This is forwarded from Dan Cordon in Moscow; these items may be of interest
to some of you who are out there riding in the snow and mud.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Cordon" <dcordon@...>
To: "Dan Cordon" <cord4530@...>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 12:54 AM
Subject: IDPR Grant and MAMBA Group Ride


> MAMBA peeps-
>
> Jonathan just finished his second IDPR Grant application. He's the main
> reason we had all the funds we did last year for tool purchases,
> materials, and machine rental. There's NO way we could have built so much
> trail w/o all his effort in getting matching funds through grants. Kudos
> to Jonathan for completing another one. We should find out some time early
> next season if it will be funded or not.
>
> On the same note, an overwhelming number of individuals, organizations,
> and businesses wrote letters of support for the grant, and also gave
> donations to help with our matching funds for next year. We thank you for
> your support as well, and hope we can continue to provide lasting
> recreational opportunities for the community. We couldn't do it without
> you!
>
> On a separate note, since it's currently snowing, and local riding may not
> be an option for a while, it may be fun to organize a group ride down in
> the Lewiston/Asotin area. Jonathan and I are mildly familiar with the
> trails there, but we know a lot of MAMBA members know them a lot better.
> It would be fun to have an off-season MAMBA ride. Hopefully a slowish one
> (for my fat body's sake). If you're interested, let us know when a good
> timeframe is. It will probably have to be on a weekend, and there's a
> number of bad weekends coming up. Alternatively, we'll be discussing this
> more on the Yahoo group (see link on web site under "membership").
>
> Hope you're having a great winter time. We just ordered some trainers for
> our road bikes, so there's a chance we'll be ready to go by spring time.
>
> --
> Dan Cordon
> Jonathan Lomber
> http://www.bikemoscow.org
>
>