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Oregon OSSA Newsletter February 2017— Page

FEBRUARY 2017

Submitted by Marvin Hansen, Jr, Columbia Gorge Power Sledders

Crater Lake National Park—Submitted by Arron Tavernia, Walker Rim Riders

Oregon OSSA Newsletter February 2017—

PEGGY SEZ

All Oregon County Commissioners contact info: www.VarMarGroup.com—Oregon Snowmobile News tab.

Blue Mountain Forest Plan Revision By John Vogel, Public Lands

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* * * * * ** By Peggy Spieger, OSSA Executive Director PEGGY SEZ Kudos to the La Pine Lodgepole Dodgers for a great convention and all the snow a snowmobiler could ask for. Thank you to all the groomer operators who worked so hard to keep up with all that show to make your trails the best they could be. Thank you to all the Dodgers for their ded-ication to a successful convention.

Congratulations to Gary and Haysel Pankey of the Lodgepole Dodgers Snow-mobile Club, recipients of The OSSA Snowmobiler of the Year Award. Gary is the Dodgers Trail Boss and Haysel, along with Judy Bice organize the OSSA Silent

Auction every year.

Our Dealer of the Year is Dan’s Motor Sports of Salem for their support for OSSA and it’s member clubs and the snowmo-bilers of Oregon.

Winter recreationalist of the Year is Mike DeSmit of the Klamath Ranger District, Fremont-Winema National Forest for his collaboration in working with the clubs in his district.

Congratulations to all and thank you for your dedication.

Now would be a good time to contact your local congressional offices and ask them to urge their congressman to make the necessary changes to have congres-sional approval for all monument designa-tions with a management plan in place before designation.

Make your voice heard today.

Ride with care, snowmobilers.

Peggy

The Take a Friend Snowmobiling Campaign is all about introduc-ing non-snowmobilers to our winter recreation of choice. Re-search shows that people WANT to go snowmobiling but don’t know HOW to get started. By planning a ride, we take the guess work out of it for those that might not try it any other way. Buying a snowmobile is a great investment so if we can show people how to get start-ed properly, they might be more inclined to join us in our clubs, associations, and on the trails or in the mountains and open riding areas.

Sometimes individuals have little knowledge about snowmobiling. If we take them out for a ride and show them how much fun it is and how wonderful it is to experience the winter in a unique way with friends and family, we can shed the true light on the family activity of snowmobiling.

So we encourage you to help your club and your state/provincial snowmobile association grow by in-troducing new people to snowmobiling!

The members of the International Snowmobile Manu-facturers Association (Arctic Cat, BRP, Polaris, and Yamaha) join the organized snowmobile community in announcing the Take a Friend Snowmobiling Cam-paign for 2017. State and provincial snowmobile asso-ciation members of the American Council of Snowmo-bile Association (ACSA) and the Canadian Council of Snowmobile Organizations (CCSO) are encouraged to sponsor Take a Friend Snowmobil-ing activities throughout their states and provinces. Events can be held any time between December 1, 2016 and March 31, 2017 with special emphasis on events during Take a Friend Snowmobiling Week.

The campaign was created to support all snowmobile associations of ACSA and CCSO and their clubs to en-hance and expand their partnership with local Cham-bers of Commerce, Visitor and Convention Bureaus, snowmobile dealers, and other businesses related to the snowmobiling community. The benefits for your state association could mean such things as more trail

signs, groomers, and enhance-ments for trails in your state, with the biggest benefit of all ~ introducing your non-snowmobiling friends to your favorite winter

activity. All clubs are encouraged to participate in the campaign and partner with local media, radio sta-tions, television stations, etc in promoting your Take a Friend Snowmobiling event and your club activities.

Extensive research has shown that a vast majority of non-snowmobilers who live in the snow-belt are very interested in snowmobiling. When asked to rate their interest on a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the highest level of interest) non-snowmobilers rate their interest at 9!

Research has also shown us that most individuals that live in the snow-belt see snowmobiling as a great way to:

a. Enjoy the scenery

b. Get outdoors and have fun with family and friends

c. Go to unique places and see amazing sights

d. Have fun in the winter outdoors and be able to go home tired and ready for a good night’s sleep.

