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What's Happening?
July 8, 2010
It is pretty hard to think about snow with the temps being in the nineties for the last few days. It is also easy to forget about hunting season this time of year. If you are a resident, the anterless permit applications will be accepted beginning this coming Monday, July 12. If you are thinking about bear hunting, there are lots of them around this year. | 
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June 23, 2010
A reminder to all of you that are Pennsylvania hunters! You can purchase your new hunting license online now. I just finished ordering mine from the Pa. Game Commission Outdoor Shop website. * For those of you that have ATVs & Snowmobiles - I did some price checking today and found out that just because one insurance company has better rates on one type of machine doesn't mean that they will have better rates on both types of machines. The company that insures my snowmobile has better rates by a mile on my sled, but they are more expensive for my ATV. It pays to shop around! | 
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June 22, 2010
We had our annual picnic this past saturday. The turnout was light, but the food was good and the weather was great. A little on the warm side for this old snowmobiler, but I never have liked the hot weather. * My wife and I took a ride on route 44 last week and all of the laurel was in bloom. We stopped at the Black Forest Inn for lunch and bumped into Ray & Darlene Kemp. They are old snowmobiling friends that moved downstate last year. They were in the area for the Laurel Festival in Wellsboro. It was good to see them again. | 
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June 16, 2010
Six of our members met yesterday at the clubhouse. Four of us walked the 2 mile stretch of route 6 between the clubhouse and the Log Cabin restaurant to pick up litter. Another member drove his pickup and collected the bags of trash that we accumulated. The last member stayed at the clubhouse and trimmed the trees and bushes and put mulch around them. After we were done with all that we took a hike on the trail to check out a washout between the clubhouse and Ansonia. This must be repaired before the 2011 snowmobile season starts. We also have a couple of other jobs to be done at the clubhouse. Keeping a snowmobile club going is pretty much of a year-round job. This upkeep of the clubhouse, grounds and the trails has to be done every year, snow or no! This is why we need the support of all of our members, near & far. Don't forget our picnic this Saturday! | 
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June 12, 2010
Don't forget our annual club picnic next Saturday the 19th. 12 til 4 - at the clubhouse on route 6. Free to members, new members are welcome to sign up at the picnic. Bring a dish to pass if you can. If you are just in the area for the weekend and can't bring a dish to pass, come anyway! ** Tioga County and Wellsboro are year-round destinations. Some of the trails that we snowmobile on are open to motorcycles, bicycles and hikers too. | 
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Monthly Meeting
The monthly meeting of the club will be held this Thursday June the 10th, 7:30 pm at the clubhouse on route 6. Please come on out and meet some of the members. NEW MEMBER SPECIAL! If you sign up now for a family or business membership, you will be paid up until October 31 of 2011. Such a deal!!! | 
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May 25, 2010
I took Auggie the Doggy for a ride on my ATV tonight before supper. When we came out of the woods and onto the trail that runs under the powerline, there was a large male bear scratching the pole that supports the powerline to mark his territory. They do this every year and you can tell the fresh scratchings from the old ones. I did not have Auggie hooked to a leash and I was afraid to let go of his collar so that I could take a better quality picture. The only pic that I managed to get didn't turn out very well, but it is better than nothing. | 
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May 20, 2010
Here is one more picture from the trout tournament. I don't have the list of names with me here at the house, but this gentleman fishes in the tournament every year. | 
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May 19, 2010
I guess we were lucky to have some decent weather for the trout tournament. It rained all day yesterday. | 
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ELECTION DAY
Get out and vote!
