down to the waterfront from
your cabin, plan to take a short detour to see the
construction progress on a Covered Bridge/
Activity Building across Spirit Creek that is being
financed by donations from Ole 97 alumni in honor
of their adult leaders over the years.
Of course, none of this would have been possible
without the generous donations of so many of you
who share the dream of a restored and fully
functioning Old Kia Kima, dedicated to the Youth
of tomorrow! This is a dream that is coming true,
and we want as many of you as possible to share
in and be a part of this historic event.
Please make plans to attend this very special Reunion on September 27 – 30, You will be glad you
did, I guarantee it. You can also see firsthand
for yourself our progress, and learn more at our
Friday night OKKPA Banquet about our grand
opening plans to begin receiving Campers for next
year.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF CHARLES H. HOLLAND Jr.
I was born in St. Joseph’s Hospital on July 22,1945. We lived in
an apartment over my father’s drugstore (he was a registered
pharmacist) at 1219 Thomas Street and I rode the bus to Sacred
Heart School. We moved to 590 South Belvedere Blvd. when I
was in the sixth or seventh grade. I was in Troop 49 while at Sacred Heart and transferred to Troop 36 at Immaculate Conception, my new school. I remained in Troop 36 for many years, rising from Assistant Patrol Leader to Assistant Scoutmaster. I completed my Eagle requirements in 1963. The Scoutmaster during
those years was Alfred Distretti. He was a WWII veteran, discharged early for wounds, and had been Scoutmaster since 1944.
He was an OA member and Silver Beaver recipient. I was heavily
influenced by the example he set.
led what I believe was the last true cross-country hike & canoe
trek. We hiked from Slick Rock cross country to a low water
bridge shooting azimuths and counting paces all the way and
picked up the canoes which Virgil had dropped off. I remember
Demster & I were so proud we missed the bridge by less than 100
yards and Virgil by less than an hour. I recall the traditional rivalry between the “bronze gods” and the activities personnel had
peaked in 1963 or 1964 and we resolved to strike a blow during
one of the water carnivals. Neal Talley previously told me that
several years prior the main camp waterfront staff had been lined
up for a picture and while trapped on the dock had been plastered
with rotten eggs. I knew no one would remember this, so we laid
our ambush with care. Don Young had thoughtfully stockpiled
an enormous supply of rotten eggs and I recruited an unsuspecting
My first year at Kia Kima was 1956. I remember that Al had ar- Scoutmaster to take the picture with my Kodak Brownie camera.
ranged for us to stay with another troop (I don’t remember which I lulled their suspicions by making an appearance at waterfront
one) and we rode the train up to Hardy. In 1957 I went to the
wearing a dress uniform. We didn’t have a dock, but the ScoutJamboree at Valley Forge and did not attend summer camp. In
master lined them up against the waterline. Young and the others
1958 I remember we had cross the river in rowboats because the
had pre-positioned the eggs in selected spots. As the Scoutmaster
low water bridge was flooded. We stayed in tents in campsite
fumbled with the camera (it had no film), they opened up. The
called Lost Arrow. Our Patrol won the Adventure Trail that
operation was a success.
week; I still have the patch. I did not go to camp in 1959 & 1960
and I don’t remember why.
During these years the example set by adult scouters Ralph
Young, Jessie Cooper, Henry Dodd and Paul Bell among others
In 1961 my longtime friend Carl Koch & I decided that we would influenced me to become active in the Order of the Arrow. I eventry out for the staff. We went up for staff week and we both made tually served as Lodge Secretary, then Lodge Chief and finally
it. Naturally the work during staff week was free, but for the rest Area Chief. I was selected for the Vigil Honor in 1964. My staff &
of summer we received the princely sum of $5.00 per week. Carl
OA buddies during all this included Carl Koch, Andy Boro, Mike
was assigned to main camp and I went to Slick Rock. Tom Thayer Rutland, Bruce Embry, Bobby Hillis, Mark Hillis, Larry Cooper,
was Program Director, Steve Demster was Activities Director and Butch Alfred and Mike Dodd.
