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of cloud 9 ranch club, inc. Place your aluminum cans in the designated wire
containers that are next to each trash dumpster
in all campgrounds!! Thanks!!

Attention Campers
If you have an emergency and need first responders
please call 417- 28 4-7321 .
Sept. 17-23, 2009
In case of a storm, shelters are located at
Pre-Teen (pets allowed) and Chapel basement.
BOARD MEETING SATURDAY – 10 A.M.
Fir ewoo d f or Sale
Ch ap el 5 sticks f or $ 1. 00
Sunday Services 10 AM
Friday - Moving Forward with Prayer 10 AM
Availab le only at the Gatehouse

Gas St at io n
BOARD OF DIRECT ORS MEETI NG S ARE HELD
Open Daily 10 AM - 2 PM
ON T HE 3 RD SATURDA Y EACH MONT H.
Ranch Employees – Gas vehicles before 1 PM
NEX T BOARD MEETIN G IS S ATU RDA Y,
Ac co unt ing Office SEPTEMBER 19t h AT 10:00 A.M .
Monday - Friday 8 AM - 4 PM

Tradi ng P ost
Sunday – Thursday 8 AM - 2 PM
Friday & Saturday 9 AM – 6 PM ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ ++
CL OU D 9 F IRE D EP T. The Fire Dept. has
Res ta ur an t been providing mutual aid for
Open Daily 8 AM - 2 PM other fire departments and has
had to upgrade some
Pre teen & Tee n Cente r (No t su pervise d) equipment. We had to purchase
Ask Ranger to open – Children must be accompanied by a a new HPX Vanguard Portable
parent/grandparent at all times Pump for $3380 due to our other pump and motor being
over loaded to the point of blowing up. Call Ranch Office
The Follo win g Fac ili ties a re CL OSE D until ne xt to donate to the C9R Fire Department.
year
Sna ck Sh ack , Pavili on , Pools , Cr af t House
Cons erv ati on Co mm it te e
Scho ol House ( for to urs ) The next Conservation Committee meeting is
Saturday 2 PM - 4 PM scheduled for Tuesday, October 6th at 1:00 P.M.
in the Patio Room of the Clubhouse.
Horseba ck Trai l Ri des
Now offering 3 one-hour rides:
Saturday & Sunday - 8 AM, 9:30 AM, & Fishing Hours: Sept. 7:00 am – 7:15 pm
11 AM. Sign up at the Trading Post **Fishing is not permitted the day of stocking. **
the day before. Limited to 10 persons
per ride. Be at stables 30 min. before
your scheduled ride. Fish St oc ki ng S ch edul e 2009
Friday – September 18 750 lbs
Atten tion ATV Ride rs Please watch for horseback (This will be the last stocking for 2009)
riders. Horses are flight animals and we don’t want any
injuries due to ATVs scaring horses. Bring your ATVs to a BIRDHOUSE PROJECT
FULL STOP and let horses pass before continuing to ride. New birdhouses are going up all over the Ranch and
there’s more to come. A workshop to teach children
Weekly Ev ents in the Clu bhouse how to build birdhouses will be held on Saturday,
Tues day - Bunko (CANCELLED UNTIL NEXT YEAR) September 26th at 10:00 a.m. at the T-Top. Any
Pit ch Ga mes 6:30 pm in the Patio Room. interested members and guests are invited to attend.
25¢ per person. Come have some fun! If you don’t know Any birdhouse donations to the Conservation Committee
how to play we’ll teach you. will be appreciated. Contact any committee member.
Wednes day – Pok en o – Patio Room 6:30 - 9 pm.
Thurs day - Card Bin go – 6:30 pm 15 games 25¢ each
Frid ay - CL OUD 9 JAMME RS (if p layin g wi ll be on
ANNOUNCING
sign in front of rest au rant ) C9R ’S EMPL OYEE OF THE YEA R 2 00 9
ADUL T B INGO (C ANC ELLED UNTI L NEX T YEAR ) WILL IAM “BIL L” HUSTER

Please tie y our garbage bags bef or e

put ting the m in the dump statio n.
Thank Y ou .

