We have snow, not as much as a typical Rangeley winter, but enough to be able to groom.  The trails are actually in very good condition.  Fortunately, most of our trails are on woods roads and they are flat and smooth. 

The February  membership meeting of the RLSC will be held at the Church of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal Church) on Main Street in Rangeley on February 10th.   Social hour will be at 5:30, dinner at 6:30 and the meeting will follow.   Dinner will be prepared and served by the girls from the Senior Class of Rangeley Lakes Regional School.  They are raising money for their class trip.  Come meet them, I’m sure you will enjoy the meal they serve.

Easy Bucks winners for January were Al  Cormier of Leominster, MA and Ray Lee of W. Millbury, MA.  Neither was present.

Snodeo was quite successful, despite the fact that we don’t have a huge amount of snow.  Thanks to everyone who helped out with the event and also thanks to all the local businesses who donated items for our auction and door prizes.   Would like to list everyone by name, but don’t want to take a chance of leaving someone out.  We had a lot of help from many people and we can’t thank you enough.   We apologize for the fireworks cancellation and would like to explain that this was due to high winds.   I have received a few e-mails from people asking why we don’t change the date for Snodeo and put it further into the winter.  We have discussed the possibility of doing this and will be making a decision very soon for those of you who reserve rooms early for next Snodeo.  There are other events in surrounding towns and even here in Rangeley that we have to work around so we are looking for a “free” weekend that we can have for Snodeo.  Watch the web site for the Snodeo 2008 date.  Also, we welcome any ideas for any added events or changes that would enhance Snodeo. 

Enclosed with this newsletter you will find an invitation to our annual steak and lobster dinner.  Please return your form as soon as possible and reserve your seat.  We can only serve 100 people.  We should have plenty of snow by then (hopefully!) and some good riding.    Also you will find 50/50 raffle tickets (again!!) for a drawing to be held at the dinner in March.  The cost of the tickets is $1 each and you don’t need to be present to win.  Just fill out the portion of the ticket(s) with your contact information and mail them back to the club.   Remember, the proceeds from all of our fundraising events go directly into the trail fund.

It’s not too late to enter the MSA Super Raffle drawing.  If you haven’t returned your tickets yet, you have until the 15^th of February to get them to us.  The drawing is on the 20^th so we need them early enough so we can mail them to MSA.  If you want more tickets, please let me know soon and I will mail them to you. 

The fleece jackets have been very popular.  We have sold a lot of them.  If you would like a jacket, you can order one by mail, e-mail, or you can purchase one at a membership meeting.   We also still have the black fleece vests, gray t-shirts and hats, all with the club logo.  Check them out on our web page.

Here are the results from the Snodeo activities:

 Until next month………  Gail Gavigan, Treasurer

Please visit our Sponsors page to check out businesses who have donated or pledged to donate to our grooming and trail maintenance program for this season. Be sure to patronize these businesses when in the area. It is due to their donations that we have the great riding conditions we all enjoy!