The Take a Friend Snowmobiling campaign is promot-ed by the manufacturers who en-courage all snowmobilers to take their non-snowmobiling friends out snowmobiling to enjoy the winter.

We hope your club and association will participate in a Take a Friend Snowmobiling event. Talk with neighboring clubs to participate as well. Let your association office know about your plans. The events should increase the profile of your club and attract new support and members.

If you would like additional information, please visit http://www.snowmobile.org/docs/2017-take-a-friend-snowmobiling.pdf

“TAKE A FRIEND SNOWMOBILING WEEK”

February 11-20, 2017

Trail Maps

1-Hyatt Lake

2-Lake of the Woods

3-Cold Springs

4-Annie Creek

5-Thousand Springs

6-Diamond Lake

7-Chemult

8- Crescent Lake

9-Paulina Lake

10-Waldo Lake

11-Mt. Bachelor

12Three Creeks

13-Hoodoo

14Big Springs

15Mt. Hood

16-Dufur

17-Ochoco

18-South John Day

19-North John Day

20-Blue Mt. - Sumpter

21-Blue Mt. - N. Fork

22-Blue Mt. - Bally

23-Tollgate

24-Halfway

25-Wallowa

26-Medicine Lake

27-Lakeview

Go to www.oregonsnow.org/Trail Maps.aspx for online trail maps and descriptions. Contact Local Clubs for more detailed maps.

Ron Wyden: US Senator

Email form :

https://www.wyden.senate.gov/contact

Portland Office

911 NE 11th Ave., Suite 630 Portland, OR, 97232 (503) 326-7525

Greg Walden, US Representative

Email form:

https://walden.house.gov/email-greg Central Oregon Office 1051 NW Bond St., Suite 400 Bend, OR 97701 Main: 541-389-4408 Fax: 541-389-4452

Jeff Merkley, US Senator

Email form:

http://www.merkley.senate.gov/contact:

Salem Office

161 High Street SE, Suite 250 Salem, OR 97301 Phone: (503) 362-8102

Contact Your Elected Officials

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OFFICERS OSSA President Mike Choate 708 S Fairview Burns, oregon 97720 H 541-573-6598 c 5471-573-6932 [email protected] OSSA Past President Vera Riser PO Box 7156 Bend, OR 97708 541-382-2213 [email protected] OSSA Vice President John Gardner 27850 SE Hwy 212 Boring, OR 97009 H 503-668-5282 W 503-663-3544 [email protected] OSSA Executive Director Peggy Spieger P.O. Box 435 LaPine, OR 97739 (H) 541-536-3668 * 888-567-7669 (F) 541-536-4099 [email protected] District 1 Director Ray Kahut PO Box 1215 Canby, OR 97013 [email protected] District 2 Director Griffin Green P.O. Box 253 Turner, OR 97392 503-743-2345 [email protected] District 4 Director Rick Bice Bend OR 97708 541-408-2799 [email protected] District 5 Director Dennis Jordon 221 Teakwood Dr. Eagle Point, OR 97524 541-826-6326 [email protected] District 6 Director Darrell Williams PO Box 675 Hines, Oregon 97738 541-573-2587 c 541-589-0187 [email protected] District 7 Director Duane Miles 36232 Holbrook Spur Lane Halfway OR 97834 (H) 541-742-5151 * C 541-540-5151 [email protected] District 8 Director Leonard (Buckshot) Carter 51451 Hwy 11 Athena, OR 97813 (H) 541-566-3401 * (C 541-969-7833 [email protected] Director-at-Large 1 & 2 Nate Pattee PO Box 1161 Silverton, Oregon 97381 503-932-9580 [email protected] Director-at-Large 3 & 4 John Spieger P.O. Box 435 LaPine, OR 97739 (H) 541-536-3668 (C 541-480-2309 [email protected] Director-at-Large 5 Dobe Griffin 2435 E. McAndrews Rd Medford, OR 97504 541-770-1592 * (C 541-941-4484 [email protected] Director-at-Large 6 Dave Hannibal PO Box 537 John Day, Oregon 97845 541-575-1501 c 541-620-0626 [email protected]

