2023 Meeting Minutes

December 2023

Dec. 6, 2023 GBRR Meeting Minutes:

Attendance: Chase Danielson, Trent Stemmann, Tony McDonald, Jeff Ryan, Treyben Kehren, Steve VanDeusen, Ray Hadler, Paula Wagner

Meeting minutes from Nov. 1 were reviewed & approved, Tony motioned, Ray 2nd, motion carried.

Treasurer Report: GIA- $24,225.44, Regular- $75,035.77 Ray motioned, Trent 2nd, motion carried

Groomer: On Saturday Dec. 2 Trent Stemmann, Steve VanDeusen, Scott Matthees, & Toby Curtis worked on the groomer. They changed fluids, replaced some of the Bogey wheels. Then Tipcke’s hauled it over to Dusty Vieths to do the cab work.

It was also discussed what to do/ give for storage of the groomer and being able to plug it in, use of tools, use of heated shed to work on. We will give a club membership, and landowner gift certificate, $500. Steve motioned, Jeff 2nd, motion carried.

Adventure Ride in August: profit was $1638.23, we then gave $1000 to the Mikey Kehren Scholarship

Christmas Party reminder, Friday Jan 5th at the Goodhue Lions with social hour 6:30pm and meal at 7:30pm. The meal will be catered by the Country Station. It will be Roast beef, broasted chicken, Mashed potatoes, gravy, Caesar salad, vegetable, & bun. The meal is free to everyone. BYOB. If anyone would like to bring desserts or door prizes that would be great. If you have some games or entertainment ideas, please bring them along as well. If you do know ahead of time you will be able to make it, please let Paula know so we have a general idea of how much food to order. If you don’t know ahead, please come anyway!

Snowmobile trails: They are all in. Red Wing club rerouted the Vasa Trail to ours and asked if we would be able to groom 2/3 of a mile of that trail to the bridge for the next year or 2. Trent motioned, Steve 2nd, motion carried that we will help them out free of charge.

Snowmobile club trip- no ideas yet

Bellechester Lion’s lighted parade- no ideas for a float

Election of Officers: President- Treyben Kehren (unanimous vote), Vice-President- Steve VanDeusen (unanimous vote), Secretary- Paula Wagner (unanimous vote), Treasurer- Tony McDonald (unanimous vote), 3 new Board Members: Jeff Ryan, Chase Danielson, & Mark Thermos (all 3 unanimous votes)

Vintage Ride: Saturday Feb. 3 at Goodhue Lion’s building

There was discussion on groomer grant or looking into getting a tractor.

Meeting adjourned at 8pm, Ray motioned, Tony 2nd, motion carried

Minutes taken respectfully by,

Paula Wagner

Next meeting is Jan. 3 at 7pm at the Goodhue Lion’s

Reminder: We will be having our snowmobile safety class on Sunday Jan. 21 at 11am in Goodhue. To register for that, please email me at operationpaula@gmail.com. It is for 11-15 year olds. The kids do have to do the online training and pass that before coming to our class.

I want to give a big thank you to everyone who helped work on the snowmobile trails this season: Ross Tipcke, McKenzie, Trent & Tyson Stemmann, Kevin Mehrkins, Derek, Evan, & Clara Weckerling, Jason Lodermeier, Shawn Powers, Luke Luhman, Randy & Ray Hadler, Mark Thermos, Toby Curtis, Mark Vieths, Vern Schuette, Guy & Denise Whipple, Randy & Deb Tutewohl, Marty & Linda O'Connor. That adds up to 62 hours of volunteer work.

Also, a big thank you to those who worked on the groomer: Steve VanDeusen, Scott Matthees, Toby Curtis, Trent Stemmann, Dan & Ross Tipcke for hauling the groomer to/from Dusty Vieths for the cab work being done. And to Dusty Vieths Trucking for the huge donation of working on the cab! They had to spend a lot of time and work on it, and he has donated that to the club. I have also attached a few photos for those who knew what needed to be repaired. The cab had to be lifted up, the gas tank had to be lifted up and it is not just a flimsy piece of tin they put in place, it is some heavy steel.

November 2023

Nov 1, 2023 GBRR Meeting Minutes:

Attendance: Tony McDonald, Treyben Kehren, Steve VanDeusen, Katie Weckerling, Jeff Ryan, Chris and Rose Hanson

Meeting minutes from Oct. 4th were reviewed and approved. Tony motioned, Katie 2nd, motion carried.

Treasure Report: GIA-$25,059.16 Reg-$75,211.50 Jeff motioned, Katie 2nd, motioned carried.

Introduced new members Chris and Rose Hanson.

Groomer: Still at Toby’s. Dusty looked at it and will work on it for us and hopes to have it done before we need it for 1st grooming this winter. Bogie wheels and general maintenance needed yet as well. Trent to notify Paula or Trey when he can work on the bogie wheels so a notice can be sent out for extra hands. Ideally would like to get 3-4 extra hands.

ATV Adventure Ride: Still no bill from Suburban Portables to figure final numbers.

MN USA fall workshop: Derek attended; Working on website improvements including membership renewals; reminder of the trespassing fine increases last year.

