June 4, 2009 - 9-lines Newsletter

Cloud 9 Ranch Club Inc.

June 4, 2009

9 LINES

Attention Campers If you have an emergency and need first responders please call 417-284-7321. Storm Shelters are located in the Pre-Teen and in the basement of the Chapel.

Chapel Sunday Services

10 AM

Station Monday - Thursday Friday - Sunday

8AM - 6PM 8AM - 8PM

Accounting Office Monday - Friday

8AM - 4PM

Trading Post Sunday - Thursday Friday & Saturday

8AM - 8PM 8AM - 9PM

Restaurant Monday - Saturday Sunday Sunday

6AM - 8PM 7AM - 2PM 7AM - 2PM

Thursday - Sunday

12pm - 7pm

Pavilion Sunday - Thursday Friday - Saturday MOVIES FridayCamp Rock SaturdayBride Wars Kids Pool Sunday - Thursday Friday & Saturday

11am - 8pm 11am - 10pm 7pm 7pm

10:30AM -10:30PM 10:30AM - 11PM

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 10AM 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, Chico Valencia, and Joe Miller & Pat miller. Anyone of us would enjoy hearing your ideas & comments.

Calendar of Events for May

Preteen & Teen Center Sunday Monday - Wednesday Thursday - Saturday

Big Top

1PM - 9PM 11AM - 9PM 9AM - 11PM

Horseback Riding Hours Thurs. -Mon. 9AM; 10:30AM, 1PM Please sign up at the Trading Post the day before. Limited to 10 persons per ride.

June 12th --- Goulash dinner $4 bowl and drink refill on goulash $1 @ 5PM in the Club House June 17th ---Cake and Ice Cream for birthdays & anniversaries @ 1Pm in the Club House

---Tuesday Bunco 1pm, $2 entry fee ---Every Wednesday @ 6:30pm 9pm Pokeno in the Patio Room, Bring Pennies! Trail Rides; Reminder for all members & guests: Please be careful when out riding your ATV’s, when you come upon a horse ride you need to stop for them to pass by before you continue on your way. I’ve been informed that some people are not even slowing down. Please be aware of this & stop for the rides.

---Thursday Card Bingo 6:30pm ---Every Friday @ 7PM until ? The Cloud 9 Jammers will be playing music in the Patio Room. NO MUSIC THIS FRIDAY!! ---Saturday Adult Bingo 5:45 Share the wealth and 6:30 Regular games

Tickets $1 for 1 or $5 for 6

2009 Campground Host

---Every Saturday @ 2pm Family Bingo in the Patio Room!! (Except June 13th due to Annual Meeting)

*Lonesome Pines #75- Doris Thomas *Foggy Hollow #3- Ruth Williams *Melody & Trlr Row L027- Richard Danley *Hill Country #4- Kadye Ward *Wilder Springs #39- Cindy Kohlmiller *Powder Mill #110- Marie Pilkinton

July 4th- Saturday -- Hawaiian Luau during the poker run

Conservation Committee

Fun Addicts

September 6th - Sunday -- Cowboy theme party during the poker run (Times and Dates will be announced at a later time. Be sure to check the 9-lines.) *Contributions are greatly appreciated.*

The kids fishing tournament was a big success, 70+ fish were caught by 46 children that participated. The Winners were: 1st Biggest Fish 17”- Brooklyn Box 2nd Biggest Fish 16”- Joe Raposo 3rd Most Fish Caught - Kayla Myers Congratulations to Bob Daniels a guest at the Ranch from Orlando Florida who caught a 5 ¼ Rainbow trout while visiting the Ranch. Craft House

Fish Stocking Schedule 2009 Friday Friday Friday Friday Friday Friday Friday Friday Friday

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June 5 June 19 July 2 July 17 July 31 August 14 August 28 September 4 September 18

750 lbs 750 lbs 1,000 lbs 750 lbs 750 lbs 750 lbs 650 lbs 1,000 lbs 750 lbs

We will be having Craft classes on Wednesday at 10AM. Bread Dough roses are the next project. There is a charge for the materials used. Please come in and sign up for the class & join the fun!! A great place for consignees to sell their extras, clutter, or donate items to the Craft House. All proceeds go to keep up the Craft House and to benefit the Ranch. All workers are volunteers, If you have a few hours to spare come and see us.

Coffee Club Reminder Everyone please pay your 75¢ for your cup of coffee!! Please do not use filters for your popcorn.

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!!

Please tie all of your garbage bags before putting them in the dump station. Thank You Quilt Raffle @ the Trading Post Will be raffled Labor Day Weekend

School House June 6th we will be having an All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast, for $3.00 in the Patio Room starting at 6:30am to 10:00am. The School House monthly meeting will be held on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30PM in the Patio Room. Volunteers needed to sit at the School House Saturday afternoons from 1PM-3PM to allow people to see inside. June 9th 9AM- We need help scraping the school house getting it ready to paint (Bring ladders, scrapers, and wire brushes) Next regular meeting will be July 14th at 6:30PM in the Patio Room!

