Manna from heaven!
The white stuff has finally arrived.
Hope everyone is making good use of it.
Membership Meeting:
On
Thursday night, January 25th the membership meeting was held at the
Greene
Township
Building
. Attendance
was up – does snow make that happen? Some
in attendance rode their sleds. Our
nominating committee, Fred Morris & John Matasowski, has checked our
membership and present the following names for your consideration at the
elections to be held at the February membership meeting:
for Board member –
Steve Hair
, Fred Morris, Mark Omniewski and Rob Tobin; for
Auditor – Gary Darr and Art Wheeler. The
club needs three new board members and one auditor.
Be sure to come and cast your ballet for these positions.
As a reminder, the membership in attendance will also elect the club
president for the coming year from one of the nine board members.
Poker Run:
Our president and chairman of the Poker Run,
Steve Hair
, coordinated a great event for area
smowmobilers and increased our working capital in the process.
Chairman’s
recap:
On
Saturday,
1/27/07
,
we had our annual Poker Run and it was a great experience. We had 128
run participants and also gained 8 new members. Mother Nature finally
cooperated and everyone we talked with had a great time.
Special
thanks to: Kent
Kessler
,
Dan
Postlewaite
,
Tom Dipko,
Marc
Matczak
,
Frank Winkelbauer,
Mark
Sonney
,
Ken
Zambrzycki
,
George and Denny Engesser, Fred Morris, Ed Simmer, John Matasowski and Kip
Maas
.
The
winning hands were all “full houses”.
1st place, worth $173, was won by our new member Dale Williams.
2nd best hand, worth $115, was won by Lance Dunn, who also won the $224 50/50.
3rd place hand, worth $72, was won by Barry Slaughenhaupt.
Thanks
to all who participated and helped. We had a great time and look forward
to next year's event.
Memberships:
The 2007 membership stands at 123
which includes 17 new members.
Trails:
Trails
are in good shape. For as much
rain as we have had, there are very few water holes.
Wales
’ trails are some of the best in the area.
The open issue on trails remains the loss of
Sunshine Lane
in Lowville.
Status:
Doug Bender has taken the lead in resolving the problem.
He along with a couple other area residents and club officers met with
the Venango Township Supervisors. Doug
has collected signatures of all property owners involved in the new proposed
alternative. These were presented
to the Township Supervisors at their February 5th meeting.
Hopefully the good work done by Doug will be acceptable and we will
again have a legal route through Lowville.
Any snowmobiler riding through Lowville needs to thank Doug for his
diligent work on correcting this gap in our trail system.
Grooming:
The trails were groomed in preparation for the Poker Run which included
some very late and early hours to complete before the
10:00am
start. More
snow and more trail use makes for the need for more trail grooming work.
We are finding that the Yanmar while a great summer trail machine but
is lacking in traction to groom on all our hills and grades.
Options for improved performance are being investigated.
Meanwhile we still have our two Yamaha sleds and drags.
They are again positioned at club member; Tom Hall’s place and will
be used in tandem to make our trail system smoother and enjoyable.
Ride Schedule: The
remaining rides are:
Date
Time Meeting At
Event
Contact
Phone
Sat
2/17
10:00am
GTMB
Corry Area
Fred Morris
899-6307
Sat
2/24
TBD
Sherman
*
Cassadagua
,
NY
*
Steve Hair
725-2132
Sat
3/
3
10:00am
GTMB
To Be Determined
Ken Zambrzycki
825-9257
*Requires NY Registration*
Sunshine person:
It’s been sometime since we have commended on this club’s position.
For many years Maryann Matasowski has graciously agreed to be our
“Sunshine Person”. You ask;
what does she do? As the title
states, she brings a little sunshine into the life of our members when needed.
When someone is ill or loses a love one, Maryanne arranges to send an
appropriate card on the club’s behalf.
She does a great job but has a problem.
She is not all knowing and needs your input.
If you become aware of a club member, club member’s immediate family
or one of our trail property owners that has become hospitalized, injured or
has lost a loved one, please call Maryanne (825-2067) and let her know.
She would appreciate any and all assistance.
Next meeting: The
next membership is Thursday, February 22nd at
8:00pm
at the
Greene
Township
Building
. Don’t
forget the elections of new officers and president will be held.
