GREEN KNIGHTS FEBRUARY, '04  NEWSLETTER

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Next Meeting – 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 8, at the Greenville Town Hall, across the street from the Greenville Fire Dept. on Parkview Drive.

50-50 Raffle Tickets

Money for outstanding raffle tickets will be due at the Feb.8 meeting.

MS Rides

Club members voted to donate $50 per club rider, up to an annual maximum of $200 per event, to members that participate in the annual MS ride.  Contact Leon Seifert if interested. 

The Future Of Our Trails & Club

Well folks, this season you’ll probably notice a concerted effort to increase our diminishing membership through advertising in newspapers, and along our trails.  Although advertising will definitely help, we also need each and every (current) club member to make a personal commitment to help expand membership as well.  Each of us should have a goal of bringing in at least one new member this season.

Certainly all of us know a few people who enjoy riding in and around this area, yet they’re not club members.  And a two-minute conversation simply letting them know the reality of our situation may be all that’s needed to inspire them to join this worthy cause.  Of course that reality is pretty simple… not enough members at meetings to even hold elections, and only a few people have been available to help mark & maintain trails.  If something doesn’t change, the few members who are shouldering the load will soon get burned out, and Greenville area riders may soon have no snowmobile club, and therefore no trails to ride.

We all know that part of the problem has been the lack of snow in recent years, but we will have good snow years once again. And if those of us who have kept our memberships current (even through the slow times) just take that extra step and talk to a non-member friend or two, we certainly can keep this club viable for many years to come!  So stay positive and think snow, but please also stay active in your recruitment efforts as well – remember… just one new member!

You can print a copy of the membership application from our club website www.green-knights.com, our call Dave Cyr (757-----) for the form to be mailed, emailed, or faxed.

Thanks for your help.

President – Jessica Buman ( )

Vice-President – Dan Buman ( )

Treasurer – Leon Seifert ( )

Secretary – Terry Jachowicz  ( )

Trail Chairperson – Dan Buman

County Alliance Representatives –

Dan Buman & Gordy Spaulding

Board of Directors: John Baumgart; Karen Kaphingst; Ryan Heiting; Dave Cyr; Dave Stenz; Gordy Spaulding

Next Meeting – 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, January 11, at the Municipal Building across the street from the Greenville Fire Dept.

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GREEN KNIGHTS JANUARY, '04  NEWSLETTER

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Next Meeting – 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, January 11, at the Municipal Building across the street from the Greenville Fire Dept.

Trail Report – Trail marking is finished.  All we need now is lots of snow.

MS Rides

Club members voted to donate $50 per club rider, up to an annual maximum of $200 per event, to members that participate in the annual MS ride.  Contact Leon Seifert if interested. 

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Submitted by Terry Jachowicz, Secretary (920)

President – Jessica Buman ( )

Vice-President – Dan Buman ( )

Treasurer – Leon Seifert ( )

Secretary – Terry Jachowicz  ( )

Trail Chairperson – Dan Buman

County Alliance Representatives –

Dan Buman & Gordy Spaulding

Board of Directors

John Baumgart

Karen Kaphingst

Ryan Heiting

Dave Cyr

Dave Stenz

Gordy Spaulding

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GREEN KNIGHTS DECEMBER, '03 NEWSLETTER
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Christmas Party: This year’s Christmas party will be held this coming Sunday, December 7, at Perk’s in Medina. (Corner of “M” and “10”.) All club members are invited. Cocktail hour is 6:00 – 7:00 with dinner at 7:00. Meals will be ordered off the menu rather than buffet style.

A vote will be taken at the Christmas party to change the club bylaw requiring a minimum of 15 members to vote on club issues to a significantly reduced number to allow club officers to govern unencumbered.

Civilian Safety Patrol
Civilian snow patrol classes will be offered Dec.9 & 10 at the conservation club from 6:30 pm. To 9:00 p.m. Only one night of attendance is needed to become a certified civilian snow patrol.

Trail Marking
Trail marking will resume Dec.6. Meet at 8:00 a.m. at the Recycle Center.
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Membership Fees – As a reminder, please mail in your membership form and annual dues if still outstanding. A membership form is enclosed if our records indicate non-payment. This will be the last newsletter for unpaid members.

MS Rides
Club members voted to donate $50 per club rider, up to an annual maximum of $200 per event, to members that participate in the annual MS ride. Contact Leon Seifert if interested.

The ad in the lower right hand corner will be appearing multiple times in the Bargain Bulletin and Post-Crescent to encourage snowmobiles to become an active member in our club.

