ROGUE SNOWMOBILERS

2010

September

UPCOMING EVENTS:

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October 5th General Meeting & Dinner

6:00 p.m.

D & S Harley

October 9th Swap Meet & Open House

Central Equipment

October 19th Board Meeting

6:00 p.m.

Eagle Point FS

October 23rd Work Party

Thousand Springs

October 24th Open House

Waterworld

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We are here at the start of another season. I hope everyone had a great summer. For those of you that hard core riders, we a great spring and for some the season even went into summer. Next time you see David Jordan you might ask him how it was to try to ride Avalanche Bowl in the slippery snow conditions up there and how much a new hood for an Arctic Cat costs.

For those of you that were unable to attend the last meeting of the year the fish, chicken and chips were un-believable by Mark, Travis, and Dean. Janice and Bob Guthmiller made a terrific salad. We also recapped the clubs accomplishments for the 2009 - 2010 sea-son.

Blood Drive - Donated 46 units of blood between all the clubs (22 units more than last year) Food Drives - Donated over 600 cans of food to Access. Toys for Tots - Donated $300 worth of toys, plus what you gave personally Christmas Families - Donated over $500 to two needy families. Candlelighters - Donated $3,362 and a fun day playing in the snow.

Free Classes: Snowmo-bile Safety Class Avalanche Class First Aid/CPR

Other:

We established a new state wide group to combat environmentalist groups that are trying to get more wilderness areas in Southern Oregon. We finished last season with 168 family memberships. What a fun club that you

can be proud of. I feel sorry for any one that could not make the Howard Prairie Campout! It was great fun, perfect weather, waterski-ing, fishing and attempts to fly kites (at least by me, Lori still has a headache from when my kite hit her in the head). The

others seemed to do quite well. The Bunco game on Saturday was fun. Thank you Sheyla Hildebrand. It just keeps bigger this year we had eight tables.

September is the annual Blood Drive and we have had two more outdoor groups joining us to help increase our donations. Everyone please donate and vote for your favorite club. (Rogue Snowmobilers)

The board has met three times over the sum-mer to plan for the up coming season. We have added some events, one event that went over very well last season was the four club play day. If you missed it last year, try to make it this year as it has something for everyone in the family. An event that was unofficial but we have added it to our calendar is the New Years Day Rose Bowl party at the warming shed. We would like to invite the Oregon Ducks again this

year but (sorry Brian) it would even be fun if the Beavers joined us that day. Come and enjoy!

We also had a group of our members meet with Steve & Rick

PRESIDENTS LETTER

THANK YOU!! The Rogue Snowmobilers thanks Jerry

Reeves and Les Schwab for donating a

spare tire for the club trailer!

and a special thanks to our great board for their year round commitment and hard work to the club. I can not close without one huge THANK YOU to all the groomers for the many, many hours you put in to make our trail system GREAT.

Please don't forget the first meeting of the year is October the 5th and we start serving dinner at 6:00. I won't let you in on the menu but you will completely enjoy it! (remember to bring a canned food item)

- Dennis Jordan

Pres. Letter (cont)

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from Diamond Lake and officials from the Forest Service to bet-ter define the boundaries on Mt. Bailey and to make it a more cooperative and much safer for both snowmobilers that use the mountain along with skiers that use Mt Bailey Sno-Cat skiing. I will have more on this at the October meeting. (Thanks guys for communicating our concerns to everyone there.)

As I am writing this letter we are planning for the last two phases of the generator building next to the cat shed. Concrete will go in the weekend of Sept. 11 and the building will be done on the 25th of Sept. Anyone that can pound a nail or bend one is invited.

In closing, I would like to thank each and everyone that contrib-utes their time, their effort and their money to making this a very successful snowmobile club

Groomers Corner (Note: This article was written in May but never got published)

There is still lots of great riding snow up at 1000 Springs, it’s just going to be tough getting up to it. This last week-end you could still get there by going up the 60 Road to the first intersec-tion and unloading there. There were just a couple small gravel spots head-ing towards the Rock Top side. How-ever, there is a lot of gravel if you stay on the 60 Road going towards Huckle-berry. It was all gravel under the can-opy, but after that was great snow. Still 10 feet on the snow pole and after this next storm, probably more. If you see Dobe, ask him about the two gals that spent the night stranded stuck in the snow in their little Subaru down near the Whiskey Creek Trail. It’s always hard to predict what’s around the next corner or rise in the trail ahead of you. We are pretty much done grooming for this tough snow season. It would be difficult to get the Idaho up to the snow without damaging the coating on the roller. We did end up with just over 1078 miles with 217 hours of grooming. Let’s see… it takes me 4 hours to drive to Portland…well time wise… never mind! It’s a lot of time

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October 5th is our first club meeting for the year. Come out for a great dinner...I can’t tell you what it is (tri-tip) be-cause it’s a secret!!! Mark Duncan & Paul Hildebrand will be cooking up (tri-tip) this secret meal for your satisfac-tion! We will begin serving the secret (tri-tip) dinner at 6:00 and the meeting will begin at 7:00 sharp. If your membership for the year is paid at or before the meeting and you attend the meeting, you will be eligible to win a Weber BBQ or other great prizes that night. Also, again this year we will be collecting can food items at each general meeting that we serve a meal at. SO DON’T FORGET YOUR MEMBERSHIP FEES, YOUR CANNED FOOD ITEMS AND TO JOIN US FOR DINNER AND A FUN MEETING!!!

