b'Club NewsThe Banner at The Balls was reportedsupport all the businesses on our stolen. Anyone having informationadvertising board!leading to the individuals responsible,John Hull, President please contact the Vermont State Policenortheastkingdomsnowblasters.com in St Johnsbury. Like us on FacebookMembership and TMA sales exceeded expectations for the Polar Bears. NewFRANKLINnames are being added to our roster,COUNTYeven in March!Michael Mutascio vtvast.org/lunenburg-polar-bears.html Like us on FacebookLunenburg Polarbears Trailmaster Dana Nason replaces traction studs on the PistenCold Hollow BearcatsBully. The Bearcats trail system is looking Northeast Kingdom Snow Blasters great, due to the work of our groomer NEKSB is excited to announce itsoperators. Theyve had to work a little winners for the Calcutta and the Yetiharder since the mid-point of the year, Raffle. Both events were Facebook Livewhen our PistenBully groomer went for this year, but next year we will bedown for the season unexpectedly Lunenburg Polar Bears live in person for both of these events. with engine issues. Luckily, our club Snowmobile Club, Inc. members stepped up to fill in the long Yeti Raffle winners were: Tundrahours of doing our trail system with It is nice to see the robust Vermont45, Mike and Missy Benson; Flipour one remaining groomer.Its been snow depth map. The snowmobilingcooler, Brandon Phillips; Roadie 24,nice to see the amount of riders out adventures posted on social media areChad Beauvais; and the Yeti cups,this year, and the snow has been good, inspiring, too. Yet, writing a club reportStacia Andersen and Pat Austin.allowing for a good grooming snow during near-record warmth is ratherCongratulations to all! base.challenging. Fingers-crossed tempsThe Calcutta is usually our biggestLooking out towards the end of will drop, and more snow will get folksfundraiser, and we decided to givethe season, we are working on an back on the trails in Polar Bear Country. back this year. Congratulations to thealternative to our annual landowner The club is still conducting meetingsBeecher Falls Snowmobile Rescue,dinner. While it may not be the same, via Zoom. Information is on ourwhich received a $2K donation fromwe are going to do the best we can to website. Confidence is high that in- our club. Winners included Brianshow our appreciation to those who person meetings and events will returnGrondalski, $4K; The Stagger Inn, $2K;keep our trails open. next season. and Mark Quickbonie, $1K.If you havent had a chance to come The Polar Bears discontinued theThere were also ten $100 winners. Theride in Franklin County yet this year, previous Park & Ride arrangementtop three winners donated a total ofcome visit us. See you on the trails! with TJs at the Lancaster Bridge by$2,000 of the winnings back to the club,Baxter Weed, Vice President EX65. Although it was reported mostand several $100 winners also donatedLike us on Facebookusers patronized the business, we didthe winnings back to the club,and we have reason to suspect the desiredthank them all! We love doing these benchmark was not consistently met.events and thank all the volunteers The club extends a huge thanks to TJswho make them happen. We have a for being a valuable trailside servicegreat team here at the NEKSB, and I am and supporter of snowmobiling! very proud to be a part of it. Fletcher Rough RidersSnow coverage has been good in ourWe have decided to purchase a newWe are wrapping up a successful area, but trail conditions have beengroomer this year and have had a fewyear putting over 1,000 miles on variable. There has been a significantdemos to try out on our trail system.grooming. A huge thank you goes to uptick in trail traffic this season onIt is a huge undertaking to get thisour main operator, Craig Tinker, who Corridors 102 and 2. process completed. We look forwardvolunteered well over 150 hours for The Pisten Bully received new trackto making an announcement early thisgrooming this winter. Craig also hosts studs. A recent wood delivery setssummer. our groomer barn as well. Tony Audet the stage for replacing the Corridor 2We hope you check out our websitealso spent some time in the drivers bridges in the bog. A snowmobile clubNEKSB.com, where you can purchaseseat. works all year long! apparel and other items. And please 20 | Snowmobile VERMONT'