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February 11, 2008:
32nd Annual Dick Page Ride In with a BBQ Chicken dinner hosted by the Buckaroos of 302 of Groton, VT. Dinner
was held at the Groton Town Garage just of US Highway 302 and Snowmobile Trail route 302. Rita Ames was the Chairperson for
the Chicken BBQ dinner. There was at least 25 Buckaroos that volunteered their time to work on the Ride In/BBQ. We have many
Buckaroos to thank and a few that were not Buckaroos but pitched in to help. The menu was 225 delicious BBQ chicken, cooked
by the Groton Firemen. Randy Ames soaked and baked ALL the baked beans. That is a lot of beans. Cole slaw, rolls, cup cakes,
punch, hot chocolate, coffee and tea. Before the dinner Dean Edson and helpers put up many many signs on the trails for this
event. A crew showed up early Saturday AM to sweep the garage and get tables & chairs set up. Rita Ames purchased pretty
Valentine heart table cloths and small heart dishes filled with valentine mints for each table that our guest sat down to.
There was enough tables set up so that no one had to wait for a table to set down to eat with friends. We also offered take
out and home delivery. Our Town Clerk Linda Nunn, did the home delivery dinners for us.
Rita purchased a new supply of club clothing. Barbara Edson and Kitty Diggins displayed and sold the clothing. There was
a good variety of clothing, key chains, coffee mugs, Buckaroo patches, hooded sweatshirts, long and short sleeved t-shirts.
If anyone missed buying an item they want. There are displays at Upper Valley Grill in Groton, Outdoor Sports in Woodsville,
Groton Tire and Auto in Groton.
Set up and take down crew was Pres. Milt Lamberton, Vice Pres. Matt Puffer, Treas. Gary Lamberton, Sec. Rick Ames, Trail
master Mike Davidson, Asst. Trail master Buzzy Eastman, Bill Cassidy of Cassidy Crane Service, Butch Gandin of Gandin Bros.,
Dave Spencer, Rob Reid and Taylor Lamberton. If I have missed anyone I am sorry. It took each and everyone to get the job
done. We want you to know that we appreciate each and every person that showed up to work on the Dick Page Ride-in/BBQ Chicken
dinner. Rita Ames, our membership chairperson, traveled many miles and worked with Bill Kane, owner of Upper Valley Grill
to order all the food and paper ware. Betty Eastman solicited Buckaroo members for 432 delicious cup cakes.
Selling tickets was Pres. Milt Lamberton and Deane Page, brother to Dick Page. Dick is the person honored in this Ride-in
event.
Serving BBQ chicken was Butch Gandin and Betty Eastman. Barbara Edson served the baked beans. Nancy Spencer served the
cole slaw. Rolls, cup cakes and drinks were served by Marjorie Cassidy, Deb McGoff, Midge Reid and her Grandson. Dean Edson,
Dave Spencer and Buzzy Eastman were in the dining room on garbage duty, cleaning tables and greeting our guest. Rob Reid did
a successful 50/50 raffle.
Most important of all was our LANDOWNERS that came to enjoy their free dinner. As we ride free on their land. This day
would not have been possible without the generosity of all the LANDOWNERS that generously allow a VAST snowmobile trail to
be built and maintained on their land. THANK YOU LANDOWNERS.
Buckaroos of 302 thank everyone that came to the BBQ for dinner or to work.
The question was asked “Do we do Dick Page Ride-in with a dinner of BBQ Chicken again?” The loud response was
“YOUBETCHA we love snowmobilers and snowmobile trails.” came from the Buckaroos of 302.
Submitted by Betty Eastman
February Club News
Buckaroos of 302
Caledonia County
January 11, 2007
we are going through a January thaw. The temperatures have been warm and today
it is raining, possible change to snow this evening. During this down time we
have all had a chance to check equipment and stand up sign posts that are leaning or down.
Before the thaw, our trail system was in good condition and on the way to being rated as excellent. We hope that by
the time you read this that we are grooming again on a regular schedule. We have
received many compliments about our web site www.buckaroosof302.com We keep a current trail grooming report in the trail conditions
section of the web site. Everyone logs on to the Bill Cam and Betty Cam for on
the spot view of snow conditions. Please feel free to e-mail your comments. We enjoy hearing from you.
