Meeting Minutes

August 2025

GBRR Aug 6, 25 meeting minutes:

*Attendance: John Duff, Tony McDonald, Treyben Kehren, Ray Hadler

*Treasurer Report: Regular account- $20,202.20, Interest- $3.73, CD- $71,423.11 until Aug. 16 @ 4.05%

                                        GIA account- $11,224.18, CD- $18,000 until Oct. 10 @ 4.05%  

Renew Regular CD Aug 16 for another 6 months and increase by $14,000. Ray motioned, John 2nd, motion carried.

*UTV Trail map- No update this month. Hoping to meet up with the Cannon Falls club to get their thoughts around their area.

*Snowmobile trail sponsors – No update. Need to hit up sponsorships! 

*Clothing – Tabled again. Noone yet to talk to JoAnn. 

*Cash Raffle – Sold out all 300 tickets. Thanks to all the buyers and to Oliver Earhardt for drawing the winners of the cash raffle. And special thanks for the ticket sellers, especially to Ray Hadler and Steve Van Deusen who sold almost 2/3rds of the tickets! Total profit from raffle was $12,300. Brenda Hovel donated $300 back to the club and Dennis Poncelet donated $400 back to the club, bring total profit to $13,000. 

1st place: $10,000 was Dave Hink of Red Wing

2nd place: $2,000 - Jim Mann of Red Wing

3rd place: $2,000- Dennis Poncelet of Mazeppa

4th place: $1,000- Gary Watson of Goodhue 

5th place: $1,000-Kyle Holmberg of Pequat Lakes

6th place: $500- Jerry Plein of Red Wing 

7th place: $500- Brenda Hovel of Zumbrota

8th place: $200- Dillon Huemann of Goodhue 

9th place: $200- Ruth Buck of Goodhue 

10th place: $200- Gene Greden of Faribault

*Adventure ride – We had 42 teams with 117 people start out. Only 22 of the teams actually made it back by the cut-off time and turned in their paperwork. The winners of the ride were "The Hot Mess Express". They were only .1 miles off from the total of 77.1 mile ride and had all the questions correct. They won $100. The team that found the most beads were "The Regulators". They found 30 of the ~100 beads. They won a $25 gift certificate to the Goodhue Corner Bar donated by the Corner Bar. Other winners for the day were: Sheila Stehr, Gary Gadient, Mark Vieths, Scott Thurnau. Corner Bar gave away three $50 gift certificates. Thanks everyone for coming out for the ride. A huge thanks to the ones who put all the work into setting up the ATV course and coming up with all the clues- that is a very time-consuming job: Matt & Laura Schliep, and Mike & Jenny Benda. And to Matt & Laura for hosting the cookout at their beautiful place. Also big thanks to Ray Hadler, Dawn Vikingson, Michelle Gadient, Tony McDonald, Paul Huneke, Leslie Luhman, Treyben Kehren, & Paula Wagner for helping out throughout the day. Thanks to the Goodhue Corner Bar for your help & donating many of the prizes. 

Income: Entry Fee $585; Food Donations $318; M & R Donations $1160

Expenses: Food $394.88; Prize and gifts $284; Porta Potty $134.22

Total profit: $1,249.90

*Club trip – No interest so no one went to Emily July 18-20. Ray said Birchwood July 11-13 was a good time with a little rain cutting dust down. 

 *Red Wing River View Riders cookout – 5 wheelers met up at Schumachers and headed out to Welch from there, was a fun short ride. Good food and good times with friends were had. 

*Appreciation dinner – Aug 10th wouldn’t work for the Corner Bar. Discussed possible dates but didn’t sound like anything will work out this year so likely tabled to mid next year. 

*The Goodhue Lions Club are having their Annual Chicken Bar-B-Que Dinner Sunday August 17, serving 11:30-6pm. They are looking for volunteers to help that day. The shifts are noon-2pm, 2pm-4pm, 4pm-6pm. They would like 2 people for each shift. You can gladly stay longer to help if you would like.   If anyone can help, please let me know what shift, or call Gwen Frazier @ 651-380-5933 and let her know you are willing to help from the Rail Riders. They allow us to have our meetings free of charge with the idea we will help at the Chicken Bar-B-Que.

*The fall ATV safety training class will be on Sunday October 12 at 11am in Goodhue. To register your kids please email Paula Wagner at operationpaula@gmail.com. It is an online training course, so they have to pass the online portion before coming to class. It is for 10–15-year-olds.  We can use all the volunteers we can get for the driving course outside. You do not have to be certified- just need people standing at the signs and making sure the kids do the correct hand signals and looking both ways. To help outside, it would be great if you could be there by 1pm and it usually takes 1- 1 ½ hours depending on how much help we have.

*Need to get some Sandbags from Hunekes and rebuild at least one of the course obstacles that broke last class. Meeting at 11am Oct 11th at the storage shed to work on things before class the next day. 

*Goodhue Lions ATV ride coming up in Sept 7

*ATV MN Ride and Rally Sept. 26-28 in Silver Bay

*MNUSA Fall Workshop Oct 24-26 in Minneapolis

*MNUSA Winter Rendezvous Feb 12-15 in Bemidji 

Meeting adjourned at 8:00. Ray motioned, John 2nd, motion carried.

Minutes respectfully taken by,

Treyben Kehren

Next meeting will be Wednesday Sept 3rd at 7pm at the Goodhue Lion’s

July 2025

GBRR July 2, 25 meeting minutes:

*Attendance: John &  Jackie Duff, Mark Vieths, Tony McDonald, Treyben Kehren, Steve VanDeusen, Ray Hadler, Paula Wagner

*Treasurer Report: Regular account- $14,028.35, Interest- $2.98, CD- $71,423.11 until Aug. 16 @ 4.05%

                                      GIA account- $11,281.79, received GIA payment of $557.53, CD- $18,000 until Oct. 10 @ 4.05%  Ray motioned, Steve 2nd, motion carried.

*UTV Trail map- Treyben & Kenny are still working on this. Discussion as to whether the snowmobile trails should be added or just left off completely since it would change the route UTV’s could go. Here is the link to what they have gotten so far. https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1FlIYpFKd4VXj6Cajvlbkqm3RGIsUt9g&usp=sharing

Any input or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

*Snowmobile trail sponsors- Derek is working with Sievers Creative from Red Wing to get new maps printed.

*Clothing- tabled, possibly ask JoAnn H. to come to meeting.

*Cash Raffle- 145 tickets have been sold at this time, 255 have been passed out for members to sell. Flyers were sent in the last email and will be attached if anyone would like to post them anywhere.

*Adventure ride- This is Saturday Aug. 2. Angel will pick up the food, Ray will do the grilling, Mike & Jenny Benda and Matt & Lora Schliep have volunteered to set up the adventure route. See attached flyer for more information.

*Club trip- Treyben was trying to set up a trip July 18-20 in Emily but no interest. Some members going up to Birchwood July 11-13.

 *The Red Wing River View Riders are having a cookout Thursday July 17 just outside of Welch. They have invited the area snowmobile clubs. It will be 5pm-?. It is a BYOB. It is for ATV’s, UTV’s, and if you come in a vehicle they will have someone pick you up. There will be signs showing where to go. Go past Welch Mill, about 1 block off of #7 on Welch Trail.   

*Volksfest- Thanks to Treyben Kehren for driving and the use of his UTV, trailer, and snowmobile for the parade and to Roxie Fischer for helping me throw candy. Treyben mentioned he was told by a few different parents that too much candy was thrown out to the kids this year.

*ATV class- Discussion again on what we need to do to improve our props and make the ramps lighter in weight. Guy Whipple is going to see if he can build them out of aluminum. Paul Huneke has some tube sandbags that look like they will work to help keep the props the kids drive over with ATV in place.

We discussed the date of fall class. We are looking at Oct. 12 if the Lion’s building is available. For those who volunteer to help the day of class we will have a tab open at the bar so they can eat and get refreshments for helping.

*Appreciation dinner for members who have helped with snowmobile trail and the safety classes this year: We will set up a Sunday in the next few months with the Corner Bar and Paula will send out invites to those who have helped with any of that this year. We are planning on a Prime Rib dinner. We will need RSVP’s when we get it set up. Ray is setting it up.

*ATV MN – they are asking for donations from sponsors for Ride and Rally Sept. 26-28 in Silver Bay. We will donate $200.  Ray motioned, Mark 2nd, motion carried.

Aug. 6 meeting Paula will be gone so we will need someone to take minutes.

Meeting adjourned at 8:40. Jackie motioned, Mark 2nd, motion carried.

