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THURSDAY. OCTOBER 17. 2013 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 11A
CRBI to hold
“Paddling Through History” event to support Etowah Water Trail Project
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19TH - 10:00 am ■ 2:00 pm
13724 Highway 53 East in Marble Hill, GA
FREE ♦ FREE ♦ FREE
By Joe Cook
On Sunday Oct. 20, the Coosa
River Basin Initiative (CRBI)
will give local residents a chance
to discover more than 1,000
years of human history in the
Etowah River Valley at its “Pad
dling Through History” event at
Valley View Farm and the
Etowah River.
The event is a fundraiser to
generate support for the Etowah
Water Trail project - an effort to
create a 160-mile long canoe and
kayak trail from Dawsonville to
Rome.
Paddling Through History be
gins with a tour of the historic
Valley View Farm, a circa 1848
plantation home that was occu
pied by Union troops during the
Civil War. After the torn, patrons
will stroll to the river for a six-
mile paddle trip from the Farm to
Euharlee. Along the way, they’ll
paddle over 1,000-year-old rock
dams built by the area’s original
inhabitants. Native Americans
used these rock weirs to capture
fish and dozens of them cross the
Etowah between Cartersville and
Rome.
A catered dinner by Johnny
Mitchell’s Smokehouse will be
served in the courtyard of the
historic Valley View home fol
lowing the paddle. The after-din
ner program will include a kayak
raffle courtesy of Cedar Creek
Park and a live auction.
“The Etowah holds the best
family paddling in North Geor
gia,” said Joe Cook, executive
director and riverkeeper with
CRBI. “The historic resources in
the river itself and through the
river corridor are, perhaps, un
surpassed in the state. We need to
develop and promote these rich
cultural and recreational re
sources as amenities for local
residents and visitors to the
area.”
CRBI is currently working
with Bartow County on the con
struction of a new boat ramp on
the Etowah at US 411 in
Kingston. The organization has
secured more than $20,000 in
grants to build the public access
point, but additional funds are
needed to complete the parking
area and ramp.
The City of Cartersville is
also expected to begin construc
tion soon on a new public river
access point near Ga. 113. These
additional river access points
will provide residents and visi
tors with multiple opportunities
for 2-to-10-mile paddle trips on
the river in Bartow County.
Tickets to the event can be
purchased online at www.coosa.
org. The suggested donation is
$75 or $130 per couple and in
cludes canoe/kayak rentals for
the paddle, dinner and beverages,
a chance to win a new recre
ational kayak and a year’s mem
bership in CRBI. Only 75 tickets
to the event will be sold; the
RSVP deadline is Oct. 17. The
event begins at 1 p.m. and runs
through the early evening.
Supporters of the event in
clude Anheuser-Busch Brewery,
Barefoot Wine, Cedar Creek
Park, Euharlee Creek Outfitters,
Cohutta Fishing Co. and Johnny
Mitchell’s Smokehouse,
Hosts for the event include
Bob and Mary Norton, Becky
Champion, Jim Lanier, Richard
Bailey, Randy and Shelley
Elkins, Joe and Leanne Cook,
Ron Thomas and Joanne Smith.
CRBI is a 501c3 non-profit
organization and member of the
international Waterkeeper Al
liance. Its mission is to inform
and empower citizens to protect,
preserve and restore North
America’s most biologically di
verse river basin.
For more information, contact
joe cook at 706-232-2724 or at
jcook@coosa.org
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Local Notices
Notice
Marble Valley Friends meet
the first Thursday of each
month at 7 p.m. In the winter
months they meet at Tate Com
munity Room and summer at
the Old Tate Gym.
Notice
The Town of Talking Rock
would like our community res
idents to know that they may
reserve the pavilion in our
park. For more details or to
make a reservation, call the
Town office and leave a mes
sage, we will return your call as
soon as possible, 706-253-
5515.
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Wellness Center; Medical ex
perience not required. Good
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teers in the following areas:
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tients/making appointments,
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