I hope everyone had a nice Christmas.  I am wishing each of you a happy and prosperous New Year.  Mother Nature continues to tease us with snow flurries and high winds making the riding here existent only if you have a large field where the kids can putt around.  At least it is starting to act like winter though.  One good thing, it gives me a chance to hang out with the guys at Moe’s Sled Barn as we tinker with our sleds getting them ready to ride.  My next project will be getting some of my vintage sleds trail ready so I can join in on a couple of vintage rides this year.  Of course the Hot Dog Races will also be a lot of fun with the vintage stuff.   Many nice improvements to our trails have been made this year, which should make your rides more enjoyable and safe.  Many thanks to the hard work of all the trail guys who have put the effort into making those improvements.  Now a nice snowstorm would be welcome so we can get out and groom.

Behind the scenes we have been working extremely hard.  Trail paperwork, maintenance, club administration, dealing with governments, NYSSA, maintain a website, newsletters, planning and organizing events, etc., all these things consume a lot of time from our volunteers.    I think most of you know that the club does not run itself.  We have some dedicated people who make things work very smoothly and who are very efficient with their club tasks.  I thank them for that, for their time and their loyalty to the club.  They are very good people.  Please keep up the good work.

With our monthly meetings back in full swing I am looking forward to seeing  our members.  Come enjoy the evening with us and find out what’s happening with the club and the snowmobiling community.  Also this is a great way to find out what’s really going on  instead of the old rumor mill where things are often changed by opinions of the person who is discussing   the subject.  As always, if anyone has a question or concern, they may reach me at 315-264-1552 or by email at ehsnoriders@aol.com and I’ll be happy to help you out.

Check out our new website, eastherkimersnoriders.com, like they said in the 70’s… it’s groovy!  Lots of new stuff being put on it all the time.  I look forward to  seeing you on the trail, at a function or at a meeting.                              

                                                               Ride safe......    Jesse Davis  

We are once again asking

  for any/all receipts for Gas Purchases.  

  Please drop them off or mail them in. 

  All are needed & welcomed!!     

THANK YOU!

          Memberships are starting to

         climb!!  Get yours now so that

           you can take advantage of the

            “White Stuff” on the ground

               before it is all gone!!  Stop in

                to Fat Cat’s Restaurant, print &

                 mail a form from our website or

                   stop into the next meeting. 

                              See ya on the trail!!

HOT DOG RACES

Saturday,   February 20th, 2010

Come to a meeting to get all information - click on our home page or call Jessie Davis at 315-264-1552 or by email to ehsnoriders.com.

Come join all the fun & excitement!!

Hi everyone!  Snow is here and soon we’ll have enough to groom.  One of the trails over in Schuyler, after it was cut wide enough for the groomer, had two stumps right in the middle of the trail.  A snowmobiler from Ilion by the name of Paul Rose found out about this and he just happens to have a stump grinder.  He offered his time and machinery and now the stumps are gone plus a few more that bothered him also.

He did a good job and I highly recommend him for stump removal if you ever need that service. See his below for contact info. 

Please respect landowners and stay on trails so we don’t lose them.  Some changes have occurred and you need to watch carefully for the signs with very little snow and until it packs down please watch out for any hazards.

Be careful and see ya on the trails.               

Ron

It is once again time for the yearly “Super

 Raffle”.  Our club has been given the

opportunity to sell tickets for this large raffle.

  The tickets are selling for $5.00 each and for

 every ticket sold our club will receive $2.50.

  The top three prizes are:

2010 ARTIC CAT F570

2010 POLARIS RUSH

2010 SKI-DOO MXZ600 SPORT

There are also 4 other great prizes to be won.

   Enclosed with this newsletter you will find a

few tickets that we are asking our members to

sell.  The drawing is to be held on April 17, 2010

so we are asking that you turn your tickets in by

the March meeting, which is on March 8th.

This will give us time to turn them in for the

drawing.  You may return the sold tickets by

either mailing or dropping them off to Janine

Thompson, 907 Highland Ave., Herkimer,

NY 13350 or bring them to the February

or March meeting.

Please help your club out by selling these few tickets!

  Thanks!!