Director-at-Large 7 & 8 Denny Farwell P.O. Box 896 Halfway, OR 97834 (H) 541-742-4563 * (W) 541-398-1528 [email protected] OSSA Charity Peggy Spieger P.O. Box 435 La Pine, OR 97739 (H) 541-536-3668 * 888-567-7669 (F) 541-536-4099 [email protected] OSSA Safety John Vogel 1105 Methodist Rd. Hood River OR 97031 541-386-5584 * (C 541-490-8114 [email protected] Susan Wirgess Bend, OR 541-388-2604 [email protected] OSSA Public Lands John Vogel 1105 Methodist Rd. Hood River OR 97031 541-386-5584 * (C 541-490-8114 [email protected] Blue Ribbon Representative Joni Mogstad 4797 Old Dillard RD Eugene, OR 97405 541-344-8245 [email protected] Oregon State Snowmobile Webmaster Kirk Snyder 818 SW 3rd Ave #144 Portland, OR 97204 (W) 503-702-2149 * (F) 503-978-7229 [email protected] Oregon Snowmobile News Varcoe Marketing Group Dan Varcoe -541-771-9177 [email protected]

CLUBS District 1 *Mt. Hood Snowmobile Club 1-A Club Membership Dues $25 President: TJ Reilly PO Box 3322 Clackamas, OR 97015 503-804-2075 [email protected] Secretary: Samdra Bolin PO Box 3322 Clackamas, Oregon 97015 503-730-0879 [email protected] *Columbia Gorge Power Sledders 1-C Club Membership Dues $10 President: Marvin Hansen P.O. Box 342 Cascade Locks, OR 97014 541-374-8334 [email protected] Secretary: Karen Hansen P.O. Box 342 Cascade Locks, OR 97014 541-374-8334 [email protected] The Gorge Goodtimers 1-E Club Membership Dues $10 President: Jerry Thomas 4033 Summit DR Hood River, OR 97031 541-436-2537 [email protected] Secretary: John Vogel 782 Foxley Road Hood River, OR 97031 541-386-5584 [email protected] District 2 Bohemia Sno-Sledders 2-A Club Membership Dues $10 Secretary: Gary Dulley 36835 Hwy 58 Pleasant Hill, OR 97455 541-521-4013

*Mt. Jefferson Snowmobile Club 2-C Club Membership Dues $20 President: Don Johnson 1440 NW Skipanon Corvallis, OR 97330 541-754-0533 [email protected] Tresurer Vicki Brister 6322 Walina Ct. SE Salem, Oregon 97317 503-559-6391 Vicki!bristerinsurance.com *North Santiam Snowmobile Club 2-D Club Membership Dues $10 President: Keith Munn Detroit, Oregon 97342 503-730-7024 503-656-5660 Secretary/Treasurer Kurt Hagerman PO Box 638 Detroit, Oregon 97342 503-510-0652 [email protected] District 4 *Ochoco Snow Sports 4-B Club Membership Dues $10 President: Jim Valentine 3071 NE Stripling Ct. Prineville, OR 97754 541-233-6768 [email protected] Secretary: Richard Kludt 1335 NE Rosemont Prineville, OR 97754 541-419-6328 [email protected] *LaPine Lodgepole Dodgers 4-C Club Membership Dues $15 President: Rick Bice Bend, OR 97701 541-408-2799 [email protected] Secretary: Penny Vicari P.O. Box 3296 LaPine, OR 97739 541-771-9376 [email protected] *Walker Rim Riders 4-D Club Membership Dues $10 President: James Wilson PO Box 889 Prineville, OR 97754 541-480-4532 [email protected] Secretary: Sue Ward 1501 SW Jordan St Grants Pass, Oregon 97526 541-659-1859 [email protected] *Sisters Sno-Go-Fers 4-E Club Membership Dues $15 President: Curt Christopherson PO Box 1572 Sisters, Oregon 97759 541-480-1404 Secretary: Ellen Steele PO Box 1940 Sisters, OR 97759 541-228-5967 [email protected] Sledheads Snowmobile Club 4-F *Chemult Mountain Trail Riders 4-H Club Membership Dues $7 President: Tyler Siefke P.O. Box 68 Chemult, OR 97731 541-852-1507 [email protected] Secretary: Tracy Rice P.O. Box 25 Chemult, OR 97731 541-536-4237 [email protected] *Central Oregon Snowbusters 4-J Club Membership Dues $15 President: Vera Riser PO Box 7156 Bend, OR 97708 541-382-2213 [email protected] Secretary: Dara Conway Bend, Oregon 97702 [email protected]

