Presidents Message—Steve Soltwedel We kicked off the season with our first Membership Meet-ing of the season at the Pub n Prime. It was good to see everyone that showed up. Membership renewals have been mailed out so it is time to renew those memberships and order your trail passes and of course, look those sleds over and get them ready while the weather is warm. On August 25th we held our annual Golf with the Groomer Drivers outing at the St Germain Golf Club. A good time was had by all with 95 golfers participating and 77 Hole Spon-sors. All of these numbers exceed the prior year. Thanks to all who participated, the Hole Sponsors and to Jim Wendt and Bob Ausloos who put countless hours in organizing and to the Directors who helped solicit Hole Sponsors. The St Germain Chamber of Commerce presented us with a donation for assisting with the Bacon Dash Run during Pig in the Pines weekend. We sincerely thank them, their mem-bers and Dave Walker for organizing the volunteers that your club supplied to help with the event. We are making good progress on the repair to our Groomer Barn. It should be completed within the month and on budget. If you are in town, stop by and check it out. Don’t forget to help with our brushing day on Saturday October 19th. We really need the help this year since the groomer barn repair caused delays in getting our equipment out to do the major brushing. Your Board of Directors would like to establish a Fund Raising Committee to brainstorm ideas for new fund raisers. It is a great way to meet other members and help form the financial path for our club’s future. If you would like to vol-unteer to be on this committee, please contact any board member. Steve

Chamber Executive Director Penny Strom presented a check to Club President Steve Soltwedel from the Bacon Dash proceeds.

St. Germain Bo-Boen Snowmobile Club

Celebrating 50 years of Snowmobiling!

Volume 2019-20 Number 3 www.boboen.com October 2019

Apple Dumpling Kick-off Dinner for the 2019-20 Season

Where: Clearview Supper Club

When: Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 7 PM (cocktails at 6 PM)

Menu Choices: Prime Rib with baked potato, Fried Walleye with baked potato or Chicken Kiev with baked potato Note: All dinners are $25 per person and include salad, rolls, dinner, dessert and coffee. Taxes and tips are included. If you require a vegetarian option please contact me. What to do: To reserve your dinner, please call Trenton Keenlance at (920) 279-5948 by Sunday, November 2nd. (Members are re-sponsible for the payment of the reservation whether they attend or not.) Who are the Apple Dumplings? The Apple Dumpling Gang is a group of good looking men (mostly retired, but a few are still working) who snowmobile together every Wednesday during the season. This is an informal group so there are no dues or duties. On Wednesdays they leave the groomer barn at 9 AM sharp. All you have to do is show up. Socializing is usually available there starting at 8:15 AM. There is a contribution for each ride to cover the cost of the drinks and lunch for that day. The group also has a kick-off dinner in November, a 3-day Overnighter Trip, a Potato Pancake Breakfast in mid-winter, and Brunch to end the season in March. Why not come ride with them?

Secretary’s Report—Kay Schultz With the passing of Labor Day, the unofficial fall season has started. Our ‘herd’ of hummingbirds have left for their long journey to South America, many of the trees are displaying the beautiful colors of autumn, the fawns have just a hint of their spots left and some of the deer are ‘wearing’ their win-ter coats. With all of this happening, it won’t be long before the snowmobiling season will be here. We had our first member-ship dinner on September 10th with 56 members attending. Once again Pub ‘n Prime did not disappoint with an outstand-ing meal. Thanks to Sue and her staff for a great evening. It’s time to get your club renewals in so that you can get your trail passes ordered. Start rehearsing your snow dances be-cause it won’t be long before we will be looking for a good snow cover. I personally cannot wait for that day.

Kay

“DRIVE with the GROOMER DRIVERS” GOLF SCRAMBLE

at the St. Germain Golf Club on Sunday, August 25, 2019

A HUGE SUCCESS!

THANK YOU to our Hole Sponsors 19th Hole Sports Bar & Grill Memory of Ed Ewen 3 C’s Coffee Cup Café Memory of Tim Nampel American Family Insurance—Angela Schuh Murmuring Waters Apple Dumpling Gang Natural Landscapes Arbor Vitae Septic Systems Nortech Marine Bauer’s Dam Northstar Development Bauer Spray Foam Insulation Paul’s Rent—All Boo-BBB’s Pinno Buildings Borak Chiropractic Center Premier Powersports & Maine Buns Pontoon Rental Pub ’n Prime Caged Crow Fabrication R&R Motorsports Cathy’s Ice Cream RJN Plumbing Coda Vacation Rentals Ryan Septic & Soils Crystal Clear Windows Sayner Mobil Express Cut to Perfection Family Hair Care Sayner Pub DJ’s Northwoods Family Restaurant Schroeder’s RV & Marine Eagle Waste & Recycling, Inc. Sisters Saloon Elbert’s Resort & Condo Management Smiley’s Sports Bar & Grill Eliason Realty of the North, LLC Spang’s Italian Restaurant Fibber’s Restaurant & Bar St. Germain ATV Club Hahn Printing Inc. St. Germain Sentry Foods Harv’s Vacation Rentals St. Germain Shell Headwaters Polaris St. Germain Sport Marine Hicks Fuel and Oil Subway of St. Germain Hiller’s Vacation Homes Timber’s Bar & Grill Idle Hours Resort Thunderbird Bar & Grill J&J Services Track Side Inc. Kaig Stand Sports Bar & Grille Trout Lake Golf Course Knitt’s Hardware Hank Twin Waters Energy Knocker’s Pizza Co. Inc Twin Waters Resort Lakeland Lawn & Equipment Waldman Construction, Inc. Lakeland Monuments Walker Equipment, Inc. Lighthouse Buick GMC Whispering Pines Resort Linda & Steve Soltwedel Whitetail Inn Little Saint Express Wild Bear M-Bank Wolf Pack Cafe Woodland Auto Clinic