Submitted by Terry Jachowicz, Secretary (920)

President – Jessica Buman ( )
Vice-President – Dan Buman ( )
Treasurer – Leon Seifert ( )
Secretary – Terry Jachowicz ( )
Trail Chairperson – Dan Buman
County Alliance Representatives –
Dan Buman & Gordy Spaulding
Board of Directors
John Baumgart
Karen Kaphingst
Ryan Heiting
Dave Cyr
Dave Stenz
Gordy Spaulding

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GREEN KNIGHTS NOVEMBER, '03  NEWSLETTER

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Next Meeting – 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 9, at the Municipal Building across the street from the Greenville Fire Dept.

Agenda Items:

Þ     Election of Officers & Board of Directors

Þ     Location of Dec.14 Christmas Party (meal to be ordered off the menu)

Þ     Trail Report

Neighborhood Watch – A Honda 250 ATV and Honda XR60 moto-cross motorcycle were stolen from Brian Wunderlich.  If you happen to see someone with these two items, please notify Brian at 734-6955. 

Membership Fees – As a reminder, please mail in your membership form and annual dues if still outstanding. 

Trail Marking – Trail marking normally starts the weekend before deer hunting and finishes the weekend after.  We'll be marking trails on Saturdays, Nov.15 and Dec.6.  If interested in helping, please meet at the Recycle Center at 8:00 a.m. on either date. 

Submitted by Terry Jachowicz, Secretary (920)

President – Jessica Buman ( )

Vice-President – Dan Buman ( )

Treasurer – Leon Seifert ( )

Secretary – Terry Jachowicz  ( )

Trail Chairpersons – Dan Buman, Conrad Becher

County Alliance Representatives – Dan Buman & Gordy Spaulding

Board of Directors

Jay Mews

Keith Hoople

Ryan Heiting

Dave Cyr

Dave Stenz

Gordy Spaulding

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GREEN KNIGHTS OCTOBER, '03 NEWSLETTER
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Next Meeting – 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 12, at the Municipal Building across the street from the Greenville Fire Dept.

The meeting is starting 30 minutes early since beer, brats, and soda will be served from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Agenda Items:
· Location of future meetings
· Nomination of Officers & Board of Directors
· Trail report
· AWSC activities

Membership Fees – I will be submitting paid memberships to AWSC on November 1. Please return the attached form and payment before then to continue receiving the Wisconsin Snowmobile News and also be eligible for the "death benefit" insurance that comes with AWSC membership.

Grass Drags – The grass drags proceeded rather smoothly. Thanks to everyone that helped!!!
Grass drags will be held in Freedom on Oct.11 at the VFW Park and on Oct.18 at the Cow Palace located between Sugar Bush and Bear Creek. .

Safety Training Classes – Teenagers between 12 and 16 must pass a safety course and be licensed to legally drive a snowmobile. The Apple Creek Snowmobile Club will host safety classes for 4 weeks starting Oct.16 at the Mackville school from 6:30 – 8:00. Contact Jerry Ebben 733-1918 if interested.

Trail Marking – Trail marking normally starts the weekend before deer hunting and finishes the weekend after. We'll be marking trails on Saturdays, Nov.15 and Dec.6. If interested in helping, please meet at the Recycle Center at 8:00 a.m. on either date.

Submitted by Terry Jachowicz, Secretary (920)

President – Jessica Buman ( )
Vice-President – Dan Buman ( )
Treasurer – Leon Seifert ( )
Secretary – Terry Jachowicz ( )
Trail Chairpersons – Dan Buman, Conrad Becher
County Alliance Representatives – Dan Buman & Gordy Spaulding
Board of Directors
Jay Mews
Keith Hoople
Ryan Heiting
Dave Cyr
Dave Stenz
Gordy Spaulding
 

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GREEN KNIGHTS SEPTEMBER, '03 NEWSLETTER

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First Meeting – 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, September 14, at the Municipal Building across the street from the Greenville Fire Dept.
 
With such nice weather these days, it's hard to believe that preparations for the upcoming snowmobiling season are underway. But it is necessary to start early to be fully prepared by the first snow fall.
 
Fund Raiser
During the summer, club officers met five times to organize this year's fund raiser, a snowmobile grass drag race at Spaulding Excavating on September 20 starting at 10:00 a.m. and ending around 4:00 p.m. This race is the first of six grass drags in the area this fall planned by various snowmobile clubs.
 
As the attached membership form indicates, we need volunteers on Sept. 13, 20, and 21 for various activities associated with this race.
 
If willing to volunteer on any one of these dates, please notify Terry Jachowicz ( ) or return the attached membership form showing your area of interest.
 
