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STRAIGHT ARROW ENDURO RIDERS NEWS

For July 2005

 

MONTHLY MEETING NOTICE

The next club meeting will be on July 27, 2005 at 7:00 PM

 

PLACE : Bob’s Cycle Supply  

 

Directions: Frontage road on NE corner of Rice Street exit off HWY 36, just west of I-35E

 

2005 SAER Calendar:

August 6,7        Holyoke Enduro

Oct 8,9             Stone Lake Enduro

October 16        Grantsburg MX

 

SAER Info Line: (952) 996-9240   SAER Web site address: www.straightarrows.org

 

Announcements

·         From El Presidente: Please be warned that some of the trails near Holyoke on the Potlatch land west of Hiway 23 is now absolutely off limits to play riding. Almost all of the trails that are there are new Potlatch hunting leases and are posted "NO TRESPASSING". DO NOT violate the property rights of the leasers!!  Please tell everyone that  you know to honor the No Trespassing signs and not ride there.

·         Any work being done on the trails should be happening at Holyoke. It will shift back to Stone Lake after the enduro. People will be up there every weekend and sometimes during the week. Contact Ken Fastner at  651-456-0224 if you are planning on helping out.

·         The club wheeler is being kept at Mike Murphy’s house in Wyoming. Contact him if you need to use it.

·         2005 dues are now overdue. They are an still affordable, $25. To get off the shame list, bring your dues to the next meeting or send them to:

Roy Fleming

14550 94th St. N.E.

Elk River, MN 55330

 

Meeting Agenda

for:  July 27, 2005

 

Review of Minutes

Treasurer's Report

New Member Introductions

Order Pizza!

 

Holyoke Enduro

Potlach Leases – The Ken  
Section Update – Section Leaders
GIA Update – Ken Fastner
Trophies – Greg Nelson
Pancake Breakfast – Greg Nelson
General Enduro discussion
 
Stone Lake Enduro Update – Ken F
 
Website Update – Megan Rhode
Jackets – Mike Murphy
G’burg Watering Plan – Tom Peterson

Any Other New Business - General discussion


Enduro Work Schedule from El Trail Duce

 

July 23, 24        Mileaging Weekend

-          all new reroutes must be put in and be clearly marked so Ken doesn’t get lost

-          finish all major trail upgrades

-          start brushing

 

July 28 – Thursday -  Check meeting

-     all Section Leaders & Ken meet to decide check locations

-     Ron Palm’s house @ 7:00 pm

                                                                                                                                

July 30, 31        Arrowing Weekend

-          all arrowing in the woods gets done

-          finish brushing and clear deadfall

-          mow any sections that need to be mowed

                                                                                                                                

Aug 5, 6, 7       Event Weekend

-          finish arrowing

-          put up road arrowing and “Event” signs

-          final brushing and other trail prep

-          camping behind Town Hall starting Friday night

-          open Town Hall at 11:00 am on Saturday

-          start signup at 12:00 pm

-          MINI on Saturday at 3:00 pm

-          Check Meeting on Saturday night @ 8:00 pm in the Town Hall

-          Eat Saturday dinner and Sunday breakfast at campground

                                (editor’s note -  This is my personal favorite task)

 

Enduro Report

We will need as many volunteers as we can get on Enduro Weekend.  No previous experience is needed to help man a check.  You can drive a car to most of the checks.  Also, anyone that can ride can help pull down arrows and sweep ride.  So, invite your friends and family to come up and participate.  They might have fun.

 

It is very important that everyone who wants to help on Sunday be at the Holyoke Town Hall at 8:00 pm on Saturday night before the Enduro.  We have to assign folks to 10 checks, 4 persons per check plus scorers and other jobs.  If club member or volunteers are not at this meeting, we cannot assume that they will show up later.

 

We will be camping behind the Holyoke Town Hall on Enduro weekend.

 

People who come up and camp on Saturday night will be treated to food.  Sheri and Sheila will be heading up the Saturday night meal.

 

Plan on eating breakfast at the campground on Enduro morning.

 

Roy has a supply of arrows, X’s and W’s.  We should use only round, white paper plates only for corner markers.

 

Almost all of the trail mileage that we have on the west side of Hiway 23 is Potlatch deer hunting leased land and is now posted “No Trespassing”.  We do have permission to run our event through that property.  Do not ride there unless you are specifically working on the Enduro. 
Club Meeting Minutes, June 29, 2005

Attendance –  14

Current Members; Bob Chase, Ken Fastner, Jon Kemnitz, Jeff Klein, Mark Krey, Jeff Mack, Bob Maki, Greg Nelson, John Otto, Ross Thompson, Mike Wells

Prospective Members – Casey Weist (2nd) Taylor Currie (2nd), Doug Less (2nd)

 

·         Casey Weist and Taylor Currie were voted in as a probationary members. This was only their second meeting, but they have done a lot of work at Grantsburg this year.

·         There was some discussion about the work being done at Stone Lake. It was suggested to use pink ribbon for when clearing and to make the trails wide enough for an ATV to squeeze through. The main point for now is that this work should be set aside until after the Holyoke Enduro.

·         Holyoke

o        First thing that the section leaders need to do is clear deadfall and make a plan for dealing with some of the logging that was done or any other issues related to the trails.

o        A bridge needs to be added for the State Line Creek Crossing.  It will be about 16 feet long.

o        May need the fishery guy to approve the bridge. In general, they are doing things very much by the book this year.

o        Ron is adding some trail to his section

o        When working, you can camp on the property of Mike Dahl. Mike has treated our club very well and his cooperation is essential for many aspects of the event. Treat his property better than your own. He deserves all the respect and consideration we can give him. Anyone who does something to upset him will receive an unspecified, but no doubt unpleasant, punishment from Ken Fastner.

o        Greg Nelson was going to order plaques for the Enduro awards. They will be similar to what was used last year, except we were looking to use something other than the moose on it. Nothing wrong with the moose, just don’t want to give identical trophies two years in a row. Cost will be around $9 each, a bit more for the overall winners.

·         GIA – We are approved for this year. We can now get paid for the work at Holyoke.

·         Potlatch Leases – Many of the parcels appear to be leased. Some activity has been seen, No Trespassing signs, etc. We may need to get permission from some to use the trails on the day of the Enduro.

·         Grantsburg

o        Tom Peterson is still putting together the plan for the watering system.

o        No change on the fence or gate.

o        Greg Nelson can get some shelving for free from work. He thought they might work well for holding the trophies in the new(er) trailer.

o        Quad Only Dates -  This will be put to a straight-up vote at the August district meeting.

·         As a gentle reminder, remember that if you are going to compete in one of our Enduros, you cannot ride the trails very much, as per the AMA rules.

·         TCTR needs to e-schedule their Oct 1 trail ride that was to be in the Pillsbury State Forest. They may consider the Nemadji. If so, our club will have little involvement in the event.

 

Member Lists

Probationary Members to be voted on:

October – Jeff Klien, Jeff Mack

 

This is as of May 28.

Active and Probationary Members that owe 2005 dues:

Nathan Huskamp, Tim Kight, Skip Olson, Adam Peper, Jeff Klien (P), Al Roscoe, Mark Solnitzky, Paul Spears