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1 P.O. Box 341, Mt. Shasta, CA Snow Phone: (530) Home Page: President: Eileen K. Maier, Vice President: Phil Carey, Secretary: Dick Cowardin, Teasurer: Ann Whipple, Board Members: Ken Anderson, Russ Elgin, Dion Meadows, David Patrick, Daren Valdez Newsletter: Eileen K, Maier Contents... 01/09/04 Minutes Pages 1-4 Stats-Classifieds Page 3 02/03/04 Minutes Page 4&7 Membership List Page 5&6 Schedules Page 8 Mt. Shasta Sno-Mobilers Mission Statement Regular Club Meeting - 01/09/04 Meeting called to order by Eileen Maier at China Dragon in Yreka at 7:21pm. Seventeen attending. Club Elections were held. No members came forward to hold any of the offices. Those already in office agreed to hold their offices for one more term. Eileen did tell everyone this will be her last year of President. She wants to get back to the Club s fun stuff, potluck, Club rides, campouts, kid rides, night rides, she feels we had more Club members when the Club was doing more of these things. Someone really needs to step up and take over the President s position. Eileen will not be doing it next year, in fact, Eileen does not want to hold any office next year! Members attending the meeting voted to keep the same officers which are: President: Eileen K. Maier, Vice President: Phil Carey, Secretary: Dick Cowardin, Treasurer: Ann Whipple, Board Members: Ken Anderson, Russ Elgin, Dion Meadows, David Patrick, Daren Valdez. Minutes from 11/14/03 meeting approved as per mailed. Current balance $ P.O Box fee dues, $ The Mt. Shasta Visitors Guide is due again, $ cost. It was recommended by Eileen not to renewal. She has not seen any significant results from our ad. Also, Daren and Michele have the Fun Factory listed, so any questions could be directed to them. Members attending the meeting voted to not renewal the Club s ad. Nordic Bypass: Snowmobiles can now ride on the M31 Road. There is no bypass. Club ride is scheduled for March 13th. Warming Huts/Sheds/Snoparks: 1) Deer Mt./Chuck Best Park: Need to install roof on the outside bulletin board. 2) 4 Corners/Medicine Lake: Need to install/improve the outside bulletin board. Needs roof and Plexiglas cover. 3) Door Knob: Need to install an outside bulletin board with roof and Plexiglas cover. 4) Pilgrim Creek: Need to install/improve the outside bulletin board, will need roof & Plexiglas cover. USFS: 1) Klamath National Forest: Logging around Chuck s Park S. Old 97 and the long loop trail on the West side of Deer Mt. Will be plowed and have trucks hauling on it. Jim Stout is looking into getting the gates around Whale Back opened for us. 2) Shasta/Trinity Forest: Nothing new Groomer Reports: Still looking for volunteer groomers for the seasons. 1) Klamath: Groomer working out of Four Corners and trying to get the main routes groomed between it and Door Knob. Plowing to the Parks. Jeff Burcher retired 1/5/04, they do have a couple of folks who will continue to groom. Trying to groom 2-3 days per week. 2) Shasta/Trinity: 3) Modoc: There is approximately four inches of snow at Doorknob Snowmobile Park. The snow depth at Medicine Lake is about three

2 Regular Club Meeting - 01/09/04 - Continued feet. Forest Order # closing Road 49 and FS Road 44N01 form the Pumice Pits west to the Klamath Forest Boundary to wheeled vehicles in excess of 1000 GVW is in effect. On January 8 these trails were groomed: The eleven mile road from Doorknob to Medicine Lake, to Arnica sink from the 49 Road, and around Little Mt. Hoffman to Four Corners. On January 7 the Lost Springs Loop was groomed. OHMVR: Nothing new at this time. CNSA: There will be a CNSA Board Meeting at the Bear River Resort in Pioneer, CA on Saturday, January 24th. The local club is also holding a poker run that day to help pay for their grooming. Is our Club Rep able to attend, if not do we have someone willing to attend this meeting for the Club? Dave was not at the meeting, and no one attending the meeting thought they could go. Sylvia, our CNSA North State Rep put out an and a letter in SnowTracks which included