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Showcase YOUR club and its members by nominations to the MSA Club Contests By John Monk.

E ach year, the MSA staff tirelessly look for the clubs, businesses, dealers, and members that continu- ously and quietly continue to make Maine Snowmo- biling what it is. Everyone knows that somehow it continues to get done and is ready when we all want it to be. We, like most of you perform our duties as a matter of pride, well-being, and the wonderful enjoy- ment of seeing people out enjoying our natural beau- ties. This has been true for 50 plus years. This is the very reason the MSA Contests exist! So, go the extra mile and recognize them! It is no secret the current “Club of the Year”, the Norway Trackers, and other previous winners such as the Rangeley Lakers, Portage Lakers, and Penob- scot SC have set the bar high. All these clubs recently have just seemed to gel at the right moment and been nominated by one of their peers that felt they took the extra step. Here’s a news flash… There are 284 of you other clubs that continuously are doing the same things behind the scenes. Each club out there all have equal ability to show a social presence, commu- nity outreach, landowner support, membership cama- raderie, a fancy trail system, and a big ole giant wal- lop of snowmobiling patriotism. The winners are most often selected on a great written nomination with supporting pictures, letters of support and a general conveyed feeling of “It sure would be fun to hang with

these people”! THAT’S IT! Come on Folks! Nominate your Club’s. There are five different contests. Dealer of the Year, Groomer of the Year, Supporting Business of the Year, Snowmobiler of the Year, and as mentioned, Club of the Year. Do not for one second try and convince us that every person to ever grace a seat of a sled can’t name someone who got them in this game. (Here is where you and the nomination part come in). Groomer of the Year? No Brainer, right! Someone out there has expended some serious time to lug that title home. Hint: Check out Travis Archer in the Western Region for a few pointers. We might add that there’s bit more involved than just turning the key and driving around a bit hauling a hunk of metal behind. Bring ‘em to us folks! Would you agree Travis? Dealer of the Year, while very competitive, is gen- erally squared off by a strong nomination pushing the cream to the top. Last season’s winner, “Reggie’s” in Leeds, again edged out some of the other long-time dealers by a strong following of happy customers. But it was the nomination that got it done. Supporting Business can be all over the place. The tie last season were in almost opposite ends of the state ironically with almost similar names. R+M Market and G+MMarket. Both supported their neigh- borhood clubs, members, and trail systems with tre-

mendous backing and the riders of the area were blessed to have them! The key denominator here? A nomination! Snowmobiler of the Year is an incredibly strong phrase to pull together. Considering there are 85,000 registrations. The MSA is truly blessed to have our current treasurer, Lori Hemmerdinger, flying this flag and yanking the MSA chain and towing with it num- bers many thought were never imaginable. The point here? There are 288 other treasurers, secretaries, presidents, and countless grant writers, groomer operators, burger cookers, trailmasters, parking lot plowers, business owners, LANDOWNERS, and of course SNOWMOBILERS that are deserving of this. It’s as simple as a nomination. One often overlooked award is the Photo Contest Award. Yep! no nomination necessary. (Now that just derailed this speech). Send in your photo and bring home the thought your special moment will grace the front of the next years MSA Calendar! Now that gets some visibility… and some hardware at next year’s annual meeting. Congrats to Jeff Bourassa for this year’s efforts! As we all roll through the season, place those names in your helmets and these positions need to be recognized. The nominations are due in the MSA Office on February 28, 2022. Make it happen.

2021 Club of the Year - Norway Trackers

2021 Dealer of the Year Reggie’s Kawasaki Ski-doo

2021 Supporting Bussiness of the Year G & M Market

2021 Groomer of the Year - Travis Roderick

2021 Snowmobiler of the Year - Lori Hemmerdinger

2021 Supporting Bussiness of the Year - R & M Country Store

2021 MSA Picture of the Year - By Jeff Bourassa

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2021 Groomer of the Year - Travis Roderick