Pig Roast at Sportsmen’s Chalet

For the 17th year, Gary and Laurel Frank of the Sportsmen’s Chalet hosted their annual pig roast fundraiser to benefit both the Bo-Boen and New-Tom Snow Fleas Snowmobile Clubs on Saturday, August 24th serving a 211 pound pig! Split-the-pot spins on the paddle wheel and drawings for special prizes were done in the afternoon. People were served a delicious roast pig supper, and afterward, the ticket drawings were con-ducted, including the $100 ticket raffle. The funds raised from the pig roast enabled Gary and Laurel to present a $4,275.00 check to our club. They would like to thank everyone who helped make the pig roast a huge success, including the St. Germain Chamber of Commerce and the rustic Manor for advertising the pig roast on their sign board. They would also like to thank the people that made all of the desserts.

Thank you Gary & Laurel Raffle Prize Donations by: St. Germain Pharmacy Golden Pines Restaurant & Lounge Sisters Saloon Sayner Pub St. Germain Sport Marine DJ’s Northwoods Family Restaurant Wolf Pack Cafe McGregor’s Blink Bonnies Knitt’s Hardware Hank BMO Harris Bank General Beverage St. Germain Rentals Whitetail Lodge Sno-Boss Groomers Paul’s Rental-All Smiley’s Pub US Bank Timber’s Bar & Grill Trig’s of Eagle River Rustic Manor Motor Lodge Twilight Bar & Grill Badger Liquor Dean’s Distributing Miller Beer of the Northwoods Inc. Knocker’s Pizza Co. Sportsmen’s Chalet R & R Motorsports Vicki Jean Creations The Moccasin Shop Hazelhurst Pub Clearview Lodge & Restaurant The Village Café Libke Auto Specialists Fibber’s Northwoods Pub & Grill Danny’s Roadhouse Lumpy’s Bar Thunderbird Pass Rummey’s Bar Johnny Nicks Lakeland Lumber 19th Hole Elmer’s Fun Park

Black Bear Lodge Hearthside Inn Slo’s Pub Bauer’s Dam Timber Ridge Golf Plum Lake Golf Course Spang’s Italian Restaurant Camp’s Northwoods Super Valu Pub & Prime The Brick Bears Den Bar Shamrock Bar Legend’s Bar Moon Dance Dan’s Upholstery First Weber (Peggy Ausloos) Lakeland Monuments (Bob Ausloos) Individual Donations: Jerry Seideman Linda & Steve Soltwedel Vicki & Tom Gilbertson Judy & Bernie Pacanowski Walter & Carol Straus Doug & Karen Waehler Bill & Sandy Kilty Yogi & Helen Yogerst Dale & Lorraine Koutecky Mike & Colleen Folwarski Bev Dittmar Mac & Jan McCoy Dennis & Diane Dieter Butch Harder Cliff Peterson Jim & Bernette Fett Laura Harder Fred & Ann Urben

Helpers: Gary & Laurel Frank Greg & Sue Slominski Susan Stein Carol Dines Tom Christensen Al Clemmensen Steve & Linda Soltwedel Roger & Carla Klein Troy & Lori Kulick Billl & Sandy Kilty Tricia Frank Rochelle Frank Greg Hutton Kay Schultz Bev Dittmar Mac & Jan McCoy Carole Hall Joan Crawford Kevin Krueger Keith Antosh Jerry Seideman Tom & Barb Zimmerman Tim Fassie

Cash Prize Winners: $3,000.00—Kevin Winger $1,000.00—Sandy Kilty $1,000.00—Connie Galvin $1,000.00—Gene & Chris Coriell $500.00—Steve Pulec $500.00—Arlene Mason $500.00—Bernie & Judy Pacanowski $250.00—Lisa & LuAnne Helm $250.00—Mike Zainer

St. Germain Bo-Boen Snowmobile Club

Volume 2013-14 Number 3 www.boboen.com October 2013

October Membership Meeting

Tuesday, October 8th Spang’s Italian Restaurant

Cocktails 6:00 pm Dinner 7:00 pm

Menu Selection Osso Bucco—slow cooked pork shank with mashed potatoes and salad Chicken Parmagiana—chicken breast with bread crumbs and topped with mozzarella cheese & marinara sauce. Served over pasta and salad Smoked Trout Salad—a bed of spinach, wild rice, green onion, lettuces, shredded cheddar, smoked trout and slivered almonds. Served with creamy horseradish dressing

All dinners include dessert & coffee. All meals are priced at $18.00 with tax and gratuity included.

Members are responsible for the payment of their reservation whether they attend or not. Please make checks payable to the Fibber’s. RSVP by Sunday. September 29th to Kay Schultz (715) 542-3912.