some things from our Club.... To keep a winter program active takes participation by many active, dedicated people. I would like to acknowledge some of these people from the Mt. Shasta Snowmobile Club and thank them for going the extra mile to see that the program continues in their area. Eileen Maier, President since 97 (excluding one year), writes club newsletter, handles membership, does trail cleaning and wood cutting for the club. Has chaired the clubs Christmas Breakfast. (She is the club sparkplug and says she is very grateful for a supportive husband). She is also a tremendous supporter of CNSA and to me. Phil Carey, VP and long time member, volunteer groomer, CNSA Rep for many years, FS contact, does trail maintenance, responsible for wood shed and wood at Chucks park (trailhead) and had many year of experience working on snowmobile issues. Russ (Doc) Elgin, long time member, board member, volunteer groomer, FS contact, active with issues, and a wealth of snowmobile experience he is very willing to share with the club president. Richard Holcomb, clubs longest lasting member. Dick Cowardin, Clubs secretary and long time member. Barbara McPherson, air ambulance for many years, Richard Holcomb and Bill Willison for Adopt-A-Highway Program, Michele Valdez, enthusiasm, support, P.R., Daren Valdez, Dion Meadows and Russ Miller, volunteer groomers. I also thank the many members who show up at the club meetings to support their hard working leaders and their sport... Sylvia Milligan, Regional Direction No. Region, CNSA. Safety: Avalanche Course with Matt Hill of the Mt. Shasta Ranger District FS scheduled for Saturday, January 10th was canceled due to lack of interest. Thank you anyway Matt. Public Relations: Nothing new. Medicine Lake Projects (Dick Cowardin & Eileen Maier): Nothing new. Mercy Air Ambulance (Barbara McPherson): The notices are being mailed directly to the members now. For more information call Barbara at 530/ Adopt-A-Highway (Dick Holcomb & Bill Willison): Had a cleanup on November 22nd. Memorial Plaque for Chuck: We have $ donated to the plaque. This includes $47.00 won by Dick Holcomb at the Christmas Breakfast and donated back to the Club for the plaque, $25.00 from Chris Cook (Chuck s sister) in NV with a card Chuck s friends, Thank you all so very much for remembering Chuck with this plaque. I m sure he s looking down on all of you in utter amazement and appreciation. He was a humble person and I m sure would never have thought he deserved something so special. You were all so special to him. Thanks again and Happy Holidays to all. Chris, and $50.00 from Steven Elgin in Fremont. We need $ so we are still taking donations. Put a picture in the last newsletter and also sent it to SnowTracks. Wilderness Intrusions: Please be aware of the wilderness and stay out! Xmas Tree Farm: Will groom if the conditions and timing is right. Club s Search/Rescue Program: Will be putting together a procedure package. At this time we are going to keep doing what we have been doing, it seems to work. Moving Club s Shed: We were thinking of moving the shed while we have it almost empty, but nothing has happened as of yet. Dog Sled Races: The Fourteen Angels Foundation, Inc. Permit request has been approved for the weekend of 2/20 through 2/22/04 for their dog sled race. We have not heard back from them since the Club sent them a letter requesting more details on what they would like us to help with. Now I ve heard that the lady putting the race on was very sick for some time and there will be no race this year. Will keep you updated. Club s Christmas Breakfast: We had our Christmas Breakfast on Sunday, December 7th, 2003 at the Chuck Best Memorial Snowmobile Park. Although the weather was questionable and you could not ride your sled from the Park, we had a terrific turnout. First of all we d like to thank our chairpersons; Bill Willison, Phil Carey, and David Patrick (and Bobbie, Dee, and Donna of course), for doing such a wonderful job. Breakfast consisted of hot coffee, orange juice, pancakes, ham, bacon, and scrambled eggs, it was all delicious. Winners of the Door Prizes were Bill Willison, Lacie Landrum, Matt Tuder, Stace Willison, David Patrick, Mike Yochum, Ken Anderson, Brian Byers, Rick Landrum, and Chris Byers. Winner of the 50/50 Raffle was Richard Holcomb of $ Thank you Richard for donating your winnings back to the Club for Chuck s Plaque. David Patrick won the