THANK YOU to those who donated raffle prizes Peggy Ausloos Hammock Hut Sayner Mobil Penny & Mike McCormick Boo-BBB’s Jim Wendt Mike Osborne Trout Lake Golf Club St. Germain Golf Club Pinewood Country Club

The “Drive with the Groomer Drivers” fundraiser will be held next summer at Trout Lake Golf Club on Sunday, August 23, 2020 with a 9 am shotgun start. Mark your calendars!!!

Trail Boss—Jim Wendt The new north end of the groomer barn has really taken shape since last month! The contractors we selected have done a great job thus far and the finish line is within sight. We were able to increase the footprint 5’ to the north and 6’ to the west which will make it less cramped. We hope to be finished in another week or two. I hope you have followed the pictures on Facebook thanks to Ed Siergiej.....it’s getting exciting as we put the final touches to our home. Club brushing is coming up on Saturday, October 19th. Meet at the groomer barn at 9:00 am. I hope you can plan to attend. Get your renewals in as we continue to be the statewide leader with over 1,100 mem-bers. I hope your off season has been enjoy-able, maybe even with the purchase of some new iron for the snow season ahead. If you see my truck at the barn, stop in for a tour, I know you will be impressed. Happy Trails, Jim

MEMBERSHIP CORNER Membership renewal forms were mailed out at the end of August. If you haven’t yet, please return your form with any corrections or additions as soon as possible. You can also renew online at http://www.boboen.com/Membership.html The page you navigate to where you input your information is a secure site. If you are a map advertiser, your member-ship is included with the cost of your ad. Keep in mind that we do not sell or share our members information. Club membership will expire if your renewal is not received by October 15th. Memberships again are either family or in-dividual. Due to the AWSC membership cost increase, our dues have increased by $5. With that our family membership will be $35 (self, spouse, children under 19) and our single (unmarried) $30. Currently our club’s yearly membership period runs from October 1 through September 30. All AWSC memberships will expire June 30 annually. Ed Siergiej Membership Chair boboenmembership@gmail.com

October Membership Meeting

Tuesday, October 8th

Spang’s Italian Restaurant

Cocktails 6:00 pm Dinner 7:00 pm

Menu Selection:

Osso Buco with pasta

Chicken Parmesan with gnocchi

Shrimp Scampi with pasta

All dinners include salad, bread, dessert &

coffee. All meals are priced at $23.00 with

tax and gratuity included.

Members are responsible for the payment of

their reservation whether they attend or

not, Please make checks payable to

Spang’s.

RSVP on or before Wednesday, October 2nd

to Kay Schultz (715) 542-3912.

Tuesday, October 1—Board Meeting, 7 pm

Tuesday, October 8—Membership Meeting Spang’s

Saturday, October 19—Club Trail Brushing, 9 am

December 14 & 15—Snowmobile Safety Education Class

SNOWMOBILE SAFETY EDUCATION CLASS

December 14 & 15, 2019

The Bo-Boen Snowmobile Club’s Snowmobile Safety Edu-cation Class will be held on Saturday and Sunday, December 14 & 15, 2019 at the St. Germain Community Center. Any-one 11years of age or older is eligible to take the class and receive a safety education certificate, however, the certifi-cate does not become valid until the child reaches 12 years of age. Pre-registration is required by calling Peggy Ausloos at (715) 542-3548 or online at gowild.wi.gov.

Beginning January 1, 2001, any person born on or after January 1, 1985 and who has reached the age of 12, must have completed and received a snowmobile safety certifi-cate in order to operate a snowmobile in Wisconsin. The certificate must be carried while operating the snowmobile, and displayed to a law enforcement officer upon demand.

All students are required to obtain a Wisconsin DNR Cus-tomer ID# as part of the criteria to graduate from any Rec-reational Safety Class and provide that number to their in-structor. Students can obtain a DNR Customer ID# from St. Germain Sport Marine during business hours or by calling 1-888-936-7463 between 7 AM and 10 PM. You can also visit a Wisconsin DNR Service Center during their regular scheduled hours. You will need to provide your social security number. For additional DNR Service Center hours and locations go to www. gowild.wi.gov and click on the “Get Started” tab.

St. Germain Bo-Boen Snowmobile Club

PO Box 192

St. Germain WI 54558