b'Club Newsassembling the new shelter for the groomer. Volunteers once again turned out in force to assemble the structure where the Tucker will live when not hard at work grooming.The weather prognosticators have been forecasting a decent winter; all signs point to a snowy and consistently cold season conducive to lots of fun on the Chittenden trails. Keep your sleds fueled and ready to ride. A big thank you goes out to all theShrewsbury Snowbirds Mike Stewart, Ray Messer, Dave Fucci, and John Hogan completed wonderful volunteers who make thea long day of trail work this fall. Chittenden Dammers the organization that it has become. Savor theWe have two new volunteers this yearOff of 14F, near Bridge St was Jct wonderment of a Vermont winter andwho have been on all or almost allWN113, which fed toward Booth Bros Ride smooth. trail work days: Ray Messer and JohnDairy and Rotary Park.Due to land Charlie Robbins, Board MemberHogan. They worked very hard thisuse changes, this dead-end spur will chittendendammers.orgFall; John even went out on days bynot be signed, marked or groomed. Like us on Facebook himself to work on the trails. He sawThere has been a rumor that Dugout things that needed to be done and didHill was being closed on the Sno-Bee them. I want to thank you both andside.This is Cor 14B from Jct WN7 everyone else for your hard work!to WN6, and we are happy to report The club is looking at doing a raffle ofthe closure was just a rumor, and a sled, about which I should have morethis is still a VAST corridor.Finally, info for the next issue. I hope everyonewe are happy to announce a NEW has a Merry Christmas and a Happytrail that has been in the works for New Year! Think snowy trails! two to three years.We have worked Shrewsbury Sno-Birds Roy Arthur, Vice President/Trailmasterhard with the Town of Berlin and the The club has been hard at work gettingshrewsburysnobirds.orgBerlin Conservation Commission and the trails ready for the season. It hasLike us on Facebook have made this trail a reality. A lot of been a very good year for gettingvolunteer effort has gone into making some new members to come out andWASHINGTONthis happen. We are looking forward to help. On one of the days, we had eighta great experience here as we show the members on a de-brushing project,COUNTY BCC how the snowmobile community which usually does not happen. Maybecan partner with shared use public we will be able to keep it up and getspaces. Please ride with extra caution even more next year.and respect as you explore this new trail that crosses under I89 near Exit 7. Our trails are all set for the season.David Rouleau, President With Daves de-brushing with thebarretownthunderchickens.com excavator and brush head, I saw thatLike us on Facebookwe did not have the hanging trees with the wet snow we got when I wasBarre Town Thunder Chickensdeer hunting. We also had to do aIts been an incredibly busy off season, quick trail relocation as a land ownerand we are excited to report some was reluctant to sign the landownergreat changes on our trail for the form do to medical issues. That wouldcoming season. First, we have a small have had a big impact on 4 & 7 inreroute on Cor. 12/14 around Airport Wheelerville. Dave also took care ofRoad that we have been monitoring that reroute with the help of Mike S.for a few years. At this point, we have You will also like to know that 4 willthe trail running solely in the woods, be open to Plymouth this year. Theyeliminating some zig zagging across got that relocation done this fall. DadAirport Road. Jct WN11 has been and I got the Tucker all serviced andmoved accordingly, and trail 14F ready to go. I think it is good shape forwill still cross Airport Road heading the winter, so hopefully we wont havetoward Prospect Street area down to any breakdowns.South Barre (McDonalds) and back up I always like to highlight members.to Cor 12/14 connecting at Jct WN14. Early Winter 2021 | 33'