We would like to thank everyone who helped make the 20th annual Upper Pine Creek Trout Tournament a success. - All of the donors who helped fund the tournament, the volunteers who solicited for the donations, the people who helped tag and stock the fish and the anglers who entered the tournament. Also we can't forget all of those that helped at the clubhouse with all of the tasks that are involved with operating the tournament. Many of the people who help are not snowmobilers, just good people who like to help a good cause. There are many worthy causes that are funded by this tournament. A special thank you to Nancy & Ron from the Colton Point Motel for all of the help and support that they have given us. We don't have all of the numbers compiled yet, everyone is taking a well deserved break. | 
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May 17, 2010
Pictured is James Scheller of Sunbury, Pa. who caught one of the two $500 trout on Saturday. He also caught a $25 fish on Sunday! ** Don't forget to VOTE tomorrow! It is not only your right, it's your duty!!! | 
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May 16, 2010
We don't have all the final numbers yet, but it looks like we had about 485 anglers signed up this year. We will try to put a new picture on every day for the next few days. We can only upload one pic at a time. Pictured today is 14 year old Dane Baker of Manheim, Pa. He won $50 on his first cast in the tournament. * The 50/50 winner of $448.00 was Kathy Wieand of Mertztown, Pa. | 
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May 15, 2010
One of the two $500 second prize fish was caught today. There is another $500 fish out there as well as the $1000 one. | 
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May 6, 2010
We are still busy with some last minute items to get ready for our trout tournament. * Augie the doggy had his friend, Marley come for a visit and they went for a swim together in our pond. | 
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May 4, 2010
We are having a meeting tonight to finalize our trout tournament plans. It is not too late to sponsor a fish or enter the tournament. * We had a different bear come visit last night. Augie the doggy was in the living room when he just starting barking with his 'bear bark'. When he smells a bear he has a louder, higher pitched bark than he does for God's other creatures. We went out on the deck and this bear just walked up under the deck with Augie barking and me yelling at him and didn't seem to have a care in the world. Somebody has been feeding this bear and he lost his fear of humans. 'A fed bear is a dead bear' is the old saying. | 
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April 28, 2010
Phone: 814-697-6314
Web Site: pottercountytrailbusters.webs.com
* UPDATE - There will be someone at the clubhouse this Friday evening from 7 to 9:30pm for you turkey hunters coming up to your camps that want to stop by and pick up your trout tournament badges. * Don't forget to get your trout tournament application mailed in. Also if you want to sponsor a fish in memory of a loved one or maybe your family or hunting camp. It is only $25 per fish. You can always donate more if you like. * There will be someone at the clubhouse this weekend if you want to pick up your badge for the tournament. 10 til 4 on Sat. and 10 til 2 on Sunday.* GRASS DRAGS - The Potter County Trailbusters are having grass drags Saturday May 22 Reg. at 8:30am Drags start at 11am | |
April 20, 2010
Phone: 814-697-6314
Our guys have been busy getting donations from area businesses to sponsor our annual trout tournament. Most of them are happy to donate as they know that our club gives back to the community with many donations and services. * We had another bear come stolling into our yard tonight. It just kind of sniffed around and then went back in the same direction that it came from. | 
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April 17, 2010
Phone: 814-697-6314
Today is the opening day of trout season in this part of the state. It seems that the fishing seasons and regulations keep getting more and more involved. A little like our health care plan? We will have someone at the clubhouse today and tomorrow for people to sign up for our trout tournament. Those of you that are already signed up can pick up your badges. We will also have someone at the clubhouse May 1 & 2. * Had a bear stroll by the house last night. Augie the doggy was whisper quiet and just watched out the window. | 
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April 3, 2010
Phone: 814-697-6314
We have lost a good friend and fellow snowmobiler! - William (Bill) Thompson passed away Friday night. He was a member of our club and the God's Country Club. Bill not only rode, but he was a pretty good mechanic as well. During snowmobiling season, there were always a bunch of sleds parked at Bill's place and the coffee pot was always on. He will be missed by all his friends and family. | |
April 1, 2010
Phone: 814-697-6314
Our club will have to go out and put snow fence up where our landowners have problems with trespassers in the non-snowmobile season. It will soon be time to get ready for our 20th annual Upper Pine Creek Trout Tournament. This is our main fund-raiser because we can't rely on having enough snow, especially this year! | |
Dec. 13, 2009
Phone: 814-697-6314
This page will be laid to rest until the end of snowmobiling season, April 1, 2010. The Trail Condition page will have all the latest info during sledding season. Don't forget our business member section for lodging, restaurants, snowmobile dealers and other services. Want to be a business member or booster? $25.00 bucks a year, less than fifty cents a week for an ad on the internet. A Real Steal! Over 1800 hits so far just this week alone! | |
Dec. 12, 2009
Phone: 570-724-2888 clubhouse
E-Mail: pagcsc@gmail.com
We are going to meet at the clubhouse tomorrow morning at 10am to do some last minute trail work. We have to take down some snow fence and install some snow fence as well as some brush cutting work. It doesn't look like it is going to be a very nice day for it. | |
Dec. 9, 2009
Phone: 570-724-2888 clubhouse
