November 2005
Final
Meeting 2005 - News
Saturday, October 15th was the club’s last regular
meeting this year. The meeting was held at the Salmon
River Inn in Altmar. A plaque was presented to “Jr.”
O’Neil the clubs trail work coordinator for
all his help in building and maintaining trails. The
President, Steve Cronk, also thanked all in the club
who have helped throughout the year. Jr. O’Neil
expressed his thanks to all the people who have helped
him; specifically Steve Crim, Gaius Fox, Roger Manchester,
Barry Moot, for all the equipment, welders, generators,
drills, saws, etc. they have provided to the work
parties to make things easier. Great job to all.
Work on the new home for our club “stuff”
has begun to take shape on the property the club purchased
on County Rte. 22 in the Village of Altmar. A tractor
trailer bed donated by K&S Tires, Williamstown,
has been relocated on this property to house materials
necessary to build trails in a dry environment before
their use. This trailer bed will also house our new
“trail truck” when it is delivered in
April. A small storage shed has also been moved to
the property, installed on an existing concrete pad
and enclosed with chain link fencing. A 30’
gate was donated by Rich Mullin of Altmar who will
be given a honorary membership for his generosity.
The “trail truck” raffle is off to a great
start with approximately 200 tickets bought to date,
but is slowing now. The club needs your help with
this raffle. To make this raffle work we will need
you all to purchase the two tickets sent, or return
them as soon as possible. If you cannot purchase the
tickets please return them by Christmas
so that someone else can sell them. There were only
1500 tickets printed for this raffle and 1082 were
mailed to the membership and sponsors. The drawing
is not until April, but our treasury is soon to be
depleted due to the first payment for this “trail
truck” and needs to be built up
again. Please do all you can. If you have any questions
or would like additional tickets call Don or Nancie
Hildreth 298-4267.
Membership
The Treasurer now has 2006 membership cards and stickers
available. To avoid the rush in April, and help build
up the treasury, you can renew your membership now.
Call Arlene at 298-5601 or send in your dues now to
the club address. Arlene will send out your new card
and sticker as soon as you respond.
Any members in the Hannibal area who want to join
the West Extension part of our club, please send
your dues directly to: Oswego County ATV Club, West
Extension, P.O. Box 153, Hannibal, NY 13074. By sending
in your membership to this address you are joining
the main club and the West Extension. You
are all members of the same club.
All members can ride both the Altmar trails and Hannibal
trails.
Upcoming Events
November: No board meeting
will be held this month unless needed.
December: No board meeting
will be held this month unless needed.
A meeting covering the Trade Show will be held on
December 7th at the Town House in Williamstown at
6:30 PM. We will be looking for all “input”
to organize this event. Mary Gaffey will be sending
out letters to sponsors and vendors to invite all
to this meeting.
It was voted on by the membership to hold a dance
at the Town House in Williamstown on
December 10th 8-12 PM featuring the “Old Friends
Band “ a country/western band. Watch the web
page, www.oswegocountyatv.org,
for any further details or check with board members
closer to that date. We need you
to attend this fundraiser. A small donation will be
requested at the door to benefit the club.. We look
forward to seeing you all at this pre-Christmas event.
January: There will be a fundraiser
spaghetti dinner held in January at the American Legion,
Rochester Street, Hannibal. The date and time will
be announced at a later date. Call 564-6619 for more
information.
The Board will meet the last Wednesday of this month
at Little Lukey’s unless otherwise notified.
March: The start up meeting
for 2006 will be held at the Town House Restaurant
on the third Saturday of the month, March 18th. See
you all there.
June: The Trade/Craft Show
of last year has been scheduled for June 10 &
11th, 2006. A new addition will be added, a rodeo
complete with mud pit. The Town House
Restaurant in Williamstown, will again be the host
for this event. The second annual show will be bigger
and better than last year and is the second of it’s
kind for the club. The chairpersons for this event
are Barry and Thelma Moot. They can be reached at
298-2480. This event requires many months of planning
and a full week or more of preparation at the field.
Details will be forthcoming. Just remember we need
your help to make this event bigger and better.
West
Extension News
Those who ordered tee shirts and have not picked them
up at the October meeting please call 564-6619 to
make arrangements to pick the shirts up. There are
also some extra shirts now available for purchase.
Have a safe winter! Happy
Holidays! See you in the Spring!
“ALL MACHINES MUST HAVE CURRENT STICKER
CLEARLY VISIBLE TO RIDE OUR TRAILS”