Cody Country Snowmobile Association

January Newsletter

We had 17 people at our meeting this month. We would sure like to see more members join us.

We received thank you cards from all of the K-9 Search & Rescue dogs that we made charitable donations to before the holidays. They also sent pictures of their dogs be sure to check out the pics on our website and watch for them in the next Wrangler as well. They really appreciate our help.

We will be marking trails on Saturday January 23^rd and if you are available to help pack trails anytime between now and then please contact Tony Simek or Mike Kelly. We will probably put up our beacon checker on this weekend as well. The snow is getting better but we can sure use more. We have also had reports that the snow is pretty good in the Big Horns as well.

If you have any of the raffle tickets from WSSA I hope your sales are going well. We will need to collect your tickets at our club meeting in March so that we can turn them in to WSSA at Fun Days the first weekend in March. However, you can always turn them in early to Bert if you wish.

We will be voting on our awards at our February meeting. We will be voting for Snowmobiler of the Year, Youth Snowmobiler of the Year, Family of the Year, and Dealer of the Year. Our groomer is Sam Taylor.

Our awards dinner will be Friday February 19^th in the Governor’s room at the Irma. You will have a choice of a beef entrée (10 oz. Rib Eye Steak – cooked medium) and a chicken entrée (Chicken Cordon Bleu). The entrée also includes a salad, potato, vegetable, dessert and beverage (excluding alcohol) for $18/ea. Kids (10 and under) will be offered chicken tenders for $6. We need to have our reservation numbers turned in to the Irma by Monday February 15^th, no later. If you plan to attend please let me know how many people and what your entrée choice is. We will have members pay the club and then the club can write a single check to the Irma. We are really hoping to have a great turnout for our banquet, please consider joining us. We will have a chili feed at the Safety Shelter/Warming Hut on Saturday February 20^th. Chili donated by Jenni Rosencranse. Hope to see you on the Mountain as well.

Remember to make your reservations for Fun Days in Jackson. This is a great time. Scholarship applications are due by February 1^st. CCSA scholarship applications are also due at that time. Applications for state awards are due by February 15^th.

We have taken pictures of our new Safety Shelter/Warming Hut and made a sign to put up in our current Safety Shelter/Warming Hut to let people know that next year we will have a “Bigger & Better” building next year. Check out the poster on our website in the photo album section.

Carol Higbie won $18 in our 50/50 raffle. She donated her winnings back to the club and requested the money be added to the scholarship funds.

Our next meeting will be February 3^rd at 6:30 p.m. at the Search and Rescue Hall. We will have carry-in.

Brenda Miller

CCSA Secretary