b'Club Newscompletion of its summer service inwill be some bridge repairs and trailmeet all the wonderful people who preparation for next year. Thank you towork that will need to be done.make up VAST and snowmobiling in all the volunteers who assist us in ourWe feel fortunate that our clubVermont.off season projects and donations thatcontinues to be active. We would loveWe will hold the Orleans allow us to groom the trails as muchto have more people step forward andSnowstormers 25th Annual Giveaway and as well as we do. help us in any way possible. Thankon Oct.19 at the Elks in Derby. There I wanted to take this time to thankyou for your continued support. Enjoyis a $5,000 cash first prize, $400 runner-our landowners. While this sportyour summer and fall. We are lookingup, and many other prizes. Tickets will requires many facets of volunteerism,forward to another great winter ridingbe available beginning in September. landowners are the true unsung heroesseason.As in the past, last years ticket holders of the sport. Every year, trail closuresNancy Rodgers, Club News Correspondenthave first choice on their tickets. If you affect club trails, and often thoseglovertrailwinders.comare interested in obtaining a ticket, call closures dont have to be. It is all of ourLike us on Facebook us to add your name to the list.jobs, as stewards of the sport, to be partWe were also privileged to donate to of the solution to land closures. Pickthe Mary Wright Halo Foundation up trash when you see it. Help educatethis summer. This is a wonderful people riding off trail on how it causesorganization fighting the effects of land closures. If you see landownerscancer on the many people affected by out while riding, wave to them; stopthis terrible disease. Until next time, and thank them. It is important to takethink snow!! care of our landowners.Orleans Snowstormers Raymond Rodrigue, President Lets hope for a great season and beBlink once and we are already in theorleanssnowstormers.com sure to reach out to your local clubmiddle of summer. Time goes by fastLike us on Facebookor where you ride to see if you canwhen youre having fun. Seriously, volunteer for trail work as there is lotswe have been busy monitoring ourRUTLAND to do prior to the season starting. trail system to determine what needs Please email any Drift Duster trailto be addressed for the followingCOUNTYsystem photos to NEKDuster@gmail. snowmobiling season. We will have com so we can include them in ourseveral projects, including some bridge local business TV displays and onwork we will need help with later Facebook. this fall. Keep an eye on our Facebook Michael Koehler, Presidentpage. We will post work dates when Like us on Facebook we decide to undertake these projects.Chittenden DammersWe will start our regular meetings some time in mid to late August; date,The Fourth of July has come and gone. time and location will be posted on ourThe summer solstice is long past, and Facebook.we slowly begin our march toward Our annual meeting and elections willour favorite season. With the 2019 be held in September at a yet to bewinter in the books, we look back on Glover Trailwinders determined date, time and location.what we can call a great winter to be We will have several open positionsa snowmobiler in Vermont. Lets hope Summer has arrived. Ourand will need people to fill them. Ourfor another one as good in 2020.snowmobiling season was a great onepresent group of volunteers is aging,The Chittenden Dammers continue with lots of snow. Thats just the wayand we need some younger ones tothroughout the off season to work on we like it.take over and protect the future oftrails, pursue grants, and keep up with We had our landowner and clubour club. If you love snowmobilingother administrative chores to keep supporter cookout in the beginningin the Orleans area like I do, come toeverybody riding smooth when the of June. It is our way of saying thankour annual meeting and get involved.snow flies once again. A big thank you you to our landowners. We are allI promise that you will find itgoes out to Dave Dutton, Jessie Cronk, aware that landowner permissionsrewarding. Information will be postedPaul Vizzano, Tim Bushey, Paul Racine, are what keeps our trails open. We areon our Facebook regarding this eventAron Carr and Trailmaster Doug Todd also grateful to so many businessessoon. for completion of a new bridge on the that give generous donations to ourOn another note, the VAST 52ndpipeline trail back in June.fundraising raffle in the spring.Annual Meeting will be held Sept. 7The club continues to work toward We have scheduled off-seasonin Caledonia county. Check the VASTa new groomer. In addition to active maintenance for the groomer. We areweb or news for this important event.fundraising and prudent management hoping to get a groomer storage shedThis is your association, so come andof club income, we are looking at built before the season opens. Theretake part, voice your concerns, andfederal and state grants that may be 32 | Snowmobile VERMONT'