Minutes respectfully taken by,

Paula Wagner

Next meeting will be Wednesday Aug. 6 at 7pm at the Goodhue Lion’s

Updates since meeting:

The Goodhue Lions Club are having their Annual Chicken Bar-B-Que Dinner Sunday August 17, serving 11:30-6pm. They are looking for volunteers to help that day. The shifts are noon-2pm, 2pm-4pm, 4pm-6pm. They would like 2 people for each shift. You can gladly stay longer to help if you would like.   If anyone can help, please let me know what shift, or call Gwen Frazier @ 651-380-5933 and let her know you are willing to help from the Rail Riders. They allow us to have our meetings free of charge with the idea we will help at the Chicken Bar-B-Que.

The fall ATV safety training class will be on Sunday October 12 at 11am in Goodhue. To register your kids please email Paula Wagner at operationpaula@gmail.com. It is an online training course, so they have to pass the online portion before coming to class. It is for 10–15-year-olds.  We can use all the volunteers we can get for the driving course outside. You do not have to be certified- just need people standing at the signs and making sure the kids do the correct hand signals and looking both ways. To help outside, it would be great if you could be there by 1pm and it usually takes 1- 1 ½ hours depending on how much help we have.

June 2025

GBRR June 4, 25 meeting minutes:

*Attendance: Mark Vieths, Treyben Kehren, Ray Hadler, Steve VanDeusen, Mike Klindworth, Tony McDonald, & Paula Wagner

*Treasurer Report: Regular account- $14,104.87 Interest- $2.90, In CD-$71,423.11 until Aug. 16 @ 4.05%

                                       GIA account- $11891.77, Interest-$2.44, In CD-$18,000 until Oct. 10 @4.05%  

*UTV Trail Map- Treyben is working with Kenny B. They are trying to get info from cities in Goodhue and Wabasha county, city ordinances, and restricted roads on it. It will take awhile due to very time consuming.

*Snowmobile trail maps- we need some sponsors yet.

*Club clothing- tabled

*Cash Raffle- see attached flyers for details. 

*Adventure Ride- Mike & Jenny Benda and Matt & Lora Schliep have volunteered to set up the adventure route. Ray Hadler will do the grilling. See attached flyer for more information.

*Club ATV Trip- if interested in July 18-20 in Emily, please contact Treyben Kehren (651-380-8370)

*ATV pull- no update

*Volksfest parade- Treyben will drive if no one else is willing, Paula will get supplies.

*ATV class- discussion on how to improve our props for the safety classes. – do we build new aluminum ramps, should we do sandbags, should we bring in rock to make a ramp? 

*Appreciation dinner & meeting for those involved with snowmobile trails- still working on when to do this.

*Dusty Vieths did put some gravel on the field driveway at Jonathan Luhman’s that our snowmobile trail goes through. Thanks Vieths Trucking!

*Meeting adjourned at 9pm. Steve motioned, Mark 2nd, motion carried.

Minutes respectfully taken by,

Paula Wagner

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

May 2025

GBRR May 7, 25 meeting minutes:

*Attendance: Tony McDonald, Shawn Hove, Treyben Kehren, Paul Huneke, Chris Hanson, & Paula Wagner

*Meeting minutes from April 2 were reviewed & approved. Tony motioned, Paul 2nd, motion carried.

*Treasurer report: GIA account- $11,889.33, Interest for month- $3.12, $18.000 was put into a CD on April 11 until Oct. 10 at 4.05%. We did receive the Goodhue county  payment of $7805.41 April 14th.  Regular account- $14,101.97, Interest- $2.95, in CD- $71,423.11 at 4.05% until Aug. 16.      Discussion on if we should roll more of GIA into a CD.         Paul motioned, Shawn 2nd, motion carried.

*Chris Hanson thanked the club for the memorial card and gift for the loss of his wife last month.

*UTV Trail Map- Kenny Blattner is getting more information to Treyben so they can start getting something printed up.

*Snowmobile trail maps- we are looking at getting sponsorships to go on the new maps. At the county meeting they discussed the MN DOT issue, funds did get released, a 1 year deal was made about the insurance. They are looking at Sievers Creative of Red wing to print up the new maps.

*Club clothing- tabled

*Trail posts- we bought 200 new orange posts for $1400. They were $1 off per post at this time.

*Raffle- our cash raffle is Aug. 2, Treyben has raffle tickets on hand. Call him @ 651-380-8370 to get them.

*Club ATV trip- Treyben had tried to set something up last month, but no one got back with him.

*ATV Pull- April 19 Dan Poncelet, Treyben Kehren, Steve VanDeusen, & Paula attempted to figure out what the skid needs for work to do an ATV pull sometime this summer. Dan plans to take it up to his place and work on it.

*ATV safety class- we had 29 kids for the class on the 4th. Thanks to the volunteers who helped with the class: Steve VanDeusen, Doris Ryan, Tony McDonald, Katie & Ethan Weckerling, Raylen VanDeuesen, Leon Lenertz, & Brock Marklevits. The safety certified instructors: Derek Weckerling, Treyben Kehren, Guy Whipple, & Paula Wagner. And to our officers: DNR officers- Brittany Hauser and Derek Schneider, and Goodhue County Officer Jordan Winberg. And to Ag-Partners for the use of their lot for the driving course. And Kim Carlson for storage of our props. Discussion on what to do about revamping some of the props- should we build the ramps out of aluminum? Do we get or make a bunch of sandbags to keep some of the props in place when the ATV’s drive over them? Chris Hanson may have some we can use, Paul Huneke might have some bags that could work. Should we set up a workday to fix the props we have that are busted? We did discuss if we should set up a work day for June 29. Also discussed if at the safety classes we should provide some type of snack pack or just bottles of water for the kids. We used to provide beverages before covid, but then we weren’t allowed to provide anything so now I have just gotten out of the habit of doing that.

*Volksfest Parade- Sunday June 15 (Father’s Day) at 1pm. We are looking for someone willing to drive their UTV in the parade and pull a trailer with a couple of snowmobiles on. Please let Paula know if you could help us out.

*Snowmobile Trail: We will plan on doing something for the snowmobile trail workers this fall- a meal and a meeting sometime. We want to thank everyone who helped with the snowmobile trails this past season even though no one was able to use them: Ross & McKenzie Tipcke, Trent & Tyson Stemmann, Kevin Mehrkens, Derek, Evan, Katie, & Carleen Weckerling, Paul Huneke, Jason &  Andrea Lodermeier, Shawn Powers, Randy & Ray Hadler, Mark Thermos, Toby Curtis, Mark & Dusty Veiths, Vern Schuette, Guy & Tony Whipple, Randy & Deb Tutewohl, Marty & Linda O’Connor, Todd Kuyath. There were 69 hours of work putting in the trail and 29 of taking it out. A big thanks to all those generous enough to help out. When we do have snow, there would not be anywhere to ride without them!!!!! We need more volunteers stepping up to help. Thanks again everyone! We appreciate your help!

*The 2 recipients of the Mikey Kehren Scholarship’s this year were Caleb Kurti and Marissa Colins- thanks to your participation with the Adventure Ride last August.

*We still need to get gravel on the big holes in Jonathan Luhman’s field driveway our trail goes through. (That was taken care of mid May).

*May 17 is ATV MN ‘s Ride & Roast, Sept. 27 & 28 is Ride & Rally in Silver Bay

Meeting Adjourned at 9pm- Paul motioned, Chris 2nd, motion carried.

Minutes respectfully taken by,

Paula Wagner

Next meeting will be Wednesday June 4 at 7pm at the Goodhue Lion’s.

April 2025

April 2, 25 GBRR meeting minutes:

*Attendance: Sawn & Deon Hove, Treyben Kehren, Tony McDonald, Paul Huneke, Steve VanDeusen, Ray Hadler, Mike Klindworth, & Paula Wagner

*Minutes from March 5 reviewed and approved. Tony motioned, Steve 2nd, motion carried.

*Treasurer report: GIA account- $23,408.80, Interest- $4.98.  $47 paid on insurance March 14.  Regular account-$14,232.19, Interest- $3.34.  CD- $71,423.11 rolled into Feb. 16, due August 16. Discussion on putting money from GIA account in a CD now that winter season is over. Treyben and Tony will check on how much needs to stay in checking account and then put most of the GIA account into a CD for now.  Paul motioned, Ray 2nd, motion carried.

*UTV trail map- no update       *Snowmobile trail maps- no update       *Club clothing- tabled

*MN DOT issue- everything is in process now, they agreed to allow the clubs to have $1 million dollar coverage this year, but want it raised to 1.5 next season. Paperwork has been sent in to county from all the clubs in the Goodhue trail association. Due to low registration of sleds this past season, DNR has said the benchmarks are not guaranteed. We have not received the last 2 benchmarks.