Trail maintenance reimbursement from the DNR is not sufficient to cover all grooming expenses. Membership fees are a break-even proposition and not a moneymaker. The club needs successful fund raisers to help pay for insurance, fuel, equipment repairs, landowner gifts, etc. So please show your support to make this a successful event.
 
Thank you,
 
Submitted by Terry Jachowicz, Secretary (920)
 
President – Jessica Buman ( )
Vice-President – Dan Buman ( )
Treasurer – Leon Seifert ( )
Secretary – Terry Jachowicz ( )
Trail Chairpersons – Dan Buman, Conrad Becher
County Alliance Representatives – Dan Buman & Gordy Spaulding
Board of Directors
Jay Mews
Keith Hoople
Ryan Heiting
Dave Cyr
Dave Stenz
Gordy Spaulding

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GREEN KNIGHTS MARCH 2003 NEWSLETTER
 

Next Meeting – 7:30 p.m. this Sunday, March 9, at the Greenville Station
Last Meeting of the Season – 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 12 at the Town Hall since Greenville Station is now closed on Sundays and Mondays.

Payment and ticket stubs for the AWSC 50-50 raffle tickets need to be submitted no later than this Sunday's meeting so that all materials are received at AWSC by March 14th.

As a reminder, club photos and other club information is available on the club web site at www.green-knights.com,

Effective March 1, the AWSC raised their dues from $6.00 to $10.00 per member. Our club members voted to keep next year's dues the same as this year despite the increase from AWSC.

President – Jessica Buman
Vice-President – Dan Buman
Treasurer – Leon Seifert
Secretary – Terry Jachowicz (Brenda Stenz agreed to assist with the newsletter.)
Trail Chairpersons – Dan Buman, Conrad Becher
County Alliance Representatives – Dan Buman & Gordy Spaulding
Board of Directors
Jay Mews
Keith Hoople
Ryan Heiting
Dave Cyr
Dave Stenz
Gordy Spaulding

Submitted by Terry Jachowicz, Secretary (920)733-9915
 

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GREEN KNIGHTS FEBRUARY 2003 NEWSLETTER

Next Meeting – 7:30 p.m. this Sunday, February 8 at the Greenville Station

While smoking is permitted in the main bar, members at last month's meeting voted not to allow smoking in the back room where we meet. Thus our meetings going forward will be "smoke free".

In all likelihood, the AWSC will raise their dues next year from $6.00 to $10.00 per member. Our club members voted to keep next year's dues the same as this year despite the anticipated increase from AWSC.

This past week, Leon Seifert and Terry Jachowicz snowmobiled in the Newberry-Paradise-Grand Marais, Upper Michigan areas. Since it was mid-week, trails were quite good with plenty of snow the further north they went. Local businesses indicated the number of snowmobiles on weekends is probably an all time high as there are so few areas in multiple states with open trails.

Safety Courses for 12-16 year olds: Although many other clubs offer safety courses, these courses are well attended and fill quickly. Additional instructors are needed. Jessica Buman is obtaining an instructor certificate which involves attending one of these classes and starting as an assistant to an instructor. Jessica ( ) is seeking one additional volunteer from the Green-Knights to become an instructor to assist in this educational effort. Please call Jessica if interested.

President – Jessica Buman

Vice-President – Dan Buman

Treasurer – Leon Seifert

Secretary – Terry Jachowicz (Brenda Stenz agreed to assist with the newsletter.)

Trail Chairpersons – Dan Buman, Conrad Becher

County Alliance Representatives – Dan Buman & Gordy Spaulding

Board of Directors

Jay Mews

Keith Hoople

Ryan Heiting

Dave Cyr

Dave Stenz

Gordy Spaulding

Submitted by Terry Jachowicz, Secretary (920)733-9915

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GREEN KNIGHTS JANUARY 2003 NEWSLETTER

Next Meeting – 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, January 12 at the Greenville Station

Over the last two years, our membership has dropped from 84 to 46 members currently.  As club president, I would like to reverse this trend.  If anyone has suggestions to make the club run better or make the club more fun, I'd like to hear them.  I would like to see the club back to the kind of club where we are happy to be a part of it and look forward to club events and meetings. 

If anyone feels attendance at meetings would improve by not permitting smoking in the meeting room or moving to a non-smoking location such as the Town Hall, please let me know. 

I (Jessica Buman) can be reached at home   or by e-mail Dbuman@new.rr.com  I look forward to your feedback.

Discussions have started on our next fundraiser so please be present to share your views at the January 12 meeting. 