District 5 *Klamath Basin Snowdrifters 5-A Club Membership Dues $20 President: Dan Riblett 4790 Onyx Drive, Klamath Falls, 97603. 541-892-0182 [email protected] Secretary: Angela Owens PO Box 1125 Klamath Falls, OR 97601 [email protected] 541-892-9296 Rogue Snowmobile Club 5-B Club Membership Dues $20 President: David Jordan 518 King Teakwood Medford OR 97501 541-826-6326 [email protected] Secretary: Sherry Allen 2895 Erline Way Central Point, OR 97502 541-779-9098 [email protected] *Chiloquin Ridge Riders 5-D Club Membership Dues $10 President: Marvin Schenck 130 Hawthorne Klamath Falls, OR 97601 541-882-7466 * 541-892-6769 [email protected] Secretary: Cathy Briggs P.O. Box 620 Chiloquin, OR 97624 541-783-2125 [email protected] *Cascade Connection 5-F Club Membership Dues $10 President: Ken Wood PO Box 1539 Winston, Oregon 97496 541-580-0103 [email protected] Secretary/treasurer: Glenn Shirek 1063 Heydon Road Roseburg, OR 97471 541-784-6405 [email protected] District 6 *Harney County Snowmobile Club 6-A Club Membership Dues $10 President: Mike Buck PO Box 15 Burns, OR 97720 541-493-2320 [email protected] Secretary: Mike Choate 608 Fairview Burns, 97220 541-573-6598 [email protected] *Grant County Snowballers 6-B Club Membership Dues $10 President: Tim Holly John Day, OR 97845 [email protected] Secretary: Anna Marie Kuhn Po Box 337 John Day, OR 97845 [email protected] *Burnt River Snowmobile Club 6-C Club Membership Dues $10 President: Dan Chapin P.O. Box 178 Unity, OR 97884 541-446-3655 [email protected] Secretary: Annette Evans 787 Skyhawk Dr. Ontario, OR 97914 541-889-3956 [email protected] *Sumpter Valley Snowmobilers Club 6-D Club Membership Dues $10 President: John Young P.O. Box 236 Sumpter, OR 97877 541-894-2377 [email protected] Secretary: Barbara Malone P.O. Box 186 Sumpter, OR 97877 541-894-2458 [email protected]

*Hi-Desert Storm Troopers 6-E Club Membership Dues $10 President: Richie Johnston 19836 Cottonwood Road Lakeview, OR 97630 541-891-0842 [email protected] Secretary: Gary McManus 436 North H Street13277 Westside Road Lakeview, OR 97630 541-219-1137 *Over the Hill snowmobile Club 6-G Club Membership Dues $10 President: Bob Davis P.O. Box 94 Paisley, OR 97636 541-943-0801 [email protected] Secretary: Dave Hall P.O. Box 27 Paisley, OR 97636 541-943-3124 District 7 * LaGrande Sno-Drifters 7-B Club Membership Dues $20 President: Ryan Hensley LaGrande, OR 97850 208-921-4681 Secretary: Haley Lequerica 1002 14th Street LaGrande, OR 97850 541-786-5285 [email protected] *Panhandle Snowmobile Club 7-C Club Membership Dues $15 President: Whitey Bloom 48183 Cornucopia Hwy Halfway, OR 97834 541-742-7277 [email protected] Secretary: Mary Herold 48090 Cornucopia Hwy Halfway, OR 97834 541-742-6446 [email protected] Wallowa County Gamblers 7-G Club Membership Dues $15 President: Dustin James 504 NW 1st Street Enterprise, OR 97828 541-263-0273 Secretary: Lorien James PO Box 255 Enterprise, OR 97828 208-310-1727 [email protected] District 8 *Four Corners Snowmobile Club 8-C Club Membership Dues $10 President: Cliff Dougherry 65450 Spur Loop Heppner, OR 97836 541-676-5491 Secretary: Mike Gorman 53784 Hwy 74 Heppner, OR 97836 541-676-9623 [email protected] Tollgate Trailfinders 8-E Club Membership Dues $25 Secretary: Dottie Carrell 59840 Hwy 204 Weston OR 97886 509-947-2944 [email protected] * Denotes Grooming Club

