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Fiddlin' Around the Valley ~ Darwin Fontenot is a nationally-recognized
award-winning “luthier” who retired to rural northern Johnson County following a
long and distinguished career as a mechanical and computer engineer. A luthier
is a person who makes and repairs stringed instruments, and, Fontenot, a
second-generation luthier and eighth-generation Louisiana Creole, says there are
actually no differences between Arkansas’s state instrument, the fiddle, and a
violin.
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Visits since April 1999
Last Update Feb. 22, 2012
Takahik Logo Copyrighted VAu-482-430, 8/25/99
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ABOUT TAKAHIK |
TAKAHIK (Pronounced "take-a-hike")
See Organization Video: Length: 1:44 min
Danny and Brenda Hale and their friends, Steve and Becky Hern, had been tossing around the idea about starting a local hiking club for several years. They were finally convinced to do so, during a slide-show presented by Tim Ernst and William McNamara, a nature photographer/hiking enthusiast and a nature painter respectively, when a sign-up sheet was signed by over 50 people expressing an interest in such a club.
Being encouraged by the response, an organizational meeting was held on January 26, 1999 in Russellville. A large crowd attended and after discussing some of the goals, projects and benefits of a club, TAKAHIK, River Valley Hikers, was official organized.
Meetings are held each month which include various programs on clothing, equipment, hiking trails, literature and books available, trail maintenance, future and on going projects, videos, trip planning (in and out-of-state) and scheduled hikes for the upcoming month.
Meetings and memberships are open to anyone interested in enjoying a part of Arkansas that most never get to enjoy. Great for families, friends and even your pets.
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Officers Feb. 1, 2012- Jan. 29, 2013 President - Danny Hale Sec./Treasurer - Steve Hern Membership Coordinator - Mary Ann Rollans Trail Maintenance Coordinator - Dale Boeh Events Coordinators - Bill & Gerry Hemmer
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FOR INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS Contact Danny Hale: (479) 968-7922 or 479-886-2625 Cell or Email takahik@takahik.com
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