SEPTE MBER ABOVE & BEY OND AWARD

 HA LL OWEEN FESTIV ITIES P LANS ARE
SARAH AMB UR GY (Gatehouse)
BEING MA DE F OR A CL OUD 9 KIDS
HA LL OWEEN PAR TY

Cof fee C lub Remi nder

Please pay 75¢ for your cup of coffee Act iv it ies Co mm it te e
It’s fresh and hot in the Clubhouse! Winners for Labor Day Drawing
1st Place – James Huling (video player for Ipod)
2nd Place – Dana Stone (satellite radio)
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3 Place - James Huling (pool stick & holder)
Craf t H ouse Co mm it te e 50/50 Winner – Brandy Proctor
Craft House Board meeting is Monday,
September 14th at 9:30 a.m. – MARK THE SE DATE S FOR UPCOMI NG EVEN TS
Craft House Volunteers will meet September 23 rd – Activities Committee Meeting at
on the same day at 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. in the Patio Room. Everyone welcome.
September 25 th - County Road Clean-up . Meet at
Clubhouse at 9:00 a.m. (rain date is Sept. 26th)
Please save BEST CHOICE labels for Craft House.
October 3 rd - Highway Clean-up. Meet at the
Clubhouse at 9:00 a.m.
Thanks to all the bargain shopper employees Lunch will be served at Noon in the Clubhouse for
who visited the Craft House and bought both clean-up days for all workers.
merchandise on Saturday, we had one of the October 10 th – POKER RUN
best sale days of 2009 in just 2 hours. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
We meet on the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of every month at 10
AM in the Patio Room. Put it on your calendar so you don’t
CRA FT HO US E COO KB OO K #4 forget. All are welcome, young & old. For more
information contact anyone on the committee. Ask the
Office or Gatehouse where we are located & stop in for a
visit. Committee Members are: Lynn Thomas, Chair
Person; Doris Thomas, Joe & Pat Miller. We would enjoy
hearing your ideas & comments.
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BY POPULAR DEMAND
Many people have asked when we are going to publish Mo vin g F orw ar d With Pr ayer
Fridays – 10:00 AM at the Chapel.
another cookbook. GOOD NEWS!! The Craft House is
starting Cookbook #4 and asking for you to send in recipes
to Doris Hutto, P.O. Box 131, Caulfield, MO 65626 or
Barbara Lawson, P.O. Box 235, Arenzville, IL 62611. We Patricia Miles brought a message last Friday on gratitude.
know there are a lot of new members out there and we The entire group shared openly about our own needs and
expressing gratitude. We all got to know each other
want to have your recipes and name, as well as older more on a personal basis. Unity requires knowing where
members, in our new cookbook. We hope to have it for people are in their own lives and we all became very
aware of each other’s needs for understanding. Judy
sale by 2011, Sweetin asked us all to sing “Jesus Loves Me.” On
Sunday at Chapel, we were also asked to sing “Jesus
Loves Me.” It was commented that it had probably been
a long time since we had sang that song. Those of us at
the prayer time last Friday smiled, as we had sang it just
Sc hoo l H ou se Co mm it te e two days earlier. This was such an affirmation that God is
The next School House Committee meeting will be April working in all areas of the Ranch to build unity and
13, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. in the Patio Room. We hope to understanding. We believe that Yvonne Muenks and
have a lot of new ideas and people for next year. Come Danita Crosby will be back on the Ranch by next Friday
and share your ideas. We still need volunteers to be at and are hoping they will provide us with songs of praise
the School House on Saturdays to keep it open from 2 pm again. Any others wanting to provide music or song,
- 4 pm so people can come in and see. Contact Barb please come and share with us. This Friday, Barb Lawson
and Kadye Ward are leading the prayer time together.
Lawson PM#69 or Doris Hutto LP #159 if you can help.
Special emphasis will be on praying for our Board of
Directors and their meeting on Saturday. We hope all of
you will give an hour of your day and join us in praying
for unity and praising God for the privilege of owning a
share of this beautiful place together.
Co lumb us Day - Panc ak e & Saus ag e Brea kf as t-,
Oct ob er 10, 2009 - 6:00 AM t o 9:00 AM
All you can eat for $4.00 (includes 2 sausage-extra
sausage is $.50). Children 10 & under $2.00.