*Trail Posts- Trey will check and see if there is still a discount on the posts and if so we will order some.

*Our annual raffle- Treyben does have tickets available now, however we have not got the certification back from the state yet. That should be coming any day now. This year we are doing a cash raffle. Prizes: 1st place- $10,000, 2nd & 3rd prize- $2,000, 4th & 5th prize- $1,000, 6th & 7th prize- $500, 8th-10th prize- $200.  Please contact him for tickets-651-380-8370. The drawing is August 2 after our annual adventure ride.

*Club ATV trip- discussion on where and when to go. Nothing set at this time.

*Kenyon is having a ride June 28- UTV/ATV $10 per person, Ride for Cure

*ATV Pull- discussion on bringing the ATV skid out of retirement for a day this year. We will need to have a day of checking it all out and see what needs to be worked on since it hasn’t been used since 2012. So we are planning a play/work day Saturday April 19 at 10:30am at my place (25179 390th St. Goodhue- ½ mile north and 1 mile west of Bellechester). We will grill out also, if anyone wants to bring a dish to pass that would be appreciated.

*ATV safety training class will be May 4 at 11am in Goodhue. To register your kids please email Paula Wagner at operationpaula@gmail.com. It is the online training course so they have to pass the online portion before coming to class. It is for 10–15-year-olds.  We can use all the volunteers we can get for the driving course outside. You do not have to be certified- just need people standing at the signs and making sure the kids do the correct hand signals and looking both ways. To help outside, it would be great if you could be there by 1pm and it usually takes 1- 1 ½ hours depending on how much help we have.

*2024 MN USA calendar raffle- We did receive $72 from MN USA for selling calendars last year. That is to be used for trail maintenance and grooming. Thanks to everyone who bought one.

*We will plan to do something for those who help put in and take out the snowmobile trails later this year.

*The May meeting will start at 7:30pm due to Goodhue Academic Banquet where Treyben will be giving out the Mikey Kehren  Scholarship the club donated $1000 to from the Adventure ride we had in August.

Meeting adjourned at 8:30. Mike motioned, Ray 2nd, motion carried.

Meeting respectfully taken by,

Paula Wagner

Next meeting will be Wednesday May 7 at 7:30pm at the Goodhue Lion’s.

Here are a couple things that came up in the meeting last week that need to be shared before the end of the month.

Club ATV trip:   Treyben is also proposing a club ATV trip to Emily, MN July 18-20th. At the meeting there were minimal people interested with already busy schedules.  If you are interested, let Treyben know in the next week and we can figure out accommodations. If he doesn't hear back he may still book a solo trip there or he might go all the way up to Ely as this will be a back to back to back trip for him. After the club trip weekend he is heading straight to Voyageurs NP and then a cabin in Effie, MN.  Treyben's number is 651-380-8370.

2nd topic: We are looking at bringing the skid out of retirement and having an ATV Pull sometime this summer. In order to do that we need to have a day of play/work to see what we need to do to get the skid working. We are going to have a work/play day on Saturday April 19 at my place (where skid is stored). We will start about 10:30am and then grill out also. If anyone would like to bring a dish to pass also that would be great. My address is 25179 390th St. Goodhue. 1/2 mile north and then 1 mile west of Bellechester.

3rd topic: *ATV safety training class will be May 4 at 11am in Goodhue. To register your kids please email Paula Wagner at operationpaula@gmail.com. It is the online training course so they have to pass the online portion before coming to class. It is for 10–15-year-olds.  We can use all the volunteers we can get for the driving course outside. You do not have to be certified- just need people standing at the signs and making sure the kids do the correct hand signals and looking both ways. To help outside, it would be great if you could be there by 1pm and it usually takes 1- 1 ½ hours depending on how much help we have.

March 2025

March5, 2025 GBRR meeting minutes:

*Attendance: Tony McDonald, Mark Vieths, Shawn Hove, Ray Hadler, Treyben Kehren, Mike & Elsie Biermaier, & Paula Wagner

*Minutes from Feb. 5 reviewed and approved. Ray Motiioned, Mark 2nd, motion carried.

*Treasurer Report: Regular account- $15,523.90 Interest-$2.90, GIA account- $23,485.82 Interest- $4.64 

CD  of $71,423/11 automatically rolled over for 6 months at 4.05%. We earned $1423.11 in 5 months from the CD. This one’s due date is Aug. 16.  Ray motioned approval, Mark 2nd, motion carried.

*UTV Trail map that Kenny Blattner is working on- no update. Treyben will meet with Kenny and try to set up a google map. Possibly have Siever Creative print up,? sponsorships of $50 per square.

*Snowmobile trail maps- no update

*Meeting with MN Dot about snowmobile trails. They want the clubs to have $1.5 million insurance limit. Right now all the clubs have $1 million. That would cost about $800 more per club. The trail association president talked to the county agent. It would cost the association about $5000 to increase all the insurance. They have accepted $1 million just for this year. Still waiting to see if the county will release the rest of the trail funds for this season.

*Area Vintage rides: Ray said Hay creek had a good turnout. Mark said Bluffs was good.

*Trail posts- Treyben will check on ordering some new ones while they have a discount going on.

*Yearly Raffle Aug. 2- permit was approved by the city, waiting to get it back from the state 

*Club ATV trip- looking for place and weekend in June or July. If anyone has any ideas, please let us know.

*It was brought up that the Rochester Rough Riders do have a trail ride July 4-6 where ATV’s/UTV’s are welcome. 

It is southwest of Byron.

*It was discussed at the Feb. meeting about doing an ATV pull during the Bellechester Lion’s Fun Day. Paul did talk to Dan Poncelet about using the skid again and he was ok with that. Would need to have a day of checking the skid out 1st since it hasn’t been used in many years.

*Club clothing- tabled

*MN USA Spring workshop is May 2-4 in Wilmar.

*ATV MN Vision Conference is this weekend March 29 & 30 in Isle

ATV MN Ride & Roast is May 17 in Reemer

ATV MN Ride & Rally is Sept. 26-28 in Silver Bay

ATV MN Legislative Reception: Bills in process: reclassify ATV- they want a class 3 because of the size. Increase registration fees for ATV, the benchmarks for ATV trails 3 & 4 haven’t been paid yet due to low registration of ATV’s.

*We will be donating $1000 to the Mikey Kehren Scholarship.

*Reviewed 2024 financial records. See attachment or back of page.

*Meeting adjourned at 7:58. Tony motioned, Ray 2nd, motion carried.

Minutes taken respectfully by,

Paula Wagner

Next meeting will be Wednesday April 2 at 7pm at Goodhue Lion’s building

February 2025

Feb. 5, 25 GBRR meeting minutes:

*Attendance: Mark Vieths, Tony McDonald, Steve VanDeusen, Chris Hanson, Jeff Ryan, Treyben Kehren, Paul Huneke, Derek Weckerling, Paula Wagner

*Minutes from Jan. 2 reviewed and approved. Steve motioned, Paul 2nd, motion carried.

*Treasurer report: Regular account- $15,673.21, Interest- $3.19, GIA-$23,495.80, Interest-$7.10 $70,000 in CD through Feb. 16. Discussion on rolling it over. Treyben or Tony will check on rates to continue for 6 months or a year closer to the 16th.    Insurance was paid- $4153.     Derek motioned to approve, Paul 2nd, motion carried.

*UTV Trail map/book with Kenny Blattner- no update

*Trail Maps- Derek looking at new designers – Seivers Creative of Red wing . sponsorship is $50 per square. The association pays for printing.

*There was a meeting with MN DOT, DNR, Goodhue County, MN USA president, Lobbiest, and some clubs about the snowmobile trails. They were discussing the need for clubs to get Limited Use Permit signed for MN DOT right of ways. The issue did start with the new round about in Goodhue and our trail crossing it. They have to draft up the paperwork yet. Supposed to have a form for each time touch right of ways. They will work on a 2 year agreement. Once done the grant money will be released. Steve and Ray were at meeting, Derek was online.   Also along the state highways at night sleds need to go with traffic. If trail goes along, there must be a permit signed so traffic can go both ways. Lots of questions yet. May need forms for State, county, & possibly townships. Todd Greseth, commissioner told Steve to leave our trail along Highway 58  in for now.

*Steve mentioned when our trails cross state or county roads (paved roads) there should be 2 stop signs at each stop in case 1 gets knocked down, there is still one stop sign visible.  Fuel shut off valve in groomer hasn’t been replaced yet. Treyben found a new place where we can get the orange posts- it turns out it is actually the same company that we used to get them from in Northfield, but now they are out of Lonsdale- name is now “Mission Grounds LLC” They are $8/post. They do have $1 discount til end of season.  We have approximately 100 on hand. ? order 200 more. Paul motioned, Mark 2nd, motion carried to order 200 more while there is a discount.