Christmas Party reminder, Friday Jan 5th at the Goodhue Lions with social hour 6:30pm and meal at 7:30pm. The meal will be catered by the Country Station. It will be Roast beef, broasted chicken, Mashed potatoes, gravy, ceasar salad, vegetable, & bun. It is free to everyone. BYOB. Call or text Paula if plan to attend, 651-380-3284. It would be nice to get an idea of how many are coming to eat by Dec. 28. But feel free to come even if you don’t let us know by then. If anyone would like to bring desserts or door prizes that would be great. If you have some games or entertainment ideas, please pass those along as well.

Snowmobile Trails – No bill yet on Travis Ryans gate, some trails likely need to be trimmed, relying on the section owners for more information and will send notice out for clean up day in Dec, slight trail reroute off 41 west of 7

Discussed club snowmobile trip, looking into interest/dates/locations, any ideas please let us know!

Bellechester Lions lighted parade Sat. Dec 9th at 5pm – $10 float fee, prizes paid on best float, no candy throwing, have float ideas and/or decorations let Trey know. Will try and get something together.

Meeting adjourned. Steve motioned, Katie 2nd, motion caried.

Minutes respectfully taken by,

Treyben Kehren

Next meeting is Dec. 6th at 7pm at the Goodhue Lions

Upcoming events:

Saturday Dec. 2, 8am at Toby Curtis’ – Groomer maintenance
TBD – Trail clean up
TBD – Club snowmobile trip
Jan 5 – Christmas party
Jan 21 – Snowmobile safety class
Feb 3 – Vintage snowmobile ride

Next meeting agenda:

Election of officers

October 2023

Oct. 4, 2023 GBRR Meeting Minutes:

Attendance: Tony McDonald, Treyben Kehren, Steve VanDeusen, & Paula Wagner

Meeting minutes from Sept. 6 were reviewed and approved. Steve motioned, Tony 2nd, motion carried.

Treasurer Report: GIA account-$25,089.66 Regular account- $74,386.50. From GIA account for landowner gifts: $30 to Goodhue Depot, $150 to Goodhue Market

Groomer: Dusty will take someone to look at it next week

Donation for safety class: Goodhue Lions donated $825 to cover the building rental for the 3 classes we do in a year.

UTV raffle: Our profit was $10,176.

ATV Adventure ride: We took in: $675 from entries, $1145 from M & R Donations, $100 donated from Michelle Schenach, $300 donated from Mary Kehren for the scholarship= $2220. Expenses were: Food- $281.04, prize money- $100, $25 to Reggie & Tasha Miller for hosting the cookout, Suburban Portables_?, so $406.04 plus porta potty. I am guessing about $1700 profit. We voted to donate $1000 to the Mikey Kehren scholarship again. Paula motioned, Tony 2nd, motion carried.

ATV safety class last month- we had 26 kids, thanks to everyone who helped out: all the volunteers who helped them get certified: Doris Ryan, Katie, Carleen, Ethan, & Evan Weckerling, Steve VanDeusen, Mike Klindworth, & Chris Ryan. Thanks to our Goodhue County Deputy Officers Jordan Winberg and Mike Ayres for their services. And to the certified instructors: Derek Weckerling, Kenny Timm, Warren Majerus, Treyben Kehren, Jordan Winberg, & Paula Wagner. We also want to thank AG-Partners for the use of their lot for the driving course. And Kim Carlson for storing our equipment.

MN USA fall workshop is Oct. 27-29

Christmas Party: Friday Jan. 5th at the Goodhue Lions. social hour 6:30, eat at 7:30. Any door prizes are welcome. The club will pay for everyone’s meal. There will be an RSVP date, right now plan that for early or mid December. Hoping to get Delila’s catering again. Please e-mail back to this or text me at 651-380-3284 if coming.

Read Thank you from family of Karen Budensiek

Snowmobile trail- Travis Ryan will be sending bill for a gate on his part of the trail.

Meeting adjourned @ 8:01pm. Steve motioned, Tony 2nd, motion carried.

Minutes respectfully taken by,

Paula Wagner

Next meeting is Nov. 1, 2023 at 7pm at the Goodhue Lions

September 2023

Sept. 6, 2023 GBRR Meeting Minutes:

Attendance: Tony McDonald, Jeff Ryan, Treyben Kehren, Steve VanDeusen, Paula Wagner

Treasurer Report: GIA account- $25,202.66 Regular account- $72,152.50 Steve motioned, Jeff 2nd, motion carried

Groomer- Derek & Mark will look at it this month.

Signs- we have the new Goodhue and Bellechester signs

Donations for safety class- The Mazeppa Fire Dept donated $500 to help cover the cost of building rental for the classes. We will send a thank you note.

UTV Raffle: all tickets were sold. We don’t have the final of what we made from raffle, but it should be around $10,000.

ATV adventure ride: Don’t have expenses figured out yet. We will send a thank you to the landowners who were involved and $25 to Reggie & Tasha Miller for hosting the cookout. Thanks to Motley Crew team for donating back their $100 prize and to Michelle Schenach for donating $100. M & R donations were $1145. Marty Kehren donated $300 for the Scholarship. We took in $675 for entry fees. Food expenses were $281.04. We normally get donations for the food at the cookout but didn’t get that this year. Don’t know the charge for the Porta potty yet or if there were any other expenses.

