Milan All Weather Riders
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August 6, 2007
MILAN, NH – 07-08 Snowmobile Season Kick-off! It’s balmy and August, yet the Milan All Weather Riders are well into preparing for the 2007 – 2008 trail riding season. The upcoming Milan Old Home Days is the Club’s season kick-off. On Saturday, August 11th the Club will be well represented by volunteers cookin’ up tasty eats and selling this years raffle tickets to benefit the Milan All Weather Riders, and ultimately the trail riders. Membership and sponsorship opportunities information/forms will be available as well.
Raffle ticket sales only begin on August 11th at the Old Home Days Celebration. The drawing will be held at the December club meeting on the 19th. Even if you can’t make it to Milan this Saturday, there’s still plenty of time to show support and take a chance at winning up to 9 fabulous prizes: 3 cords of firewood from Wagner Forest Management, 2 helmet kits from Currier RV/Absolute Powersports, snowmobile pre-season check-up plus snowmobile boots (in stock up to a $150 value) from Profile Motorsports, snowmobile pres-season check-up plus a helmet from Jericho Motorsports, 2 snowmobile pre-season check-ups from Snowmobile and Motorcycle Service of Gorham, an ArcticCat Sports Pack Back Pack from LL Cote, Husqavarna Protective Apparel Power Kit from Bear Country Power Sports and a helmet from Woodlands Credit Union. Tickets are available from any Milan All Weather Rider club member for $1 apiece or 6/$5.
Major trail work will soon be completed and next trail blow-downs will be tackled. Without a doubt, our trails will be ready for you when the snow flies.
The Milan All Weather Riders Snowmobile Club is a non-profit organization that maintains over 100 miles of trails on the EAST side of the Androscoggin River from Errol to Gorham. Meetings are held the last Wednesday of every month, 7pm at the Milan Luncheonette and Variety in Milan NH – beginning in September. Anyone interested in joining our dynamic volunteer group may join us at any meeting, or contact our club President, Doug Young, at 603-449-2442. Visit us at www.MilanAWR.org for more information. Happy Trails….
Roger G. Marois Gateway Dedication 10/14/06
February 24, 2007
Today marked the first ever Poker Run held by the Milan All Weather Riders Snowmobile Club. All proceeds of the poker run (over $1,000!) were donated to the Michael Blanchette Scholarship Fund. The scholarship will benefit a local high school graduate pursuing a four-year degree in civil engineering.
The Club truly appreciates all who contributed to the event in honor of ‘Mikey’ who was a great friend and snowmobile enthusiast. Those who were instrumental in the success of this fundraiser include: Mike’s friends, the Milan All Weather Riders, Alpine Machine Inc., Seventh Street Graphics, the Androscoggin Valley Cancer Fund and Gorham High School. We ask the community to bless those that generously donated prizes and giveaways for the event – Bob’s Variety, Alpine Machine Inc., Motorcycle Snowmobile Service of Gorham, Gallus & Green Realtors, Androscoggin Valley Appraisal Assoc., Matt Perkins, Jericho Motorsports, Don Laroche, Sherwin Williams, Berlin Mills Variety, Woodlands Credit Union, the New Milan General Store, the Blanchette family; and Motion Industries who gave a straight donation to the scholarship fund.
Riders came from all over New England to participate. Lucky winners with the 10 best hands were Susan Albert, Lionel Caron, Jackie Marois, Brian Croteau, Leo Roy, June Marois, Doug Shannon, Dwight Armstrong, Larry Lombardi and Leo Long. Many more won gift certificates, apparel and grab bags.
The Poker Run culminated with the annual All Weather Riders cookout at Success Pond. Great thanks go to Bobby Marois who at the last minute lent his camp for the festivities, as the pond was unexpectedly slushy! The Club looks forward to repeating Mike’s Scholarship Poker Run and annual Club cookout as a bigger and better event in 2008. We’re already in the planning stages!....Happy trails to you.
The Milan All Weather Riders
Milan, NH