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MSA Club News Stay safe and get those machines tuned, get your gear together hope- fully we will be blessed with lots of snow so we can get out there and ride these great trails we have in the Katahdin region. Monthly meetings held 1st Wednes- day of each month @ 7:00PM Join a club, Volunteer, that’s what makes it all happen! Patti Rioux, Recording Secretary Hello, everyone I hope you are ready for the coming season. The leaves are changing and the tempera- ture is dropping. We have started a lot of trail work already. We have bush hogged many of our trails that needed it. We are working on finishing our reroute on the ITS 84. Please remem- ber more than ever we need people to purchase a club membership or renew for the new year. Any possible money that can be raised should not be forgotten about. We are for sure in unprecedented times. Remember to save the date as the Penobscot Snow- mobile Club will hopefully be having a winter snowmobile race in Febru- ary. Stay tuned for more to come on that. We have definitely had a busy fall, which included a visit from Sena- tor Susan Collins, and The USDA. We were proud to host the press confer- ence where Senator Collins released to the press the great about of USDA grant money that was awarded to sev- eral clubs. Let’s all get the work done this fall so we can enjoy riding this winter! Andrew Jackson, Board of Directors Well, it’s beginning to look and feel more like fall in the state and we are still all trying to stay healthy. CASC has not met in any way since March, but we are moving closer to a meeting date and place as we cannot meet at our usual spot at Nancy and Dola’s house due to gathering restrictions. Possible by the time you read this we will have been able to secure a place and have held our first meeting of the season. Membership renewals have been sent out and club members are asked to send them back. While you are at it, please consider buying six Super Raffle tickets to assist the club and MSA this year. This may be the only fund-raising event we can hold for quite a while, so any help will be greatly appreciated. At this time, our trails have not been completely checked to see what shape they are in. This will be done PENOBSCOT sc HERMON, ME CLIFTON AREA sc CLIFTON, ME

much to do this year! We are looking at widening/improving the Schoodic Mountain trail to make it not only safer but also wide enough for the BR to come through as a short loop trail back over Al’s Alley. The 111 will be brushed as well and will be hired out by machine to get that trimmed back. Traci wants to widen the trail heading up over Ebeemee Mountain to connect with the Gauntlett/Saddleback trails. Anyone who has not taken this ride, it is beautiful! I know Kathie and Scott Lee spent a lot of hours grooming that trail last year and it is such a pretty ride! (My dream is to have a scenic turnout up there where you have an incredible view of the mountains to the north!) I just received an envelope in the mail from Al Swett with photos from our awards ceremony! Thank you Al! Quite a year, let’s all hope and pray for a great winter this year! Rain in Octo- ber to fill our ponds up, then cold temps in November to freeze the ground, fol- lowed by early snow in mid-December to start establishing a beautiful white base! Come on everybody… START THE DANCE! Thank you for your support! Laurie Plourde, President PO Box 630 Brownville, ME 04414 EASTERN MAINE SNOWMOBILERS 263 LEVENSELLER RD HOLDEN, ME EasternMaineSnowmobilers.com Find us on Facebook This is our 50 th season! We began in 1970 and are one of the oldest continuously meeting clubs in the state! And this has been one of the most interesting seasons in our his- tory. With the covid pandemic etc. we couldn’t hold any meetings, we lost all fundraising and rental income from renting out the clubhouse etc. However, we did not let that stop us we decided to go ahead with our annual lobster dinner using approved social distancing and that was a suc- cess. Next was our annual open house in September. This event at the club- house was also done with approved social distancing guidelines it was a chicken barbecue meal. We want to thank Bangor Motorsports and TBA Incorporated in Bangor for bringing over new snowmobiles and trailers etc. for everybody to look at while we’re having our meal. For those that don’t know if you show up that day and renew your membership or get a new membership your meal is free! Trails This year presents some challenges, as two major reroutes need to be taken

