April 2nd 2010 meeting at 8:00PM - Blue Moose (formally Rubys) - SCHOLARSHIP ESSAYS TO READ BY STUDENTS

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What a season. We’re not use to this. Maybe we’ll have a run of some good seasons? This will be the last letter of the season. Last letter I thanked the members, this letter I’d like to take the time to THANK the Groomer guys and the Trailheads. I’m hoping you’ve been able to get out and pull your signs. Overall I thought the trails were marked pretty good, a few sections could use a few more blazers and the corners made wider for the groomer. If you’ve been on our trails, you’ll see what I mean. I noticed that the laminated little maps we put up faded so bad that you could not make out what was on them. No need to put these up if this is the case. Maybe we can try the bigger maps that we’ve had in the past? I’m hoping that you will all be doing your sections again, if not please, let us know ahead of time so we can try to find a replacement for you. When you are in need of signs, post, gates, ribbon, nuts & bolts, let me know, we can always get more supplies as needed. We want to make sure our trails are marked good to find our way and for safety. Also if you ever lose or gain a Landowner, please let me know so I can keep our list updated. As for the Groomer guys, it sounded like you did a good job keeping the trails groomed. We had a lot of compliments.

THANKS again for all that you guys do!!!

At our March meeting we had a balance of $3,377.00 in our checking. Ronnie Seibel gave his report on the CVSO. At the Sno-Hawk’s meeting we had reports on a savings of $500.00 doing the Landowners gifts different this year. We talked about having an "End of the year" bowling party. With a show of hands we will again be doing this. I have reserved Friday, April 16th at 8:00 PM at the Bloomer Bowl. Members will pay for their games ($2.50 per game, shoes, no charge) plus $5.00 per person (adults) towards the food and drinks. They would like us to call with a count of people attending. You do not have to bowl, but still come and enjoy the camaraderie and watch the rest of us try to bowl. So please call with a count of people attending. If anyone has any ideas as different ways of bowling, give us your ideas. In the past we’ve tried to bowl with the opposite hand. There were comments on our Hayward trip. We will look into this again next year. We received our Tax Exempt status from the IRS. At this April meeting the students that have applied for a Sno-Hawk’s Scholarships will need to read their essay at this meeting. At this time there is only 3 applicants. If anyone would be interested in handing these out at the Banquet May 26th at the High School, just give me a call. At this time for the April agenda, will be the Scholarships and reminders of the Fest sign up. The winner of the March door prize was Dave Reischel. I’m thinking that the Easter Bunny may have something to do with the April prize!!! I also was ask to put in our letter if there is an interest for people with 4-wheelers to have or join a 4-wheeler club and to try to get more trails in the county. If so, please call Doug Johnson at 237- 2613. So until next season, have a great and safe summer and THANKS again for being a Sno-Hawk.

See you at the meeting
Robert LaGesse

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MARCH NEWSLETTER

Being we are getting so close to the end of the season, I’d like to take this time to thank everyone for joining our club. We did very well with getting 99 members. I’m hoping that this will put us in the "number one" spot again for the county. Plus, I’d like to thank everyone that helped in any way over the last year. There is a lot of things that go on behind the scenes. We would not have the club we have if it was not for all of you! It’s looking like one of our best snowmobile season in awhile. Hope you were able to enjoy the trails. Just to let the Groomer guys know that we’ve been getting compliments on how good the trails have been in our area. Good job guys!!!! I noticed some sections need to be marked a little better. Overall I thought things were pretty good.

At our February meeting we had a balance of $4,317.00 in our checking.

Ronnie Seibel gave his report on the CVSO. They are still looking for a secretary. At our meeting we discussed next years Christmas party. It was agreed to book it again at the White Pines. I have got the date of Saturday, January 15th 2011. It was brought up to send up to two couples to the AWSC Convention in Appleton March 12th - 14th. If you are interested, let me know as to get the info to you and sent in. The weekly rides have been going OK. Been getting a few each week. We had our election of officers. There were no other nominations and the current officers were willing to hold office for another term. These being Robert LaGesse, President, Rhon Omtvedt, Vice President, and Brenna LaGesse, Secretary/Treasure. Thanks to them all.

We finally were able to have our "on the trail" weiner roast. It went very well with about 40 people showing up. Most of these were members. We had other snowmobilers stop that were from Wheeler, Elk Mound. Menomonie, & Bloomer. Thanks to Sonny Urben for the use of his property and wood for the fire and Price Rite for donating the weiners, People State Bank for the cups and napkins, Mike Johnson for use of his cooler & heater, Ronnie Seibel getting us a tent to use, and to Deb Rosenbrook, Michelle Crooker, Patti LaGesse, & Brenna LaGesse help watch over things. Hope we can do this again next year.