Steve Horne was Waterfront Director. Carl & I were both inducted into the Order of the Arrow. This was easily the highpoint The transition from old to new began in 1964. It was at this time
of our summer.
that the Council brass made, in my opinion, a conscious decision
to kill the spirit of old Kia Kima. The new camp opened and the
In the next year, Ralph Young decided to expand the outpost
campsites were given unpronounceable Indian names. A new
camping program. The number of campsites was expanded from patch was introduced. There was no equivalent to the Thunderthree to six. Outpost camp no longer made the Friday pilgrimage bird Nest and the staff went to tents (no permanent structures) on
(a radical move at the time) to main camp for supper & campfire. platforms. In 1964 or 1965 a fire destroyed all the remaining
Lee Kershaw was Program Director and I was Activities Director wooden (these were used for storage only) staff cabins moved from
of an expanded Slick Rock staff. By 1964 I was Program Direc- old Kia Kima. The staff arrows also disappeared about this time.
tor. I recall that Don Young & I represented Kia Kima (I don’t
In 1964 Slick Rock remained open as before. However, it was
recall the names of the other two members) that year in the last
pre-announced that a new outpost camp would open in 1965 on
th
July 4 Kia Kima-Cedar Valley archery tournament. It was the
what was then known as the Kia Kima Scout Reservation.
last because they were moving to their new camp near Viola the
next year. We lost and the Camp Cedar Valley team, led by Buck I served as Program Director for the new outpost camp in 1965 &
Permenter, (he later attended Southwestern and we occasionally 1966. It was called Camp Cherokee. I remember that we cut trails
ran around together) got to keep the trophy. Steve Demster and I through the bush prior to the 1965 season using compass azimuths
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between and among the campsites and various activity areas. It
was backbreaking work. The camp was infested with copperheads
because of its proximity to the lake. We set up our campfire circle
on the lake, and had some impressive floating campfires, lit by
Indians arriving in canoes. During that first year we had advance
parties of copperhead hunters clear the campfire trail before the
troops used it both before and after campfires. As I remember it,
we killed well over 200 copperheads this way during the 1965
season.
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what was called the Direct Service Council # 800 at National
Headquarters. This was an organization on paper, the Council
had no facilities, and it really was “direct service” meaning you
could mail & telephone your questions. Once again, the lessons of
Kia Kima came in handy as a group of us reorganized the existing
Scouting program to include boy & adult leader training courses,
roundtables, camporees, standard Eagle Boards of Review, and
the Order of the Arrow. We also established contacts that allowed
boys to attend summer camps in the States as well as Camp Freedom (operated by the Trans-Atlantic Council) in Europe. These
The 1967 season was not a success for me. I felt that my visibility activities had previously been hit–or-miss in the past. I was Disin the OA had worked to my political disadvantage. My long ten- trict Commissioner for five years. I received the Silver Beaver in
ure at outpost camp didn’t help because the rivalry between the
1994 and returned to the States in 1996, after taking early retiretwo camps was real. Bob Street & I were about the only ones left ment. One thing of which I am especially proud on my watch was
of what we considered the “old staff”. It became clear that the
the presentation of three Honor Medals for saving a life. Two of
baton had passed to a new generation of staff members led by
these involved the recipient risking his own life. This was not the
Jimmy Bottrell & Frank Mund. I moved on to the Army.
first time Scouts saved lives in Arabia, but it was the first time we
had an organization able to do the paperwork and follow up until
In Vietnam our unit symbol was the white knight and our motto the awards were presented.