2016-2017 OFFICERS & CLUBS Oregon State Snowmobile Association

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WOW! We received so much snow this last month! It's kept our dedicated groomers hustling to keep it all under control. Kudos to them and all their vol-unteer hours.

Our New Years Eve at the Snow Shelter with good food and fun was enjoyed by those that made the trek. Thanks to Curts Electric for the generator for lights and electricity. David Asson was our Snow depth guess raffle winner-congratulations! The New Years Day riders were treated to about a foot of pow-der on top of the groomer tracks from the night before. Pretty dang stormy up in the high country.

Sisters SnoGoFers hosted the first day luncheon for OSSA convention riders. Special thanks to Danita Howe and Cheryl Milo for making that a success. They and Roger Ingalls, Nick Milo and Curt Christopherson greeted the riders with a warm fire and hearty lunch. Great job guys! Members attending the OSSA convention in LaPine...Curt Christopherson, Danita Howe, Roger Ingalls and Nick and Cheryl Milo. Danita, Cheryl and Kathy West put together a nice raffle basket that we donated to OSSA.

Looks like this may be a epic sledding year! Be Prepared, Ride courteously, have Fun and Stay Safe!

Kathy

SISTERS SNO-GO-FERS

2016/2017 CALENDAR 2/11/17 Club Ride 2/25/17. Club Ride and Meeting 3/11/17 Club Ride 3/25/17 Club Ride and Meeting 4/8/17 Club Ride

4/22/17. Club Ride-conditions permitting. Meeting with Elections NOTE: All rides are scheduled to leave from Three Creeks Shelter at 10 a.m.-conditions permitting. Contact Curt Christopherson at 541-480-1404, or check out our Facebook page for more information.

Sisters SnoGoFers hosting the first convention ride

at Three Creeks Shelter


Restaurant Open for

Lunch & Dinner

Friday & Saturday 11am to 8pm

Sunday 11am to 3pm

Please Call ahead

for Dinner Reservations

541-536-2240

SUMPTER VALLEY BLUE MOUNTAIN SNOWMOBILE CLUB

2016-2017 Snowmobile Season

The Club usually meets at 6:30 PM on the second Saturday of each month from October through April, at the Sumpter Community Center. Please be sure to bring your own table service and drinks to potluck meetings. Dates and times are subject to change so please check the schedule each month.

Saturday, February 11, 2017 Saturday, March 11, 2017 Saturday, April 8, 2017

January 2017 Meeting SummaryOn Saturday, March 12, 2016, members of the club gathered at the Sumpter Community Center for a potluck din-ner and business meeting. During the business meeting, the following items were addressed:

Grooming: The club has groomed more than 1000 miles of trail. There has been more snow this winter than in many pre-vious years. We look forward to maintaining our trails for the balance of the snow season.

Poker Run: Many of our members are working diligently to complete preparations for the Poker Run that will be held on Satur-day, February 18. Please visit our Facebook page and website for last minute updates.

Membership

To all of you who renewed your membership in SVBMSC (Sumpter Valley Blue Mountain Snowmobile Club) and to those of you who are new to the club during the 2016-2017 season, Thank You. “SVBMSC is organized and operated exclusively to promote the sport of snowmobiling and other outdoor activities for pleasure, recreation and other non-profitable purposes, no part of the net earnings of which shall inure to the benefit of any one of its members.” Membership in SVBMSC is open to anyone who supports our mission and is interested in supporting efforts to keep public lands open. Barbara Malone


International Snowmobile Manufacturers Association (ISMA) 1640 Haslett Road Haslett, Michigan 48840 Phone (517) 339-7788 Fax (517) 339-7798

We want to thank everyone you volunteered, participated and spon-sored this year poker run. We had a great turn out, the weather was gorgeous and the ride was fantastic. Thank you to all the local business-es that donated this year and club members who helped make it happen. Our new groomer was phenomenal and laid out a gorgeous trail for all to follow. We are looking forward to another great season of riding and will be ready for the next year’s poker run. Thanks Lorien James Club Secretary

Wallowa County Gamblers Snowmobile Club

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Greetings Brothers and Sisters of the Oregon State Snowmobile Association. How's about all this snow we are being blessed with? Thanks again mother nature. The only problem is we are spending way too much time shoveling and plowing and not nearly enough time out playing on it.

