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Kimball, Nebraska, High Point/High Plains Welcome Center Opens August 17 11 Aug 2013 | 06:29 pm
View Larger Map A ribbon cutting for the new High Point/High Plains Welcome Center in Kimball, Nebraska, will be Friday, August 16. The center at 204 Kimball Blvd is just south of the Kimball Exit 20 ...
Merc is Closed In August 31 Jul 2013 | 10:57 am
The Merc is closed during August while proprietors Bomber and Nene Brown are on vacation. Our club is 100 percent volunteers so we’re not online all the time. See you in September! In this photo from ...
Lake County News-Sun Article on 50 Completer Tim Townsend 26 Jul 2013 | 05:57 am
The Lake County News-Sun has an article on 50-completer Tim Townsend. Always quotable Tim was at the Maine convention in Millenocket and his blogs of his adventures have been around for more than 15 y...
Huffington Post Interview with Maine 2013 Host Mick Dunn 25 Jul 2013 | 03:32 am
Mick and Ruth Anne at the Friday social during the Maine 2013 convention. The Huffington Post has a nifty interview with Maine 2013 host Mick Dunn. Here’s a couple excerpts: All of us are very objecti...
Highpointers Foundation: Goal to have projects on 25 of 50 states by end of 2013 24 Jul 2013 | 02:15 pm
The Highpointers Foundation met during the convention on July 20, 2013 in Maine. Fred Lobdell (Tax Director), Keith Radford (attendee), Carol Radford (Legacy Giving Director), Roy Wallen (Financial Di...
Iowa Selected for 2015 Convention 23 Jul 2013 | 10:39 pm
Hawkeye Point in Iowa will host the 2015 convention. Hawkeye was nominated by Jim Sutton who hosted the 2007 convention at Timms Hill, Wisconsin. Jim’s presentation included some nifty hawkeye black a...
Joseph “Mitch” Michaud (1928-2013) 23 Jul 2013 | 05:37 pm
Joseph “Mitch” Michaud (February 12, 1928-May 2, 2013) who was the second person to complete all 50 states when he did it on December 4, 1970, passed at his family home in Worcester, Massachusetts. Th...
50 and 48 Completers in 2013-2014 23 Jul 2013 | 04:21 pm
John Mitchler at the Maine 2013 convention reported on those who completed since the 2012 convention. There have been 11 50-state completers and 19 48 state completers. 50 completers attending the 201...
2013 Board News: Change in Longacre Memorial Ownership 23 Jul 2013 | 03:54 pm
Club President Tim Webb presented brief highlights of the Club’s board of directors meeting in Maine on June 20, 2013 Probably the biggest news was that ownership of the Jakk Longacre Memorial on Russ...
“Secret” Highpointers Handshake 23 Jul 2013 | 08:04 am
While it seems Highpointers always somehow easily find each other not suprisingly on highpoints, Tim Townsend has proposed a very funny good natured “secret handshake.” Tim, who completed his 50th sta...
