May 2006
NEXT MEETING
On May 20th the regular monthly meeting
will be held at 11 AM at the Kasoag Lake Park
in Williamstown.
RAFFLE WINNER
The “Trail Truck” raffle drawing was made
at the April meeting awarding $500. to Lou Ann Spencer
of Parish. Congratulations Lou Ann.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
At the last meeting election of officers was held.
All officers will remain the same with the exception
of the office of Treasurer. The new Treasurer
is Gail Atkinson. Arlene Barnard will now be
handling the memberships only. Both phone numbers
are listed in the heading of the newsletter.
MAP NEWS
Lee Ann Harris from Trail Pass, has told us that
the Lewis County trails are closed temporarily.
Therefore, please do not use our maps or these trails.
New maps are being compiled now for our club..
Discard all old ATV Club maps.
We will let you know when the new maps are available.
NEW SPONSOR DISCOUNT
Bill Davis Painting & Roofing offers a 10% discount
on any job they complete for any member. Give
them a call for your next painting or roofing job.
TRADE SHOW
On June 10th and 11th our 2nd annual Trade Show/Craft
Fair & ATV Rodeo will be held at the Town House
Restaurant in Williamstown. This year we are
combining the Trade Show with an ATV Rodeo to make
the event more appealing to all who love four wheeling.
Barry and Thelma Moot are chairpersons for this event.
To make this event more successful each year requires
a lot of time and work for all involved. The
more people we can count on for help makes the load
a lot lighter. Please call Barry or Thelma to
offer your help. You can reach them at 298-2480.
Your help could make the difference in organizing
this event.
ATV RODEO
This years Rodeo will be a two day event if there
are enough competitors to warrant it. The events
included will be a mud bog, log pull and car climb.
The cost for these events will be
$10 for competitors each day of the rodeo. There
will be a 100% payback.
WEST EXTENSION NEWS
The next regular monthly meeting of the West Extension
will be held May 9th at 7 PM at South
Forty, Rte. 104A. The current calendar will
be available at this meeting for any new members who
did not receive one.
There will be a chicken barbeque on May 27th
at Humprey’s Hide-a-Way from 12-5 PM.
Tickets available by calling 564-6619 or from any
club member. Dinners are $7. and ½ chickens
are $4. Take outs are available. Volunteers
are still needed. Call Jim or Pat Marra
564-6619 to let them know you can help.
Jim Marra, the Vice President representing the West
Exten-sion would like to announce that he will be
resigning from this position. He will be stepping
down effective August 8th. Any person interested
in taking over this position please call Steve Cronk
at 298-3312,
COUNTY LEGISLATURE MEETING
As President of this Club Steve Cronk occasionally
has to ask the people to attend these meetings.
At this time we really need to keep our trails going.
Ten people won’t do it, but 200 people will.
All members are being asked to be present at the upcoming
County Legislature meeting to be held May 11th
at 2 PM at the County Building, Bridge Street in Oswego.
Our county trails are at stake.
We will meet in the parking lot across the street
for coffee and doughnuts at 1 PM.
We need at least 200 members to make a big difference.
Please plan on attending.
SPONSOR DONATIONS
The club has received donations from the following
sponsors for advertising on the new trail truck panels
that will be used when the truck is not working.
Caprara Toy Store $1000.
Thunder Alley Sports
$500.
Banach Insurance
$500.
Agency Specialists
$1000.
Century 21
$1000.
Wheel-A-Way Sports
$500.
The club also received from Trail Pass and Goodyear
Tire a donation of $5000.
Recently the club requested Jim
Brownell to survey the property located on County
Rte. 22 in Altmar to establish proper lines for our
use in developing this land. Mr. Brownell donated
his time to provide this service.
For advertising of the Trade Show the club has received
a $2000. donation from Caprara Bros. in Pulaski.
The Club sends our thanks to all of the people
listed above for their continuing support.
GRANT RECEIPT
The club has been awarded a. grant from Polaris to
complete “Corduroy Trail”. Work on this
trail must be completed by June 15th. Upon completion
another $1000. will be sent to the Club. If you would
like to volunteer to help with this trail or any other,
please call Jr. O’Neil at 668-8995 or attend
the work parties on Tuesday meeting at the Club property
on County Rte. 22 in Altmar.
CRAFT SHOW
Oswego County Legislator Shawn Doyle has told us that
the Half-Shire Historical Society in Richland is holding
a Spring craft show May 5-6th,
Friday and Saturday. More than twenty tables
will be showing their crafts. Friday, May 5th
members of the Cogswell Library in Orwell will serve
lunch. Saturday. May 6th the Half-Shire staff
will do sandwiches, while the Richland firemen will
hold a chicken barbecue on the front lawn.
All are welcome.
TRAVEL NEWS
Our new Treasurer, Gail Atkinson and her husband Bill
traveled with their ATV’s to West Virginia,
Colorado and California last fall. They have
written an article sharing
their ATV vacation experiences and have given it to
the club to be part of this newsletter. They
are an inspiration and a wonderful example of how
we can all have fun four wheeling.
If anyone else would like to share their experiences
with the club, please contact the editor
Thought for the month –
“To ride is a privilege not a right –
respect all others”
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