BARSTOW POKER RUN MAY END THIS YEAR
Everyone, just received a letter from the organizers (Hight Desrt Charities) of the Barstow Poker Run that has been put on twice a year since approx. 1984 for charity. This years April 26th and 27th p...
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Awe man that's too bad. I like that Poker run and it's for a great cause! It's a shame those people died and other got hurt at that race. I know there's a lot of restrictions at our District # 37 races now because of the accident at Johnson Valley and it effects all of us!!
Settlement reached in Johnson Valley California 200 race that killed 8 people~ http://www.sbsun.com/general-news/20131218/settlement-reached-in-johnson-valley-california-200-race-that-killed-8-people
A retired CHP officer who lives adjacent to Stoddard Valley furnishes the course layout. He knows the desert like "The Back of His Hand". We are hard at work laying out two new courses for the upcoming April event. Please remember, we are confined to just a part of the Stoddard Valley Open Area. We are doing our best to come up with new areas or at least, land we haven't traveled in a number of years. Again, this isn't easy, as we must stay within BLM boundaries. Family and friends, who give their time for the love of the desert, make up the rest of the volunteers. We are sorry to report that for the first time in our 29 year history, the local Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has been directed by Washington D. C. to charge fees for our event. In April of last year we were charged $5.00 per entry for our event. Thereafter, we were notified, starting last last October we would be charged $3475.00 for the event, which covers administrative and law enforcement costs that the BLM incur for our event. BLM will no longer honor charity events, but will be handled like the off road races held in this area! We have been told that if all the event fee is not used by the BLM we might get a refund. As a result of the BLM fees, we have been forced to raise our event fee to $35 entry. We know folks are not made of money, but we do not have a choice in the matter. I do want to tell you the local office of the BLM did everything possible to get this fee waived. Their efforts apparently fell on deaf ears! Our Federal Government at work once again!
This Poker Run Stages right behind the Slash X Great food and bar see photo's - http://www.panoramio.com/photo/25685846
Settlement reached in Johnson Valley California 200 race that killed 8 people~ http://www.sbsun.com/general-news/20131218/settlement-reached-in-johnson-valley-california-200-race-that-killed-8-people
A retired CHP officer who lives adjacent to Stoddard Valley furnishes the course layout. He knows the desert like "The Back of His Hand". We are hard at work laying out two new courses for the upcoming April event. Please remember, we are confined to just a part of the Stoddard Valley Open Area. We are doing our best to come up with new areas or at least, land we haven't traveled in a number of years. Again, this isn't easy, as we must stay within BLM boundaries. Family and friends, who give their time for the love of the desert, make up the rest of the volunteers. We are sorry to report that for the first time in our 29 year history, the local Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has been directed by Washington D. C. to charge fees for our event. In April of last year we were charged $5.00 per entry for our event. Thereafter, we were notified, starting last last October we would be charged $3475.00 for the event, which covers administrative and law enforcement costs that the BLM incur for our event. BLM will no longer honor charity events, but will be handled like the off road races held in this area! We have been told that if all the event fee is not used by the BLM we might get a refund. As a result of the BLM fees, we have been forced to raise our event fee to $35 entry. We know folks are not made of money, but we do not have a choice in the matter. I do want to tell you the local office of the BLM did everything possible to get this fee waived. Their efforts apparently fell on deaf ears! Our Federal Government at work once again!
This Poker Run Stages right behind the Slash X Great food and bar see photo's - http://www.panoramio.com/photo/25685846
