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Happy New Year from SABA!

"Wayne(with NEW bionic knee) & Faye hosted this year's SABA Christmas Party"
Chainsaw Certification Class
Completed
On Saturday, December 13th, seven individuals attended an eight-hour chainsaw instruction and safety class conducted by Terry Dickey, USFS. This was required by the USFS not only during the trail clearing and construction phase at Jackrabbit, but also for future maintenance. SABA members have agreed to perform the trail maintenance in order to keep the trails open.
Please thank the trails crew who work so diligently and selflessly so that everyone else can ride.
Those that attended this years class were: Joanna Padgett-Atkisson, Pam Hayes, Dan Goff, JC Rangel, Devin Manno, Rob Yeske and Dale Wade. Previous attendees were Frank Mason, Fred Lewis and Burt Franklin.

"Terry Dickey instructs Pam Hayes how to properly cut a spring pole"
First Ride of the New Year!
SABA member Mike Robinson led the
first ride of the New Year on New Year's Day.
The route covered some of the same route as the
annual Crane Creek Vineyard Ride and in true
"Tour de Robinson " fashion, some roads where
only Mike knew where we were going. The
temperature was up from last year's 15°
hovering in the mid 40's and the sun was shining
bright.
During the winter months we are
trying to get in a 30-40 mile ride on Sunday
afternoons at 1:30 PM. The ride leaves from a
different location each week. Check the message
board for all the latest rides and hope you can
make it.

"Our 2009 New Year's Day Ride was much warmer than last year and had a great turnout!"
Economic Impact of the Jackrabbit Trail Project...We Need Your Input
Hayesville, NC:
One major source of funding for the Jackrabbit Trails has come from the Goldenleaf Foundation. In our required progress reports
which are periodically submitted to the
foundation, we must give data on the
economic impact of this trail. This is where we need your help.
We need to know who is using the trail? (and how many are with you?), how often you are coming to hike/bike it?, and where you are coming from? Any other comments are appreciated as well.
This is very important for the progress of the Jackrabbit Trails.
Thank you for you input
and
post your comments here.
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