9225-R1_MSA_December2025_Newsletter

MSA Club News

Hello Club Members and Friends, Here at PTSC we are looking forward to winter and lots of snow and snowmobiling. The maintenance on the groomer has been completed; our first spaghetti supper was held and our first Sunday breakfast was held last weekend. The Club would like to once again thank Lara Bailey of Enbridge-M&N Operat ing Co. for purchasing supplies again this year for our first breakfast; and for her and Ruth volunteering at the breakfast. The December 2 nd Director’s Meeting and potluck supper will be our annual Christmas Party. Please join us for this gathering. We will have a gift swap. If you wish to partici pate, please bring a wrapped gift valued at $10 to $15. Director’s meeting at 5pm, supper at 6pm, gift swap to follow. We will also be celebrating a special birth day at our December meeting. We will be cel ebrating our President, Dana Carson’s 80th birthday. Dana has been associated with this club for more than 35 years. He has served as President and continues to support the Club in numerous ways. Our regular Sunday breakfasts begin Jan uary 4 through March 8, 2026. Special Pan cake/French Toast breakfasts will be served on January 25 th , February 22nd and March 8th. Please join us. The food and coffee are great, and the company is even better. Think SNOW! November and December have been very busy months for our club! Our AMAZING trail maintenance volunteer crew has been busy repairing or replacing bridges, bush hogging trails, installing trailside information signs and road crossing signs. Thank You Guys for your time on so many Sunday mornings!! We are gearing up for the annual Pine Tree Camp Celebrity Egg Ride co-hosted by Dys art’s and Penobscot Snowmobile Club. There is an amazing line-up of events to fund raise for summer campers at Pine Tree Camp start ing on Thursday, January 29, 2026 with a WABI-TV5 live telethon followed by a spa ghetti dinner at Dysart’s. On Friday, January 30th is the Carmel Electric Live Auction at Morgan Hill Event Center in Hermon, Sat urday January 31st is the Celebrity Egg Ride with “celebrities” from all over the state of Maine suiting up for a snowmobile ride with as many eggs inside their suit as they found sponsors to pay for! Lastly on Sunday, Febru ary 1st at Penobscot Snowmobile Club at 795 Bog Road in Hermon will host a Radar Run for Fun from 10am-2pm. Our kitchen will be open all weekend with a portion of the pro ceeds going to The Pine Tree Camp. For infor mation contact pinetreesociety.org or on Face book follow Pine Tree Camp or Sled Hermon. Logging in the Greenville area is a fact of life and so is the need for trail re-routes to accommodate everyone’s interests. A large clear cut at the Greenville airport now enables a more direct transition across East Road and on to Stage Coach. From Stage Coach look ing northwest, you will see that the landscape is much different but signage will direct you through the new route. PENOBSCOT sc Hermon, ME MOOSEHEAD RIDERS sc Greenville, ME

ing our purchases and expenses, initiating annual grants and even welcoming all to the Annual Pig Roast. Recently Jon Gray, Club President announced that Chris has sought a well desired retirement and that Rob Gann will be assum ing the role. Jon writes “ I want to personally thank Chris for all he has done for me and this club and for all the many hours he has put in. Chris has really grown this club to what it is today. Thank you, sir.” The Moosehead SC Board, club members and all that ride in the Moosehead area owe you, Chris, our gratitude for a job so well done.

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NEW SHARON SNOW RIDERS New Sharon, ME

learn about our upcoming Club events, Club Rally, and Club Trips. All are welcome! Hope to see you there, Bill Preis Club Correspondent

As we are 3 months into the season the members of our little club have been working hard maintaining our trail system with repair ing bridges, staking fields, signing, and con tacting new land owners. A bridge in Starks has new railings and a bridge on the Rail Trail in New Sharon has been repaired. There is always trimming that needs doing to keep trails open.

