It happens every year – the final newsletter of the season, hoping for a great summer and looking forward to next year and another season of great snowmobiling! 

Important Notice!!!  The June 12th meeting will be held at the Episcopal Church (Church of the Good Shepherd) on Main Street in Rangeley.  Dinner will be potluck.  Please bring a dish to share with others (casserole, etc.)  Deserts and beverages will be provided.    As usual, social hour will be at 5:30, dinner at 6:30 and the meeting will follow.   

Election of Officers will be held at the June meeting.  Nominations were taken at the May meeting and they were as follows: 

President:   Clark Allen

Vice President:   Don Dumont

Secretary/Treasurer:   Gail  Gavigan

Two Board Member terms expire in June.  They are Vince Banaitis and Marshall Swain, Jr.

Nominations to the Board of Directors were as follows: 

Vince Banaitis, Bob Breen, Mark Bridges and Mike Koob.

For the election to be legal, we need 15 voting members in attendance.  Please plan to attend if you are in the area. 

You are all probably aware that the Rangeley Lakes Snowmobile Club did not receive the trophy for the largest club in the State this year.  The trophy went to the Arnold Trail Snowmobile Club (Stratton/Eustis).  Even with the largest number of members (408) than we have had for the past six years, they had 442 members.  Something to work for next year.......

Thanks to Oquossoc Marine and Polaris, we will be raffling off another Polaris 550 Classic snowmobile this year.  Last year the raffle profited the club over $6,000.  The sled is in stock and is being put together so that we can set up during the summer and sell tickets at some of the local events.  We sure could use some volunteers for  2 or 3 hour shifts to sell tickets.  Let us know if you are interested. 

Congratulations to Larry Koob of Oquossoc Marine.   Larry was awarded “Maine Snowmobile Dealer of the Year” by the Maine Snowmobile Association at the annual awards banquet.  An award that was certainly well deserved!

In a previous newsletter I mentioned that we were looking for land to build a clubhouse.  The club, represented by President, Clark Allen and Vice-President, Don Dumont, approached the Town of Rangeley and asked the Town to consider donating a piece of land on Loon Lake Road for the purpose of building a groomer barn and a clubhouse.    This request will be an article in the Town’s warrant and will be voted on at Town Meeting in June.    Keep your fingers crossed!   If we are successful in obtaining this land, we will begin fundraising immediately. 

Mike Ferguson of Rev-It-Up Sports has announced that he is not interested in grooming for the club in the future.  We are in the negotiating process with grooming equipment suppliers to obtain another groomer to take care of District 1.   

Watch the web page for news on the land for a clubhouse and groomer barn and the purchase of additional grooming equipment.  News will be posted on the web page as these things happen.  

Hope to see you this summer in Rangeley.  We can  be reached through the web page or by mail.   We’re always open for new fundraising ideas and certainly would welcome volunteers to help out with our events.

Have a safe and happy summer!!!!

Until September..........

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!