We had winds and swirling snow last night. There is 8 inches on one side of the house and three inches on the other side. Pendot has me plowed in and I will use my tractor to dig the heavy wet snow out. (See picture) | 
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December 8, 2009
Phone: 570-724-2888 clubhouse
E-Mail: pagcsc@gmail.com
The counter is up on the website. We are running our TV ad this week so with the snow word in the forecast, it is hard to tell how much traffic is from the ad and how much is from the weather forecast. * Our monthly meeting is Thursday night at the clubhouse - 7:30pm stop by if you are in the area. * We also will be at the clubhouse on Sunday morning to do some last minute trail work. All are welcome! 10:am | |
Dec. 6, 2009
Phone: 570-724-2888 clubhouse
Saturday is usually the slowest day of the week for hits on this website. The exception is when the 'S' word is on the weather forecast. Yesterday had the most hits of any day last week. When there is some snow, we can count on you being there. * Only one week to go before the official opening of snowmobile season in the PA WILDS. (Except for State Game Lands) * For those of you that can get T.V. channel 21 (WHP-CBS) out of Harrisburg, we will be running a 30 second commercial on the six pm news. This will be aired Mon. thru Friday this week. There is also a youtube link to the ad on this website. * We were late getting our membership renewals mailed out this year because the PSSA Snowmobile/ATV show was at the end of Oct. instead of the middle of the month like it was in the past. Please send us your renewal, or your new membership. I have had people tell me that they already belong to a club. You are allowed to belong to more than one! I belong to several as well as the PSSA. Also please support our business members! * We have members from all over the mid-Atlantic states and even one from Sneads Ferry, North Carolina. HI JOHN! * I just checked several weather forecasts and am still amazed at the difference in the forecasts for the same area. There is some light snow coming down right now and the forecast states that it will be sunny. I'll go with the snow! You all have a great day! | 
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Dec. 4, 2009
Phone: 570-724-2888 clubhouse
There is just 9 days remaining until the start of snowmobiling season. We have some last minute snow fence to put up on a landowners property to keep sledders on the trail and not all over the landowners yard. We also have some snow fence to take down that is across the trail in a couple of spots. We will then take an inspection ride to check for any trees that might have come down since the initial trail clearing was done. IF we have snow like we did last year, we will do this by sled. If not, we will use an ATV and our feet. We will meet at the clubhouse around 10am on Sunday Dec. 13th. | |
November 27, 2009
Phone: 570-724-2888 clubhouse
Web Site: Black Friday!
We were hoping for a white, black friday to show you this morning. There was some snow in the forecast for last night, but it was not in the cards. Maybe tomorrow morning! Don't forget to check out our business member section for lodging, dining, snowmobile dealers & other businesses that support snowmobiling. Only 16 days until snowmobile season starts! | 
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Nov. 26, 2009
Phone: 570-724-2888 clubhouse
Web Site: Thanksgiving Day
Please take a moment and give thanks for all the blessings that we have and say a prayer for all our troops that help make this possible! | 
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November 22, 2009
Phone: 570-724-2888 clubhouse
We reported yesterday about the trails in Elk township not being legally open to snowmobiles. There have already been a couple of emails asking for more specifics. - These are the Elk township roads that are NOT located within the Tioga State Forest bounderies. The roads that effect us for the most part are - E. Shambaker Rd., Ridge Rd. & Leetonia Rd. There is also a small portion of Elk Run Rd. This means that if you would travel out Thompson Hollow Rd. to the stop sign, you would have to turn left onto Elk Run Rd., proceed out to Cedar Mountain Rd., bear right and go to the top to get to Ridge Rd. If you wanted to go to the God's Country S.C. and the Germania area, you would turn right onto Ridge Rd. and go out to where the trail goes across the fields. Last year, DCNR groomed Ridge Rd. down the hill to E. Shambaker Rd. where they turned the groomer around. They will not be grooming that this year, because the township portion of that road is not a legal trail. | |
November 21, 2009
Phone: 570-724-2888 clubhouse
It is just 3 weeks until the first day of snowmobiling season on STATE FOREST TRAILS. Sunday Dec. 13, is the first day. You cannot sled on STATE GAME LAND TRAILS until Jan. 17. I am still surprised at the number of people who don't know the difference. That includes people who live very close to those lands. * There are a lot of trail changes this year in the areas where there is gas drilling activity. * Elk township did not pass a resolution to open their roads to snowmobiling. This will create a lot of extra traffic on Cedar Mountain Rd. While this trail is 2 lanes wide, it is more narrow than some of the other joint-use state forest rds. There are very sharp curves and some steep drop-offs. Please use extra caution and slow way down for these curves and stay on your side of the trail. When nearing the well drilling areas, watch out for workers and trucks, etc. We all want to enjoy the outdoors and not spend any time in the hospital. * We have been lucky enough to have snow on the first day of riding season the last couple of years, maybe we will luck out again. * Due to the snowmobile show being at the end of Oct. this year, we were late getting our membership renewals mailed out. To save us postage and keep our membership at the same low rate, please let us know if you want a card mailed to you. Most of you don't want one, but we will gladly mail you one on request if you so desire. | 
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Nov. 13, 2009
Phone: 570-724-2888 clubhouse
