b'Club Newsaccess to Killington road businesseswell keep you posted!and services, including fuel. This is anWe are also not sure about hosting exciting collaborative project betweenour annual Winter Carnival this year, the snowmobilers and the mountaina family-friendly event for the whole bikers.This multi-year endeavor willtown, featuring sledding, snowmobile be an incredible asset to our area whenrides, the Tucker up close and on complete; stay tuned for more info ondisplay, and homemade food. This this.totally free event has been a Snow With cancelation of our annualDevils tradition for years and just fundraiser, Dam Good Time, the clubanother way to inform the public about has decided to hold a high stakes rafflethe exciting sport of snowmobiling and which will surely provide excitementto say thank you. and a smile on the winners face. We hope that the 2020/21 season First place winner will receivebrings health and lots of snow for us $5,000.00, second place will beall! $500.00 and a $500.00 donation to theLara Bitler, Member Chittenden Food Cupboard. Therepoultneysnodevils.wordpress.comThe Shrewsbury Sno-Birds had thin cover will be only 150 tickets sold at $100.00Like us on Facebook on their trails in early January. each. Every entry wins a prize of a gift certificate from one of our areas small businesses.Dont miss out on this funCOVID around, I am reluctant to take and exciting raffle.trainees or riders in the Tucker this Stay tuned for more information. Thereyear. If we do not get it sanitized well is plenty of winter left. Keep in touchenough and my Dad gets the virus, with our website chittendendammers. that would not be good at his age, and org, our FaceBook page, or Instagram.Shrewsbury Sno-Birds if I get it, the shop is closed. I hope everyone respects our feelings on this. Charlie Robbins, Board MemberFirst of all, I hope everyone had aI hope next year will be different. Pray chittendendammers.orgsafe holiday season. Our snowmobilefor snow - and no COVID!Like us on Facebook season started off with a lot of fluffyRoy Arthur, Vice President/Trailmaster snow that compacted down to notshrewsburysnobirds.org much, but we thought it was a goodLike us on Facebookstart. Then the rain came and took a lot away. Mother Nature likes to mess with us. Dad and I were back out on Jan. 9 to groom the upper trails and remove downed trees. The snow was too thin to do any more than that. Poultney Valley People are riding on all of our trails,Tweed Valley TravelersSnowmobile Devils thin snow or not. In the big storm, In December, our club sponsored aDave and Doc came in from the NorthThe start of the season for our valley food drive for the Poultney Food Shelf.clearing trees and breaking the trailhasnt been the greatest this year. Like We were excited to deliver boxloadopen. They were pretty tired with allmost of Southern and Central Vermont, after boxload of non-perishables forthat work. Scott R was out clearingwe got hit by the big December our neighbors in need. trees last weekend with his sled. I wantsnowstorm. We were able to get out to thank everyone who is helping toto pack and drag almost all of our Several property transfers occurredmake our trails ready to ride.trails to start the season strong, but in town this fall, and while most newWe had our first club zoom meeting,Mother Nature had other plans, and landowners graciously agreed to sharethere were some glitches and I foundwe lost all that snow by Christmas. As their land for our trails, we did haveout I was not equipped at all for it. II am writing this on Jan.15, we have to work on a few re-routes. Workwill be working on that for next month.received some snow and have opened continues on our new 6 Mile Trail. Dave called me and put me on speakerour trails back up. Our groomer Speaking of landowners, each January,phone so they could hear me; Mike Soperators have been doing their best weve always hosted a Pancakeand Mike G really had their stuff readywith the snow we have. Hopefully, Breakfast as a big, Thank you to ourcompared to me! The forecast looksmore snow will come so we can finish many generous landowners. Sincelike snow for the higher elevations,off the rest of the season strong.we arent able to sponsor such anlets hope. If so, I will be out there onThis fall, the club has been working event this year, our club is discussingSunday doing the best that I can tohard to finish our groomer barn. We alternative ways to say thank you;make the trails as nice as possible. Withhave been able to get power to the 26 | Snowmobile VERMONT'