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[cohp] Digest Number 5139
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Digest #5139
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Re: Digest Number 5138 by
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Congrats, John! by "fplobdell" deadbugman
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Obama to rename Mt. McKinley as Denali by "Coby King" cobyking
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Re: Obama to rename Mt. McKinley as Denali by "xander Carlson" xandathor
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Re: Obama to rename Mt. McKinley as Denali by "Ken Akerman"

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Re: Digest Number 5138
Sun Aug 30, 2015 6:53 am (PDT) . Posted by:

Andy Martin wrote:
Has a similar meeting with Ken Oeser and family.
Think they figured out it might be me when they got
to the parking lot and saw Honda with AZ plate and DeLorme
in front seat.

-------- leaving the COHP universe ---------------------

Yes, I remember that well, on the way out from Huckleberry Knob, NC.
We said hello as we passed on the road/trail, but that was it. Back at
the parking lot, I did look at the car plates and inside, then we
figured it out.
Ken


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Congrats, John!
Sun Aug 30, 2015 9:51 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"fplobdell" deadbugman

Congratulations to John Wiley on his completion of the county HPs of New York.  John finished the Empire State yesterday, August 29, on Lyon Mtn. in Clinton County.  He is the 9th person to complete New York.  Each of the nine completers has finished in a different county.

Fred Lobdell
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Obama to rename Mt. McKinley as Denali
Sun Aug 30, 2015 9:56 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Coby King" cobyking
From multiple sources:

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-alaska-mckinley-denali-20150830-story.html

http://www.sacbee.com/news/nation-world/article32819055.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/obama-will-rename-the-highest-us-peak-dropping-mckinley-for-denali/2015/08/30/c9f822ee-4f4b-11e5-8c19-0b6825aa4a3a_story.html

The Post article is below.

Coby King
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Politics<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics>
Obama will rename the highest U.S. peak, dropping McKinley for Denali

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Clearer skies provided this view of one of the faces of North America's tallest peak, Mount McKinley, on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014, in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska. (Becky Bohrer/AP)
By Steven Mufson<http://www.washingtonpost.com/people/steven-mufson> August 30 at 10:26 PM

America's highest mountain, a household name and the answer to countless geography quiz questions, is about to get a new name.

President Obama in Anchorage on Monday will announce the renaming of Mount McKinley, honoring the 25th president, to Mount Denali, an Athabascan name used by generations of Alaska Natives that means "the great one."

The White House said Obama would rename the continent's tallest peak in order to improve relations with Native Americans. As a central part of the Athabascan creation story, Denali carries cultural importance to many Alaska Natives.

Julie Kitka, president of the Alaska Federation of Natives, said in an interview Sunday that the new policy announcement would have a concrete as well as psychological effect on Alaska Natives. "It's symbolic," Kitka said, "but the practical thing is now on all the maps and all the descriptions it will have the traditional name. That is wonderful, it is timely and the right thing to do."

William McKinley, an Ohio politician elected president in 1896 and assassinated just six months into his second term, never set foot in Alaska.

In 1896, a gold prospector exploring the mountains of central Alaska received news that McKinley, a defender of the gold standard, had been nominated as a candidate for president. "In a show of support, the prospector declared the tallest peak of the Alaska Range as 'Mt. McKinley' - and the name stuck," the White House said.

Since then, there have been efforts to change the name to Denali.

Alaskan elected officials have tried several times since 1975 to get the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to consider making Denali official. In 1980, the park surrounding the peak was renamed Denali. Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R) recently included language in a spending bill to restore the mountain's native name.

But the Obama administration says Interior Secretary Sally Jewell has the authority to change the name under a 1947 law that established the naming board if the board does not act within a reasonable time.

"In changing the name from Mount McKinley to Denali, we intend no disrespect to the legacy of President McKinley," said Interior Department officials said in prepared documents. "We are simply reflecting the desire of most Alaskans to have an authentically Alaskan name for this iconic Alaskan feature."

Earlier, the Columbus Dispatch newspaper said it was time to "end the perennial defensive action" by the Ohio delegation. It said, "Ohio&#39;s congressional representatives should let Denali be Denali."

Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) fired off several tweets Sunday evening indicating that he was "disappointed&quot; with the move to jettison McKinley's name.

"This decision by the Administration is yet another example of the President going around Congress," he tweeted, adding a moment later, "I urge Admin 2 work w/ me 2 find alternative ways 2 honor McKinley's legacy somewhere else in the natl park that once bore his name."

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Re: Obama to rename Mt. McKinley as Denali
Sun Aug 30, 2015 10:06 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"xander Carlson" xandathor
I give more credence to the opinions of the mountaineering community as to what this mountain or that mountain is called than the USGS or whatever President in power feels like changing this way or that. That mountain always had two names to me, and always will.

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On Sun, 8/30/15, Coby King cobyk@cobyking.com [cohp] <cohp@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Subject: [cohp] Obama to rename Mt. McKinley as Denali
To: "cohp@yahoogroups.com" <cohp@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Sunday, August 30, 2015, 11:56 PM


 




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Re: Obama to rename Mt. McKinley as Denali
Sun Aug 30, 2015 10:26 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Ken Akerman"
More credit, in my opinion, should go to the people of Alaska who have
worked hard for years to get the name of the mountain officially changed to
Denali, efforts which have been going on long before Obama took office. For
example, this has been discussed on the Highpointers Club forum going back
to 2001 or perhaps earlier.

I prefer linking to news sources that have a closer connection to the
matter. Here is the article from *Alaska Dispatch News* <http://www.adn.com>
:

http://www.adn.com/article/20150830/president-obama-oks-renaming-mount-mckinley-denali

On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 10:06 PM, xander Carlson xandathor@yahoo.com [cohp]
<cohp@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> I give more credence to the opinions of the mountaineering community as to
> what this mountain or that mountain is called than the USGS or whatever
> President in power feels like changing this way or that. That mountain
> always had two names to me, and always will.
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> On Sun, 8/30/15, Coby King cobyk@cobyking.com [cohp] <cohp@yahoogroups.com>
> wrote:
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> Subject: [cohp] Obama to rename Mt. McKinley as Denali
> To: "cohp@yahoogroups.com" <cohp@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sunday, August 30, 2015, 11:56 P
> ?M?
>
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