Club ATV ride: 3 vehicles were able to go. Sounds like a good time was had by all.

ATV safety class: 35 kids registered at this time for the class Sunday Sept. 24

Club dues: from now on, Paula will send out an email for the 1st reminder for the dues and then mail out the 2nd if needed.

ATV MN ride and rally is Sept. 22-24

Thanks to anyone who helped out at the Lion’s BBQ from the club. The only one’s we are aware of are: Kim Frazier and Paula Wagner. If anyone else did help, please let us know.

Winter activities scheduled: Club Christmas Party scheduled for Jan. 5, 2024 at Goodhue Lion’s, free meal for everyone. Snowmobile Safety training class- Jan. 21, 2024. Vintage Ride- Saturday Feb. 3, 2024. Jeff motioned, Tony 2nd, motion carried.

Meeting adjourned at 8:39pm, Jeff motioned, Steve 2nd, motion carried.

Minutes respectfully taken by,

Paula Wagner

Next meeting will be Wed. Oct. 4 at 7pm at the Goodhue Lion’s.

August 2023

August 2, 2023 GBRR Meeting Minutes:

*Attendance: Treyben Kehren, Michelle Schenach, Mark Vieths, Randy & Deb Tutewohl, Tony McDonald, Ray Hadler, Paula Wagner

*Meeting Minutes from July 5th reviewed & approved. Michelle motioned, Deb 2nd, motion carried

*Treasurer Report: GIA account- $25,202.66 Regular account- $70,130.77 yearly Insurance was paid- $1952 Ray motioned, Michelle 2nd, motion carried

*Groomer update- Mark & Derek will look at it after the Goodhue County Fair is over. There may be an issue with the fuel solenoid also.

*Snowmobile trail sign that we needed was ordered

*Donations for helping with cost of safety class- Warren will talk to Mazeppa Lion’s and Mazeppa Fire Dept. next week. Treyben will talk to Goodhue Lion’s.

*UTV Raffle- All tickets have been sold.

*Adventure ride- Tracy Reese will do the grilling, her kids will have lemonade & cookies for sale, Kim Carlson will help with paperwork after registration. We need a bucket for donations for the food, & arm bands yet.

*Club ATV trip Aug. 25-27 at Shell Lake, WI.

*ATV safety class: Our fall class will be Sunday Sept. 24th at 11am at the Goodhue Lion’s building. If anyone wants to register your kids ages 10-15 for the Sept. 24 class, please email Paula at operationpaula@gmail.com. We will start at 11am so we will need at least one person outside about 10:30 am to help direct where to unload ATV’s, and a few people helping inside for registration. Then the kids will be going outside between 1 & 1:30pm. Anyone who would be willing to help outside at that time for 1-2 hours would be greatly appreciated. You do not have to be certified to help, just stand at signs and make sure the kids do the correct hand signals and are looking appropriately. Anyone born after July 1, 1987, or who is 16 years or older, must complete the ATV safety online course.

*MN USA Fall workshop is Oct. 27-29

*MN USA is increasing their dues $10 effective Sept. 1, 23, just like ATV MN did. So paying through our club it will be $30, $35 if someone is not a snowmobile club member.

*We discussed our club dues and effective Jan. 1, 2024, our dues with membership to just one of the 2 state clubs will be $45 and if joining or renewing with both MN USA and ATV MN it will be $70. Deb motioned, Ray 2nd, motion carried.

*ATV MN is having their Ride & Rally Sept. 22-24. They are having a raffle along with that. They did send tickets to all the clubs, so Treyben has some on hand. They are $20 each. If you would like one, please call Treyben at 651-380-8370. (See pic below.)

Meeting adjourned at 8:01pm. Ray motioned, Tony 2nd, motion carried.

Minutes taken respectfully by,

Paula Wagner

Next meeting will be Wednesday Sept. 6, 2023 at 7pm at the Goodhue Lion’s building.

Thanks to everyone who participated in our 8th Annual ATV Adventure Ride in Honor of Mikey Kehren! A portion of the proceeds will go towards the Mike Kehren Memorial Scholarship! Thanks to everyone’s participation in the past years, we have been able to donate a total of $5992 to the scholarship.

Thank you to all the landowners who allowed us to cross their land- we couldn’t have the adventure part of the ride without your help!

Congratulations to the winning team: Motley Crew

We had 56 teams entered, 135 people- thanks to all of you for coming out!

(if anyone has photos from the day, could you please forward them to me) Thanks!

Congratulations to the winners of our UTV raffle - (See pic of winners below)

Also we had one club member who won $25 on the MN USA Calendar Raffle this month: Congratulations Kelly Gustafson!

Contact Treyben 651-380-8370 if you want a raffle ticket.

UTV raffle winners.

July 2023

July 5, 2023 GBRR meeting minutes:

Attendance: Mark Vieths, Brady Gadient, Warren Majerus, Treyben Kerhen, Ray Hadler, Steve VanDeusen, Tony McDonald, Derek and Ethan Weckerling, & Paula Wagner

Meeting minutes from June 7 reviewed & approved. Steve motioned, Derek 2nd, motion carried.

