8872-R1_MSA_October2024_Newsletter

MSA Club News

(formerly Bridgton Easy Riders) gathered for the first meeting of the season, and to enjoy the Fabulous Pot Luck Supper—and what a delicious meal it was! President Blaine Chapman asked each Club member to introduce themselves with their name, town, and any Club Office held. President Blaine Chapman called the business meeting to order at 6:45PM with a Pledge of Allegiance. He asked for a moment of silence for long time member Bob Pelletier who passed away suddenly this summer. The club received two thank you notes from Bob’s family for the Club’s donation to the Knights of Columbus in his name. -Ray Uttaro volun teered to be a nominee for the Director posi tion that had opened up. A motion was made and approved and Ray is the new Director. Congratulations Ray! A new Hospitality position was added to the club, and Denise L’Heureux has accepted this position. Thanks for stepping up! Club volunteers will be selling Super Raf fle Tickets at the Lakes Region Brewfest on Saturday, September 28th. MSA will be there, too, displaying several sleds and trailers. VP Bob Corthel will add this event to the Face book page. Pleasant Mountain Snowmobile Club is the 9 th largest in the state of Maine, with 154 mem bers. At the Annual MSA meeting in April the Club’s MSA Reps, Bob and Mary Corthell, accepted a Membership Award Plaque on behalf of the Club. Congratulations to All! The MSA Snowmobile Show will be Oct.18 and 19, 2024, at the Augusta Civic Center. The Club voted on the new, rectangular, Pleasant Mountain Snowmobile Club decal. It will be available soon. Work parties will start soon—stay tuned. The trail crossing Rt. 302 near the hotel on the West side of Highland Lake will be closed this year because a property on the trail is for sale. Tractor Supply on Home Run Road still hasn’t gone before the planning board, so the trail may be OK for another year. The Nouria gas station on Rt. 302 is plan ning to open in October. The Club Poker Rally and Chinese Auction will be held on 2/15/25 at the community Cen ter. Details to follow. Steve Emery, Trip Coordinator, reported that 39 people have signed up for the February Club Trip to Millinocket. He also reported that 22 people have signed up for the March trip to Jackman. Bill Preis reported that work on the 2025 Trail Map is underway, with the goal of being available in December. Please check your snowmobile photos and send them to Bill to be considered for the front of the 2025 Trail Map. Bill Preis mentioned that the old Brighton Easy Riders web site needs to be updated to Pleasant Mountain Snowmobile Club, hope fully saving the historic information. The next meetings of Pleasant Mountain Snowmobile Club are scheduled for Friday, October 11 th , and November 8th, at The Bridg ton Community Center on Depot Street. The Fabulous Pot Luck Supper begins at 6PM fol lowed by the business meeting at 6:45. Come to our meetings and learn about our upcoming Club events: the Christmas Holiday Party, Club Rally, and Club Trips. All are welcome! Hope to see you there, Bill Preis BER Club Correspondent 207-647-2847 DENMARK DRAGGERS Denmark, ME Summer is over and fall is in full swing. We had an uneventful summer. The landowner’s appreciation luncheon happened in August. Everyone enjoyed themselves. The last couple of years the Poker Rally was canceled due to lack of snow. When it did snow it was followed immediately by rain. We are going to try again in February 2025.

