Thursday, November 21, 2024

 

SPSC 50th

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The Southern Potter Snowmobile Club will celebrate it's 50th anniversary in December 2023. The club was organized in December 1973 by a group of people who enjoyed the winter months and snowmobiling. The club started that first year with 183 members and still today has held a steady membership around 160 members. We have a goal to see around 250 members by the end of the 2024 season.

 

Over the years the club has maintained, improved, and groomed over 80 miles of trails for your riding pleasure. In 2007 the club replaced the bridge behind the Wharton Store/Tavern with a new 120 ft steel I-beam bridge to replace the failing 30 year old steel bridge on the East Fork Railroad grade to keep the trail to Conrad open. In 2012 with the help of a grant from the Pa Snowmobile Association the club upgraded the bridges at Long and Jordan Hollows with new decking and widening of the bridges so we could use our larger IMP groomer and drag for better grooming operations in that area. Lots of trails have been brushed and drainage pipes installed to better improve your riding pleasure. Trail maintenance is an ongoing job and as help that is doing the work is getting older. Younger and more help is always needed. The club is always working with DCNR to improve trails and conditions such as the bridge we built on state land along route 607 at the bottom of Gas Well Rd. to improve state and local trails. Lots of work is being planned for the future years. Work details are planned the last two Saturdays of the months of June, July, and August.

 

Interested in becoming a member of the club? You can join by using the 2023 Membership page or contact the Southern Potter Snowmobile Club by using the Contact Us page on this website. Membership cost is $15 for families, $10 for individuals, $5 for social membership. Business membership is $25 with a link to your website. If you don't have your own website our designer charges $5 per page to work with you and create you an advertising page(s) and an additional $5 to host the page per year.

 

Our Lottery Calendar continues to be a good fundraiser for the club. They are a 6 month calendar with 2 numbers based on the Pa Daily Number (Pick Three Number) evening drawing. They run from January to June of each year, all for $20. Contact Janet before they run out or pick one up around Austin. Winning number is determined by the first 7:00 PM Daily Number drawn.

 

Please feel free to come and enjoy one of our many events that we have for our members. Meetings are held on the third Saturdays of each month September through May. All members are encouraged to attend. Not a member? Come and join us anyhow. The public is welcome and we always welcome anyone interested in becoming a member. Please check our events calendar for dates and times for events of the Southern Potter Snowmobile Club.

 

Your support of the Southern Potter Snowmobile Club is always a vital link to the club's continued success. Whether it's a membership, donation, supporting one of our events, or a much needed weekend of your time, it's always greatly appreciated. The Officers of the club thank you and are looking forward to meeting you.

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What is the appreciation dinner? Who is it for?

Sorry! It’s not a lavish $500 per plate dinner or a dinner with fortune 500 people. It is however a nice dinner put forth by our officers to show the appreciation to our members who selflessly donated their time and/or resources to help maintain or improve the club. With that in mind this is an invitation only event. All members are eligible for an invitation but there are a few guidelines that need to be followed to get an invitation. To keep it fair think of it as "earning an invitation".

 

SPSC Guidelines for Appreciation Dinner

1. All workers must accumulate 8 hrs of time to be eligible for the worker and spouse for invitation to the appreciation dinner.

2. Times must be occurred in the months of November to October the calendar year before the dinner only to be eligible for an invitation.

3. Worker may accumulate time over multiple events/work details.

4. Workers must sign the event/work detail help list the day that they worked. The person in charge of the event/work detail will have the say on time assigned on that event at the end of that event/work detail. From time to time extra time may be assigned to an individual and must be done at event/work detail, by the person in charge.

5. Invitations are meant for the use of the workers and their spouses and may not be passed on to other family members or friends.

6. Person in charge must sign off on the events/work detail help list.

7. Some standard times for events/work details will be assigned and approved by the membership at a regular monthly meeting. Assigned times must be posted on the website for members to view and may be viewed in writing in request to the treasurer.

8. From time to time individuals do things for the club that are beyond the scope of what is mentioned here and may be approved by the President and Treasurer only to be invited to the dinner.

9. List shall be turned into the treasurer in a timely manner for keeping of records and when questions arise by the membership.

10. The final invitation list must be approved by the President and Treasurer before invitations are sent out.

 

Pre-Assigned Event Values

  • Scheduled Work Details: 8 Hrs
  • Non-Scheduled Work Details: To Be Determined By Person In Charge
  • New Years Party: 2 Hrs
  • Dice Run: 8 Hrs
  • Bush Dam Ride & Picnic
    • Picnic Kitchen Help: 6 Hrs
    • Trail Group Help: 5 Hrs
    • Raffle, Membership, Sellers, Etc: 4 Hrs

 

On A Side Note:

We would like to emphasize that all work to better the club or trails is greatly appreciated and not taken for granted. We set these guideines to encourage a higher level of participation in the club and it's events. More participation can only lead to a better club for all of us and our future generations as well.

Thanks to everybody who helps throughout the year!

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Southern Potter Snowmobile Club Dice Run

Rules for Dice Run (Entry Fee $5.00)


Location Roll Score Initials
Wharton Tavern    
Old Tannery Inn    
Keating Summit Hotel    
The Costello Inn    
Keener's Country Store    
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  1. All particpants must be or become a member due to club's liability insurance requirements.
  2. Participants must operate a legally registered and insured snowmobile.
  3. Dice run stops are at the following locations: Wharton Store / Tavern, Old Tannery Saloon, Keating Summit Hotel, The Costello Inn, and Keener's Country Store.
  4. You have to roll the dice at four of the five loactions.
  5. You may roll the dice at all five locations. Your best four dice rolls will be counted and your lowest dice roll will be discarded.
  6. If you are unable to make all five locations you may roll the dice at any one location twice.
  7. Last roll of the dice at all locations is 5:00 PM.
  8. You may end your ride at any location. A club attendant will return your tally sheet to the Wharton Tavern.
  9. Winners will be announced at 6:45 PM at the Wharton Tavern. Winners do not need to be present to win. The club will contact teh winners
  10. 50% of dice run entry fees will be paid back as follows:
  • First Place = 25%
  • Second Place = 15%
  • Third Place = 10%

Remember that this is NOT a race. Enjoy the riding and have fun!

Thanks for supporting the Southern Potter Snowmobile Club

 

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