POODUNCK sc Dixfield, ME Hello Fellow Snowmobilers

Let me tell you about what the Poodunck Snowmobile Club has been up too since last season. During the spring, summer and fall we have been very busy. Our trail Master along with club members (some as far away as New Jer sey) have been doing brushing and tree trim ming along with repairing eight bridges to make your riding experience more enjoyable. In September we kicked off the beginning of our seasons meeting with a barbeque for our landowners and club members at the Dix field Fish and Game Club. Club registrations are coming in. If you ride our trails and belong to another club, guess what, you can support us by joining our club as an associate member. We would love to have you. We are gearing up for the Blessing of the Sleds on February 14, 2026, along with the Mexico Club. It will be held at the Mountain View Campground in Dixfield. Food will be ready starting at 11 a.m. with the Blessing of the sleds to begin at 12: p.m. We will have hamburgers, hot dogs, sausage with green pep pers and onions along with fresh French fries and drinks available for sale. Inside the build ing we have items up for raffle. Purchase your tickets and enter them in the cup beside the item you want to take a chance on and T-Shirts and sweatshirts for sale with the blessing year and all of our sponsors on the back. There will also be a 50-50 raffle. So bring your honey (sled) and get it blessed. Please bring your wife’s, girlfriends, and children as well, after all it will be Valentine’s Day. We are ready for the season; signage has been put up and work has been completed on the groomer. All we need now is the snow. Hope to see you on the trails. Joyce Whittemore Hi All, Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving sharing some enjoyable memories with fam ily. With November behind us the temps have been cold enough with some snow falling that it makes us think about getting our sleds out to get them serviced. Our crew has been servicing our groomers. There always seems to be that unexpected repair. The guys did a fantastic job this year having them ready to roll by November. Trail maintenance continues every Sunday morn ing at 8 am. Volunteers are asked to gather at George Berry’s Garage 132 Miles Square Rd in Phillips. The group has been working on ITS 84 in the Barjum area. We have sent a Marooka into ITS 89 and ITS 115 to help out with some troublesome spots. Then there is the signage and staking going on. Just a busy time of year for everyone. Can’t be all work and no play! Please join us for our Annual Christmas Party on Sunday December 7, 2025 at 4 pm at the Shadagee Community Room in Phillips. There will be a Ham Dinner, bring a side dish and a $20 gift for the Yankee Swap. If you haven’t joined the club yet, well what are you waiting for? It’s easy to sign up online NorthFranklinSnowmobileClub.com or if you would like a membership form, we would be happy to get it to you. We would encourage everyone to join where you ride. Your support is necessary to the sport and extremely appre ciated by every club in the State of Maine. Thank you to those who have already joined. Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas, from all of us at North Franklin Snowmobile Club. Regards, Laurie Bowman NFSC Club Reporter Club Reporter Club Secretary NORTH FRANKLIN sc North Franklin, ME

Thanks for your support. Bob Ludwig, Secretary raludwig184@gmail.com

EASTERN MAINE SNOWMOBILERS Holden, ME EasternMaineSnowmobilers.com Find us on Facebook

Middle of November and it’s starting to feel Wintery. Frost on the pumpkin and nip in the air. We just had our annual landowner apprecia tion supper at the club. EMSC sent out almost 200 invitations to landowners in Holden, Eddington, Bradley and Brewer. We had a great turnout of landowner families and club members. We offer a free meal as a small token of appreciation for all of these landown ers that allow us to use their private property to make snowmobile trails. Without them there would be no trails! This was our tradi tional roast pork dinner with mashed potato, gravy, carrots, salad, rolls and many home made pies and desserts. Very sincere thanks to all club members and board members that helped make this event a success! Upcoming Events Sunday December 14 th *** Christmas party **** Board of directors meeting 5:00 p.m. Club dinner 6:00 p.m. Pizza provided from Pat’s Pizza in Holden Club meeting 7:00 p.m. Christmas party with gift exchange immedi ately following Sunday January 11 th Board of directors meeting 5:00 p.m. It’s important if you have MSA Super raffle tickets that you sold or purchased to get them turned into your clubs ASAP the drawing will be held locally in Brewer Maine at Jeff’s catering December 11 th . 300 Club Tickets Thank you to all that help sell these tickets and that purchase them. And these also need to be turned in in time before the December meeting which is December 14 th at the club. First drawing of the season will be then. Club House We are continuing our efforts of modernizing and beautifying the clubhouse. Small renova tions in tidying of the restrooms and also, we’re going to have the floors epoxy coated before spring. Also work continues on the new addi tion to the groomer shed. Overhead lights and wiring etc. and a workbench was added too. Trails Our small but mighty trail crew has been knocking it out of the park lately! We have had crews show up every Sunday since we started working on brushing and tree removal. We had to do a small reroute to get around a logging operation area and we may have a couple of bridges that need touch-ups. We meet every Sun day morning around 7:30 at the clubhouse and try to get out and start work around 8:00 a.m. Hope to see you at the club we’re on the trail Troy G Trail Grunt Club dinner 6:00 p.m. Club meeting 7:00 p.m. Fundraising information https://sites.google.com/site/shirleybogtrailbusters/ email: shirleybogtrailbusters@gmail.com fb: Shirley Bog Trailbusters Winter conditions should be in evidence as you read this newsletter. As I write this in SHIRLEY BOG TRAIL BUSTERS Shirley, ME

Club members are planning the annual fish ing derby fundraiser on Crowell Pond in New Sharon for February, weather permitting. The exact date is still to be determined. Rebecca Lemieux, Treasurer DENMARK DRAGGERS sc Denmark, ME Seems like the summer flew by and we will soon be in the grips of winter. This summer the club ran BINGO games as a fundraiser running from April through Sep tember. It was a great success and everyone enjoyed themselves. Trail work was already begun. The bridge over Elkins Brook was re-planked this past weekend. There was a great turn out making the task go by quickly. Signage will be done over the next couple of Sundays. After the high winds we’ve had lately the trails will be checked for any blow downs. If you are out and see anything that needs to be addresses, contact the club. If you wish to join us for trail work, they meet at Jimbobs Store at 8:00 on Sunday mornings. Everyone think snow and start snow dancing. EASTERN REGION

Since 1997, Chris Shields has been a Moosehead SC member, club treasurer and Board member. He has been a guiding force during the transition from informal club trails to the winter riding destination with the ITS 85/86, 110 Connector and hub that the Green ville area has become. Chris has been instru mental in every aspect from managing our financial affairs, annual registrations, watch

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