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Latest Club News: TRAILS & TALES

May 22, 2009

NEWS FROM OUR PRESIDENT MELISSA AUSTIN

The Annual Meeting on May 7th had a good attendance and super Pot Luck Supper. As always a lot of great food was brought to the meeting.
The Election of Officers was held and the results are as follows:

President-------------Melissa Austin
Vice President-------Joseph Burnham
Secretary-------------Betty Snell
Treasurer-------------Lewis Collins

Directors for the club are as follows:

Three year terms expiring in 2012
Thomas Piekart II, Russ Kondratiuk and John Evans

Two year terms expiring in 2011
Barbara McCarthy and Peter Johnson

One year term expiring in 2010
Thomas Piekart I and Jack Pedano

Other Positions are held by the following:

Trailmaster-Bill Birden
Safety Officer-Tom Piekart II
ATV Maine Rep.-Les Snell
ATV Maine Rep (Alternate) -Melissa Austin
Webmaster-Amy Lasley

The Trail Grant Application has been submitted to the Department of Conservation. We are eligible for $5,500.00 again this year and also $500.00 for landowner relations. Trail work must be completed and paid for before we can apply for reimbursement of actual costs incurred so please keep track of all your time and equipment used.

Our Roadside Clean-up went off on schedule this year. We held a Scavenger Hunt Contest this year and the following were the top winners:

1st Place: Bob & Chris Knowlan/Club Sweatshirt
2nd Place: John & Barb McCarthy/Club T shirt
3rd Place: Cordell Ellis/Club Hat

It was a beautiful day and we had a great crew and really got a lot done. Every street and road in Strong was cleaned up this year. If you haven’t been on a cleanup you would not believe the trash that is thrown out on the roadsides. A BIG THANK YOU goes out to all who showed up. It was a great job done and we filled every dumpster in town. We got a lot of good comments, Thank You’s, Thumbs Up and Horn Blowing, showing that people appreciate what we were doing. Sure makes a good impression for the ATV Club and ATV’rs. Also Thanks to all who worked so hard to clean up the outlying streets and roads prior to the scheduled clean up day. Without your help we could not have accomplished nearly as much. You can be proud of what we accomplished and Thanks again to everyone.

Our can & bottle drive is off to a great start. With what was taken in at the last meeting and what we got from the roadside cleanup we are up to $548.00. Les’ truck will be at the next meeting to take your bottles and cans.

Our next meeting will be June 4th at 7:00 pm at the Legion Building in Strong with a Pot Luck Supper starting at 6:00 pm.

Our Club Rides for June 2009 are as follows:
June 6th, Saturday
June 9th, Tuesday
June 14th, Sunday
June 27th, Saturday

For all of these rides we will meet at Hutch’s Bridge at 9:00 am. Bring your lunch, drinks, bug spray etc.

There will be a Work Party on Saturday, May 30th. Please meet at Bill Birden’s at 9:00 am. There will be a Cookout for the workers who help out that day. Please bring your own drinks.

Don’t forget the Town of Strong Parade on Friday evening, June 26th. We will be lining up in the parking area by Hutch’s Bridge at 5:00 pm. Get your machines polished up and join us. There will be other events and concessions in town also. At our July 2009 Club Meeting we will be discussing and voting on changes and amendments to the By-Laws.

MEMBERSHIP REMINDER
Dues are now due for 2009. They are $20.00 per individual and $35.00 per couple. If you have any questions or need an application you can call Betty at 207-652-2227 or e-mail her at bettysnell@midmaine.com.

Amy Lasley, our new Web Master says that the new Web Site is up and running. So check it out folks. She says there is more work to do but she is working on it.