President's Report Al Clemmensen We have had our first membership dinner and meeting of the season September 10th at the 19th Hole. We had ap-proximately 50 members attend with the meeting that fol-lowed. Thank you goes out to the entire staff at the 19th Hole who provided us with a great dinner. We had two fund raisers this year. The first at Sports-men’s Chalet and the second at the New Twilight Bar and Grill. Again a huge thank you go out to both establishments that have helped raise money for our club throughout the years with many more to follow. The weather has started to get a little colder and the ex-citement for our next snowmobile season has started for many of us.

Trail Boss Report Well, October is here and that means BRUSHING! We will be out with our equipment to get the major stuff done ahead of the October 19th club brushing day. We will still have time after that for last minute work if needed. Meet at the groomer barn at 9:00 am for a fun day of clearing and chain sawing. This is a very important day in the process of getting our sys-tem ready for the season. We will have a social time that eve-ning to help soothe any weary bones for those who helped out. I would like to send along a big "thank you" to Jerry Renner and Jim Kelsey at Woodland Auto for their generous donation of labor for work done on the club pick-up truck. We can al-ways count on Woodland’s to do their best to keep our equip-ment in good shape. When you stop in, give them another "thank you". I would also like to send a BIG thank you to Dave & the guys at Walker Equipment who did some welding for us on our brushing equipment to help us get ready for trail brushing. We will be getting our driver staff lined up this month ahead of November driver meeting. I look forward to another great season with our crew of dedicated men. I hope you are as excited as I am about the prospects of good snow this year......the predictions ALL SOUND VERY PROMISING.

Happy Trails… Jim Wendt

Notes from the Newsletter Editor Pam Gebhardt With these chilly morning temperatures it means fall is in the air… and that means our favorite season is just around the corner. I would like to thank Sue Slominski who presented the club with a check for $500 at

the dinner meeting this month from the Northwoods Snow-mobile Challenge Fundraiser. She and Steve Pulec have been very instrumental in raising funds for area clubs thru this fundraiser. Bars that participate in this fundraiser in-clude: SLO’S PUB, THE NEW TWILIGHT BAR & GRILL, THUN-DERBIRD, SAYNER PUB and the SHAMROCK PUB & EATERY. Please continue to support those who support us! At a recent meeting I was made aware that some people were upset when they weren’t acknowledged when they volunteered to help the club. It is impossible to acknowl-edge every single person who does something for the club. My hope is that we help the club with our time and talents not to just see our name in the newsletter but because of our LOVE for snowmobiling and the Bo-Boen Snowmobile Club. We wouldn’t be who we are without all of us, so with that said, I would like to thank all of our members for being who you are and remember our club began because some-one volunteered! I have included an article written by Hazel Christensen which I found in the archives. It gives a little history on the club which was started in 1969. If you have an article for the newsletter, please email it to me by the 15th of the month at geby.four@gmail.com. Again this year we will be offering full page ads for you or your business for $100. If you are interested in placing one, please contact me at (715) 891-1801.

