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DEEPWATER RIDING AREA IS OPENED

For more info go to the Deepwater page.

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The purpose of the Mid Missouri Mudslingers is to promote the sport of Off Road ATV recreation through safety training and respect for the environment. We are predominately a family oriented group that enjoys riding ATVs and having good family fun with a further foal of promoting user cooperation with other outdoor and environmentally aware citizens. Our membership ranges from children to older adults.

Club Elections are coming up in October.

Our Club officer elections will be held at our October meeting. You can see who got nominated on our club contact page.
You will receive your ballots with your October news letter. If you can't attend October's meeting, you can mail your ballot in. It will be due by October 15th, 2008. Ballots received after this will not be counted. Newly elected officers will take their positions on January 1st, 2009.

Club Ride, October 11, 2008 Weather permitting, we will be attending the Jake Helmig Memorial ATV Ride. The proceeds from this event will be donated to St. Judes Children's hospital in Memphis, TN and the American Cancer Society. For more information about this event, check out their website. Jake Helmig Memorial ATV Ride They have driving directions there.
You can get a map at Mapquest.

Club Meeting October 18, 10:00 a.m.
Reno's Yamaha

13611 Holmes Road, Kansas City Mo.

Club elections will be held at this meeting.

If you can't attend the meeting, ballots will mailed out with the October news letter. They need to be mailed and received by October 15th.
Also, your vote can be cast using the PM system on the Forum. You must be a registered club member to vote. The board administrator will cross reference your screen name with the club membership log to ensure non club member votes will not be counted. Votes cast this way must be in by midnight, October 17.
We would like to thank all the people at Reno's Yamaha for allowing us to use their facility Saturday and making it a really good experience.

No Membership Dues For 2008

For the calender year of 2008, there will be no membership dues required. This is for new members as well as current ones. To be a card carrying member, a contact form still needs to be filled and be on record with the club. Click here for access to the form. Fill it out and mail it in or bring it to a club meeting.

For more info on the grant click here.
If there are any questions, contact one of the club officers .

Mid Missouri Mudslingers club members, if you have a club email account, click on the email button to check it.

If you have any questions, email me at webmaster@midmissourimudslingers.org

RECENT UPDATES

10/3/2008	Club officers nominations posted
7/8/2008	Deepwater is reopened. Info click here.
6/20/2008	Deepwater closed due to high water till futher notice.
05/09/2008	Lake conditions will be posted ever few days. This affects the ridding area.
12/26/2007	No member ship dues for 2008
11/11/2007	Election results are in. Click here to see the results
09/09/2007	Workday and Schedule updated
7/01/2007	Mudslinger Store opened

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MID MISSOURI MUDSLINGERS

In the spring of 2005 there was a real possibility that the Cooper Creek ATV park could be closed. There were issues with safety, out of bounds riding, hot dogging in the parking area and many others. The U.S. Corps of Engineers decided that it was time for a group to step up and help out. The Corps held a public meeting, and a group of people in attendance decided to get together and form a club for this purpose. There were more meetings with the Corps, representatives from the Division of Natural Resources and others. A plan was put forth, and that group of people formed the Mid Missouri Mudslingers.

By the end of the year much of the ground work to put the plan into action had been laid. The Mudslingers had incorporated into a non for profit group listed with the state of Missouri. This was necessary to qualify to apply for a grant from the Division of Natural Resources to finance the first stages of this plan.

In early 2006 the Mudslingers applied for the grant. It was announced in January of 2007 that they had received a grant in the amount of $69,000. There are many requirement that have to be met to fulfill the terms set forth in receiving the grant. One of them is a 20% match in labor. The DNR has set hourly rates for different types of labor. It is estimated that approximately 1,100 to 1,200 hours are needed to fulfill the this requirement. Once the grant is completed, by law Cooper Creek must remain open for 25 years.

At present, the main purpose of the Mid Missouri Mudslingers is to complete this grant, implement further phases of the plan, and help with general improvements at Cooper Creek. As time goes though, and the improvements get rolling, the club plans on also focusing on more “fun” stuff also, such as group rides to other ATV ridding destinations. There have been many ideas tossed around at club meetings about events that we can do. With the help of the off road community it is hoped that the Mid Missouri Mudslingers will be around for a long time helping make the off road experience better on for all.

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