1st ANNUAL C9R CHILI COOK-OFF

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WINNER
Fun Addi cts Co mm it te e
THANKS TO ALL THE PARTICI PANTS IN OUR
CAKE & BEV ERAGE WALK ON SATU RDAY

COMING S OON!!

1st Place - PATRICIA MILES

Little Rock, AR
 2nd Place - Joan Florer USPS charges to forward mail.
Because of the cost in volved, C9R
3rd Place - Jimmy Florer will no longer forward mail addresse d
to owners when they leave the
Ranch. Please be sure before you
leave to make ar range men ts with the
Post Off ice to a void delays in
receiv ing y our mail.
Words of Thanks

Tha nks to al l who leav e you r pop top s at the ga s

sta ti on , we are gi ving those to the Rona ld
McDo na ld House .

A big th an k you to Kady e Ward for a grea t

presen ta tio n Sa turd ay!! The Emp loy ee
Appre cia ti on Pro gr am was a grea t success an d
gre at ly a pp reci at ed .

Zayl or W atts

The Employee Appreciation Day was the most fun

day I’ve EVER spent (on or off the Ranch). I can
only imagine how much time, effort and
volunteers it took to put this on. Having the OVERNIGHT HORSEBACK TRAIL
School House and Craft House open for the RIDE
employees was such a great idea. I purchased a OCTOBER 10 & 11, 2009
beautiful dreamcatcher. Having owners there to
SIGN UP NOW (Ages 10 and up)!!!!
share the day with us made it a day I’ll never
Call or come by Ranch Office to Sign-up
forget.
COST: $100.00 PER PERSON
Kellie Harper
$50 DEPOSIT REQUIRED AT SIGN-UP
Deposits due by Sept. 15 –
No Refunds after Oct. 1st
(Cost is $50.00 if you have your own
GO ING PA PERL ESS horse)
In an effort to save time and money, C9R Office Ranch has 10 horses for this trail ride: 2
plans to go paperless as much as possible in the near that can carry 250+ lb rider, 4 up to
225-250 lb., and 4 up to 200 lbs. for
future, saving postage as well as some trees and cost this ride.
of paper. This will allow us to email statements, Rule
Books, 9-Lines, newsletters and board meeting Ranch furnishes horses, saddle, good
trails, evening meal and breakfast, both
minutes, rule and fee changes, etc. cooked over an open fire.

REGISTER TODAY BY SENDING AN EMAIL TO Trail ride will be approximately 4 hours

long to campsite. You should be
[email protected] PROVIDING
physically able to ride the casual trails
YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER AND and some trails requiring more
MEMBERSHIP NUMBER, WITH A REQUEST TO BE strenuous riding.
ADDED TO THE C9R PAPERLESS LIST. Your email
Oct. 10th: Arrive at stables by Noon to
address is secure and will not be used for any load tents, bedding, etc. in trailer. Ride
purpose other than C9R information. will begin at 12:30PM, reaching
Wilderness Way campsite around
4:30PM with a couple of breaks along
The Ra nc h Of fice has a ne w for m ava ila ble f or the way (restrooms and water available
yo ur 9-Li ne s art icle s. Pick up o ne ne xt t im e at campsite). You will set up camp while
yo u’re in t he Clu bh ou se . our wranglers tend horses and start
your evening meal. Evening meal will
be hamburgers, hot dogs, settler beans
and potatoes (feel free to bring along
more if you like).

Oct. 11th: Up by 8:00AM. Breakfast

NOTICE served starting at 8:30AM. Tear down
camp, load trailer, back on your horse
and on the way back to the stables by
10:00AM.

All you need to bring with you is your

tent (if you want one), bedding, snacks
and something to drink on the trail.
(No alcoholic beverages or smoking
while riding horseback to campsite). KRISTEN’S FREE SPA TREATMENTS
You must wear ankle length pants and MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH, 4:00-7:00
closed toe shoes (no sandals or crocs). P.M.