Our Christmas party was held on December 8 at the Greenville Station with food ordered off the menu rather than buffet.  This seemed to work very well without an increase in cost. 

Trail marking has been completed thanks to lots of hours by Dan Buman and others.  Trail blazers were added to the backside of all stakes.  Lots of extra stakes were installed to make our trail system easily visible day or night.  A highly visible trail is a safer trail to ride.

Your AWSC membership card is enclosed with this newsletter if your dues were paid before October 24.  Hopefully remaining AWSC cards will be mailed in time for the February newsletter.

The AWSC is pushing a $4.00 dues increase for next year thus raising their membership fee from current $6.00 to $10.00   We need to discuss its impact on our annual dues. 

Considering the absence of snow everywhere, there isn't anything more to say.  See you on January 12. 

President – Jessica Buman

Vice-President – Dan Buman

Treasurer – Leon Seifert

Secretary – Terry Jachowicz (Brenda Stenz agreed to assist with the newsletter.)

Trail Chairpersons – Dan Buman, Conrad Becher

County Alliance Representatives – Dan Buman & Gordy Spaulding

Board of Directors

Jay Mews

Keith Hoople

Ryan Heiting

Dave Cyr

Dave Stenz

Gordy Spaulding

Submitted by Terry Jachowicz, Secretary (920)733-9915

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GREEN KNIGHTS DECEMBER 2002 NEWSLETTER

December 7 – Finish marking trails. Meet at 8:00 a.m. at the Greenville Recycle Center.
December 8 – Christmas party at Greenville station upstairs. Drinks @ 6:00 p.m. Dinner @ 7:00 p.m. Short meeting to follow.

Normally this newsletter is mailed on the 1st of the month. However, this would not allow sufficient time for members to respond to the Christmas party invitation nor have adequate notice of snowmobile safety classes offered to license 12 -16 year olds to drive snowmobiles.

HO HO HO HO HO CHRISTMAS PARTY
Our Christmas party will be held at the Greenville Station on Sunday, December 8. Drinks, at your expense, from 6:00 – 7:00. The meal consisting of chicken, ham, tips, and the trimmings including desert will start at 7:00. Cost is $11.75 per person and must be received at P.O. Box 34, Greenville, WI 54942 no later than the previous Saturday, November 30. The Greenville Station needs one week to order the correct amount of food for our event. Make checks payable to the Green Knights. A short meeting will follow the meal. For those who wish to participate, there will be a gift exchange with a spending limit of $10. per gift. Please mark your gift male or female for an appropriate recipient.

SAFETY CLASSES FOR 12 -16 YEAR OLDS
Safety Course – Low Buck Vintage is offering an 8 hour DNR snowmobile safety courses in the auditorium at the Neenah Boys & Girls Brigade on South Commercial Street in Neenah. All four classes noted below must be attended for the students aged 12 – 16 to receive a driving certificate. Cost is $10. for the course payable at the first class. Pre-registration is not necessary. If more details are needed, contact Mark Apitz at 954-0532.

Saturday, December 14 [8:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.]
Monday, December 16 [7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.]
Tuesday, December 17 [7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.]
Thursday, December 19 [7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.]

ELECTION RESULTS
President – Jessica Buman
Vice-President – Dan Buman
Treasurer – Leon Seifert
Secretary – Terry Jachowicz (Brenda Stenz agreed to assist with the newsletter.)
Trail Chairpersons – Dan Buman, Conrad Becher
County Alliance Representatives – Dan Buman & Gordy Spaulding
Board of Directors
Jay Mews
Keith Hoople
Ryan Heiting
Dave Cyr
Dave Stenz
Gordy Spaulding

Submitted by,
Terry Jachowicz, Secretary (920)733-9915

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GREENVILLE GREEN KNIGHTS NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2002


NEXT MEETING: NOVEMBER 10, 7:30 GREENVILLE STATION, UPSTAIRS

COUNTY ALLIANCE MEETING: MONDAY NOVEMBER 18 7:30

Treasurer’s report

Club savings and checking total $14,985.57
Bills to be paid club liability insurance and grooming insurance. Premiums the same as last year.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

A great big thank you goes out to all the members and non-members who helped with the fund-raiser on Saturday October 26. There was a lot of work involved with setting up for the event including snow fence, decorations, raising the tent, bar set up and signing. On Saturday night we had a great turn out of members and non- members who helped to tend bar, run for supplies, sell tickets and keep things running smoothly. Then on Sunday we were all back there for the worst part, CLEAN UP! I believe that everyone who attended had a great time, and it wouldn’t have been possible with out all your help.


