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Billy Clay Pit Sponsors On May 30, 2002, just two weeks before the final payment was due on Billy Clay Pit, the MAKC got a phone call from Dick Blenz, the Indiana caver who has supported many cave conservation projects from many conservancies and the NSS. Dick bought a whole lot at the Hall Cave Preserve to get us going, and offered to pay the final amount we needed to pay off Billy Clay Pit. We also received word that we had received a $1,000 grant from Cave Conservancy of the Virginias, and a grant in the amount of $500 was received from Explorers Club of Pittsburgh. Niagara Frontier Grotto got the final surface spot, and Dick got all of the remaining cave spots. Dick, your support, and the support of all of our donors, is deeply appreciated. Many of you donated more than once, and our sustaining members contributed monthly toward paying off this preserve, although they are only listed once here. Walt Hamm, who initiated this project, donated more than half a dozen times, in addition to writing several successful grant applications. Thank you all, again! Here is the list, in order of donation: (if a member appears more than once it was because there were mutliple donations made) Walt HammKelly Hart Scott and Jaime Fee John Pearson entrance Steve Warnek Carl Pierce Tri-State Grotto Eric Coffman Cornelia Rutherford Clay Pit 2 Tom Williams Steve Duncan Gary Storrick Peri Frantz Northampton S.D. Barb Schomer, Bru Randall Cliff Lindsay Bob & Bev Danielson Nigel Dyson-Hudson Jefferson Frantz Diane Reichert Ethan Frantz John Nestor George Palmos The Robertson Association National Speleological Society David Irving Chuck Acklin Walt Hamm Carl Pierce Pittsburgh Grotto (Murray) Dan Peden Tom Metzgar Pittsburgh Grotto survey class Paula Grgich/Dennis Melko Franklin County Grotto Paula Grgich (Taylor) John Pearson Buford Pruitt Jr. Bert Ashbrook Phil Gowaty Kelly Hart Pittsburgh Grotto Walt Hamm Wat Hamm Walt Hamm Dave Taylor Paula Grgich Kevin Dunleavy Josh Rubinstein Virginia Area Region Richmond Area Speleological Society Philadelphia Grotto John Nestor Marshall Fausold Alex Stewart Blue Ridge Grotto Kim Metzgar Charles Cattell John Taylor Al Stewart Jack Stellmack Josh Rubinstein Bubble Cave LLC John Long Alan Looney Walt Hamm Walt Hamm Tom & Kim Metzgar Seven Valleys Grotto Pittsburgh Grotto Niagara Frontier Grotto Paula Grgich & Dennis Melko Dick Blenz Cave Conservancy of the Virginias Explorers Club of Pittsburgh
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