Was nice to see everyone again at the convention CGPS had eight members in attendance. Thanks to the Lodgepole Dodgers for a great job. And congratulations to Gary and Hazel which are very deserving co-snowmobilers of the year.

Our next Club event is February 4th at our warming shelter at the Billy Bob Snow Park, 12 miles west of Dufur.

Pictures are of our club ride in December, Walt and Alvin stuck again, and Craig chasing his runaway snowmobile, our grooming chairman and our groomer Dave Rodgers, Gorge power Sledders making a 112 mile trip from Wanogo Sno Park to Manley's in Cres-cent for some world famous broasted chicken, hope to see every-one at the poker run. Be safe and see you on the trail.

Marvin Hansen

COLUMBIA GORGE POWER SLEDDERS

2016—2017 EVENT CALENDAR February 4th Club Meeting 9:00am-Poker Run 10:00-1:00

March-April-May-June's Meetings to be announced


Getting geared up for the Annual Poker Run! We added two new sponsors . Thank you to Commercial Tire and Rock and Sons. Will be needing volunteers. Look for posters soon.

Ryan Browne will be conducting the youth certification class. More info to come.

Upcoming Events:

Possible Club Play Day, February 4th and 11th; Sumpter Poker Run, Feberuary 18th; Halfway Poker Run, February 19th.

Kendra Vancleave, La Grande Sno-Drifters

La Grande Sno-Drifters

WALKER RIM RIDERS Snow Snow Snow! That’s the only way to describe our winter season thus far! The snow pack around Crescent Lake and upper moun-

tain ranges has been one for the ages!

With this much snow you might expect the trails to need some more atten-tion due to groomers not being able to reach all the trails in a timely manner but that is not the case with the trails around these parts! The volunteers from the Walker Rim Riders grooming committee has been very hard at work this season keeping our trails in great riding condition.

During the month of January our members have been doing informal pickup rides, including a marathon run from Crescent to Crater Lake on New Year ’s Eve with 18 sleds and a run to the north to Elk Lake. February, March and April have scheduled activities with hosted rides most months on the 2nd Sat-urday. Watch our facebook page for updates and destinations as we get closer to those days.

Also, on Sunday, February 26th, our club will be hosting the Candlelighters Snow Play day. If you are around Crescent Lake during this weekend and are available to help out, all volunteers are appreciated! We will be having dog sled rides, snowmobile rides, S’mores, Ski Demo and the alltime favorite sled hill in operation. Lunch is provided. If you’re interested in volunteering please message us through Facebook and we will keep you in the loop.

-Arron Tavernia

MT HOOD SNOWMOBILE CLUB It's January and we've actually got snow this year! We had dinner catered at our last meeting and we had a great turnout. We have slowly been moving more of our business to our board meetings so we can make our membership meetings more enjoyable. We have also replaced our "snafu" jacket award with a "best story" award. The new format has not changed any of the gross exaggerations which only adds to the fun! In an effort to make our sno-park more enjoyable for everyone, we have been placing additional signs that read, "SLOW ZONE 5 MPH watch for children & pets playing". In recent years we have been getting a lot more people driving way too fast in our sno-park. The new signs have really been helping.

We are currently working with the Forest Service to allow us to place additional signs at our trail entranc-es to help prevent 4wd vehicles from entering our trail system. This is an ongoing problem every year. The local FS law enforcement officers are very supportive of our efforts to accomplish this goal.

TJ Reilly


Klamath Basin Drifters We are continuing to see the snow piling up in our favorite riding areas. I sure hope everyone has been able to get out and enjoy the powder the past few weekends. I know at least four of our club members were able to attend the OSSA con-vention in LaPine. From the looks of the pictures they posted on Facebook, they had a great time.