TRAIL MARKING

Trail marking has been set for Saturday November 16. We will meet at the recycling center at 8:00 on Saturday morning. We will need several four wheelers and sledgehammers. Our first priority will be fixing any broken signs and making sure we have what we need to mark the trails. As we did last year we will separate into groups and start in different directions. This not only stops us from crossing each other’s tracks, but saved us a lot of time.


ELECTIONS

And the nominees are……………………

President: John Baumgart (declined), Jessica Buman and Terry Jachowicz

Vice President: Dan Buman, Jessica Buman

Secretary: Jessica Buman (declined), Terry Jachowicz, Brenda Stenz (declined but agreed to help with the newsletter)

Treasurer: Leon Seifert, Terry Jachowicz (declined)

Trail Chairperson: Dan Buman, Conrad Becher

County Alliance Rep: Dan Buman and Gordy Spaulding

Board of Directors: to be nominated and elected at the November 10 meeting



Please contact Dan or Jessica Buman at   or Gordy Spaulding at 757-5900 to help out with trail marking.

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GREENVILLE GREEN KNIGHTS NEWSLETTER (JUNE 2002)

Thursday June 27 7:00 at the Greenville Station Club meeting for fund-raiser

Summer has been off to a slow start, but I hope everyone can finally enjoy the nice weather we are having now. Let’s just hope this weather only sticks around through summer this year and doesn’t leave its mark on winter again.

The reason you are receiving this newsletter in June is because through several board of directors meetings we have finally come up with a fund-raiser.

We will be hosting a Halloween dance on October 26 at the new Lion’s park. We will feature Bogi and the Yo Yo’s, and have a costume contest. We are currently looking for volunteers to help with a variety of jobs, including set-up, tending bar, selling food, judging the contest, ticket sales, security and clean-up. You will find enclosed a sign up form. Please indicate what you will be willing to help with, or if you can’t help at all. We would love to have 100% club participation on this as this will be our chance to show the community who we are and what we can do as a club. We will be having a meeting every month from now until the date of the event. If you have any suggestions or ideas that might help us like advertising info., other events in the area or general thoughts please include these when you return your form.

We look forward to seeing all of you at the next meeting and at the dance. If you have any questions or comments please call us.

Jessica and Dan Buman 

Terry Jachowicz 733-9915

Gordy Spaulding 757-5900

HALLOWEEN DANCE OCTOBER 26, 2002 SIGN UP FORM

CLICK HERE

April 14, 2002 - Meeting and meal at the Greenville station upstairs

April 15, 2002 - County Alliance meeting at the Cons club, 7:30

I know, I know. What the heck is toad suck daze? It is a festival in Arkansas that we are looking to mirror for our fund-raiser. Events could include, cow pie bingo, cow pie toss, out house races and more. We are looking for lots of input on this so please join us at the last meeting this year at the Greenville Station.

Sign removal has been scheduled for Saturday, April 13. We will be meeting at the town shed across from the municipal building at 8:00 am. Volunteers are asked to bring cordless drills equipped with 3/8-inch sockets to repair signs before they are placed in storage. ATV’s are needed as well.

The remaining brushing and clean up of the Wiouwash has been slated for November or December of 2002.

There are also several land issues we need to discuss at the next meeting, including Dorschner’s and Edward’s properties.

We have had several good ideas for fundraisers including toad suck daze, a calendar with daily payoffs, and a competition kind of like Pete and Joe in New London only with a pile of snow and a release arm for the closest snow melt day. Please bring your other ideas to the next meeting all ideas are being discussed and as you can see no idea is to weird!!!!

We will be discussing changing the format of our yearly dues next year to include those who wish to belong to the club, but don’t want to be asked to volunteer. For more info. come to the meeting on the 14 of April.

Our last meeting of the year will also include a meal at the Greenville Station. We will have cocktails at 6:00 and the meal will be at 6:30. The cost will be $10.75 per person and will include chicken, tips, dressing, and potatoes, veggies and dessert. There will be a bartender located upstairs for our convenience. Please let me know by Sunday April 7, if you will be able to attend. Please send checks to the Club address of PO Box 24, Greenville 54942. My number again is  . We hope to see a lot of you there as we have a lot to discuss before next year.

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GREEN KNIGHTS NEWSLETTER (FEBRUARY 2002)

March 10- meeting at the Greenville Station, upstairs

March 18- County Alliance meeting at the Cons club

CONVENTION

This year the AWSC convention is being held at the Paper Valley in Appleton. Our club will be doing volunteer help at the convention, which will be held March 15-16. Additional information on the convention can be obtained at the club meeting on Sunday night. Hope to see a lot of you at the convention, it would be great to show our clubs strength in our own back yard.

