9443-R3_MSA_September2026_Newsletter

MSA Club News

Groomer Shed will be a vital asset that ensures high-quality snowmobile trails, boosts local tourism, and provides recreational opportuni ties for the entire community. Please consider donating today to help us reach our fundrais ing goal and keep our grooming operations running strong! Many Hands Make Light Work... WE NEED YOU! The Arnold Trail Snowmobile Club relies on the dedication and enthusiasm of our vol unteers to keep our events running smoothly and our trails in top condition. By volunteering your time—whether it’s helping with events or assisting with trail maintenance—you’ll play a vital role in supporting the club and ensuring everyone can enjoy safe, well-groomed trails all season long. Join us and make a meaning ful difference while connecting with fellow snowmobile enthusiasts and giving back to your community! Contact: ATSCEventsTeam@gmail.com MINOT MOONSHINERS Minot, ME Find us on Facebook minotmoonshiners@gmail.com The Minot Moonshiners are excited for the upcoming season! After last year’s successful collaboration with a neighboring club for a vintage ride, there’s already talk of doing it again. Stay tuned! We’re also talking about other possible col laborations that could help build local support, bring people together, and grow membership. Our Tucker got some good use last season and is getting some much-needed TLC this summer. We also rebuilt one of the drags and are looking forward to putting everything back to work when winter arrives. Now we just need Mother Nature to coop erate. Fingers crossed for a cold and snowy winter! David Hediger EASTERN REGION KENDUSKEAG STREAM RIDERS sc Kenduskeag, ME Greetings fellow snowmobilers, It’s hard to believe that the summer of 2026 is in the rear-view mirror, and that fall is on the dashboard, and the winter of 2026/ 2027 is on the horizon. As someone once said, “days go by fast, years go by faster “. Just a starter article for this edition. Looks like the first KSRSC meeting will be on Thurs day, September 10th at 7:00 P.M. at the resi dence of Dale and JoAnne C. – Ames Road/ Kenduskeag. We may have a new meeting location after that, and more details to follow. The MSA Packets are being delivered to the club presidents as we speak with some new information, please take the time to review, there will be some questions, please reach out to me. As with any new system, there will be growing pains as well, nothing that we cannot solve together. With that being said, I will be taking on a new position as well, as your new Eastern Region Vice-President. Looking forward to getting to as many club meetings as possible and seeing you out on the trails. Thank You Barry E. Ryan, Club Reporter Greetings Fellow Snowmobilers, As we transition from a pretty good summer into another fall season, seems as if the days go by fast and the years go by even faster. I guess that happens as we get older. A lot of clubs will be gearing up with secur ing landowner permission, brushing out the trails, that seem to always grow in too fast, checking on bridges and of course getting all the field stakes and signs ready to go. With the good winter season that we had last year, now is a good time to reach out to your local club and support their efforts by volun teering to help. So, join a club or two and you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you are part of a trail system that goes through your neighborhood. This will be an interesting new season with GLENBURN LAKESIDE RIDERS sc Glenburn, ME

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We’re excited to announce the completion of our Groomer Barn addition and new club house—a project made possible through the dedication of our volunteers, members, spon sors, and community partners. Looking ahead, our 3rd Annual Golf Tour nament will be held on September 19, with proceeds supporting trail maintenance and grooming operations. Our hand-carved Bear Raffle is also still underway. Only 100 tick ets will be sold at $100 each, with the winner drawn once all tickets have been purchased. Thank you to our members, volunteers, landowners, business sponsors, and commu nity partners for your continued support. We look forward to another outstanding snowmo bile season in the Rangeley Lakes Region! Faye Zukowski Board of Directors PLEASANT MOUNTAIN sc Bridgton, ME Pleasantmountainsnowmobileclub.com Hello MSA Members, This summer has been one of the driest on record, so we are hoping that this averages out to a winter with lots of precipitation in the form of Snow - and we are anxious to groom it. We deserve a good Snowy winter! At the MSA Annual Meeting in April, Bridgton’s Pleasant Mountain Snowmobile Club was once again awarded because we had the 6th highest membership of all 285 Clubs in the State of Maine! We had a total of 139 members. It was also the largest membership in the Western Region. New Club officers were sworn in at our March 14 th Meeting. Blaine Chapman, who has served us as President, agreed to continue as Club President. Mary Corthell agreed to continue as our Treasurer. Kathy Hendrix volunteered to continue as Membership Chair. Bill Preis agreed to continue as Club Correspondent. New Club memberships should be mailed out soon, along with MSA Super Raffle Tick ets, which are the easiest fundraiser we do. We hope that members will participate as they have in the past. The Club has scheduled a Safety Course October 17 th , from 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM at the Bridgton Community Center. Mark your calendars. We are now planning for two Club trips in 2027, to Millinocket and Caribou. The first meeting of new year for the Pleas ant Mountain Snowmobile Club, will be Fri day, September 11th at the Bridgton Commu nity Center, 15 Depot St. Bridgton. Our Fabulous Pot Luck Supper at 6 PM is followed by the business meeting at 6:45 PM. Come learn about our Club, and our upcoming events: Plans also include preparing for trail work, trail changes, maintenance of equip ment, trip plans, and a new trail map. Thanks to our enthusiastic volunteers who make all this possible. We welcome new members! We hope to see you there! Bill Preis Pleasant Mountain Snowmobile Club Correspondent Bridgtoneasyriders.com To See dozens of photos and videos—go to: https://www.facebook.com/bridgtoneasyridersclub/ Membership News As we enter our third year of offering online memberships, we’re excited to see how many members have embraced this quick and con venient option. Purchasing your membership online has never been easier—you can sign up for your club membership and register as an MSA member all in one simple transaction. Join from the comfort of your home, anytime that works for you. Experience firsthand why so many snowmobilers are making the switch to online registration. Get ready for the season and secure your membership today! Building Fund The Arnold Trail Snowmobile Club urgently needs your support for its Give-A-Shed fund, as a garage is essential for properly housing and maintaining the club’s groomers. The new ARNOLD TRAIL sc Eustis, ME

