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President’s Message—Steve Soltwedel The snowmobile season is fast approaching, and we have had several snowfalls to remind us of this. Make sure your registrations are up to date, trail passes ordered and re-ceived, and sleds checked over and ready. Be sure to stay on trails when they open and remember that our use of the trails is a privilege, not a right. As November comes to an end our club has much to be thankful for. The support of the local community through donations and map ads along with the support of you our members is what keeps us going. There are countless vol-unteer hours put in that also need our thanks and recogni-tion: members that showed up for trail brushing; Directors and officers; our treasurer Ed Siergiej; our secretary Kay Schultz; Pam Gebhardt who publishes our newsletter; Ozzie and Peg Ausloos who organize and teach our safety class and so much else; Jim Wendt who oversaw the groomer barn rebuild and trail boss duties; and Tom Christensen who helps with our newsletter and enters our grooming expenses for reimbursement. We have much to be thank-ful for. As many of you know by now, the Hiller’s Radar Run nor-mally occurring the beginning of February has been can-celled. Besides being a source of income for the club, it required large number of volunteer hours. Our second win-ter event, the Arrowhead Groomer Show remains undecid-ed at this time. The snowmobile safety class will be held as planned and your Directors voted to have a December Christmas Membership Meeting at the Whitetail. Details of these events can be found elsewhere in this newsletter. We are also planning to have our January membership meeting held on a Saturday morning to afford our out of town members a chance to attend. On behalf of your Officers and Directors, I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and the Happiest of New Years. Steve
St. Germain Bo-Boen Snowmobile Club
Celebrating more than 50 years of Snowmobiling!
Volume 2020-21 Number 5 www.boboen.com December 2020
Merry Christmas from the Bo-Boen
Officers & Directors! Merry Membership Christmas
It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas
Your board of directors has decided to celebrate the
season by having a Christmas membership dinner. It
will be held on Tuesday, December 8th
at the Whitetail
Inn. To conform to the 25% capacity recommendation
for indoor events, attendance will be limited to 80 peo-
ple. In order to simplify paying for dinner, please bring
the correct amount of money or a check made out to
the Whitetail Inn. Look for the menu with the cost be-
low. Call Kay Schultz at 715-542-3912 for reservations.
Masks will be required to enter & check in
and when leaving!
December Membership Meeting
Tuesday, December 8th
Whitetail Inn
Cocktails 6:00 pm Dinner 7:00 pm
Menu Selection:
Oven Roasted Stuffed Pork Loin
Cornish Hen/Wild Rice Stuffing
Honey Citrus Glazed Bake Norwegian Salmon
All dinners include house dinner salad, rolls,
potato, dessert & coffee. All meals are priced at
$25.00 with tax and gratuity included.
Members are responsible for the payment of their
reservation whether they attend or not. Please
bring the correct amount of money or make
checks payable to Whitetail Inn.
MASKS WILL BE REQUIRED TO CHECK IN.
RSVP on or before Monday, November 30th
to Kay Schultz (715) 542-3912.
Thank You to Our Property Owners Who Help Make Our Trail System Great!
The Bo-Boen Snowmobile Club thanks all the Landowners across our community who are gracious enough to
allow marked snowmobile trails to cross their property. Obviously without your generosity there would be no
St. Germain trail system for our members and visitors to enjoy.
