8906-R1_MSA_November2024_Newsletter

From The Executive Board

I t’s November everyone! Happy Thanksgiving! This year is flying by again and we are all awaiting the arrival of the cold, cold temps and SNOW, SNOW, and more SNOW!! We are ALL due a good to great winter, as last year sure wasn’t it! I was asked recently when the snow dancing should begin and I say the time is – NOW!! So, get on those dancing shoes and let winter begin. October was a busy month for MSA. We were at the Epping NH show one weekend and the next weekend we were at the Augusta Civic Center for the MSA show. Mother Nature got her weekend weather mixed up those two weekends. NH weather was tre mendously windy, cool, and rainy for an out side show and Augusta was sunny with temps in the 70’s for an inside show. We need to get

her straightened out so she and Ole Man Win ter get on the same page this year! We talked to many snowmobilers from many states at both shows and they all said the same thing- “we need snow!” Not only did we attend and man booths at two shows there was also an E-Board meeting and a regular directors meeting in the month. On top of that a regional meeting was held at the Glenburn Lakeside Riders Club. That doesn’t count the regular club meetings and a landowner supper that were also on the sched ule. Whew! I told you it was busy! I would like to thank Glenburn Lakeside Riders and regional directors Barry Ryan and Larry Lafland, MSA Trails Chair Brent Spaulding, trail committee member Troy Grass, MSA Safety chair Al Swett, and Joe

Higgins from DACF for making the regional meeting a success. It is always nice to get into a club and talk to clubs that can’t always attend other meetings. Hopefully there will be two other eastern regional meetings in the next two months, so clubs PLEASE watch your mail for informa tion. East Branch Sno-Rovers club is hosting one on Dec.11th. Also watch the MSA web site for info on directors’ meetings that are coming as well. Don’t forget to get your Super Raffle tickets in to the office by Dec. 1st if possible, for the drawing on Dec.10th. That’s all for this month. Enjoy the holiday with family and friends and get everyone to the do their snow dance!! Eileen

Eastern Region VP

Eileen Lafland, 207-843-7813 PO Box 733, Holden ME 04429 L.andE.lafland525476@gmail.com

MSA Club News

Northern Region VP

W ell it’s been an interesting last few weeks, to say the least. We got the trailer and two sleds from Al Swett and sold tickets at the Masonic car show in Oxford, transferred them to Bridgton the next day, then transferred them to Fryeburg for the fair, this all went very smoothly with Al picking them up after the fair and heading for Glenburn. Next camp a serious bout of pneumonia which land me in ICU for four days, definitely not fun. I had to cancel the western region meeting and missed the MSA zoom and Madison meetings. It appears that I am doing OK and anxious to get energy back. Hopefully it will be all systems go for a while (except another day surgery on my back, #8). Please feel free to reach out to me for answers and perhaps speaking to your membership. Until next time, GOD BLESS Jerry Looking forward into the months to come, some upcoming winter snowmobiling related events are starting to be advertised. North Star Motorsports will be bringing snowmobile racing back to Arnold Brook Lake in Presque Isle on January 18th for the first race of the New England X Country Championship Points series and the last week in February/ first weekend of March the crew at Spud Speedway will be putting on the 3rd Annual SnowBowl. For more info, check out both organizations social media pages. With all that being said like everyone from one end of the state to the other we patiently wait and keep our fingers crossed that this year will be better then last. Happy Thanksgiving everyone and remember to always ride right, ride sober and right safe. The County have been or are starting to hold their monthly meetings to plan for the upcoming year, while others start marking their trails, work on reroutes, work on grooming equipment, put finishing touches on newly built groomer buildings and hold landowner appreciation events. Some clubs throughout Aroostook County are making the final push on selling MSA Super Raffle tickets, which is a great and easy way to support them as half the sales from the tickets remain with the club itself.