THANK YOU TO OUR 2013-14 SNOWMOBILE MAP AD SPONSORS ST. GERMAIN CHAMBER

ST. GERMAIN PHARMACY Larry & Shirley Thompson

ST. GERMAIN RENTALS Ron Rhodes & Jason Rhodes

ST. GERMAIN SHELL & ORGANIC FOOD MARKET Tracy Wendt

ST. GERMAIN SPORT MARINE Tom & Kim Christensen

STIEMKE'S RESORT Erv & Sandy Stiemke

STILLWATERS RESTAURANT Chuck & Karen Altamore

SUBWAY Darrell & Mary Hines

THE ESTROLD RESORT John & Jamie Burger

THE NEW TWILIGHT BAR & GRILL Steve & Sheila Pulec

THE TIMBERS BAR & GRILL Jason & Sara Hegewald

THUNDERBIRD PASS Fritz Richter

TRACK INC Lurene Hanson

TUGBOATS TAMARACK TAP Tim & Paula Sullivan

TWIN WATERS RESORT Kelly & Corey Newton

US BANK Suzanne Kessro

US CHROME Scott Reath

VINCHI'S HILLSIDE INN Jim & Nancy Meka

WALKER EQUIPMENT INC/ ARROWHEAD GROOMERS

Dave & Judy Walker

WEBER'S WILDLIFE BAR & ANIMAL PARK Karen Stecker

WHISPERING PINE LODGE Jeff & Maria Ewald

WHITETAIL INN Jeff & Joy Sievert

WHITETAIL LODGE Elmer & Lynn Mages

WOLF PACK CAFÉ Kathy & Joe Lass

WOODLAND AUTO Jim & Cheryl Kelsey

19th HOLE Tom & Eileen Pawlacyk

3C'S COFFEE CUP CAFÉ Tom Anderson & Sharon Ingram

BAD BONES BBQ Bobbie & Sean

BAUER'S DAM Glenn & Donna Miller

BEAR’S DEN Craig Born

BIBS NORTHWOODS PUB & GRILL Tony & Arlyce Farrow

BLACK BEAR LODGE Jo Daniel

BLINK BONNIE SUPPER CLUB Jim McGregor

CAMP'S NORTHWOODS SUPER VALU Bruce & Mary Weber

CLEARVIEW SUPPER CLUB Darrell & Connie Nell

DANNY’S ROADHOUSE Danny Thomas

DE PUE'S DOR-WAY TO THE NORTH Renee De Pue

DJ'S FAMILY RESTAURANT Ty & Heather Trapp

ELBERT'S RESORT & CONDOS Jim & Mary Anderson

ELIASON LUMBER & HARDWARE John Eliason

ELIASON REALTY OF THE NORTH Dick & Bonnie Eliason

FATH'S BIG WOODS RESORT Jamie & Sue Fath

FIBBER'S/RKB VENTURES INC Rob & Kaye Manthei

FIRST NATIONAL BANK Theresa Sullivan

GOLDEN PINES SUPPER CLUB Sharon Peske

GRANARY RESTAURANT Lee & Pam Hoffman

HARV'S VACATION RENTALS Kevin & Debbie Harvey

HEARTHSIDE INN Brett & Faith Schneider

HICKS FUEL AND OIL Larry Hicks

HILLER'S PINE HAVEN Mark & Leslie Hiller

IDLE HOURS RESORT Boyd & Judy Best

JOHNNY NICKS John Nickolaou

KNITT'S HARDWARE HANK Kent & Terry Knitt

KNOCKER’S PIZZA COMPANY, INC, Barry & Shelley Hodkiewicz

LEGEND’S OF THE NORTH Kevin Brandt

LITTLE SAINT MOBILE EXPRESS MART David & Jennifer Weber

LOFTY PINES RESORT Jim Sherren

LOFTY PINES RV PARK Brian & Margo Sherren

MEYER & ASSOCIATES INSURANCE AGENCY, INC. Grant Meyer

NORTHWOODS REST MOTEL Stan & Mary Bork

OLSON MANUFACTURING, INC./ SNO-BOSS GROOMERS Douglas & Connie Olson

PATTI'S MURMURING WATERS Pat & Rich Sparrow

PAUL'S RENT-ALL Paul & Julie Bohnen

PITLIK'S SAND BEACH RESORT, INC. Gary Pitlik

PUB 'N PRIME Susan Wagner

RIVER VALLEY STATE BANK Nancy Schuller

RUMMY’S BAR

RUSTIC MANOR LODGE Mike Sailor & Denise Lawrence

SAYNER MOBILE EXPRESS Rick Lovdal

SAYNER PUB Eric Liebenstein

SISTER’S SALOON Cherie Anderson

SMILEY'S PUB Troy & Lori Kulick

SNOWMOBILE HALL OF FAME

SNOWMOBILE REPAIR Dennis Sobczak

SPANG’S ITALIAN RESTAURANT Joe & Debbie Reid

SPORTSMEN'S CHALET Gary & Laurel Frank

ST. GERMAIN AUTO & TRAILER David & Barb Pockat

Leon & Peggy Anderson—St Germain, WI Loren & Carola Anderson—St Germain, WI Mr. & Mrs. Walter Andrus—Minocqua, WI

Frank & Audrey Bloechl—Gleason, WI Paul & Carole Brahm—Eagle River, WI

Margaret Brennan—Chicago, IL Douglas & Debra Christensen—San Antonio, TX

Lee & Hazel Christensen—St Germain, WI Dave & Cathy Clark—St Germain, WI

Community United Church of Christ—St Germain, WI Mike Connors—Plain, WI

Steven & Gayle Daniel—St Germain, WI Don Dixon—St Germain, WI

John & Karen Edelbrock—Flossmoor, IL Ed & Janelle Ewen—St Germain, WI John & Nancy Faro—Bridgeview, IL

Mr. & Mrs. Bob Frey—Holland, MI Paul Geiger—St Germain, WI Linda Goller—St Germain, WI