*Vintage ride: see attachment for results.

*Hay Creek Vintage Ride is Feb. 8

*Whiz’n Days in Bellechester is Feb. 15

*ATV Raffle: Treyben is working on getting paperwork for permit. The raffle and ride will be Aug. 2

*Landowner certificates: 44 were spent in last season for $1355. Paul motioned, Derek 2nd  to do the same thing for this season. Motion carried. Paul will print up the certificates.

*Discussion on doing an ATV Pull in connection with the Bellechester Lion’s Family Fun Day. Paul will check with Dan Poncelet about that.

*GBRR Clothing- no update. Discussion on getting some long sleeves and Hooded sweatshirts 

*Wanamingo Chili feed is Saturday March 1

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

Minutes taken respectfully by,

Paula Wagner

Next meeting will be Wednesday March 5 at 7pm at Great Mutual Insurance Building next to the Lions Building.

January 2025

Jan. 2, 2025 GBRR Meeting minutes:

*Attendance: Shawn Hov, Steve VanDeusen, Ken Blattner, Treyben Kehren, Jeff Ryan, Derek and Ethan Weckerling, Trent Stemmann, Chris Hanson, Tony McDonald, Ray Hadler, Chase Danielson, & Paula Wagner

*Treasurer Report: GIA account- $28,121.70    Regular account- $15,053.07  CD- $70,000     Derek motioned, Steve 2nd, motion carried to approve

*Kenny Blattner spoke to present his plan of creating a map/book of roads for side by sides. Like where they could find food, gas and how to get to the back roads to get in and out of towns. Lots of discussion of what it should include and who to talk to: DNR, Sheriff dept., local businesses. He has or is also talking with Randolph, Hastings, Cannon Falls, Nerstrand. He is going to meet with Stewartville club next. Some discussions were: including guidelines of places we can legally ride since all towns have different ordinances, including hours of stores operations, ? asking for sponsorship from businesses. Kenny will keep Treyben posted on how things are going.

*Trail info: Trail bosses should probably go over the trails once to make sure signs are still up. Trent has driven groomer up to Goodhue once. It still needs the shut off valve fixed. Discussion on if anything needs to be done with ditch by Ag-Partners. Treyben has been looking for a new supplier for the orange posts- he may have found one that would work. Derek is getting prices and designs for new Snowmobile maps. The Goodhue County trail map can be found on our website: gbrailriders.com . The trail isn’t marked at this time to the bars in Goodhue. Ray will check with Kim to see if sleds can park on her lot again just south of the hardware store.  Both Andy Schumacher and Dusty Vieths refused the money we attempted to give to help cover gas for their assistance- Thank you both for your generosity and assistance!

*Snowmobile safety class: Ryan Buck will be a guest speaker about his snowmobile accident. Because of no snow we will do the driving portion of class northwest of the football field. Andy Schumacher will use the piles of snow the city created from our one snowfall and spread that out to make a course. He and Steve will work on that tomorrow. Then the course itself can be set up ahead of time.

Vintage Show Saturday Feb. 1: It will be held at the Corner Bar. Brenda will order the food for us for the freewill donations. Chris Hanson will check with Creative Hand of Red Wing about doing the trophies. We will park the sleds on the road south of the bar, like we do for the ATV ride. We do need lots of assistance with serving food, and doing registration.

*ATV Raffle- at the Christmas party in Dec. we discussed with everyone what they preferred us to do this year for the raffle. It was decided we will do a total cash raffle this year instead of a UTV for the grand prize. Treyben will work on getting the permit.

*The ATV ride and raffle date for 2025 is: Aug. 2

*We have to turn in 2024 financial statement and assets to the insurance company by mid Jan. Treyben will do that next week.

Meeting adjourned at 9pm.  Derek motioned, Steve 2nd, motion carried.

Minutes taken respectfully by,

Paula Wagner

Next meeting will be Wed. Feb. 5 at 7pm at the Goodhue Lions building.

December 2024

Dec. 4, 2024 GBRR Meeting Minutes:

*Attendance: Treyben Kehren, Steve VanDeusen, Trent Stemmann, Chris Hanson, Ray Hadler, Tony McDonald, Paula Wagner

*Minutes from Nov. 6 meeting reviewed and approved: Chris motioned, Steve 2nd, motion carried.

*Treasurer Report: GIA account- $28,114.331, Interest- $8.10, Regular account- $15288.02, Interest- $3.52 CD $70,000 at 4.850% til Feb. 16.  Discussion of putting money from GIA account in CD after the winter season is over. Steve motioned, Ray 2nd, motion carried.

*Trail info: Discussion on putting gravel on 2 places on trail on Jonathan Luhman’s field driveway. We will do that in the spring.

Schumacher Brothers helped with the dirt work on Paul Huneke’s to remove rocks so everyone stays by the fence instead of going out into his field. Thank you, Andy & Jason Schumacher! Groomer – still need to replace the fuel shut off- check with Mike Klindworth to see if he has it.

Discussion on giving Andy Schumacher & Dusty Vieths $200 each to help cover fuel for all the help they donated to the club. 

We will make Dusty Vieths an honorary member as a thank you for all he has donated to the club.

Treyben does have our trails on the Polaris Ride Command app. Treyben will get the maps out to the business. The trail association is looking for new businesses & sponsors to put on the next printing of trail maps.  Steve motioned, Ray 2nd, motion carried.

*ATV MN – Regional director talked to Treyben last month about working on ATV trails. He asked ATV MN to talk to DNR again about working with us to use some of the land the DNR has had set aside for years and nothing is being done with.

*Club Christmas Party- will order food for 35 people

*Vintage Ride- Saturday Feb. 1, it will be held up at the Corner Bar. We will park the sleds on the side street south of the bar. Food will be available in the bar with free will donations. Brenda will do the food, Treyben will work on the parking for sleds, Jeff & Carolyn will work on the advertising, Ross Tipcke will work on trophies, Steve and Ryans will work on donations (and anyone else who is willing to get donations for door prizes). We will need people to do the registration this year, Paula will not be available to help with that.

*ATV MN meeting Dec. 7 if anyone wants to get on it virtually

*Kenny Blattner is working on making a map for UTV’s with area bars on. He is wondering if the club would like to help. Tabled until he comes to a meeting.

*Read thank you’s from Jamie Kehren and Michelle Schenach.

*ATV MN Ride & Roast is May 17, 2025

*Election:  President: Treyben Kehren- unanimous, Vice-President: Trent Stemmann- unanimous, Secretary: Paula Wagner- unanimous, Treasurer: Tony McDonald- unanimous, 2 new board members: Chris Hanson, Steve VanDeusen- unanimous

*Meeting adjourned at 8:49pm, Tony motioned, Steve 2nd, motion carried.

Minutes taken respectfully by,

Paula Wagner

Our next meeting will be THURSDAY Jan. 2, 2025 at the Goodhue Lions at 7pm. (note the day change for this meeting due to New Years Day!)

Thanks to the 21 people who came out to our Christmas party on Dec.6. Many thanks to those who donated door prizes: Kevin’s Service of Red Wing, O’Reilly Fabrication, Treyben Kehren, Michelle Schenach, Warren & Cindy Majerus, Paula Wagner, & GBRR.

Thanks to those who brought desserts: Char VanDeusen, Treyben, Michelle, Paula & Shawn Powers, Tony & Cheri McDonald.

 Thanks to Dawn Vikingson for helping with M & R donations- $125.

November 2024

November 6,2024 GBRR meeting minutes:

*Attendance: Paul Huneke, Treyben Kehren, Bill Gehn, Tony McDonald, Ross & McKenzie Tipcke, Jeff Ryan, Steve VanDeusen, Mark Vieths, & Paula Wagner

*Minutes from Oct. 2 reviewed & approved: Ross motioned, Mark 2nd, motion carried.

*Treasurer report: GIA account- $28,166.21, interest- $11.03.  Expenses: $1300 for new bridge on trail, $90 for landowner gift 

          certificates. Regular account: $70,000 in CD til Feb., $15575.78, Interest-$5.37,       

*Snowmobile trails: There are 2 spots on the trail north of Goodhue that need some work. Need to move bridge on Mark Vieths. Parts of the Hay Creek trail need some trees cleaned out to make wider. Possibly have Grant Eckblad come in with grinder to do that. Andy Schumacher will let Steve know when he is able to go do some work on Paul Huneke’s. Still need to find a new place to get the square fiberglass posts from.   Are there any new sponsors we can get on updated snowmobile maps?

