8924-R1_MSA_December2024_Newsletter

MSA Club News

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Vice -president-Kyle Allard Treasurer -Stewart Harvey Secretary & Membership Chair -Joann Clement Trailmaster -David Poll

EASTERN MAINE SNOWMOBILERS Holden, ME EasternMaineSnowmobilers.com Find us on Facebook Wow December! Almost Winter! Just last night (Nov.19 th ) at our clubhouse we hosted the MSA directors meeting and president’s night. What a great turnout and camaraderie around a wonderful meal. It was nice to put a face with so many names that I had seen over the years in print and online and at their individual clubhouses. Just about one week from today will be Thanksgiving and then boom it’s December!

Think snow!! Troy G Trail Grunt

MSA director -Greg Lidstone Safety officer -Mike Bishop Club Reporter -Barry Ryan

GLENBURN LAKE SIDE RIDERS Glenburn, ME

Okay, that should do it for this time - we hope you get a few moments to enjoy the holi days as we close out 2024 and look forward to a cold and snow filled start to 2025...

Holiday greetings from Glenburn, Maine. Wow, it’s hard to believe that Thanksgiv ing has come and gone, Christmas is fast approaching and that 2025 is on the doorstep. We have been busy getting trails ready for snow with bush hogging, brushing, and some excavation work as well. Many thanks to the trail crew; Eddie P., Gene B., Brad ley A., Peyton J., Ethan, Tommy G., Tim H. and Barry R. we have also been doing some “rainy day work” at the clubhouse-repair ing and replacing some stakes and signs that needed attention, installing the new GLRSC roadside sign out front, caution snow and ice

Barry E. Ryan Club Reporter

of the generous businesses on the back of it (hopefully this season). We will need help on the be-building of 2 bridges ( contact Eddie P. for more details ) as well as trail work that will continue on Sunday mornings/8:00a.m. at the clubhouse, until it’s completed and then shift into trail grooming duties as cold weather and snow arrive . Meetingswill be at the GLRS clubhouse on the 1 st and 3 rd Wednesday’s @ 7:00p.m. -2838 Ohio Street, Glenburn. Let’s wrap this up with the slate of officers Culvert in field that needs to be dug down (again) and Re-Gravelled

BALD MOUNTAIN SNOW RIDERS Dedham, ME

Thank you to everyone that helped out with the Mill Stream bridge replacement. This is by far our largest bridge at a 60’ span and 80’ total of decking,and the seven of you made this a very easy project. Looking forward we have a few more small bridges to do before the snow flies, along with miles of trails to be brushed and cleared. On top of working on trails, we also have to do the annual service on our groomers. None of which would be possible without the help of all our volunteers. We post on our Face book page when we hold workdays and need all the help we can get.

for the 2024/2025 season; President- Eddie Pinkham Vice -president -Barry Ryan Treasurer -Marion Pinkham Secretary -Gail Ryan Trailmaster -Eddie Pinkham Safety Officer -vacant MSA director -Barry Ryan

Club reporter-Barry Ryan (I will gladly turn this duty over to anyone that wants it / thank you-until that time -you’re stuck with me). See you next month, out on the trails, happy holidays and be safe out there...

signs on the building, installing the strobe light on the Kubota with the roof bracket (thank-you Bradley, where are your safety goggles?) Many thanks go out to member Jon K. for fabricating the doorframe panels to be installed on the Kubota. We should have the door coverings on them soon (pictures in next month’s article) along with the new heater being installed -everyone will want to be out grooming. Even more to add, we have ordered a new drag for the Kubota that is being built (pictures in next month’s article -hopefully in use on the trails) and last but certainly not least -thank-you!! to Don P. for repairing our 2 old standby pipe drags. They look like brand new! Can’t wait to wrap them around a stump or rock -sorry Eddie I’ll be more careful.... Look ing to replace the old counter top with new one as well as upgrading the old single use sink to new “ double sink “. It should come in handy with the pots and pans at meal clean -up time ( women requested it)... Welcome back to the club members from the past; Allen and Bonnie C.( abc) and new members Tim and Katie H. Thank-you goes out to MSA super raffle ticket sellers; Marion P., Polly G., Nikki B., and golf cart chauffer-Barry R. and the gener osity of the owners (Tylor and Autumn P.) of village variety for letting us use space in their store on Friday nights, as well all of the cus tomers that put up with all pressure / shenan igans that coerces them to buy more tickets ( that’s mostly Polly G. and Marion P. ) -I would never do that, would I?

