b'Club Newswould like to thank all the volunteersdinner, dance, and prizes. Several of who were able to pull together to makeour local merchants and club members this happen, along with our fantasticdonated prizes for this event, plus we businesses who donated to our cause.have three cash prizes. First place is Without our volunteers, none of what$4,300. Second place is $500 and third we do would be possible. In previousplace is $200. years this event was held in TetreaultsPlans are being made for our field at OS29. We were at a newLandowners Appreciation Cookout. location at OS32 this year thanks to theCheck the events page for the date, generosity of the Couture family.time and place of this event. It is our I would like to take this opportunityway of thanking all the landowners to recognize the Tetreault family for alland club supporters.they have done throughout the years.Wishing all of you a happy spring, and They hosted the club hot dog roast anda great summer and fall as we look bonfire for many years. They have alsoforward to next years snowmobile gone above and beyond with stakingMike and Barb Lacoss won the Orleans of trails, grooming and volunteeringseason. Snowstormers $500 first prize in their 25th their time and supporting the clubNancy Rodgers, Club News CorrespondentAnnual Nicholas Gage Poker Run. in many other ways. Its dedicatedglovertrailwinders.com families like the Tetreaults that haveLike us on Facebook along with some folks from the made this the great club that we have. IDrift Dusters club, for their help thank all of the club members for yourin retrieving our groomer and for continued support. providing their shop to help speed Jim Sugden, Presidentup repairs when our groomer went Like us on Facebook down. Some of our neighboring clubs also helped with grooming while our unit was down. I cannot stress enough how important it is for clubs to work Orleans Snowstormers together.It is time to pick up stakes and signs, The Snowstormers held the 25thput away grooming equipment, Glover Trailwinders Nicholas Gage Poker Run on Jan. 25.and start planning our projects for We have come to an early end in thisCongratulations to all winners. Barbthe upcoming season. It seems like years trail closings. We thank all ofLacoss won the first place prize of $500snowmobiling never ends!our club supporters, whether they givecash. Christine Gerardi got secondRaymond Rodrigue, President of their time, donate to our fundraisingplace, and Raymond Flint was in thirdorleanssnowstormers.com event, or purchase membershipsplace. Trevor Letourneau roundedLike us on Facebookthrough our club. We especiallythings up at fourth place. The purpose thank all of our landowners whoof this event is to give people in our make it possible for our club to havelocal communities a fun winter dayRUTLAND approximately 50 miles of trails. Weand create business activity for thoseCOUNTYcould not do this without you. who partner with us to create this fun event. Supporting our communities We have had a good season althoughand local businesses is one of our main it was shorter than we would like.goals as a club.Nevertheless, our trails were goodThis has been a short season, but throughout the season. Our groomers,we had several good weekends, Jim Rodgers and Mitch Brousseau,and the traffic was awesome and a worked hard to maintain the trails.great financial boom to all our localChittenden DammersSome repairs had to be done on thebusinesses. All the clubs in OrleansAs we wind down this somewhat groomer, but overall, the repairs heldcounty have done a fantastic job withdisappointing snowmobile season, we up well. We are happy to finally have athe snow we had. We had some issuesare grateful for a great group of folks groomer shed where our groomer andin the wetlands, but we pushed andwho are keeping snowmobiling alive supplies can be stored.hauled in snow to firm up a trail thatand well in Chittenden, along with the We invite you to join us for our annualheld up well for the remainder of theclubs contribution to the community dinner raffle to be held on May 2 atseason. Hopefully everyone got aas a whole.Pauls Sugar House in Derby; 125chance to get out and enjoy some reallyWhile our season was only about seven tickets will be sold, at $100 per ticketgreat riding. weeks long (unless we get another for two people. A ticket includesWe thank Dan and Roger Gosselin,storm), the trails in Chittenden were 34 | Snowmobile VERMONT'