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- Since 1967 -
This club was organized with the
intent to bring people together with similar interests, to raise
money for community projects and to
support family oriented activities.
Member
Count = 108
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Updated 4/6/2008
Top of the
Rockies Snowmobile Club News
Red White & Brew 03/20/2008
URGENT CLUB NEWS!!!
As you may or may not be aware, the BTNF is trying to limit or
eliminate our free access snowmobiling in and around our area!
This does include the Grey’s River. We need to do our part and
try to stop this! Listed below are a couple of the meetings that
BTNF is holding on this subject. PLEASE try and attend one of
these meetings! We need faces at these meetings! Let’s GET
INVOLVED!
BTNF Meetings- “Plan Revision” meetings
03/26/2008 at the Star Valley Middle School, 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm.
03/27/2008 at the Jackson Hole High School from 6:00 pm to 9:30
pm.
We highly encourage all members and non members to attend. Our
snowmobiling existence is in danger!
Meeting notes:
Attendance:
Tyler Peterson - President-Present
Cory Lees - Vice President -Present
Mitzi Peterson - Treasurer -Present
Stephanie Barrus - Secretary -Present
Karil
Bob Strobel
Ernie Potter
Chantry Hanson
Kassie Foster
Sorrel Lees
Clint Guthrie
Debbie Guthrie
Ranell McNeel
Bert McNeel
Tiphany Lutz
Kennis Lutz
Board Meeting: 6:00 pm
There was discussion as to where the club has been and where it
is we would like it headed. Also part of the discussion was how
to get the club members more involved and into coming to the
meetings. We discussed again that this club was voluntary and
not mandatory so hopefully they will start attending on their
own willingness. If they don’t attend it was mentioned that it
is really hard for them to have a voice on the future of the
club and the way it is going.
Discussion on where to hold the meetings. The result is to stay
at the Red White and Brew. Everyone voted to stay that was in
attendance.
Membership fees are due in August and we had a discussion on
whether to prorate the dues for new members signing up
throughout the year. It was voted that it is too hard to keep
track of memberships being due at different times through out
the year so they will remain due in August and no prorate will
be assessed. So please, if you are signing members up, make sure
they know this in advance.
General Meeting: 6:30 p.m.
The check book was handed over to Mitzi Peterson with a balance
of $9749.31.
Need to get Sue Hauhn paid for the flyers from the Poker Run,
the bill got lost. Deb will get it paid. Other than that, all is
caught up. Good job Debbie!
Old Business
Named new Officers:
Tyler Peterson-President
Cory Lees- Vice President
Mitzi Peterson- Treasurer
Stephanie Barrus- Secretary
Bob Penny off of the Board.
Past officers are now the new board Members which consistes of
Bob Strobel, Clint Guthrie, Debbie Guthrie and Karil Brocha.
Digs & Ranell are off the board but still serve as alternates.
Poker run was a real success! Not much negative feed back from
members and or public. Talked about next year advertising it in
the Wrangler. We had a group from the Rock Springs club come and
participate and they were awesome and had a great time!
Snow Rodeo:
Went very well. Had great feed back on the “Kiddie Cross”! Again
a special thanks went out to Corry Lees for designing and
building, pretty much by hand, the course. We had a few show up
with 440’s and needs to be a point of discussion for next year
to make a special class for them. Some people complained about
how long it took on the kids events so it was mentioned that
possibly run adults and kids at same time but on different
courses. Six kids shared (1) 120. So hopefully will have more
next year! They had a ball and we truly focused on this being
more for the kids. I think it worked!
Talked about trying to have a snow cross for the adults. Tyler
and Clint are going to try and investigate this and see what we
need to do to host something like this.
We had a club ride up to McCain Meadows on March 15. We had a
nice turn out with about 14 members participating! Way to go
members! Bert was talk of the ride and we have several photos
that will be posted on the website as to why! A lot of the
members did not know about the ride, so we need to mail and
e-mail. We will send out new forms to see how the members would
like us to get in touch with them and to update our current
members list. Mitzi will take care of this in the next couple of
weeks.
Avalanche Training:
Bob Strobel had a hard time getting in touch with the SVSR to
schedule a training session. Need to try and book it with them
earlier. Tyler and Mitzi also know some one who could help with
the training that is Certified and help the JH Snow Devil’s in
their classes if we can’t get it organized with SVSR.
