b'Club NewsKurt Hathaway and Wyatt for heading the grooming operations team, along with trail coordinators Rich McCoy and Johanthan Zacchio, who have done an amazing job with the transition to a new team and getting all the details taken care of in a fun and professional manner. We hope you all enjoy the fruits of a lot of hard work.The club has lots of energy flowing these days, with some new activeTweed Valleys Bakers Bridge decking is members providing valuable inputJR Bove touched up the paint on thenow complete.and insurance that the DammersShrewsbury Sno-Birds Tucker.legacy will carry on for many years towork, a group of amazing volunteers come. We meet the first Tuesday of theJohn went with me the next time tobuilt a new bridge over the Townsend month, September through May, at thehelp cut trees. The winds have beenBrook spanning over 50 feet. The Mountain Top Inn in the South Lobby.bad. I kept our trails open as longexisting structure was at the end of Please join us, catch up on the latestas I could, but the trails got too thin,its useful life. Our operators will no projects, and have an opportunity toand no other clubs were open, so welonger need to hold their breath while receive a complimentary TMA for trailclosed them and have not reopenedcrossing. A sincere thank you to Paul work and other club tasks. Your talentthem for the safety of everyone. WeStolar and Gary Meyers for leading can be put to good use in a fun way.will just as soon as we can, so watchthis team. Thank you Greg Martin, Hope to see you on the trails soon.for updates on our website andTressa Gaffney, Jeff Hegewald, Ben Ride Smooth! Facebook, and also on the VAST map. Grandchamp, Tommy Bowen, and Charlie Robbins, Vice PresidentThere is a lot of the season left, and weBryon Fryer for the dedication and chittendendammers.orgwill do our best when we get snow tohard work. Awesome job.Like us on Facebook make the trails nice for everyone. WeOur annual poker ride-in event, held wish we had the snow that some areasat RD9 on Bakers Road in Pittsfield, are having this year, so if you wantVermont, has been scheduled to occur to travel, there is riding in the state.on March 1 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. If Dont lose hope, one storm could getyou can, please join us for some food, us open again. Hope to see you on thefriendly conversation, and fun. Stay trails soon. tuned for updates on the pending Shrewsbury Sno-Birds Roy Arthur, Vice President/Trailmasterevent.Well, at this time in January, we areshrewsburysnobirds.orgAlways be respectful of all trails, usually going pretty strong withLike us on Facebook especially through private lands and grooming, but not this season. Wesensitive areas. High-performance have only been out twice doing partsloud exhaust systems are not helpful or in the upper elevations. The first time,welcome. Without the support of our I took Ryan from the state out to seelandowners, we would not have the how hard it is to groom with the newtrail system we now enjoy.standards they have to go by. He wasThank you all, and make it a great day.very interested and is trying to seeTweed Valley TravelersHenry Haefner, President how we can work together to makeGreetings everyone, winter began, thentweedvalleytravelers.com the trails work for everyone. the rain came, twice, ouch. Fortunately,Like us on FacebookWe looked at the next big bridgewe were able to pack several trails just project and several other projects thatbefore the rain arrived. Weve openedS afewe would like to address in the nextmost trails this week with early-season few years. He learned a lot aboutcautions. Please ride with care.what it takes to groom snowmobileA special shoutout to two special R idingtrails, as it is different from the cross- folks who have been passionate country ski trails he has done in the past. We were out about eight hours. Iand dedicated to the snowmobilei Sn owanted to go farther to show how wecommunity for decades. We salute do the trails on city and private lands,you and appreciate all that you do. but I ran out of time. It was a veryThank you, Dot Williamson and Chucka ccident !good day for both of us. Colton.In addition to the anticipated trail 24 | Snowmobile Vermont'