Mark & Leslie Hiller—St. Germain, WI Duane Hjorkland—St Germain, WI

George Jackson Family—St Germain, WI Patricia Kieson—Neenah, WI

Sandy Koscielniak—St. Germain, WI Greg & Nancy Krings—St Germain, WI

Mike & Sheila Krueger—Eagle River, WI Michael Kurek—St Germain, WI

Hans Liebert—New York, NY

Apple Dumpling Gang Kickoff Dinner for the 2013-14 Season Where: Golden Pines Supper Club When: Saturday, November 2nd at 7 PM (cocktails at 6 PM) Menu Choices: Prime Rib with baked potato and vegetable, or Two Skewers of Shrimp served on a bed of wild rice with vegetable or Almond Crusted Chicken Breast topped with asparagus and Buerre Blanc Sauce served on a bed of wild rice. Note: All dinners are $18 and include salad with choice of home-made French or Ranch dressing, rolls, coffee and dessert. Taxes and tips are included. What to do: To reserve your dinner, please call or e-mail Gary Groff at (715) 477-1510 gary.h.groff@gmail.com by Sunday, October 27th. Call Gary if you have any questions. (Members are responsi-ble for the payment of their reservation whether they attend or not.) Who are the Apple Dumplings? The Apple Dumpling Gang is a group of men (mostly retired, but a few are still working) who snowmobile together every Wednesday during the season. This is an informal group so there are no dues or duties. On Wednesdays they leave from the groomer barn at 9 AM sharp. All you have to do is show up. Coffee and socializing is usually available there starting at 8:15 AM. There is a contribution for each ride to cover the cost of the drinks and lunch for that day. The group also has a Kick-off dinner in November, a 3-day Overnighter Trip, a Potato Pancake Breakfast in February and a Brunch to end the season. Why not come ride with them?

Rosemary Lucas—St Germain, WI Robert Moe—Iola, WI

Tom & Eileen Pawlacyk—Neenah, WI Kent Pitlik—Eagle River, WI

Dan & Barb Plautz—Muskego, WI Mike & Angie Popp—St Germain, WI

Jerry & Marsha Renner—St Germain, WI Ron Rhuede—Cincinnati, OH

Dwight Richards—St Germain, WI Victor Rogers—Loves Park, IL

George & Lois Ruediger—St Germain, WI Gary & Rosalie Schiffmann—St Germain, WI

Kathleen Scholwin—Three Lakes, WI Norm & Val Schuettner—St Germain, WI

Gerald Seideman—St Germain, WI Gary & Geri Shambo—St Germain, WI

Joe & Janice Shambo—Island Lake, IL Ed Siergiej—Minocqua, WI

Russell Steel—St Germain, WI James Thomas—Sayner, WI

Chuck Tremmel—Racine, WI George Turnpaugh—Wesley Chapel, FL Mr. & Mrs. Al Urban—St Germain, WI

Mr. & Mrs. Alf Vretfors—St Germain, WI Dave & Judy Walker—St Germain, WI

Roger & Judy Weber—Sayner, WI Mr.& Mrs. Dave Widule—Rhinelander, WI

Thank you to our landowners who help make our trail system great!

Membership News – Margie Klingsporn Fall has arrived and the snow will soon be following. General membership renewals were sent out the first week of Sep-tember. Thanks to Milt Klingsporn, Arlene Rieckenberg and Kay Schultz for helping me stuff those envelopes. I have begun sending in registrations to AWSC. I have registered over 100 applications so far and more arrive every day at the post office box for Ed to pick up. The map ad and landowner information has been forwarded to my desk. So those memberships applications should be sent to AWSC before by the end of September or the first week of October. For the new snowmobile season we have 12 new members and 95 renewed members. This gives us a total of 107 mem-bers for the new season. Thirteen of those are secondary members. So the tallying begins. Keep sending in your re-newal forms! Membership Report (September 10, 2013) Welcome to these new Bo-boen members. Happy trail rides to you in 2013-2014. 09/05/14 Drake & Carol Branca -- Rockford, IL James & Jacqueline Gandrey -- Naperville, IL Brian & Marie Holt -- Omro, WI 09/16/14 Randy Alsmo -- DeForest, WI Jodi & Jasmine Cooley -- Minocqua, WI Joseph & Cheryl Domenico -- Homer Glen, IL Larry Grimm -- St Germain, WI Dierdre Strass -- St Germain, WI Kevin & Patti Winger -- Rockford, IL We welcome back the following members for the 2013-2014 snowmobile season. 09/05/14 Kevin Blessing -- Sauk City, WI Van Gurley -- South Bend, IN Kevin & Debra Monge -- Roanoke, IL 09/16/14 Marv & Karen Anderson -- St Germain, WI Don & Marie Baumann -- St Germain, WI Chuck & Judie Berard -- Eagle River, WI Brian & Doris & Ryan Berndt -- Brookfield, WI Kurt & Jayne Blasier -- St Germain, WI Jack & Susan Bourgeois -- St Germain, WI Doug & Diane Brotherton -- Dubuque, IA Craig Callies -- St Germain, WI Gary & Jan Clausen -- Sycamore, IL Allen & Maggie Clemmensen -- St Germain, WI Rick & Alice Collins -- Caledonia, IL Randy & Marilyn Cox -- St Germain, WI Rodney & Carol Daniels -- Eagle River, WI Bev Dittmar -- Eagle River, WI Mark & Nina Dittmar -- Merrill, WI Gary & Denise Duda -- Buffalo Grove, IL Dan & Ann Egbert -- Ripon, WI Sue & Jim Farchmin -- Waukesha, WI Milt & Shirley Grimm -- Morton, IL Ronald Groebe -- Chicago, IL James Harold Jr -- St Germain, WI Ken & Jean Holleman -- St Germain, WI Jeff & Karen Holway -- Deerfield, IL Ron & Sara, Brody, Dane Kacir -- Washington, IL Roger & Connie Kahler -- Morton, IL Joe & Judy Kaufmann -- Bonduel, WI Shirley Knitt -- St Germain, WI Bill & Mary Koenen -- St Germain, WI

