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Check Chase decision slated for Oct. 1 CADIZ VALLEY. CA. SEPT. 22 Bureeu of Lend M8nIIgement Rlvelaide DIatrk:t Mal..... "o..kI Haler AId that he expectI to meke the declalon on whether or not to Iaaue a permit for the Check. . M.C. 16O-m1e LucIow·to-PR. . . . and hound. on Moncllly. Oct. 1. The race. ecconIIlg to Hillier. Is the one being conaIcIiIred _ outIned In the PhIIntDm Duck/BLM Htdement. .ethough it Is not on ThlInkaglvlng weekend,. but acheduled for Oct. XI. "There wII be one race end one race only - the baellne monitoring program Isn't geared for two I'IICU tIwough the CedIzIDwIby ...... HIller -.d members of the BLM stiff condueteel a field trip on S8turc1ay. vIaItIng a few aIta.tong the race course. Attending the fIeIcI trip _ _ some IROtoreydIsta. including a few repr••• Idlig AaRmbIy. men Bob Hayes. end .."...1 envlronmentellata. repraenting the Club end other groups. "The Iaua here ere not 10 much the apec:lftc:a of this race." ..Id Hillier. "but the concept of motoreyc:Ie racing In the . . .:' One of the .,... of contention was existing roads end trlIlia - apec:lftcally the couru used for the 1m Check Chae end a 1976 Desert M.C. i'lIC8. To ~ with the ..... "exIatIng roIId end trlIII" aunua. the Check. . heve to uu see:tlona of the old couru. EnvIronmentllllata dem-.ded aaurencea et one point _ to whether the '71 course wa using the 72/'7& route. because the remain. of the older course. had dl....p.erect totlIIIy; AItarnetIvu . . forth In the BLM·. Environmentll AnlIIyaIa Report Include two . . (the ftrat Is wrIb1y ~ the second would cut the race In hIIIfL some ......... MClIona eIong the COW'M ItMIf (mostly pole line roIId) -.d IIIbirnelIi enduro or trlIII ride atetua. AI ee-ty unecceplIIbIe to 1he orpIiIzers -.d to motoreycIIata. HRIIer aeId his declslo.. would follow two meed...... one was Monday night Sept. 24. the other ThuracIey IiV8rlIng. Sept. XI. -.d both ere open 10 the pubic In the Boerd Room et ReIncroa . . . . . 3443 Orange St.. mv.aIde. -.d M8rt et 7:30 p.m. Asked If en ......1to the BLM by the SIerra Club or others could halt thInp ..... a permit waslaaued. . . . . aeId "No. it'.·too late for. Department of the Interior ....... I expect they'd go to court and seek en injunction enjoining the holders of the permit from opeIad..g:· s.r. Brown blocks Sagebrush Rebellion, Hayes reacts SACRAMENTO. CA. SEPT. 24 Governor Brown'. veto of IegIAltive efforts to wrestle some 16 million aerea of callfornle from fedenII ownership wit hurt his preaIdentieI hopes In the West. Assemblymen J. Robert Hayes (R-8en Fernando) precllc:ted today. "Brown meyeetu8lly h8ve willlWl off _ meny _ 12 weatem Itatea with this veto. that'. how Important it Is to meny W..........:· Hay..' bII. AS 1407. paaed both houses of the Leg"ture without • diaaltnting vote. It would h8ve required the StImt lancia Commlaaion to study the constitutionality of fedenll ownenhip of mlUons of IICI'8S of CeIIfomiII lend. Six other Watem Itatea hev. alrelldy mounted whet hila been cell8cl the "Sagebru.h Rebellion." formed to chIIIIenge the lingering effects of the 19th century fedentl practice of wIthOOIcIIng title to atete lends _ a pre-condItIon to .tatehood. Hayes announced today that he wIH seek a veto over-rlde of his Sagebrush Rebellion bill when the Leglaleture reconvetIU In .......,. Hey. . . .Id that he ......, hila at8rt8d to count votes and Is finding strong support for the over-rlde among fellow Lee"tora. Lt. Governor Mlk. Curb hila tlIken Iaau8 with Brown'. veto and vowed to tak. IICtion. "SInce the Governor hila chosen to Ignore this Important Issue of atete·. rights. I plen to pursue the metter until an ecc:epteble eoIut1on Is 1IChIeved." Crub ukI. AI.c» In reapoII" to Brown'. veto. Attorney General George Deukmejilln hila SUIrtlId en Imm..... InveatIgetIon to determine whether the Segebrueh Rebellion C8I'I continue In C8IIfomIlI by using exlatlng state lew. In a reIeted mlItter. Hayes aeId that AS 101. the enviror'" ..... lfMIOff· . Hlghwlly Vehicle Iicenae pIete bill. Is also In ellinger of being vetIOed by Brown. The bills In grut jeoperdy. -.d unIeu the Governor r. . . . . that many C8IIforn.... support It. it also wi. be vetoed." Hayes aeId. AccordIng 10 Hayes. the governor ha only received sewn ..... of support. -.d a mount81n of ..... Is n•• ded now to..". the bit Papa rmlembers ... Baclr. in 1965, a feller by the name of Diclr. Manu clinched the Number One plate in the AMA Grand National Champicmahip Series on a BSA he tuned himself. A few pam came courtesy of BSA. but Bugs}' still beat Steve Eklund to the punch by about 16 years in being a privateer champion. HoaPIT.. STOP: Woody Leone. whIe telting his 17&cc: ca~ 2 BonnevIlle bike. stepped off 8t 148mph when the motor Mlzed. Leone. In his early sixties. suffered a broken collarbone end Ioat some .ldn on his leg but Is recovering well. He stili plen. to go to the ..It fIeta In November for a record attempt. Woody. you mey receII If you've been In the aport for • few yeers. helped out such notlIbIa • Everett Braheer. AI Gunter. C8rroa R_weber end Sammy Tanner; he lIiao gave young Ricky Raweber his start. Sand thou carda to Leone'. shop 8t 4t4O Port Arthur Rd~ 8eMRnont. 