New this year our trail boxes are Molunkus Valley Pink watch for them at area businesses We also have Venmo Pay :) Memberships are coming in fast & our 1st meeting is October 5 th so excited to see every one and yes we are still Camping you can find out what’s going on at our club by checking our FB PAGE ALWAYS WELCOMING NEW MEM BERS :) TIL THEN KEEP ON KEEPING on! Deb Long (Club Pres.) CENTRAL REGION ROME RUFF RIDERS Rome, ME The trail work performed under our Rec reational Trails Program grant has been com pleted by our contractor Mainly Trails and club volunteers. These RTP grants require a 20% match by the applicant. In order to ful fill that match our club volunteers donated time and equipment to remove 3 culverts and replace them with steel bridges and rehabili tate approximately 1 mile of trail where water flow and erosion has been an ongoing problem. Our volunteers have also started our annual trail maintenance bush hogging and clearing blow downs. We are in good shape early in the season. Our club will be selling super raffle tickets at the MSA snowmobile show at the Augusta civic center October 18 th . Stop by to get some tickets and do some shopping. A portion of the raffle ticket sales go directly to the club. We will again publish the regional C4 map and those will be available from participating clubs and at the Rome Town Hall. Our meet ings are the second Tuesday of the month Sep tember to April, 7:00PM at the Rome Town Hall. All are welcome. www.cobbosseeconteesnowmobileclub.com Trail crews are out in full force to get our trails in tiptop condition for the upcoming snow, with hopes of lots of snow. Welcome any and all help, contact Dave Cogley, Trailmaster 724-7041. Meet at the clubhouse Sundays at 8 a.m. It may be early, reminder to respect the trail you ride, a landowner has given permission for us to use it, not abuse it. They can easily shut it down for misuse. Slow down as never know what is around the next corner, groomer, snow mobile, deer, or people walking on the trails, Club meets 1 st & 3 rd Tuesdays of each month at 7 p.m., 3rd Tuesday potluck supper is held at 6:15 p.m. with meeting to follow. Did I mention we have some mighty fine cooks/bakers. Any high school student in need of commu nity service, contact Dave Cogley, Trailmaster for dates/times to help. Get out into the outdoors by helping/volunteering with trailwork and gain the community service you need. Charlene McFarland Club Secretary URGENT!! Palmyra Snowmobile Club is in desperate need of all old and new members! We have new officers this year and are trying to rebuild the club. We have work to do to get ready for the season, but we need members to get it done. We want to hear from you! In order to keep this club going we need you to come and be active. Whether it is just one day of trail work, learning to run the groomer or anything in between. Remember that united we trail and divided we fail! If you are interested in joining please find us on Facebook or email us at palmyrasnowmo bileclub@gmail.com or reach out to Shanna Towle the President/Trailmaster/ Membership chair at shanna.towle@gmail.com WESTERN REGION Norway Trackers Norway, ME Find us on Facebook norwaytrackerssnowmobileclub@gmail.com COBBOSSEECONTEE sc West Gardiner, ME PALMYRA sc Palmyra, ME

We had our first meeting of the season in September with great turnout. Everyone is anxious to get the season started. Member ships are rolling in and tickets are selling. One of our priorities this year is to make a new trail map and officially GPS them. We are also continuing to install new signs. We are planning to install new runners on one of our drags. We are selling Super Raffle tickets. Con tact us for your chance to win one of several prizes. This is a great way to support your local club and the MSA. Our members enjoyed a couple social din ner get-togethers over the summer to support our local business members and keep in touch. We get together most Sunday mornings at 8:00 AM to do trail work. Everyone is wel come to join us. Follow us on Facebook for location and updates. There’s a chill in the air Dan Trouant, club reporter Greetings all, We attempted our first snowmobile club meeting on Wednesday September 18th. It was a big flop! We did unlock the clubhouse and go inside, all 4 of us. I’m not sure if it was the warm weather or the fear of being elected for officer that kept members away. The weather has turned cooler this week and feels more like fall. Hopefully, people will feel more like snowmobile season is approaching for the October meeting. Roland has been out gathering memberships, advertising sign money, and sales of the Super raffle tickets. We are looking forward to a great season. I’d like to start this letter by thanking all the volunteers who manned the fair booth for us again this year. Your help is greatly appreci ated. Thank you, Ed, for getting the booth in and out of the barn and Larry B for cleaning it up and getting it ready for us to do our thing as well as picking up the grand prizes and get ting them all set up for display. You guys are awesome! We still have some tickets for sale in case you didn’t get over to the fair to see us. Feel free to give me a call and I’ll make sure to get them to you. (603) 986-7293 Thank you to the guys who always show up to help with trail work and much needed proj ects. Let’s hope we get enough hands to help make sure the trails are ready when snow flies. We’re currently putting together another Prime Rib Dinner fundraiser at the Fryeburg Masonic Lodge. Last year’s was such a huge success we thought we’d do it again. The ten tative date is November 2, 2024. More info will be posted on our Facebook page as things come together. We hope to see you there! Memberships are steadily coming in so if you haven’t mailed yours yet please do so and if you know anyone who’d like to join give me shout via phone or email (m021801@ yahoo.com) and I’ll get them what they need. If you’re already a member of another club in Maine you can also join our club as an associ ate member for only $15. Monthly meetings are held at the Main Street Fire Station on the 2 nd Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM. We’d love to see some new faces so please consider attending one to see if you have any good ideas to share. Everyone start doing some snow dancing, Streaked Mountaineers Buckfield, ME Leah Frechette, Club Reporter Fryeburg Area Snowmobile Association Fryeburg, ME Hello all,