Our website was down yesterday morning and no one could get access. I was cussing at my computer for not working properly when I received a phone call from Brad (one of our members and a good friend) He informed me that he could not get on either. It turned out that our server was probably doing some maintenance work on their system. Everything is back to normal. We held our monthly meeting last night and after much discussion, we decided to upgrade our snocam to a better quality camera. This will not happen overnight, we have to get price quotes, etc. Most of our trails are ready with the exception of a few more trees that have come down. They will be removed before riding season starts. There is a lot of gas drilling activity going on, so please use caution when riding near the drilling sites. We are going to mail out our membership renewal forms next week, so if you mail yours in now, you could save us some postage money. Make sure that you put in a note stating if you want a card or not. Jim Baney showed me a printout of the new trail map that is on the DCNR website. I guess that it will be out in print version pretty soon. You can see it on this site if you go to the DCNR links. It takes a little while to download, so don't waste you time if you have a dial-up internet connection. We have some more new business members including a couple of rental cabins north of route 6 located on snowmobile trails. Please support our business members, they support your club and this site. | |
November 12, 2009
Phone: 724-925-2073
E-Mail: jwwilk@hotmail.com
For those of you that missed out on the snowmobile safety class for young riders, there is one being held at the Laurel Highlands Snowmobile clubhouse November 14, 2009 - 8:30am til 4:30pm There arer other classes scattered throughout the state. Check page 3 of the November issue of the Keystone Snowmobiler newspaper. | |
November 11, 2009 VETERANS DAY
Phone: 724-925-2073
E-Mail: Rail Trail meeting in Emporium
There will be two public meetings held to discuss opening a 19 mile snowmobile trail from St. Marys to Emporium. If you can possibly attend either or both of these meetings, please try to do so. The Emporium meeting will be held at the Cameron County Courthouse on November 19th at 7pm. The St. Marys meeting will be held at the city hall on November 24th at 7pm. Please show your support for this trail! | 
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Nov. 7, 2009
Phone: 724-925-2073
We sold our groomer last week but we were too busy with the PSSA snowmobile/ATV show to report on it. As usually, Murphy was alive and well. The big rig that was going to pick it up had three stops to make before picking up our machine. He had to go to Vermont, Ontario & New York before coming to our clubhouse. We had to do this by last Thursday because we were packing up Friday morning to go to the show down in Lebanon. The truck showed up at 5:30 pm. He had been delayed by paperwork problems at the Canadian border. (Both ways) The flatbed was 4' high and our loading dock was 3' high. We were prepared for this and had some planks to bridge the gap. It turned out that the last machine on the truck had to offloaded first out near Pittsburgh. It had to come off of the truck before we could load our machine. It had a dead battery and also weighed a lot. It was much bigger and heavier than ours. Well, the planks broke getting the heavy machine off and we had to come up with some other planks to get our machine on. Then when loading the big machine back on, it teetered like a seesaw before slamming down on the back of the flatbed. Our president, Dave Hassler did a fine job running that machine. When the tractor went to leave, he had to make a wide swing and got stuck in the mud. We had to call his boss in Minnesota to tell him that we had to arrange for a wrecker to pull him out. He finally left after 10pm and we went home for a very late supper. | 
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Nov. 2, 2009
Phone: 724-925-2073
Dave & I traveled down to the Snowmobile/ATV show at the Lebanon Expo Center in Lebanon, Pa. on Friday. We set up our club's booth and met up with Wilmer who came to help us out. The show had been held in York, Pa. for the past few years and we didn't know what to expect at the new location. There was a great turnout and we were quite busy all 3 days. We saw a lot of old friends & members and made a bunch of new ones. I had a lot of inquiries about Augie the Doggie. He has a regular fan club going. We had a lot of positive feedback about this website. We are always receptive to any comments that you have. The only complaints that I have heard is about the poor picture quality on the snocam. The camera that we are using is not meant for the job. We are working on getting a first class camera. All comments on this site can be sent to pagcsc@gmail.com | 
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October 27, 2009
Phone: 724-925-2073
Web Site: www.pasnowmobileandatvshow.com
Don't forget the big PSSA Snowmobile & ATV show this Friday, Saturday & Sunday at the Lebanon, Pa. Expo Center. It is a great place to pick up a bargain on new & used sleds, trailers & accessories. | 
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October 21, 2009
Phone: 814-258-7553
In tonights 'snocam' picture, you will see some deer eating the cherry branches that I had to prune because of all the snow weight that had the tree drooping to the ground. You will also see a strap that I am using to return the tree to it's former upright position. If you scroll down on the snocam menu to the very bottom link to Laurel Ridge State Park and click on that snocam, you will see that they have a superior camera taking their pictures. I am trying to talk our club into buying this kind of camera. If you like the difference, please email your opinion to pagcsc@gmail.com | 
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October 21, 2009
Phone: 814-258-7553
