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January 2012 Newsletter
Where’s the Snow?
Define snow. Snow is a form of
perception within the Earth’s atmosphere in
the form of crystalline water ice.
Consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that
fall from clouds. And when we don’t
get snow what happens to a snowmobiler?
Depression sets in pretty darn fast, need we
say more. Ugh!
SVSR Poker Run
The date is creeping closer, which is
suppose to be on Saturday, February 18th.
Will we have adequate snow? We’re
hoping so, but if not, we’re going to have
to cancel. Keep your eyes peeled to
our website at
www.suncookvalleysnoriders.com. If
we do cancel it’ll scroll across our home
page.
Trail Connection to Epsom
The Epsom Fort Mountain Trailwinders have
made a connection into our trail system.
This is good news for anyone wanting to
travel towards the Epsom area. To
connect from our trail system into Epsom you
would follow the trail that goes up over Catamount Mountain and crosses Johnson Road and 107. Once crossing
107 you travel across the field and come out
onto Hill Top Road and then you can continue
straight or veer off the trail to the new
trail on the right, which takes you across
Tan Road
into Metcalf’s
fields. The open field is
tempting, but please stay in the marked
trail, please do not wander.
After going through the field then the trail
crosses Dowboro Road, near Barton Road then Range Road to New Orchard Road
near Bickford’s.
Pittsfield’s Dunkin Donut Trail
Over the years this coffee trail has sort of
ended up being a lost trail. Meaning that
one could easily lose their way trying to
get there, but not anymore!
Many thanks to all who spearheaded this
project. To those who helped clear
debris from the trail, re-signing it and
seeking landowner permission. It has
been reported that it does still need a
little excavator work, but because of the
frozen ground we will have to wait till
things warm up before excavator work can get
done. The trail is ready to be used but just
won’t be groomed this year by our big
groomers.
Here’s hoping we get some snow so we can try
out both of these new trails. Cross
those fingers folks real hard!
Club’s Trip to the Town & Country Motor Inn
It’s scheduled for the weekend of February
10th and 11th.
This event will be discussed further at our
next meeting.
Registrations Required
The following information was taken from the
2012 NH Off Highway Recreational Vehicle
Laws Digest:
All snowmobiles and OHRV’s must be
registered if operated off of the owner’s
property. A registration is a
privilege to ride off of your own property
on approved trails or with written landowner
permission. There are no additional
trail user fees in NH.
Conventional motor vehicles (cars and
trucks) that are legally registered as a
motor vehicle and do not need an OHRV
registration. Motorcycles which are
registered for highway use must have an OHRV
registration to operate off road.
NOTE: No registration is required for
youth model ATVs, trail bikes or snowmobiles
if the operator is less than 12 years of age
and the youth is accompanied by a properly
licensed adult. To qualify, youth
snowmobiles must be less than 125cc; youth
ATVs and youth 2-wheel trail bikes less than
95cc.
Individuals may register at any one of the
registration agents located throughout the
state, and must apply in person.
Registrations may also be purchased at Fish
and Game Headquarters or through the mail by
contacting Fish & Game at (603) 271-4300.
A registration consists
certificate and 2 decals. The
registration certificate must be carried by
the operator and the decals must be properly
affixed to the OHRV or snowmobile.
Alteration of decals is prohibited. On
snowmobiles decals are to be placed one on
each side of the cowling or on the outside
of the windshield, clearly visible and not
obstructed.
Next SVSR Meeting
Coming up on Wednesday, February 1st at 7
p.m. at the Barnstead Parade Fire
Station. Please park on the far right
side of the building and enter through the
side door.
Dee Lamere has volunteered to bring the
goodies for after the meeting. We
thank you Dee.
December 2011 Newsletter
SVSR Safety Course
It has been decided that we will not
be hosting a snowmobile safety course in our
area this season. Sorry.
To find out about a course near you go
onto NHSA’s website at
www.nhsa.com
and click on NH Fish & Game then on the
words “snowmobile safety courses”.