Still looking at the club purchasing a tent for use at our
events. Debbie Guthrie is going to talk to the lady that donated
the tent to us to use for the Snow Rodeo and see if she can get
us some prices.
New Business:
Easter Egg Hunt:
The club purchased and donated 2 bikes, a helmet, and knee and
elbow pads. Spent $104.00.
Thanks Debbie and Clint for going and getting these items for
us!
Car Show:
Talk of the 2008 Car Show was brought up and Tiphany said that
she thought the property that it was held on last year was on
the market so she would check into this for us. (Tiphany here is
your reminder!) We may have to have the car show at a different
location than the air show. Tiphany will check into all this and
it will be discussed further at May’s meeting. Had some feed
back from a pilot in last years show that they couldn’t land so
they had to return to Driggs to land. By the time they were able
to attend the car show to see the car’s it was over. Need to
discuss different options on this. We need to have better
coordination from the Fire Dept as well. Talked about having the
Poker Run on Saturday and then do the judging on Sunday. Also
talked about having admission to get into the car show. We need
more members to help out with the car show this year. We will
talk more about all of this at May's meeting.
2008 Calendar:
July 4th Tavern Party might be moved to the end of July. Maybe
do a 4-wheeler Poker Run up the Greys River. Or just make it a
fun run. Discuss a Chairman for this in the April meeting.
Last club ride for the year:
March 29th won’t work because of the Jackson Hole Hill Climb.
We will try and have the ride up Diamond Creek on April 5th.
Meet at 10:30. But due to the limited amount of parking area up
there, Ernie Potter has volunteered to take a drive up there and
see what the snow conditions are like and also parking
situation. We will send out confirmation after we assess the
situation. If Diamond Creek is out we discussed possibly heading
up McCoy Creek. If you have any questions on this call Cory Lees
at 307-880-0450.
Bob Strobel brought up maybe a club ride to Island Park. There
was no interest in that throughout the present members.
Club Logo:
It was also mentioned that we would like to see about a new club
logo. Mitzi mentioned that her nephew Chantry was a great artist
and would see if he could come up with something that we all
liked. Any thoughts or ideas are truly welcome!
The need to renew our insurance was brought up by Bob Strobel
and Debbie had already done so. We are renewed until 3-09.
In conclusion:
Tyler and Mitzi were contacted by Porsche to see about holding a
Winter Driving Event in Alpine. Apparently the Chamber of
Commerce in Jackson somehow had us as a contact for Alpine area.
Tyler contacted them back and basically they are looking for an
area that they can hold this event and was wondering if we could
help them out. She said that Jackson would not help them.
Basically it is a driving skills event for Porsche and they need
an un-groomed or unplowed area. Tyler told them that he would
look into this further and we would contact them back.
Meeting adjourned 7:42 pm
Again, I would like to encourage all members to participate in
club meetings (April 17) and or events. Let’s get a positive
future for our club!
Thanks,
Tyler Peterson – President
tyandmitzi@silverstar.com
307-413-7228 Cell
307-654-2071 Home
Updated 1/25/2008
Top of the
Rockies Snowmobile Club News
January 2008
Happy New Year!
Avalanche Rescue Training Saturday February 2, 2008 - 10am -
12pm at the Greys River Parking Lot
Top of the Rockies and Star Valley Search and Rescue are putting
on an Avalanche Prevention & Rescue Field Training Class at the
trailhead of Greys River Road. Training will include:
identifying layered snow, beacon and probe training, and much
more! Whether you are an old pro or a novice, please show
leadership and attend this class. The class is open to all
members and the community at large. Afterwards, plan to take a
ride up the Greys!
Poker Run, Auction & Raffle February 16th 2008 - 10am at the
Bull Moose Saloon
TOR hopes to see everyone at the this year’s Poker Run! It
starts and ends at the Bull Moose Saloon. At the end of the day
we will be serving Bob Penny’s Famous Gumbo and the side dishes
that members bring. We will have more info on the route coming
soon. The following is a list of the Raffle Items to be raffled
off:
- CZ Redhead over & under 12 gauge shotgun – Grand Prize – This
is a nice firearm!
- Two Tracker Avalanche Beacons – Second Prize
- Probe, Shovel & Backpack – Third Prize
We need help selling raffle tickets – Please call 307-690-5681
for more info!