A few of us went to a township meeting the other night to discuss some trail issues. While we we there, a couple of residents had complaints about loud pipes on ATVs, trail bikes and snowmobiles. If you have loud pipes on your machine, STAY HOME! I have been to several meetings and loud pipes are one of the chief complaints. Once any of these trails get closed, they will probably never get reopened. Then only the outlaws will be out there riding not the responsible, law-abiding ones. Does that sound familiar? If you know any of these jerks, tell them that their behavior is going to cause trail closures. They will probably be the first ones to cry about not having a place to ride. * While we are on the subject of trails, there are going to be some changes in the trails leading to the God's Country snowmobile club & the Germania area due to gas drilling activity. We will post these when the season gets closer. While you are on this site, don't forget to check out our business member section. We just had a few more sign up. Support the people that support the sport of snowmobiling! | |
October 19, 2009
Phone: 814-258-7553
Things are back to normal now. The snowman is gone and there is just a little snow left in the shady spots. Our forsythia bush was flattened out by the heavy snow and it looked like a 'Bloomin Onion' like the ones at the Olive Garden. My wife said to trim some off of the top. I replied that there was no top, everything was sides. Anyhow, I trimmed it and will do some raking, just like a normal October. * The Snow word in the forecast really generates some traffic on this website. We had over 1300 hits from Thursday thru Sunday. | 
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October 17, 2009
Phone: 814-258-7553
The trail condition page doesn't start until Dec. 13, but by the looks of things outside, it could be now. I wonder if Al Gore has checked out this site? We have some small trees & bushes damaged here at the house, but nothing major so far. We had another inch of fresh snow last night. It went a couple of degrees above freezing yesterday. That was enough for some of the heavy snow to fall off of the trees. | 
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October 16, 2009
Phone: 814-258-7553
We have lived in Tioga county 13 years and this is the first time that a snow plow has gone past the house during the month of October. There seems to be about 5 or 6 inches of snow. I will venture out later this morning and measure it. We have a small cherry tree in the back yard and it was drooping so low that 2 young deer were feasting on the cherries. (see snocam) We shouldn't loose too many trees as long as it doesn't get windy. * 8:30 am update measured snow= 6 inches on our picnic table. Remember, this is the home of the 'No Bull' trail condition report. | 
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Oct. 15, 2009
Phone: 814-258-7553
Web Site: SNOW!!!
If you are coming to this area this weekend, I would recommend putting a chainsaw, gas & oil in the trunk of your car. The forecast is for the possibility of some heavy wet snow. We had an early snow like this back in the seventies and there were trees down everywhere. This is one time that I hope the weatherman is wrong. We would have to clear the trails all over again. * Augie the doggie couldn't figure out why he kept falling off of my ATV. I was working on the snogage for the snocam and the seat of the ATV was snow covered. He would jump up from one side and slide right off the other side. | 
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October 12, 2009
Phone: 814-258-7553
Web Site: Columbus Day
Five of us from the club went back to school, Groomer School! We went out to Emporium to attend a class on grooming. PSSA was the organizer. It was very informative and I think there were about 38 pupils in the class from clubs all over the state. | 
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October 8, 2009
4814 Route 6 Wellsboro, PA 16901
Phone: 570-724-2888 * 814-258-7553
E-Mail: pagcsc@gmail.com
Our monthly meeting will be held at the clubhouse tonight, 7:30pm all are welcome to attend! |
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October 5, 2009
4814 Route 6 Wellsboro, PA 16901
Phone: 570-724-2888 * 814-258-7553
E-Mail: pagcsc@gmail.com
We have most of the trail clearing done, but the rain has kept us from doing the finishing touches. We will try to finish up when the ground dries up a little. * Our membership renewal letters will not go out in the mail until after the snowmobile show in Lebanon Pa. is over, which is November the first. You can do your club a favor and save us some money on postage and brochures. If you are already a member, we have all your info on file. Just mail your renewal dues in with a note with your check stating if you want a membership card or not. (a lot of you don't want or need an extra card in your wallet) If you are not a member yet and would like to join, the application is downloadable from this site. $10.00 for a family and $25.00 for a business or booster membership. | |
Sept. 27, 2009
Phone: 814-258-7553
We have been very busy the last few days working at the clubhouse and on the trails. On friday the guys washed down the siding and cleaned the screens and windows. I ran my tracter with a brushhog from the clubhouse west to the Rough Cut Lodge and back. Yesterday, we had eleven people show up to help with the trail clearing and some yard work around the clubhouse. A big THANK YOU to all that helped. David W., David J., Larry, Brian, David B., Tom, Ken, Pam, myself and Ralph in the kitchen. A special thanks to Doug, who brought a skid steer and cleared a lot of rock and mudslides from the trail and helped install a new drainpipe up near the Rough Cut Lodge. Also thanks to Paul, who provided the pipe. We accomplished a lot and would have gotten even more done if the rains hadn't come. Just about everything this club does depends on the weather. We still have some more brush trimming to do in the next couple of weeks before we are done. If anyone can help, please give me a call and I will help if I am available. If not, I will try and get one of the other guys to go with you. | 
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Sept. 24, 2009
Phone: 570-724-2888 * 814-258-7553
Don't forget our club's work party this Saturday. * We just signed up business member number 70. Best Line Equipment & Powersports. Our business membership is a real bargain! You get an ad on our website as well as a membership. This for only $25 a year. That is less than fifty cents a week! Our site had almost 14000 hits last January and over 9200 hits in Febuary. If you sign up now, you get 13 months for the price of 12. The same goes for our family membership which is only $10 per year. | |