Mac & Jan Mc Coy -- Eagle River, WI Wayne & Betty Mc Kinnis -- St Germain, WI Michael & Kelly Ann McGill -- St Germain, WI Pat & Carolyn Meronek -- Stevens Point, WI Michael Moore -- Stevens Point, WI Michael & Kristine Nagel -- Slinger, WI Judy & Bernie Pacanowski -- Lisle, IL Rich Pickles -- St Germain, WI Greg & Rosemary Posch -- Lisle, IL Duane & Beverly Przybylski -- Amherst Jct, WI Fred & Carol Radtke -- St Germain, WI Don & Nola Richards -- St Germain, WI Arlene Rieckenberg -- St Germain, WI Frances Sabick -- St Germain, WI Bob & Judy Schell -- St Germain, WI Steve & Linda Soltwedel -- St Germain, WI Dennis & Peggy Sorensen -- St Germain, WI Barbara Steinhilber -- St Germain, WI Don & Sharon TenHoven -- Mokena, IL Gary Thyssen -- Appleton, WI Jim & Jennifer Wendt -- St Germain, WI Dave Zielinski -- St Germain, WI

Gerald & Nancy Hartmann -- Maple Park, IL Leonard & Alice Hill -- Minocqua, WI Travis & Ellen and Paige Holt -- Spencer, WI Steve Hunter -- Holland, IN Michael & Terri Kelliher -- Waukesha, WI Al & Rita Kelnhofer -- St Germain, WI Gary Kitzman -- Darien, WI Richard Kollauf -- Greenfield, WI Michael Lefevre -- Cary, IL Eric & Ginny, Paige & Paityn Lewison -- Baraboo, WI Greg & Rebecca Loesche -- Greenfield, WI Mike & Sharon Maciag -- Madison, WI Mark & Denise Mancini -- Lake Geneva, WI Larry & Wendy Marchel -- Twin Lakes, WI Eugene & Berwyn Mischo -- Rothschild, WI Dave & Colleen Otto -- Horicon, WI Paul & Lynn Polk -- Park Ridge, IL George & Sandra, Thomas, Daniel & William Ruppert -- Arlington Heights, IL Gary & Kay Schultz -- St Germain, WI Dennis Sester -- St Charles, IL Gordon & Sally Sharbuno -- Port Washington, WI Thomas & Rosemarie Smithe Sr -- Arlington Heights, IL Chuck & Peggy Spangenberg -- Grayslake, IL Walter & Carol Straus -- Evanston, IL Mike Swenson -- Neenah, WI Jeff & Judy Timmer -- Oconomowoc, WI Jon & Lee Ann Vosburg -- Franklin, WI Randy & Fran Vosburg -- Waukesha, WI Mike Zainer -- St Germain, WI William & Paula Zirbes -- Milwaukee, WI

09/17/14 Bill & Juanita Beach -- Floyds Knobs, IN Steve & Debbie Benefiel -- Paris, IL Ken & Donna Beno -- Neoga, IL Paul & Patty Butenhoff -- Hartford, WI Joan Crawford -- St Germain, WI Jim & Patricia Fett -- Wayne, IL Charles Gamache -- Lyons, WI Tom & Vicki Jo Gilbertson -- Madison, WI Bernhard Haats -- St Germain, WI

