The 9 Lines

Located in Caulfield, Missouri Established 1972

Inside This Issue: Easter Weekend Activities Hay Crop Development Local Members Camp Host List 2012

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Kari Clark Photography

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You! Cloud 9 Ranch Tow Service is here to

help get your vacation off to a great start!

Let Cloud 9 Ranch take care of removing

your camper from the storage compound and placing it on a campsite for you. Call in

advance and have your camper waiting on a

pad when you arrive.

Beginning April 1st Tow Hours 8AM-10PM. $19-Includes Moving Camper From Com-

pound to Pad Site. Additional Fees may in-

clude $8 Compound Ticket. Need help put-

ting your camper away? $19 Includes Moving

Camper off Pad Site and Storing it in Com-

pound. Call 417-284-7321 Ext 117 to schedule your

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April 28th, 2012

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Inside this issue:

RRC News

Local Members

3

C9R

Land Improvement

4

BOD Election 5

Camp Host 2012 5

Campground

Information

5

Ranch Events

Trading Post News

6

Facility Hours

Fish Stocking Schedule

6

Book Now

Easter Weekend

Rentals Are

Filling Up Fast! If you need a rental

for that weekend ~

Let Us Know Now!

Rental Reservation

Call 417-284-7321

EXT 117

Don’t Wait or

You’ll Miss Out

Easter Plans are Underway!

~ 3,000 filled Easter Eggs Have Arrived!

The second annual Spring Carnival and Easter Egg Hunt will be

held on Saturday, April 7th. The Egg Hunt and Carnival will be held at the Big Top pavilion.

The Carnival and Egg Hunt will be held from 4PM-7PM. All Ranch Clubs and Committees are encouraged to take part

in making the Easter Carnival a success. There will be pony

rides, games, and train rides. Volunteers are welcome to help.

This is a great time to get involved with Ranch Activities! If you would like to be involved, contact Stephanie at 417-284-

7321 ext 135 and find out how you can be involved.

The Ranch Riders Club wants to invite everyone to come to the Poker / Marble Run, Easter weekend for a “Shakin” good time. Sign up will begin at 10:00 AM and the Run will start at 1:00 PM.

Colored Marbles will have a point valve, with the top 5 point winners receiving 50% of the proceeds.

The RRC have been working on several projects , with the Hill Country road circle cleared and weeds and brush cut from the road edges.

This area is a memorial area to remember those Cloud 9 members that have passed away.

All wood picnic tables are being built from memorial dona-tions to be placed there.

Contact Mary Lou Ruckdeschel, if you would like to donate to this fund.

The Wilder Foot Bridge is moving along, with the hand rail support struts completed and delivered to the ranch. The main beams will be laid out, angles cut and welded to-gether as two 18 feet bridge sections.

The sections will be assembled and welded in place at Wilder.

The park benches at the pet cemetery and Agape Garden are being refinished at this time in the RRC’s portion of the pole building.

The workbench in the pole building is in the process of being built. A donated radial arm saw is being built into the workbench and is operational at this time.

Ranch Riders Club Newsletter

Cloud 9 Ranch

RRC

ATV Trail Maps

On Sale Now

In the

Trading Post

March 29th, 2012

Local Members help C9R

Friendly Reminder!

Ranch Members:

2012 Season Kicks Off-

Please Remember That The Gate House is

Required to check both

your membership and ID

as you arrive. For speedy

check-in service, have your

membership card and

Photo ID ready as you ar-

rive. YOU ARE required to

present these items each

time you enter onto Cloud

9 Ranch. Please do your part in

making the check-in proc-

ess hassle free.

Over the years, Cloud 9 Ranch has been blessed with members who are willing to step-up and volunteer both time and services to Cloud 9. Re-cently, a local business owner and Ranch Member once again donated their talents to the Ranch. Glenn and Heather Duke, of West Plains, have given both the time and service to Cloud 9 Ranch by donating the refin-ishing the old fire department tanker truck. If you see the Duke’s at the Ranch be sure to let them know how much you appreciate the work and service they have done for C9R. These efforts go to benefit the entire membership and are very much ap-preciated.

March 29th, 2012

May 19th Horseback Trail Ride Fund Raiser

The Conservation Committee will be

hosting a Horseback Trail Ride Fund

Raising Event. The Wranglers will be

guiding the event. Profits raised

would go to plant Alfalfa Hay that

would produce a food source for the

deer and a revenue production for the

Stables. Benefitting Cloud 9 Ranch and

it’s members in the areas of Revenue

through crop sales, food plots for the

deer and land improvement for the

entire ranch.

12 Ranch Members are being solicited

for being actively involved with the fund raiser. Each member is given an envelope and

asked to collect a $10 donation for the trail-ride from 10 other Ranch Members.