A good time was had by all that went on our club trip up to Hayward. We had a total of about 20 sleds going. A few rode their sleds from Bloomer. At first it wasn’t looking good as two had engine problems just out of Bloomer and New Auburn. All I can say is that Security still likes the Bloomer bunch, and the Cherry Bombs were great!!! Thanks Michelle & Jeanie. Thanks to Jason & Bill for taking the lead on the trails. Do not ask Robert to lead anywhere, he will for sure take the wrong turn!!! We will try to get some pictures on the web site. If anyone has pictures that you would like on the web site, get them to me.

Congratulation to Bob Latour for winning the February door prize. For our March door prize we will be doing a Photo Follie.

For the March meeting we will be discussion/reminders on end of the year bowling party, scholarship, (Anyone want to hand these out? May 26th.) Country Fest (Sunday night late shift) Rock Fest, (Most shifts) & miscellaneous.

Hope to see you at the meeting - Moose Lodge (fair grounds)

Robert LaGesse

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February Newsletter

February meeting Trout Creek (Grain Bin) Hopefully heated?? February 5th - 8:00 PM

Rain or snow? Rain or snow? Mother Nature can’t make up her mind!!! Here we are, coming to the end of another season. Hope you have been able to get in some riding even tho there’s not lot of snow. Hope it will stay for a few more weeks. At our Jan. Meeting we had a balance of $6,180.00 in our checking. Pete Henneman give his report on the CVSO. They are still looking for a Secretary. At our meeting we mostly had reminders. The Raffle tickets need to be turned in by the middle of February, so if you have tickets, stubs, or money, please get them to me. I’ll be calling the ones that still have not turned them in. I do have some extra. A reminder of the Sno-Hawk’s Scholarship. You need to be a member to apply and to receive. You need to get the application from the club, NOT the school. This is for any graduating student from any high school. $500.00 will be awarded if just one applies. $250.00 if there are two. If more then two, essays will be read at the Apr. Meeting by the students with the attending members voting. The top two vote getters will each receive $250.00 and the remainder each to receive $100.00. Call 568-2570 for an application. The Ice Race & Radar Fun Run was canceled due to too much water on the ice. The Ice Race can not be rescheduled but we may try to do the radar fun run yet. Thanks to everyone that was going to help and supplied items that were needed. The Snowmobile Safety Class was able to take their ride to Rock Lake for pop & pizza.

Thanks also to the members that helped out with this. The club trip to Hayward Feb.19th-20th has 3 rooms left. If you have any questions, call. You need to reserve your room yourself. We had a very good turn out at our Christmas party with about 122 attending. About half were members and the other half were Landowners. A great meal was had by all and everyone was lucky enough to receive a Door Prize. With help from our special guest Miss Snowflake, Clarissa Justmann helping hand them out. Earlier in the day, Miss Snowflake, her parents and I were able to ride some of the trails in the area. Thanks to the groomer crew as they made sure the section we rode was freshly groomed. We are still going to try to fit in the on the trail weiner roast yet. We’re looking for some type of tent for shelter. If you have one, please let me know. We will be handing out the gift packages to the Landowners that were not at the Christmas party. I’ll be giving the Trailheads a call when they are ready. At this time we have 98 members.

Thanks to new member Scott Qmtvedt and current members Rick and Kevin Seibel for taking over a couple of sections of trail. At our Feb. Meeting we will be discussing next years Christmas party, election of officers, AWSC Convention and misc. For the Feb. Door prize the member with our county map with the most stamped/initial sponsors will win.

