Cloud 9 Lines March26 2009

Cloud 9 Ranch Club Inc.

March 26, 2009 Chapel Sunday Services Station Mon.-Thurs. Fri.-Sat. Sun.

9 LINES 10:00am 10am -2pm 9am - 4pm 11am - 1:30pm

Accounting Office Mon. - Fri.

8am - 4pm

Trading Post Sun.- Thurs. Fri. & Sat.

9am - 2pm 9am - 8pm

RESTAURANT Mon.- Sat.

8am - 2pm

Fun Addicts April 10th From 5pm to 6pm will be dying eggs and decorating cookies with any kids age 1-10 or families who attend. 11th from 12:00pm to the end of the Poker Run will be at the T-Top with children ages 1-10. We will be making bonnets, Pin the tale on the Bunny, egg toss, egg relay, making kites, and a Piñata. We will take the children to the Easter egg hunt at 2:30pm. Volunteers will be greatly appreciated; there is a volunteer sign up sheet in the office if you would like to sign up.

*Any donations will be greatly appreciated in the form of money or snacks and drinks.* The Bylaws Committee invites members to provide suggestions for revisions or additions to the Ranch Bylaws. Suggestions can be sent to the Ranch office and marked: Attention Bylaws committee or members can log onto http://cloud9ranch.net and the designated Bylaw Forum to post suggestions. As work progresses the Bylaw Forum will be utilized for members to give continued comments on Bylaw changes. Members are encouraged to contact committee chairman, Don Willis at [email protected].

Preteen & Teen Center Ask for a Ranger to open for use & to close when finished, adult supervision a must.

Firewood 5 sticks for $1.00 Available only at the Gatehouse Activities Committee The Activities Committee would like to invite folks Young & Old to come & enjoy our meeting for fresh new ideas. We meet on the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of every month at 10:00am in the Patio Room. Put it on your calendar so you don’t forget. If you need more information you can contact anyone on the committee ask the Office or Gatehouse where we are located & stop in for a visit. Lynn Thomas, Chair Person; Doris Thomas; Fernita Harmon, Chico Valencia, and Joe Miller. Anyone of us would enjoy hearing your ideas & comments. April 4th - 9:00am Highway Clean Up– Patio Room 8th - Activity Meeting 10am @ Patio Room 10th - 5:00 pm Chico’s tacos– Patio Room 11th - 8:00am - Noon– Flea Market T-Top sign up deadline 31st March 10am -Sign up Poker Run, Patio Room, 12:30pm Line up at T-Top, 1pm Leave, 5:30pm return T-Top Drawings to Follow 2:30 pm - Easter Egg hunt 2:00pm - 5:00pm - Funnel Cakes in Patio Room 15th - 1pm - Birthday/Anniversary Party- Clubhouse 18th - 10am Board Meeting- Patio Room 22nd - Activities Meeting 10am @ Patio Room 25th - 5:30pm– Hill Country Dog & Dish/fire ring behind pad #1&2. Bring covered dish & dessert.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK Take a step back and look through the eyes of a child and see how great Cloud 9 Ranch really is. Attention: The Craft house will be having the Flea Market on Easter weekend, April 11th 2009. This year the tables will be $4.00 and to put things on the ground or on a line will be an extra $1.00. To get a table please see Doris Hutto on Hill Country 29 or Doris Thomas on Hill Country 35.

april 30th All ATV’S Need to have spark arrestors. This will be Mandatory!!

Poker Run Dates April 11, 2009 May 24, 2009 July 4, 2009 September 6, 2009

April 10

Attention Members & Guests Please help us recycle your aluminum cans by putting them in the designated wire containers that are sitting next to each trash dumpster!! Thanks!!

Trout Fishing is open Fish Stocking Schedule 2009 Friday – April 10 – 750lbs Friday – May 8 – 750lbs Friday – May 22 – 1,000lbs Friday – June 5 – 750lbs Friday – June 19 – 750lbs Friday – July 2 – 1,000lbs Friday – July 17 – 750lbs Friday – July 31 – 750lbs Friday – August 14 – 750lbs Friday – August 28 – 650lbs Friday – September 4 – 1,000lbs Friday – September 18 – 750lbs Ranch Riders Club Info Hurry and get your ticket for the 50/50. We will be selling $1200 in tickets. The winner will get $599 we have over $900 sold already. We have a nice electric winch that will be raffled at Easter. A very nice quilt was donated and will be raffled this summer. We have purchased a Garmin Etrex H GPS that will be raffled Memorial Day. We are going to have a personal Ice maker to raffle on Labor Day. We have selected Trail # 117 to be raffled this year. All raffle tickets are $1 or 6 for $5. We have 23 trails left to be named. Once we have them all named we will be making a new map and copies will be available for purchase.

~2009 Campground Host~ *Lonesome Pines- Doris Thomas *Foggy Hollow- Ruth Williams *Melody & Trailer Row- Richard Danley *Hill Country- Kayde Ward *Wilder Springs- Cindy Kohlmiller *Powder Mill- Marie Pilkinton Cloud 9 Ranch This wonderful place has so many astonishing features it will blow your mind. Cloud 9 Ranch has over 6,000 acres of 4~wheeler fun trails. There are 4 different campgrounds so you will need to bring a camper, tent, or rent a camper there. Also, this big place has the most beautiful sights you’ll ever see. So good you’ll have to sit your little self down and stay a while; which will be awfully hard form all the excitement of being there. Cloud 9 is very handy too. It has a restaurant, a pool and adult pool, teen center and pre~teen center, golf course, gas station, laundry mat, shuffleboard court, indoor movie screen with snacks, and a store. If you don’t like the sounds of this place you have some major issues. Some of my favorites are the fresh spring fed swimming hole and rock bottom clear water stream that is great for fishing. Also, the fact that you can ride anywhere on the Ranch with an ATV if you are 13 years old. I love this place very much and I bet you will too. ~William Patton

Fogey Helicopter Landing Pad Update The power lines in Fogey have been buried and we are working on getting the concrete pad poured. We can still use donations to cover all the small items for this project. This landing pad will help speed emergency in that area of the Ranch. Hopefully it will never be used but if needed it will be there. If you are interested in purchasing any raffle tickets you can contact the Club at [email protected] or go to www.ranchriders.org you can see pictures of our projects and items for sale on the web site. The ice storm has caused lots of trees and limbs to fall on the trails. It will take lots of work to get them all cleaned up, so remember everyone is a member of the Ranch Riders Club and if you pick up one limb or one piece of trash from a trail you have made a difference. If you are on a trail and see a sign down please pick it up and return it to the office so it can be hung again. Thank you for everyone’s support Ranch Riders Club

Coffee Club would like to remind everyone to please pay your $0.75 for your cup of coffee!!

Attention Brush Haulers there are tow straps at the Gate House for your use. The Ranch Riders Club is providing these to help clean the brush up. Thanks for all of your help!