TRAIL MAINTENANACE

We have tentatively scheduled removal of the trail sighs for April, 13. We will need help with this, as we want to fix the broken signs and make new signs right away so we are not trying to do it all next fall. We will also need to cut the remaining brush on the Wiouwash this year and brush some areas in the woods where the equipment is hitting branches.

FUNDRAISERS

I am still looking for that great fund-raiser that we all know is out there. Please even if you don’t come to the meetings and you have an idea, forward it to us by mail or email. My email address is dbuman@new.rr.com. The club address is PO box 34 Greenville WI 54942. No idea is too small or stupid.

TRAIL GROOMING

A big thank you to the members who have kept our trails groomed this year. Even though the trails were only open for a few brief days, they were out keeping them smooth. Great Job Guys and thanks for your hard work!!!!

WEBSITE

The new website is great and I hope everyone has checked it out. If you have any pictures or stories from our trail system please forward them on to Dave Cyr. He currently has several pictures from our first snowstorm and it looks great. Great Idea Dave and thanks for keeping the website up to date and running. We have received three new members because of the website.

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GREEN KNIGHTS NEWSLETTER JANUARY 24, 2002

February 10- meeting at the town hall at 7:30

February 18- County alliance meeting at Cons. Club at 8:00

SNOWMOBILING

I was all ready to make copies and send this out when all of a sudden a storm hit. Well after digging out of the snow on Friday morning I heard GREAT news the trails are open! I went out and got my sled ready and noticing that it was almost empty, I went to get some gas at the local station. Trails were only open a short time and already I saw 18 snowmobiles pass me going in the opposite direction. Out of these 18 sleds do you know how many of them used their hand signals? ONE! One snowmobiler used his hand signals and guess what! He was all-alone. Please remember to use your signals if you are not sure what the correct signals are call me I will send them out to you. P.S. please ride safely.

YELLOWSTONE

As some of you may know there is always the debate of closing Yellowstone. They are now telling us that the principal problem is that there is not enough septic tank capacity in the winter. If this park becomes totally off limit to snowmobiler's, closure of other national parks such as the Chequameqon and Nicolet national forests are sure to follow. We ask you to please voice your opposition to the closure of Yellowstone to snowmobiles. You may send your comments to

Yellowstone Comments

4555 Burley Drive #8

Pocatello, Idaho 83202-1921

MEETINGS

This month’s meeting will be held at the town hall. We will go back to the Greenville Station for the March meeting. We are also throwing around the idea of having a September meeting. This will give us one extra month to get things ready in the fall for marking the trails. I will send out a letter before that meeting date.

FUNDRAISER

We are still looking for ideas for a club fund-raiser we heard some great ideas at the last meeting. Please remember the fund-raiser does not have to be large or in the winter. Lots of clubs have them year round and sometimes consist of a brat fry.

NEW MEMBERS

We would like to welcome our newest members who have joined us this year. Don and Arlene Pelkey, Ron Fronek, Mike and Cindy Vande Hei, Roger Seifert, Penny Vaneperen, Darrin Mattson, Brian Wunderlich, Derrick and Rainie Wasmund, Chad Springstroh, Dave and Brenda Stenz, Dave Lane and Jay Mews.

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GREEN KNIGHTS NEWSLETTER (DECEMBER 15, 2001)

January 13- meeting at the Greenville Station upstairs @ 7:30

January 21-County Alliance meeting, Cons Club @ 8:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR

2002 has arrived!  May the New Year be all that you hope and much more.  May 2002 find you happy and healthy, and may all your dreams come true.  Have a fun but safe New Year! P.S. PRAY FOR SNOW

Thank you   Thank you   Thank you

A huge thank you to all of you who came out and lent a helping hand on Dec. 1, 2, 15, 16, 22 marking trails and brushing the Wiouwash.  It took us a little longer than we had planned but with every ones hard work and determination we finished the trail and shouldn’t have to brush again for several years except for minor yearly clean up!  A big hand and thank you goes out to the following club members:  Russ Buman, Gordy, Dan and Jessica Buman, Brian Wunderlich, Ron Fronek, Jay Mews, Paul Buman, Conrad Becher, Terry Jachowicz, Leon Seifert, Andy Becher, Ron Nussbaum, Chad Springstroh, David Lane, Dave Stenz, Al Vollmer, Penny Van Eperen, Cory Heiting, Ray Taubel and Brian Sundby.  We would also like to extend our gratitude to the following non-members who showed up to help: Arden Kloehn, Kim Fronek, Derek Fronek, Pat Ratsberg, Jesse Wunderlich.  If I have forgotten anyone I apologize ahead of time.  There were a lot of hard workers out there and it was hard to keep track of everyone every weekend.  If you see any of these people please take a minute to thank them and let them know their hard work was appreciated. 