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Jan. 09 Newsletter

Well, did Santa bring what you wanted? If not, you must of been naughty? There’s always next year. Now we can get ready for the new year and what better way to start it then by attending the Sno-Hawk’s Christmas party. This party is going to be at the White Pines in Bloomer, Friday January 8^th with the meal of beef tips/roast pork with the fixings to be served at 8:00 PM. IF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY IS PLANNING ON ATTENDING THIS, please call 568-2570 with a count so we know how many to plan for the meal. Things will be like last year with the members paying $5.00 per plate per person (adults) plus we are asking everyone to bring a non perishable item for the Food Pantry. We will also be having our monthly meeting at this event because of the first Friday falling on Jan 1^st. The meeting will start at 7:30. At the Dec. Meeting we had a very good turn out with 45 members present. We had a balance of $6,605.00 in the checking. Pete gave his report on the CVSO. The new groomer that the Sno-hawk’s will be running has arrived and the boys are getting anxious to get it out on the trails. The trails are being mark as corn fields are being harvested. Hope Mother Nature will cooperate so we’ll be able to get everything mark. We are still looking for someone for a section West of Bloomer to Trout Creek. It was voted to invite Miss Snowflake to the Christmas party. She is going to be in Rice Lake this weekend and will try to make it. Bloomer Inn has offered her a room at no charge for a one night stay. The club trip planned for Feb. 19th - 20^th to Hayward has 6 rooms booked so far. If you need info on this please give me a call. (568-2570) As soon as the trails open we will try to get in our weiner roast on the trail. I have had a few people volunteer to help out with this. Hope we get to try it this year. We have sent in for Tax Exempt, thanks to the help of member Cory Wiese. There was talk about some sort of fun run and poker run. We will look into this for a later date. We had discussion about having weekly rides. Chris Johnson stepped forward to organize this. When the trails open we will meet every Sunday at the Bloomer Pines parking lot at 11:00 AM. List of the dates and destination are listed below. I’ll also see if Brenda can put this on the website. Lumber was needed to fix a bridge on the Leaker Trail. This has been taken care of THANKS to Bob Latour and John Zwiefelhofer for taking the time to replace the bad planks and cover with plywood. This should last for a few years. We may put in for a bridge permit in the future. Snowmobile Safety class was held with about 10 students attending. When the trails open, we will invite these students with there parents to a ride to Rock Lake for pop & pizza, this to be put on by the club. I would like to see the raffle tickets, stubs and money turned in. (ASAP) Bring to the meeting or send to 1608 Queen St. Bloomer. Congratulations to Jean Latour for winning the Dec. Door prize. We will not be having a monthly door prize at the January meeting because we will be having door prizes for the Christmas party. For the February door prize, members will take a Chippewa county map (I have these or most area business should) and have the businesses sign or stamp their map ad on the back side of the this map. (snowmobile or car.) Bring your map to the February meeting and the member with the most stamps will win the prize. At the Janruary meeting we will have updates on the Ice Race & Fun Speed Run, Haward trip, & misc. Hope to see you at the meeting/Christmas party.

Sunday rides - Pines 11:00 AM

Jan. 3^rd Reds (Chetek) Jan.10th Club 40/Elk Point Resort, Jan.17th Schreck’s Place/Loopy’s

Jan.24th East Bay, Jan. 31^st Trout Creek/ White Birch, Feb. 7^th Larrabee Lodge/Backwoods,

Feb.14th Zenners/Wonder Inn, Feb.21st Old Abes/Old Barn, Feb. 28^th Mornings/Birch Point/Cedar Bay/Rock Lake, Mar. 7^th Albertville Tavern, Mar.14th Sportsman Bar (Ridgeland)

 

 

Dec. 2009 Newsletter

Dec.4th Meeting at 8:00 PM at The Bloomer House

Hoping that everyone had something to be Thankful for on Thanksgiving. If you were like me you ate too much. But isn’t that what you’re suppose to do. Kind of like hibernation. It is that time of year. Well, it’s starting to feel more and more like winter. Before you know it, it will be making ice and starting to snow. The geese are headed south and sleds are coming out of storage. Farmers are finally being able to get at the soybeans and corn. Hopefully in time for the trailheads to be able to get their section signed before it freezes too hard. Speaking of the trails, the Bloomer Club will be receiving a new groomer to run. I have gotten a call from the Head Groomer and he stated that this new groomer will be about three feet higher then the old one. So he is asking the people that maintain trails going through woods to MAKE SURE TO TRIM the trees as to not be hitting the groomer and breaking something. This has happened in the past. We have a pruner & chainsaw if you need them. With a little bit of work we can make it nice for everyone. If there is a few of you that would like to get together with the brush hog and go through our areas and brush the trails, that would be super. We are looking for someone to take care of a section of trail that goes from West of Bloomer to Trout Creek. At our Nov. Meeting we had 24 members present. Our balance in the checking was $6,598.00. Pete gave his report on the CVSO. Updates were given on the Ice Race. If things go as planned, we will be helping out in different areas plus doing a (radar) fun run. We will be asking for volunteers. The Snowmobile Safety Class will be Dec.17^th, 21st, & 22^nd from 6:30- 9:00 at the Bloomer Rod & Gun. You need to call the Bloomer Police Department to sign up. If you are a member, the Sno-Hawk’s will pay your dues for the class. Being Jan. 1^st is our date for our next monthly meeting, it was voted to change this meeting date to Jan. 8^th at 7:30 the same night of our X-mas party at White Pine. IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO ATTEND THIS PARTY, PLEASE CALL 568-2570 with the number attending. Cornell Lake Resort at Cornell Lake was thinking of trying to continue the trail from Morning’s Corner to their resort. If anyone would like to help him with this, that would be great. The old banner was erected up at the North Park. We are waiting to hear from Jan from Brushwork’s to see if he will replace with a new one or repair this one. At this time we are up to 73 members. If you have not paid your dues, please do so now. Your name will be taken off the list if not received by Jan. 1^st 2010. There is a notice with this letter to those who have not paid. . Don’t forget about the Sno-Hawk’s Scholarship. You need to be a member to apply and receive. Plus the sign up for Country/ Rock Fest. At out Dec. Meeting we’ll be discussing Landowner’s gifts to be given to the ones that do not come to the X-mas party. We are thinking to go with ham, cheese, peanuts and chocolate again. If you have any other ideas, let me know. Invite Miss Snowflake to club events. Reminders of the trip up to Hayward Casino Feb.19th & 20^th (call 1-800-526-5634 group No. 0212) Reminders of the on the trail weiner roast weather permitting. Please return you money and ticket stubs for the raffle tickets that were handed out, the sooner the better. Congratulations to Darlene Hennemen for winning the Nov. door prize. Any member wearing Christmas season clothing will be in the Dec. drawing. Hope to see you at the meeting and have a Happy Holiday season.

