Archive for Mon, 01 March 2010
Mon, 01 March 2010
Well, it has not been the best of winters this year in the Grayling area. As of this writing, most of our trails are down to ice and dirt. We were forced to cease our grooming operations on the 21st of February due to the lack of snow. You may have noticed that this is the first newsletter that you have seen in a while. There just has not been much going on around our area to report to the general membership.
Our Groomer Drivers have been keeping the trails in our area in pretty good shape considering what they have had to work with. The guys have logged 640 hours of driving time as well as 4570 miles of grooming so far this season. Fuel cost stands at approximately $6800.00 and maintenance hours stand at 94. We wish to thank both the drivers as well as the maintenance guys for all of their efforts so far this season. Hopefully, Mother Nature will send some more of the white stuff our way and we can add to these totals before the season is over.
We do want to announce that at the General Membership meeting in January, Art Fissette was re-elected to the AVSA Board of Directors. Art has been a long time member and continues to be a great asset to our organization.
We also would like to thank all of you who have sent in your memberships to join the AuSable Valley Snowmobile Association. Whether you are a family or a business, we appreciate having you as members of our club.
Our Next Two General Membership Meetings will be on Thursday, March 4th and Thursday, April 1st. The April meeting will be our last one of the season. Both of these meetings start at 7:00pm and will be held upstairs at the Ramada Inn. Our meetings are open to anyone who wishes to attend.
AVSA Board of Directors
Pres.-Rich Filley V.P.-Tom Everly Secretary-Mike Miller Grooming-Keith Miles
Safety-Art Fissette Web & Treas.-Rob Tomlinson B.O.D.-Bob Smith
B.O.D.-Bill Weaver B.O.D.-Mike Brown
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Airway Automation Century 21 River Country Dubois Lumber
Fay’s Motel & Cottages Ferris Farms Forward Enterprises
Frederic Inn Grayling Chiropractic Center Grayling Generating Station
Grayling Restaurant Grayling Visitors Bureau Jack Millikin, Inc.
McLean’s Ace Hardware Nationwide Corp. Promotions Pointe North Motel
Ramada Inn Rich’s Cycle Center River Country Motor Lodge
Sledheads of Frederic
Spicers Boat City Spikes Keg O Nails The Medicine Shoppe
Woodland Motor Lodge Wyandotte Lodge
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Mon, 01 March 2010
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Contacts: Rob Burg 989-348-2537 or Mary Dettloff 517-335-3014
History of the Civilian Conservation Corps to be Presented at Hartwick
Pines Logging Museum March 7
“The Legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Grayling
Area” will be the topic of a presentation at 2 p.m. Sunday, March
7, at the Hartwick Pines Logging Museum in Grayling. Department of
Natural Resources and Environment historian Rob Burg will present the
program that highlights the work the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
did in Grayling, Gaylord, Houghton Lake, Kalkaska, Mio and Roscommon.
The CCC planted more than 400 million trees in Michigan, fought
thousands of forest fires across the country and developed some of
America’s most beloved national parks. In the Grayling and surrounding
areas alone, the CCC operated the Higgins Lake Nursery, built the
Logging Museum at Hartwick Pines, the Conservation Training School (now
the Ralph A. McMullan Center) at Higgins Lake, the Reedsburg Dam near
Houghton Lake, operated the Grayling Fish Hatchery, and made
improvements at the Grayling Winter Sports Park (Hanson Hills).
This hour-long program will highlight these and other accomplishments
of the “CCC Boys” during the Great Depression, when the CCC not only
put men to work, but also helped to heal the state from the results of
the lumber practices and wildfires of an earlier period. Michigan-and
the entire United States-benefited from the work that “Roosevelt’s
Tree Army” performed from 1933-1942.
Hartwick Pines Logging Museum is part of the Michigan Historical Museum
system. The Logging Museum is located at 4216 Ranger Rd. in Grayling.
Admission to the event is free; however a motor vehicle permit is
required for entry into the park. For more information about the museum,
visit www.michigan.gov/loggingmuseum.
Refreshments will be served. If you have any questions about this
program or any other events at Hartwick Pines, please contact Rob Burg
at (989) 348-2537 or by email at burgr@michigan.gov.
The Department of Natural Resources and Environment is committed to the
conservation, protection, management and accessible use and enjoyment of
the state’s environment, natural resources and related economic
interests for current and future generations.
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Fri, 30 October 2009
| Sat, 05 December 2009 | to | Sun, 14 March 2010 |
December 4, 2010 – March 12, 2011 – Headlight Night Skiing for $5 @ Cross Country Ski Headquarters
Every night (snow permitting) From December 4, 2010 – March 12, 2011 we will have available for rent LED headlamps for your Night Skiing Enjoyment! Be sure to pick up Headlamps before 5:30 PM because the Store and Day Lodge will usually not be open in the evening. That means you will be on your own!
Then bring the headlamps back between 10:00 a.m. and noon the following day. The cost to rent is $5 per Headlamp per night.
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