This donation will be in the effort to “support conservation” while helping develop the

agricultural resources of Cloud 9 Ranch.

Estimated Proceeds:

12 Riders raising $100 each in donations equaling $1200

What Participants Can Expect: Thank you for helping to support this fund

raising event. You can expect that the money you raised for this event will be put to

good use to benefit the entire ranch. T-Shirts have been donated to those who partici-

pate as a show of support for your efforts to make improvements to Cloud 9 Ranch.

Also, lunch will be provided for those who participate.

Who will be guiding the trail ride? The experienced wranglers at Cloud 9

Ranch will be guiding the horseback trail ride.

Where will the trail ride go? The trail ride will cover selected trails on the

Ranch property. The group will depart from the Ranch Stables and break for lunch at

Lonnie’s Lookout.

How long will the trail ride take? From beginning to end the ride will take

about 3 1/2 hours. This includes getting ready to depart, the ride, taking time for lunch

and returning back to the stables.

What Time does the Ride Start? Riders must be ready to depart the stables

at 11am.

Where Do Riders Meet? Riders will meet at 10:30AM at the Ranch Stables.

Departure time is 11AM. Lunch will be served at Lonnie’s Look Out upon arrival of the

riding group.

How do I participate? If you would like to be a part of this fundraising effort,

please contact Stephanie Harrison at 417-284-7321. Ext 135 The horses we have available are limited to 12. Please call right away to confirm your

role in helping the Stables and Conservation Committee in this effort to increase Ranch

resource productivity.

March 29th, 2012

Lonesome Pines Campground

Powder Mill Campground BE ADVISED THAT 12 OF THE

CAMPSITES ARE CLOSED DUE TO

MAINTENANCE.

PLEASE AVOID THE CLOSED PAD

SITES

THESE CLOSED PADS ARE CLOSED

FOR MAINTENANCE UPGRADES

AND CANNOT BE USED.

CLOSED PAD SITES ARE CLEARLY

MARKED!

Camp Ground Openings Who Will Be Your New Camp Host?

Lonesome Pines-Lola and JJ Johnson

Lonesome Pines-Co-hosts: Dale and Sherri Cox

Powder Mill-Herb and Marie Pilkington

Hill Country-Chris and Deb Dantin

Wilder Springs-Glen and Heather Duke

Foggy-Tony and Davina Raines

Melody Lane-Wendell and Kadye Ward

Welcome To the New Camp Host Volunteers!

. Here’s too a great 2012 Camping Season!

Attention ALL

Clubs & Committees

Annual Newsletter

information must be

submitted via email

no later than

April 9th, 2012

Email information to:

[email protected]

for Newsletter submission!

April 21st– Time: TBA Location: Cloud 9 Ranch

Patio Room

May 19th-Time: TBA Location: Cloud 9 Ranch

Patio Room

June 16th-Time: TBA

Annual Meeting

Location: Big Top

Resumes for Board of Director

due in the Accounting Office by: April 4th 2012

Deadline for eligibility to vote:

April 27th, 2012

(Account must not be over $50 owed to Vote)

Ballots will be mailed out: May 2, 2012

Submission To Annual Newsletter Clubs, and Committees

Must have their information turned in:

April 9th, 2012

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Phone: 417-284-7321

E-mail: [email protected]

No matter if you are visiting us for the first time or if you have

been visiting us since 1972, we are glad that you are here. Our

staff is working hard to meet and exceed all of your camping

and ATV’ing expectations.

Amenities List: Gas Station Stables

Youth Center Family Pool Caves

Adult Club House Cabin/Camper Rentals Hiking

Adult Swimming Pool Trading Post Fishing

Miles and Miles of Trails Camping Hunting

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Trading Post Information

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GAS STATION

Sunday -Thursday 10AM-2PM

Friday and Saturday 10AM-4PM

RANCH STABLES

By Appointment

RESTAURANT

Monday-Thursday 7AM-2PM

Friday-Saturday 7AM-7PM

Sunday-10AM-2PM

CHAPEL

Sunday Services 10AM

ACCOUNTING OFFICE

Monday – Friday 8AM-4PM

TRADING POST

Sunday-Thursday 8AM-4PM

Friday –Saturday 8AM-7PM

April 7th-RRC Poker

Run Sign up at 10AM

Start Time: 1PM

T-Top Building

April 7th-Ranch Easter

Egg Hunt 4PM

Big Top

April 28th-Mutual Aid

Fire Department

“Spring Fling” TBA

May 19th-Fundraising

Horseback Trail Ride

10:30AM

May 26th-Cowboy

Rick Round-Up

TBA

Date Pounds

April 5th 600

April 26th 250

May 10th 600

May 24th 600

June 14th 600

June 28th 600

July 12th 250

July 26th 300

Aug 16th 600

Aug 30th 600

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