We would also like to thank everyone who donated the use of their chainsaws and vehicles, Gordy for the use of your front-end loader, Consolidated Construction for their basket and a huge thank you to Beaver Huss and Michaels Materials for the use of their chippers.  

GREAT JOB EVERYONE!!!!!!!!

FUNDRAISER

We still do not have a club fund-raiser this year, so everyone please bring your ideas to the next meeting.  Everyone is talking and hearing about what other clubs and organizations are doing for fund-raisers, lets see if some of these ideas will work for us.

WEB SITE

Has everyone checked out our new web site?  We would love any comments you have regarding the site.  The address again is www.green-knights.com  

CHRISTMAS PARTY 

We had 38 members show up for our Christmas Party at the Greenville Station a small informative meeting was held after the meal in which we learned that we have been granted permission to reinstate the south trail.  We are currently in the process of finalizing with some landowners the use of their land.  If anyone has any ideas for next years Christmas party please let me know, we would like to plan it a little further in advance next year.

E-MAIL NEWSLETTERS

I will be trying to send the newsletter via email to everyone who listed an e-mail address.  If anyone has an updated email address please forward this to me at  dbuman@new.rr.com

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GREEN KNIGHTS NEWLETTER (NOVEMBER 18, 2001)

December 1- Finish trail marking and brush the Wiouwash trail 

December 9-Christmas Party @ Greenville Station Upstairs (small meeting to follow) 

December 6-9-Late season deer hunt 

December 10-trails open snow permitting

NEXT MEETING DATE-DECEMBER 9 CHRISTMAS PARTY MEETING TO FOLLOW MEAL

ELECTION RESULTS President-Terry Jachowicz Vice President-Dan Buman Treasurer-Leon Seifert Secretary-Jessica Buman Trail Chairman-Conrad Becher Outagamie County Alliance Reps.-Eric Leiby & Keith Hoople New Board of Director Members-Jay Mews & Jason Arnoldussen Other Board Members-Keith Hoople, Tim Smith, Ryan Heiting, Eric Leiby (past President)

MEETING PLACE All future meetings will be held at the Greenville Station, at 7:30 upstairs. If something comes up and we need to move, we will contact club members.

HO HO HO HO HO CHRISTMAS PARTY Our Christmas party will be held at the Greenville Station up stairs this year. We will meet at 6:30 for drinks and eat at 7:00. Our menu this year will consist of chicken, ham, tips and all the trimmings including dessert. The cost will be $11.75 per person and must be paid by December 1, 2001. Please mail all payments to the club address P.O. box 34, Greenville. Make checks payable to the Green Knights. A short meeting will follow the meal.

SAFETY PATROL Just a reminder that anyone interested in joining the civilian safety patrol, are urged to attend the meeting at the Cons Club on Dec. 4 & 5 from 7:00 until 9:00. You will not have legal powers, however it is the practice of the DNR to issue fines to those driving recklessly

CLUB WEBSITE UPDATE We are now officially up and running. Our official website is www.green-knights.com. We have many great links, including weather reports, trail information and club contacts. We will be adding a map and local businesses on the trail, when we have this info. Please take a look at the site and let us know what you think.

TRAIL UPDATE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!!!! On Sat. November 10 several club members met to start marking the trails. A big thanks to all of you who showed up, your hard work is appreciated. We will be brushing the Wiouwash trail and finish marking the trails on Sat. Dec. 1. We will need ALL the help we can get. We need chainsaws and people who know how to use them as well as many hands to chip all the branches once they are down. We will be using a chipper from Wickes lumber and one of Gordo's loaders. Please come and help we will meet at the parking lot by the Medina Mall (D&D liquidators) at 8:00 a.m. If you can make it please call Jessica or Dan Buman at  , we would like to know how much manpower we will have that day. If you can't be there at 8:00 we would still appreciate your help when you can get there. If you have any questions where we are please give us a call at 470-1974 or 470-4063. Remember the trails that you ride and enjoy do not mark and brush themselves it takes everyone's help!!!!!!!!!!!!