3 R emember to list your snowmobile related classifieds: FOR SALE: Helmet Communicators, $ Contact Dick FOR SALE: SLP Tri-Keel Purple Skiis, Polaris mount, $ Contact Vincent FOR SALE: 90 Cat Prowler, $ or a 90 Polaris 440XCR, $ or a Ranger 8 x 8 Trailer, call Rollie at A&R PowerSports or arpowersports@earthlink.net. FOR SALE: 2001 Artic Cat MC800LE Clicker shocks, Easy-adjust Front Arm, Sway bar, 1M Mountain Bars, 2100 miles, $4850/obo. Contact Steve Elgin 510/ hm, 408/ days, 510/ mobile or s.elgin@comcast.net or local number Doc Elgin (Steve s Dad) 530/ FOR SALE: Two Polaris Indy 340 s, like new (330 miles), Electric CLASSIFIEDS: start, Great beginner sleds, $2200 each; $4000 for the pair. Contact Steve Elgin 510/ hm, 408/ days, 510/ mobile or s.elgin@comcast.net or local number Doc Elgin (Steve s Dad) 530/ FOR SALE: 1994 Yamaha VMax 600, Twin PSI pipes, Cat clutches, 136 /1.5 track, 2-up seat, 2.5 gal aux tank, Windshield bags, $1500/obo. Contact Steve Elgin 510/ hm, 408/ days, 510/ mobile or s.elgin@comcast.net or local number Doc Elgin (Steve s Dad) 530/ CLUB STATS: CITY: MEMBERS: Bend, OR 1 Burney 1 Camas, WA 1 Dunsmuir 3 Fairfield 1 Fort Jones 1 Fremont 1 Gazelle 1 Klamath Falls, OR 2 Lake Shastina Macdoel 2 Magilen 1 Medford, OR 1 Montague 4 Mt. Shasta 9 Red Bluff 2 Redding 6 San Carlos 1 San Mateo 1 S. San Franisco 1 Shasta Lake 1 Turner, OR 1 Weed 1 Woodland 1 Yreka Total Memberships=54 Total Members= 110 Childeren= 20 New Members= 7 Dealer= 0 Numbers as of 02/05/04 Membership News: Newsletter Label: Your address label shows your current membership status. The (Sept. 04) next to or below your name means your membership is current. 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 mailed out 43 newsletters and ed 43 newsletters. Campaign: We are converting the newsletter to a.pdf file which you can read with Adobe Reader 5.0 software. Adobe Reader is free and can be downloaded off the Internet. If you do not all ready have it, just log onto and download. If you provided an address on your application you will be receiving your newsletter via an now instead of through the normal post office. You will be able to print out the newsletter and share it with your family. This will allow the Club to save funds on photo copying and postage. With your address, you will also be receiving any and all information that has to do with snowmobiling and/or land and personal rights issues. We don t expect you to read all of it, but some of it is very interesting. You will also receive current snow conditions, groomer reports, upcoming events and hotlines. We 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 - President

4 Minutes - 01/09/04 - continued... Christmas Ham Raffle. Over all we had a wonderful time and to top it all off, it was snowing by 10am. Several people went out for a ride after the breakfast, others spent time playing in the snow with their families. There was talk about having another breakfast in January, so keep a look out - it s a wonderful time. Thank you all for helping make the Christmas Breakfast so much fun. (This was also placed in SnowTracks.) The cost of the Breakfast was $ Total donations for the Breakfast was $117.00, the 50/50 Raffle took in $47.00, and the Ham Raffle to in $53.00 totaling $ The Breakfast overall made $ Thank you all!!! IN: A. SnowTracks, BlueRibon, Rouge, OSSA Newsletters. B. R.U. Outside Mag. C. Helmetlight, Inc. D. BlueRibbin, Quest tech. Offers sound level meter kit for $ E. Historic Dornanelle Resort, at the Sonora Pass, Hwy 108. F. Chiloquin Ridge Riders Snowmobile Safety Playday. Feb. 15th, 2004 at Annie Creek. G. BlueRibbon Club Membership card. OUT: N/A New Memberships: Pooh Bear of Yreka, Mike Yochum of