'IX 77701. Anaheim Stadium, site of the Nov. 17 Coca-<:Ola Motoerlll8 Finals, will see loti of MX.actioa on Nov. IS too, as hundreds of amateur riden converge for the CRC-saDCtioned Amateur Motocrlll8 Championship. An eightrace SoCal qualifying series is praently underway; check the calendar section for the next few dates and pbone2U/SSO·7519 for details. A NorCal qualifying series is to be announced; dial 916/581-0760 for info. Over $1,100 of Papa'. favorite goodies - Cycle Newt ProdUCtl have been promised for the N~v. 17 final in Anaheim Stadium. World cIaa speedway will be presented .t Anaheim. too. On friday night. Nov. 16. America'. finest - except for Mike Bat will compete in the U.S. World Sp.edway Qualifier. .nd four will 1_..... trllnat. to the next eIImii.tIon round In England next y..-. Riders were ••I.cted from the U.S. NetIoneI Sp••dway Champlo...hlp quellflera for the Oct. 6 event 8t Coate M.... Bat did not ride ttqueliflera; he wa guerentHd a apot In the NlItionlIl and he hed no plena of competing In the World Championship event. Only the top 12 from the U.S. N8tional ~ wII be 8t Anaheim. 10 even If Bat win. the National. ha won't ride the atlIcIlum i'lICti. Remember the rumor about an Oct. 1% "trial ride" u quoted (rom a daily newspaper article (aeveral of them, actually)? Papa phoned the BLM office in Riverside and talked with the lady who writes their presa releues, DeLoria "Pete" Palmer. Ms. Palmer called the rumor "totally erroneoua." During the phone call, abe mentioned a presa release that wu about to be mailed form ber office regarding the Checlr. Chue and the IIUIT01Itlding controversy. One line in the prell releue which arrived two daya latetcaught Papa'. e,e: "Consideration of this ewDt fulfilla a recent coun agreement that BLM colllider a fall race in the Cadiz, Danby and Parker area." Accordint to our copy of that a g r _ , the Jix·point Phantom Duck/BLM ltipulation. it apecificaIly _tel a 'I'hatWgiving weekend ride. Not 10, laid Pete wben Papa phoned her again (or comment on the releue. "I wu told by the District Manager and by the attorney - that there was 00 agreement wbataoe¥er (or a Thanbgiving weekend ewDt. They would try to have a fall event, not neceaaarily a Thanbgiving weekend event." The problem is one of interpretation, it aeems. "The stipulation is up for interpretation," Ms. Palmer explained, "It Itatel that there is public demand for an event on Thanksgiving weekend - we all knew that. No one has applied for a Thanksgiving weekend event," abe concluded. "and there will not be one." Don't forgetl ,Oct. 2 Is Two-Wheel Trenapoi taticM Dey In Loa Angela County. There.. be plenty of bicyc:Ia and moped out there. but not let them .... the show. Show your Iron. Ride your motoreycIe. E ~ . let·. Ho.PITal STOP: Wayne Rainey atepped of( at the Sept. 2S San JOIe Mile, demolishing a aeriea of haybaIes and lying on the edge of the traclr. for .everallapl before t6e race wu finally atopped. Why 10 long before the ambulance wu aummoned? The flagmen had only yellow fla.p, DO ambulance flap. F"maDy one of the aecurity officen wu aalr.ed by a spectator to call the ambulance by a IpeCtator, and Rainey wu taken to the boIpital. At praltime otl MODday, they were atill testing and X-raying ~ San JOIe Health Center'. .c Ward. He IIIfl'a'ed three craclr.ed middle vertebrae, dialocated hit little &111ft and, brWaed a wriIt. There'. no danger o( paralysia, according to a hoIpital report to hit parenti. Send thole carda and lettera to Wayne, c/o Shell Racing Specialties, 1250·Q. S. Beach Bhd., LaHabra. CA 90651. The health cente!". phone _ber it 408/998· 5%12. and Wayne wu in room 147 today, MODday. Coilba., to rumors you may heve heard. there wIH be a PoInt T~SA race. An . . lIIp 1n A.Iffc_ magazine "tore,..., purch.ed by the five e••tern Tr.n.-USA promoters. . . . . PoInt hed no reason to be Involved In the ad. but they definitely ere running a mOtocrOll race on Oct. 21. that _ Papa heard that Bob Hannah will be switching to the AMA 500cc National