some changes in the MSA Leadership Team, with a new MSA President - MATT STEAD MAN, and a new MSA Executive Vice Presi dent – Eileen Lafland. Both of these individ uals have been longstanding members of the MSA and will bring us ever forward in the next 2 years. Congratulations to both of you. With that being said, looks like I will have the honor of being elected as your new Eastern Region Vice-President. I have been an MSA Regional Director a few years and now will have some additional duties as well. Really looking forward to getting around to as many clubs as possible this year and beyond. Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions, thoughts, and ideas to make this winter snowmobiling season the best one yet. My E-Mail address is: skidoo6000ber@gmail. com and my mobile phone is (207) 631-9153. In closing, my home club (Glenburn Lake side Riders Snowmobile Club will be starting off the season with their first meeting at the clubhouse on Wednesday, September 02, 2026 at 7:00 P.M. -located at 2838 Ohio Street, Glenburn, Maine. The meetings will be on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday’s each month with trail work beginning in September on Sundays at 8:00 A.M. Looking forward to seeing and working with you all this season.... Thank you! Wow! Still August as I write this but snow mobile season feels like it’s in full swing! The 1st MSA Directors’ meeting has come and gone and the MSA Show will be almost upon us when you read this in the paper. Full club meetings begin in September – 2nd Thursday of each month. Meeting starts at 6PM with a potluck meal prior to the meeting at 5:30. Come on out for the food if nothing else! A few upcoming events related to the club: September 12, 2026 - Trail’s End parade October 4, 2026.- Veteran’s ATV Ride with hamburgers and hot dogs afterward. October 17, 2026 - ATV Night Ride (tenta tive date) Follow the Facebook Page for more info! As always come on out to our Tuesday night Music Jams. These are held every week, food is served starting at 4:30, and the music is 6-9 PM. You can find the menu each week on the Club’s Facebook Page. Better yet – there’s no admission charge! Stay on top of upcoming events on the Club’s website at www.snorovers.com or fol Hi to All, Quadcounty Snowmobile Club is starting our 25th year. As the name says, we connect 4 counties, Penobscot, Hancock, Aroostook and Washington. We are located in Springfield, with a clubhouse in Downtown Springfield on Rt. 6. We share our Clubhouse with the Downeast Lakes Region ATV Club, which was formed this past March. Both clubs share a lot of the same trails. DLRATV has been doing a great job improving the ATV trails, which will make the Snowmobile trails much better this coming sled season. The Town of Lakeville was awarded a Maine Trail Grant, which includes an ATV/ Snowmobile Bridge and about 1/2 mile of new graveled trail for both ATV and Sled. Quadcounty SC serves a Breakfast, every first and third Saturday Morning. Our Breakfast has been busy all summer, with last one breaking our record, with 145 people served! Our Chicken BBQ is an annual success with Jeff Dow, cooking 224 chicken halves! We will be doing our Lobster Dinner, this Saturday August 29,4-6pm.We will be cooking 350 pound and a half Lobsters, Corn on the cob, Cole slaw, Roll, Ice cream. Hope to see you there, Saturday! On September 26, Joe and Nicole will be doing another Haddock Fry. Come in for a great meal. Need to get Landowner permissions, get the grants sent in, then the trail work will begin low the Facebook page. Respectfully submitted, Charlie Huntington QUAD COUNTY sc Springfield, ME Barry E. Ryan Vice President EAST BRANCH SNO-ROVERS Medway, ME

Everyone is welcome at our meetings. Join us for an evening of great food, talking snowmo biling and comradery. The Norway Trackers met for dinner at our busi ness member 290 Maine St. for dinner

We are excited to announce that our very own Ken Gammon received the MSA groomer of the year award. A huge congrat ulations to him. He has been a driving force for the Norway Trackers for many years lead ing grooming teams and the never-ending trail maintenance. We would like to thank everyone who was a member of our club last year. We have con sistently been increasing our membership numbers and last year we met our goal of over 100 members. We hope, with your help, to improve on that again this year. We will be emailing membership forms for the 26/27 sea son shortly. Fill them out as soon as you can as it helps us get our maintenance season rolling quicker. We will also be selling MSA Super Raffle tickets. This is a good fundraiser for us and a chance for you to win one of many great prizes. As our season starts to roll, we will develop a list of projects for the season. One project on tap is installing a solar powered flashing crossing sign at the trail crossing on Rt26 on the Applebee’s trail. Find us on Facebook to keep updated on meetings and trailwork sessions as well as other entertaining snowmobiling news. Hope to see you at our meetings. Bring on the cool weather. Club reporter, Dan Trouant Ken Gammon is MSA’s Groomer of the Year While the trails are quiet, our volunteers have been hard at work preparing for another great winter in Rangeley. This summer, the Club has focused on securing grant funding and working with landowners on several trail reroutes to pro tect long-term access and avoid anticipated closures affecting major trail connections into town. These proactive projects will help pre serve the outstanding riding experience our region is known for. Our volunteers have also begun preseason maintenance on the grooming fleet, ensuring our equipment is ready when the snow arrives. RANGELEY LAKES sc Rangeley, ME

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