*Club Christmas Party: It will be Friday Dec. 6 at the Goodhue Lions.  The Club will pay for all meals. Social hour will be at 6:30pm and plan to eat at 7:30. Everyone is invited! It will be BYOB. Country Station will be catering again. The meal will be: Broasted chicken, Roast beef, mashed potatoes, corn, coleslaw, & buns. We would appreciate any game ideas and door prizes, and if anyone would like to bring some desserts that would be greatly appreciated also. It would be awesome if you could please let me know by Nov. 29th if you are coming so we make sure we have enough food. But please come even if you haven’t RSVP’ed.

*Vintage Ride & Show: Date is February 1. We are looking at having it uptown this year on the street. Will see if the Corner Bar is willing to do the food. Discussion on if should do trophies or something different for prizes. More details next month.

*MN USA fall workshop report by Bill Gehn our region 5 representative: 1. All landowners who have CRP will be getting a letter saying if there is any damage to the CRP the landowners are responsible. We need to let any of our trail landowners know that the snowmobiles don’t cause damage because they are going over frozen ground, but if there is a problem the club will cover it.   2. Not many sleds were registered last year because of no snow, so there may be a decrease in the full bench mark we get from the DNR this year for the grant-in-aid trails. 3. There are no trail improvement grants this year. 4. They are working on getting custom licensed plates for cars/trucks with the theme of snowmobiles.  5. The lawyers recommend that with the use of “caution signs” on the trails they actually say on them what the caution is- ditch, culvert, bridge, curve. And to not over use the caution signs so people don’t pay attention to them. 6. MN USA has a new updated website. 7. Veterans Ride in Feb. – clubs can sponsor a veteran by donating $225. 8. There will be a Region 5 supper in Zumbrota Nov. 24 if anyone can make it. 9. Red Wing club will be having a wiener roast on Feb. 15. Their Vintage show is Feb. 8.

MN USA winter rendezvous is Feb. 6-9.

*ATV MN Legislative Summit: December 7: 8 a.m. to noon, McQuoid’s Inn, Isle, MN

Register to attend today at atvmn.org.

*Snowmobile safety class: Sunday January 5, 24 at 11am in Goodhue. It is for kids ages 11-15. It is an online course, which means they must do the online training and pass that test before coming to our class. If you would like to register your kids, please email Paula Wagner at operationpaula@gmail.com. The certificate does not become valid until the kids turn 12. Certification is required by law for residents born after Dec. 31, 1976.   Motioned by Paul, 2nd Trent, motion carried.

*Reminder that the Dec. meeting is our yearly election meeting for executive & board members.

*Kenny Blattner is looking at putting together an area map of cities for ATV’s and UTV’s and wondering if we would be willing to support him with that.

*Nov. 30 will be the lighted Christmas Parade in Bellechester by the Bellechester Lion’s at 5pm.

*Meeting adjourned at 8:45- Tony motioned, Paul 2nd, motion carried.

Minutes taken respectfully by,

Paula Wagner

The next meeting will be held Wednesday Dec. 4 at 7pm at the Goodhue Lion’s.

2025 GBRR club membership dues are coming due now.  Click here to sign-up or renew.

I have 9 MN USA raffle calendars not spoken for yet. Please let me know if you would like one of them.

October 2024

Oct. 2, 24 GBRR Meeting Minutes:

*Attendance: Treyben Kehren, Steve VanDeusen, Tony McDonald, Guy Whipple, Paula Wagner

*Minutes from Sept. 4 reviewed: Steve motioned, Tony 2nd, motion carried

*Treasurer Report: at the last meeting we discussed putting money from general account into a CD. Sept. 16 $70,000 from the general account was put into a 5-month CD until Feb. 16. at 4.92%. Regular account now - $15,905.41, Interest- $21.61,

GIA account $29,645.18, Interest- $11.34. We discussed putting money from GIA account into CD after winter season is over.  Steve motioned, Whip 2nd, motion carried.

*Snowmobile trails: A new bridge is being built on the Hadar trail northeast of John Morken’s place. Hilbert Strusz picked up the poles for us, John is willing to do the work of building the bridge. Steve has talked to Andy Schumacher and he will help with the trail north of Paul Huneke’s.

If anyone knows of any changes to landowners on the trails, please let Paula know so you can get a new permission slip signed. Ray will talk to new owner on the Hadar trail. Discussion of the groomer and checking to make sure it is ready for the season. Steve will go out and check on that. Discussion on where to get the 5 foot square fiberglass posts for the trails. The place that made them in Northfield is closed.

*UTV Raffle- Discussion on maybe trying just a cash raffle instead. Will discuss that further.

*ATV safety class- we had 36 students. Discussion on making the ramps out of aluminum so they aren’t so heavy, also discussion on what to do differently with the railroad crossing portion because they move so much when the kids drive over them. Whip will look at making the ramps out of aluminum. Steve motioned, Tony 2nd, motion carried.

*Club Christmas party: It will be Friday Dec. 6 at the Goodhue Lions again.  The Club will pay for all meals. Tony will check with the C-Store about catering it again. Social hour will be at 6:30pm and plan to eat at 7:30. Everyone is invited! It will be BYOB. We would appreciate any game ideas and door prizes, and if anyone would like to bring some desserts that would be greatly appreciated also. It would be awesome if you could please let me know by Nov. 29th if you are coming so we make sure we have enough food. But please come even if you haven’t RSVP’ed. 

*Vintage ride & show date is Feb. 1. Discussion on if we should have it by the bars or at the Lions building again. Will discuss more at next meeting.

*MN USA 2025 Raffle calendars: I will have some on hand at the Nov. meeting & longer until 20 are sold. They are $20 and there is a drawing every day of the year. The smallest prize is $25, there are over $20,000 in prizes.  Any club who provides snowmobile education, trail maintenance, or grooming is eligible to receive a donation from MnUSA to be used directly for those purposes from our raffle fund. Please let me know if you are interested in buying one or more for gifts. Text me at 651-380-3284

*Meeting adjourned at 8:30. Tony motioned, Whip 2nd, motion carried.

Minutes taken respectfully by,

Paula Wagner

Next meeting will be Wednesday November 6 at 7pm at the Goodhue Lion’s.

September 2024

GBRR Sept. 4, 24 meeting newsletter:

*Attendance: Tony McDonald, Mark Vieths, Steve VanDeusen, Paula Wagner

*Minutes from Aug. 7 reviewed and approved. Tony motioned, Mark 2nd, motion carried.

*Treasurer report: Regular account- $86,008.80 Interest-$35.44    GIA account- $29,694.34 Interest-$11.00

Discussion on putting some of the funds into a CD. Tony will check into the this. $70,000 is the amount we are looking at putting into a CD.

*Goodhue Lion’s having their ATV ride Sunday Sept. 8

*Discussion on snowmobile trails: need to move the bridge on Mark Vieths. Will need a couple people to help with this. Dusty Vieths will help with his excavator.   Steve talked to Andy Schumacher and he is willing to come help with the railroad bed at Paul Huneke’s. Also discussion on how we can improve things with the trails. Maybe have a meeting with everyone who puts in the trails so we are all on the same page.

*UTV raffle: discussion on changing prizes next year, possibly change to all cash instead of UTV as 1st prize and increase the other amounts

*ATV class Sunday Sept. 22: Steve will bring his ATV’s.

*Meeting adjourned at 8pm: Tony motioned, Mark 2nd, motion carried.

Minutes respectfully taken by,

Paula Wagner

Next meeting will be Wednesday Oct. 2 at 7pm at the Goodhue Lion’s Building.

Thanks to all the volunteers who helped to with the ATV safety class on Sunday Sept. 22: Doris Ryan, Tony McDonald, Katie Weckerling, Carleen Weckerling, Ethan Weckerling, Evan Weckerling, Steve VanDeusen, Jason & Raylen VanDeusen, & Michelle Schenach.

And the certified trainers: Derek Weckerling, Warren Majerus, Treyben Kehren, & Paula Wagner.

Thanks to our officers: DNR officer Brittany Hauser and Goodhue County Officer Tim Friis.

Thanks to Kim Carlson for storage of our props and to Ag-Partners for space for the drivers course.

**See Safety Classes page for list of the kids who passed the ATV safety class

August 2024

August 7, 24 GBRR meeting minutes:

*Attendance: Treyben Kehren, Ray Hadler, Tony McDonald, Paula Wagner

*Meeting minutes from July 3 read and approved: Ray motioned, Tony 2nd, motion carried

*Treasurer report: Regular account- $86,471.36  Interest- $32.90     GIA- $29,743.34   Interest- $12.82   

            Inusurance paid in July- $2066.50     GBRR website domain was renewed in July- $12

*Discussion & review of ATV ride & raffle: see breakdown of everything at end of minutes. Matt Schliep and Mike Benda have mentioned to Ray they may be interested in helping to  set up course next year. A huge thanks to Ray Hadler, Dawn Vikingson, & Dale & Angel Nord for putting in all the work of getting the ride set up with all the clues. Thanks to Randy Hadler for doing all the grilling. Thank you, Roger and Brenda Grote, for hosting our cookout! Michelle Hadler, Emma & Kim Carlson for doing registration. Elouise, Kallen, & Baysley Straus for the refreshing lemonade stand. You are all greatly appreciated! 

