St. Germain Bo-Boen Snowmobile Club

Celebrating 50 years of Snowmobiling!

Volume 2019-20 Number 2 www.boboen.com September 2019

President’s Message—Steve Soltwedel It’s that time of the year to think about getting ready for the snowmobile season. Membership renewals will be out soon and we need your support by renewing. Last year we celebrated 50 years and were the largest club in the state and with your help will remain so this year. So get your renewals in, trail passes ordered and get those sleds tuned up. Your Directors have had a busy summer. Last Febru-ary part of our Groomer Barn collapsed under the weight of all the heavy snows. The Board decided to rebuild the collapsed portion of the barn using insur-ance proceeds and that construction is happening in the month of August. I want to thank the Building Commit-tee members, Dave Walker, Jon Strom, Paul Bohnen and Jim Wendt for getting us the best solution and a special thanks to Jim Wendt for agreeing to act as Construction Manager. It will be nice to get all of our equipment back under roof and begin the process of trail brushing. In June, Tom Christensen tendered his resignation as Director. Over the past 22 years, Tom has held just about every office except Treasurer and has also done the submittal of expenses for trail funding reimburse-ment and printed newsletters. On behalf of the Board and all our members, I want to thank Tom for all his service to the Bo-Boen over these years. He will be missed. Through the efforts of Peggy and Bob Ausloos, the Town of St. Germain was designated a Snowmobile Friendly Community this spring. Signs will be erected soon and we thank Peggy and Bob for working with the Chamber and getting this done. In closing I want to thank the Directors for all their efforts over the summer, Ed Siergiej for a bang up job as Treasurer and Membership Chairman, Kay Schultz for Secretarial duties and everything else she and Gary do for the club, Ozzie Ausloos for all he does and Pam Gebhardt for a great job on our newsletters. These and other volunteers are what keep this club moving for-ward. Steve

Thank You Snowmobile Roundup Volunteers A special thank you to the club members who gave of their time to volunteer on Memorial Day weekend. You made this year’s Hall of Fame Snowmobile Roundup food booth our most successful to date. We were very busy all day and we hope we remembered everyone. If we have forgotten to mention anyone, we apologize. Dave Brown Chuck Miller Paul Bohnen-Paul’s Rent-All Ron Rhodes Jeff & Sue Sauer Dennis & Dianne Dieter Pam Gebhardt Ed Siergiej Dave Johnson Roger & Carla Klein Steve & Linda Soltwedel Roger & Carla Klein Barb Steinhilber Rod Kloster St Germain Sport Marine Bill Krueger Jon Strom Carl Lieberman & Joy Vietinghoff Jerry Verseman You guys are the best, Thank you Chairpersons, Dianne Dieter, Jeff Sauer and Steve Soltwedel

MEMBERSHIP CORNER September will soon be upon us and with that brings the kick-off of our snowmobiling season activities. Membership renewal forms will be mailed out in late August/Early Septem-ber. We look forward to having you once again support your club. Please return your form with any corrections or addi-tions at your earliest convenience. You can also renew online at our secure site found at http://www.boboen.com/Membership.html Our final number of memberships last season totaled 1,165. Memberships again are either family or individual. Due to the AWSC membership cost increase, our dues have increased by $5. With that our family membership will be $35 (self, spouse, children under 19) and our single (unmarried) $30. Another change with the AWSC, all memberships will expire June 30 annually. Currently our club’s yearly membership pe-riod runs from October 1 through September 30. We will be discussing at the board level whether to adjust our member-ship period to coincide with the AWSC. Your Club Membership Includes: � Pride in belonging to Wisconsin's largest club and supporting trails and projects of snowmobiling � Membership into the Association of Wisconsin Snowmobile Club (AWSC) � Monthly club newsletter August thru April (via e-newsletter link) � Membership Sticker � Wisconsin Snowmobile News Magazine (7 issues per year (September thru March) � Club voting rights at March meeting (Family Membership 2 votes, Single Membership 1 vote)

Enjoy the balance of summer. Ed Siergiej Membership Chair boboenmembership@gmail.com

Secretary’s Report & “The Dinner Bell” Welcome back! The 2019 – 2020 season is coming up fast. Seems like we were just talking about Memorial Day and now we’re talking about Labor Day. Summer was very busy and way too hot for us – or at least me. I get a lot of funny looks from people when I tell them that I can’t wait for the snow to come. Last year we ended up with 122” total for the season and hopefully we will top that this year. It will make for a great snowmobile season. As for the membership dinners, they are all set and ready to go. Please mark your calendars with the date and restaurants that have graciously agreed to host one of our dinners.