CAROLA ANDERSON
VIRGINIA ANDRUS
FRANK & AUDREY BLOECHL
CAROLE BRAHM
MARGARET BRENNAN
MARK & LISA BUSHA
DEBRA CHRISTENSEN
DOUGLAS & CHRIS CHRISTENSEN
COMMUNITY CHURCH OF CHRIST
MIKE CONNORS
STEVEN & GAYLE DANIEL
JOHN & KAREN EDELBROCK
TOM & LAURIE ERDES
JANELLE EWEN
JOHN & NANCY FARO
SHELBY GEIGER
LINDA GOLLER
DUANE HJORTLAND
DENNIS & ANITA HORAN
DAVID & LINDA HORN
KEN & LINNEA JACKSON
TOM & BUFFY JACKSON
GARY & LINDA JENSEN
MIKE KOCOUERCK
MIKE & SHEILA KRUEGER
MICHAEL KUREK
JIM & TRACY RAE LEFTWICH
HANS LIEBERT
DUANE & SANDRA MAYHEW
KALISA NAMPEL
TOM & EILEEN PAWLACYK
KENT PITLIK
DAN & BARB PLAUTZ
RICHARDS FAMILY
GEORGE & LOIS RUEDIGER
TOM RYAN
BOB & JUDY SCHELL
NORM SCHUETTNER
JOE & JANICE SHAMBO
ED SIERGIEJ
CHUCK TREMMEL
LYNN URBAN
JOHN & JENN VOJTA
ALF & DORIS VRETFORS
JAMES & BERNIE WARNING
DAVE & KAREN WIDULE
Secretary’s Report—Kay Schultz Just a short note this month. Our November membership meeting drew about 30 people—with 3 new members in at-tendance. With only one month before the start of the sea-son, I hope you have your membership dues in and your trail passes ordered. It is also the time to put the finishing touch-es on your special snow dances. The snow that we have got-ten has pretty much melted and there is a little ice on the lake’s shoreline. A good wind will take that away. Let’s hope that in these strange times we have a good snowmobiling season.
Kay Schultz
Trail Boss—Jim Wendt Our brushing is complete. My hope is that we do not have another November or December ice storm which takes down many trees in its path. Our new drivers will begin basic training soon before getting to work with real snow. It’s a great group of guys who will, I know, do a great job. All snow fence is up and signing is nearly complete. Getting a 100 mile trail system is no small task, I just hope we don’t have any surprises. We have set in place a procedure to protect against the COVID virus in the barn. Drivers will take their tempera-tures when they come into work to screen for a possible case. I hope we can avoid any outbreaks within our crew. I hope you and your families are staying safe as we await the start of our favorite season of all! It will be here before you know it! Happy Trails! Jim
Tuesday, December 1—Board Meeting, 7 pm
Tuesday, December 8—Christmas Party Whitetail Inn
December 12 & 13—Snowmobile Safety Education Class
St. Germain Community Center
February 5 & 6, 2021—Hiller’s Radar Run—CANCELLED
Arrowhead Groomers/Walker Equipment Annual Snowmobile Trail Grooming Show—PENDING
Snowmobile Safety Class
December 12 & 13, 2020
Just a reminder that the Snowmobile Safety Class will be held on Saturday, December 12 (8:30 am to 2:30 pm and Sunday, December 13 (9:00 am to Noon) at the St. Germain Community Center. Students must attend both days. The class is currently full. If you are willing wo bake cookies or bars that would be greatly appreciated however they must be individually pack-aged in baggies or plastic wrap. Please deliver to the Com-munity Center on Saturday morning. Jack Horvath and Roxanne Platz have volunteered to pack “box lunches” for the students and instructors for Satur-day’s lunch. We will also supply beverages. Students and instructors are required to wear masks and hand sanitizer will be available. We are committed to mak-ing this a safe and positive experience for everyone.
Sunshine Report
Sympathy cards were sent to the families of Debbie Reid and Jack
Radue.
Terry Knitt received a Thinking of You Card.
Don Baumann, Chuck & Pat Their, Gary Schultz and Bob Schell all
received Get Well Cards!
Please call Judy Schell at (715) 542-2321 or judith-
[email protected] when you have information on births, of members
who are ill or hospitalized and need a bit of cheer, sympathy or encour-
Winter’s more fun in St. Germain on a snowmobile!
