b'Club NewsAt the construction seminar, the club requested that the Trails Committee consider upgrading the Belmont trails from Class 4 to Class 1, thereby increasing our grooming mileage with the Tucker. The request was granted, and next season all our trails will be groomed by the Tucker. We have a couple of reroutes in the works to try and bypass some problem areas. Work on a bridge replacement on the bypass trail is scheduled to begin in August. Rutland County Snowmobile Clubs are holding their Charity Golf Tournament on Sept. 13 at Green Mountain National Golf course. Tee off time is 1 p.m. Information onPoultney Snow Devil President Don McManus rode in the Poultney Fourth of July parade registering as a player or team of fourwith the clubs float, which won the Best Depicts Organization award. can be found on our website. We are actively pursuing tee sponsorships and donations of raffle items. Any golfTom has been past president, viceclean up the graffiti on the Stone tournament questions may be directedpresident, VAST snowmobiler of theHouse. Why do people have to destroy to mounthollysnowflyers@gmail.com. year, and safety course instructor andthings?! As usual, we will be out Enjoy the summer.Winter is coming! has groomed our trails for many years.doing regular trail maintenance and Dale Sutherland, Vice PresidentWe will miss him and Francie bothdebrushing. We are also still trying to mounthollysnowflyers.orgbut know they will be back to ride thereopen the trail to Daves and to gas Like us on Facebook trails with us again. Happy trails toand food. All of you who have to work you, Tom and Francine! with the state know this can be a long Ernie Dematties, Media Managerprocess. Like us on Facebook My dad bought a used sickle bar mower for his tractor. This one will cut straight up. The old one had to be shut Poultney Valley Snowmobile Cluboff if he had to pick it up. We also have had to weld it up several times as it The Poultney town-wide yard salewas getting old. The new one should on June 1 was a great success for us.make it easier for him. At the age of Donations from many people during87 I am amazed how, even with health the year had been stored in ourShrewsbury Sno-Birds issues, he keeps pushing himself to do groomer barn at Monroes. After awhat he has been doing right along for busy day, everything was sold and weWell time is moving right along, fastermany years! made enough to cover our donationsthan I like. I was thinking the otherWe are going to get started doing the to the local community! Thanks tonight that, in five months, we will begroomer maintenance, replacing some all who donated items and all thereally close to opening our trails! Afterwheels and the exhaust manifold and volunteers who worked the event.the wet and cool spring, it seems likejust checking everything over. TheWe participated in the annualsummer just got started.Tucker is holding up well. I hope it Poultney Fourth of July parade andWe dont have any major trail projectscontinues as we are very happy with it won best float representing ourthis year that I know of. We are goingand have no payments. organization. Thanks to Treasurer/ to put the runners on the GagnonOur club will be at the Shrewsbury Secretary Celina McManus andBridge. We attempted to do that lastDays on Sept. 15 with Dave Fuccis President Don McManus for putting ityear, but there was logging in the areaSnow Coach. This is only the second together. and the tread area had been disturbedyear for this yearly event held at the We have some damage on trails due toso bad it was a big mud pit. It is a goodShrewsbury Center area with a short flooding and trees down and will bething we stopped when we did so weparade and other events. We will post getting out there soon to evaluate andcould back out. We want to changetimes on our website when we know. I fix. one short section on the trail out of thehope everyone enjoys the summer!groomer shed to avoid one short steepRoy Arthur, Vice President & Trailmaster We will be losing two of our longesthill that is always icy.shrewsburysnobirds.org members Tom and Francie Coloutti,Another thing is we want to try andLike us on Facebookwho are moving to Pennsylvania. 34 | Snowmobile VERMONT'