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The 2010 Highpointers Club Annual Convention will be October 7th through the 9th highlighting the Mississippi highpoint on Woodall Mountain. 

The convention is being held in the Fall due to the brutal heat that befalls the “Deep South” in the Summer. 

It is understandable that some of the younger members will not be able to make it due to school commitments so that’s why it’s going to be held over Columbus Day Weekend  with hope that as many as possible will be able to make it. 

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Highpointers e-Bulletin of January 22, 2010.
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As you probably already figured out, the “Highpointers Foundation” has launched a Silent Auction capability on their website so please check it out!!! 

The first Silent Auction ended at the NJ-09 convention, with $500 being raised when a Frank Ashley - US State Highpoints signed guidebook was auctioned.

The second Silent Auction ended in December, with a signed Sir Edmund Hillary autobiography being auctioned.

The featured item this quarter is an original, signed, “Maurice Herzog – Annapurna” from 1953 (author Maurice Herzog is now 91 years old, and rarely signs books anymore, so this is a rare opportunity to score a signed copy).

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HIGHPOINTERS HOTLINE!!!

Leave your count changes, as well as address changes on the voice mail, or send via text messaging.  So far, this is working great!!!  Keep them coming. 

Just listen to the directions, don’t get excited (it’s just a recording) and give us your updates, reports, address changes, email changes, etc… 

If you think you didn’t get it right, just call us again.  Remember, text messages work very well too. 

***  (865) 660-0027 ***

This number WILL NOT be manned.  In the future, we hope to have highpoint information available also.

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Sign up friends and family for a Highpointers Club Membership.

Just $20 (US) and $25 (Foreign) per year will get their membership started!!!

Club Memberships make the perfect gift for friends and family members that love the outdoors and enjoying traveling off of the beaten path.  We started offering these gift memberships last year and it was a pretty big hit. 

Many members give these to their hiking and traveling partners, family members that they’ve shared Highpointing with and other like minded folks that they know will enjoy it. 

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Now is the time… January 9th through January 16th 2010!!!

The Highpointers Club will be there!!!

“Wilderness Wildlife Week” is the ultimate Smoky Mountain experience offering a series of activities sure to connect visitors with the wide, wonderful world of the great outdoors.

In 2010, celebrate the 20th anniversary of this very special event. Visitors will enjoy more than 100 experts sharing their knowledge of the outdoors in more than 175 seminars, lectures and hands-on workshops. 

Get up close to nature with your choice of more than 50 guided walks and hikes. Music lovers will enjoy tunes performed by authentic Smoky Mountain musicians at AppalachiaFest.

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Awards, Patches, Books…

The latest Mercantile price list is out.  Other than new items, reasonable prices and a new postage rate, nothing has changed.  Hah!!!  Mother Merc has always something on the stove. 

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Here’s the latest Highpointers e-news.
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Photos of the 2009 convention and Jack Bennett’s guide to Canadian high points were among the highlights of Issue 86 of Apex to Zenith Fall edition.

(This one came out later than normal due to several unexpected issues.  Don’t worry, we’ll get back to our regular schedule as soon as possible.  – The Membership Guy)

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