Our grooming operators are averaging 4-5 days per week in our new cat. So far, they have been very successful at getting the trails in good shape. They tell me that the cat is comfortable and pow-erful. They have made it to some trails this year that have not been groomed in the past 5 years. We do still have some work to do on the trails as some of them are still too narrow for the new cat.

We are now up to 53 family memberships for this year and we hope to break 60 by the end of the season. Please talk to your riding friends about joining us.

We are very pleased that Andy Nelmes has decid-ed to join the board to fill our fifth spot. We are also very excited that Kristen Soyland has volun-

teered to be the Secretary of the club. Thank you to both Andy and Kristen for helping us out!

Our next club event is a ride at Annie Creek snow-park. We will meet at 10 a.m. to go for a ride and then we will have a potluck meal at the warming hut at 3 p.m. after the ride. We sure hope several of you will be able to join us.

Monica Miller and Kristen Soyland have volun-teered to be co-chairs for the Steak Fry at Four Corners snow park at Medicine Lake. This is sched-uled for Saturday February 11th. They will be working out all of the details, but we know we will be heading out for rides at 10 a.m. We plan to eat back at the warming hut at 3 p.m. The club will provide steaks and we are asking club members to bring a side dish to go along with the meal. This is a free meal for all club members. Non-members can choose to join the club or pay $10 per person for a steak meal.

Following the Steak Fry, we will have our next board meeting on Tuesday February 14th at American Marine and RV. The board meeting will

start at 6 p.m. and the general meeting will be at 7 p.m. This will be a potluck dinner meeting, so please bring something yummy to eat.

We have decided to host another youth snowmo-bile certification class at Klamath Basin Equip-ment. It will be on Tuesday January 24th at 4:30 p.m. Dave Miller will be instructing the class. Re-member that anyone who does not have a valid driver’s license needs to take this class before op-erating a snowmobile on the trails.

Wes French and Wes Adams will be co-chairs for the end of the year banquet. We will keep you posted on the details for the banquet when we know more. Please keep an eye on our website (www.kbsnowdrifters.org) and our Facebook page for the most updated information on club events, pictures, and the grooming report.

Please see the bottom of this newsletter for our most updated schedule of events.

Thank you for your support,

Thomas Bentley - Vice President KBSD .

February 11 (Sat) - Club Ride (9 a.m.) & Steak Fry (2 p.m.) @ Four Corner’s snow park

14 (Tues) - Board Meeting (6 p.m.) & General Meeting (7 p.m.) @ Klamath Basin Equipment

March 14 (Tues) - Board Meeting (6 p.m.) & General Meeting (7 p.m.) @ Willy’s Pizza

18 (Sat) - Club Ride (10 a.m.) @ Thousand Springs snow park

April 11 (Tues) - Board Meeting (6 p.m.) & General Meeting (7 p.m.) @ Willy’s Pizza

22 (Sat) - End of the Year Banquet

2016-2017 EVENT CALENDAR

North West Snowmobile Races

February 4th, 5th Ovals Bend OR Info.

541-410-2069 Mark, 541-788-5444

Jim, 541-420-2501 Mike

February 19th Ovals Priest Lake WA

February 25th, 26th Drags Bend OR Info. 206-369-2965 Matt

March 10th, 11th, Ovals, National Vintage Show, EXPO West Yellowstone MT Info. 541-788-5444 Jim, 801-360-2082 Dustin Race info courtesy of Mark Young 541-410-2069

Pelican Butte Photo by Klamath Basin Snowdrifters


It looks like everyone was very busy with your snow dances. We have lots of snow, so you did a very good job!

The convention sponsored by the LaPine Lodgepole Dodgers was a huge success. If you didn’t attend you missed a great time with lots of good riding.

It’s that time of year to purchase your ACSA (American Council of Snowmobile Associations) calendar. Contact your District Director to obtain one. They cost $20.00 with 365 chances to win prizes or money.

