Snowmobilers Organize Clubs to Boost Winter Fun
Snowmobilers have discovered group outings add a new dimension to the booming winter sport. Clubs form to share routes, safety tips, and camaraderie, turning solo rides into social adventures.
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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 06, 1971
Page
5
Snowmobilers have discovered group outings add a new dimension to the booming winter sport. Clubs form to share routes, safety tips, and camaraderie, turning solo rides into social adventures.
An organized plan outlines purchasing an old house or barn on open land to develop a rustic clubhouse. A system of trails would be laid out on the property, creating a private snowmobile area for club members.
Social centers for snowmobilers, clubs provide summer storage, maintenance tips, and winter rescue aid for lost hunters and crash victims. They police member safety and environmental care, stressing courteous, safe use of snowmobiles and encouraging local formation of new clubs.
Council contends with by law readings and licence requirements for raffles bingo and lotteries. Liquor permit rules expanded to allow multi day events like the Trappers Festival for community wide involvement. Staffing gaps include hiring a secretary for Planning Commission and other commissions and council plans to fill two clerk positions with the building inspector or alternatives. Councillor Kennedy notes welfare oversight remains municipal and work continues to secure provincial welfare alignment.
Council plans a full time Welfare officer to receive the 50 percent wage grant and oversee garbage handling and storage in town. E Campbell resigned from the local housing authority board. ME Lavasseur recommended Percy Pielak, president of the Manitoba Metis Federation The Pas branch, as appointee to ensure Metis representation.
Hayes and Sokulski were appointed by the Council to fill vacant seats left by Kenned y and Johanson at the first 1971 meeting on Tuesday January 5. The vote was not unanimous with Mayor Trager casting the deciding vote. McBride and Koch opposed the appointment while Batchelor and Wilchowy supported it. Dauphinais was among three names from a citizen's committee. The mayor cited concerns about the Porky Packers issue affecting Kennedy's participation. He expressed fondness for Kennedy and hoped to see him on Council next October.
Councillors Batchelor and Wilchowy support a resolution to adjourn while McBride and Koch oppose. The mayor casts the deciding vote to carry the measure. The session adjourned to select committees for 1971 with remarks of disdain from Koch and comments of disapproval from Roy Carter and Cal Gibson.
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