b'Club NewsThe Little Ascutney Snowmobile Club had an important inspection conducted by the presidents dog on their bridge build just off Little Ascutney Basin Road.Dick Jewett takes a well-deserved lunch break during a Chester Snowmobile Club bridge building project.South Reading. Thank you to all of ourAscutney Snowmobile Club this generous landowners who make ourseason? We hope to have our annual to maintain social distancing, dontsport possible. Also, thanks to all ofTrail Social Barbecue and Bonfire again post pics showing your group withoutthe volunteers who helped with theseand would love to see more riders masks standing close together, and beprojects. Our trails are in great shapefrom all over at this years event. sure to follow Vermonts COVID-19for the 2020/21 season! We will announce the dates as they restrictions. Follow us on Facebook forBarry Messer, Vice Presidentbecome available and typically have it the status of our winter events, such asLike us on Facebook in March. Check our Facebook page to the poker run and kids ride.stay up to date on club events. (VAST Joan ChoiniereNOTE: Social distancing and mask Like us on Facebook wearing is strongly encouraged at any club activity.) Please like our page so our posts will show up on your timelines. Leave a comment or share a post if you want. Our club follows many other Hawks Mountain Ridge Riders Little Ascutney Snowmobile Club local snowmobile clubs and shares their posts, too. There is a lot of good Hawks Mountain Ridge Riders haveIt is almost time to open the VASTinformation out there. As always, not done an article recently, so wetrails. In October, we thought we hadthank you to our volunteers and would like to take this opportunity tolots of time to get ready for openinglandowners. Think snow, stay on the bring you up to date on our club. Inday, but if your club is like ours, thetrails, and ride on the right!2018, we replaced two bridges withtime flew by! We had our first fall workKevin Barnes, Secretary steel girders and pressure treatedday on Sept. 15. Then others followedLike us on Facebookplanking. One of these provides easyand are still going. Every year, the trails access to the Route 106 Market andget mowed, the trees trimmed, bridges Deli in North Springfield. In 2019,repaired/replaced, and signs put up. we replaced another bridge and builtIt always seems that we have more to a new trail to Tenney Brook Marketdo then we have time for. During this and Citgo Gas Station. Both of theseyears off season, we replaced three projects eliminated areas bridges and regraded about a mile where we had to ride the edge ofof trails. Why do we do it? BecauseLudlow Side Hill Cronchersthe road. In 2020, we re-decked theof the love we have for the sport and Corridor 5 bridge in North Springfield.the feeling we get from being part ofWe have a winner! Congratulations With no other major projects necessary,a great organization. If we didnt doto Chad Johnson for winning our rifle crews led by Barry Messer and Jasonit, who would? We are lucky to have araffle drawing on Nov. 7! Big thanks Phelps have been doing badly neededhardy group of volunteers. The moreto those who bought tickets and to brush trimming throughout our trailyou ride, the more you appreciate howthe businesses that helped us: Seiples system. We also were able to securemuch work goes into making the trailsShoot Shop, Ludlow Insurance, and landowner permission to reopenwhat they are today.the Tyson Store.Corridor 106 from North Springfield toWhat can you expect from LittleAlso, congrats to our groomer 38 | Snowmobile VERMONT'