1st General Meeting

(GROOMERS CORNER CON’T) in the seat for such few miles that we get. Which leads me to my next point. I have to say again thank you to all the individuals that help me out this year. Dobe, Ken Curtis, Brian Watson, Gene Bowl-ing, Jon and Tiffany Allen, Chuck and Sherry Allen, John Wojtas, Chuck Biegert, Mark Duncan, Bob Guthmiller, Blair Grinols, and Arlen Henderson. We really missed Mike Schmidt this season. He was out with a torn rotator cup in his shoulder. He said that he’ll be ready for next season. If I missed your name, I’m sorry. I tried to write everything down with year, but I still found myself forgetting things. And, thanks to everyone else who supported our riding area even when the snow conditions were flat out crummy! And as usual, Prospect Hwy Maintenance Station did a great job keeping our roads and parks open this season. Thank you all! I couldn’t have done my job without all the wonder-ful support I received this last year. -Jim Gulrich

NEWSLETTER INFO We welcome your input about our newsletter. Con-tact Kim Greenwaldt at 826-2052 or at kim_greenwaldt@charter.net for any comments, arti-cles, items for sale or advertising that you would like to have published. Our newsletter is mailed to approximately 250 families from September through April and is a great way to attract new customers to your business. Contact Kim for advertising rates. You may also want a one time advertisement for a

special family event (birthday, anniversary etc) or to let your loved ones feel special. Contact Kim for rates at 826-2052.

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The membership voted this summer on whether or not we should spend the money to improve the CAT shed with an addition. We felt that this addition was necessary due to the noise and fumes that the generator produced that was harmful to our volunteer groomers. The member-ship voted unanimously to go ahead with this project. The work began in August and early September. As I type, they should be

Work Parties For The CAT Shed Addition putting the finishing touches on this project. We want to thank all the volunteers who gave of their time and those who donated items to this project. We are a very lucky club that has so many people who are willing to pitch in and help when & where needed. It’s not too late to pitch in. We have a general work party scheduled for October 23rd at Thousand

Springs. Come meet some new people while cleaning up and repairing our shelter, gathering, cutting and stack-ing firewood, cleaning the highway and any other mis-cellaneous things that may need to be done. There are things to do for all ages and genders! Come have a good time with us!

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Membership Dues Statement For Rogue Snowmobilers & Oregon State Snowmobile Association

Membership Year July 1, 2010 thru June 30, 2011

Renewal: New Membership: Referred By:

Last Name: First: Spouse:

Address:

City: State: Zip:

Phone: Email:

# of Snowmobiles: # of Family Members:

OSSA dues: $25.00 If you paid OSSA dues through a different club, please let

Club dues: $20.00 us know which club:

Total Due: $45.00 Make check payable to: Rogue Snowmobilers

PO Box 1423

Medford, OR 97501

Would you like to be emailed reminders about club events and meetings? Yes No

Rogue Snowmobilers Host “Thank You” BBQ For Jackson County Search & Rescue

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Board Members

Paul Hildebrand 734-2033

Dennis Hamlin 582-0441

Dave Jordan 826-6326

Gene Bowling 772-5659

Jim Gulrich 245-3550

Chuck Biegert 482-8707

Bob Guthmiller 535-4187

Club Officers

President: Dennis Jordan 826-6326

V President: Brian Gabaldon 770-6514

Secretary: Sherry Allen 779-9098

Treasurer Janis Guthmiller 535-4187

Important Contact Information

Summer is over and although we have had a great summer as a club, I look forward to snow! In August we had a great club campout at Howard Prairie. We had all kinds of fun boating, jet ski-ing, fishing, kite flying and just plain hanging out together. Gene Bowl-ing came up on Saturday and pro-vided us with a great breakfast. There was so much food we invited the n e i g h b o r i n g campers! Also in August, we hosted a thank you BBQ for the Search and Rescue team. They thoroughly en-joyed the BBQ and we are al-ways thankful for their volun-teer service they provide us. We are currently in the midst of our 3rd annual blood drive. This year the Slopes and Trail club and the Hawg Club have joined the challenge with us, the MRA and the Southern Oregon Nordic Club. D&S Harley kicked off the drive by hosting a blood drive at their shop. We welcome and thank all the clubs for participating in this annual drive.

Coming up on October 5th is our first meeting for the year. This is always a fun meeting as we catch up with other snowmobil-ers that we haven’t seen all summer. Mark Duncan and Paul-Hildebrand will be cooking the meal for

the night so it will be excellent (as always). October 9th will be our annual swap meet at Central Equipment. There is no charge to bring all your goodies and snowmobiles down to the swap meet. At the same time, Central Equip-ment will have their open house. Come down and

check out the new snowmobiles and pick up some great bargains. On October 24th, Wa-terworld will host their open house. They will have great bargains as well as all the new models on display. Check the sched-ule for times for both these open houses.

