9147-R2_MSA_September2025_Newsletter

From The Executive Board

H ello Central Region Riders, It seems the blistering heat has subsided, so I hope you are all planning your snow dance party, but not until we get all our trail work done. As you all are working very hard to prepare for the upcoming season, remember to get your trails bond application in by September 26. Don’t forget the MSA Power Sport Show on October 17 through the 19 th at the Augusta Civic Center. Hope to see you all there. Please try to attend! Volunteer some hours if you can. The new format has expanded out and it will be great. Always try to follow the club in the area you wish to ride, as they all work very hard planning events for your enjoyment. Please attend and support the club that works so hard to make the trails you ride great. As always, if there is anything I can do to help, please reach out. Ron Nunes going on already The Oxford club has an unbelievable task; a landowner wants the Bridge over the little Androscoggin River removed from his land. To get another in place by riding time seems impossible, but one never knows, we might have to ride a stretch of road to get thru Oxford on ITS 89 this year, time will tell. On the bright side, I have been invited to numerous club functions, (landowner dinners/cookouts), and am looking forward to attending as many as time allows. It’s going to be a different year for the wife and I, as we have sold our sleds and will be out on a side by side with tracks this winter, Old age and my back made the decision to switch. So folks get out there and help the TRAIL CREWS, cut some brush, attend meetings and support your local clubs and those where you ride most. UNITED WE TRAIL--DIVIDED WE FAIL Till next time --GOD BLESS Jerry Know Before You Go!

bridge repair, sign maintenance, brushing & trail clearing. Contact us to find out how you could help. Ashland Sno-Mobile Club I’m setting on my deck on the 24 th of August~~ it’s 80 degrees and beautiful out!! It’s pretty hard to talk about snowmobiling, but remember, The Snowgang never stops! The club is right in the middle of building our new groomer garage. The slab was poured two weeks ago, and the Amish started building this week. If you have Facebook, you can go to our page, The Benedicta Snowgang, to see the pic tures of the progress. This building is a huge undertaking for the club, so if you would like to donate to our building fund, please do! Our applications to join/rejoin the club have gone out, so please join/rejoin as soon as possible. Remember, there ARE safety in numbers, United We Trail ~ Divided We Fail!!!!!!!!! This Maine Snowmobiler is going to everyone that registered a sled in Maine last year, so let’s get them registered early so the funds can be used to get things started!! As I stated, the Snowgang never takes a day off!! We have a great team :::: our officers are as follows~~ President, Randy Bates, Vice President, Kim Joyce. Secretary/Treasurer, Joyce Remeschatis. Patrick Joyce is our trail master. For more info on our club, please go to www.benedictasnowgang.com Well, I have to get ready for the bear hunt, so I have to get the mountain lion ready!! I will keep you all informed as best I can! I hope we don’t have a snow drought -- !!!!!!!!! Jim Splan, Reporter @ Large a wonderful visit with Les and Alma Hill from Shin Pond, Bowlin, Mattagammon SC and delivered theirs to them. My other two regional directors, Craig Lemieux and Gary Dowling also received the packets for their area so Eastern Region clubs have them. As you can see Eastern Region clubs are gearing up and ready to get their memberships out. One of my other hats is a member of the Snowmobile Advisory Committee respon sible for awarding the Capital Equipment Grants. It was great to see Eastern Region clubs receive funding for new equipment that will be in use this season as long as Mother Nature and Ole Man Winter play nice this year. Congratulations to those clubs as well as all the other clubs across the state to receive much needed funding. The Steering Committee has been hard at work over the summer making changes to this year’s show. Excitement is in the air as the show expands to a snowmobile and motorsports show. That show is right around the corner everyone so make plans to attend this year. You will not be disappointed. There will be new vendors, new displays, and great information for everyone. To The Eastern Region Clubs- My goal this year is to set up regional meetings and hope fully see as many clubs at those meetings as possible. I am beginning to work on where and when places now so watch your email and the snail mail of the US Postal service. If you need anything from me or have any questions on something PLEASE contact me. I apologize for losing touch for a while last season due to unforeseen circumstances but I am attempting to get back into it this year. Bear with me. I have a great support group of regional directors and others who are helping me make sure all the clubs in this region have a contact person. Until October everyone. Get those mem berships out and back to the office, sell those super raffle tickets and get ready for winter. Reports are varied but it does sound like we may get snow and cold this year so fingers crossed. When you are at the MSA Show come find me at the MSA Booth and we can talk. This will be my 28th year in the booth and I enjoy every minute of it. Eileen BENEDICTA SNOW GANG Benedicta, ME