A big thank you goes out to the following members who sent in a trail fund donation with their renewals: Steve & Debbie Benefiel -- Paris, IL Paul & Patty Butenhoff -- Hartford, WI Joan Crawford -- St Germain, WI Charles Gamache -- Lyons, WI Steve Hunter -- Holland, IN Michael Lefevre -- Cary, IL Eric & Ginny, Paige & Paityn Lewison -- Baraboo, WI Greg & Rebecca Loesche -- Greenfield, WI Mike & Sharon Maciag -- Madison, WI Mark & Denise Mancini -- Lake Geneva, WI Larry & Wendy Marchel -- Twin Lakes, WI George & Sandra, Thomas, Daniel & William Ruppert -- Arlington Heights, IL Dennis Sester -- St Charles, IL Gordon & Sally Sharbuno -- Port Washington, WI Chuck & Peggy Spangenberg -- Grayslake, IL Walter & Carol Straus -- Evanston, IL Mike Swenson -- Neenah, WI Jeff & Judy Timmer -- Oconomowoc, WI William & Paula Zirbes -- Milwaukee, WI Jack & Susan Bourgeois -- St Germain, WI Allen & Maggie Clemmensen -- St Germain, WI Rick & Alice Collins -- Caledonia, IL Bev Dittmar -- Eagle River, WI James & Jacqueline Gandrey -- Naperville, IL Van Gurley -- South Bend, IN Ronald Groebe -- Chicago, IL Ron & Sara, Brody, Dane Kacir -- Washington, IL Roger & Connie Kahler -- Morton, IL Shirley Knitt -- St Germain, WI Mac & Jan Mc Coy -- Eagle River, WI Wayne & Betty Mc Kinnis -- St Germain, WI Michael & Kelly Ann McGill -- St Germain, WI Pat & Carolyn Meronek -- Stevens Point, WI Judy & Bernie Pacanowski -- Lisle, IL Greg & Rosemary Posch -- Lisle, IL Frances Sabick -- St Germain, WI Steve & Linda Soltwedel -- St Germain, WI Kevin & Patti Winger -- Rockford, IL

B. B. Mappy’s Hint of the Month:

Be sure on a family mem-bership to include all of the names for the mem-bership. (Children qual-ify as long as they are under the age of 19.)

Wisconsin law requires those who use Wisconsin snowmo-bile trails to display either Wisconsin registration or a snow-mobile trail pass. Funds from this program will be desig-nated for use as trail aids and related costs to enhance all Wisconsin snowmobile recreation. The trail pass may be purchased over the counter at many authorized sales locations or by calling WDNR at 1-888-WDNRINFo (1-888-936-7463) The $35.00 non-resident snowmobile trail use pass is valid from July 1st through June 30th. A snowmobile trail pass is required to operate a snowmo-bile not currently registered in Wisconsin on a snowmobile trail. The snowmobile must be currently registered with another jurisdiction. The trail pass must be permanently affixed by its own adhesive to the bottom center portion of the snowmobile windshield. If there is no windshield, the sticker shall be displayed in a highly visible location on the front of the cowling of the snowmobile. Once affixed, the sticker may not be removed or transferred to another snow-mobile.

ATTENTION NON-RESIDENT SNOWMOBILERS

Snowmobile Safety Education Class

December 27 & 28, 2013

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 snowmobile, and displayed to a law enforcement officer upon demand. Snowmobile Safety Education Classes are offered in the fall and early winter, and should start appearing on the DNR’s web site within the next month or so. 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 in-structor. Students can obtain a DNR Customer ID# from St. Germain Sport Marine during business hours or by calling 1-888-936-7463 between 7 am to 10 pm. You can also visit a Wisconsin DNR Service Center during their regular scheduled hours. For additional DNR Service Center hours and locations go to www.dnr.wi.gov and click on the “Contact US” tab located at the top. The Bo-Boen Snowmobile Club’s Snowmobile Safety Edu-cation Class will be held on Friday and Saturday, December 27 & 28, 2013. Anyone 11-1/2 years of age or older is eligi-ble to take the class and receive a safety education certifi-cate; however, the certificate does not become valid until the child reaches 12 years of age. Pre-registration is re-quired by calling Peggy Ausloos at (715) 542-3548. If you can donate a couple of hours of your time to help with registration, cookies or bars, grading of tests or helping outside with the machine test, please call Peggy Ausloos at (715) 542-3548. Again this year Judy & Chuck Berard will be making lunch for the kids and are requesting two kitchen helpers from 11:30 to 12:15. If you could lend them a hand please call them at (715) 479-6659

Annual Club Raffle

Again this season we will be running our club cash raffle. There will be four

raffle tickets sent with your membership renewal form. The tickets are $5 each with a

maximum of 2,000 tickets sold. First prize is $2,500, second prize is $1,500, third prize is $500 and fourth and fifth place prize is $250 each. The drawing will take place at our dinner meeting on March 13, 2014.