Deadlines for club news is the 25 th of the month prior to the publications. Please submit articles to editor@mesnow.com

NORTHERN REGION

BENEDICTA SNOW GANG Benedicta, ME

Hey Gang, Here we are already in October and the Snowgang is in high gear!! We already have close to 60 members and applications are coming in every day it seems. I think everyone is expecting a lot better season than last year. I will list this year’s slate of officers, which is as follows::: Randy Bates ~~ President Kim Joyce ~~ Vice President (Secretary position is open at this time.) Joyce Remeschatis ~~ Treasurer. Your Trailmaster is Patrick Joyce. Trail work, of course, will start in earnest is soon as the leaves get off the trees. I am sure the crew is getting trail signs and markers ready as I write. The only other things going on for outdoor activities are the potato harvest and the moose hunt, which are both going well. I do want to mention again that our annual Caribbean Cruise raffle tickets are still avail able ~~ don’t wait too long they are flying again this year. A ticket is only $50.00 and there are only 100 being sold, if you don’t care about sailing you may take $2500.00 in cash. This is the 33rd year for this event and it has sold out every year! If you would like a ticket, call me at 365-7276 and I can help. Well, I guess that will do it for now, the mountain lion and I are going moose hunt ing out in the back field ~~ I think they like pumpkins! Jim Splan, Reporter @ Large P.S.~~ Get the long johns on Charlie! P.S.~~ Redsox Rule! P.SS. ~~ The election is ALMOST over! P.SSS.~~ Winter in 81 days! ROCKABEMA SNOW RANGERS Patten, ME Happy Fall Everyone, It’s the 19 th of September and the leaves are beginning to change from bright green to vibrant hues of red, yellow, and orange. With the changing of color comes the anticipation of a white winter in Northern Maine. The landowner’s dinner was a success with several landowners in attendance. It is important that we extend our appreciation to our landowner partners as without them our trail connections would be limited. The trails are looking great this year with the collaborative effort of the recreational com munity. Bridges have and are being repaired to ensure safe rides for all our snowmobile visitors. I will extend a more detailed report on bridge and trail repair work as it comes available. Our membership is up this year and we are in hopes to engage even more of our commu nity of snowmobiles to become members. A special thanks to Gladys Hanson who is our go to for season raffle tickets. Thanks, Gladys, for all you do!!! Our next meeting is October 12 at 5:30 PM at the Rockabema Club house. It is potluck so bring your favorite dish and come prepared for a lot of laughter and chatter. Well, that’s about it for now. I will report again next month. Happy trails everyone. Carilynn Hanson MOLUNKUS VALLEY SNO-DRIFTERS Sherman, ME Greetings from Molunkus Valley Sno-Drifters! Wow where did the summer go? too fast for sure. As I sit and write this it’s 80 degrees out, leaves are changing fast and we are gearing up for a great season! Lotsa snow is coming our way and we are gonna be ready. We are the club where there are NO STRANGERS ONLY FRIENDS YOU HAVEN’T MET :) The 1 st Sat of the month is potluck @5pm with meeting to follow approx 6 pm :)

Bridget Gorton Club Secretary

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