Tuesday, September 10, 2019 – Pub ‘N Prime Tuesday, October 8, 2019 – Spang’s

Tuesday, November 12, 2019 – Knocker’s Pizza Co. Inc. Tuesday, December 10, 2019 – Whitetail

Tuesday, January 14, 2020 – Sportsmen’s Chalet Tuesday, February 11, 2020 – Clearview Tuesday, March 10, 2020 – Golden Pines

Hope the rest of your summer and autumn are great. Don’t forget to renew your membership when you get it in the mail and purchase your trail pass from the AWSC.  

                         Kay Schultz

Trail Boss—Jim Wendt This is an exciting time at the groomer barn these days! Our north end of the building is coming out of the ground!!!!! Walls are going up and trusses are being set. Everything seems to be going as planned so let’s hope everything continues without a hitch. Drive back to see the progress. Our new Tucker has arrived and has been fit-ted with our specific lights and electric. We have been out brushing with our re-furbished DB 150 and things seem to be going well on that front. I will be assembling a report on contractors who are working on our project at a later date. Pinno Buildings is doing the building and I am very impressed with their company. Many have donated to this project to which we are very blessed. Hope your summer has been a great one...our favorite time of the year is coming up soon. HAPPY TRAILS! JIM

September Membership Meeting Tuesday, September 10th

Pub ‘n Prime

Cocktails 6:00 pm Dinner 7:00 pm

Menu Selection:

8 oz. Prime Rib

Orange Whiskey Chicken

8 Deep Fried Shrimp

All dinners include salad, baked pota-

to, rolls & butter, dessert & coffee. All

meals are priced at $23.00 with tax

and gratuity included.

Members are responsible for the pay-

ment of their reservation whether they

attend or not, Please make checks pay-

able to Pub ‘n Prime.

RSVP on or before September 2nd to

Kay Schultz (715) 542-3912.

Tuesday, September 3—Board Meeting, 7 pm

Tuesday, September 10—Membership Meeting Pub ‘n Prime

Saturday, October 19—Club Trail Brushing, 9 am Groomer Barn

SNOWMOBILE SAFETY EDUCATION CLASS

December 14 & 15, 2019

The Bo-Boen Snowmobile Club’s Snowmobile Safety Edu-cation Class will be held on Saturday and Sunday, Decem-ber 14 & 15, 2019 at the St. Germain Community Center. Anyone 11years of age or older is eligible to take the class and receive a safety education certificate, however, the certificate does not become valid until the child reaches 12 years of age. Pre-registration is required by calling Peg-gy Ausloos at (715) 542-3548 or online at gowild.wi.gov. Beginning January 1, 2001, any person born on or after January 1, 1985 and who has reached the age of 12, must have completed and received a snowmobile safety certifi-cate in order to operate a snowmobile in Wisconsin. The certificate must be carried while operating the snowmo-bile, and displayed to a law enforcement officer upon de-mand. All students are required to obtain a Wisconsin DNR Cus-tomer ID# as part of the criteria to graduate from any Rec-reational Safety Class and provide that number to their instructor. Students can obtain a DNR Customer ID# from St. Germain Sport Marine during business hours or by call-ing 1-888-936-7463 between 7 AM and 10 PM. You can also visit a Wisconsin DNR Service Center during their regular scheduled hours. You will need to provide your social secu-rity number. For additional DNR Service Center hours and locations go to www. gowild.wi.gov and click on the “Get Started” tab.

Sunshine Report

Condolences were sent to Shirley Knitt and Julaine Nampel who both had brothers pass away and to the family of Jerry Seideman. Get well wishes were sent to Jack Henricks and Nola Richards. Please call Judy Schell at (715) 542-2321 or judith-schell@hotmail.com when you have information on births, of members who are ill or hospitalized and need a bit of cheer, sympathy or en-couragement.

St. Germain Bo‐Boen Snowmobile Club 

PO Box 192 

St. Germain WI 54558