According to Fish & Games website their appears to be a
class coming up on January 8th at the
Sno-Shakers Clubhouse on Clough Pond Road in
Canterbury.
The class runs from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m.
To see if they are still accepting students
call Dave Ingraham at 340-6468, or if you
have any further questions.
Club’s Trip to the Town & Country Motor Inn
It has been determined that the theme for
the weekend will be cops & robbers with nerf
guns. We are in the planning stages of
our Pot Luck dinner and Breakfast Buffet.
More information coming later.
So far there are 13 rooms spoken for.
If you’re planning on going you need to let
Laura know at 435-8729, or e-mail her at
foss@tds.net.
Please make note that this is a club event,
therefore anyone attending must be a SVSR
member.
Bureau of Trails Forced to Cancel 2012 RTP Grant Round
(not so good news)
(Concord, NH-December
19, 2011) The New Hampshire Division of
Parks and Recreation’s Bureau of Trails
announces that it is forced to cancel the
2012 Recreational Trails Program (RTP) grant
round due to the Federal Highway
Administration (FHWA) making “technical
corrections” to its funding formula.
The FHWA notified the Bureau last week that
it had made recalculations to the federal
funding formula for the years 2009-2012 and
as a result $678,000 was taken back from the
NH trail program. All of the 2012
funds, $677,000 have been rescinded.
This is a major disappointment to NH’s trail
community and trail projects that were
planned for 2012,” state Bureau of Trails
Chief Chris Gamache stated. RTP
funding is the only source available to
non-motorized trails in NH and a major
component of the motorized trail system
also.
There were 55 organizations that were
awarded grants in 2011 and the 2012 grant
round was underway with a grant deadline in
mid-January. “We are completely
stunned at the sudden e-mail from FHWA and
this loss of funding,” said Gamache.
The FHWA administration made the
announcement to the Bureau of Trails via
e-mail last week. “We are working with
NH’s Congressional Delegation to determine
how this formula change was made and the
timing of the rescission of our trails
funds,” commented Gamache.
The Recreational Trails Program is a federal
grant program which is funded by gas tax of
off-highway vehicle use nationally.
The funds taken back from NH do not impact
projects approved and funding in 2011, but
all projects planned for 2012.
SVSR Poker Run
Don’t forget we are planning on
Saturday, February 18th for our Poker Run
event provided we have adequate snow.
Last year we had a good turnout, but were
short handed and could of used more help
especially with the cookout afterwards.
So we asking that if you think you can flip
some burgers & dogs let us know. Don’t
be shy!
Sleds and Trailer For Sale
2– 1997 Arctic Cat Jag Deluxe 440’s, Electric Start, Reverse, Warmers,
Studs, Carbides,
Covers—Low Mileage
1—1999 10 Foot Lite Rider
Enclosed Trailer
Package Price $4,500
Call Larry Federhen at 435-6414
Bee Hole Beavers Snowmobile Club
Is having a Pig Roast on Saturday, January
21, 2012 from 11 to 2 p.m. at
Carpenter
Park, Bear Hill Road in
Chichester. The Park is
accessible by sled and car. Dinner
includes roast pork dinner, or BBQ pork
sandwich, roasted potatoes, beans & drink.
Advance tickets are $10 for adults and $ 5
age 6 to 12, under 6 free. Tickets at
“the door” will be $12 for adults and $6 age
6 to 12. Call Paul at (603) 608-6252
for information or advance tickets.
Next SVSR Meeting
Happening…...Wednesday, January 4th at 7
p.m. at the Barnstead Parade Fire
Station. Please park on the far right
side of the building and enter through the
side door.
Harmony has volunteered to bring the goodies
for after the meeting. Thank you
Harmony!
Happy New Year Everyone!
November 2011 Newsletter
Ham & Bean Supper
Oh yeah, we had our Ham & Bean Supper at the
Barnstead Parade Fire Station on November
12th and all went well.