Our club meeting
will be Jan. 18th. The big item on the agenda will be to plan the
Dick Page Chicken BBQ that will be held on Feb. 9th at the Groton Town Garage.
The Buckaroos of 302 want to thank everyone that came to the BBQ.
The Buckaroos
of 302 would like to thank our county director, Ken Gammell, for his time, labor, gas
Our county director,
Ken Gammell, volunteered his time, labor and gas back and forth to the VAST office.
To help remodel the VAST office. The kitchen was moved downstairs and
the old kitchen was made into an office for Matt Tetreault, SSTP Trails Assistant. Thank
you Ken for your dedication to VAST.
This is a short
club report. Not much going on. We
got off to such a good start that we are just holding our breath and hoping for Mother Nature to bless us with snow.
Submited by Betty
Eastman
CLUB NEWS
BUCKAROOS OF 302
October 2007
Caledonia County
The Buckaroos had their first club meeting for the winter season on Oct. 12th.
Thirteen members were present. Secretary and Treasurers reports were given and accepted. The topic of discussion
was trail work and the new TMA program. The first volunteer work date is Oct. 21st. Volunteer workers are to meet
at the Upper Valley Grill by 9 AM. We have over head limb cutting and bridges to plank over. If you have a date
you could work please call Buzzy Eastman 802-584-3630. We will have a schedule of work for Volunteers the remainder
of October and into November as long as the weather allows. All our construction application have been approved by Alexis
Nowalk SSTP Trails Adm. Puffer Construction will be moving his equipment into the various projects.
Buy your TMA's before Dec. 15, 2007 to take advantage of the reduced rate.
After Dec. 15th the TMAs will cost more. Our Club Secretary, Rick Ames and club VAST Membership Chairwoman, Rita Ames
will be sending a renewal membership letter to each snowmobiler that was our member last year.
Buzzy Eastman has started mowing the trails, he is about half done. We have
had some mechanical/electrical problems that Ken Gammell has been working on. We will GETTA DONE.
The Sur-Trac will get it's yearly check-up and be ready to roll as soon as there
is snow enough. We welcome everyone to stop by at JCT CA 10 to take a look at BIG BLUE.
submitted by Betty Eastman
January Club News
Buckaroos of 302
Caledonia County
December is the
month for election of officers. All the club officers went back in as follows:
Milt Lamberton, President
Matt Puffer, Vice President
Gary Lamberton, Treasurer
Rick Ames, Secretary
Rita Ames, Membership Chairperson
Dean Edson offered
to attend the historical roads meeting as a representative from our club. This
is a very important position as our club needs to be sure that the present trails are not affected and also any future trails
that we might need to build.
Our trail workers
reported that the trails are all signed and in good condition. We are very fortunate
to have a good group of guys working on the trails.
The trail system
would not be possible without the cooperation from our landowners. One such landowner
is Mr. & Mrs. Clifton Hersey of Groton. They own a parcel of land in the
“Gore” area on snowmobile trail Rt. 302 around Jct. CA 9. Christie
and Cliff have shared their land for many years. It is a vital trail connection
between State lands.
The other landowner
is Bob Farquharson in So. Ryegate. Bob own’s the land on snowmobile trail
Rt. 5. This year Bob did the bulldozer and excavator work on his land in order
to get the trail out of the Town road. This trail is located between the bridge
over the Wells River brook off highway 302 and snowmobile Jct. CA 1. There was
a hole on the entrance to the bridge. Butch Gandin using his equipment, filled
the hole with granite grout from his mfg. plant and sand from his pit.
We received word
from landowner James Engle, that he is going to log in the area of trail 2004. The
trail crosses over the Hatchery brook. This bridge needed to be re-planked. The club bought the plank and Gary Lamberton, Buzzy Eastman, Caleb and Karl Hollstein
re-planked the bridge. This is another way we show appreciation to a landowner.
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