Santa’s watching!!!!

Robert LaGesse

 

Sno-Hawk’s Nov. 2009 Newsletter

Nov. 6th Meeting "Valley Tavern" 8:00PM

My! My! I thought we were going to warm up a bit but it looks like this rainy cold weather is here to stay. Maybe this is a sign as of what’s to come this winter? At the Oct. meeting WOW,

STOP THE PRESSES, This just in, Brenna & Jason just had their first child. Oct.14th, 9:08 PM, 7 lbs-10 oz, 20 ½ inches long. Macy May LaGesse. A cute little perfect girl. Congrats to Jason and Brenna. So the winner of the Oct. door prize is Ronnie Seibel. We had a very good turn out with about 26 members in attendance at the Oct. meeting. We had an ending balance of $3,447.00 in our checking. There was no report from the CVSO. The idea of having a hayride was brought up with little discussion. It was mentioned to try to do this earlier in the season, so we will again try to remember to do this next Sept.. Someone may need to remind me. No one volunteered to represent our club this year at the AWSC Workshop. Chippewa County map ads for our area were done this year again by me. I’ll be looking for someone to take this over for the following years. This is for the County snowmobile map. We go around to area businesses to renew or get new ones if needed. If you are interested please call 568-2570. Our club once again ordered raffle tickets from the AWSC. Most of them have been given out at the Oct. meeting but I can put you on a list if there are any extra. I only got 400 this year because last year we had trouble selling the 500. If we sell them all, the club will make $400.00. Rhon is going to check on the banner for the North park that had torn. It was brought up about planning a trip up north for the club, snow or no snow. I have booked 10 rooms for the LCO Casino in Hayward., February 19th and 20^th. We need to fill at least 6 rooms to get the $62.10 discount. And we need to have the rooms filled by Feb. 5^th. Each room has two beds/non smoking. Check in at 3:00pm & check out at 11:00am.You will need to call in your own reservation but also let me know so I can keep track of how many are going in case we need to try to get more rooms. You’ll have 24 hours to cancel. You’ll need to give them our Sno-Hawk’s group number 0212. The number to call is 1-800-526-2274. I have been talking with Teshena. Days Power Sport may sponsor an ice race in Jan. on the Bloomer lake and has asked us to help with a radar run. Over the next few months we’ll be getting together to see what we need and how many volunteers, if you are interested please call so we can start a list. We are also in need of someone to take a section of trail from Trout Creek to the Leaker Trail. Remember anyone that helps with the trails only pays $10.00 for their membership. At our Nov. meeting we will be having updates/info on the club trip, ice race, Jan.1st meeting, future meeting dates, club trail to Cornell Lake Camp Ground and reminders of the Sno-Hawk’s Scholarship, Country/Rock Fest, Raffle tickets and misc.. If you want to receive your newsletter by E-mail let us know your address. DON’T FORGET TO PAY YOUR DUES!!!!!

Hope to see you at the meeting

Robert.....

The door prize for the Nov. meeting will be candy in a container. We’ll be guessing the number of pieces of candy.