Current volunteers for trail grooming are as follows: Dan Buman 470-4063 Jay Mews 427-8139 John Baumgart 739-3971 Dave Cyr 757-----

TO ALL CLUB MEMBERS THIS LETTER HAS ONLY GONE OUT TO THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE PAID YOUR DUES. IF ANY CLUB MEMBER APPROACHES YOU ABOUT NOT RECEIVING A NEWSLETTER PLEASE HAVE THEM CONTACT JESSICA BUMAN AT  , OR PAY THEIR DUES AND THEY WILL BE ADDED TO THE NEXT MAILING.

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GREEN KNIGHTS NEWSLETTER (October 31,'01)

Nov.1-3 AWSC workshops @ Holiday Inn – Stevens Point

Nov.6, 13, & 20 – Snowmobile Safety Course @ Municipal Bldg. 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Nov.8 – 10 Snowmobile show @ Brown County Expo Ctr Green Bay

Nov.10 – Trail marking.  Meet at Greenville Recycling Center @ 8:00 a.m.

Nov.11 – Club meeting @ Greenville Station. (club elections)

Dec.1 – Finish trail marking.  Meet at Greenville Recycling Center.

Dec.9 – Christmas party

NEXT MEETING DATE – Nov.11 @ Greenville Station (upstairs hall @ 7:30 p.m.)

NOMINATIONS FOR OFFICERS & BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President – Eric Leiby & Terry Jachowicz

Vice-President  - Gordy Spaulding & Dan Buman

Secretary – Jessica Buman & Terry Jachowicz

Treasurer – Leon Seifert

Trail Chairman – Gordy Spaulding, Conrad Becher, Paul Buman

County Alliance Reps – Eric Leiby & Keith Hoople

Board of Directors (2 vacancies) – Jason Arnoldussen & Jay Mews

SNOWMOBILE SAFETY COURSE

Club members Tim Smith (779-6624), Bill Schultz (426-3090), & Dave Branstiter (730-1926) have organized a safety course which must be attended and passed by 12 to 16 year olds to receive a snowmobile-operating certificate.  Adults are welcomed as well.  Classes will be held Tuesday evenings on Nov.6, 13, & 20 starting at 6:00 p.m. each night at the Greenville Municipal Bldg. (Town Hall) Cost is $10.00 payable on the first evening. Note: A driving test is no longer required to earn the operating certificate.

CORRECTION

The previous newsletter erred in reporting trail marking will start Nov.17.  The correct date is Nov.10 @ 8:00 a.m. at the Greenville Recycling station across from the Municipal Bldg.  Volunteers to date include Keith Hoople, John Baumgart, Dan & Jessica Buman, Ryan Heiting, and Jay Mews.  Additional volunteers are needed.

SNOWMOBILE REGISTRATIONS

If you moved since your last snowmobile registration, there is a chance the renewal notice will not find its way to your new address.  You can contact the Green Bay DNR office 920-492-5800 or 920-448-5151 for renewal information.

INTERNET ADDRESSES

24 of our 81 members have Internet addresses.  Distributing the monthly newsletter by e-mail saves time and money ($0.50 per newsletter.)  If you have an Internet address, please forward it to (dbuman@newrr.com) for future newsletter distributions. 

ANNUAL DUES

Dues are now overdue.  Please mail your check ($20.00 family; $18.00 single) to:

Green Knights

P.O. Box 34

Greenville, WI  54942-0034

This is the last newsletter distribution to unpaid members!!!

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SEPTEMBER, '01 NEWSLETTER

As the song in the movie GREASE goes, "summer days are slipping away". So its that time of year for doing the appropriate planning to ensure we are prepared for fall and winter activities.  As usual, club meetings will be the second Sunday of each month starting in October at the Greenville Municipal Bldg.  Meetings start at 7:30 p.m.

SEPTEMBER to DECEMBER, 2001 CALENDAR

Sept.16 – Board of Directors mtg. @ Municipal Bldg. @ 7:30

Oct.12-14 Snowmobile show @ State Fair Park - Milwaukee

Oct.14 – Club meeting @ Municipal Bldg. – Greenville

Nov.1-3 AWSC workshops @ Holiday Inn – Stevens Point

Nov.8 – 10 Snowmobile show @ Brown County Expo Ctr Green Bay

Nov.11 – Club meeting @ Municipal Bldg. (club elections)

Nov.17 – Trail marking.  Meet at Municipal Bldg.

Dec.1 – Finish trail marking.  Meet at Municipal Bldg.

Dec.9 – Christmas party

MEMBERSHIPS

A 2001-2002 membership form is enclosed.  Please take care of your dues on or before the October 14 meeting.

NEWSLETTER ASSISTANCE