Sept. 20, 2009
Phone: 570-7214-2888 or 814-258-7553
E-Mail: pagcsc@gmail.com
The God's Country snowmobile club had their annual work party yesterday. They had 18 hard workers show up to take care of the chores. There was a lot of work to be done in and around the clubhouse as well as some snow fence to be repaired along one of the trails. The weather was good, 39 degrees early on and sweatshirts were in order . It warmed up some after mid-morning and the sweatshirts came off. A tasty lunch was provided and the ladies took a break from their other chores to help with the food. A big thank you to S&S Construction, who provided some special assistance. ** Don't forget our work party this coming Saturday, Sept. 26. There is a lot of brush trimming to be done on the trail behind the clubhouse and some other work to be done at the clubhouse and the grounds. Bring leather gloves, weedwackers, garden pruners, lopers etc. Please email us if you are coming so we can plan on the amount of food for lunch. If you can't make the work party, but can donate some time between Sept. 22 & Oct. 1 , give me a call at one of the numbers listed above. | 
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Sept.. 17, 2009
Phone: 570-7214-2888 or 814-258-7553
I took an inspection tour of the trail behind the clubhouse that goes from Ansonia to Rough Cut Lodge. I had to cut a few trees that were down across the trail & some multi-flora rose that was across the trail. Many of the land owners mow their portion of the trail, but the jaggers have to be weedwacked and trimmed back. Thanks to all that make our job much easier. I have a picture here that shows how much the trail can grow shut in just one year. The trail should be straight ahead in the picture, but there is nothing there but green! I took a tractor with a brushhog thru there last year at this same time. You would never know it to look at the picture. | 
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Sept. 15, 2009
Phone: 570-7214-2888 or 814-258-7553
Don't forget the God's Country snowmobile club annual work party is this coming Saturday the 19th. They have some clubhouse work to do as well as some fence repair. Make sure you bring a few hand tools, - pliers, hammers, screwdrivers, etc. Don't forget gloves and some safety glasses. *** The Grand Canyon snowmobile club work party will be the following Saterday, Sept.26. I will know more about the trail conditions after I take an inspection tour tomorrow. | |
Sept. 11, 2009
Phone: 570-662-5601
E-Mail: Goodies@ptd.net
We held our monthly meeting last night and one of the issues that came up was donating to 'Goodies For Our Troops'. It is a very worthy cause and the media seems to be concentrating on other issues besides the war on terrorism. Our troops are serving under extreme conditions and deserve our heartfelt thoughts. If you would like to send a donation to this worthy cause, the address is ----Goodies For Our Troops P.O. Box 383 Wellsboro, PA 16901 - Please mention that you saw it on this site! |
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Sept. 10, 2009
Phone: 570-662-5601
Our monthly meeting will be held tonight at the clubhouse, 7:30pm. All are welcome to attend! |
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Sept.4, 2009
Phone: 570-662-5601
Attention all PSSA Members! In this months Keystone Snowmobiler newspaper there is a coupon on the inside back cover (page 19) for the Ski-Doo Million Dollar Club Support Program. Please take the time to fill it out and take it to your favorite Ski-Doo dealer. Your favorite snowmobile club will receive $10.00 for each one turned in. The club must be a member club of a state snowmobile association. This offer is good until November 15, 2009. | 
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Sept. 1, 2009
Phone: Clubhouse 570-724-2888 Home 814-258-7553
E-Mail: pagcsc@gmail.com
September is a busy month for snowmobile clubs in Pennsylvania! The weather is cooling down and the bugs aren't as bad. It is time to clear trails and do any work around the clubhouse. When October comes, archery deer season begins and a lot of landowners don't want anyone disturbing the game on their property. * Here are a few important dates in September. * Sept. 19 is the work party at the God's Country snowmobile club in Germania. A week later, Sept. 26 is the work party for the Pa. Grand Canyon snowmobile club. The Grand Canyon club will be working the last two weeks in Sept. If you can't make the work party date but are available to help at some other time, please send us an email. We can always use some extra help. *FYI- The temp was down to 42 last night. | 
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August 25, 2009
Phone: Clubhouse 570-724-2888 Home 814-258-7553
It is hard to believe that in just a few weeks, we will be putting fall foliage reports on this site. A reminder to all - Lodging in this area is getting harder to come by due to all the gas drilling activity in the northern tier of Pa. If you want to come to the area to see all of the beautiful fall colors, book early! We have lots of places to stay listed in the business member section of this site. We also have links to the Tioga County Visitor's Bureau and the Wellsboro Chamber of Commerce listed there. The last week of September and the first two weeks of October are usually the best viewing times. * The dog days of summer are coming to a close. | 
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August 19, 2009
Phone: Clubhouse 570-724-2888 Home 814-258-7553
We had a light turnout for our picnic last Saturday, but everyone had lots of good food to eat and everyone got a door prize. The weather was too hot for me, but some people like it that way. We might have our picnic in June next year. It seems that a lot of people have plans made for August. * My wife & I went downstate to a family picnic the next day. I was surprised at the amount of difference in gas prices down there between the high and the low. In this area, it is usually just a few cents. The lowest price was at the Turkey Hill at routes 54 & 61. It was $252.9. A few miles further south, it was $279.9. Then it averaged about $2.59.9 in the Adamstown area. I hope that fuel doesn't go up too much this winter. | 
