b'Club Newswhich is awesome and has not beenwinter. We have a Yamaha model VK this high in years. We appreciate everywith a Frenchie drag, and a custom member and everything that they do. built drag modeled on the Mogul Please continue to support our club andMaster made by the Chesnut company all the businesses that support us. Wein Poultney. have a great group of businesses thatWe have two projects planned for this support us and we could not do whatsummer and fall, a bridge redecking the club does without their help.and a reroute involving a new bridge, In other club news, next year, VASTboth on corridor 4.has been forced by their insuranceMerritt Budd company to close down all lake crossings in the state. Your club officers have adamantly fought this and have come up with many suggestions toThe Orleans Snowstormers groomer takes keep access to our lakes as so manya break at OS-12 at the end of a gooming people enjoy them in the winter time. run. Sean Selby driftdusters.comChittenden DammersLike us on Facebook and we can enjoy the interaction with fellow snowmobilers. This interactionIn winding down the snowmobile is what makes this sport so rewarding,season, we have much to be thankful and we all missed it this past year.for, such as conditions that remained A final note: We encourage everyoneconsistently excellent and the special to stay on top of all the issues affectinggroup of volunteers who make the snowmobiling. Take a moment toChittenden Dammers a successful and Orleans Snowstormers talk with some of our legislatorsfun organization. A big thank you goes Out checking trails this morning, looksand remind them how importantto many folks, especially the successful like our short season is coming to ansnowmobiling is for our local economy.Dam Good Time Raffle committee: end. We had a late start, but the weeksChair Christine Mackey, Amy Carr, Jodi were busy from that time out. FebruaryRaymond Rodrigue, PresidentCasey, Bob Evegan, Jill Dutton, Anne brought an unbelievable volumeorleanssnowstormersand Deane Southworth. We are grateful of weekend traffic. Weekdays wereLike us on Facebook for Paul and Gwen Racine, who keep quite busy also. My observation wasthe Chittenden trails in such fine that people were pretty good aboutRUTLANDcondition. These dedicated volunteers, following COVID guidelines, such asalong with many other, keep sledding wearing masks and social distancing.COUNTY great in Chittenden.No doubt many were anxious to enjoyClub elections were held at our being outdoors for the greatest winterMarch meeting. Dave Dutton remains time recreation, snowmobiling.president, J. Rod Sherman VP, Anne We want to thank all those whoSouthworth Secretary, and Lisa Todd joined our club, their support is veryTreasurer. Board Members are Aaron much appreciated. We also thankCarr, Charlie Robbins, Paul Vazzano. our landowners, without whoseBirds Eye Snow Travelers Inc. Sam Welch is also welcomed to the generosity there would be no trails,board.and our volunteers for their countlessHello from West Rutland. We hadWe continue to be cautiously optimistic hours putting together all that goesour club meeting on Wednesday,that we will receive necessary grants into making a successful season. OurMarch 10, with seven membersthat, along with hard-earned club groomer operators did a fantastic jobpresent. We meet at Fabians garagefunds and generous participation this year, so be sure to give them a bigon the first Wednesday of the monthin fundraising events from our thumps up every time you see them.during the winter. At this point, theChittenden Dammers members, will snow is rapidly disappearing, as themake a new Tucker Turbo Diesel a As April rolls around, we will be busytemperature was at about 65 degreesreality.picking everything up and storing(!) today, which might mean the endThe global pandemic has disrupted the equipment, assessing what trailof our snowmobiling at the lowerall our lives. The good news is that projects we will need to do and whatelevations. Overall, we had a very goodevery crisis has an end, and folks equipment maintenance we will haveseason of grooming and riding fromwho keep the snowmobile industry to address before the next seasonDecember until recently. Our trailshealthy (us) have lived up to Winston starts. We hope that next season ourwere groomed twice a week, as we hadChurchills adage,Never let a good fundraisers will be back to normalabundant snow cover for most of the Late Winter 2021 | 25'