b'Club NewsIt is nice to see families enjoying ourwith trail projects, club operations, sport. At our last club meeting, ameetings and attend the annual father rode in with his young child.holiday party.Lots of friends and families attendingOur equipment and supplies are our meetings. They are held thebeing sheltered without incident. The second Saturday of each month at theclub member parking area is being welcome center. Please join us.maintained and has been rather busy Our Snow Dance party is in the booksso far. A generous landowner also and a good time was had by all. Mari,opened a park and ride lot on their Pam and a host of volunteers made it aproperty across from EX65.success. Your hard work paid off and itMike and JoAnne Milani of the Polar Bears enjoy a gorgeous ride on Corridor 102 byWe have been experiencing worsening is certainly appreciated. Thanks also toEX511. problems on our Corridor 1 trail in the American Legion for having such aEast Haven. Vehicles are repeatedly nice spot to hold this event. It has beenriding the trail, often getting stuck and reported by the grand prize winner ofto Weyerhaeuser for this opportunity. occupants are being rescued by passing the sled that the youths have put 40Our groomers have been out workingsnowmobilers. These behaviors are miles on it, all in their yard! Soundshard at doing what they do best,very dangerous for occupants and like it is in good hands. grooming. Thanks to our volunteerssnowmobilers. We are working with Our annual fundraiser at EX24 onfor everything you do. Also thank youvarious agencies on solutions to curb March 2 will be happening about thefor all the people that have joined ourthese incidents.time you read this. Tickets for the raffleclub. We appreciate every one of you. The club is committed towards are sold out, but anyone can attendSo please come and ride and enjoyproviding the best snowmobiling and are certainly welcome. None ofeverything Canaan has to offer. Be safe,experience possible, both on and off our activities could happen withoutride right and have fun. And dontthe trail. If you share our vision, we our volunteers, landowners, businessesforget to thank a landowner, becauseencourage you to join us.and all who joined our club this year.without them, there are no trails. Michael Mutascio, President You are all appreciated.Patrick Gormanvtvast.org/lunenburg-polar-bears.html Information is key to this sport.canaanborderridersvt.orgLike us on FacebookCheckout our facebook page and ourLike us on Facebookemail blast for up-to-date info on what is happening. Think snow!Dave Casey, News Reporter brightonsnowmobile.org Like us on Facebook Northeast Kingdom SnowblastersHappy February from the NEK Lunenburg Polar Bears Snowblasters! What a temperamental Snowmobile Club, Inc. winter weve been having here. This We are watching alternating snow andseason so far has been a challenge with rain, fixing our equipment, tidying upthe wide swings in temperatures, rain, some signs, clearing some trails andand the lack of snow. We were able to Canaan Border Riders greeting members at events. Welcomeopen trails on opening weekend, Dec. 16, with positive feedback from riders. Well here it is the end of Januaryto Polar Bear Country! We closed shortly afterward but we are and we sit begging for snow. MotherDespite the finicky weather, ournow fortunate to have our whole trail Nature must be really mad at Vermont.volunteers created a rideable basesystem open with higher elevations We here at CBR, we have beenin areas where the base allows.being the best riding.fortunate to have some decent snowHopefully more snow will fall on ourThe scenic overlook is now open off and been able to have our groomerspipeline trail and valley floors. Corridor 106C. Enjoy the view!out. Hopefully February and MarchRepairs were completed on our 2005 will bring us plenty more.Skandic and it is performing like aWe held our Annual Calcutta Jan. 13 As many of you know by now,champ. The CFMoto needed someand were so appreciative to all who Weyerhaeuser Paper Company gavetweaks after its first grooming run. Thesupport our club by participating. We us permission to open Corridor 97PistenBully required new batteries.sold all 200 tickets within a few short and 97c back up. This has always beenToday, we are switching over to ourweeks. Wow! Mark Fifield won first a great trail as it is up high and getsprimary Mogul Master drag and brushplace. plenty of snow. After not having thiscutter. Jack Beauparlant won second place for the last five years, it feels good to beIt was great to see members pitch inand Dan Gosselin was the third place able to ride it again. So a big thank youwinner. 24 | Snowmobile VERMONT'