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August 14, 2009
Phone: Clubhouse 570-724-2888 Home 814-258-7553
Web Site: hallslumber.com
Our club picnic is tomorrow noon til 4 at the clubhouse. If you are a member or would like to become a member, come over for a visit. * One of our business members, Hall's Homes & Lumber just got a new website www.hallslumber.com | 
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Hudon's 3rd Annual Vintage Sled Show & Swap Meet
State Route 12 Barneveld, NY
Phone: 315-896-2217
E-Mail: promo@hud-son.com
Web Site: www.hudons.com
October 10, 2009 9am til 2pm * Cash & Trophies Awarded * Free Sled Corral * Bring your sled & parts to sell * Please mention that you saw it here. We have many loyal business members who have told us how our site has brought them customers! |
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August 8, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
Don't forget our club picnic is this coming Saturday the 15th of August. Noon til four at the clubhouse. Our August meeting will be held this Thursday night August 13th. 7:30pm at the clubhouse. | 
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August 4, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
E-Mail: pagcsc@gmail.com
Web Site: Early Bird New Membership Special
If you sign up as a member now, your membership will be good until October 31, 2010. That would include this years picnic on the 15th of this month and next years picnic in August of 2010. That is 15 months for the price of 12! The family membership is still only $10. and the business membership (includes website ad) is a very reasonable $25. You can download a membership application from this website, or come to the picnic and sign up there. You all come, now hear! |
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August 2, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
The God's Country snowmobile club had their summer picnic yesterday and there was lots of good food and perfect weather. I hope the weather is just as nice for our club's picnic in two weeks. * I heard that the Waldheim tavern in Germania is closed. I don't know any other details, or if they will be open this coming winter. That was a good stop to get something to eat. We will post updates as they become available. * We had one doe with 3 fawns in the yard. I have heard of deer with that many fawns, but this is the first time that we have had them in our yard. There is usually just one or two. | 
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July 30, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
Don't forget the God's Country Snowmobile Club over near Germania is having their summer picnic this Saturday. The PA Grand Canyon picnic will be in two weeks on Saturday the 15th. Hope you can make both of them! * The Butler family over at Pag-omar Farms has their first crop of sweet corn in for the season. It is eight days later than last year due to the cooler weather that we have had. The Butlers are a snowmobiling family and business members of our club. I bumped into another of our business members, Ron McClure of McClure Motors and he told me that the wind farm people over at Armenia Mountain are putting in very wide straight access roads. We don't know if they will allow any sleds on them yet. Ron is also a member of the Armenia Mountain Snowmobile Club.* Our picnic committee is meeting tonight at our clubhouse on route 6. If you are in the area, stop in for a cup of coffee. 7pm. | |
July 18, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
E-Mail: pagcsc@gmail.com
We try to reply to all emails, but several times when we sent a reply, the message would not go through because of the security settings on the senders email. Make sure that you have us on your 'approved senders' list. pagcsc@gmail.com. If you want to help clear trails in the last half of September, please make sure that you include an address & phone number just in case our reply won't go through.** Besides seeing lots of bears, we are seeing a lot of newborn fawns and some still pregnant does. While most of the fawns are born in late May & early June, there are still some being born later in the summer. We noticed this last year as well. | 
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July 10, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
A reminder to all you hunters. Antlerless (doe) permit applications for resident hunters will start to be accepted this coming Monday July 13, 2009. ** I went to two different township meetings this week. There were comments at both meetings about ATVs with loud pipes. If this was colder weather the same would apply to snowmobiles. This is a no-brainer - Loud pipes don't belong anywhere but at the track. You are only making enemies and causing trail closures. | 
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July 5, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
Hope everyone had a good holiday. Augie the doggy was hiding in the corner. The neighbors were setting off fireworks and that scared him. Then we had 4 bears in the yard. After they left, I couldn't get Augie to go outside to do his business before bedtime. When he smells a bear, he barks and carries on, but when he sees one, he is as quiet as a churchmouse. | 
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July 1, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
Web Site: www.naturequestadventures.com
We have had a pretty wet summer so far! We can only wish that we get a lot of the white stuff when the colder temps return in December. The folks at NatureQuest across route 6 from us are having a QuestFest the weekend of July 18-19. There will be a draft horse competition and a lot of other things going on. Click on their website for more details. * There was a little excitement in downtown Wellsboro the other night. A bear ventured into town and was up a tree on Main Street. They darted it and took it away before the tourists could scare it to death. I found out about the bear from one of our business members, who emailed me (Carl of Helena Chemical Co.) Thanks Carl! | 