Treasurer Report: Regular account- $57,020.37 GIA account- $27,154.66 Ray motioned, Steve 2nd, motion carried

Groomer update- it was looked at this past month, and the bottom support of the cab is all gone. We need to remove the interior and maybe even replace the whole cab. Mark Vieths will take one of Dustin Vieths Trucking mechanics to look at before the next meeting.

Snowmobile trail signs- Steve will talk with Seavers Creative in Red wing to get the 2 new Bellechester Signs that are needed.

Donation funds for our safety classes- Warren will talk to Mazeppa Fire Dept. and Mazeppa Lion’s and Treyben will talk to Goodhue Lion’s. We now pay $275 each time we do a class and we do not charge anything because we are doing them as a service to the community.

UTV Raffle update- 193 tickets have been turned in as sold. There are about 30 that have not been spoken for.

Adventure ride Aug. 5th- Brenda Reese & Bill Ringeisen will set up the course, Treyben will help them. We need people to help with Registration, doing the grilling (hot dogs and brats), helping with the paperwork after the ride. If you are willing to help, please let us know.

*Club ATV trip Aug. 25-27 at Shell Lake, WI. You can stay at the AmeriVu Inn & Suites or at the Shell Lake ATV Campground. Call right away to make your reservations and let them know you are part of our club. AmeriVu Inn & Suites 715-468-4494. Shell lake ATV Campground 715-468-7846 Shelllakecampground@gmail.com

Volksfest parade: Thanks to everyone who helped with our entry in the Goodhue Volksfest parade June 11: Steve and Char VanDeusen for the UTV and driving, Treyben Kehren for the trailer and snowmobile, Jeff & Carolyn Ryan for the Vintage Snowmobile, and to our candy throwers: Colton Lohman, Carter Dicke, Larris Conat, & Paula Wagner.

ATV MN is having Ride & Rally Sept. 22-24. We have donated $50 for this.in Biwabik, MN. To register or for more information go to atvmn.org

The Goodhue Lion’s will be having their ATV ride on Sunday Sept. 10. Everyone is invited.

ATV safety class: Our fall class will be Sunday Sept. 24th at 11am at the Goodhue Lion’s building. If anyone wants to register your kids ages 10-15 for the Sept. 24 class, please email Paula at operationpaula@gmail.com. We will start at 11am so we will need at least one person outside about 10:30 am to help direct where to unload ATV’s, and a few people helping inside for registration. Then the kids will be going outside between 1 & 1:30pm. Anyone who would be willing to help outside at that time for 1-2 hours would be greatly appreciated. You do not have to be certified to help out, just stand at signs and make sure the kids do the correct hand signals and are looking appropriately. Anyone born after July 1, 1987, or who is 16 years or older, must complete the ATV safety online course

MN USA fall workshop is Oct. 27-29 in Lakeville. Here is the link for more info on that: https://www.mnsnowmobiler.org/get-involved/mnusa/events

Treyben read through the latest newsletter from MN USA and the 2023 legislative update ( I will attach the legislative updates for anyone interested in the updated laws).

Meeting adjourned at 8:05. Derek motioned, Steve 2nd, motion carried.

Minutes taken respectfully by,

Paula Wagner

Next meeting will be Wednesday Aug. 2 at 7pm at the Goodhue Lion’s building.

June 2023

June 7, 2023 GBRR meeting minutes:

*Attendance: Steve Fingerson, Tony McDonald, Steve VanDeusen, Guy Whipple, Ray Hadler, Treyben Kehren, & Paula Wagner

*Meeting Minutes from May 3 reviewed & approved. Tony motioned, Guy 2nd, motion carried

*Treasurer Report: GIA account- $26,548.97 Regular account- $46,302.37 Guy motioned, Steve 2nd, motion carried

*Groomer- need work done on cab corner and door trim. Ray will ask Rich to look at it. Guy is also willing to help.

*Snowmobile trail signs- we need a new “Bellechester” sign made, Ray will check on this

*Talking to Lion’s about donation for safety class- tabled

*UTV Raffle update- 95 tickets have been sold and turned in. At this time there are 40 left to hand out. If you want some to sell, please call Treyben at 651-380-8370.

*ATV Adventure Ride Aug. 5- Brenda Reese will set up the clues for the ride. We will need for everything else. Treyben will help verify the route once clues are done, Ray will do the 50/50, we need someone to do the grilling during the ride, people to help with the answer sheets when everyone gets done with the ride. Please let us know if you can help that day.

*Region 5 mtg for MN USA- no one at meeting went

*ATV MN Ride & Roast May 20- no one at meeting went. Our club did donate $50 to this.

*Volksfest parade June 11- Steve will use Treyben’s trailer with sled on and pull it with his UTV. He will check with Jeff Ryan to see if we can get one of his Vintage sleds. Paula will get the candy and bring the banners.

*ATV MN is having the 2023 State Convention/ Ride & Rally Sept. 22-24 at Biwakik MN. Our club donated $50 to this also. If interested in going links to register and for more information can be found at atvmn.org, under the events tab.

