b'Club Newsthat easily, he continued to be informed with club issues. He continually thanked each and every one of us in whatever capacity we did for the club. Merle loved the Glover Trailwinders, loved seeing how many people rode on the trail next to his home and loved seeing how many sleds were at the Parker Pie. Rest in peace Merle, as we as a club try to carry on your legacy. North Country Mountaineers received help from Rene Desrocher to repair a bridgeThe Chittenden Dammers enjoyed some When you receive this issue in themoved off its base during recent flooding.mid-January riding. mail, we will have held our Poker Ride on Feb. 10. The snowfall predictionfor a construction project to divide thesnowmobilers, we can deal with all does not favor a lot of riding for thisbridge in half allowing a recreationkinds of weather. Lets see what good event. We thank each of you that madetrail on one side and a pedestrianstuff the last half of the season brings.an effort to support the club regardlesswalkway on the other. The dividing of snow. We are also planning ourbarrier will also include benches. ThisMarch is officer and board election annual raffle the beginning of Mayproject will extend the current trailtime. Anyone interested in getting with details to follow. into Pomerleau Park, giving improvedactively involved with the Chittenden Nancy Rodgers, Club News Correspondentaccess to downtown Newport. InDammers is welcome.We meet the theglovertrailwinders.orgaddition, we are looking into afirst Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at Like us on Facebook smaller groomer and drag to groomthe Mountain Top Inn conference room the trail from NCUHS Soccer Field tojust off the main lobby. Stop by early Pomerleau Park. The application wasand enjoy dinner in the Tavern.submitted Dec. 15, and if approved,A big thank you to all those who have work could start before next season. continued to support the Chittenden Irene Farrar, SecretaryDammers through your continued northcountrymountaineers.commembership. The Chittenden Like us on Facebook Dammers have one of the finest trail North Country Mountaineers systems in Vermont and beyond, December rain and snow melt causedRUTLANDthanks to its members and volunteers. more flooding in our area. There wasWe also want to thank our permitting much cleanup needed on the trailsCOUNTY landowners who generously allow with fallen trees and culverts/bridgesVAST trails to cross their land. As needing adjustment. A huge thankriders, please show respect for the you goes out to Rene Desrocher forproperty belonging to these folks. Ride resetting the Bridge by Bobs Quicksafely and enjoy.Stop. Rene made it look real easy andCharlie Robbins, Vice President we appreciate getting this project takenchittendendammers.org care of. Chittenden Dammers Like us on FacebookAnother amazing project the NorthWe are riding in Chittenden! The Country Mountaineers have beentrails opened Jan. 16 with early season involved with is the Newport Outdoorconditions followed by a couple Recreation Collaborative, headedmoderate snow falls which helped up by Rick Ufford-Chase, executivebuild small a base. With Paul and director of Newport City DowntownGwen Racine and the Chittenden Development (NCDD). This is aDammers new Prinoth groomer,Shrewsbury Sno-Birdscomplex grant application to supportThe Silver Bullet, the conditions inWell, this season has not been what the citys goal of having a four-seasonChittenden have been decent, all thingswe wanted it to be. We get snow and recreation economy. NCDD will be theconsidered. The Prinoth has proven tostart to get the trails good and then it lead on this $400,000 grant applicationbe perfect for our trail system. warms up and rains. We have been to the Vermont Outdoor RecreationThe weather prognosticators aredoing as much grooming as we can Community Grant Program (VOREC).forecasting an east coast storm aroundand for Rutland county, we have some It includes eleven recreation-basedFeb. 15 followed by winter weatherdecent riding in the higher elevations. businesses and nonprofits working onthrough the middle of March. WeWe have also been grooming the trails targeted projects. The North Countrywill see how accurate they are. Infrom Route 103 to 100 for the Mount Mountaineers are involved withthe meantime, we ride what weHolly Snowfliers as their Tucker has improvements to the Causeway Bridgehave. Keep the faith! As dedicatedbeen broken. 28 | Snowmobile VERMONT'