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Highlights of the Third Quarter (Fall) issue #82 of Apex to Zenith which is available to members include:

Cover - Highpointing The Great One - Denali, Illinois Highpoint owner Jean Wuebels standing by the gate at the entrance and Sterler’s silo soaring above the Iowa Highpoint.

2 - Editors Note
3 - 50 Completer Richard Birrer
4 - 50 Completers Mike Haugen & Zach Price (50 in 45 days)
5 & 6 - Ben Lostracco bags Granite for 48 (Three’s a charm).  Adam McFarren Follows fate and finnishes 48
7 - Showcasing Osceola County (Photos)
8 thru 12  - Highpoint Updates

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Highpointing keeps making it’s rounds in the media and this time it makes it into the “Travel Section” of the Sunday New York Times.  The writer, Jane Margolies, interviewed several notable Highpointers about their thoughts and views on Highpointing.

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Club Liasions Director Stony Burk informs us that “The logging has been completed at and around Mount Arvon at the Michigan highpoint. The road and berm were restored to original condition. A bit of a path was created to provide an outlook from the summit.”  (Photo by Tracey Barrett)

According to Tracey Barrett at Baraga County Convention & Visitors Bureau, “The trees this year were remarkable and we were busy because of it.”

You may remember Tracey as one of the three 2008 “Paul Zumwalt Award” winners awarded for her efforts in perserving their State Highpoint.

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There is a wonderful four page color layout about Highpointing in the “Fall 2008″ issue of GEICO direct magazine. This issue comes in four regional variations which offer four different covers and two slightly different articles.

The article contains well orchestrated takes on highpointing and offers a mix-match of many links to several organizations, blogs, websites, while providing many tidbits of advice, information and references for additional information as well.

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As many of the membership know, The Highpointers Foundation provides a forum for education about the highpoints, aids in the conservation of the highpoints and their environs, maintains positive relationships with owners of highpoints on private property, assists in the care and maintenance of highpoints and supports public and private efforts to maintain the integrity of and access to state highpoints.

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