was “have guns…will travel” from the TV show and we did that,
roaming the III Corps area from one end to the other. All that
I am currently employed by the City of Cocoa Beach. Inge & I
BSA camping experience came in handy. I extended my tour to get keep busy taking care of both moms and as I am writing this, we
an early “drop” from active duty and returned to the camp staff
are preparing to have them and our extended families over for the
prior to going back to college. In a touch of true irony, I was
Fourth holiday. The only staff member I have seen over the years
Field Sports Director and ran the rifle range. I remember that we is Andy Boro, who drops by every two years for dinner and we
moved the field sports range from the Kia Kima side of the river to sometimes talk about the old days.
a field on the other side of the river so it would be halfway between
Camp Cherokee and Kia Kima. Frank Simonton, now the Camp At the staff campfires we always said, “once you drink from the
Director, introduced a new method for scheduling classes that
waters of the South Fork, you will always return”. I believe that.
increased field sports participation and the number of Marksman- I have returned twice and hope to return again. Mark Folis and I
ship and Archery merit badges increased. Concurrent with this, I went up on a day trip in about 1975 or so. I brought my wife Inge
de-emphasized paper targets & emphasized swinging tin can tar- for a second visit during our annual leave in about 1985 or so.
gets and stationary targets like candles, matches and breakables. I She is the light of my life and is claimant of that rarest of all
won’t elaborate on how I learned the importance of more realistic statuses; she is a native Floridian. Camp had closed for the sumshooting scenarios. Bob Street, now Commissary Director was
mer and I remember seeing some of the old Staff plaques on display
happy, revenue climbed to new heights. We were firing close to
in the dining hall through the screens. These are the same ones
10,000 rounds a week, most of them at a penny a pop.
that were displayed in my time at the “fruit stand” in the Staff
Area of the 1960’s & 1970’s. I hope they’re still there.
I served one last year as Kia Kima Program Director, making a
total of nine years on the staff. As far as I know, this makes me the I was pleasantly surprised that anyone remembered me and doubly
third longest serving staff member, with only Ralph Young and
surprised when Neal Talley called (twice) and asked me to write
Frank Simonton ahead of me. Of the four staffs (old Kia Kima,
this. Primo Levi, the Italian chemist and author said, “The bond
new Kia Kima, Slick Rock, and Camp Cherokee) of this era, I was between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him
on three of them. As I recall, Steve Demster and I are the only
to his country; It is just as complex, often ambivalent, and in genclaimants of this distinction.
eral it is understood completely only when it is broken: by exile or
emigration in the case of one’s country, by retirement in the case
I never really mentally recovered from Vietnam, and after a series of a trade or profession.” That’s how I feel about the Kamp Kia
of false career starts, found myself in Saudi Arabia working for the Kima experience.
Arabian American Oil Company, now known as Saudi Aramco,
but always known to the employees simply as “Aramco”. The
Scouting program in Saudi Arabia was administered through
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OKKPA WEB SITE
http://www.oldkiakima.org
.Our web site will shortly be connected directly to the backbone
of the internet by a T1 line. This
hopefully will result in faster
downloads and it will not have to
be redirected.
You might want to check it out
periodically. We will soon have
a contest running for several
months that will require some
input from our members regarding improvements and suggestions
Mean Temperatures for
OLD KIA KIMA
for Sept. 26-30
Aver Highs/
Lows
Record Highs/
Lows
Sept. 26 80/52F
95/36F 1956/55
27 79/52F
99/34F 1953/85
28 79/51F
99/38F 1953/49
29 79/51F
101/30F 1953/67
30 79/50F
94/31F 1953/84
You can check the local weather
at Old Kia Kima on the web site.
This includes a 10 day forecast
This might help in planning for
your trip to the reunion.
The Hush or the Rush
from John Fornof's Journal dated July 2000
This comes from a long-time 3rd generation Rio Vista summer resident, son-in-law of Nelia
Woods Nettles (1950's to present). I believe it offers us food for thought as we retreat from
the busy rush of life. The River stirs up the best in us and offers the peace we all seek.
Submitted by: David Fleming
I sit on the south bank of
Spring River and when I can
quiet my thoughts down, I b ecome aware of it. The hush.