Come ride the best trails in Wisconsin...ride Bo-Boen Country!

Ah (Yes, I remember it Well) Bo-Boen Tribe History Bits

by Hazel Christensen, an interview with Art and Luella Sherren Back in 1969, winters in the north woods were very quiet. For the most part; tourists left after Labor Day and didn't return until June with the exception of a few downhill skiers. Lofty Pines, owned and oper-ated by Luella and Art Sherren and Pride of the North, run by Colleen and Cecil Ray were the only resorts that were winterized. It was this year that the Bo-Boen Snowmobile Club was formed with the purpose be-ing to build trails that would encourage snowmobiling and increase tourism during the winter. There are several stories about how the name Bo-Boen originated but we have been told it is an Indian word mean-ing "Winter Fun". Due to lack of funds, volunteers did ALL of the work and ALL materials were donated. Chuck Vogel and Don Schulpius, being in construction, volunteered the use of their equipment. Bill and Katie Borke from Heart of the Woods, loaned out their tractor and on its return, the worker was always offered a hot bowl of soup or a supper. Anyone who had useable equipment helped out. The Lions purchased the first drag for the club built by a chiropractor in Rhinelander for he sum of $200. However, since all the Lions were not into snowmobiling, the club paid them back a year later. By this time the club had grown and dues were being collected. The club purchased the "Alpine" which was a twin track, single ski tractor used to pull the drag. The groomers went out in pairs. Art Sherren and Bruce Weber were partners. Art drove the Alpine and Bruce road behind the drag. When they came to a stop or sharp curve, Bruce lifted the end of the drag to remove the several inches of snow that had accumulated. One night they were grooming in a blizzard. They arrived in Sayner and decided to leave the equipment with the Barnstormers. Don Schulpius was so upset about leaving their precious equipment he went back and along with a few others drove it back in the blinding snowstorm. Since there was no groomer barn it was housed in Roy Schulpius's garage on Pick-erel Lake. The second piece of equipment purchased was a Bombardier tractor SV 200. The club paid for it on the "Snow Plan", better known today as Time Payment. Every club had their own little secrets. Walter Mayo, county forester, worked with each group indi-vidually. When Tom Fegers replaced him, he insisted for the benefit of snowmobiling that all the clubs should work together. We now have the County Alliances, Vilas and Oneida, meeting once a month to dis-cuss the challenges and opportunities that need to be addressed by the clubs. In the early 70's a committee was formed to investigate the possibility of building a groomer. They located a company called Maxey from Fort Collins, Colorado, who built drags for ski hills. They came to St. Germain, looked over the trails and offered to build one for $3,500. Loren Maxey named it the "Wisconsin Special". The club was growing and money was needed, Many resorts started winterizing some of their cot-tages and bars that had been closed for the duration of the winter now started staying open to accommo-date snowmobilers. They came to be known as "Pit Stops". In an effort to raise money and encourage peo-ple to use the trails, the 100 and 500-mile patches were designed. Each Pit Stop had a number. Snowmo-biles carried cards and when they stopped at a Pit Stop, the card was marked. When the card was filled, one was allowed to buy a patch. Following the patches came the pins, Don Schulpius designed the first pin, an Indian headdress with a small sled and Bo-Boen underneath it. The sale of pins is still a big moneymaker. The charter members worked hard and volunteered much of their time but they were also a social group drawn together through the love of snowmobiling. The children rode along to picnics and cookouts at Lofty Pines, Musky Mountain and Crystal Lake. The men would work all day breaking a trail to Archdales or White Stag so they could take their wives to dinner in the evening. The trails were bumpy but well worth the ride. Since the sleds were not always dependable and couldn't be repaired on the trail, a back up vehi-cle usually went along. In the beginning, snowmobiling was not always accepted by many of the residents. Sleds were noisy and created a lot of pollution. It has taken improvements in sleds and trails, plus education to make snow-mobiling the sport that it is today.

An article found in the archives and reprinted to remind us that the club was created by volunteers and will continue to grow and prosper because of volunteers!