*Lora Luhman benefit: We did donate $500. Thanks to everyone who came out to support Lora & Jonathan!

*Bellechester Fun Day: We did donate $300.

*Lion’s Chicken BBQ Aug. 18- hopefully a few club members volunteered to help them during the day. Tony McDonald volunteered for all 3 shifts.

*Lions annual ATV ride: Let’s get out and support them and have fun!  See poster below for details.

*Red wing River Riders cookout: They plan to have this the same time each year. 

*Discussion on different issues on snowmobile trails: Red wing needs to redo bridge in Welch, they may need some support with that, regrading waterway by Dan Ryan’s, if anything we can do on Paul Huneke and Jonathan Luhman’s part of trail, bridge on Mark Vieths.

*ATV club Trip: 9 people went on the club trip to Doc’s

*Discussion on ATV raffle: possible increase prizes 5-9 to $200 vs $100, possibly increase entry fee from $5.

*ATV safety class date for Sept. 22: To register your kids for class, please email Paula Wagner at operationpaula@gmail.com. The class is for kids ages 10-15, however the certificate is not valid until their 12th birthday. The kids must do the online training and pass that test before coming to our class. Anyone born after July 1, 1987 must have a safety certificate to ride public land and trails.

  We will need lots of volunteers to help outside. You don’t need to be a certified instructor. We need people to stand by the signs and make sure the kids do the correct hand signals and obey the signs. It will be between 1 and 1:30pm when they get outside and it will take about an hour or 1 ½ hours. PLEASE think about helping them get certified so we have safe drivers!

*ATV MN Ride & Rally: Sept. 20-22. We will donate $100. Trey motioned, Ray 2nd, motion carried.

*MN USA Fall workshop in Carlton is Oct. 25-27.  Winter Rendezvous is Feb. 6-9 in Bemidji.

*Meeting Adjourned 8:15pm Tony motioned, Ray 2nd.

Minutes respectfully taken by,

Paula Wagner

Next meeting will be Wed. Sept. 4th at 7pm at the Goodhue Lion’s Building.

ATV ride & raffle Aug. 3, 2024 breakdown

56 teams, 151 people, 41 teams made it back by 5pm

Ray, Dawn, Dale & Angel Nord set it all up and picked up the food.

Randy Hadler grilled

Roger & Brenda Grote hosted cookout

Michelle Hadler, Emma and Kim Carlson did the registration

Dale & Angel sent them off from Rosie Park

Andy & Kelsey Straus’ 3 kids did the lemonade stand: Elouise, Kallen, Baysley

Team Vreeman from Maple Grove was the winning team: Brandon, Carolyn, Emelia Vreeman and their dog Cora

Brian Goranson helped with the M & R Donations, Corner bar also gave 2 gift certificates as prizes after drawing.

July 2024

July 3, 2024 GBRR meeting minutes:

Attendance: Steve VanDeusen, Paula Wagner. On phone: Ray Hadler, Dawn Vikingson, Paul Huneke. Via Text: Chase Danielson, Mark Thermos, Trent Stemmann, & Dan Dicke

Treasurer info sent from Tony: regular checkbook: $68,955.89, interest was $25.92. GIA account: $32,307.02, received payment from Goodhue County of $591.99, interest was $11.10.

Discussion of donation for Lora Luhman’s Benefit: donate $500. Ray motioned, Dawn 2nd, motion carried from everyone.

Discussion of donation for Bellechester Fun Day: donate $300. Ray motioned, Dawn 2nd, motion carried from everyone.

ATV ride August 3rd: Ray & Dawn, Dale & Angel Nord will set up course and get the food.

The Goodhue Lions Club are having their Annual Chicken Bar-B-Que Dinner Sunday August 18, serving 11:30-6pm. They are looking for volunteers to help out that day. The shifts are noon-2pm, 2pm-4pm, 4pm-6pm. They would like 2 people for each shift. If anyone can help, please call Gwen Frazier @ 651-380-5933 and let her know you are willing to help from the Rail Riders. I know that many of the regular people who help them will not be available this year so they are in need! They allow us to have our meetings free of charge with the idea we will help at the Chicken Bar-B-Que.

Lion’s ATV/UTV ride is Sunday September 8, 11am start

Meeting adjourned at 7:40pm.

Minutes taken respectfully,

Paula Wagner

Next meeting will be Wednesday August 7 at 7pm at Goodhue Lions.

Updates:

All raffle tickets are sold! Don’t forget the drawing will be about 6pm on Sat. Aug. 3rd at the Corner Bar in Goodhue after the ride.

   9 people made it on the club trip to Doc’s Bunkhouse July 19-21.

June 2024

June 5, 2024 GBRR meeting minutes:

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

*Minutes from May 1 reviewed and approved: Mark motioned, Ray 2nd, motion carried.

*Treasurer Report: Regular account- $60,353.70   Interest- $24.70     GIA account- $31,793.93  interest-$11.71 we received the 4th payment for trails- $959.93   Deb motioned, Ray 2nd, motion carried.

*Discussion on how to get people attending and involved in club

*ATV Club Trip- Docs Bunkhouse in Merrillan, WI July 19-21st. Make your own bookings at Docs Bunkhouse ASAP, 715-299-2865. Hope you all can make it!

*ATV raffle tickets: at this time 115 of the tickets have been collected. There are 40 which have not been handed out yet.

*ATV Ride August 3rd: Ray Hadler, Dawn Vikingson, Dale & Angel Nord have kindly volunteered to set up the course again this year. Thank you to the 4 of you- you have done such a wonderful job all the years you have done it and we appreciate all your time & effort!

*ATV MN had Ride & Roast May 18- no one at meeting were able to attend

*Reminder that: The Red Wing River View Riders (via Pat Peters) invited us to a cookout they are having Thursday July 18 just outside of Welch. It will be 5pm-?. It is a BYOB. It is for ATV’s, UTV’s, and if you come in a vehicle they will have someone pick you up. There will be signs directing where to go. Go past Welch Mill, about 1 block off of #7 on Welch Trail.   

*Discussion on club t-shirts: the light grey with small logo on front and skinny logo on back was the preferred one. Paula will check with the company who has done all our clothing in past – Midwest Signtech  for their prices and then meet again with  Krissy Pabst for prices.

*Volksfest Parade June 9th: Steve VanDeusen will drive his UTV & pull Jeff Ryan’s trailer with Vintage sleds on. John Ramboldt will also drive his Snow-Jet on wheels. Paula will get the candy.

*Polaris is celebrating 70th Anniversary in Roseau Aug. 16-18th

*MN USA: Summer picnic is Saturday July 13th in Battle Lake 

*ATV MN: Ride & Rally is Sept. 20-22 in Grand Rapids

Meeting adjourned 8:25pm. Ray motioned, Tony 2nd, motion carried

Minutes taken respectfully by,

Paula Wagner

Next meeting will be Wednesday July 3 at 7pm at Goodhue Lion’s.

*Thanks to everyone who helped out with our entry in the Goodhue Volksfest Parade this afternoon: Steve & Char VanDeusen, Jeff & Carolyn Ryan, Tony McDonald, John Ramboldt, Roxie Fischer, & Paula Wagner.

* Lora and Jonathan Luhman have been longtime club members and are also landowners of part of our clubs snowmobile trail. Please come out Saturday July 20th and show your support for this great family!

Also the Bellechester Lion’s Annual Family Sunday Funday will be Sunday, July 21st 

Fun for the whole family. Bounce houses, water toys for the kids, bingo, meat raffle, and food from the Happy Go Luckies.   The GBRR have helped sponsor this the past 2 years and will be discussing that during our meeting July 3rd.

May 2024

May 1, 2024 GBRR meeting minutes:

*Attendance: Tony McDonald, Steve VanDeusen, Mark Vieths, Vernon Schuette, Ray Hadler, Dawn Vikingson, Treyben Kehren, Chrissy Friedrich, Paul Huneke, Paula Wagner

*Treasurer Report: Regular account- $57,326.18 Interest- $25.27,  GIA account- $28,822.29 Interest-11.37 Ray motioned, Steve 2nd, motion carried.

*Landowner Certificate: we had one landowner change during season so Paula will get one more certificate made.

