Mt. Shasta Sno-Mobilers, Inc.

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1 P.O. Box 341, Mt. Shasta, CA Snow Phone: (530) Home Page: CLUB OFFICERS: President: Dick Cowardin, Vice President: Bill Willison, Secretary: Eileen K. Maier, Teasurer: Ann Whipple, Board Members: Ken Anderson, Russ Elgin, Dion Meadows, David Patrick, Daren Valdez Newsletter: Contents... Safety Pictures Thru-Out Meeting Minuets Page 1-2, 4 Stats-Classifieds Page 3 Avalanche flyer Page 5 Mercy Air Amb. Mt. Shasta Sno-Mobilers Mission Statement A nonprofit organization of dedicated snowmobilers working together to promote the safety and pleasure of snowmobiling for everyone s greater enjoyment of the sport. We work to retain for your multiple-use and enjoyment your National Forests and other public lands. We provide you with a vital link to others whom enjoy your sport. Regular Club Meeting - 02/08/02 CALL TO ORDER: Meeting called to order by Dick Cowardin at 7:45pm at Silva s in Weed. Fifteen attending. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Minutes approved as mailed from 01/11/01 meeting. TREASURERS REPORT (Eileen): Eileen reported a checking account correction from the 10/05/01 meeting. She forgot to add a deposit of $95.00 for membership renewals. This corrects the ending balance of the 10/05/01 meeting to $ Corrects the 11/02/01 meeting beginning balance to $ and ending balance to $ Corrects the 01/11/02 meeting beginning balance to $ and ending balance to $ Balance as of last meeting, 01/11/01 corrected to $ Checks Written: $ CNSA Safety Seminar lunch, $11.66 Sno-Phone, $ postage, & $53.57 address labels. Deposits: $200 for check written on 10/16/00 to CNSA Ways and Means that was never cashed, $ membership dues, $25.00 bounced renewal check and bank service charge ($5.00), $77.00 Safety Seminar donations, & $75.00 donation to the Club because the Elgin boys helped unstick snowmobilers at Christmas. Balance as of 02/04 is $ STANDING COMMITTEES: Nordic Bypass: We have a Club ride through the Nordic Bypass scheduled for Saturday, March 9th. The plan is to meet at the Nordic Bypass for lunch (bring your own lunch). Riders will leave out of Pilgrim Creek and Chuck s Park. If leaving from Chuck s Park, the ride is somewhere around 80 miles round trip, be sure to bring plenty of fuel, also you will have to leave earlier to meet the other riders. We are going to see if the FS will groom the M31 Road for us. Please check the Club s Snow phone a few days before the ride to make sure everything is still a go. Warming Huts/Sheds/Snoparks: 1) Deer Mt./Chuck Best Park: Nothing new. 2) 4 Corners/Medicine Lake: Nothing new. 3) Door Knob: Nothing new. 4) Pilgrim Creek: Left over from last months, Eileen still needs to get a letter off to the OHV or FS to find out what is happening with the approved grooming shed. On 2-5 Eileen spoke to Ed about the groomer shed. The funds are there, the building is on order, the slab construction is at State level to be approved, and the plan is to start on it this spring. It is going to be placed about 30ft from where the snow berm is located right now. Also, the plan is still to have wood storage in the shed. Ed said that he would not be handing out keys to everyone, but that the groomers could run wood to the shed while they are waiting for the groomer to warm up. The Club has two pull sleds in the shed, one could be placed in the woodshed to use for hauling wood back and forth. Eileen will get a letter to Guthrie's regarding the wood shed? Also, they are going to do the parking lot this summer. Members attending the meeting wanted to know if it was possible to have a separate door leading into the wood area. We will have to talk to Ed about this. USFS: 1) Klamath National Forest: Nothing new. 2) Shasta/Trinity Forest: Shasta-T has been putting an avalanche flyer together. We Page 1

