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Center Point IA 52213-0131

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Rail-Trail Acquisitions On Track
The Iowa Trails Council, long noted for its acquisition of railroad rights-of-way for conversion to trails in Iowa, is currently finalizing negotiations with the Union Pacific Railroad to acquire five more abandoned rail segments that are expected to become major links in the Iowa rail-trail system. 
   These five acquisitions total  71.5 miles and represent  another 900 acres being added as recreation land for public use. 
   The total miles of railroad rights-of-way acquired in Iowa for trail conversion since the Iowa Trails Council declared its intention to promote this concept in 1984 is now only a few miles short of 800, an average of more than 35 miles for each year since the ITC was founded.

Trail with No Name?
Linn County Trails Council would like to to come up with a name for the potential trail from Cedar Rapids to Mount Vernon-Lisbon   Suggested thus far: Lincoln Trail after the old US 30 Lincoln Highway and Green Mountain Trail for Mount Vernon (green mountain).
   Have a name to suggest? Send it to ITC.

The ADT On the Run
Brian Stark, who was the leader of the group of four driving across the nation along the American Discovery Trail a few year ago to publicize the coast-to-coast trail, was running on the ADT route in Iowa during June.
   He wants to run across every state where the ADT passes.  One at a time. 
   Stark is from Tucson, AZ.  He is married with one child and another on the way.  His wife is a teacher so she can hold things down while he runs each summer.
   He averaged 30 to 40 miles a day in Iowa with a pack on his back. The contents are all that he has, including a tent, so that he can camp along the trail if necessary.