b'Club EventsNORTHEAST KINGDOM SNOWBLASTERS EVENTSBy Kendyl BellBBQ Blaster BashOur BBQ Blaster Bash on Jan. 26 was a blast! The estimated attendee count was around 300- 350. It was hard to get an exact count, as many would come and go during our three-hour event. At one point we estimated 100 sleds were in the field. It was an extremely cold day, and we couldnt thank everyone enough for braving the weather. We did have a bonfire and three dogs running around, so that helped to get through the frigid day.Our club runs on teamwork and support from our riders and that was shown this day as we received so much support from local snowmobile clubs, groomers, volunteers, landowners, and of course all our members. The generosity of everyone was shown in sales of our apparel, raffle tickets, and donations.A huge Thank You to Sled Farm 2 for catering an amazing free barbecue meal for everyone to enjoy. Thanks to Duffyville Recreational Storage for hosting us. Thanks to Nelsons Ace Hardware for supplying the Blackstone Grill items for our raffle. The Blaster Bash winners were Richard Wright winning a Pizza Oven, Daryl Johnson winning a 36 Flattop, and Stephen Daly winning a 28 Flattop.Snowman Building Contest As some of you may follow, Groomer Dave Diminico has a snowman sidekick who assists him while hes out grooming along our trail system. Well, we wanted to play homage to our mascot by having a Mr. Snowmans Snowman Building Contest. You could build a snowman anywhere along ourGoodwin received third place, buildingcompletely sold out of our tickets, all 65 miles of trails during the weekendan original snowman with a pine200 of them! Calcutta winners were: of March 11-12. We saw some creative,needle headdress at Kendyl Buns onfirst place, Jake Meyers; second, Albie original, and definitely some funnythe Run. Mr. Snowman is very proudBorne; and third, Trevor Jaques.ones!of you all! The Timeout Tavern put out a fantastic First place winners built an Irishappetizer buffet for everyone to snowwoman: Melinda Gervais-Calcutta enjoy. There were raffles, games, Lamoureux, Tanya Lamoureux, DebbieOur annual Calcutta was held at thepull-tabs, and we debuted our 10-Bevins, Sheena Buck, Marcy DergeTimeout Tavern on Jan. 21 and aboutyear anniversary merchandise. These Paul, and Jennifer Barret. In second95 people attended. All had a greatkinds of fundraisers are held to help place, with a NEK shout-out, was Miketime with smiles on their faces. Wefund club tools, equipment, and our Lavigne and Lavigne Camp. Cyndegrooming expenses.10 | Snowmobile VERMONT'