regular meetings are the first Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. For more up-dated informa tion you can check us out at our Facebook page . . . which can be a bit confusing as there are at least one or two older versions of the Facebook Page – to find the newest page just look for our new black and white logo. We have had a change in leadership this year as former President Brent Stover stepped down due to a new employment opportunity. Thank you, Brent, for your time and com mitment to the Club . . . and welcome aboard Makayla Crandall who was voted in as the new President. Our VP also stepped down for unrelated reasons and so we elected Laurie Clark as our new VP. Finally, the Treasurer resigned and so the Membership elected Maia Crandall as Treasurer. We seem to have caught a bit of a break this year in terms of trail work as last year we were on a bridge rebuilding and building frenzy . . . this year only one or two bridges need some minor work. We will however need to brush and re-sign a portion of the ITS which was closed and re-routed due to logging a few years back and will be back up and running this year. Finally, mark your calendar as Katahdin Area Snowmobile Trails will be hosting their second annual Poker Run which you may have read about in the September issue of this very publication. It’s a good time, there are some decent cash prizes and perhaps one of the only poker runs in Maine which spans two counties! Irreverently submitted, Jason Johnson, Secretary LINNEUS SNO SPORTS Linneus, ME Greetings from Linneus Sno Sports, for the year 2024-2025 we are ramping up to a great start for the year. We had a summer of yard cleanups removing some trees close by to our club building, relocating two small buildings in the yard, along with the garage getting cleaned out, and it’s all looking good.

Deadlines for club news is the 25 th of the month prior to the publications. Please submit articles to editor@mesnow.com

NORTHERN REGION

SMOKI HAULERS sc Oakfield, ME

It’s late-October and I’m already seeing some signs that point to a possible return to a snowy winter. No, I’m not talking about the large black band on the wooly bear caterpillars or even how high the wasp’s nests are this year . . . I’m talking about how low the farm ponds look right around now. Now I know we all swear by certain signs and portents – whether it be the forecast from The Old Farmer’s Almanac or what the latest and greatest European meteorological forecast is calling for in terms of El Nina – but me . . . I go with what my grandfather always said about the farm ponds. Pamp (so called because the first grandchild could not say “Gramp”) said if the farm pond was full in the Fall there wouldn’t be a very snowy Winter, but if the farm pond was low, we could expect heavy snow. I know, I know . . . it sounds crazy, but I swear it seems to work out that way. In any case we here at Smoki Haulers in Oakfield have a full schedule this coming Fall, Winter, and Spring. By the time you read this we’ve already hosted not one, but two Hunter Breakfasts and by the end of November will be hosting a craft fair (no word on whether any one in the club wants me to make a birdhouse out of popsicle sticks or anything like that.) In December we’ve got a visit with Santa planned and a Club Christmas party on the 21 st . In January we’re planning a Breakfast on the 4th – if folks leave the Clubhouse hungry after chowing down on one of these break fasts, I am pretty sure they need to see their doctor as they most likely have a tapeworm. February vacation will bring two Family Fun Nights. After a brief respite in March, we return in April with our annual Pie Sale, Easter Egg Hunt, and a Spring breakfast. Like last year we’re also hoping to have the Clubhouse open on the weekends – at least on Saturday – to provide riders with a place to warm up and fill their bellies with hamburg ers, hot dogs, and brownies a la mode as this seemed to be a big hit last year. If you would like to join the Club, we’re always happy to have new members. Our

Nick Morrill 207-554-0074 406 Main Street, Stockholm ME 04783 landscaper9791@gmail.com G reetings once again from the Crown of Maine. As I sit and write this article the geese are flying south, the 2024 harvest season is over, and hunting season is in full swing that could only mean the start to the riding season is a few weeks away. Unfortunately Mother Nature doesn’t think so. We’ve seen all four seasons in a 24hr period a few times in the past month. Hopefully old man Winter can get the weather straightened out for us soon and deliver us some good snow and riding weather this winter. With all that being said clubs throughout

Western Region VP

One of our main projects was the purchase of the 2022 Tucker from Track Inc. much thanks to Chad for delivering the machine as promised. Before the delivery our machine had the opportunity to be displayed at the Maine

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

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