b'Club Newsplace, Dalton Daggett; second place, Chris Dillon; and third place, Tammy Choquette.We are now looking forward to our annual virtual fundraising raffle to take place on May 7.This is our 19th annual raffle. 125 tickets will be sold. We have $7,000 in cash prizes which include: first prize, $4,500; second Country Riders volunteers helped toprize, $500; and third prize, $250.support the clubs poker ride at the JayThank you to the club members that Village inn.help with selling tickets, planning the Mark Fifield and Dave Ulman ran theevent, and for people supporting this barbecue pit at the Upper Valley Snowwinners and to raffle off a few prizes.fundraising event.Packers annual event.In the second February event, theWe meet on the second Wednesday of Before we put the 2022/23 seasonclub combined its annual Hot Dogthe month. Our next meetings will be in the books, wed like to extend aRoast with its second annual Vintagethe April 12 and May 10.We usually huge thank you to all our generousRide. This event, held at OS29, growsdont have another meeting until later landowners. Without you, ourbigger every year, with over 40 vintagein the fall. Please free to join us at our trail system would not exist! Weresleds making the trip this year. Mikemeetings at Merle Youngs home in already working on our off-seasonLapierre covered the event againWest Glover.plans for equipment repairs and trailfor his Vintage Snowmobile LoversNancy Rodgers, Club News Correspondent construction projects. Be sure to checkPodcast. Thank you to everyone whotheglovertrailwinders.org our Facebook page for updates. Enjoyhas helped make these events soLike us on Facebookthe off-season and well see you allsuccessful, including United Ag and again next year when the snow flies! Turf John Deere, Pick & Shovel, Napa Taylor Parker, PresidentSouth Bay, the Robert Tetreault Family uppervalleysnowpackers.comof Newport Center, McDonalds, Walts Like us on Facebook Sales and Service, Desrocher Crane Service, and Juddys Septic Systems, and all the club volunteers that ORLEANSdonated time, equipment and food.Orleans SnowstormersCOUNTY Please get out and support a local club,Greetings from the Northeast and remember to thank a groomer andKingdom. Hope you have been a landowner whenever you can!able to enjoy some of our trails this Michael Swartz, Club News Correspondentshort season. Regardless of what the Like us on Facebook weather does, we would like to thank the people that make it possible for us to enjoy our passion. We thank Country Riders our landowners for their generosity and the use of their property that Since the last update, the Countryallows for the interconnecting trails Riders have been very busy! The clubsystem we all enjoy. Unfortunately, held its winter kick-off in December atsome individuals seem to lack an Kingdom Brewing. There were severalGlover Trailwinders understanding of this great gift, prizes. The lucky raffle winner, Peterand their disrespect has caused the Urie, took home a SXS! Thanks to BobSpring is around the corner. Due tosnowmobile community a lot of grief and Mary Gagnon for generouslythe limited snow in February, we haveand lost trails. We all need to keep this donating their 50/50 raffle winnings tonow had a few weeks of grooming.in mind and the most important thing the club. The temperature is warming, so wewe can do: is stay on the marked trail.February saw two annual events. Thewill continue to groom as allowed. Our volunteers spend countless hours club poker ride drew a good crowdWe had a great turnout for our annualmaintaining, marking, and grooming despite a lack of snow. It started atPoker Ride. We had snow the nightthese trails. We meet with landowners the Jay Village Inn, with stops at Jaybefore, which allowed several peoplefor yearly permission or to address Country Store, Hillikers Store, Junctionto ride. Thank you to everyone thatan issue or spend their riding time Restaurant, Glovers Market, and thepurchased cards supporting our club.working on a club event or taking Westfield Store. The ride ended atThank you to The Gap Pub and Grillcare of some other responsibility. Kingdom Brewery to announce thefor co-sponsoring and hosting ourSnowmobiling is a sport where you event. Winners were as followed:firsthave to give back, not just take. The 28 | Snowmobile VERMONT'