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Oct. 2^nd meeting 8:00PM Harm’s Way

Sno-Hawk’s Oct.09 Newsletter

Wow, here we go again. The season is here already. Didn’t seem that long ago it was just getting over, and now here we are doing it all over again. Hope you all had a pleasant summer. As in past years the club was busy during the off season with a number of events. More on these later. I’m passing on a BIG THANK YOU to all of you that helped with these events. It would be hard to make all these happen without you! Going back to the April meeting, we had a balance of $2,062.00 in the checking. It was voted at this meeting if there would be a (scholarship) tie on the most votes (more then 2) all would receive $250.00 and the remainder receiving $100.00 each. At this meeting our Scholarship applicants read their essay’s then attending members voted, with Shelby Loftus & Brittney LaGesse receiving the most votes for the $250.00 each and Caitlin Bungartz, Nicole Crooker & Jamie Oldenberg each receiving $100.00 each. Good luck to all of them. It was voted to have beef tips & pork roast for our X-Mas meal on Fri. Jan.7th at the White Pine. More on this in the coming months. We had a very good turn out at the end of the season bowling party in April with about 30 people showing up. June/July had us doing the Country, Rock Fest thing again. Overall things went good. Thanks to all that helped out and to Rhon Omdvedt for watching over the night shift so I could have a night off and watch a show with my dear wife. I’m already taking names for next year, (Country almost full) so please sign up early. There may be some changes (mainly with campsites) I’ll keep you informed as I find out the information. August had us doing the Bloomer Parade and Fair. We had the pleasure of having AWSC Miss Snowflake Brooke Murdock ride the float and sit at our fair booth. We did not throw candy this year, but from all the comments, it looks like we will try to do the candy thing next year. If anyone is willing to help throw candy please let me know. We have a theme already for next year. Thanks to Jerry Knutson from the Chetek snowmobile club & Sonny Urban (Landowner) for the use of their vintage sleds to put on display at the fair booth. In September the club once again helped at the Chippewa Falls Oktoberfest. So that brings us full circle to the start of another season. So now would be a great time to pay your dues for the upcoming season. Last year we were again the largest club in the county. This makes 6 out of the last 10 years and 2^nd largest the other 4 years. Good job. Lets keep it going. Some of you have already paid your dues. If you are not sure give me a call and I’ll let you know. If you have not, you can fill out the info below and send it to me or bring to one of the upcoming meetings. Our meetings are the first Friday of the month at 8:00PM Oct. - April at area businesses. If we have any young ladies that would be interested in the Miss Snowflake Pageant let me know ASAP. Deadline is Oct. 12^th. Congratulation to Don Lang, Mike Johnson, Rick Seibel & Clark Stoik for winning the memberships at the fair booth and Jason LaGesse for winning the door prize at the April meeting. At the October meeting we will be guessing Brenna’s due date. (Oct.19th) for the door prize. There will be discussion on the X-mas party, AWSC Workshop, Bloomer police, Landowner gifts, Raffles, and misc. Hope to see you at the meeting. In case we send somebody to the Workshop, let me know if you are interested ASAP. Hope to see you at the meeting. Robert.....

Membership info. Name_________________________Phone______________________

Address_______________________________E-mail_____________________________

Check one. Family $20.00_______ Single $15.00________ Volunteer $10.00__________

Make checks out to Bloomer Sno-Hawks, Send to 1608 Queen St. Bloomer, WI. 54724.

 