Eastern Region VP

Central Region VP

NORTHERN REGION ASHLAND SNO-MOBILE CLUB Ashland, ME Hello Maine snowmobilers, I hope you have all enjoyed your summer. Meetings are on the 2 nd Monday of every month and most of them are at the Ashland Rec Center. We will be working on member ship packets & and getting our 2024-2025 sea son schedule of events nailed down. If you are interested in joining the club, learning about who we are and what we do, please reach out to us on Facebook by searching for “Ashland Sno-Mobile Club”. Please join us on September 13th & 14th in Ashland for the Big Woods Grass Drags. This is a great snowmobile racing & community event that we put on with the Portage Lakers Snowmobile Club and is a major fundraiser for both our clubs. If you have enjoyed our trails, live &/or ride here often please consider joining our club. Every member helps to make the load a bit lighter and ensure the clubs’ future. There is always a way to chip in and help regardless of what past experiences you have. We look forward to meeting some new folks this year, enjoying good times both maintaining & rid ing the trails in the Ashland area. We will be scheduling workdays for the fall & always need extra hands to assist in Eileen Lafland 207-843-7813 PO Box 733, Holden ME 04429 L.andE.lafland525476@gmail.com W elcome to the 2025-26 season every one!! After a very dry and at times extremely hot and humid summer, fall is here. It doesn’t seem possible we are in September and talking snowmobile season but here we are. In August the club packets were packed and delivered to clubs across the state. By now everyone should have theirs. If a club in the Eastern Region hasn’t received one yet, please contact me. The August meeting was well attended with some returning and some new faces in the mix. I was excited to meet Jeff and Kelly St. Pierre from the Burlington area. They are reviving the Burlington Backcountry SC which has been inactive for a few years. Welcome back to the MSA. I also distributed many club packets to my regional director Charlie Huntington and some to John Monk and Mike Grass. The guys from Jo-Mary SC took some as well to help get out to clubs they are familiar with. I had already given regional director Barry Ryan quite a few before the meeting which he has distributed and he took more that night. The Farringtons from East Branch Sno-Rovers were there as well. Sorry I missed a chance to talk with Kevin and Cheryl from Quad County when they picked up their packet in Bangor from Barry. Two days after the meeting I had Deadlines for club news is the 25 th of the month prior to the publications. Please submit articles to editor@mesnow.com

Ron Nunes, 401-527-5370 260 Last Round Up Rd, Lexington Twp, ME 04961 Thelastroundup2018@gmail.com

Western Region VP

Jerry Major, Cell: 207-838-0892 137 Morrill Rd, Norway ME 04268 mrfun101jem@gmail.com

Hello fellow snowmobilers, What an incredibly dry summer (pray we have no forest fires), that being said, perhaps Mother Nature will give us incredible amounts of snow this year. As per usual, a lot of planning and WORK

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P.S~~ Keep an eye on the Redsox!! P.SS ~~ Hey, “Fatman” ~ you rock!! P.SSS ~~ Big shout out to Mike Guiggey!! P.SSS ~~ Caribbean Cruise raffle tickets coming soon!!

CARIBOU sc Caribou, ME

Hello Fellow Sledhead’s!!! It’s been a warm and toasty summer here in the Caribou area. While most of us been enjoying these summer days we did find some time to participate in

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