care of. Bush hogging and mowing has been started and mostly completed by trailmaster Larry. Weekly trail work started with the first Sunday in October and contin- ues every Sunday from now until we can start grooming trails. Meet at the clubhouse around 7:30 a.m., the cof- fee will be on exclamation point and we like to be in the woods for an 8:00 a.m. start! Fundraising Now more than ever it would be really good for the club if everybody would pay their memberships and consider buying the MSA super raffle tickets as $1 from every ticket sold goes directly to our club ! We also have 300 club tickets. The 300 club is 300 tickets sold it’s $5 per month for a 6-month draw for information on these tickets you can contact Don Noble at 207-356-7182. And again I will say it is our 50th year! And we would like to acknowl- edge three current active members that have been there the entire 50 years since the beginning. They are as follows: Carl Gerow, Charles Mitch- ell and Dick Crawford! So to com- memorate our 50 years we have made some new aluminum insulated coffee mugs with our logo and the 50th year on them! These will be given out to all of our generous landowners on our system as a token of appreciation. They will also be available for pur- chase for $12 at the clubhouse. Troy G., Trail grunt NORTHERN TIMBER CRUSISERS MILLINOCKET, ME Fall is upon us the trees are getting colorful. Still could use some rain as we are still at or near drought condi- tions here in the state. Our MSA memberships have been mailed as registrations expired 9-30- 2020. Complete and return yours so we can submit them to MSA. Our volunteers have done some bridge work and are planning on get- ting the Rainbow trail opened up so we can keep it groomed this winter. There is some building maintenance and property work being done at the clubhouse as well. As we look forward to winter 2021 we plan on holding the annual cancer fundraiser, Snowball Run on January 16th there will be magnets for par- ticipants and a prize for the largest donation. The Winterfest scheduling is being reviewed and tentatively will kick off with the antique snow sled parade on Friday February 12, 2021. Watch out Facebook page for more information as date gets closer.

soon to find any areas of concern and get trail people out to work on them. With a few exceptions, many of our trails are road systems so that makes it easier. Connector Trail 107 does need some work on it, and hopefully that will be completed before snow flies. We didn’t get a chance to do much grooming last year, but if the Farmers Almanac is correct, that will change this year! That’s all for October. Stay healthy and safe everyone! Eileen Lafland Greetings Trailblazers. Hard to believe another snowmobile season isn’t that far away. I hope everyone enjoyed their summer. The club held most of it’s usual events. We took advantage of the nice weather and went on many ATV rides. Eight of them were day rides and two were overnight trips to Eustis and Beaver Cove (Moosehead Lake). We also took our annual camping trip, with three families going to Mt. Blue State Park. Now we are preparing to start trail work, hold our landowner apprecia- tion dinner and start our membership drive. We are also holding our annual fundraiser, the snowball raffle. Check out our Facebook page (Monmouth Cochnewagan Trailblazers) and our website, (www.cochnewagantrail- blazers.com) for updated information. Lastly, I would like to wish Ray and Joan Heyse a happy 65 th wedding anniversary. Ray and Joan have been members of our club for over 25 years and even though they no longer ride, they participate in events whenever they can. Again, happy anniversary to two special people. Roberta Kemp Our September meeting was held on the 17 th at Lumberjack Lodges in Harmony. Election of officers was held with the same slate of officers from last year being voted in again. Normally we vote on our officers in April, but like so many things in our lives today, COVID 19 postponed that agenda. We voted to keep membership fees the same as before: Family $25 and Business $35. Status of bridges and water cross- ings were discussed as well as the landowner’s appreciation activity. CENTRAL REGION COCHNEWAGAN TRAILBLAZERS MONMOUTH, ME HEART OF GOLD sc HARMONY, ME

We will be having a cleanup day later this fall to get the clubhouse and equipment in top-notch shape. We are all anticipating a great season and looking forward to getting the trails ready for all of you. Please follow us on Facebook: heart of gold snowmobile club or email us: heartofgoldsc@yahoo.com Do you have questions about join- ing us or helping with trail mainte- nance? Feel free to call our president at 612-8484 or email us. We welcome the help and membership. Marie S. Lougee, Recording Secretary Not much news to report. Our first meeting was on Oct. 14th as the Sep- tember meeting had to be canceled. Memberships have gone out. Thank you to everyone who joined our club and bought the raffle tickets. All of our fundraisings had to be can- celed due to covid-19. Our pancake breakfast in March and now our craft fair in November. Half of the ticket sales come back to the club. Trail work has begun! New bridges have to be built and some repaired, trails and signs need to be checked. Don’t forget all meetings are on the 2 nd Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm. Check our Facebook page for more information! It’s a good time to join a club and get out and enjoy the snow and do some snowmobiling. Help support the clubs who maintain the trails. Stay safe and we’ll see you on the trials. ANASC Once again, it’s an exciting year for the Lexington Highlanders Snowmo- bile Club! After only two years, we have outgrown our new clubhouse. “What a great problem to have!” We have broken ground on putting an addition that will double the size of our new clubhouse. We are hoping to have it completed, or at least weather tight by the time our annual Christmas party comes, usually the first Saturday of December. At our last year’s party, we had a wall-to-wall attendance of over 45 members. “We were elbow to elbow, literally!” The entire club is SOOOOO EXCITED! We hope all of (Continued on Page 10) ANSON-NORTH ANSON sc ANSON, ME WESTERN REGION LEXINGTON HIGHLANDERS sc 1654 LONG FALLS DAM RD. LEXINGTON TWP

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