TOR Christmas Party / Local Family Benefit – Subs for Santa
In order to find families who needed help this past Christmas,
KaRil worked with two agencies referred to us by the Sheriff’s
Department. Two families were selected and they each gave us
their wish lists. At the December 6th meeting, club members
volunteered to provide presents for everyone in each family.
Each family also received a complete Christmas dinner and
decorations. Both of the families are eternally grateful for
the club’s generosity and would like to thank everyone that
provided gifts in need. Thanks to KaRil and Brian for delivering
the gifts to the families.
The Christmas Party was a complete success! Thanks to the Bull
Moose Saloon for letting us use their kitchen to cook the
turkeys. Thanks to all members who showed up and brought side
dishes! The dinner was delicious! Special thanks to KaRil and
her sons for putting this whole event together; it was
worthwhile and very rewarding for all of us! Thanks to Tiphany
and RaNell for helping out with the tree and decorations!
Campfire and Cookout
We had a nice turn out at the Campfire and Cookout at Grant and
Lara Gertsch’s house this year! As always, Grant did a great
job at the grilling station and preparing the fire pit so we
could all stay warm. Thanks to whoever brought that macaroni
salad, which was amazing! We decided not to ride the chute do to
unstable snow conditions. We just focused on the food, fire pit
for staying warm and the nice conversations. Better to be safe
than sorry! Special thanks to Grant, Lara, John Gailey and
Bruce Plott for all their help with the setup!
Updated 12/09/2007
Top of the
Rockies Snowmobile Club News
December 2007
Happy Holidays Everyone!
TOR Christmas Party / Family Benefit Dec 20th 2007, 6:30pm
- 11pm Bull Moose
Thanks to everyone that showed up to the rescheduled "Local
Family Christmas Benefit" meeting. KaRil got sign-ups for most
items on the family’s list of needs. We accomplished a lot and
it looks like we will have a large crowd attending this year!
For everyone that didn’t make the meeting but plans to make it
to the party, it’s not too late to put your Santa Hat on and
help our TOR sponsored families! Non-perishable groceries and
grocery cards for stocking stuffers are great gifts since every
little bit helps. This is the time of year where we need think a
little less about ourselves and think more of others less
fortunate. For everyone coming to the party, please bring a
holiday side dish and plan on dinner being served around 7:00pm
- 9:00pm. Dinner Includes roasted turkey, gravy, rolls, mashed
potatoes, homemade cranberry sauce and all of the other
delicious holiday dishes members bring.
Island Park, Idaho Traveling Club Ride - February 8,9,10 - 2008
So far 10 people have RSVP’d for this trip, and we have room for
10 more. We have rooms blocked out at Hyde’s Last Chance Lodge.
Rooms are $45.00 per night based on double occupancy. This is a
screaming deal! On Friday Feb 8th at 7:30am we leave Alpine with
our sleds loaded from the Bull Moose parking lot heading to
Island Park. It is approximately a 2.5 hour drive, which puts us
there around 10:00am. We will need to be on our game that day if
we plan to get on the trail by 11am. This is the day we work out
all the kinks and decide a game plan for Saturday’s ride. That
evening we all convene back at the lodge and have dinner and
cocktails at the A-Bar. Anybody that wants a high-end dinner can
go to Trout Hunter nearby. Saturday morning we must be ready to
head out by 10am. We will ride for the day and plan to be back
at the lodge by dinner time. I’m going to book reservations at
the Anglers Lodge for Dinner. Plan to put your party hat on that
evening! Sunday we are on our own. After breakfast we can head
home or go for a half-day ride. We will have some time to figure
this out and I plan to do some homework by then. I’m taking
suggestions on the itinerary as well. If you would like to go on
this fun filled weekend or have any questions please call
307-690-5681.
Club Meetings and New Meeting Home - Feedback update
The Goal here was to satisfy the need to have a club home base,
a neutral and consistent meeting place (Yankee Doodle’s) for
members of all ages. We have been hearing mixed feelings about
this new location. Overall I am mostly hearing positive
comments. Members like not having to worry about where and when
our meetings are, and the fact the whole family is welcome. I
must say it has turned into complicated issue with some members.
I am still trying to get a feel for what is best for the
majority of members and the club. We have a few options moving
forward, but we will work this out in meetings if it continues
to be an issue. I say let’s be respectful, be positive, work
through the issues, and do what is best for the club, the
members, and the community.
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