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MAY 2004 EASTERN TRAIL GROUNDBREAKING NEWS

In this ETA news summary :
  + Scarborough Marsh ET Groundbreaking Wednesday 19 May 10 a.m.
  + On-Road ET Ride Saturday May 22
  + ETA 5K Cross-country Race Saturday 12 June
  + Ask your Council or Selectmen to support ETMD
  + Trails Key to Maine’s Economy?
  + Overweight Kids Have “Middle-Aged Smoker Arteries”
  + ECGA Ride Maine to Key West
  + ETA Trustee Meetings

Scarborough Marsh ET Groundbreaking Wednesday 19 May 10 a.m. - Please join us to celebrate and savor history being made. A reception will follow in Scarborough Town Hall. 

Directions: Take Maine Turnpike exit 42, Scarborough. Go straight at the tolls for 1.3 miles to Rt.1. Turn right on Rt. 1 for 1.7 miles. Turn left on Rt. 9, Pine Point Road, for 1.2 miles to the groundbreaking 

Speakers will include: Maine Department of Transportation Commissioner David Cole. 

On-Road ET Ride Saturday May 22
Ride 20 to 25 miles at moderate pace. Meet at Saco Amtrak station parking lot at 10:00
a.m. Contact ETA Trustee Bruce Wakefield, or call 207-284-7656 between 6 p.m. and 8 pm.

ETA 5K Cross-country Race Saturday 12 June
ETA and Maine Games inaugurate ETA’s first 5K race. ETA Secretary & Boston
Marathon runner Bob LaNigra, in cooperation with Executive Director of Maine Games
Jeff Scully will host this entirely off-road race at South Portland’s Wainwright Farm
Athletic Fields. (It’s also part of the just-built Off-Road ET.) See
www.MaineGames.Org for more information and to register. First 100 to register get a
free MG-ETA T-shirt. 

Ask your Council or Selectmen to support ETMD
It’s time for municipal budgets. This year money is really tight. Please ask your
councilors or selectmen to support your town’s $5K annual ET Management District
dues. If you have town meeting, please GO. The ETA does not qualify to manage
federal trail funds. That’s why we have an ETMD. With progress in Scarborough, we
have reason to go all the way. - “Never, never, never, never give up,” W. Churchill 

Trails Key to Maine’s Economy?
Richard Florida, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh currently
working as a visiting scholar at the Brookings, and author of "The Rise of the Creative
Class: And How it's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community and Everyday Life." told
a Maine audience this month: 

“More often than not, creative professionals choose to live in cities that have networks
of biking and hiking trails and a nice mix of galleries and museums. Florida said they
favor places that are tolerant of minorities and gays and that actively welcome diverse
populations.”  Click here for more information. 

Overweight Kids Have “Middle-Aged Smoker Arteries”
According to an April 5th Journal Report on the American Heart Association’s website,
"The arteries of overweight children act like those of middle-aged smokers, increasing
their risk of an early heart attack or stroke. But the damage can be reversed through diet
and regular exercise. Do they need the ET? 

ECGA Ride Maine to Key West
This fall an East Coast Greenway Alliance group will be biking from Calais to Key
West. ETA VP Ethan Davis, who is now coordinating the entire ride, invites you to
Flatbread in Portland’s Old Port for dinner with the riders on Friday evening, September
17. Click here for more information. 

ETA Trustee Meetings
ETA Trustees meet each 2nd Monday in the ETA office at 7:00 P.M Doyle Enterprises,
Room 1214, 1st Floor 110 Main St., Saco. You’re welcome. 
(Please park at Saco Amtrak. Walk downhill toward Biddeford about 200 feet. 

A highway takes your car to the country, a greenway your mind. 
- Charles Little

Call us (207.284.9260) or e-mail the ETA office