2 have a sample of one. They would like to use OHV funds to print these, but don't know if they will be able to. Is the Club interested in donating funds to help get these printed, and if so how much? We could get the Club's name and snow phone listed on. A sample of the flyer was passed around. Dick Cowardin thought it would be a good idea to ask the FS how much they are looking for the Club to donate. If we could find this out, we could vote on it at the next meeting. Eileen said she d ask Val or Ed. Groomer Reports: 1) Klamath report: Nothing new. 2) Shasta/Trinity report: Russ Elgin gave a groomer report. They are going to try and get throught the Christmas Tree farm, and he saw no reason why we couldn t get a groomer on the M31 Road before the Nordic Bypass ride. OHMVR: Shasta-T got new snowmobiles this season. They are Polaris 600's. They were purchased from Central Equipment in Oregon. These were CA funds spent out of state. Original the bid from Rollie at A&R Power Sports was for 600's, something happened at the OHV level and the bids had to be resubmitted. Rollie couldn't get or didn't have 600's so he put the bid in for 700's. (Rollie could have tracked down 600's if he would have been given the chance.) The bid between the 600's and the 700's was only around a $ difference. This is nothing against Central Equipment, we have numerous members whom purchase their sleds from them, this is about spending our CA OHV funds out of state. Dick Cowardin said that he would look into the problem. CNSA: Convention to be held in Redding this year. We need help with Club hosted rides for Chuck's Park on Feb 26 (Tue) & Pilgrim Creek on Feb 27 (Wed). Dick Cowardin is Chairperson for the rides. Dion Meadows said that he would lead the rides out of both parks. Dion asked about grooming though the Christmas Tree Farm. Safety: CNSA Safety Seminar was held on Saturday, January 26th. We canceled the seminar due to lack of snow the Sunday before, then rescheduled it that Monday after getting some new snow. We were able to hold the Seminar away from the warming hut, just up the IP Road, that's junction 8. There were just over 20 people that showed up for the Seminar, at least 5 of them were from the Forest Service. Al Burnham gave us a presentation on 'Basic Snowmobile Safety and Code of Ethics', 'Snowmobile ACSA Hand Signals' (thanks to Katie Nedved for the demonstrations) and 'Operation Rules'. Did you know that the speed limit within 50 feet of a campground, campsite, or concentration of people or animals is 15 mph? Scott Nedved talked to us about hypothermia. Vincent Johnson talked about knowing the difference between someone going into diabetic shock and hypothermia. Do you know if someone you ride with is a diabetic? We started a fire and took a break for lunch. The weather started to close in and it began to snow. Scott Nedved gave us a presentation on safety and survival techniques and gear. They had even built a snow cave for us to look at. Did you know that good old Fritos Corn Chips burn? They are great for starting a fire. By the time lunch was over the wind was blowing and the snow was really coming down. Vincent gave us some basic snowmobile emergency repair tips and had Barbara McPherson change the belt on his sled. Well done Barbara! The weather was getting worse, so we had our drawings, first was a space blanket won by Dick Anderson, second was a candle lantern won by Ed Garayalde, and last was a snow shovel won by David Patrick. We all headed back to the Park, where safety certificates were handed out in the warming hut. Thank you to the CNSA Safety group (and their wives). The Seminar was wonderful, thank you for all your work! Eileen has some pictures. Public Relations: Dick Cowardin will send something to the newspapers on the safety course. Medicine Lake Projects (Dick Cowardin & Eileen Maier): We never did get together with the Cal-Pine engineer. He did not come up until Sunday, with meetings on Monday. Mercy Air Ambulance (Barbara McPherson): Barbara wanted to let everyone know she has membership applications if anyone is interested. Memberships come due in May; she can prorate the fee for you. Please call her if you are interested and she will answer any of your questions. Barbara (530/ ). We are attaching a copy of the application for you. Please mail it to Barbara. Barbara McPherson, 6560 Kimberly Dr., Redding, CA Adopt-A-Highway (Dick Holcomb & Bill Willison): Next scheduled cleanup is May 11th. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Memorial Plaque for Chuck Page 2