We had 28 landowners come by and join us.
The meal was not only open to the public,
but it was a way we said “thank you” to our
landowners for letting us use their
property.
A “thank you” to everyone who helped out
before, during and after the meal. And
to those who donated beans and desserts.
Everything tasted really good.
Our frozen turkey drawing was won by Madison
St. George, Laura Foss, and Michelle
Gonzalas all 3 winners are from
Pittsfield.
Congratulations turkey winners!
Trail Work Party
There will be no more snowmobiling along the
side of
Garland Road.
Recent logging activity has allowed us to
take advantage and reroute a portion of
Corridor 17, which did run along side of
Garland Road.
The Trail Master and Administrator were out
several weeks ago selecting the best route
possible and then a volunteer work crew
cleared the debris. A volunteer also
donated his service time and mini excavator
to help smooth out this trail. We
appreciate this very much. At that
time trail signs were also re-posted.
Snowmobilers will now have a wider trail and
less road to ride on. There will be no
more hazard of snowmobiles stopping in the
plowed portion of the road where the trail
junction use to be. The new junction
is now about fifty feet in the woods,
certainly a much safer place to stop.
We thank our trail work crew. They are
certainly working hard to make sure the
trails will be in tip top shape for us when
the snow flies.
We salute you all.
Your efforts do not go unnoticed. We thank you very much!
Trail Reporter
The NH Bureau of Trails is looking for
someone in our area to report on our trail
conditions when they are ready to ride.
They are looking for someone to report
twice a week. If you think you are up
for the task then give Brenda Drouin a call
at DRED at (603) 271-3254 ext. 202, or
e-mail her at
Brenda.Drouin@dred.state.nh.us to
discuss this further.
We Want Your (fun) Opinion!
Have you checked out our website lately?
You should! It’s there for you to
enjoy. Go to
www.suncookvalleysnoriders.com and click
on Forum. Scroll down to the GENERAL
BOARD section and click on “when will the
trails b…..”. and cast your vote!
Currently, there is only 4 votes showing.
Come on, we can do better than that.
Have fun and watch what everyone is
thinking. Who knows maybe you will
wind up having the correct vote.
Give it a try and while you’re in our web
site check out what other information we
have to offer. It’s there for you!
Club’s Trip to the Town & Country Motor Inn
It’s happening the weekend of February 10th
& 11th 2012.
If you’re planning on going you need to let
Laura know if you want a room at 435-8729,
or e-mail her at
foss@tds.net.
Please make note that this is a club event,
therefore anyone attending must be a SVSR
member.
Our Membership List
Just a reminder that December is the month
that we take a look at our membership list
and if you haven’t joined by the end of this
month your name comes off our list.
This is not being ugly or mean at you, it’s
just a yearly clean-up effort we do.
If after this point you do renew with us
then your name will come back on and you’ll
start receiving our monthly newsletter again
and the NHSA Sno-Traveler. Thanks for
understanding. We want you with us so
don’t delay in renewing your membership.
You are important to us.
Next SVSR Meeting
Happening…...Wednesday, December 7th at 7
p.m. at the Barnstead Parade Fire
Station. Please park on the far right
side of the building and enter through the
side door.
GW is bringing the goodies. Yummmm!
October 2011 Newsletter
NHSA Super Raffle Tickets
Just happened this past weekend, October
22nd & 23rd. Sales were very good, we
sold a total of 302 tickets. Terrific!
We would like to thank the following people
who helped sell tickets: Johnnie
Clark, Jen Elliott, Laura Foss, Stephanie
Foss, Steve Foss, Chris Goodwin, Matt
Goodwin, Joe Hough, III, Joe Hough, Sr.,
Josh Hough, Larry Konopka, Bob Lamere, Dee
Lamere, Briahanna Metcalf, Jill
Metcalf, Paul Metcalf, Roger Metcalf, Dave
Perkins, Scott Roberts, Brian Towle, Denise
Towle and Gretchen Wolfe.
