December's Newsletter

The snow is falling and soon the trails will be open! We are currently working on signing them. You can check on trail conditions on our website or by calling Wood County Parks & Forestry at
421-8422.

Our Christmas party is this Thursday, Dec. 11, 7:00 p.m. at River Country Roadhouse. Bring a non-perishable item for the pantry and a snack to pass. Hope to see you there!

The billboard is on the groomer and ready for ads so if you know of anyone who would like to advertise on our billboard it’s ready to go. A 12x12 ad is $100.00 per year plus a one time set up fee of $20.00. We’re also selling ads in the newsletter and website; they’re $50.00 a year.

We will be having a Ride & Dine on Friday, Dec. 26th. Meet at Wagon Wheel for fish fry.

We were in the “Rekindle the Spirit” parade downtown Friday Nov. 28th, you can see some pictures of our float on the website.

Reminder, if you haven’t renewed your membership it’s time to renew! The fee for this year is $30.00. You can contact Julie at 325-3903 to renew.

The old groomer is SOLD!!! We sold it on Wisconsin Surplus Auction for $5049.11!

Kellner Knights is sponsoring the County Ride this year and Bob Skibba volunteered to head it up. He is looking for people to help him out. You can contact him at 325-7126. The Grand Rapids Lions Club will be our starting and stopping point for the ride.

If you haven’t had a chance yet, check out our new website
www.kellnerknights.com

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Kellner Knights Club Christmas Party
Dec. 11, 7:00 pm River Country Roadhouse

Portage County Alliance Meeting
Dec. 16, 7:30 at Jordan Park Nature Center

Kellner Knights Ride & Dine
Dec. 26 meet at Wagon Wheel at 6:00

Wood County Alliance Meeting
Jan. 5, 7:30 pm at Sherryland Ballroom

Kellner Knights Club Meeting
Jan. 8, 7:00 pm at The Ridges

Directors Meeting in Eagle River
Jan. 9, 10, 11

Portage County Alliance Meeting
Jan. 20, 7:30 at Jordan Park Nature Center

Kellner Knights Ride & Dine Meeting

Jan. 22, Watch for more details

Spuds on Snow Ride
Pineridge Farms Wautoma Jan. 23, 24, 25 watch for more details

November's Newsletter

It's that time of year when we start all the hard work to prepare the trails for the upcoming season. The work we do now is what makes the trails safe and accessible. If this work doesn't get done the trails don't open. We have only a handful of people who do the work and would greatly appreciate help. Tom Mask is the trail boss and the person to call to get direction to help. His number is 572-1332. He has already been mowing and signing trails.

The AWSC is really pushing for the CAP program. This would be a 2 tier program for the trail support in the state of Wisconsin. What is being proposed is that everyone would pay a 1 time registration fee for the time you own your snowmobile of $15.00. Then everyone including out of state and in state residents will pay a $35.00 trail pass fee. If you belong to an AWSC snowmobile club you would only pay a lesser fee of $15.00 annually. The details are being worked out.

New Wood County trail maps are done and they will be distributed this month.

We are working on grooming fees for establishments we groom to that are not on the funded trails. This includes a $50.00 fee for the ad in our newsletter & website, a $100.00 ad on the billboard the will be on the drag. We will also be selling ads to any business that would like to advertise at the listed prices plus a set up fee (for the billboard) of $20.00.

Th Chug-a-Bugs will be at our next meeting. They are disbanding and some would like to join our club. There were some stipulations and we need you to be there with your input.

The Kellner Knights are hosting the County Ride on February 14th and are thinking of meeting at the Grand Rapids Lions Club. We are looking to make this into a fundraiser.

We now have a WEBSITE!! Check it out it's http://www.kellnerknights.com/ If you're not receiving your emails about the monthly newsletters, you can find the link to them on the website.

Your memberships are due. There will be a form on the website soon for you to fill out to renew. At the Donahue Super Sports Fall Show we gained a new member!

Our next meeting is Nov. 13 and ther will be a Fundraiser before the meeting. It's a Partylite Extravaganza from 4:00 to 7:00 at The Ridges. Public is welcome and our regular meeting will follow. You were sent a personal invitation to this. Please support this effort.