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Newsletter April 2009

April 3^rd meeting 8.00PM at Schreck’s Place in Tilden

By now I’m sure you are all thinking about getting the sleds stored away for the summer and to start on all the projects we’ve put off that are going to need to be taken care of now. As a club we will still have plenty of events going on with the fests, parade & fair and before you know it we will be thinking about doing it all over again for next season. I’d like to take this time to thank everyone that joined our club this year, we ended up with 92 members. And a very BIG thanks for everyone that has helped in any way with any event throughout the past year. None of this could be done without your help. THANKS AGAIN. Before I get too far into the letter, I’d like to mention the SnoHawk’s Scholarship. We are doing them as we’ve done them in the past. You need to be a member to apply and receive. If more then two apply, the applicants or a member of their family ( if students are not able to due to school/work activities) will need to read their essay at the April meeting. The members present will vote with the top two vote getters each receiving $250.00 and the remainder of the applicants each receiving $100.00. They will receive their money when they show proof of 2^nd semester enrollment. If you have any questions on this please call 568-2570. At this time we have five. They will get handed out at the school’s Awards ceremony. This scholarship is for any member’s student not just a Bloomer student. If anyone is interested in handing these out, let me know. At our March meeting we had a balance of $2393.00 in our checking. Pete Henneman gave his report on the CVSO. Not much happening there. Bus trip going to Madison, AWSC Convention and the March meeting of the CVSO being hosted by the SnoHawk’s. At our meeting we discussed and voted on next year’s X-mas party. It was voted to have the party at the White Pine. (meal to be decided) As in the past we will invite the Landowners. We will not be handing out gift packages to the Landowners until after the party. We will keep a list of Landowners that attend the party and the ones that DO NOT attend will then receive a gift package. As for the door prizes, we will draw for the Landowners first and any remaining prizes will go to the members. Remember, if not for the Landowners we’d have no trail system. The members will be ask to pay towards the meal. This will be decided at a later date. We discussed doing the "end of the season" bowling party again this Spring. (Fri., April 17^th @ 8:00PM) Those who want to bowl will need to pay for their games. The Bowl may not charge for shoes. Not everyone needs to bowl. They can just come and watch and have a bite to eat and drink. The club will pay for the pop, beer and pizza but we will ask everyone to pay $5.00 towards the food and refreshments to help the Club out. Children 12 and under need not pay for food and refreshments. If you plan on attending this event, please call 568-2570 so I can give the Bowl an idea as to how many is coming. This will be the last newsletter until this October. If we have any young female members that would be interested in the Miss Snowflake, please let me know for the info needs to be into the AWSC first part of October. Reminder that the Country Fest shifts are full, there are a few spots left for Rock. Don’t wait until the last minute. By the way congratulations to Rhon Omdvedt for Honorable Mention again for the Foto Follies in the magazine. At the April meeting we’ll be voting on the Scholarships, pick the meal for X-mas party, discuss Miss Snowflake contest and a few misc. The Easter Bunny may bring the April meeting door prize!!!! Jean LaTour won the March meeting door prize. Thanks again for being a Sno-Hawk, hope you join next season. Thanks to Greg Moyer for being a Trailhead & member. He is moving out of the area, so we are going to need someone to take over that section. Please call to volunteer for this, so I don’t have to!!!!!!! See you at the meeting.. Robert......

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March 2009 Newsletter

March 6^th meeting 8:00 PM - Larabee’s Lodge.

WOW! I’m sure you’ve heard it a thousand times already, but where did the season go? Seems like just yesterday we were signing the trails and getting everything ready. At least we were able to have the trails open for about 6 weeks in the area. Hope you were able to get out and hit the trails. And I’m sure all of the wives and girlfriends got their chocolate and /or flowers from your sweetheart for Valentines Day. Speaking of sweethearts. Congratulations to mine (Patti) for being Honorable Mention for the Foto Follies. At the January meeting we had a balance of 3358.00 in our checking. Bob Latour give the report from the CVSO. The county is talking about having clubs help with First Responders when needed during the snow season and trying to get a website going. At our club meeting, we had totals from the past 5 years for Landowners gifts and parties. We will be getting prices from a number of different businesses for next year’s party. Also we will have further discussion on the gifts. We discussed the NEW classified site on the Sno-Hawk’s website. It was decided to talk things over with our site manager as to what we will allow. The feeling at the meeting was to have snowmobile related items on this site and she also agreed to that. We will let people from other parts of the state put things on this site unless it gets to be too many, then we’ll keep it to the surrounding area. There will be no charge. Being Miss Snow Flake had to cancel from our Christmas party we have asked her to ride the float in the parade and sit at the Bloomer Fair booth which she accepted. Anyone interested in attending the AWSC convention March 27^th - 29^th, call 568-2570 ASAP. Club will pay for your room, registration and convention meal. (no mileage) We were able to sell all of the raffle tickets. Thanks to everyone that bought or sold these. The Sno-Hawk’s Scholarship applications need to be received from the Sno-Hawk’s and NOT the school. This is for any member’s students, even if they are not from the Bloomer area. You need to be a member to apply and to receive this. As in the past if only one applies they will receive $500.00. If two apply they will each receive $250.00. If more then two apply the Applicants will need to read their essay at the April meeting with a vote taken by the members present. The top two vote getters will each receive $250.00 and the others will each receive $100.00. If you need an application call 568-2570. At this time there have been 4 applications given out. We discussed having a fun night of bowling again in the Spring. I will get more info for the next meeting. Last year the members paid for the bowling and the club paid for the pop, pizza & beer. We may have the members pay towards the food and drinks, that will be decided at the meeting. The "on trail wiener roast" we’ve been trying to have may need to wait for another year. Our banner that we put up at the North Park has cracked. Rhon has taken this back to Brush Works to see what can be done with it. Now I’m asking for some help, PLEASE!!!! There are a few sections of trail that we would like to break up as to not be so much on one person. With a club this size we should be able to cover this. At our March meeting we will be deciding on Landowners gifts, Christmas party for next year, bowling party and other misc. items. At this time all I can say is thing Spring. Forget about the 6 inches of snow we got this past week!!!!!!

