b'Club Newsfor our trails and our members who recommend our club to their family and friends and come forward each time we ask for volunteers.Thank you to Chef Jared, the Cook Shack volunteers, and those who stopped and enjoyed our new dining area during the two weekends we were able to open. Thank you to Stacey Burkhardt who keeps our website up to date.And finally, thanks to those who work so hard on our trails: Russ Walsh and his wife Jean, who handle all the trail markers, signs, and gates, and our groomers Glenn Fagan, Jim Filipowicz, Dan Stowell and McKenzie, Dan Tiernan, and Joe Marini. Their hard work and dedication keep our trails in fantastic shape. Stay busy, all! Snowmobile season will be here again Russ Cumming and Dave Cherry cook burgers and hot dogs at Chesters Annual Poker Run.before we know it.Karen Marini, Secretary cavendishsnowfleas.commore. Special thanks to Dick Jewettour trails some and did enjoy some Like us on Facebook and Glen Gustafson for groomingdecent riding.the route on Saturday night. RussWe did have one bad episode Cumming and Dave Cherry did a greatthis winter. We were informed by job cooking burgers and hotdogs forKinhaven Music School that people this event. Goulash and hot cocoa werewere riding off trail on their property. also available. This is a vital section to get to Weston We have many to thank for afrom Route 7. Without it, we have to Chester Snowmobile Club successful season. We cannot thank ourgo back to riding down the side of landowners enough. They generouslya dirt road for quite a distance, and Wow, what a challenging season!allow us to have a portion of our trailnobody wants that. It is important to We had limited snow for most of theon their property. Eighty percent ofstay on marked trails and respect the riding season, and our groomers didall trails are on private property. Ourlandowners or we all lose! We have the best they could with what we had.TMA sales agents benefit us and ourhad good relations with Kinhaven for Our rubber track Tucker was verymembers with many places to buy ayears, but if this continues, the trail useful for grooming with the low snowTMA, including Enfield Motor Sportswill be closed.conditions. in CT, and in Chester at ChesterOn a better note, we had our third Luckily, we had enough snow for twoHardware and the Stone Hearth Annual Club Ride-in on Feb. 22. A of our events. Our kids event was aJoan Choiniere, Secretarylot of riders stopped in to visit and great success when over 70 youngstersvtvast.org/chester-snowmobile-club.htmlenjoy our bonfire and a hot dog or got to ride mini-snowmobiles. TheLike us on Facebook hamburger. We were fortunate enough parents had a blast watching theirto have decent snow for this event. little ones ride snowmobilesmanyCongratulations to the winner of our for the first time. Free cookies and hot50/50 raffle, Willie Roussel. Everyone chocolate rounded out the event. there had a good time.We held our annual poker run on Feb.As I sit here writing this, it is raining 23, with over 100 participants enjoyingoutside and our trails are closed. All I the 35-mile course, picking up tokensDerry Sled Dogs can think is that, hopefully, next year and exchanging them for poker hands.will be better, with more snow and less Everyone left with a prize, with theLike a lot of you, we seemed to getwarm temps and rain. Until we meet best hand getting to choose first frommore rain and warm weather thanon the trails next winter, have a good the wide variety of items available,snow with every storm this winter. Itsummer.including club shirts, a helmet, gashas not made for the stellar riding weValerie Doane, Secretary can, tools, car wash, Lisais Market giftall like. Still, we were able to groomLike us on Facebookcertificates, Big E tickets, and much 40 | Snowmobile VERMONT'