3 Remember to list your snowmobile related classifieds: FOR SALE: Two 1991 Polaris SKS 500 s, Long Tracks, 2500 & 3600 miles, 1 1/2 & 1 3/4 inch paddle tracks, simmons skies. Original owner. Stored under cover, must see to appreciate. Immaculate. $2250 each. Also 2-place trailer - $650. Membership News: Newsletter Label: Please check your address label. The (Sept. 02) next to or below your name means your membership is good through September, If there is a (Comp) there, the newsletter is a complimentary copy for nonmembers. Copies go to every member, to local Chambers of Commerce, local Visitors Bureaus, to local FS reps, and to State snowmobile organizations. This mailing we sent out 89 newsletters. The campaign is going great, we have lots of addresses, over half. I will again forward any and all information that has to do with snowmobiling and/or and rights. I don t expect you to read all of it, but some of it is very interesting. I d like to thank everyone for renewing and welcome our new members. It is important that we keep our total Club numbers high. We are having to fight harder and harder to keep our riding areas open, and with all of your help, we will make a difference. Eileen CLASSIFIEDS: Whole package for $ Please call Dean Whipple FOR SALE: 2000 Polaris RMK 800, 136 x 2 paddle track. 900 miles. $ Please call Dean Whipple FOR SALE: 1997 Polaris excellent shape, 900 miles, purple snowcheck paint. $2000. Call 530/ Arctic Cat Thundercat 900. $2000. Call 530/ FOR SALE: 1993 Arctic Cat 550 Liquid Cooled. Make offer, call Curtis at 530/ Also have used cylinders, pistons & heads if interested. To place your snowmobile related ad in the Mt. Shasta Sno-Mobilers Newsletter contact the Editor, Eileen K. Maier at or <graphicsbyei@snowcrest.net>. Ads will be removed after 4 months. CLUB STATS: CITY: MEMBERS: Bend, OR 1 Burney 2 Chico 1 Cottonwood 1 Dunsmuir 5 Fairfield 1 Ft. Jones 1 Fremont 1 Gerber 1 Grenada 1 Keno, OR 1 Klamath Falls, OR 1 Lake Shastina 1 Livingston, TX 1 Macdoel 3 Magilen 1 Medford, OR 4 Montague 3 Mt. Shasta 12 Oroville 2 Phoenix, OR 1 Red Bluff 2 Redding 4 Salem, OR 1 S. San Franisco 1 Shasta Lake 1 Tahoe 1 Weed Yreka Total Memberships=70 Total Members= 162 Childeren= 45 New Members= 16 Dealer= 0 Scott Nedved Al Burnham Page 3

4 Best: We have $ donated to the plaque. Eileen came up with a sample of what we could do. At the Nov. Meeting there was no comments on the sample. Jim Stout sent Eileen a picture of a groomer and Chuck, so we have a great picture to use now. If anyone would like to help out, please call Eileen. Yellowstone National Park: They have started the whole process over again. The new reports should be out the first of the year. Wilderness Intrusions: We just need to remind everyone to know where you are riding. Stay out of the Wilderness. Be careful this season riding out of Bunny Flats and around that side of the mountain. X-Mas Tree Farm: A copy of the letter was in the newsletter. Any questions? There were no questions at the meeting. We still don t have a map to hand out or place in the newsletter. CORRESPONDENCE: IN: 1. There were several items that Dick had on display at the meeting. OUT: None NEW BUSINESS: Staying Warm New Memberships: Craig Dutton of Weed & Dick VanBaren from Tahoe. Renewed Memberships: Rich & Diane Anderson, Doug & Lisa Carter, Bob & Barbara McPherson, & Vern & Marilyn Santos. Dealer Giveaway Memberships: None. Membership Status: 68 Memberships with 158 Members renewed so far. GOOD OF THE ORDER: Your Riding Areas: Chuck s Park, Pilgrim Creek Park, 4-Corners Park, Door Knob Park, Alder Creek Divide, Dry Creek, Ash Creek Butte, Trout Creek, Hemlock Ridge, Rainbow Mt, Little & Horse Peaks, Mt. Eddie & surrounding area, Goosenest, Willow Creek, Siskiyou Mts, Mumbo Lake area, Grey Rock Lake area, Tamarack Lake, 7 Lakes Basin. Duck Award: There were a few suggestions, but no one could pick anyone to give it to. Eileen found a copy of the The Care and Feeding of the Daffy Duck Award instructions. She read them to the members. It is listed on page 7. Classifieds: See page 3. UPCOMING EVENTS: 1) Saturday, March 9th, Club Ride through the Nordic Bypass. Chairperson: Dick Cowardin. NEXT MEETINGS: Board Meeting: None Scheduled. Regular Meeting: March 8th, 2002, Friday at China Dragon in Yreka. Dinner at 7pm meeting at 7:30pm. ADJOURNMENT: Page 4