Barry E. Ryan Club Reporter

KENDUSKEAG STEAM RIDERS sc Kenduskeag, ME Good morning fellow snowmobilers... We hope that you had a happy Thanksgiv ing. Sitting here at the kitchen table today looking out the window, it’s raining (much needed by the way) and 45°outside. We have had a couple of trail work days, trying to get the blow downs removed, brushing, and a search and rescue effort to retrieve one of our bridges that washed downstream. After a lit tle bit of trial and error, low and behold -they found it (surprisingly intact and no worse for the wear of the journey). It will be placed back into its designated location soon before the snow starts falling. As we wrap up November, and get into December (you will no doubt be reading this article and the rest of the paper real close to Christmas), should see snow on the ground by now. With that being said, time to get the reg istration stickers on the sleds, one final check of the sleds, trailers, and the rest of the riding gear. We also have a new drag (all painted and ready to go) -thanks Dale C. -picture attached.

Happenings at EMSC The work on our new groomer Barn edi tion to our existing building is pretty much complete for now! Thank you for all that had helped from the groundwork to the framing, putting on the trusses and the metal roof. The building is weather tight and in the spring we will put the metal siding on. We have been meeting for trail work every Sunday since the last day of September and have relocated and repaired several bridges and quite a few miles of trail have been brushed and opened for the season. Thank you all that have volunteered so far and we hope to see more faces at the clubhouse every Sun day morning at 7:30. The coffee will be on and there’s home baked goodies included. Upcoming Events Sunday December 15 th Christmas party!!! With pizza party pro vided by the club. Desserts etc. provided by members. Board of directors meeting 5:00 p.m. Club dinner 6:00 p.m. Club meeting 7:00 p.m. with Christmas party immediately following. We will be hav ing a gift exchange/ swap Sunday January 12 th Board of directors meeting 5:00 p.m. We just received an award certificate from the town of Holden thanking us for the work we do maintaining the trails in and around the town of Holden to area businesses and the municipal office itself. Thanks to our trail master Larry for all of the work that he does behind the scenes at various town meetings, and many many landowners to keep this trail system open for all to share. Club dinner 6:00 p.m. Club meeting 7:00 p.m.

We will be doing more trail work as the season progresses, meet at the Kenduskeag fire station @9:00 a.m. on Sundays till done. Grooming times and locations to be announced later on in January 2025. Let’s wrap this up with our club officers for the 2024/2025 season; President- Dale Clement Kenduskeag Stream Riders Snowmobile Club/ New Snowmobile Drag and paint job / All ready to go for the season (just add snow)

We have also been out in the “trenches” con tacting and speaking with landowners to get their permission to access their property to use for the trails, looking forward to get all that information updated so we can move forward with our new trails maps, along with listing all GLRSC Club members selling Super Raffle tickets at Village Variety Store Glenburn ...Left to right -Polly G., Nikki B. and Marion P.

Our meetings are held on the second Monday of each month from October to April, starting with a potluck dinner at 6:00 PM, followed by the meeting at 6:30 PM held at 8 Bald Mountain Road, Dedham. Membership forms can be found on our web site at https://baldmountainsnowriders.word press.com/join-our-club/. Becoming a member

Please consider joining a club in your local area and don’t forget to register your snowmo biles! Volunteer time if you can. Every little

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