Ottawa Valley All Terrain Vehicle Club Newsletter
February 2005
It’s time once again to start thinking about the 2005 ATV season – it’s not that far off !
News
First the bad news - the E104/4C which goes from the fish hatchery at the end of Palmerston Lake to the K&P has been permanently closed to ATVs and snowmobiles. The word is that the landowner closed it due to hassles with trail users and damage to his property. To the best of our knowledge the offending parties were not members of our club but we all pay the price in situations such as these.
The good news is that in mid January the North Frontenac Council passed a bylaw allowing 4 wheeled single seat ATV's on public roads within the township between 6 am and 11 pm. This somewhat compensates for the trail closure since we can now use the Canonto road instead. Passage of the bylaw was due in large part to the Executive’s work with the council over the last year and the strong positive turnout at the public hearing last fall. As a club we need to continue our ongoing efforts to improve ATVing in Eastern Ontario!
2005 Club Executive
Held over for another year are your 2004 club executive:
Mike Pastor - President
Dave Murphy - Vice President
Dan Murphy - Treasurer and Membership Coordinator
Rich Heslip – Secretary and Webmaster
Assisting the exec in 2005 will be:
Trailmaster – John Galway
Fundraising – Patsy Bradley
Thanks to Hugh Walford who has done a great job as our Webmaster for the last couple of years and Steve Knobel for his pioneering work as Trailmaster in 2004.
2005 Membership Fees
Membership dues for 2005 will be $130 with a $20 discount if you get your registration in by the March 16 general meeting. It’s an increase of $10 from last year but as you may remember North Frontenac surprised us with a $5 fee increase last year which left us with nothing for the club. OVATVC membership is still a great value - you are getting the North Frontenac pass ($40) and the EOTA pass ($120) for just $110 when you join up early.
February Meeting
Please come out to the meeting on February 16 and get your membership renewed. Meeting will be at 7:00 PM at the 7 West Motel, Carleton Place - north side of Highway 7 as you are entering Carleton Place from Ottawa. This is the same place we’ve met for the last two years but it has been completely renovated – you won’t recognize the place! You might even want to show up early and eat in the restaurant. Those who have say the food is great, the portions are large and the cost is very reasonable.
At the February meeting we will be discussing the club’s plans for 2005. We hope we can get some of you to help out with the OVATVC booth at the ATVand Truck show March 4-6. In addition to selling memberships we will have OVATVC hats and mugs for sale and a raffle for a GPS provided by Pathfinder Maps.
Itinerary for 2005 Season
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Month |
Description of Event |
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Wed. Feb. 16th |
General Meeting, Membership sign up – 7:00 PM at the 7 WEST MOTEL HWY #7, Carleton Place |
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Sat. Feb. 19th |
Information Session, Membership sign up – Alice’s Restaurant in Ompah |
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Fri., Sat., Sun. |
ATV and RV Show - Landsdowne Park, Ottawa. The club will have a booth at the show so stop by for a visit and join up ! |
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Wed. Mar. 16th |
General Meeting, Membership sign up – 7:00 PM at the 7 WEST MOTEL HWY #7, Carleton Place – LAST CHANCE FOR EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT |
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Sat. Apr. 16th |
Club Fun Run and Trail Maintenance. |
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Sat. Apr. 23rd |
"SPRING FLING" - Open to Everyone. |
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Sat. May 14th |
Club Fun Run - Club Fun Runs will NOT be formally organized runs. We encourage members to coordinate fun runs on the Bulletin Board – just post a message to see who wants to go, and show up at Alice’s to go out and have some fun. |
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Wed. May 18th |
Club Meeting 7:00 PM at the 7 WEST MOTEL HWY #7, Carleton Place. |
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Sat. May 28th |
Club Fun Run |
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Sat. Jun. 12th and Sun. June 13th |
OVERNIGHT CLUB FUN RUN. Destination TBD - Members Only |
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Sat. June 25th |
Club Fun Run |
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Sat. July 9th |
Club Fun Run and Meeting - Brief update on club activities. |
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Sat. July 23rd |
Club Fun Run and Trail Maintenance |
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Sat. Aug. 6th |
"CHARITY RUN" - ADVERTISED EVENT; OPEN TO EVERYONE. Support a great cause while riding your bike on our scenic trails. |
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Sat. Aug. 27th |
Club Fun Run |
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Sat. Sept. 24th and Sun 25th |
OVERNIGHT CLUB FUN RUN. Tentative Location Sudbury - Members Only |
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Sat. Oct. 8th |
Club Fun Run |
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Wed. Oct. 19th |
Annual
General Meeting 7pm at the 7 WEST MOTEL HWY #7, Carleton Place. |
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Sat. Oct. 29th |
Club Fun Run and Trail Maintenance |
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November |
HUNTING SEASON - No club runs planned. |
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December |
Trails closed for the season. Annual Christmas Bash, date TBD. |