b'Club NewsWINDSORCOUNTYCavendish Green MountainSnow FleasWe hope everyone is enjoying their summer!The Fleas are putting their plans together for the upcoming season. Be sure to mark your calendars for our Second Annual St. Patricks Day Ride-in at the Cook Shack on March 4, 2023.This season we are adding a second ride-in event at the Cook Shack. We hope this also becomes an annual event. Our Valentines Day Ride-in willMany VAST members joined in on the fun at the Chester Snowmobile Club summer be held at the Cook Shack on FebruaryLandowner Thank You Barbecue. 4!We are holding our Winner a Day for 28 days raffle again this year during the month of October. TheIn June, we held a landowner cost per ticket is $10 Be sure to checkappreciation barbecue in conjunction out our Facebook page (Cavendishwith the Andover Snowmobile Club. It Green Mountain Snow Fleas) and clubwas well-attended and will become an Website for details on how to purchaseannual event. In addition to thanking tickets. Chester Snowmobile Club our landowners, we want to extend All our fundraisers help support theour appreciation to all our groomers, clubs grooming operations. YourSummer is here! While there is novolunteers and our members for support is greatly appreciated! snow on the ground, we are very busysupporting our club and sport.Fall trail work days will be announcedgetting ready for when there is. WeLooking toward the next snowmobile on our Facebook page and clubhave several bridge projects planned.season, we have scheduled Saturday, website. There is always work to beWith 26 bridges of all sizes on our 60Nov. 5 for a fundraising dinner party done in preparation for the upcomingmiles of trails, we always have somewhich will be a night of food, music, riding season and our volunteers arethat need to be rebuilt, redecked ordancing, with a silent auction and door a valued and necessary resource torepaired. The large logging operationprizes. Last time we had this event, accomplish this. we have had on our trail system theit sold out! Watch our Facebook page last two winters is done. We will beand buy your tickets early when they As we approach the VAST Annualfixing that section of trail so it is clearbecome available. Meeting in Essex County this year, weand smooth for when snow falls. want to thank our delegates and all theAutumn will then be here all tooJoan Choiniere, Secretary volunteers who helped our club duringsoon bringing on the large task ofLike us on Facebookthe year. debrushing.Patty Companik, Publicity ChairDuring our May meeting, we voted to cavendishsnowfleas.comaward a scholarship to a graduating Like us on Facebook senior who was advancing their education. We also voted to make donations to the Chester RescueHawks Mountain Ridge RidersSquad, Chester-Andover summer camp program and the YosemiteA lot of projects get done in the Engine Co. We strongly believe insummer that seldom gets the being a good community partner. recognition that they deserve. We extend our sincere gratitude to Dan 28 | Snowmobile VERMONT'