Trading Post News The Season is here! Hope you have had a great year so far, but if you are at Cloud 9 Ranch now you ARE having a REAL great time, so lets get started. Come on over to the Trading Post to see all the new stuff we have this year. We now have Hot pretzels, Nacho’s, Chili Cheese Nacho’s, Hot dogs, Polish sausage, Bratwurst & microwave sandwiches. There are also new designs of T-shirts, Doggie clothes, Camp stoves, BBQ pits plus lots more!!! Come on in to see us & we will be glad to help you out. Then if you want to go to the Family pool don’t forget to come to the Concession stand for you pool supplies: Beach balls, Fun noodles, Swim rings, Goggles, Diving sticks, Beach towels & Little swimmers undies. Of course we still have; Smoothies, Snow cones, Nachos, Chili cheese nachos, Popcorn, Chips, Candy, Ice Cream bars, Soda, Powerade, Vitamin Water, & Water . So come & have a good time at the Ranch. Don’t forget to come & Play the Batting Cages.

If you see Lighting or hear

Employees of the Month: George Nelson - maintenance /1st Luke Long - Ranger 2/ 2nd place April Bachman - Restaurant/ 3rd place ABOVE & BEYOND AWARD Dennis Lash - maintenance Be sure to vote or donate prizes to Kadye Ward Hill Country #4 for your choice of employees!! Ranch Riders Club Do you have a trade, skill or talent? Would you be willing to help the Ranch? The Ranch Riders Club is creating a list of individuals that can be utilized on projects around the Ranch saving us all money. If you would like to have your name added to the list you could provide your contact information, trade, skill or talent using any of the following methods: •

Go to http://ranchriders.org and select the Contact Us page. Fill in your information.

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Send e-mail to [email protected] containing your information.

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See one of the Ranch Riders officers and give them your information.

Thunder the Pool will be Closed!!!

Bylaws Committee 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].

Poker Run Dates Saturday, July 4, 2009 Sunday, September 6, 2009

We will share the list of contacts with the Ranch Manager so he can utilize your talents also. Thank You and we appreciate your support.

ADULT

16& UP

BINGO

PAPERS GO ON SALE AT 5:00 5:45 6 GAMES OF SHARE THE WEALTH $1.00 PER SHEET PER GAME SOLD BEFORE EACH GAME PAYOUT IS 50% OF WHAT IS SOLD 6:45PM 15 REGULAR GAMES $7.50 AND $12.50 PACKS PROGRESSIVE LETTER X (IN PACK) 28 #S OR LESS $44

PROGRESSIVE COVERALL $2 (NOT IN PACK) 59 #S OR LESS $70 NEW HORSE RACE GAME $1 PER HORSE (PLAYED W/COVERALL) 1 FREE GAME 4 SPEEDBALL GAMES $2.50 PACK PAYOUT FOR EACH GAME IS 1/5 PER GAME OF WHAT IS SOLD. DRAWING FOR DAUBER, FREE PACK, AND OTHER GAMES. PLEASE, SUPPORT BINGO SO WE CAN GET NEW FLOORING FOR THE PATIO ROOM. YOUR SUPPORT BOUGHT THE 3 NEW AIR CONDITIONERS LAST YEAR. THANK YOU. COME HAVE SOME FUN AND KNOW YOUR CONTRIBUTION IS IMPROVING YOUR RANCH!

Monday - 8th Breakfast - Cold Cereal & Toast Lunch – Crispy Chicken Sandwich w/ Curley Fires Dinner - Chicken Salad (Grilled or Crispy) Tuesday - 9th Breakfast - French Toast & Bacon Lunch - BLT & Chips Dinner - Open Face Roast Beef Wednesday – 10th Breakfast - ½ Biscuit & Gravy w/ Bacon Lunch - BBQ Pork Sandwich & Fries Dinner - Stir Fry Thursday - 11th Breakfast - Loaded Hash Browns Lunch - Pork Tender sandwich w/ Tator Tots Dinner - Philly Steak Sandwich w/ choice of potato

1. Steel posts have been places at the entrance of Cold Cave to prevent ATV’s from driving into it. Defacing a cave is against Ranch rules and State Regulations. 2. Reminder to Fishermen, you can only do Catch & Release when fishing with fly or spinner baits not minnows, power bait, or scented plastic baits. When you have harvested your 5 trout you can not do Catch & Release. If you have your position limit (10 per license or 20 per family) you shouldn’t be fishing at all. ~~Thank You Frank Shores

Restaurant Menu Friday -5th Breakfast - ½ Biscuit & Gravy w/ Hash Browns Lunch - Cheese Burger & Fries Dinner - Catfish Dinner Saturday - 6th Breakfast - Pancakes & Sausage Lunch - Fried Chicken Dinner Dinner - Fried Chicken Dinner Sunday - 7th Breakfast - 2 Eggs, Ham, & Toast Lunch - Cook’s Choice