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ates new Groomer building Addition n Lafland

late afternoons and early evenings after some of them finished work for the day. By fall of 2024 they had the building up and complete except for the siding. The plan was to install the siding in the spring of 2025. Unfor tunately, Larry never got to see the building completed. With Larry’s passing EMSC decided to complete the build ing and dedicate it to him naming it “Larry’s Dream.” The completion of his dream is also in the final stages. The club has been doing fund raising for the past three years to purchase a new piece of grooming equipment. This spring EMSC applied

for a Capital Equipment Grant to purchase a side by-side groomer to put in this building.Their appli cation was approved and this fall it will arrive and be driven in to the build ing that Larry dreamed would be built and used for years to come. Even though he is not here in

to an addition on the groomer building that would accommodate a side-by side groomer. In the spring of 2024, he

person, you can be sure he will be smiling down and telling the trail crew, “Take it easy on that equipment because it will need to last a long time!”

presented a plan to the EMSC members, along with price quotes for cement, building materi als and a metal roof for this addition. The plan was approved and Lar ry’s dream was moving forward. Except for the cement floor and the overhead door, all the building was done by club volunteers usually a crew of four or five in the

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