CLUB CASH RAFFLE With the cancellation of the Radar Run as one of our fund raisers, we will be leaning on other benefits to make up funds. We will once again be doing our club cash raffle with limited number of tickets sold. Tickets this year will be $100 each with a maximum of only 100 tickets sold. Cash Prizes will be: 1st—$3,000, 2nd—$1,000, 3rd—$1,000, 4th—$500, 5th—$500. We will have tickets available at some of our business supporters starting sometime in December. If you would like to reserve a ticket to purchase, please send us a note via e-mail at [email protected] We will arrange to have a ticket(s) available for you. The drawing will be at our March 9, 2021 meeting. As usual you need not be present to win. If your business would like to have tickets to sell, please contact Ed Siergiej @ 715-493-7736.
Seasons Eatings
It’s that time of year again to open our
hearts to those less fortunate than us. Once
again, at our annual Christmas party at the
Whitetail Inn, we will be collecting non-
perishable food and personal care items for the Vilas Food Pantry. Items that
are needed most are cereals, granola bars, canned meat, boxed dinners,
peanut butter and toiletries such as shampoo, soap, toothpaste, deodorant,
etc. Of course, money is always appreciated. The food pantry works with local
grocers to get vouchers for meat and fresh vegetables. Thank you in advance
for your generosity!
The Future of Snowmobiling in Wisconsin Depends on You—
RIDE RESPONSIBLY Please obey posted speed limit signs on all town roads. Speed limits will be strictly enforced. The use
of roads is a privilege that may be taken from us if we do not use them carefully.
2020-2021
St. Germain Bo-Boen Snowmobile Club
Officers & Board of Directors
Steve Soltwedel – President
[email protected] 715-542-3090 (Home)
Bob ‘Ozzie’ Ausloos – President-Elect
[email protected] 715-542-3548 (Home) 920-420-4520 (Cell)
Ed Siergiej – Treasurer
[email protected] 715-493-7736
Kay Schultz – Secretary [email protected] 715-542-3912 (Home)
Jim Wendt – Trail Boss [email protected]
715-891-1610 (Cell)
Paul Bohnen - Director [email protected]
715-479-5841 (Shop)
Dianne Dieter – Director [email protected]
715-542-2913 (Home)
Dave Walker - Director [email protected]
715-479-4200 (Office)
Jon Strom – Director [email protected]
920-723-1209
Jeff Horvath – Director [email protected]
312-206-0772
Greg Platz – Director [email protected]
262-370-7757
Tom Nampel – Past President [email protected] 715-542-2708 (Home)
Some Comments Received with Memberships • Thanks for everything Bo-Boen! Finest trails around. Kevin-Orland Park,
IL • Thank you. I am from Illinois and glad to support all the good work you
do as a club. See ya this winter. Rick-Decatur, IL • We own a cabin up on Lost Lake and have been a huge fan of the Bo-
Boen club since I first started riding up there with my Dad as a kid. You guys do a first-rate job on all your trails!! David-Cascade, IA
• You guys do an awesome job with the trails. Thanks. Russell & Cindy-Sellersburg, IN
• Thank you for your continued efforts! Mark & Krista- Shorewood, IL • Just would like to say thank you for the great job you do. Larry-
Westchester, IL • Thanks for all you do. Andrew-Swisher, IA • Thank you, looking forward to another great season. Doug & Stacey,
Somonauk, IL • Thank you for the great job you do. Terry & Jill, Oconomowoc, WI • Thanks for everyone’s hard work. Mike & Becky, Poplar Grove, IL
MEMBERSHIP CORNER I’m very pleased to report we have had great support from our members. As
of this writing mid November we now have 1,065 memberships, of them 63 are
new. There are 154 members from last year that did not renew. We thank you
for your support and to those that are able to make a donation over and above
the dues.
If you need your AWSC# just send me a quick email. You can also do a lookup
on the AWSC website anytime by going here: https://www.awsc.org/About-
Us/Member-Lookup Our club is listed as St. Germain Bo-Boen SC.
Any questions or concerns please let me know and have a Merry Christmas.
Ed Siergiej Membership Chair 715-493-7736 [email protected]
Updated Event Schedule!
St. Germain Bo-Boen Snowmobile Club
PO Box 192
St. Germain WI 54558
Be sure the
lake is
marked with
orange safe-
ty barrels
before you
ride across
it!