The whisper of Rio Falls a
quarter mile away. It's a wonderful sound-it refreshes,
washes, hushes, and the
whisper never stops. Maybe
that's why its so easy to let it
fade into the background and
forget about it. It's there. It'll
always b e there.
That's when I start hearing
the sounds from down river.
About a quarter mile away is
the highway bridge that car-
ries traffic back and forth
across the river and through
the little town of Hardy. Now
and then, I hear a truck
growling as it races across, or
a loud-mouthed car bellowing.
There are some things in my
life like that. Things rushing
here and there. Things that
loudly demand my attention.
And yet, if I take the time to
listen, I can hear the whisper.
The whisper of things deeper.
The whisper of things eternal.
The whisper of things that
really matter.
I sat there and forgot and forgot,
Until what remained was the river
That went by and I who watched.
On the river the heat mirages
Danced with each other and then
They joined hands and danced
around each other
Eventually the watcher joined the river
And there was only one of us.
I believe it was the river.
Quote from Norman Maclear.....from A River
Runs Through It.
Submitted by David Fleming
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WIVES, DON'T LET HIM GO WITHOUT YOU!
Rumor has it that a lot of former Kia Kima guys are planning to squeeze out of the
house for three or four days at the end of September. The story I've heard is that
they're all telling their wives a cock and bull story about "three or four days of work
projects" and a lot of "sweat equity for the brotherhood." DON'T YOU WIVES BELIEVE IT. I've seen the plans.
There's going to be a canoe trip from Slick Rock ( some hole in the river I heard
about a few times thirty years ago ) down to OKK. I'm telling you, gals, if we don't
go, there's going to a lot of whooping and hollering, cigar smoking and who knows
what else. "Sweat equity" my foot.
I also heard that Elton Rieves is going to give a lecture one evening on "the legal
complications of maintaining property preservation associations in the State of Arkansas". DON'T YOU WIVES BELIEVE IT. That's BUBBA Rieves they're talking
about; yes, THE Bubba Rieves. They've talked him into doing one of those fabulous
barbeques of his. Some legal lecture that's going to be. Our guys are going to sit
around and eat barbeque all afternoon and talk about their bachelor days. If they're
going to do that I want to be there to keep the record straight.
They're even going to have a water carnival. No, No, I swear it's true. I've seen the
plans. Listen, I know these guys, they're always looking for an excuse to get back
down to Hardy and get in the river. Who knows what can happen when they get in
that frame of mind. If my husband thinks he's heading off to Hardy for three or four
days without me, he's crazy. They even plan to play golf that Thursday. I know for a
fact that we can play too. I've seen the plans.
I think it would be a really good idea if we wives got together for lunch while we're
down there. What if we all meet at Noon on Friday, September 28? Some of us will
have to go and keep an eye on those guys on the canoe trip that day, but if you're not
going, join me for lunch. We can figure out how to control this constant tendency of
our spouses to revert to the joyous days of their youth. Hmmmm, we might even
have some fun, too.