Hope to see you at the meeting.

Robert

Anyone wearing green at the meeting for St. Patrick’s Day will be in the door prize drawing.

P.S. Congratulations to Bob & Jean Latour for winning all the past meeting door prizes.

Good luck to the rest of you.

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February 2009 Newsletter

Friday, February 6^th 8:00PM meeting at Trout Creek in the Grain Bin (shed)

Before I get too far into this letter, I’d like to congratulate Rick Seibel & Rhon Omtvedt for being in the Wisconsin Snowmobile magazine for the Foto Follies. Well, so starts another year. I’m sure by this time we have all broken our New Year’s resolutions. Maybe next year? Nah!!! At the time of writing this letter the trails in Chippewa County have been open for a few weeks now. Had some trouble with the groomer. But thanks to the dedicated work from the groomer crew they got it up and running. Hope they won’t have too much trouble the rest of the season. The trails I’ve been on could have more snow. For one thing it doesn’t need to be so cold. While you’re on the trails, please be careful so we can all enjoy the next ride. If you feel a section needs some more signage, please let someone know so this can be looked into. We need to remember the visiting snowmobilers so they can find their way. It’s not too much fun when your running low on gas and have no idea as to where you’re at. I’ll be trying to get signs to mark each road we cross and a "you are here" maps for each trail intersection. And check to make sure we have the intersections marked with the right number. If not for this year, for sure next year. We had a very good turnout at our Christmas/Appreciation party with 115 Members/Landowners attending. We all enjoyed a great meal and drinks and lots of door prizes. A BIG thanks to the area businesses that gave to this. From this party we were able to make a money and food donation to the Bloomer Food Pantry. At our January meeting we had a balance of $5,401 in the checking. Dean Rosenbrook gave his report on the CVSO. They are kicking around the idea as to purchase some type of brush cutter for the clubs to use for their trails and are also looking for a secretary. We mainly just had alot of reminders at our Sno-Hawk’s meeting. One being the 50/50 raffle tickets that where handed out a few months ago. I’d like to see these stubs with the money start coming back to me. We need to get these back to the AWSC office by the end of February and that will be here before you know it. Let’s try to sell/buy them all. This will give the club $500.00 if we do so. The convention is March 27^th - 29^th in Wisconsin Dells, we will again send a couple to attend this, so if you are interested give me a call. We were the only club from the county that had members at the Workshop. Our County Director was there also. The club sponsored a ride to Rock Lake for pop and pizza. This was a good experience for the students that are just starting out. We will again be offering the Sno-Hawk’s Scholarship to graduating students of a Sno-Hawk member. You need to be a member to apply and receive. If you need an application, give me a call and I’ll send one to you. These will be read at the April meeting by the applicants. I’ll have more info in the next newsletter. Country Fest sign up sheets are now full. I can take your name in case someone backs out. Rock is pretty much open, but don’t wait. We are planning an on the trail wiener roast. This will be a weather/trail permitting type thing. This will be an invite for passing snowmobilers to stop for a break and visit around a campfire and enjoy hot dogs, marshmallows etc.. We are now at 91 members. Thanks everyone. Again if you would like to receive your newsletter by way of E-mail let us know at harleycat@bloomer.net  Also if anybody has any pictures for our website, this would be great as to get some fresh new shots on. At the February meeting we will be having updates on club business, bowling party, and next years Christmas party. Should be a short meeting. Thanks to Rick Seibel and Ben Rubenzer for taking over a section of trail and to Greg Rubenzer for his money donation to the club. Everyone attending the meeting on a snowmobile will be in a drawing for a prize. Don’t forget your raffle tickets. Also, if you have something to sell, we have a classified site on the Sno-Hawk’s website.

Hope to see you at the meeting.
Robert

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Jan. 2009 Newsletter

Jan. Meeting Fri. Jan. 2nd 8:00PM at Roadhouse (Sundial)

