The Transfer Case   

 The Very Unofficial Publication of The Santa Rosa 4x4’s Incorporated

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http://www.santarosa4x4s.com

 

Meetings are held on the first Monday of each month at 7:30pm

Boy Scout Meeting Hall - West End of Shurman Street in Santa Rosa

 

President - Alan Leach                                                                        Board of Directors Donnie Langdale                        

Vice President - Dennis Merrill                                                                                                                    Eric Lillund   

Secretary - Kate Fox                                                                                                           Darrell Kopriva    

Treasurer -Tony Maffia                                                                                                                           Greg Hale                                             State Delegate - Greg Mazzetta                                                                     Corey Allurd                                                                                                                                                                                                              

April 2003

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March Run Report

Alan filled in as Run Master for March when Greg had to cancel his run.   Alan scheduled a run up to Cow Mountain.  A group of 4 rigs met at Coddingtown on Saturday morning.   Alan in his CJ5, Jeff in his Big Ford, Corey in his Cherokee, and a guest in his Toyota 4 Runner all left together and arrived safely at the main staging area.  Soon after they arrived, Donnie drove up in his CJ-5 from the Lakeport side.  A quick briefing of the day was made and vehicles were safety checked.   Jeff was lead followed by Corey, the Guest, Donnie and Alan was Drag. Warm up was the first hill climb. After working through the mud pit at the bottom, the trail was nice and there was a mud pit at the top also. We headed out towards Benmore loop, turned onto Boundary ridge trail, and ate lunch on top of a huge rock over looking the whole valley.  The weather was fair, a little chilly at times but rain was holding off.  At the second creek crossing some guy dumped his bike in the water.  Not able to get it started Jeff said he would help him get his bike back to his camp. The guy rode the rest of the afternoon with Jeff.   Back at the main road Donnie and the 4 Runner left out the Lakeport side.  The others got the bike back to his camp and headed home from the Ukiah side.  All in all it was a great day, very little drizzle, and no problems the whole day.  Everyone that went had a great time. Hope more of you can make it on the next club run.

 

Blood Run

Alan, Jeff, and Debra were the only ones that gave blood this month. There is no date as of this time for the Blood Run.

 

Conservation

There was a work day scheduled at Cow Mountain for April 12th  but due to rain it was canceled.

 

Future Runs and Events

There is no official club run in April

 

Tony Maffia and family are going to be at Hollister OHV Park from the 21st through the 25th if anyone is interested in going please contact Tony for more information.

 

 

SAVE COW MOUNTAINDid you do your part to help keep the grant for Cow Mountain? Our Club was given a letter that we could rewrite into our own words and send out to express our concern about Cow Mountain possibly losing its OHV Grant. I hope that everyone has sent his or her letter out.  If you missed the last meeting please let us know that you want to have a letter so you can express your concern as well. 

 

Dues are due

Now is the time to pay your dues.

We will be accepting CA4WDC and SR4X4 dues at our May Meeting.

Total due at this time is $65.00 for both.

 

 

Election time is here once again.

Are you the take-charge kind of person? Do you want to make a difference in your club? Do you want to run for office and be a part of the Board? I thought so, please submit your name and what office you would like to run for at our May meeting, we will be voting for new Club Officers and BOD members in May so be sure you come to vote. 

 

So far we have the following persons nominated in the following categories:

 

President: Jim Dickey & Darrell Kopriva

 

Vice President: Jim Dickey, Darrell Kopriva, Peter Parks, & Eric Lillund

 

Secretary: Jim Dickey, & Eric Lillund

 

Treasury: Tony Maffia

 

State Delegate: Greg Mazzetta

 

BOD: Corey Allard, Eric Lillund, Jim Dickey, Donnie Langdale, Rich Barna, & Peter Parks

Cow Bell Award

No award for this month.

 

Raffle

Jim Dickey took this month’s raffle of $11.00.  Jim Said he was going to use his money to buy votes at the next meeting.

 

 

http://www.santarosa4x4s.com

Peter is doing a great job on our club website, have you checked it out yet? Let him know if there is anything you would like to add or change.

 

Help!!!

I just broke my U-Joint, Do you have a spare?

What do you bring when you go Off-Road? Do you bring just what is required in our safety checklist? Or do you bring enough spare parts to open your own Off-Road repair shop?

 

Send me your list. The largest list will be published next month. Others may get ideas to expand what items they have been bringing and add some things that may help them out Off-Road.

 

Note from the editor:

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