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MSA Club News ride. We will be grooming as long as there is snow on our trails. We would like to take the time to thank all of our business mem- bers for supporting our club: Linday Arey Logging & Trucking, Baker’s Maple Syrup, Lakeshore House, Charles Aucoin Logging Inc., B 2 B Auto Sales and Service, Breton’s Store, Cromwell Coastal Properties, Driscoll Diesel, Erkkiworld, Gagne’s, Pudgy’s Lawn Service, Northwoods Outfitters, Later’s Mini Excavation, Moosehead Motorsports/Hammer Down, Inc., NAPA Greenville/P & M Performance Inc., Northeast Guide Service LLC/Northeast White Water, Lone Wolf Guiding Services, Symonds Appraisal Services, Ger- ald C. Thomas Inc., and West Cove Lounge. Please do support all of our devoted businesses that belong to our club! THANK-YOU! And last but not least we also thank-you our club members for your support to our local clubs. We cannot do this without all of EASTERN MAINE SNOWMOBILERS Holden ME 04429 Find us on Facebook Our 50th year!! Life is good at EMSC!! We have snow and our trails are all groomed! We would like to take this time to thank our very dedicated and seemingly tire- less crew of trail workers. Without the countless hours that we put in presea- son we would not be in this situation now! We currently have 106 hours of grooming as of February 19th. All of Connector trail 107 is groomed, open and passable as are the municipal trails and most connector trails to restau- rants and gas stations etc! We have a new wooden box at the clubhouse that contains the MSA map, our local trail map and a mem- bership application. So far this sea- son 40 maps have been taken and we just stocked another 20 in there. The same package is also available at the Eddington, Holden, and Brewer town offices. We are hoping that this turns into some new club members! Please check the Facebook for the latest information including short- term cautions such as the hydro is working in Brewer near the gas pipe- line and MDOT is doing some work preparing for the 395 extension. Fundraising 300 - There still is time to get in on this! There are around 30 unsold tickets for the remaining two draws. us in this together with MSA. Do enjoy the spring riding! Debi Lynne Baker Secretary

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BLUE RIDGE RIDERS Rockwood, ME Greetings from Blue Ridge Riders in Rockwood! First, thank you to everyone who participated in our Calendar Raffle in February. We appreciate your support of our Club. Rockwood has seen lots of riders recently. In part, this is due to the late start to the season as well as the Bor- der to Canada being closed. While we have not had as much snow as we ALL would like, we are pleased with the work our groomers are doing. Thank you to everyone who rides our trails, respects our landowners, and visits our community. As the 2020/2021 season winds to a close, we want to remind everyone to please be careful on all bodies of water. Stay on marked trails, and always ride at a safe speed. Have fun out there! Blue Ridge Riders is in need of groomer operators for next season. Training is available. If you are inter- ested, please contact Club President Mark Boynton at (207) 205-0414. There are lots of opportunities to be involved by volunteering. Please consider holding a Club position, helping with trail work, or partici- pating in fundraising. Finally, if you haven’t joined a snowmobile club, we encourage you to do so. BRR will have its last meeting for this season on March 20th at 7:00 p.m. Please join us if you are able at the home of Brad Scott, Apple Tree Lane, Rockwood. Enjoy the rest of the season. Stay safe! Respectfully submitted, Emily Bodemer, Secretary SHIRLEY BOG TRAIL BUSTERS Shirley, ME Check out our website https://sites.google.com/site/ shirleybogtrailbusters Like us on Facebook: Shirley Bog Trail Busters Get in touch with us at ShirleyBogTrailBusters@gmail.com Looking out the window, it is prime time for snowmobiling; trails are great despite the fact that COVID-19 is still around putting a damper on club cook-outs, rides and public meet- ings. It is now getting to the end of the season too soon. We are tapping the maples this coming week, so the days are longer, warmer and also great for snowmobiling in the cool of the day. Unfortunately grooming will be stop- ping before we know it so get out and