A thank you to Jen and Matt for running this
event. They did a great job and so did
all of you who volunteered your time as
well. Thanks!
SVSR Maps
At our last meeting there was discussion in
regards to our trail map. It was suggested
that we remove the year from the map.
Now, if we’re going to take the “year” off
maybe this would be a good time to see
if there is an interest in developing a
different style map. Anyone
interested in heading up a map committee?
If not, then we just stay with the same map.
Plain and simple. Let us know if
you’re interested.
Ham & Bean Supper
Happening Saturday, November 12th at the
Barnstead Parade Fire Station
starting at 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Please make
note that we are at a different
location this year.
Cost is $7.00 for adults and $3.50 for ages
6 to 12. Free for children 5 and
under.
This meal is for the public as well as an
appreciation dinner for our landowners.
The meal consists of ham, beans, cole slaw,
rolls, drink and lots of desserts.
We are looking for donated beans from club
members, as well as desserts. Anyone
having an item to drop off may do so anytime
after 2 p.m. on the 12th. We are also
looking for help with set-up, preparing the
meal and clean-up afterwards.
Trail Work Party
During the last month crews have been busy
every weekend and some weekdays
walking the trails, inspecting bridges and
determining what needs to be brushed or cut
away, and clearing known blow-downs.
On Sunday the 23rd they spent the morning in
the woods marking the new trail between Bow Lake
and
Gray Road.
Next work party is Sunday, October 30th at
8:30 a.m. Please call Scott at
776-8935 to find out where to meet. They
need your help!!!
Town & Country Motor Inn
At our September meeting those present voted
to go to the Town & Country the weekend
after the Easter Seal Ride-In, which is
February 10th & 11th.
The T&C has set aside the double decker
(minus some college students rooms upstairs)
building for us as well as 9 rooms out by
the pool.
Anyone wanting to go needs to let
Laura know ahead of time at 435-8729. Or you
can e-mail her at
foss@tds.net.
This is a club event, therefore anyone
attending must be a SVSR member.
Put your thinking caps on we’ve got to come
up with a theme. It’ll be here before
you know it.
Snowmobile Safety Course
Sorry folks the snowmobile safety course
won’t be happening the same day as the Ham &
Bean dinner.
Our Safety Course Instructors will decide on
a date soon. When we know we will let
you know.
SVSR Poker Run
The club took a look at next year’s calendar
and have chosen Saturday, February 18th as
the Poker Run date.
Well, we’ve got the date, here’s hoping we
have the snow! More info. coming
later.
Next SVSR Meeting
Happening…...Wednesday, November 2nd, at
7 p.m. at the Barnstead Parade Fire
Station. Please park on the far right
side of the building and enter through the
side door.
Um, we forgot to ask if someone would like
to bring the goodies for after the meeting.
Any takers?
September 2011 Newsletter
NHSA Super Raffle Tickets
Selling these raffle tickets have become a
yearly event for us. And this year,
it’s happening the weekend of October 22 &
23rd. A Saturday and Sunday.
This time we will have three selling
locations: ACE Hardware in
Pittsfield, Danis Supermarket
also in
Pittsfield
and Barnstead Country Store in Barnstead.
Matt Goodwin and Jen Elliott will be taking
the “bull by the horn” and heading up this
event. We thank them for stepping up
and overseeing the raffle ticket sales once
again.
Ok, we’ve got the leaders so now all we need
is the volunteers to help sell the tickets.
It’s not that hard really. If you are
one of the first to sign up you get the
benefit of being able to choose what
day, time and where you want to be
before the schedule fills up. So don’t
delay. We do need your help!
At our October 5th meeting Jen & Matt will
have the ticket sale schedule ready for
viewing, if you’re not at the meeting you
can call Matt at 396-8841, or Jen at
783-6898 or e-mail them at
travel@nhtourguide.com. They will
be happy to discuss the time slots available
with you.
Folks! In order for this event to be
successful we have to have volunteers.
