July-12-2007

Monthly Minutes of the Circus City Cyclists

Date: Thursday, July 12, 2007 at the First Christian Church

President Miles Straly called the meeting to order at 7:42 p.m.

Attendance: Pres. Miles Straly, Secy. John Miller, Rich Holler, Wally Woodhams, Eddy Garcia and Steve Wagner.

Secretary’s Report: John read minutes of June meeting.

Treasurer’s Report: Zac e-mailed a report to Miles and John. June showed a previous balance of $3,218.41. $140.00 was received from new memberships and sale of a shirt. No expenses. Balance on hand of $3,358.41.

Miami County Trail: Next meeting will be Friday, August 3rd at 3:00 PM at the museum. Miles, John, Wally and Jeff Bingham met with representatives from the chamber of commerce and the museum on June 19th and routes were laid out.

Spaghetti ride: Eddie Garcia is hosting a Tuesday ride originating from Eagles Pointe. Location is 2407 Lowry Avenue, Peru or at the Quick Mart at Eagles Pointe. Start time is 5:30 PM. It is a 29- mile route thru Pipe Creek. End time is 7:30 PM with spaghetti dinner courtesy of the Garcia’s.

Nickel Plate Trail: Miles gave an update. Harry Denham with help from others have cleared and graded the trail from 7th St. to Main St . The area is to be paved next year. Once the trail is extended over the Wabash River next year the section will be paved from the river to the River Walk. On the stretch from Bunker Hill to Miami , there had to be an appraisal of the rail-banked land. The Nickel Plate is to buy it and then donate it as part of the matching 80/20 grant. The appraisal is to be done in one week or so. $500 has been spent on weed killer for the Bunker Hill to Miami stretch. No date has been set for a fat tire ride on the unpaved sections of the trail.

Fat Tire Trail Ride: Tentative date of Sunday, July 29 to take in the Salamonie Reservoir Trails. Breakaway Bike has maps. We would leave from Miami ’s Fort at 1:00 PM. Please e-mail me if you are interested in this ride.

Club Jerseys : The jerseys and other apparel items are in and look great.

Miles noted that the corporate challenge ride went well. First place finishes in respective divisions went to Bob Blong, Alex Blong, and Zac See. Miles finished 2nd.

There is a community ride coming up soon posted at Breakaway shop.

Great Greenway Tour 2007: Saturday, July 28 tour of Indiana ’s longest paved trail, originating in Muncie . Routes are from 20-114 miles. $20.00 fee. Breakaway shop has forms or download from www.delawarecyclingclub.org.

Bass Splash race: July 29, Bass Lake , 8+ mile race, 8:00 AM start.

Gary ’s ride: August 11, 7-8:30 departure in Plainfield , IN. Indiana State Police Lieutenant Gary Dudley, an avid bike rider, died on Aug. 22, 2006. He was killed while participating in a charity bicycle ride to raise funds and awareness for the Indiana Chapter of Concerns for Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.). As a club we would like to participate in this event. The flyer is attached to this e-mail. Registration cut-off is July 20. Zac See will have a collection box at Breakaway shop for donations. We will try to alert the local community through media to increase the amount of donations. If you would like to be involved, please advise by e-mailing back to compressorman@comcast.net.

2nd Annual Mighty Mississinewa Triathlon: September 8. Larry Brown of the DNR at the reservoir asked me to advise our club of this event. I sent out the flyer as an attachment prior to the meeting. They also have a free kids fun run for ages up to 14. For more info, e-mail Larry at lbrown@dnr.in.gov.

Regular club rides: Regular club ride times are in effect.

Hilly Hundred: October 12-14. Registration forms have been mailed out or can be picked up at Breakaway shop or through www.hillyhundred.org. Miles has advised that we can camp at his sister’s place that is between the ride site at Ellettsville and Spencer , IN.

Dues Renewal: Dues are $15 individual or $20 family. To encourage payment for those who haven’t done so yet this year, $5 will be taken off the amount thru the next club meeting date. Dues can be mailed to Breakaway or dropped off at the shop. A membership form can be downloaded from our website at circuscitycyclists.org and also at Breakaway Bike Shop.

Old CCC shirts: Rich mad a motion, Steve seconded and it carried unanimously that the old tee-shirts from our last two metric centuries be given away free from Breakaway Bike Shop to club members, to any who buy a bike, at community rides, etc. So stop in if you would like a free shirt.

Next meeting: Second Thursday at 7:30 PM (Aug 9) at First Christian Church.

Meeting adjourned at approximately 8:30 PM.

John Miller

Secretary