I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Year!  Now, let’s get down to the serious stuff – like snowmobiling!! 

We have been blessed with early snow and cold temps this year.  The trails have been groomed and are open for riding. 

Remember, any time you need to hear the current trail conditions, just call the Rangeley Lakes Snowmobile Club  Snow Phone at 207-864-7336 for an updated trail report – you can call anytime, the information is available 24 hrs/day.

December Easy Bucks winners were Keith Grillo from East Lyme, Connecticut and Richard Angelo from Somerville, MA.  Congratulations!!!

The Club’s new groomer has arrived and we have already done some grooming with it.  

SNODEO will be held on January 23, 24, 25^th.  An agenda of activities is posted.  Hope to see you there!!!  We have a few added attractions this year that should make for a real exciting weekend!   

You will notice on the Snodeo agenda that we have invited everyone and anyone to enter a float in the snowmobile parade.  We will be awarding trophies for the top three floats.  We have invited local businesses, other clubs and organizations and local school children to participate.   We have had a few floats in the parade in the past couple years and they can be a lot of fun!  Give it a try! 

On Friday evening during the “Welcome to Snodeo” celebration at People’s Choice, we do a 50/50 drawing.  The winner has always won a substantial amount of money (last year’s winner won $780).  Knowing that some of you won’t be there and to give you an opportunity to get in on the drawing, we are enclosing ten tickets that you may purchase.  You do not have to be present to win.  Just fill in the back of the ticket and return the stub with your name and address on it and $1 for each ticket to the club at the above address.  This will enter you in the 50/50 drawing.  Proceeds from this drawing (and all profits received through entire Snodeo) are used to help cover expenses of grooming our trail system.

Due to the high cost of postage, this will be the last newsletter mailed out to people who have not renewed their membership for this season.  If you receive a membership application with this newsletter, that means that you have not joined the Club this year.  Please consider sending it in.  We depend on the membership fees to help maintain and groom our trails.  It is an important source of income for the club.  Also, let’s try to keep that “#1 Club in the State of Maine” trophy in our hands. 

Don’t forget the January membership meeting.  The date is January 11^th and the meeting, as usual, will be held at the Rangeley Congregational Church Hall in Rangeley.  Dinner at 6:30, meeting follows dinner.  See you there!!

If you take the ride from Oquossoc towards Pittsburg, New Hampshire this year on ITS 84, please be aware that we have a major trail re-route due to logging.  When you get to the “Camp 14” area, watch for signs.  It will be well-marked and this promises to be good ride.  Unfortunately, this means that we will not be using the new Magalloway River Bridge that was built last year.  This is a temporary change for this season only.  Seven Islands Land Company, who owns the property that is being harvested, assisted us in building the new trail to go around their logging operation, so please, use the alternate trail and stay out of their way.

Until next month........  Think Snow!!! Hope to see all of you at Snodeo this year!

Gail Gavigan, Secretary

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!