Roseau County December 2005

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Trailblazers Newsletter

Presidents Report

Gregg Welin

Happy New Years,

   &nbs= p;        I thought that with the New Year, it would bring us new snow, but that sure didn’t happen. It has been difficult so far this season to get trail = work done, due to the warm temperatures. The swamps, ditches, and wet areas did = not freeze up very quickly. The groomer drivers were on the Widetracks trying to pack the trails so they can travel with the groomers. In many are= as they were driving in water and slush. When they could finally travel with t= he groomers, there were some areas where the water went down under the ice, and created hollow spots and the groomer would fall through. Things are finally starting to look up though. As of now, the groomers should have covered eve= ry trail in our system at least once and most of it two times. In the ditches where the wind could drift in the snow, the trails are pretty good. In the wooded areas in the Northern part of the county the snow is scarce on the trails. Beltrami seems to have gotten more snow than the rest of the area a= nd the trails there are in pretty decent condition. When out riding, please use caution, as many of the crossings are still very steep, and there are still some objects on the trails that are not covered with snow very well. For tr= ail conditions, check on the website. We will try to keep it updated at least weekly. The new maps are done and distributed around to the establishments = that sponsored it, so if you need a new map, stop in and pick one up. This is the nicest map we have had so far, and there are plans to make it even better in the future.

   &nbs= p;        For those of you who bought calendars check on the web to see who has won and w= hen. It will be updated two weeks at a time.

We are also trying to have one activity every week. Ch= eck the web for that also, and come out and join us. If you have an idea of something you would like to do please contact me and I will see of we can g= et it done. Even without a lot of snow I am sure we can have a good time.

   &nbs= p;        If you are out riding and see a sign out of place or something that should be marked along our trail, please fix it, mark it or get a hold of a board mem= ber so we can get it done. We have many miles of trail to maintain and not a lo= t of maintainers, so any help would be appreciated. Safety is our number one concern.

Til next month, Gregg

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Trail Administrator’s Rep= ort – Rick = Kerner

Well, there has been rain, snow, warm weather and fina= lly more snow to help the trails out. Moosie and I sure have caught hell from a lot of ride= rs for not getting after grooming before New Year’s. I’m happy to say the we’ve been able to groom and as of today, the trails are in great shape.

I met with the County Board to help out w= ith club-Board communications and work out a way to help them understand what g= oes on behind the scenes to run the club financially. We will be summarizing our groomin= g and trail activities and listing on this site.= A link will be established to the Roseau County site to help create web traffic between the two sites. Also, the Board members will help = to communicate any trail issues back to me.&n= bsp; This is something that will benefit all parties and will help in mak= ing our trail system even better.

I have also been in contact with the DNR for an issue = with the Bay Trail and a reroute that will be coming up soon. I don’t have a lot of details right now so there will be a meeting or two with the DNR Trails and DNR wildlife people to come up with a reasonable solution for permanently routi= ng this trail.

We finally got our new map out and I think it is one o= f the best ones we have done in the last 5 years. With help from Janet, Forrest, and= Buck, it came out great and incorporates many time saving features for any future edits which will make my job a whole lot easier.

Lastly, we are looking into a map making software call= ed ArcView. It is the same topographical program that the DNR uses to make all their maps. What it does is allow us to share information back and forth for trail positions and map backgrounds. It allows GPS tracks to be placed = so the trails will eventually be navigable with a hand held GPS once the link to <= span class=3DSpellE>uploadable GPS mapping is made. This is pretty exciting as I think= we are the only club attempting to do this right now.

I’m getting a little long winded here so I am go= ing to close by saying “Drive Safe and Ride Smart.” We had two incidents over the week= end and I don’t want to read about any statistics on our trails.

Treasurer’s Report – Janet Hetteen

CHECKING BALANCE - $12,272.05

SAVINGS BALANCE - $24,559.20

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!

2006 CLUB MEETING DATES

JANUARY 18^TH – ROCKY POINT – ROOSEVELT ̵= 1; 7:00 PM

FEBRUARY 22^ND – ELECTIONS – SPRINGSTEEL R= 11; WARROAD – 7:00 PM

MARCH 29^TH – NITEHAWK – ROOSEVELT – 7:= 00 PM

MEMBERSHIP REPORT – Karen Dole

As of right now we have 230 members and 40 of them are new members.

Remember….there is n= o cut off date to become a member. = You can join or renew at any time!

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Safety Training – Greg Anderson

Roseau class scheduled for January 12^th &am= p; 14^th. Badger class is tentatively schedu= le for the 3^rd weekend of February.

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December Club Meeting - $100 Cash Drawing – Gary Erickson’s name was drawn. He was not present, so the January drawing will be for $150.

RAFFLE CALENDAR WINNERS (These will also be posted = on the website!)

JANUARY

1^ST - $600 – JUDY HANSON, SALOL

2^ND - $20 – RODNEY BOROWICZ, SALOL

3^RD - $20 – ALICE KEMP, ROSEAU

4^TH - $20 – NATALI ANDERSON, ROSEAU
5^TH - $20 – DAVID LEE, ROSEAU

6^TH - $35 – RODNEY BOROWICZ, SALOL

7^TH - $20 – LEROY VACURA, SALOL

8^TH - $20 – GREG LUND, ROSEAU

9^TH - $20 – TONY BRUNELLE, WARROAD

10^TH - $20 – JACK CAPOUCH, BAUDETTE
11^TH - $20 – DARREL BAUER, ROOSEVELT<= /p>
12^TH - $20 – DARREL BAUER, ROOSEVELT<= /p>
13^TH - $35 – KARLA MCMILLIN, ROSEAU

14^TH - $20 – RICK SKALSKY, SALOL

2006 OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS

PRESIDENT – GREGG WEL= IN

VICE-PRESIDENT – KARE= N DOLE

TREASURER – JANET HET= TEEN

SECRETARY – LYNDA SPI= NDLER

DIRECTORS – GREG ANDE= RSON, ROBERT BARTINSKI, BUCK BUE, FORREST COLE, BRETT DOLE, LLOYD FUGELBERG, JEFF LOVOLD, TOM SPINDLER

TRAIL ADMINISTRATOR – = RICK KERNER

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