OUR WRANGLERS HOPE TO SEE YOU

THERE! SPACE IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR WINE & CHEESE TASTING
YOU AND YOUR BUCKAROOS! OTHER BEVERAGES & SPA WATER
SERVED
PRODUCTS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE
(LIMIT ED T0 20 PARTICIPANTS - SIGN UP AT
RANCH OFFICE)
More than you received at the Employee
RANCH RIDERs Appreciation Day
Current events
50/50 RAFFLE FOR $599 WILL
BE HELD WHEN $1,198 IS SOLD

QUILT RAFFLE WILL BE IN OCTOBER EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION RECAP

All Raffle tickets $1.00 or 6 for $5.00 IN ADDITION TO THE CHILI COOK-OFF ENTRIES, A TOTAL OF
$512.44 WAS DONATED BY COMMITTEES/OWNERS TO
PROVIDE FOOD FOR OUR ATTENDING EMPLOYEES/OWNERS:
The Bingo 50/50 Raffle Fund contributed $232.00
PAPER PRODUCTS DRIVE The remainder was contributed by the following
Rem emb er the ne xt tim e y ou buy pa per committees/owners:
pro duc ts for yo ur hom e t o b uy a l itt le Coffee Club
Activities Committee
ext ra for yo ur Ran ch. E ver y t ime yo u
Craft House Committee
com e t o t he Ran ch bri ng rol ls of pap er School House Committee
tow els , t oil et pap er or off ice pa per Fun-Addicts Committee
pr odu cts an d drop it of f at the gat eho use Conservation Committee
on ar riv al. Tracy Rosson (Owner)
Jim Miles (Owner)

RANCH RIDERS HATS,T-SHIRTS, STICKERS,SWEATSHIRTS

Christmas in September
AND HOODIES ARE STILL AVAILABLE. SEE US AT THE
FLEA MARKET & POKER RUN!
The following owners contributed over 65 gifts
that were distributed to our employees at the
Employee Appreciation Day Celebration.
Betty Hartfield
“NEW RANCH RIDERS TRAIL MAP”IS AVAILABLE Jim & Joan Florer
Bill & Zelda Huster
FROM RANCH RIDER CHAIRMAN. THE NEW TRAIL Glenn & Diann Garrison
MAPS WERE VERY MUCH APPRECIATED AND James & Beverly Marshall
RECEIVED BY ALL WHO SAW THEM AND PURCHASED Jim & Patricia Miles
Larry (Bubba) & Judy Sweetin
THEM OVER LABOR DAY. Larry & Deanna Armstrong
Bill Davis
Gerald Norton, Jr.
HELICOPTER LANDING PAD Herb & Marie Pilkinton
Donald Lauders
Kevin & Becky Willis
The helicopter landing pad in Fogey is completed Wendell & Kadye Ward
and ready to be used. There is still some Tammy Leslie
landscaping work to be done but most of it is Dale & Doris Hutto
complete. The cost of the project was $1,200 Jim & Deena Harris
Fernita Harmon
over the donated funds designated for the pad. Ron & Jackie Floerchinger
We are still taking donations to finish the work on Mag Greig
this project. R.L. & Mary Jones
Bob & Cindy Kohlmiller
Junior Dillin
Happy Trails And James & Stephanie Phillips
We’ll See You At The Ranch Frank & Connie Gauthier
Wilbur & Willa Payne
Stacey Yoakum
Brian Micklewright
Troy Duncan
CAMPGROUND CLOSING DATES Mike Duncan
Fogey – September 25th Joe Meissert
Chris & Karen Brueggeman
Wilder – October 20th Jessie & Elisabeth Bates
Lonesome – November 27th Ed & Sharon Horton
Sharon Graefe
 Shirley Newberry
Helene Allen
Gene & Yvonne Muenks
Cindi Morrison
Roger & Linda Amburgy
Suzie Wilson
Linda Wofford
Rich & Debbie Simmons
Greg & Zaylor Watts
Kelly & Sharon Bumgarner
Allen & Sandy Hubbard
Joan Mulitsch

Please take the time thank the following

local businesses who donated gifts/coupons
for our employees:

Hirsch Feed & Supply

Colton’s Steak House
KFC
Ruby Tuesday’s
Ryan’s
Pizza Hut
Captain D’s