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THE LATEST P OP BY PAPA WEAlEY Continuedfrom page 2) ~ssocia t ion . will feature fo u r m ov ies on off-road racing and is fr ee to t he ge ne ral public. Mo rris Indust ries, the mag wheel man ufact urer h as m o ve d it s opera tio ns to a new fa cility loca ted at 2901 West Ga rry Ave . , Santa Ana . CA 92704 . T h e tel eph one nu m b e r 714/ 540· 5206 re mai ns th e same. Gary Nelson of G&N Cycles in Sherwood. OR . announced the signing of Troy Folck. a Pro since age 13. to ride a 250cc Husqvarna i n all Northwest events this season. If you feel a touch of deja VU, it ' s because G&N Cycles sponsored an up-and -corninq Pro by the name of Chuck Sun. Cliffor d M . Reb ack wa~ promoted to th e posit ion of vice president of Fu qu a Cycle . according to an annou ncement made by Ted Davis, president ' of Fu qua Cycle . T he Fuqua Cycle group includes: Fox Distributing . Arlington, T X : Fu ll H ou se , Columbus, OH : Wheelspo rt , P o rt la n d . O R ; and Columbus Cycle , a Colu m bus, O H, based bicycle d istributorship . Reback joined the finn in 1975. Entries are not open for the American Motocross Enterprises $50,000 Trans·AME Series, which begins April 2 at Saddleback Park in Orange, CA. The series has $30,000 in Pro purses plus $20.000 in Sportsman awards and contingencies. Check our Calendar for series dates and call AME at 213/881·5n8 for entry information. A T he T ex as Cross Cou n try R acin g Association will sa nction a series of 16 cr oss co un try races in Tex as , begi nni ng Ma rc h 5 a t Lak e 5 a t La ke Wh itney cycle R a nch . There will be five ot hr tracks: O ak H ill , W orl d of An imals . Azle , R ock y R id ge and Milford . Point standings will be kept and th ere is a new Professiona l clas s. Contact the TCC RA at 1918 River Bend R d .. Arl ington. TX 7601 4 , 817/ 460·3896, o America n Motocro ss Enterprises aaded fi v e new N orthern Californ ia to t he i r p rogram : tr ack s Sacram ento OHV Par k. K nob Hill 'Ranc h. Carnegie Park . He lvetia Park. Arg y ll Park and Mountain High. Co nta ct D&C Pro motions . 415/686-3172. and Zap Pro mot ions . 415/355-4760 f or m ore information. Ir he ORV Mo nitor, a Sierra Club publicatio n , q u o te d ' fro m a me mo rand um dated July 15. 1977 fro m ac ting BLM Directo r George H'u rcott to BLM field offices rega rd ing ,Imp lem ent a tion of Executive O rd er 11989, which modifi ed E.O. 11644 . 'Section 9 (a) req u ire d clos ure or estricrion of a n area . . . when it is ete rmi ne d that O RV use will ca use or s ca using considerable ad verse effec ts. However , th ere m ust b e a 'cl ea r showing, not m erely suspicion , th a t t he use of DRVs will . in fa ct . hav e a considera b le a dve rse im p act." Looks to Pa pa like the burden of proof is on the BLM , and th e ORV users bett er . pin th em to th e wall on every poi nt of evidence used in a land closu re . Jay Springsteen wi ll see action at Daytona in the In t ern ational Lightweight (250cc) eve nt . The BL M announced t he closure of 2 .300 ac res loca ted in the Hole and Jericho Creek wa tersheds of La ke Co unty, CA . The closure. which ta kes effect Ma rch 31, 1978. is effective unt il fu rther noti ce , t ho ug h the a rea will be open to a ll ot her reso urce and recrea tion uses. A m a p showi ng the boundaries of where we got screwed again is avai lab le from the Bu rea of. Land Management Office. 555 Lesli e Street. Ukiah. CA 95482 . A d raf t of the envi ro nme n ta l statem en t f or th e La n d Management Plant of the Keeler Planning Unit in Lincoln Count y. MT. is available f or inspecti on in USDA Fore st Service offices in Missoul a. Libby and Troy. M T. or b y w r iting t o US DA. Fore st Serv ice. K o o t e n ai National Forest. P.O. Bo x AS, Libby. MT 59923. or USDA . Forest Se rv ice . T ro y Ranger Stat ion. Troy. M T 59935. Comments of t h e Draft Env ironmental Statement m ust be received by March 31. Make your plans to join t he Phantom Du ck of th e Desert in an unorganized . u n san ct ion e d t rai l rid e between Ba rstow, CA . and La s Vegas, NV , using existing trai ls between th e two citi es. The date will be th e traditional Saturday aft er T ha nksgiving, th is yea r Nov. 25 . M ad eleine Read. wife of eight times World Ch am pi on Phil Read. was f oun d dead in bed at the couple's home in England on Sunday. February 12. Cause of death was not releas ed pending a postmortem examination. Roxy Rockwood will once again p rese nt the an nu a l Webco Radio Show du ring Da ytona Speed Week . The show will ernena te fro m th e Hawa iia n In n Hotel on S. Atlantic Aven ue from March 6 through Sunday, March 12 . . It starts night ly at 10 :30 p .m. wit h the first half-ho ur live on radio and the last hour or so just to the crowd on hand . This wi ll be the 13th y ear Rockwood has interviewed the stars on the show and he say s " m ar k down Thursday ni ght IMarch 9) as the ni ght Kenny Roberts will be int erviewed." .. 37