For up-to-date information on Club events, meetings, trail conditions & photos check out our website at: www.boboen.com or follow us on Facebook

Bo-Boen Snowmobile Club PO Box 192 Saint Germain, WI 54558

ANDERSON RETIRES Hall of Fame has new leader after 30 years

St. Germain, WI.......The Board of Directors of the Snowmobile Hall of Fame and Museum (SHOF), held their annual summer meeting in the SHOF Ramstad Conference Room Saturday, August 10, 2013. It was area resident Loren Anderson's last meeting as President of the non-profit organization, founded in Minocqua in 1981-82. Loren served as President for over 30 years. The SHOF has operated a HOF and museum for the last 21 years in St. Germain and was in Eagle River and Minocqua for short periods as well. What began as a trail ride with C J Ramstad the publisher of several snowmobile magazines in the early 80's, ended up with Loren, local racer and businessman Mike Trapp and Larry Bosacki of the famous Boat-house, deciding they should start a HOF for the sport. It was one of those moments: "If not us, who. If not now when?" Thirty years later, some 100 inductees have been enshrined and the organization owns their own land and building on a beautiful wooded campus on St. Germain's west side on Hwy 70. The collection of sleds in the museum, is well respected throughout the world as one of the most prized and valuable collections in the sport. Loren retired from the organization as of the end of the board meeting having seen his dream come true. Said Loren: "I look forward to spending more time enjoying the Northwood's, traveling and especially being with my grandkids. You know they all have had their own sleds from age 5 on."

Besides serving as leader of the SHOF, Loren managed a career in the building, land development, real estate and design field. He spent some 12 years racing Formula I sleds, owning a race team his son raced on and serving on snowmobile related boards and commissions. His long and busy career included a stint as Legislative Chair of the Wisconsin Builders Association and a director of the National Association of Home Builders in Washington, DC. Two of the Anderson firms buildings won national design awards from the ARA. Loren also worked for Gov. Tommy Thompson as an administrator in the Dept of Commerce for 4 years and later at State Fair Park on the board and as race director, where he is one of the people credited for saving racing at the Park and keeping the famous Mil-waukee Mile alive, bringing back NASCAR and Indy Car racing. During these years he also managed to serve as presidents of the Lake Geneva, Minocqua and St. Germain Chambers. He was a founding member and chairman of the Faith Ev. Free Church in Minocqua. Loren's wife Carola worked along his side for over 20 years helping as vol-unteer and office worker. Until two years ago, the SHOF had no paid employees as all work has been done by vol-unteers like the Andersons.

The SHOF board had a work day prior to the meeting as they moved some 30 sleds around and made ready for a new and spectacular display of speed sleds including the 3 famous and historical Boss Cats. The SHOF has over 200 sleds available for display but only around 100 are on display at any one time. The Board members come from as far as Massachusetts, North Carolina, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan and of course Wisconsin.

Craig Marchbank of New Lennox, IL and Tomahawk, WI was elected to serve as new president of the Board. Craig has been a life-long sled head and was the longest serving factory driver for Ski-Doo drag racing efforts, having just retired a few years ago with the most Ski-Doo wins in history. He also has an extensive vintage sled collection. Craig is a paving contractor. Tom Otte, of Randolph, MN was elected to fill the remaining term as VP as Jon Carl-son, of Mooresville, NC has retired from the board as well. Tom is a seed farmer and vintage collector, featuring John Deere sleds. Tom had been a factory racer for Deere in the 70s.

Craig said; "He looks forward to serving and helping the SHOF as it enters its next thirty years, preserving the his-tory and honoring the heroes of the sport." Craig reminds everyone that the raffles have started for a beautiful 1978 John Deere Liquifire and a 2014 Arctic Cat so visit our web site for informa-tion. www.snowmobilehalloffame.com The Hall of fame will be celebrating their 31st Annual RIDE WITH THE CHAMPS sponsored by Modine HotDawg Garage Heaters and inductions on February 15, 2014. The SHOF oper-ates a year around museum on Hwy 70 W in St. Germain, WI. Hours are 10-5 Thursday- Friday, 10-3, Saturday.

Loren Anderson of St. Germain and formerly Minoc-qua, turns over the leadership of the Hall of Fame to Craig Marchbank of New Lenox, Ill, newly elected President of the Board of Directors.

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Mark Your Calendars!

Tuesday, October 1st—Board Meeting Tuesday, October 8th—Membership Meeting—Spang’s

Saturday, October 19th—Trail Brushing December 27 & 28—Snowmobile Safety Class—

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Our sympathies and prayers were sent to Gary & Kay Schultz for the passing of Gary’s mother. Please call Arlene Rieckenberg at 715-542-3066 when you have infor-mation on births, of members who are ill or hospitalized and need a bit of cheer, sympathy or encouragement.

17th Annual Pig Roast presentation of checks. Kevin Krueger, President of the New-Tom Snow Fleas Snowmobile Club, receives a check for $4,275 from Laurel Frank. Gary Frank and Al Clemmensen, President of the Bo-Boen Snow-mobile Club look on. Clemmensen received a similar check on behalf of the Bo-Boen Snowmobile Club as well.

St. Germain Bo-Boen Snowmobile Club PO Box 192 St. Germain WI 54558