October's Newsletter

The Donahue Fall Snow Show is Oct. 24-25 and Kellner Knights will be setting up a booth for our Membership Kickoff. Anyone renewing or joining before or on this event date will be put into a drawing for gift baskets! We will have club information to educate the public in regards to how trailes are created and maintained. We will be serving coffee and cookies out of this booth. WE NEED YOUR HELP! Bake some cookies, man the booth, and donate some gifts to add to the baskets (gifts need to be in by Oct. 16). If you can help please come to our next meeting Oct. 9th at 7:00 pm at The Ridges or call Julie Kreutzer @ 715-325-3903.

Also at the Donahue Fall Snow Show there will be big sales on clothes, parts & accessories. DJ Jeff, food, Ski-Doo, Yamaha & Castle Reps will be present. Also on saturday the 2nd Annual Central Wisconsin Vintage Show & Shine will be there (not a swap meet). Signup will be at 8:00 am, and judging will be from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm. Rob Sparhawk is the organizer and you can contact him at 715-344-1915 for information.

The Plover Spuds on Snow Snowmobile Club will be having their Annual Swap Meet on Oct. 26th from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm. Set up is at 9:00 am. The meet is at Smilie's Bar & Grill, 5671 Pleasant Dr. Plover. There is a $5.00 charge to sell snowmobile related items. The swap meet is free to the public. For more information you can email ploversos@email.com or call at 715-341-0601 or check out their website at http://www.ploverspudsonsnow.com/

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Oct. 9 - Club meeting 7:00 pm at The Ridges

Oct. 16 - Portage County alliance meeting at Jordan Park, Stevens Point

Oct. 24, 25, 26 - AWSC Workshop in Stevens Point. See add in your magazine.

Oct. 24 & 25 - Donahue Fall Snow Show & Kellner Knights Fall Kick Off at Donahue Super Sports

Oct. 24 - 2nd Annual Vintage Show & Shine 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Oct. 26 - Plover Spuds on Snow Swap Meet

Nov. 3 - Wood County alliance meeting 7:30 pm at Sherryland Ballroom

Nov. 13 - Club meeting 7:00 pm at The Ridges

Nov. 18 - Portage County alliance meeting, Jordan Park

Dec. 1 - Wood County alliance meeting 7:30 pm at Sherryland Ballroom

Dec. 11 - Club meeting & Christmas Party 7:00 pm location TBA

September's Newsletter

I Hope everyone had a wonderful summer. Now it’s time to get to business with the trails already!! At the August meeting Dave Smith noticed that the Griffith bridge needs more rubber but the structure is good. The area is also getting tore up by four wheelers.

If you have a daughter that would like to run for AWSC Miss Snowflake, please contact Julie Kreutzer at 325-3903.

GROOMER NEWS
The groomer is here! Earth Design picked it up for us for the cost of fuel plus $300.00. We purchased insurances for the groomer for $500.00 a year. We ended up borrowing $20,000 for the groomer with a 15 year loan at 6 ¼ %. The rest of the cost came out of the club’s savings. Our old groomer is for sale, if you know of anyone who would be interested in it let us know!
We will be purchasing a GPS unit to put into the new groomer.

At the August meeting we did some fund raising brainstorming and had lots of ideas. Join us at the September meeting to discuss our fund raising ideas.

There will not be a Central Wisconsin Snowshow this year. Instead we will maybe do something with Donahue Super Sports & Country Sports with their season kick offs.

We have invited bar & business owners to our next meeting to discuss the grooming of the unfunded trails going to their establishments.

Club dues will be going up this year. They will be a $30.00 flat fee per married family with dependant children up to age 21.

Calendar of events
Sept. 8 – Wood County alliance meeting, 7:30pm, Sherryland Ballroom
Sept. 11 – Club meeting 7:00 pm, The Ridges
Oct. 6 – Wood County alliance meeting, 7:30 pm, Sherryland Ballroom
Oct. 9 – Portage County alliance meeting, Jordan Park, Stevens Point
Oct. 10 – Club meeting 7:00 pm, The Ridges
Oct. 24, 25, 26 – AWSC Workshop in Stevens Point. More details to come
Nov. 3 – Wood County alliance meeting, 7:30 pm Sherryland Ballroom
Nov. 13 – Club meeting 7:00 pm, The Ridges
Nov. 18 – Portage County alliance meeting, Jordan Park, Stevens Point
Dec. 1 – Wood County alliance meeting, 7:30 pm, Sherryland Ballroom
Dec. 11 – Club meeting & Christmas Party, 7:00 pm

August's Newsletter

I hope everyone is having a wonderful summer! Hopefully with all the rain we've had this year that'll be a sign of a nice snowy winter.