Last year Matt & Jen themselves filled in a
lot of empty timeslots. Let’s not let that
happen a again. We have over 400 club
members. With a membership figure like
that we should have people coming out of the
woodwork to help. ☺ Please volunteer!
NHSA’s Annual Presidents Meeting
Our club’s President, Laura Foss and Vice
President, Brian Towle attended this meeting
at the Shalimar Resort in Tilton on Tuesday,
September 20th.
Items discussed:
A). Next year’s Annual Meeting is
looking like it will be held at Pat’s Peak
in Henniker.
B). Education & Awareness classes will be
starting up soon and listed on Fish & Games
website.
C). For those who knew
Tracy at F&G she has
retired, but will be there part-time for
now.
D). The Grass Drag still needs help.
They will continue to have work labor
training sessions right up until the event.
E). Vermont snowmobile trails were hit very hard
by hurricane Irene.
F). The weekend of January 27th, 28th
and 29th will once again be reciprocity
weekend with the State of VT, as well as
Maine this year. Last year it was just VT.
G). October 14th Grooming Grants are due in.
H). Our club’s next
County Meeting is October 11th at the Canterbury
Shakers Clubhouse in Loudon starting at 7:30
p.m.
Town & Country Motor Inn
Well some of you may have already heard that
the Easter Seals Ride-in will be at the Town
& Country the first weekend in February.
That is the date that we have been going
there every year. So with that being
said, we must now decide whether we want to
be there the weekend before or the weekend
after the Ride-In.
Your input is needed at our next meeting.
What do we want to do?
Snowmobile Safety Course & Ham & Bean Supper
We are looking to have both of these events
on the same day on a Saturday in November.
We are thinking of either November 12th or
November 19th. Stay tuned for more info. as
we try to finalize everything at our next
meeting.
Newsletters by E-mail
Some of you receive your SVSR Newsletters by
e-mail while others receive it through the
mail. Last month we came across a
slight glitch with our first newsletter
going out. We found out that those
with a “worldpath” provider is now a tds.net
provider instead. We have corrected
your e-mail address on our end and so this
e-mail newsletter should be your first one
of the season. Sorry about that, but
we weren’t aware of the change so your first
newsletter came back to us.
Ski-Doo’s
Million $ Club Support 2011
BRP and Ski-Doo dealers are proud to present
this program again. If you are someone who
filled out a form last year you should have
already received a new form for this year in
the mail. Or you can go on-line
at
www.ski-doo.com and fill the form out
there or print it and drop it off at the
nearest ski-doo dealership.
For each snowmobiler who participates in
this program BRP and its dealers will donate
$10 cash to the member's club. That’s
why it is so important to do it. You
didn’t have to work for it. Easy money
for the club. The promotion goes from
September 1, thru November 15, 2011.
If you have done it for us…..we thank you.
Next SVSR Meeting
Happening…...Wednesday, October 5th, at 7
p.m. at the Barnstead Parade Fire
Station. Please park on the far right
side of the building and enter through the
side door. See you then!
Jen Elliott has offered to bring the goodies
for after the meeting. We thank you
Jen!
August 2011 Newsletter
We’re back!
Here is your first newsletter of the
2011/2012 season.
It does seem a little premature to be
talking about snowmobiling while it is still
warm out. Oh well, the cooler air will
be coming and we all know what follows after
that. Snow!!!!!
Officials for the 2011/2012 Season
President:
Laura Foss
Vice President:
Brian Towle
Treasurer:
Dee Lamere
Secretary:
Shirley Hayes
Trail Master:
Andy Osborne
Trail Administrator:
Scott Roberts
Board of Directors:
Joe Hough
Brian LaMarsh
Bob Lamere
Paul Metcalf
Ron Tyrell
Dana Elliott has stepped down from the
Board. We would like to “thank” Dana
for his time served. Joe Hough has
taken over Dana’s place. Welcome Joe!
