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		<title>Trail tuneups (lend a hand this week)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a crew cleaning up Denman Woods tonight at 5:45p and another crew working at Summerset on Saturday at 9a. 
Give your trails the attention they deserve. Thanks.
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		<link>http://www.centraliowatrails.com/blog/2010/07/trail-tuneups-lend-a-hand-this-week/</link>
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		<title>Summerset Shootout returns May 23</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Summerset Shootout is billed as ‘an extraordinarily challenging mountain bike race’ due to the technical difficulty of the course awaiting racers in Iowa’s newest state park — Banner Lakes at Summerset State Park north of Indianola.
Click here to learn more and register.
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		<link>http://www.centraliowatrails.com/blog/2010/05/summerset-shootout-returns-may-23/</link>
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		<title>Next Summerset trail work date May 15</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[ May 15, 2010; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Continuing work at Summerset State Park on May 15, 9.00am. Please meet us at the main parking lot. From there, we'll disperse to different sections of the trail for two different projects.

Project one will address a slight "water" issue on the interior of the North Trail, namely, there's little trail left in one spot and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.centraliowatrails.com/blog/2010/05/next-summerset-trail-work-date-may-15/</link>
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		<title>Brief notes from April meeting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One note to get out of the way first. We are on Twitter. Clicky, clicky to check it out.
Forum is up and running and we&#8217;ll be unleashing that by the end of the week. Some of you may have already received your log-on information. If you&#8217;re a paid member and you haven&#8217;t, hang tough, it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.centraliowatrails.com/blog/2010/04/brief-notes-from-april-meeting/</link>
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		<title>RAINOUT (Finishing up &#8216;Nude Beach&#8217; this Saturday)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[ April 24, 2010; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] UPDATE: Lots of rain today and more on the way tonight; no build on Saturday morning. Look for a May date to be pinned soon to finish the job. Thanks! 

Time to finish up the from theApril 10 effort. Meet before 9 a.m. at the park entrance to head to the worksite or call 515.229.3737 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.centraliowatrails.com/blog/2010/04/finishing-up-nude-beach-this-saturday/</link>
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		<title>More &#8216;Nude Beach&#8217; this Saturday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[ April 10, 2010; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Join us Saturday, April 10 at Summerset State Park as we release the new tool trailer (thanks, sehgal foundation!) and pullerbear into public service.

We're building an extension of the 'Nude Beach' trail -- a fast, half-mile segment adjacent to the park's interior road.

Meet by 9 a.m. at the park entrance to head to the worksite [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.centraliowatrails.com/blog/2010/04/more-nude-beach-this-saturday/</link>
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		<title>Denmans &amp; Squirrels Nest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent 4hrs yesterday cleaning debrai off of more trail in Denmans
and all of Squirrels Nest. If we don&#8217;t get a lot of rain this week I&#8217;ll
go out Wednesday afternoon to open up more of Denmans if its dry enough.
3/4 Denmans will be rideable and all of Squirrels Nest should be a go.
Please don&#8217;t go [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.centraliowatrails.com/blog/2010/04/denmans-squirrels-nest/</link>
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		<title>Dirt is GOOD!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dirt is GOOD&#8230;.indeed it is, but all of it isn&#8217;t dry yet. Was going to go hit Banner yesterday but opted out for a recon of Denmans.

Riding the normal forward route you can make it maybe 1.25 miles in before hitting the very wet area. So I turned around and started to clean the tread [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.centraliowatrails.com/blog/2010/04/dirt-is-good/</link>
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		<title>Membership drive results.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Folks, we have 19 new members who signed up during the Capital City Gold Sprints last Saturday night. Thank you all!
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		<link>http://www.centraliowatrails.com/blog/2010/03/membership-drive-results/</link>
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		<title>Pullerbear!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve ordered a Pullerbear from the great white north &#8211; a brutally effective tool that we can put in the hands of an 11-year-old girl during our April 10  and 24 trailbuilding.
The ground has thawed and the design work continues at Summerset this Saturday at 1 p.m.
Ready to create a new trail?
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		<link>http://www.centraliowatrails.com/blog/2010/03/pullerbear/</link>
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