The Central Oregon Snowbusters are sponsoring their first Vintage Oval Race. It will be February 4th and 5th at Wanoga Snow Park. If you have any sled 1985 or older models with leaf springs you might want bring it and ride. If you need more information call Mark Young at 541-410-2069. The kitchen will be selling hamburg-er, hot dogs and more.

The club will also provide the kitchen for Matt’s Drag Races on February 25th and 26th.

We want to make sure and thank the groomer operators. They are all working very hard, statewide to keep up with the snow.

Happy Riding!!!

Vera Riser, president

February 4th & 5th, 2017 – Vintage Oval Races at Wanoga

February 24-26 , 2017- Matt’s drag Races at Wanoga with Central Oregon Snowbusters providing the kitchen

March 3-5, 2017- Bachelor Butte Dog Derby- This will be held on trails in Mt Bachelor area. We will work corners and provide a chili feed on Sunday

April 30, 2017 -Brunch and Election at Wanoga Shelter at 10:00 AM

The club has their general meeting the third Thursday of each month at Black Bear Diner at 7:00 PM. Come a little early to eat. The board meeting are held on second Thursday of each month at my house. 7:00 PM.

Vera Riser, President Note: New email address: vmriser @bendbroad band.com

Central Oregon Snow Busters

Panhandle Snowmobile Club Wow, have we been getting lots of snow! We have almost as much in town as in the mountains. The sledding is good and we’ve had lots of out-of-towners coming in to enjoy it. The groomers are staying very busy. As always, check for avalanche warnings.

We are looking forward to seeing all of you in Halfway for our annual Poker Run. We will have the $4000 total payout again.

Submitted by Mary Herold

POKER RUN FEBRUARY 19, 2017 HALFWAY, OREGON

1st Place: $1600 2nd Place: $1000 3rd Place: $800 4th Place: $400 5th Place: $200

HANDS ARE $5 EACH

North Santiam Snowmobile Club, Detroit, Oregon Happy 2017 Everyone

A tree was scheduled to be taken down the end of December, members of our club helped remove the tree, with 50% of the tree to be stored for use by our club at the warming hut up McCoy Creek.

Great work to all those that volunteered their time & chainsaws, a phenomenal group for sure.

We had some beautiful snow for our rides around Detroit. Though as the season progressed our road became very treacherous. Our group was unable to attend the OSSA convention because of our state of emergency with all the snow, that we received in Detroit. We were all very busy digging out & making access to our neighbors that were unable to help themselves.

A BIG congratulations go our to Dan Gregory, awarded “Dealer of the Year”.

February, March & April meeting will be held at Kane's Marina.

The road around Oregon have been unsafe to drive now & then.

Hope all of you & your family and friends, traveled safely and stayed warm.

Catch you next month.

By Sharon Bonnett NSSC

The snowballers hosted the Seneca classic snowmobile race in Seneca Oregon on Janu-ary 7th-8th. We had a total of 30 racers. Do to bad weather we had some cancellation, but all and all everyone had a good time. A snowmobile training class was held on January 21st for the younger group to be certified, thanks to instructor Lyle Klenski. Thanks to Izee 4-H group for providing the great food during the races. I attended the OSSA convention in LaPine,I was impressed by the convention. Thanks to Gary Panky and his crew for a job well done. A proposal will be given to the board of Directors in April to host the 2018 convention in John Day, Oregon. Grooming is commencing. Dave Hanibal will be training 4 new groomer operators this weekend. Lots of snow everywhere. That’s all for now. Be Safe Tim R. Holly President

Grant County Snowballers


Lodgepole Dodgers Well we made it through another Great OSSA convention. Many Thanks to Tucker Snow Cats , Pisten Bully and Prinoth for all that pizza on Friday night Thanks for your support again.

Thanks to Dan's Motor Sports for the band on Thursday night , Thanks to the City of LaPine ,Deschutes County with their support, All the Vendors and All with their donations for the silent, and Oral auction .

Thanks to Gary & Haysel Pankey for heading the convention again. BUT DON'T DO IT AGAIN VERY SOON !!!! No... it's a lot of work and a lot of fun.

Thanks to all who traveled many snowy miles and hope you enjoyed your stay and all the snow we had this year. And last but not least THANKS to all the LPD members who worked long and hard on the convention

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