Barnstead Old Home Day Chicken BBQ
This event has now come and gone. The
club’s cookers were in place at the Parade
Fire Station ready for the chicken barbeque
on Saturday, August 27th from 4 p.m. to 6:30
p.m.
We served a hearty 128 chicken dinners with
help from Scott Aubertin, Ali Brown, Lexi
Brown, Mitch & Dawn Emerson, Steve & Laura
Foss, Shirley Hayes, Andy Osborne, Scott
Roberts, Matt & Vickie St. George, Madison
St. George, Matthew St. George, Brian Towle,
Jake Whittier, Joshua Whittier, Mike Wolfe,
Casey Wolfe and Tucker Wolfe. All help
was very much appreciated. All did a
wonderful job!
Northwood Crankpullers
Annual Watercross 2011
When: September 11th
Where: Lake Shore Farm
Northwood,
NH
Time: Gates open at 8 a.m.
Registration 9 a.m.
Racing Starts: 10 a.m.
Admission $7.00
Also, antique snowmobiles on display and a
swap meet. There will be a $100 cash
prize for the fan favorite antique sled.
Bring your lawn chairs, and load up a sled
or two and participate. They will have
food on site too!
Annual Trail Master Meeting
Saturday, November 12th
At Gunstock
Mountain
Resort
Gilford, NH
If you’re someone who is interested in
becoming a new groomer driver this year it
is recommended that you attend the groomer
safety class, which is held at the Annual
Trail Master’s meeting. There is a fee
to attend. You must notify our Trail
Master, Andy Osborne at 435-7994, or the
Club’s President, Laura Foss at 435-8729 in
order to sign up for this event.
5th Annual NHSA Golf Tournament
Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011
At the Den Brae Golf Course in
Sanbornton,
NH
Registration: 12:00 pm.
Shot Gun Start: 1:00 p.m.
$85 per person or $340 per team (4 players).
Includes green fees, half cart, pig roast
after tournament, prizes, gifts and fun for
all!
Proceeds to benefit NHSA’s Scholarship Fund.
For further information Contact Gail at
273-0220.
Trailer & Sleds for
Sale
A Package deal!
2004 Ski-Doo Legend 550 Fan
1995 Ski-Doo Touring E Fan 377
1-Clam Shell Trailer
All can be seen anytime. If you are
interested Call Paul King at home at
435-6916, or at work at 435-8170.
Planet Aid
Recycling Clothes for a Better World
Cleaning out your closet? Any clothing
or shoe items you don’t need anymore can be
bagged and brought over to Route 28 Bakery &
Dairy Bar in Chichester
and dropped off in the yellow Planet Aid box
sitting outside.
Your donation of clothing or shoes benefit
people in 3 ways. First, if you donate
your items they are tax deductible to you.
Second, the items collected help people
worldwide, and third who ever host a box on
their property gets to choose a non profit
agency who will receive 2 cents for every
pound collected. The Bakery has chosen
the Suncook Valley Sno-Riders as their
non-profit organization, and so far the club
has received two checks totaling around
$100. At the club’s next meeting we
will discuss what to do with the money.
Some suggestions are to forward the money on
to a local food bank, or maybe increase (add
it on to) our yearly donation we already
make to Easter Seals. So the more
clothes that are deposited at the Bakery box
the bigger the donation the club will make.
So we are calling on club members to drop
off any recyclable items you may have in
this box! Planet Aid empties the box
once a week. We thank you!
SVSR Club and NHSA Memberships
July 1st starts the new snowmobile year.
This means that we are now ready to start
receiving your membership at any time.
Our membership fee will remain the same; a
family membership is $25, and a single is
$20.00. Shirley, the club’s Secretary
is eager to receive your memberships again.
Please join us for a new year.
First Meeting of the Season
Grab a pencil and be sure to write this date
down …..Wednesday, September 7th, 7 p.m.
at the Barnstead Parade Fire Station.
Please park on the far right side of the
building and enter through the side door.
Thank you! Laura will bring the
goodies for after the meeting.
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