Just a couple things to note for this month. Take note that the next regular meeting is Thursday, Aug. 14 at 7:00 p.m. at The Ridges. In previous newsletters it was marked as the 7th.

Don't forget about the campout August 8, 9, 10 at the Oakwood Campsites in Wildrose. Come and camp or just stop out for a visit. Call the campground for availability at, 920-622-4361.

We'd like to give a big thank you to Buzz's bar for donations at the landowners appreciation dinner.

The groomer has landed!!! Come to the meeting Thurs. Aug. 14th for more information! See you there!

Club Picnic

I just wanted to remind everyone that the club picnic is on Thurs. June 12th. It's at Ken & Sue Hopfensperger's house located at 3510 Chestnut Streeet, Wisconsin Rapids. Meat and beverages will be provided. Just bring a dish to pass. I do believe they will have their pool ready so bring your swimsuits too! Thanks to Ken & Sue for hosting this event!

In case you haven't heard yet the club did purchase a new (used) groomer. So, if you have any fundraising ideas, please share them, we need to do all the fundraisers we can to pay for this groomer so we can have nice trails!

And speaking of fund raisers, I had an idea for one and thought I'd just throw it out there to see what everyone thinks. I think it'll have to be something we do next spring, but we could start planning it and be prepared for it. If you think we can pull it off yet this spring/summer, let me know. Since I've been working in the garden and flower shopping I was thinking we could do a perenial sale. Those of us who have perenials growing around the yard could split some of them, put them in containers and we could sell them to the public. There's a few people in the area that do this just for themselves and the Master Gardener's have a sale every year in early May. If done properly, I think it could be a profitable fundraiser. Let me know your thoughts.

May's Newsletter

Just a note to all volunteers who have put time in on the trails, your time sheets are due in for Portage Cty to Dave Kreutzer by May 20th.

May 3rd a group will be looking into a groomer purchase. We will be looking at a unit and make a decision and maybe a purchase. A loan will be needed and we will need to have fund raisers! If you want flat trails we will need your help!

Remember when taking down trails signs to inventory the black and orange signs. We need to replace them next year!! Call Tom Mask with the numbers at 715-424-0372.

Check your emails for this Newsletter, we are going to try to get that up and going. We will send the newsletter via mail and email this month. If you don't get an email call Trudi at 715-424-2660.

June 12 is our club picnic at Ken & Sue Hopfensperger's house located at 3510 Chestnut Streeet, Wisconsin Rapids. Meat and beverages will be provided. Just bring a dish to pass. Thanks to Ken & Sue for hosting this event!

May 18th is our Landowner's Appreciation Dinner. You should have received your invitations by now so please RSVP and really consider attending the dinner to show your thanks to the landowners for letting us use their land! Without them we would not have any trails. We need volunteers to help in different areas for this event. We are also looking for door prizes to be donated. Last year we asked for people to bring in any unopened bottles of booze that they may have laying around for our booze basket and would like you to bring whatever you have again this year. It really saved us a lot of money with those donations and the basket was very interesting.

Calendar of Events
May 8 - 7:00 club meeting at The Ridges. We need volunteers to sign up for the landowners appreciation dinner and bring your door prize donations too!

May 18 - Landowner's Appreciation Dinner. Adults $15.00, Children 12 and under $5.00. Landowners Free. Cocktails are at 4:30 PM and Dinner is at 5:30 PM at The Ridges. Members please bring a large dish to pass and remember there are 80 to 100 people!

June 12 - Club Picnic at 5:30 at Ken & Sue Hopfensperger's, 3510 Chestnut Street,

423-0175.

June 22 - Wisconsin Rapids Cranberry Blossom Festival Parade. Come to the meetings and share your ideas for this.

July - No Meetings

August 7 - 7:00 Meeting at The Ridges.

August 8, 9, 10 - Kellner Knights Campout. More details to come, Julie Kreutzer is working on this.