*ATV Club Trip- Docs Bunkhouse in Merrillan, WI July 19-21st. Make your own bookings at Docs Bunkhouse ASAP, 715-299-2865. Hope you all can make it!

*ATV Raffle tickets: if anyone wants some to sell, please contact Treyben @ 651-380-8370. We will start discussing plans for the ride next month.

*ATV safety class: will be Sunday May 5th. We need volunteers to help outside.

*ATVMN Vision meeting April 27: Treyben did attend virtually.  Their Master plan is still in the works. There is a big safety push. Discussion on Registration fees and funding for Association and GIA funding. Ron Potter & the others are volunteers and it is getting difficult to replace people. They are trying to trouble shoot how to fix that, by possibly paying them from fees. Discussion on Winter riding.

*ATV MN Ride & Roast May 18 in Isle

*Reminder that: The Red Wing River View Riders (via Pat Peters) invited us to a cookout they are having Thursday July 18 just outside of Welch. It will be 5pm-?. It is a BYOB. It is for ATV’s, UTV’s, and if you come in a vehicle they will have someone pick you up. There will be signs directing where to go. Go past Welch Mill, about 1 block off of #7 on Welch Trail.    

*Tonight was Goodhue’s Arts and Academic Banquet. The 2$1000 Mikey Kehren Scholarships were awarded to: Hannah O’Neill & Teagan Hinsch. Our club was able to donate $1000 of that from our ATV adventure ride we did in August 2023.

*GBRR apparel: we haven’t had any apparel for a while, so Chrissy Friedrich has been working on some options for us. I will attach some photos of some of the options. We change colors or put different logos on the different shirts. We don’t have prices yet, we are looking for some feedback and what sizes we should order. Please let me know if you want something in particular.   Ordering new clothing was motioned by Paul and 2nd by Dawn, motion carried.

*Meeting adjourned at 8:35. Tony motioned, Paul 2nd, motion carried.

Minutes taken respectfully by,

Paula Wagner

 Next meeting will be Wednesday June 5 at 7pm at Goodhue Lion’s.

Apparel Options: (Thanks to our mysterious model!!)

April 2024

April 3, 24 GBRR meeting minutes:

*Attendance: Steve VanDeusen, Tony McDonald, Treyben Kehren, Trent Stemmann, Brady Gadient, Paul Huneke,

Paula Wagner, and Pat Peters (representing Red Wing River View Riders club)

*Treasurer Report: GIA account- $28,810.92, just received our 4th payment of season from State of $2959.93

Regular account- $57,561.91     last month it was decided to switch the bank accounts over so we were drawing interest. In 1st month the interest for GIA was $6.19, for regular was $14.26     Steve motioned, Trent 2nd motion carried to approve.

*Snowmobile trail update- all trails were out by April 1st. Long discussion on what to do with the trail on Paul Huneke’s property. This past winter many ATV’s, UTV’s were going on the snowmobile trail and going way into Paul’s field. How do we prevent this from happening?

*Landowner’s gift certificates were made up and distributed to the trail bosses for distribution to the landowners. 

*ATV Club Trip:  Docs Bunkhouse in Merrillan, WI July 19-21st. Make your own bookings at Docs Bunkhouse ASAP, 715-299-2865. Hope you all can make it!

*ATV Raffle: Permit has been signed by the city and application was sent to the state. Tickets will be available for sale as soon as we get the permit back from the state.

*ATV Safety Class: Sunday May 5 at 11am. To register your kids for class, please email Paula Wagner at operationpaula@gmail.com. The class is for kids ages 10-15, however the certificate is not valid until their 12th birthday. The kids must do the online training and pass that test before coming to our class. Anyone born after July 1, 1987 must have a safety certificate to ride public land and trails.

  We will need lots of volunteers to help outside. You don’t need to be a certified instructor. We need people to stand by the signs and make sure the kids do the correct hand signals and obey the signs. It will be between 1 and 1:30pm when they get outside and it will take about an hour or 1 ½ hours. PLEASE think about helping them get certified so we have safe drivers!

ATV MN – Vision Conference is Saturday April 27 in Crosslake. It can be viewed virtually. Event registration is $30 in-person or $10 to attend by Zoom. Please register at this link:

https://membership.atvmn.org/vision/

What is your vision for ATV recreation in Minnesota?

ATV MN Ride & Roast: May 18th in Isle MN. Registration is $30 per person / $35 at the door (under 10 free), with registration and pancake breakfast this year at the Drift Skippers clubhouse, 600 4th Avenue South, Isle, MN. To register: https://membership.atvmn.org/rideroast/

We want to thank The Red Wing River View Riders (via Pat Peters) for inviting us to a cookout they are having Thursday July 18 just outside of Welch. It will be 5pm-?. It is a BYOB. It is for ATV’s, UTV’s, and if you come in a vehicle they will have someone pick you up. There will be signs directing where to go. Go past Welch Mill, about 1 block off of #7 on Welch Trail.    

May 1st meeting will start at 7:30pm due to the Goodhue school’s Art’s and Academic Scholarship Banquet where Treyben will be presenting the scholarship we help to fund with our ATV Adventure ride each year.

Meeting adjourned at 8pm. Steve motioned, Tony 2nd. Motion carried.

Minutes respectfully taken by,

Paula Wagner

Next meeting: May 1st 7:30pm at Goodhue Lion’s

Additional updates:

UTV Raffle tickets are now available for sale. Please contact Treyben Kehren at 651-380-8370 to get some to sell or pick up at the meeting.

Thanks to those who helped with removing the snowmobile trail this season: 24.5 hours of time to take out the trails that we were unable to use this season.  Thank you! Many of them also took time to deliver the landowner certificates. Much appreciated!

Ross Tipcke

McKenzie Tipcke

Trent Stemmann

Kevin Mehrkens

Derek Weckerling

Jason Lodermeier

Ray Hadler

Toby Curtis

Randy Tutewohl

Deb Tutewohl

Guy Whipple

Mark Vieths

March 2024

Mar 6th, 2024    Goodhue-Bellechester Rail Riders meeting minutes 

Attendance: Treyben Kehren, Tony McDonald, Ray Hadler, Paul Huneke, Trent Stemmann

Minutes from Feb 7th were reviewed and approved. Paul motioned, Trent 2nd, motion carried.

Treasurer report: GIA $25,904.80 Regular checking $57,866.65 Trent motioned, Paul 2nd, motion carried.

Snowmobile Trails | Pauls trail getting lots of ATV traffic and running over signs. Look to move the trail to the top of the old railroad grade. The trail is technically only a snowmobile trail and not an official ATV trail. Given the Zumbrota club has the snowmobile trail and not us, Ray will discuss with them about paying for this work. If not, bring back to the table to discuss possibility of us paying for the work. Discussed pulling trails early due to lack of snow and gave report from MNUSA and MNDNR discussions. Basically, the DNR said we are free to pull signs early however if we are to get enough snow to open trails, then we would be expected to resign the trail to open it, as it is the responsibility of being a GAI trail and getting funding that the trails be operational Dec 1 through April 1. Several of our sections to get pulled next week. 

Landowner gifts | Paul has the certificated printed and Paula will get them to the trail bosses soon. 

Veterans Ride | Read letter. Due to lack of snow they were not able to put on the ride so our donation will be segregated for this purpose of future rides. 

MNUSA Winter Rondevou | No report/attendance.

ATV Club Trip | Discussed options: Birchwood, WI June 21-23 or Merrillan, WI July 19-21. Trip to be at Docs Bunkhouse in Merrillan, WI July 19-21st. Ray motioned, Trent 2nd, motion carried. Make your own bookings at Docs Bunkhouse ASAP, 715-299-2865. Hope you all can make it!

ATV Raffle & Ride | In order to save money before price increases, we held a board vote last month to purchase a machine from M&M for $15,521, saving us $2,400. Trey to get permit signed with City 3/13, so likely looking to get it back and be able to start selling tickets around mid to late April. 

ATV Safety Class | Date set for May 5th. Paul motioned, Trent 2nd, motion carried. Ray to work on getting copy of keys for the shed before the day of class. To register your kids for class, please email Paula Wagner at operationpaula@gmail.com. The class is for kids ages 10-15, however the certificate is not valid until their 12th birthday. The kids must do the online training and pass that test before coming to our class. Anyone born after July 1, 1987 must have a safety certificate to ride public land and trails.

Taxes | Tony filed 990N. Rew federal requirements but don’t think the Beneficial Ownership Information Report applies to us. Will hold unless more information is requested. 

Banking | Discussed switching checking accounts to interest bearing checking accounts. Only restriction is that it has a $2,500 min balance. Tiered rates, with our balances we would be looking at around $450 interest annually. Paul motioned, Trent 2nd, motion carried. 