These tickets are $5 per month for your number. We give away $1,000 every month: ($500, $200, $100 and four $50) please contact Don Noble 356-7182 if you would like to pur- chase a ticket. The MSA virtual snow cross event is winding up and that was are only fundraiser this season. However our clubhouse is still available for rentals for events such as showers and weddings and such. Please check the website for information. Upcoming Events March 21st - Board of directors meeting 5:00 p.m. April 18th - Board of directors meeting 5:00 p.m. Annual meeting and election of officers 7:00 p.m. **Possibly club dinner at 6:00 p.m.** Please note that due to COVID restrictions we have had to cancel our last meetings and dinners so please check the website and Facebook for updates

into shape. Compliments have poured in, most people being impressed with how great the ride is, especially with the lack of snow. With March upon us, use the Facebook page to keep track of trail conditions as they can change rapidly depending on the weather. Thank you to C.A. Newcomb and Sons for setting up our bottle dona- tion container. Donations have started coming in and the club is off to a good start. Thank you to every indi- vidual, business and organization who has donated bottles to us so far. We greatly appreciate it. Next time you have some returnables, keep us in mind, and drop them off at the club. Thank you to Rich Armstrong and Snowman Printing Group, for once again printing out 100 trail maps and another banner at the drop of a dime. Carmel Snowmobile Club has been blessed to have C.A. Newcomb and Sons and the Snow- man Printing Group in our corner. They have been awesome business partners. Continue to ride smart, ride safe and ride right and hopefully we will be seeing you riding in Carmel soon. Sincerely, Elijah Brazier EAST BRANCH SNO-ROVERS & ATV CLUB Medway & East Millinocket, ME We’re glad we received some snow and we are hoping for more. The groomers have been working day and night on the trails. We cau- tion sledders to be aware the groomers have been exceptionally busy and you could meet one around any corner or over any hill at any time. They have the right of way. Those machines are big. Give them the room they need. Ride safe and enjoy yourself.

beginning to happen. Unfortunately for CASC and many other clubs in the state this one-year wait has taken a tremendous toll on the club’s finances and our ability to meet in person. We have finally been able to meet face to face with social distancing and face masks in place. It was so nice to be able to see people and talk in person rather than over the email. Just like every other club and organization in the state, hopefully when the new sea- son starts in September, we can put all this behind us and be back to more normal situations. This month brings the beginning of the end of another season here in Clifton. Our trail crew and groomer operators did the best they could this season with limited snow conditions. Our trail that connects with Pine Tree SC in Milford and Eastern Me Snow- mobilers in Holden has been groomed and is ridable. There continue to be some areas through the woods that are rough and lack a great deal of snow, but snowmobilers have been going through and the groomer has as well. Our new storage barn will be deliv- ered and put in place in middle to late May. We are excited to finally have a solid structure for the grooming sleds and equipment. The Blazer will now be stored in the tent shelter, but it will have a better cover over it than in the past. We will still have elec- trical work to do once the building has arrived, but we do have resources available to us to complete this task. Look for pictures in next year’s MSA paper! At the face-to-face meeting in Feb- ruary, we met at Dola and Nancy’s home. We once again want to thank them for allowing us to use their home and to make it so we could spread out to social distance. There are only a small handful of us so it worked. CASC club members do want to say how sorry we are that their little dog, Joey, was not with us. He has been an honorary member of the club for years. We will be holding election of offi- cers and board of directors in the near future for the 2021- 22 season. Wow! 2021- 22! Seems like we just began 20-21. Time sure flies when you are having fun  ! Until September, get in all the end of the season riding and stay safe while you are doing it! Enjoy a fewmonths break and come back ready to do it all over again. The Officers, Directors and Mem- bers of CASC

This is our silent club member Aaron finally receiving his key to the toy box! That would be the groomer barn / equip- ment shed after 10 years of hard labor. The forecast is for more snow this week! So, get out and ride!! If you enjoy our trails please consider join- ing the club or donating to help with the grooming expenses. Troy G. Trail Grunt February brought some promise to the Carmel Snowmobile Club. We finally got some snow for our grooming team to work with. While we didn’t get much, it was enough to establish a solid base and have a little bit of powder to play with on top. The grooming team worked their magic and quickly whipped the trails CARMEL sc Carmel, ME Hello MSAMembers,

The cross-country ski trails have been worked on, and the River Trail is awesome at this time. The trail behind the high school needs more snow and we hope to get some soon. The manhours are rapidly adding up, as are the hours on our backhoe and excavator, while we continue working to keep the trails clear. We had our February full club meeting, and we conducted business safely distancing ourselves, keeping

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