b'Club Newsprize for the winner. You can make the run by sled or car, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hope to see you there.Our ride-in fundraiser event is on Waterford RidgeRunners March 1 at EX 24, the Dave Page Memorial. Each ticket includes lunch By the time you are reading this,for two and enters you into a drawing we will hopefully have restored ourfor a 2024 Polaris 650 XC. If you missed admin access to our Facebook page.out on a ticket, please join us for the Apparently, we were sanctionedfun and purchase lunch. This event can for violating a policy we had nobe reached by car on Henshaw Road. idea existedposting a gun raffle.Think snow and thanks to all!Waterford RidgeRunners has heldDave Casey, News Reporter a gun raffle for the last two yearsBrighton Snowmobile Club named theirbrightonsnowmobile.org to raise funds for trail maintenancegroomer barn after longtime operatorLike us on Facebookand improvements. It has been veryStacey Roese. successful, and until this year, we posted on Facebook without an issue. We will avoid Facebook next year, so stay tuned to the first edition ofESSEX *Snowmobile Vermont* next seasonCOUNTYfor details. Once we do get back on Facebook, check out our apparelCanaan Border Ridersofferings! Hey all, Im sure were all in the same This winter has been slightly betterboat of needing snow and tough trail snow-wise than the previous two. Ourconditions. It seems like every year its proximity to the Connecticut Riverthe same lately. Hopefully, the snow keeps our snow totals down, but we doBrighton Snowmobile Clubgods smile down on us and send some have trails at higher elevations that doGreetings from Island Pond and thewhite gold soon.quite well. This past year, we movedBrighton Snowmobile Club. As IThe Canaan Border Riders SC has a some trails toward tree lines to helpwrite this, our trails are open, and ourfew upcoming events wed love for minimize snow loss from wind andgroomers are running. We wish toyou to put on your schedule. The sun, and the results are positive. If wethank all those who joined our club byfirst is March 8. We will be hosting can keep from flooding in the lowerpurchasing their TMAs. a cookout on the trails, and all are spots, that would free up some trailwelcome to stop by for a free burger or repair time for trail improvement. Many joined us at our Snow Dancehot dog and maybe a few other treats.Flooding in July 2024 greatly affectedDec. 15 party at the American Legion.The next event is on May 3 at The access to the RidgeRunner system.It was a full house with great foodNorthland/Time Out Tavern, where The Danville connection was lost forfrom local businesses. Highlightswe will be treating our landowners this year, and we are isolated fromincluded a presentation to Staceyand volunteers to a great buffet. Since Corridor 102 due to bridges out andRoese, naming the groomer barn afterwe didnt have a Christmas party this roads washed away. You can still findhim. We may have caught him byyear, we are going to combine a Cinco us via Corridor 18 at CA33 and CA330,surprise on this one. He is the king ofde Mayo celebration with our end-though, so come out and enjoy! volunteers and very deserving. of-season party. Details are still being Michael OHara, News CorrespondentNot only was there a happy winnerworked out, but check our Facebook Like us on Facebook of a new Ski-Doo at the event, butpage for more information.Tami, the winner, had a great story.I want to give a shout-out to Mandy Tami hadnt bought a ticket since herDwinell from the VAST office for all neighbor Dave Page passed away.her help during the grant process this She bought ticket #11 every year fromyear. I couldnt have done it without Dave. This year, she bought a tickether kindness and willingness to assist.or two, didnt request a number, and when she got the tickets, #11 was there.Also, thanks to Beth Flint for all It turned out to be the winning ticket.her help with the Volunteer TMAs. Dave was looking down on Tami. Patience is a virtue, and these gals Our friends at the American Legionproved it this year.will be hosting a Poker Run on Feb. 15.We had an extremely rough start to Great stops around the NEK and a cashour grooming season due to repeated 16 | Snowmobile VERMONT'