b'Club Newsstrongly encouraged at any club activity.) We hold club meetings the first Tuesday of every month. Contact Mark Richardson 802-685-4349 for more information. Ride Right and Be Safe!Mark Richardson, Secretary frigidfrostfighters.com Like us on FacebookThe Drift Dusters maintain the US/Canada Border Trail.Topsham Ridge RunnersGreetings from the hills of Topsham!ORLEANS Its been a while since weve submittedWashington Snow Flyers President TysonCOUNTYclub news, but here we are! 2020 certainly has been a year of changeBlouin received the Trail Administration and one for the record books.or not,Award for Ambition at the VAST Annual depending on your viewpoint! OurMeeting. club has seen a number of changes this year, too, starting with the retirement of our treasurer, Edna Kerr and secretary, Bunny Caruso. Both hadDrift Dusters Snowmobile Clubserved in their respective offices for many years. We will miss their hardYou know it is getting close when you work and dedication. Thank you bothare writing the club news as snow falls for all you have done for our club! Bobon a cold blustery November day. As Connell has been elected secretary andWashington Snow Flyers I write this club news, I reflect on the Johnathan Calhoun has been electedpast four years that the membership treasurer. Both Bob and JohnathanHere it is almost mid-November, justand board of directors have allowed have been doing excellent jobs in theirbefore the start of Vermonts rifle deerme to be president of the DDSC. I new roles, and we thank them forseason. In about a month, the trails willwalked into this position with eyes stepping up.be open if there is enough snow onwide and a vast lack of knowledge In the nearly fifty years of the Topshamthe ground. Our trails are currently inregarding trails, grooming contracts, Ridge Runners existence, weve reliedgood shape for opening day. We have aand budgetary constraints that non-on a contractor for our grooming.few more signs to put up and will haveprofit clubs face. I walk out of this Starting this year, we will be groomingrandom tree falls to cut out of the wayposition after four years and can our trails ourselves. Yup, thatswhen we get the groomer on the trailstell you that the board of directors, right, we bought our own groomingfor the first run of the season. The clubmembership and our trails coordinator, equipment. Our membership has beenhad a work day on Oct. 11 to work onRoger Gosselin, have made this very supportive of this, and it has beena bridge located on trail 14A just beforeclub steer itself. We have countless so far a positive experience.Tucker Road in Orange. We put newvolunteers, amazing landowners, local runners on and fixed portions of thebusinesses who pour themselves into With all of this change, Id like to thankrailing. Other members have been outgiving back to the community and a all the volunteers who help keep oursigning.group of directors that, quite frankly, club together: Andrew, Bob C., Wayne,Our club president, Tyson Blouin,have made the past four years quite Eric, Ricky, Johnny, Jeff, Lyndsey,received the Trail Administrationthe ride. I appreciate everything you Brad, Johnny C., Bob, Bonnie, Dennis,Award for Ambition at the VASThave all done for the club and what Rich, Jacob, Roger, Ernie and Logan.Annual Meeting. Great job Tyson!you have yet to do over the coming If Ive missed anyone, thank you, too!years. Think of a function in a volunteerNow we just need some good coldI can tell you that you have some organization and someone on this listweather to put frost in the ground thenamazing changes on our system this has done it. We never say it enough:plentiful white gold after. Be safe andyear. Between another great build Thank you, landowners! courteous when on the trails. and some re-routes to give you some Matthew Powers, PresidentJim Wild, Media Manageramazing views and the ability to ride Like us on Facebook Like us on Facebook next to a Canadian trail for longer, the 32 | Snowmobile VERMONT'