Anita Myrick Demster
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OKKPA 2001 Reunion Schedule
Wednesday Arrivals
- Don’t forget to register on Thursday Morning At OKK Hdqtrs
Thursday, September 27, 2001
9 A M-5 PM
Registration at Old Kia Kima Hdqtrs
12:00 PM
Golf Tournament T- Times
5:00 PM
Dutch Treat Dinner at King Catfish
6:30 PM
Vespers on Cedar Bluff
7:30 PM
Ice Cream Social at The Hardy Malt Shop
Friday, September 28, 2001
Breakfast on your own, Where Ever, When Ever
8:00 AM Depart for Canoe Trip
9 A M-5 PM
Registration at Old Kia Kima Hdqtrs
12:00
Wives Luncheon (Location to be announced)
Noon
2:00 PM
Various Activities at Old Kia Kima
3:00 PM
SUPRISE EVENT - Assemble at OKK Flagpole
4:00 PM
OKKPA Business Meeting at Old Kia Kima
6:30 PM
Social Hour at Hardy Elks Club
7:30 PM
Banquet Dinner at The Hardy Elks Club
Saturday, September 29, 2001
Breakfast on your own, Where Ever, When Ever
9:00 AM- Noon
Waterfront Cleanup Work party on the Beach
12: 00 Noon
Hot Dog Cookout
2:00 PM
Ole Fashioned Water Carnival at the OKK Waterfront
6:00 PM
BBQ Dinner at Old Kia Kima
8:00 PM
Campfire
Sunday, September 9, 2001
7:30 AM
Church Service on Cedar Bluff
8:30 AM
Farwell Breakfast @ (to be announced)
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VOLUME 7, I S S U E 2
2001 OKKPA Reunion
Dates for the 2001 OKKPA Reunion will be Thursday through Sunday,
September 27-30, 2001. Registration for
the reunion will be available from 9:00
AM to 5:00 PM, Thursday and Friday at
the Reunion Headquarters at Old Kia
Kima
This year’s Golf Tournament will
be held on Thursday, September 27, with
Tee Times of approximately 12:00 PM.
We’ll be playing the South Course at
Cherokee Village. Playing on Thursday
will necessitate the Golfers arriving earlier, but will allow a somewhat more le isurely schedule for the remainder of the
weekend. We’d like to have as many
OKKPA players as possible since we plan
on inviting both local Hardy area players
and potential Friends of OKKPA to participate and become involved in our efforts. Since we’re having the Golf Tournament on Thursday, those participating
should plan on arriving either Wednesday
evening or Thursday morning.
Our Canoe Trip this year will be on
the South Fork starting at Slick Rock.
The Friday noon Luncheon for the
ladies will give them a nice break from our
incessant reminiscing, and an opportunity
for the girls to get better acquainted.
Friday afternoon about 4:00, we’ll
gather at Old Kia Kima for the OKKPA
Business Meeting. Friday Evening, at the
Elks Club, we’ll have a social hour beginning at 6:30, followed by our Banquet at
7:30.
Saturday’s events will include a waterfront cleanup work party in the morning, with a Hot Dog Cookout for lunch,
and followed by an old fashioned water
carnival on our Waterfront or the Beach
Club Beach at the Low Water Bridge.
Saturday evening we’ll meet at OKK for a
BBQ dinner at 6:30, then top off the evening with our traditional campfire beginning at 8:00. Singing, Skits, Indian
Dances, & lots of fun for everyone.
Thursday, Friday & Saturday there
will be plenty of free time for sightseeing,
shopping, or for just relaxing. None of the
activities are mandatory (except the business meeting), but are provided for the enjoyment of attendees, and you can pick &
choose as you desire.
Our reunion attendance could easily exceed 150 or more. Make your plans
now to be a part, and to make that a reality. The Reunion schedule of activities is
shown below, and a pre-registration form
is included. In order to adequately plan
for our meals & activities, we need to have
an estimate of the number of people planning to attend, so PLEASE FILL OUT
THE PREREGISTRATION FORM AND
MAIL IT IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
OLD KIA KIMA
PRESERVATION
ASSOCIATION, INC.
Brooks Gooch
Recording Secretary
4709 Aloha Ave.
Memphis, TN 38118
Phone: 901-362-8935
Email: BGOKK@bigfoot.com
http://www.oldkiakima.org
Rick Phillips
Corresponding Secretary
6160 Greenlee St.
Arlington, TN 38002
Phone: 901-887-7022
Email: JP6160@aol.com
2001 OKKPA
Reunion
And Annual Business MeetMeeting
Sept. 27th—
27th—30th
EDITOR
John Hurt
Home Phone 901-761-1526
Work Phone 800-288-7992
E-mail hurtjr@prodigy.com
Assistant
Neal Talley
Home Phone: 901-454-6910
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