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We’ve had our first frost of
the season here in the Rangeley area and for us snowmobilers, that was a welcome
sight, just a sign of things to come!
We’re looking forward to another great season.
We have great news for our
members this month! Allan and
Linda Whitford have moved to Rangeley from Massachusetts.
They purchased the field on Route 4 across from the
Saddleback Motor Inn for a location for Allan’s business, his plans to
build an antique snowmobile museum, and he has donated a portion of the land for
the club to build a Club House. This
will be a great asset for the RLSC. It will, however, take a lot of fundraising and hard work.
We believe that once the funds are raised and the building is done, it
will support itself by the business generated from serving lunches, etc.
and renting the facility out to other organizations and individuals for
parties and functions in our off-season. The
building will also house an office for our club.
That means I can move the “office” out of my living room. Anyone with any fundraising suggestions, of if
you are interested in being on the fundraising committee, please let us know.
The funds for this must be separate from the Club’s funds since our
operating budget is stretched to the limit already.
The Magalloway Bridge has been
completed!!! Thanks to Clark Allen
for his endless work on the bridge and others who volunteered time and services
in this project. It was a huge
project and well done!!! We
need a name for the bridge. Since
Clark has spent so much time on the project, it was suggested that we name the
bridge “Clark’s Crossing”. Any
other ideas? Let us know. A ribbon
cutting ceremony will take place after the sign has been erected at the bridge.
Date and time will be posted on the web page.
The State grant has been
approved for this season so work can begin on trail improvements any time.
If you are interested in helping out with brush cutting, bridge repairs,
or trail maintenance in general, please let us know either through our web page
or by contacting us by mail.
A special thank you to RLSC
club member, Jerry Bunker for his donation of 1,000 wooden sign backers for our
trail signs. Jerry has done this
for several years and to my knowledge has never been recognized for his
donation. It’s donations like
this that make our club successful!
The first Easy
Bucks Drawing was held at our September meeting.
Winners were Joseph Fitzgerald and Edwin Collins, both of Rangeley. Neither was present so they won $50.00 instead of the $100.00
they would have won if they had been at the meeting. Get your Easy Bucks
Entries in – don’t miss out on your chances of winning!
The October 13th
membership meeting will be held at the Congregational Church with social hour at
5:30, dinner at 6:30, meeting at approximately 7:30 PM.
Hope to see you there!
The RLSC will have a booth at
the Snowmobile Show to be held this weekend, October 5, 6, and 7th at
the Augusta Civic Center. We will
also have a booth at the Massachusetts Snowmobile Show at the Big “E”
Fairgrounds in Springfield, Massachusetts on
October 19, 20, and 21. If
you plan to attend the shows, please stop by and visit with us!
We are working really hard to promote snowmobiling in the Rangeley area.
Again this year, we are looking
for volunteers to work at Snodeo, and we need
volunteers who would be willing to cook a meal for one of our meetings.
Seems like we are asking for
volunteers all the time but there are a few members who seem to be doing all the
work. We need help to make this a
successful organization.
New trail maps will be
available soon and the cost will be $5 each plus $1 for postage – if you would
like a new trail map you can order
it anytime and it will be mailed to you as soon as we have them.
Decals, pins, etc. are being
mailed out to members who have renewed their memberships for this year. For the Platinum Club members, the hats haven’t
arrived yet, as soon as we receive them, your materials will be sent to you.
If you haven’t mailed your membership renewal in yet, now is the time
to do it in order to continue to receive the MSA newspaper.
The Christmas Party date for
the RLSC is Decmeber 15th. The
party will be held at People’s Choice
Restaurant. A buffet dinner will be served with dancing after
dinner. Invitations will be mailed
out for this.
Snodeo will be held the weekend
of January 17, 18, 19, 2002. Make
your reservations now before everything in town is booked!
Again this year, we are listing
sponsors who have donated to our program at the end
of the newsletter. Last season a few members donated and anyone who does so this
season will also be listed.
Well, that’s all the news for
this month. Get those snowmobiles
ready and think snow!!!
Until next month………
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.
2001-2002
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