From the President

It’s March and that means McClinchy Mile and Bike Expo.  Back-to-back weekends filled with drooling over the possibility of a cool new bike at Expo and then riding one of the beautiful Snohomish County routes at McClinchy.  It is possible to volunteer and ride so, if you haven’t signed up for a job, don’t hesitate.  We can fit you into the schedule and make sure you hit the course along with the other 400 – 500 riders that will make the trek to Arlington on March 20th.

     We’ve had some McClinchy administrative challenges this year.  Increased rental fees at Haller Middle School and potential fee increases for use of the Centennial Trail are directly tied to making the event routes available to participants and will impact net proceeds.  The Snohomish Health District is requesting that B.I.K.E.S. secure a food service permit for the McClinchy rest stops.  The permit will impose yet another fee on the event.  In the years that I’ve been involved, the Club has been careful to serve only low-risk foods that don’t require refrigeration and observe safe food handling practices.  We haven’t finished evaluating the cost of the permit and additional restrictions against the cost to purchase all pre-packaged dry food and whole fruit.

     Warren has scheduled route-painting rides for the week leading up to McClinchy.  He’s also working in the B.I.K.E.S. booth at Expo on Sunday, March 14th.  He would love some company on the painting rides and no previous experience required, just a good sense of fun!

     See you all at McClinchy and Expo…

Pedals Up,

Debby Grant

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March Club Meeting

March 11, 5:30pm

 Join us to help wrap up McClinchy details and answer last minute Expo questions.

We’ll enjoy dinner and then head over to the storage locker to sort and distribute supplies.

Bobby's Hawaiian Style Restaurant

at the west end of Hewitt

 www.bobbyshawaiianstylerestaurant.com

1011 Hewitt Avenue

Everett, WA 98201-3976

(425) 259-1338