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7 THE CARE & FEEDING OF THE DAFFY DUCK AWARD 1) The Award shall be taken to all Snowmobile Club functions including out of town functions. 2) The Award shall be taken to all Snowmobile Club rides including out of town rides. (A ride is where there are two or more Club members that are Mt. Shasta Snowmobile Club members.) 3) The Award must be displayed proudly at place of work and if not working at home. The Award must be visible at all times. 4) It is a Club members duty to confiscate the Award anytime it is left unattended at Club functions or place of work or home. 5) The Award shall be given in good humor and only snowmobile related matters such as: Running out of gas, Crashing, Getting lost, Not being prepared, Forgetting snake medicine, Etc. 6) If the Award is stolen from the recipient of the Award there shall be a fine of $5.00 to retrieve it. 7) If the Award is not present at Club functions there shall be a $1.00 fine for each function missed. 8) The Award shall be given to the recipient only by a vote of the Club members at a regular meeting. It shall be a majority vote. 9) If the Award is not accepted by the Club member that the Award was voted to receive it, he/she shall pay the $5.00 Retrieving fine and the $1.00 Club functions fines, till the next recipient receives the Award. 10) If the Award is lost by the recipient, it is to be replaced with another Award of similar value. 11) It is the duty of all Club members to RAT on a Club member who is possible recipient of the Award. 12) The monies from the fines, if any, shall be determined by the majority of vote to where or what good use towards the Club. (Example; Door prize, Donation, Dance etc.) (4/20/83) Page 7

8 Mt. Shasta Sno-Mobilers: ---CBMP=Chuck Best Memorial Park (Deer Mountain Park) ---TBA=To Be Announced ~March 08, 2002, Friday = Regular Meeting - China Dragon in Yreka. Dinner at 7pm, meeting at 7:30pm. ~March 09, 2002, Saturday = Club Ride through the Nordic Center. TBA. Chairperson: Dick Cowardin 530/ ~April 12, 2002, Friday = Regular Meeting - Silva's in Weed. Dinner at 7pm, meeting at 7:30pm. ~April 27, 2002, Saturday = Night Ride/ Potluck - CBMP at 6pm. Chairperson: Eileen 530/ ~May 10, 2002, Friday = Regular Meeting - China Dragon in Yreka. Dinner at 7pm, meeting at 7:30pm. ~May 11, 2002, Saturday = Adopt-A-Highway Cleanup, meet at A12 and 97 at 10am. Chairpersons: Dick Holcomb 530/ and Bill Willison 530/ ~June 15, 2002, Saturday = Work Day/ Regular Meeting - Clean around the hut, CLUB SCHEDULES FOR SEASON: Sno-Riders: *All events are subject to change due to whether etc. Chiloquin Ridge Riders MARCH ~TBA = Regular Club Meeting ~16 Sat = Club Ride Quartz Mountain ~23 Sat = Club Ride TBA ~30 Sat = Club Ride 1000 Springs APRIL ~TBA = Regular Club Meeting MAY ~TBA = Regular Club Meeting-Election of Officers/Banquet Rogue Snowmobilers: Pres: Dave Elder 541/ TBA=To Be Announced MARCH: ~2 Saturday - Radar run/steak feed/potluck/ antique snowmobile display - Lake of the Woods ~3 Sunday - Pelican Butte ride/antique Machines & Riders - Lake of the Woods ~5 Tuesday - General Meeting 7pm - Roosevelt School ~28 Thursday - Board Meeting Klamath Basin Snowmobilers: ---TBA=To Be Announced MARCH ~9/10 = Medicine Lake Steak Feed ~12 Tue = General Meeting, Old Twon Pizza, Downtown, 6pm ~16 Sat = Culb Ride, TBA APRIL ~13 Sat = Banquet & Elections, Sam s Place P.O. Box 341 Mt. Shasta, CA Page 8