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Sign Up Now: The One and Only Stumble Bumble

ALL Orienteers - Including Beginners - Sign Up Now! From beginners to advanced orienteers, everyone is welcome at this coming Saturday's Stumble Bumble event, held at Greenbelt National Park.

But due to park restrictions, signing up (and paying) in advance is required for this meet. There will be "classic" white and yellow courses for beginners, and an orange course for intermediate orienteers. For these courses (not the Stumble), start anytime between 11 - 1:30, finish no later than 3.

Storm Cancels Patuxent

Due to the winter storm predictions, the park manager at Patuxent River Park has asked us to cancel the orienteering event we were planning to hold there Sunday Dec. 8. We will be rescheduling this event, most likely to a date in early Spring.

Have Leave To Donate?

Federal Employees - A Leave Donation program has been approved to help QOC member Scott Pleban and his family. As many of you know, Scott remains severely incapacitated as a result of a car/bike accident earlier this year. Through the Leave Donation program, any federal employee may donate unused leave to Scott.

To be able to donate leave, all you have to do is:

Be a federal government employee

Brian Mayer wins US Rogaine Champs

Congratulations to QOC and Team SOG member Brian Mayer on winning the US Rogaine Championships just held in upstate New York. An account of the race from Brian and his teammate, Justin Bakken of Team GearJunkie/Wedali can be read here.

Orienteering Book Published

QOC members Chuck Ferguson and Bob Turbyfill's new book, Discovering Orienteering: Skills, Techniques, and Activities, developed in conjunction with OUSA, can now be ordered online in hard copy and e-book versions. If interested, check it out here.