October 23rd will be our annual work party where we will fill the

w o o d -s h e d , , m a k e r e p a i r s to the she l ter , clean up the high-way and do other miscella-n e o u s

chores. There is something to do for all ages so bring the whole family and enjoy a fall day in the

mountains! Mark your calendars for the Snowmobile Safety Class for kids and adults. It will be the only class this year and will be held on November 6th at D&S Harley. I look forward to a great snowmobile season with lots of fun stories to share with you. I can’t wait!

-Kim Greenwaldt

October: A New Season Begins!

ROGUE SNOWMOBILERS

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Watch out….

One of many kite flyers….

AGAIN THIS YEAR….in all meetings that we provide a meal, we ask that you bring at least one can of food per per-son to be given to a local food bank.

Last year we were able to support several local food b a n k s w i t h Y O U R help…thank you!!

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SKIDOO & WATERWORLD ARE AGAIN OFFERING US

FREE CASH!! At our last general meeting, Ted Dole from Wa-ter World presented the Rogue Snowmobilers with a check for $920. This was for the promo-tion Skidoo held last fall throughout the United States. If you remember, we earned our portion by turning in certificates to Ted. That was $920 is easy free cash! This year we again have a chance to earn up to $1,500 just by filling out a form and dropping it of at Waterworld. If you are a club member and a snowmobile owner, stop by Waterworld any time and fill out the certificate and turn it in there. Better yet, stop by their open house on October 24th to fill out and turn in your certificate between the hours of noon-4p.m. while you check out their great bargains and new snowmobiles.

Thank you Skidoo!!

August Camp Trip At Howard Prairie’s Willow Point Campground

Summer Or Winter….We Know How To Play!

Schedule of Events 2010/2011

SEPTEMBER 11th-12th Cat Shed Work Party Thousand Springs 9:00am 21st Board meeting Eagle Point Fire Station 6:00pm 25th-26th Cat Shed Work Party Thousand Springs 9:00am OCTOBER 5th General Meeting/Dinner D&S Harley 6:00pm 9th Swap Meet Central Equipment 9:00am 16th-17th 18th Annual Snow Expo Puyallup, WA 19th Board Meeting Eagle Point Fire Station 6:00pm 23rd Work Party Thousand Springs/Hamaker 9:00am 24th Open House Waterworld Noon-4pm

NOVEMBER 2nd General meeting D&S Harley 7:00pm 6th Kids Snowmobile Safety Class D&S Harley 9:00am 16th Board Meeting Eagle Point Fire Station 6:00pm DECEMBER 4th Christmas Tree Ride/Chili feed Thousand Springs 7th General meeting D&S Harley 7:00pm 11th Winter Banquet Diamond Lake 21st Board meeting Eagle Point Fire Station 6:00pm JANUARY 1st No Host Ride/Duck Rose Bowl Thousand Springs 4th General Meeting/Dinner D&S Harley 6:00pm 15th Ladies Ride/Turkey Fry Hamaker 18th-22nd State Convention Joseph, OR/Somewhere Far from here 18th Board Meeting Eagle Point Fire Station 6:00pm 29th Avalanche Class Thousand Springs

FEBRUARY 1st General Meeting/PIE AUCTION D&S Harley 7:00pm 5th District 5 Play Day Weekend Lake of the Woods 8th Board Meeting Eagle Point Fire Station 6:00pm 15th Mt Bailey Helper Meeting Bruno's Pizza 6:00pm 19th Mt. Bailey Poker Run Diamond Lake

MARCH 1st General Meeting D&S Harley 7:00pm 5th No Host Ride Lake of the Woods 10:00am 12th Candlelighters Ride Thousand Springs 15th Board Meeting Eagle Point Fire Station 6:00pm 27th No Host Ride Annie Creek APRIL 5th General meeting/Elections D&S Harley 7:00pm 9th-10th End of Season Ride Thousand Springs 19th Board meeting Eagle Point Fire Station 6:00pm

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FOR SALE: Snowmobile 2004 Polaris RMK 700/144 - $3175 This sled is in perfect condi-tion. 325 miles on complete top and bottom end rebuild including fatty bearing crank-shaft and hyfax protectors. has electric start, electronic re-verse, ice scratchers, adjust-able ski center width ,windshield bag, original owner . Simmons skis not included in price but available for an addi-tional cost. Contact Jeff Hensler at 541-941-3057 or by e m a i l a t jdhensler@clearwire.net

FOR SALE: Arctic Cat Snowmobile Jacket; (Men’s Small) fits Ladies size 8-10. Orange, black, white, with reflective detail. Used about four times; non-smoker. Near new condition. $90.00/OBO. Like new Ski Doo/Bombardier Black Snowmobiling Helmet, (Sm/Med); also: Dirtbike Helmet, (hardly used), and Ski Doo Snowmobiling Boots, La-dies 8.5, all in excellent condition. Make offer.

FOR SALE: Snowmobile Trailer 2001 Karavan ride on, ride off two place trailer with two spare tires. $1100 obo Kim Greenwaldt 541-826-2052

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