*Lion’s ATV Ride will be either Sept. 9 or 10. Anyone can participate, and it is fun.

*Meeting adjourned at 8:15.

Minutes taken respectfully by,

Paula Wagner

Next meeting will be Wednesday July 5, at 7pm at the Goodhue Lion’s building.

May 2023

May 3, 2023 GBRR meeting minutes:

*Attendance: Tony McDonald, Treyben Kehren, & Paula Wagner, Ray Hadler called on phone

*Meeting Minutes from April 5 were reviewed and approved. Tony motioned, Paula 2nd

*Treasurer report: GIA account- $23,670.51 Regular account- $46,407.37 The safety class savings account was closed and the $672.02 has been transferred in to the Regular account.

*Groomer- tabled

*Signs- tabled

*Talking to Goodhue Lion’s- tabled

*UTV Raffle- 40 tickets have been sold already and 200 have been distributed to members to sell.

*ATV Adventure ride- If anyone is interested in helping to set up the course for our annual ride on Saturday Aug. 5th, please let us know. Ray Hadler, Dawn Vikingson, & Dale & Angel Nord have done most of the work for the past 7 years, so they would like to actually be able to go on the ride and not know where it is going for once! We thank them for all they have done over the years.

*ATV safety class- 43 kids are scheduled at this time. We will set up the course in Ag-Partners lot behind the C Store.

*Club ATV trip: We spent a lot of time tonight trying to pick a date and place for the trip. After some phone calls to a couple members who have gone in previous years, we have set the date for Aug. 25-27. It sounds like the best place to go will be the same place we went last year -Shell Lake. You can stay at the AmeriVu Inn & Suites or at the Shell Lake ATV Campground. Call right away to make your reservations and let them know you are part of our club. AmeriVu Inn & Suites 715-468-4494.

Shell lake ATV Campground 715-468-7846 Shelllakecampground@gmail.com

*Mikey Kehren Scholarship was given away this evening at the Goodhue School. They gave 2 $1000 scholarships (the club donated $1000 from the ATV ride we had in Aug.). The scholarships went to Marcus Gardzinski who is going to St. John’s university for Biochemistry and to Emma Thomforde who will be going to Winona State for Biology/radiology.

*We spent a lot of time tonight doing research on looking for a program we can use for our finances that didn’t cost very much. We still haven’t come up with a good system yet, so if anyone knows of a low-cost basic system, please let us know.

*ATV trail- Alexandra Schmitte from DNR (OHV specialist of park and trails) sent Treyben a letter asking if the DNR can help in any way with getting ATV trails going. He did send back a letter saying the biggest help would be if we could use some of the land the DNR now owns between Goodhue and Haycreek that is not being used for anything at the present time.

*MN USA is having the Region 5 Spring Dinner Meeting at Hay Creek Saloon Sunday May 21. See attached flyer for more info. We can’t get it much closer to home than this.

*ATV MN is having a Ride & Roast May 20th. I did send the info about that out May 4th, see that email if interested.

They are asking for donations for this ride and the Ride & Rally they are having Sept. 22-24 from clubs. We will give $50 for each of the 2 events. Paula motioned, Tony 2nd.

Meeting adjourned at 9:40. Tony motioned, Paula 2nd.

Minutes respectively taken by,

Paula Wagner

Next meeting will be Wednesday June 7th at 7pm at Goodhue Lion’s building.

We had 40 students take the ATV safety class on Sunday.

Thanks to all everyone who volunteered their time to help out: Club members- Doris Ryan, Tony McDonald, Steve VanDeusen, Jason VanDeusen, Katie Weckerling, & Ethan Weckerling. The parents who helped out: Brady Holst, Tanya Huneke, Dustin Wiebusch, Paul Lorentz, Adam Bauer, Danielle Menge. New certified student who stepped up to help: Callen Wiebusch. And thanks to our ATV safety certified instructors: Derek Weckerling, Warren Majerus, Treyben Kehren, & Paula Wagner. And many thanks to our officers who helped: DNR officer Brittany Hauser and Goodhue County Deputy Sheriff Jordan Winberg.

And many thanks to AG-Partners for the use of their parking lot for the driving course, and to Luke & Leslie Luhman for storage of our props.

For photos from the class see our facebook page or website.

April 2023

April 5, 2023 GBRR meeting minutes:

*Attendance: Chase Danielson, Brady Gadient, Steve VanDeusen, Trent Stemmann, Jeff Ryan, Treyben Kehren, Ray Hadler, Paula Huneke, Tony McDonald, Paula Wagner

*Meeting Minutes from March 1 were reviewed & approved. Trent motioned, Jeff 2nd, motion carried.

*Treasurer report: GIA account- $23,870.51 Regular account- $46,147.94 Savings (safety class)- $671.78

Discussion of closing the savings account since we have already used that amount on safety class from regular account and never transferred it back to regular account. Tony will close it and put the money in the regular account.

We would like to get a software system to use for the club to keep track of finances. If anyone has an idea of one that is pretty simple and not expansive could you let us know.

*Groomer update- will need to do some work on it during the off season. We need someone to fix the corners of the cab that have rusted out.

*Snowmobile trails were officially closed as of April 1. Do any of the trails need new maps or city signs? We do need to get a couple made before next season.

*Request for Lion’s donation for safety class assistance tabled until Paul is able to attend one of their meetings

*UTV Raffle – Tickets are printed and Treyben has them on hand for anyone who would like to help sell them, 651-380-8370.

*ATV safety class- We had discussed if there was a better option of where to have the class for the driving course. We will continue to have it at the Lion’s and use the back lot of Ag-Partners for now. If anyone wants to register your kids ages 10-15 for the May 7 class, please email Paula at operationpaula@gmail.com. We will start at 11am so we will need at least one person outside about 10:30 am to help direct where to unload ATV’s, and a few people helping inside for registration. Then the kids will be going outside between 1 & 1:30pm. Anyone who would be willing to help outside at that time for 1-2 hours would be greatly appreciated. You do not have to be certified to help out, just stand at signs and make sure the kids do the correct hand signals and are looking appropriately.

*ATV Club Trip- Still looking for a place and date. Ray had checked with Doc’s and they are booked for the summer. If anyone finds a place and date, please let us know.

*Read Thank you from Greg Poncelet’s family

*Membership dues- ATV AM is raising their membership dues from $20 to $30 as of June 1, 2023. & membership for 2 years from $38 to $55. Right now our dues are $35 for members who join just one of the 2 state clubs also (snowmoible or ATV). Which means the club keeps $15 and $20 goes to the state club. We have decided that for the 2024 season we will raise our dues to $40 with membership to one state club and $60 for membership to both state clubs. Motioned by Steve and seconded by Jeff, motion carried. Right now there are quite a few members who have not paid 2023 dues yet. I sent everyone a notice again last month. It will be greatly appreciated if you could get those in soon, especially if you are ATV MN members since their price increase is happening very soon.

*Snowmobile landowner certificates- Paul & Deb Huneke printed up the certificates for this season’s landowners. Paula will get them ready and out to the trail bosses so you can deliver them and touch base with them to see if they have any issues. It is a $30 certificate to be used at 1 of these 4 businesses: Goodhue Market, Corner Bar & Grille, The Goodhue Depot, BC Tavern. The Goodhue Depot is planning to open early this summer and will be an ice cream/coffee/soup & sandwich place.

*Meeting adjourned at 8:10 Treyben motioned, Steve 2nd, motion carried.

Minutes respectfully taken by,

Paula Wagner

Next meeting agenda:

Next Meeting will be May 3 at 7:30pm at the Goodhue Lion’s building. It will start ½ hour later because that is the night of the Goodhue School’s Scholastic banquet and Treyben gives out the Mikey Kehren Scholarship which our club donates to from our annual ATV ride.

Review minutes:

Treasurer Report: GIA Account- Regular account-

Groomer:

Snowmobile signs:

Asking Lion’s for Safety class donations:

UTV Raffle:

ATV safety class:

Club ATV trip:

Snowmobile landowner certificates:

New business:

Now that the snowmobile season is over, we want to give a huge thank you to everyone who helped with taking out the trails, delivering the landowner certificates, and maintaining and grooming the trails this past season: Between all these people they donated 43 hours of just taking out the trails- Ross Tipcke & McKenzie, Trent Stemmann, Kevin Mehrkens, Derek, Carleen, Ethan, Evan, & Clara Weckerling, Jason Lodermeier, Ray Hadler, Dawn Vikingson, Toby Curtis, Randy & Deb Tutewohl, Ethan & Maddie Tutewohl, Guy Whipple, Todd Kuyath, & Mark Vieths.

Many of the trail bosses also took time to deliver the landowner certificates.

And the groomer had 89.5 hours put on it this past season- Brady Gadient and Jeff Ryan each helped on one of the outings. Derek Weckerling put in 19 hours and Trent Stemmann is the MAN- he sat in the groomer over 70 hours this winter so everyone could enjoy the trails. That does not include all the time he put in working on the groomer besides.

Thank you to all of you!

So,if you were on any of the trails this winter, please thank these wonderful people who have donated their time for your enjoyment.

March 2023

March 1, 2023 GBRR meeting minutes

*Attendance: Trent Stemmann, Jeff & Carolyn Ryan, Treyben Kehren, Tony McDonald, Derek Weckerling, Paula Wagner

*Meeting minutes from Feb. 1 were reviewed & approved. Trent motioned, Jeff 2nd, motion carried.

*Treasurer Report: GIA account- $21,319.74 Regular account- $46,778.92 Savings (safety class)- $671.77

*By-Laws update: These were voted on for the 3rd time. Trent motioned, Jeff 2nd, motion carried, so they will go into the by-laws. Dissolution Clause

Section 1. Grant-in-Aid (GIA) funds shall be evenly distributed per mile of trail to the surround club that picks up said trail. If no one picks up our trails, these funds shall be evenly distributed to the clubs in the Goodhue County Association.

Section 2. Assets shall all be sold at auction.

Section 3. After sale of assets all funds, except GIA aforementioned, shall be evenly distributed between the: Goodhue Historical Society; Goodhue Education Foundation, earmarked for scholarships; Goodhue Lions; and Bellechester American Legion Post 598.

*Vintage Show & Ride report: lots of discussion of what we could do differently next year. Jeff would like to do a “1 pull contest”, possibly look at changing the classes a bit. We had a profit of $753.82 including the Vintage show and sledding party. Once again, thanks to everyone who helped with this event: Jeff & Carolyn Ryan, Derek & Katie Weckerling & family, Ray Hadler, Dawn Vikingson, Paul Huneke, Mark Vieths, Treyben Kehren, Steve VanDeusen, Randy & Deb Tutewohl, & Paula Wagner. Thanks to Char VanDeusen, Deb Tutewohl, & Treyben Kehren for bringing desserts.

See table below for Vintage Ride and Show income and expenses.

*Groomer update: All the wheels that were being refurbished are done. We still have some new ones on hand also. Will need to go through the groomer this summer. The corners of the cab need to be fixed- they have rusted out. Does anyone know of someone who could fix that? Blades are wearing quite a bit.

*An email we received from some grateful riders last week: Just want to give a shout out to the groomers in your club. My husband and I went snowmobiling today and had a great time. Thanks to your groomers keeping the trails groomed after this big snowstorm and getting it done for all of us to enjoy today. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. Connie and Steve

*Trail Report: We would like to have a meeting before the trails are put in next season with everyone that puts in the trails. Possibly make it a supper. We are also looking for some new people to help with the trails. We will need to have another sign making party also before next season trails go in.

*Request for Lion’s donation for safety class: tabled until Paul Huneke available

*UTV raffle: We have bought the UTV which we will raffle off in the 2023 raffle. It is a 2023 Whitelightning 1000. We bought it from M & M. They gave us a $1500 discount if we bought it in March. It cost $16474. We will sell 300 tickets again like last year. We need to sell 199 tickets to break even. Once we get the State permit back, tickets will be available.

*Sledding party: We had a good turnout; the hill was great. We had BBQ’s left over from the Vintage ride and made another $53 on donations for the food. Thanks to Jason Majerus for allowing us to use his hill and Ag-Partners for the use of parking lot and electricity.

*ATV safety training class May 7: To register your kids ages 10-15, please e-mail Paula at operationpaula@gmail.com. We need someone outside when the parents drop off the ATV’s. With doing one big class it would be very helpful to have a few more people helping with registration. Discussion on where to actually do the driving course now that AG-Partners have built where we did most of the class in the past. Either just use the east part of that lot behind the C-store, or Tony mentioned look into doing it at the Fairgrounds in Zumbrota. Derek will discuss it at the next fair board meeting.

*ATV club trip: Tabled until next meeting. Derek & Tony will check into places or if anyone else has a suggestion.

*MN USA Winter Rendezvous: no one at the meeting went

*ATVMN is having a Vision meeting March 4 and Legislative Reception March 8th.

*Wanamingo Vintage ride is March 4th

*Discussion on what kind of computer program we should get for the club to use for bookkeeping now that we have a new treasurer. If anyone has some good suggestions on what is simple to use please let us know.

Meeting adjourned at 9pm.

Minutes taken respectfully by,

Paula Wagner

Next meeting will be held Wednesday April 5th at 7pm at the Goodhue Lion’s building.

Next meeting agenda:

Review Minutes:

Treasurer Report: GIA account- Regular Checking- Savings-

Groomer update:

Trail Report:

Request of Lion’s for donation:

UTV Raffle:

ATV safety class:

ATV club Trip:

Program for club finances:

New Business:

February 2023

Feb. 1, 2023 GBRR meeting minutes:

*Attendance: Mark Vieths, Paul Huneke, Tony McDonald, Chase Danielson, Jeff & Carolyn Ryan, Steve VanDeusen, Treyben Kehren, Randy Tutewohl, Derek Weckerling, Paula Wagner

*Meeting Minutes from Jan. 4 were reviewed and approved. Steve 1st, Mark 2nd, motion carried.

*Treasurer Report: GIA account- $26,931.59: Regular Account- $62,884.74; Savings (safety class)- $671.74

*By-law update: The Dissolution Clause below was approved once. Needs to be approved 2 more times to go into effect. Steve 1st, Jeff 2nd, motion carried.

Dissolution Clause

Section 2. Assets shall all be sold at auction.

*Vintage Ride this coming Saturday: $10/sled, $25 max, Free will donation for food, please drop off door prizes Friday if possible or let us know where they will be coming from so a list can be printed up beforehand. Anyone that can bring bars would be appreciated. Show 10-12, prizes done 12-1, ride at 1pm. Derek will groom the loop Friday night, so it sets up. We will set up Friday at 5pm. Discussion on putting some signs on the trails in town about the Vintage ride.

*Snowmobile safety class: 55 kids took the class. We will continue to do just one class, with things to work out to make it a bit smoother.

*Groomer update: 11 of the 32 bogie wheels have been replaced. Acrotech in Lake City is refurbishing the 11 that have been replaced and we do have some new ones on hand incase more go out before they are done.

*Trail Report: There have been 2 complaints about our trails- the intersections are not marked or numbered well. We need to have signs closer together so trail can be followed better instead of getting so wide.

*Request to ask Lion’s for donation for safety classes: discussing on asking the Lion’s club for donations to help cover the costs for our safety classes that we put on at no costs to the families. Each class costs us $275. Paul Huneke will go to one of the Lion’s Gambling meetings and present our request for $1000.

*Landowner gifts: We will give the landowners a gift certificate for $30 accepted by a few businesses in the area again like we did last year. Last year 54 out of the 68 certificates we gave were cashed in. 22 at Corner Bar, 18 at Don’s, 12 at C & G Hardware, 2 at Bellechester Tavern. The Depot maybe a new one we add for this year. Paul will print the certificates up. Derek 1st, Steve 2nd, motion carried.

*UTV Raffle: Steve will check into prices on a UTV for the raffle this year. We will do a Polaris UTV again. The raffle will be held Sat. Aug. 5th. Discussion on if we should get the UTV ahead of time or just have a large banner made with photo of it. Paul 1st, Derek 2nd, motion carried.

*Sledding Party: We will do one this Sunday Feb. 5th at 1pm at the Bellechester Hill. If any food is left over from the Vintage Show, we will have food also.

*ATV safety class: Date set for the spring safety class is Sunday May 7th. We will be doing just one class again at 11am. If you want to register your kids ages 10-15 for the class, please email Paula Wagner at operationpaula@gmail.com.

Derek 1st, Paul 2nd, Motion Carried.

*Club ATV Trip: Tony and Derek will both check into some places and dates that are available for our next meeting.

*MN USA Winter Rendezous: just a reminder this is happening Feb. 9-11th.

*Meeting adjourned at 9PM. Derek 1st, Steve 2nd, motion carried.

Meeting minutes taken respectfully by Paula Wagner

Next meeting will be Wednesday March 1 at 7pm in Lion’s building.

Next meeting agenda:

*Review minutes:

*Treasurer Report: GIA account- Regular checking- Savings-

*By-laws update:

*Vintage Ride & Show update:

*Groomer update:

*Trail Reports:

*Request for Lion’s donation for safety class update:

*UTV Raffle update:

*Sledding Party

*ATV safety class- where to do driving portion

*Club ATV trip:

*Anyone go to MNUSA Winter Rendevous?

*New business:

January 2023

Jan 4, 2023 GBRR meeting minutes:

*Attendance: Steve VanDeusen, Trent Stemmann, Paul Huneke, Treyben Kehren, Brady Gadient, Chase Danielson

*Meeting Minutes from Dec 7 were reviewed and approved. Steve 1st, Trent 2nd, motion carried.

*Treasure Report: GIA $29,931; Reg Checking $62,878.96; Savings $671.71

*Welcomed new members Brady Gadient and Chase Danielson

*Report on Bellechester Lion’s lighted parade. No float from club.

*By-law update: Discussed details and voted on below. Paul 1st, Steve 2nd, motion carried. Requires three consecutive approvals to go into effect.

Dissolution Clause

Section 2. Assets shall all be sold at auction.

*Club Christmas Party Review: Thanks everyone who came out to the Christmas party on the 9th. It was great food catered by Delila’s and served by Warren & Cindy Majerus, and Paul & Deb Huneke. There were lots of door prizes donated by Royals, O’Reilly Fabrication, Riedell’s, Treyben Kehren, Michelle Schenach, Warren & Cindy Majerus, Larry Allhiser, Roger Kittelson, Paula Wagner, and the club. And to out great entertainment team Dale & Angel Nord, Dawn Vikingson, and Ray Hadler. Thanks everyone for helping to make it another entertaining evening.

*Reminder of Vintage Ride Saturday Feb 4th

*Reminder Club Snowmobile Trip Presidents weekend Feb 16-20 at Grand Pines Resort & Motel, Hayward, WI. Phone 715-462-4006 Website: grandpines.com It is on Round Lake. Need to make your own reservations.

*Reminder Snowmobile Safety Class Jan 29th at 11am. More help the merrier!

*Safety Vest Update: Should have for the Snowmobile Safety Class Jan 29th

*Groomer Update: Trent has continued to do great work on it and reported it is good to go.

*UTV Raffle Update: Check received from Chris on the tax

*$1,000 donation to the Mikey Kehren Memorial Scholarship. Paul 1st, Steve 2nd, motion carried.

*Meeting adjourned at 8:15pm. Paul 1st, Steve 2nd, motion carried.

Meeting minutes taken respectfully by Treyben Kehren

Next meeting will be Wednesday, Feb 1st, 2023, at 7pm at Goodhue Lion’s Building

Meeting Agenda:

*Review Minutes

*Treasure Report: GIA ; Reg Checking ; Savings

*Bylaw Update

*Vintage Ride

*Snowmobile Safety Update

*Groomer Update

*Trail reports

*Request for Lions donation for safety classes

*Landowner Gift Update. Well used? Same for this year?

*UTV Raffle: Machine discussion, set date

*Sledding Party

*ATV Safety: Set date

*Club ATV Trip

*MNUSA Winter Rendezvous Feb 9-11th

Old Meeting Minutes

Google Sites

Report abuse