WOW, what a Christmas again this year. I hope that Santa was good to you. I know for a fact that he had another busy year. Just ask the Mrs.. Things so far are looking good for the upcoming snowmobile season. Trails are marked and the groomer is ready to go. Just add snow. Our club did need to reroute a few sections of trail. One being in the Cooks Valley area and the other being the newly funded Leaker Trail coming into the west side of Bloomer. THANKS to all the members that have helped with the trails and for those that will soon be running the groomer. And also a BIG thanks to the Landowners. None of this could be possible without you. At our Dec. Meeting we had a balance of $6,254.00 in our checking. Dean Rosenbrook gave his report on the CVSO. The new maps are here and will be handed out shortly. It was voted for club members to pay $5.00 per person towards the meal at the Christmas party. The Landowners will not pay. Again a reminder this is a Christmas/Appreciation party for the club members and the Landowners put on by the club. Saturday, Jan. 10^th, the will be served meal at 8:00PM, tap beer and tap pop to start at 7:00PM. Door prizes to be given out after the meal. We are asking all to bring a non perishable item for the food Pantry. You need to RSVP as soon as possible so we can get a count to Ruby’s. Ms. Snowflake had to cancel because of a Directors meeting that same day. We will look into having her be on the float and sit at the Fair booth. The Gift For Kids has been taken care of. The Landowner gifts have been handed out. At this time I’d like to see the raffle tickets start to be handed back in. (Money & stubs) We had a nice turnout for the Snowmobile Safety Course. We will sponsor a ride to Rock Lake again for these students when the trails open. At the time of writing this letter we have 80 members. Last year we had 86. I am hoping to have that many again or hopefully more. So if you have not renewed or know of someone that wants to join, now is the time. $20.00 for a family & $15.00 for single. You can send this to Bloomer Sno-Hawks, 1608 Queen St. Bloomer, WI 54724. Anyone that has not renewed by Jan.1st 2009 will be taken off the mailing list. Also, if you’d like to receive your newsletter by way of E-mail, please send to harleycat@bloomer.net  At our Jan. Meeting we will be giving updates on our Christmas party, banner at the park, (this is up, thanks Rhon) updates on the trails and look into the on the trail wiener roast.

Sec. Note: Anyone wearing their favorite snowmobile apparel will be in a drawing for prize.

Hope to see you at the meeting.

Robert

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Dec. 2008 Newsletter

Meeting Dec. 5^th 8:30 PM at Valley

OK now don’t lie, how’s the tummy feeling after Thanksgiving? I’m sure we all had something to be thankful for. Remember, it could always be worse. Well it looks like "Ol" Man Winter may be here to stay. I’ve been seeing a lot of geese heading south, the ponds are starting to freeze over and the frost is setting in. Just ask the people that are trying to put signs in for the trails. And yes, more and more sleds coming out of storage. It’s a sign. Our Trailheads are starting to mark their sections of trails. Some are going to need to wait awhile for the crops to be taken off and for deer hunting. Hope that this will all be done and ready for when we open the trails. If anyone need more signs, post, etc. give me a call and we’ll fix you up. The trail from Trout Creek to the Pines (Leaker & Ruby’s trail) has become a funded trail. We will need to get Land Use Agreements signed from the Landowners. Damian & I will be working on this. At our November meeting we had a balance of $3,098.00 in our checking. Dean Rosenbrook gave his report on the CVSO meeting. Bob LaTour gave his report on the AWSC Work Shop with a lot of information. The meal for our January 10^th X-mas party was decided on with this being prime rib & charcoal chicken (weather permitting) with the fixings. It was decided to do the door prizes the same as last year with going to area businesses for these. If you are planning on attending this please call with the number attending so we can give a count to Ruby’s. More discussion on the banner for the display for the North park. We are looking into a universal banner hoping to have this done in time for the lighting. We voted to invite Miss Snowflake to attend the X-Mas party. I have done this and she did accept. If the trails are open and she has the next day open, we’ll plan a short ride on some of our trails. If this happens, I’ll try to let everyone know and those who are interested are welcome to come along. And we’ll need one or two loaner sleds for them to ride. All 500 raffle tickets have been distributed. Please get the money and stubs back to me as soon as possible. If you feel you are not going to be able to sell these or buy them, get them back to me so I can give them to another member. Thanks for doing your share. Our membership at his time is 61. I’ll be sending a notice to those that have not paid yet. I’m hoping that you’ll all join again. Remember the snowmobile safety class to be held in December. Watch for info in the Bloomer Advance or call Delon Lambert at 568-4211. Don’t forget to check out our web site www.bloomersnohawks.com Brenda has been doing a mighty fine job on this, and thanks to Annie Boese for taking care of the web sponsors. If you would like to receive the newsletter by way of e-mail send yours to harlycat@bloomer.net This has been working very nice for us.

At the December meeting we will be updating on the X-mas party, door prizes, raffle tickets and there may be some discussion on trails in Cooks Valley. We will be handing out the Landowner gifts on the weekend of Dec. 12^th , 13^th , 14^th. Also our new Secretary will give a treat to anyone wearing a Santa hat to the Dec. meeting. Speaking of Santa, you better be good because I know he’s watching all of you. If we don’t see you at the meeting, have a Merry Christmas.

HO! HO! HO!

Robert LaGesse (Santa)