Meeting adjourned. Paul motioned, Ray 2nd, motion carried

Minutes taken respectively by, 

Treyben Kehren

Next meeting will be Wednesday April 3rd at 7pm at Goodhue Lions Building

February 2024

Feb 7th, 2024    Goodhue-Bellechester Rail Riders meeting minutes 

Attendance: Treyben Kehren, Jeff & Carolyn Ryan, Tony McDonald, Ray Hadler, Ross & McKenzie Tipcke

Minutes from Jan 3rd were reviewed and approved. Tony motioned, Ray 2nd, motion carried.

Treasurer report: GIA $27,986.30 Regular checking $73,452.09 Ross motioned, Ray 2nd, motion carried.

Christmas Party update | 20 members attended and the food was great. Thanks everyone for some good times. Thanks to the club, AG Partners, Kevin’s Service, Treyben Kehren, and Paula Wagner for donations for door prizes. M&R donations brough in $130 with help of Dale Nord. 

Snowmobile Trails | Discussion on trail alongside Depot, tabled until we get snow.

Club Snowmobile Trip | Not much snow anywhere, cancelling idea for the year. Do hope to get this going again one of these years. 

Vintage Ride update | 45 sleds with 22 different registrants. Income: $345 entry, $320 door prizes, $225 M&R donations, $251 food donation, total $1141. Expenses: $275 building rent, $113 to Duke Bjorklund, $110 for prizes, $254.48 for trophies, $180.09 for food, total $932.57. Overall profit $208.43. Had some people travel a fair bit and said they liked our show. Door prizes started early, leaving out people that went to the bar thinking it was at 1, need to stay on schedule next year. We feel we get decent participation for the show, but we don’t get much to any spectators. Thought was that maybe a change in venue is needed otherwise some additional entertainment to bring people into the Lions Building to draw spectators from the community. Discussion around having it at the Corner Bar next year like we used too but with some parking on 2nd Street blocked for the show sleds or shut down 2nd Ave like we do for the ATV ride. 

Snowmobile Safety Class update | we had 22 kids take the class. Thanks to all the volunteers who helped with the class: Doris Ryan, Tony McDonald, Steve VanDeusen, Ben & Addie Poncelet, Mike Klindworth, David Sherer, Ben O’Connor, Katie & Ethan & Carleen Weckerling and our Certified Safety Instructors Derek Weckerling, Ray Hadler, Treyben Kehren, and Paula Wagner. Also thanks to the officers who helped: DNR officer Derek Schneider, GCSO Jordan Winberg, and GCSO Mike Ayres. Thank you for your service! Thanks to the Lions Club for the use of the building, the city for driving course, and Kim Carlson for storage of the props. It truly does take a village to teach our kids to be safe while having fun! 

MNUSA Winter Rondevou in Ottertail Feb 8-11th

ATV Club Trip | Discussion on location, Docs Bunkhouse was mentioned. Ray looking into availability, ideally 3rd weekend in June over father’s day. 

ATV Raffle & Ride | Date set for Aug 3rd. Ray motioned, Ross 2nd, motion carried. Trey to reach out to Steve and see if he is willing to head up the purchase again and bring numbers to next months meeting. 

Meeting adjourned. Ray motioned, Ross 2nd, motion carried

Minutes taken respectively by, 

Treyben Kehren

Next meeting will be Wednesday March 6th at 7pm at Goodhue Lions Building

Here are the winners from the Vintage Show:

70 and Older class:

Joe Feils from Kellog with a 1968 Polaris Colt Deluxe 275 and Trail mate cutter. (5 sleds in class)

71-73 class:

 Chuck VanCanneyt from Zumbrota with a 72 Arctic Cat Ext 400 (12 in class)

74-77 class: 

Brian Gudknecht from Wanamingo with a 76 Polaris Colt 340 (14 in class)

78-85 class: 

Mike Bartosh from Prescott with a 84 Manta Trailmanta 500 (7 in class)

86-95 class:

 Nathan Skog from Ellsworth with a 93 Arctic Cat 900 Thundercat (6 in class)

Most off the wall: 

Mike Bartosh with the 84 Manta 500 TrailManta

Best matching suit and sled:

 John Ramboldt from Goodhue with a 73 Snowjet 340

Best of show:

 Joe Feils with 68 Polaris Colt Deluxe 275 and Trailmate Cutter

Thanks to the club members who worked to make the event possible: Jeff and Carolyn Ryan, Steve VanDeusen, Tony McDonald, Derek Weckerling and kids- Ethan, Clara, & Evan, Mark Vieths, Jason VanDeusen, and Paula Wagner. We couldn’t have an event without club volunteers!

January 2024

Jan. 3, 2024 GBRR meeting minutes

Attendance: Steve VanDeusen, Treyben Kehren, Chase Danielson, Paul Huneke, Jaff & Carolyn Ryan, Trent Stemmann, Derek Weckerling, Chris Johnson, Bill Gehn, Paula Wagner

Minutes from Dec. 6, 23 were reviewed and approved. Tony motioned, Jeff 2nd, motion carried.

Treasurer report: GIA account- $23,299.31     Regular account- $73,477      Trent motioned, Chase 2nd, motion carried.

Groomer- a huge thank you to Dusty Vieths for donating all the time and parts to fix the cab on the groomer. Derek will post a thank you on Facebook. Fuel shut off valve still needs to be fixed.

Christmas Party Jan. 5th- the meals will be $12 per plate. Looking for door prizes and games yet.

Snowmobile trails- discussion on how to run the trail to the bars alongside of The Depot. Paul will talk to Ag-Partners about that. The trail by the burn pile north of Goodhue needs some work.

Club snowmobile trip- no ideas, tabled, Moose Lake was mentioned as an option

Vintage Ride Sat. Feb. 3- discussion. We changed the times. Will start registration at 10, show from 11-1. The judging at 1 and ride to follow the presentation of winners if possible. Classes were readjusted: 70 & older, 71-73, 74-77, 78-85, 86-95, Best Matching suit and sled, Best of show, Most off the wall. Price will stay the same- $10/sled, $25 max. If anyone wants to bring bars, that would be appreciated.

Discussion about looking into a groomer/ tractor. Dover Club gets a new tractor every few years and then they help another club by selling their old one and also allow them 3 years to pay it off.

Snowmobile safety class- Sunday Jan. 21. 26 kids at this time

MN USA- Bill Gehn gave an update about what is going on in MN USA: There are new registration stickers for the sleds- they will no longer require the numbers on the sled, just the sticker. If you need the new sticker and yours aren’t expired yet, you can get a duplicate for $6 so you have the new sticker.    There are changes in the executive board: Mark Cavanaugh was president and Mike Clevenger was VP, but Mark resigned and so Mike is now the President. So they had an emergency meeting in Dec. to vote on new VP- Scottie Harder. They are working on a new website.  For Region 5 (which is our region) Paul Marosca is president, Bill Gehn is Vice-President. The Winter Rendezvous is at Thumber Pond in Otter Tail Feb. 8-11

Landowner gift certificates from last season: 44 out of the 68 were used. It was decided we will do the $30 gift certificates to our snowmobile trail landowners again this season.  Derek motioned, Trent 2nd, motioned carried.

Veterans Rider through MN USA- a club can donate $225 to sponsor one Veteran to enjoy the ride. Derek motioned we sponsor a Vet, Paul 2nd, motion carried.

Meeting adjourned at 8:45. Bill motioned, Chris 2nd, motion carried.

Minutes taken respectively by,

Paula Wagner

Next meeting will be Wed. Feb. 7 at 7pm at Goodhue Lions Building.

Updates from Christmas party- 20 members attended. Thanks to AG-Partners, Kevin’s Service, Treyben Kehren, and Paula Wagner for donations for door prizes. M & R donations brought in $130 with the help of Dale Nord.

Updates from Snowmobile safety class Jan. 21, 24: We had 22 kids take the class. Thanks to all the volunteers who helped with the class: Doris Ryan, Tony McDonald, Steve VanDeusen, Ben & Addie Poncelet, Mike Klindworth, David Sherer, Ben O'Connor, Katie Weckerling, Ethan Weckerling, Carleen Weckerling and our Certified safety instructors: Derek Weckerling, Ray Hadler, Treyben Kehren, & Paula Wagner.

Also a huge thanks to our Officers who helped: DNR officer Derek Schneider, Goodhue County Sheriffs Officers Jordan Winberg & Mike Ayres. Thank you for your service!!!!!!!!

Thanks to the Lion's Club for the use of the building, The city of Goodhue for driving course, and Kim Carlson for storage of our props. It truly does take a village to teach our kids to be safe while having fun!

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