Redding. Renewed Memberships: Rich & Diane Anderson, Dick & Margaret Cowardin, Doc & Molly Elgin, Rollie & Lynda Elsea (A&R Power Sports), Ed & Matt Garayalde, Griffin Green, Darby Hayes, Jim Lader, Richard & Laura Leonard, Phil & Treresa Newby Newton, Franco Palomba, Norm Sutherland. Dealer Giveaway Memberships: None. Membership Status: Last season s; 62 Memberships with 129 Members. So far this year we have: 53 Memberships with 109 members, 6 new memberships. Your Riding Areas: Chuck s Park, Whale Back, Ash Butte Creator, Dry Creek Ridge, Xmas Tree Farm, Duck Lake, Bunny Flats. Duck Award: Michele Valdez opted to take the Duck on account of her two Dicks. Yes, Dick Cowardin and Dick VanBaren went for a ride together. Dick Cowardin could not find his way out of Brewer Creek, so he called Michele to have her come and find them. Sad thing is that Dick VanBaren s daughter was with them again, if this keeps up, she s going to stop snowmobiling you guys. Anyway, everything thing turned out just fine, and everything's all right. (Want you to know that Michele has been proudly displaying the Duck.) Classifieds: See page 3. Club s 50/50 Raffle (funds go to Chuck s Plaque): Eileen forgot to bring the tickets, so we didn t have one. Board Meeting: None scheduled. Regular Meeting: Friday, February 13, Silva s in Weed at 7pm. Meeting adjourned at 7:54pm. Minutes from Meeting 02/13/04 Meeting called to order by Eileen Maier at Silva s in Weed at 7:47pm. Fourteen attending. Minutes from 01/09/04 not mailed. Current balance $ Nordic Bypass: Club ride Saturday, March 13th. Meet at Pilgrim Creek Park and Chuck s Park around 10pm. Meet at the Nordic Bypass around Noon or 1pm for lunch. Warming Huts/Sheds/ Snoparks: 1) Deer Mt./Chuck Best Park: Need to install roof on the outside bulletin board. 2) 4 Corners/Medicine Lake: Need to install/improve the outside bulletin board. Needs roof and Plexiglas cover. 3) Door Knob: Need to install an outside bulletin board with roof and Plexiglas cover. 4) Pilgrim Creek: Need to install/ improve the outside bulletin board, will need roof & Plexiglas cover. USFS: 1) Klamath National Forest: Nothing to report. 2) Shasta/Trinity Forest: Nothing to report. Groomer Reports: Still looking for volunteer groomers for the seasons. The grooming reports can be found at

5 Minutes - 02/13/04 - continued... 1) Klamath: 2) Shasta/Trinity: 3) Modoc: Due to the number of snowmobile accidents across the country, we are all encouraged to use caution especially in observing the 15MPH speed limit around concentrations of people and in parking areas. The snow depth at Medicine Lake is about five and a half feet and ten inches at Doorknob Snowmobile Park. On Thursday trails from 4-Corners Snowmobile Park on Road 15 to Road 77 and to Road 49, south to County Road 97, to and around Lyons Loop, across Arnica Sink, and back to 4-Corners Snowmobile Park. OHMVR: Having a meeting on February 21st in Sac to see what grant criteria should be. There is talk that the Commission will be fazing out the winter programs. This is a good time to talk about what we can do to help fund our grooming program. Eileen has looked into tuning our four trailheads into State Snow- Parks. There are currently 21 of them and they charge $25 for a parking permit. These funds go back into the SnowParks for plowing and maintenance. Through a process, we could change our trailheads into SnowParks and receive funding from the parking permits. Eileen feels this is a risk and there is a chance we could lose one or more of our trailheads to snowmobiling. Others attending the meeting felt the same. The other idea would be to have our Tri-Forest area have it s own Parking Permit program. We ll have to look into this further. Will discuss more at the March meeting. CNSA: CNSA is working on a fee program, groomed trail fee. The Silver Bear Trail System has gone to a volunteer trail pass sticker to pay for grooming. So far it s working great and they ll be able to groom the rest of the season. Other areas are trying this too. Safety: Nothing to report. Public Relations: Nothing to report. Medicine Lake Projects (Dick Cowardin & Eileen Maier): Nothing going on this season. Mercy Air Ambulance (Barbara McPherson): The notices are being mailed directly to the members now. For more information call Barbara at 530/ Adopt-A-Highway (Dick Holcomb & Bill Willison): Correspondence from the State regarding Keep California Beautiful, We need to have a clean up in March, April or May and turn in a report. Since neither of our Chairs attended the meeting, we ll have to set a date later. Memorial Plaque for Chuck: We have $ donated to the plaque. This includes $53.29 donated by Dick Cowardin for the cost of the newsletter for Nov. We need $ so we are still taking donations. Molly and Doc Elgin donated the $31.43 we needed to meet our goal. So the Plaque is paid for! Thank you so much Molly and Doc! Thank you everyone! Wilderness Intrusions: Please be aware of the wilderness and stay out! I sent Ed a picture I took up by Gravel Creek that had three wilderness signs going up one draw. Ed said that the yellow signs are warring signs only. Also, we ve heard that this summer, the Mt. Shasta wilderness area will be surveyed. Xmas Tree Farm: Will groom if the conditions and timing is right. Club s Search/Rescue Program: No news to report. Moving Club s Shed: No news to report. Dog Sled Races: Canceled for this year, planning on having it next year. IN: A. SnowTracks, BlueRibbon, Rouge, OSSA, Klamath Basin Snowdrifters Newsletters. OUT: N/A New Memberships: Jack Gillock of Fort Jones. Renewed Memberships: Ernie Bowen. Dealer Giveaway Memberships: None. Membership Status: Last season s; 62 Memberships with 129 Members. So far this year we have: 54 Memberships with 110 members, 7 new memberships. Your Riding Areas: Chuck s Park, Whale Back, Ash Butte Creator, Dry Creek Ridge, Xmas Tree Farm, Duck Lake, Bunny Flats, Pilgrim Creek, Willow Cr. Mt., South Shore (to the Eddies), Eddies, Trout Creek, Siskiyou s out of Beaver Crk area, Medicine Lake area, Door Knob, Four-Corners. Duck Award: Not awarded Classifieds: See page 3. Club s 50/50 Raffle (funds go to Chuck s Plaque): Eileen forgot to bring the tickets, so we didn t have one. Board Meeting: None scheduled. Regular Meeting: Friday, March 12, China Dragon in Yreka at 7pm. Meeting adjourned at 8:17pm.

6 CBMP = Chuck Best Memorial Park (Deer Mountain) TBA = To Bee Announced ~March 12, 2004, Friday = Regular Meeting - China Dragon in Yreka. Dinner at 7pm, meeting at 7:30pm. ~March 13, 2004, Saturday = Club Ride through the Nordic Center. TBA. Chairperson: Dick Cowardin 530/ ~April 2, 2004, Friday = Regular Meeting - TBA in Weed/Mt. Shasta. Dinner at 7pm, meeting at 7:30pm. ~May 14, 2004, Friday = Regular Meeting - China Dragon in Yreka. Dinner at 7pm, meeting at 7:30pm. ~June 12, 2004, Saturday = Work Day/ Regular Meeting - Clean around the hut, CBMP at 10am. Work Day - Clean up around hut, Pilgrim Creek Park at 10am. ~July 10, 2004, Saturday = Work Day/ Regular Meeting - Trail Cleaning, CBMP at 10am. Work Day - Trail Cleaning, Pilgrim Creek Park at 10 am. ~August 21, 2004, Saturday = Work Day/ Regular Meeting - Wood Cutting/Trail Clean- CLUB SCHEDULES FOR SEASON: Redding Sno-Riders: Chiloquin Ridge Riders Pres. Marvin Schenck 541/ Rogue Snowmobilers: Pres: Dave Elder 541/ ~March 6, Mt. Shasta Crab Feed - Mt. Shasta ~March 7, Shasta Ride ~March 20, Candle Lighters Ride Springs ~March 25, Board Meeting ~April 3, Evening Social Bring Your Own Munchies - Hamaker Sno-Park ~April 4, Outback Breakfast & A Klamath Basin Snowdrifters: Pres: Don Ambers 541/ ~March 9, General Meeting - 6pm - Fairgrounds ~March 13, Club Ride - 9am - Annie Creek ~March 24, General Meeting - 6pm - Fairgrounds ~April 17, Snowdrifters Banquet - 5pm - Shield Crest Golf Course Mt. Shasta Sno-Mobilers, Inc. P.O. Box 341 Mt. Shasta, CA 96067

Mt. Shasta Sno-Mobilers, Inc.

Mt. Shasta Sno-Mobilers, Inc. P.O. Box 341, Mt. Shasta, CA 96067 Snow Phone: (530) 926-2824 Home Page: http://www.shastacascade.org/snomobilers/ CLUB OFFICERS: President: Dick Cowardin, 459-1903 aldcrek@snowcrest.net Vice President: