Pine Riders ATV Club Newsletter

April 1, 2008

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7:05p.m. meeting called to order

Secretary’s report read, corrected and approved. Treasurers report read and approved.

Old Business

     As of right now, it doesn’t look like the Club will be doing the ATV pull during the Pine County Fair this year, as there doesn’t seem to be enough time to do one what with the rearranging of different events.

     Youth training class to be held on Saturday, April 26 at 9:00 am.  If you know of any youngsters who need to take the course, call Les Bloom at 320-629-3770 (NEW PHONE NUMBER!).

 New Business

     Rudy discussed the rules and regulations that have been set forth for the Club atv pulls and mud runs. Check out  these and more on the ATV Club website. A budget was set for expenses for the upcoming atv pull/mud run - now with the additional expense of the liability insurance, the expenditures will be somewhat higher. If anyone knows of a business that would like to be a sponsor for these events, give Rudy a call at 320-629-7196. The Club is need of some rolls of orange plastic snow fence for these events - prices will be gotten from several different places. Fall Convention ATV pull and Mud run work sheets were passed around. The Club members will be up at the site on 2 different weekends - the first one to start setting up and getting everything ready and the second one for the actual event. Anyone wishing to help - contact Rudy Schmidt @ 320-629-7196.

     Mark Mansavage stated that there were 2 dates available for the Spring ditch clean-up - Saturday April 19th and/or Saturday May 3rd. It was decided that Saturday April 19th would work best as May 3rd is ATVAM’s ATV Fair in Sauk Rapids, MN. All help is appreciated for the clean-up and is asked to meet at the dam out around Cross Lake at 9:00 am that morning. The more help there is, the less time it takes to get the job done!! And the ditches really haven’t been that bad since we started doing them.

     Mike DeVine said that the Pine Riders Ambassador members would be working with those of the WRCW Club for this year, as neither club has many Ambassadors to go it alone right now. Hopefully we will get several more to accept this challenge and be able to take care of our trails ourselves next year. Talk to Mike at 651-492-1283 if you’d like to know more about this.

     There were only a few that did the ride on March 8th to St Croix State Forest. They did note some clean-up and restoration issues that would have to be taken care of, mainly around the Parking areas and the Shelters. The Club has gotten the GIA monies for this trail system already, so it’s ours to take care of! A schedule for clean-up dates for both our trail systems will be set up and given to the members soon. Let’s all see if we can’t get out there and help a few times during the year, instead of leaving it for just a few good members to do!

Rides & Dates

April 5th:  General C C Andrews State Forest. Rudy says leaving at 8:00 am from RedDog Billy’s in Pine City . Contact him @320-629-7196 if you’re planning on going.

May 6th: Club meeting - Board @ 6:00 pm & General Membership @ 7:00 pm @ the Pine City Legion

May 17th:  Red Top/Soo Line Trail. Meet @ the Soo Line Campground in Onamia - leaving @ 9:30 am. Give Mike DeVine @ 651-492-1283 or Rudy Schmidt @320-629-7196 a heads-up call if you’re riding that day.

July 12th:  IROHVRA/Gilbert.  Contact Mike DeVine @ 651-492-1283 for more info. Camping @ Sherwood Forest Campground - 218-748-2221.

Member-of-the-month - Karen Brackenbury

 

BOARD MEETING notes

     Brad Ammann from the local snowmobile club was guest speaker to the board and directors concerning some issues that have been brought to their clubs attention from some private land owners. It seems that some atv riders and snowmobilers have been tearing up some private hay fields out near Cedar Creek and Chengwatana. Brad was wondering if our club members would be willing to give some help to putting up some posts for fences to help deter this recklessness. He also thought it might be a good idea if the club Ambassadors were to go out there and stand guard and stop those who are doing the damage. Consensus was that the Ambassadors could not do any kind of enforcement that was being asked for, a DNR agent or local law enforcement member would be needed. But we will go help with the posts later this spring.

     Hank Daniels presented the board and directors with a copy of the Articles of Incorporation that he has put together for proofreading and a date has been scheduled to get together again and discuss it.

    

 

Officers

Terry Peterson          President          320-629-6510

Brett Peterson          Vice-President          651-269-0141

Karen Brackenbury          Secretary(temporary          )320-629-3730

Scott Jahnz          Treasurer          320-629-1174

Mike DeVine          ATVAM Rep         .651-492-1283

Directors

Scott Cornelius                   320-629-7479

Rudy Schmidt                  320-629-7196

Josh Mohr                   320-629-7869

Les Goeman                    320-396-4271

 

A gentle reminder: membership dues for the year are now past due! Please forward your monies to: PO BOX 16   PINE CITY, MN   55063. And will you please make sure that the Club has your correct mailing address, phone number and email address, if available. You can send this information to the above address or to: kitchenmrsmoose@q.com (Karen’s email address).

Club nominations will be next month and elections in June, if you know of someone interested in a position, ask them and let a director or board member know.

Thank you!

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