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June 23, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
My new hunting license arrived in the mail yesterday. It took 1 week to get it by ordering over the net. From now on, you will have the same license number every year when you renew. | |
June 12, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
Notice to all PA hunters! The 2009 hunting licenses will go on sale this coming Monday, June 15, 2009. Resident antlerless permits will go on sale July 13, 2009. Nonresidents can apply beginning July 27, 2009. | 
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June 8, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
It is a beautiful time of year. The temps are not too hot, the bugs aren't too pesty and all the animals are having their young. We have been seeing bear cubs, deer fawns and lots of other newborn critters. * The rally car race was this past weekend and the laurel festival starts next weekend. There are a lot of events to keep people coming to this area. Just route 6 by itself attracts many motorcyclists to take a ride and enjoy the scenery. The laurel will be in bloom shortly and that is always a sight to see. * We have links to the Tioga County Visitor's Bureau and the Wellsboro Area Chamber of Commerce in our business member section if you need any more info. * If you are in the area this Thursday night, stop by our monthly meeting at the clubhouse and say hello - 7:30 pm | 
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June 2, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
We had a frost forecast for yesterdays weather. They did have a little light frost in some areas. That is probably the last time we will hear that word in the forecast for a few months! Talking about weather, we now have two radar views available at a click of the mouse. Local/PA Wilds view, and the National view just below it. Just a little something extra to make it easier for you. We want to be your number one snow site to rely on. | 
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May 29, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
I read in this weeks Wellsboro Gazette that hotel/motel rooms are getting harder to find. Some of this is due to the influx of the gas drilling workers staying in the area. If you are planning to visit our area, please make sure that you have reservations made. We have lots of lodging listed in our business member section of this site. We also have a new business member - Fin, Fur & Feather Taxidermy. I have been to Dan's studio and he does impressive work. Check it out! * Helpful Hint! - If you have one of those rural style mailboxes and are tired of getting surprized by wasps and bees flying out at you when you open the mailbox, toss some mothballs in the rear of the mailbox and the pests will leave. Your mail carrier will be happy too! | 
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May 25, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
My wife & I counted all of the trout tournament applications last night. The final count for entrants is 505. Thanks to all who helped out! There are too many to list, but we needed every one of you. * Nature Notes - I was in Cambria County for a couple of days and that Elk that I snapped a picture of last December is back in the same area again. * The deer fawns are starting to show up, please be careful when mowing your fields. | 
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May 18, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
The winner of the $450.00 - 50/50 drawing was Jerry Kleva of Turnersville, NJ. ** There will be a public meeting held this evening concerning the withdrawal of water from Pine Creek to be used for natural gas drilling. It will be at the Wellsboro High School at 6:30pm. | 
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May 17, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
There were 169 tagged trout caught by some of the approx. 500 anglers that entered the tournament this year. The weather was pretty good most of the time with a few showers late Saturday afternoon. Sunday morning was a little cool, but it warmed up in the afternoon. All in all, it was a nice weekend. Pictured is King Mickle of Elmira, NY, who caught one of the two $500.00 second prize trout. Many thanks to all who participated in the tournament. | 
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May 13, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
There will be a lot of activities going on this weekend at the Quest Fest at the Coach Stop Inn accross the road from our clubhouse, including a'Kids Fishing Class' at 1:00pm Saturday. This is a one hour course showing the basics of fishing. So if your family is here with you while you are in the tournament, there are other activities for the non-anglers to enjoy. | |
May 11, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
We have been very busy getting ready for our 19th annual Upper Pine Creek Trout Tournament. This is our main fund-raiser and we already have 300 anglers signed up. We will meet Friday morning and go tag the fish and float stock them. Not until all the fish are stocked will the prize numbers be assigned at random to the fish. This way, no one knows where the $1000 fish has been stocked. There will be a lot more anglers that will sign up this Friday & Saturday. There will be people at the clubhouse to accommodate them from 9:30am Friday until 7:00pm There will be someone at the clubhouse early Saturday morning (5:00) until 7:30pm. Sunday hours are from 6:00am until 5:00pm. Our monthly meeting will be this Thursday at 7:30 pm. Stop in if you are in the area. | 
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May 1, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
Today is the last day that you can sign up for the 19th annual Upper Pine Creek Trout Tournament at the $15 rate. After May 1st it is $20 to enter. (Still $15 for kids 15 & under) If you application is postmarked today, you can save a few bucks. As you probably know, the tournament is our main fund-raiser because we can't rely on snow for a fund-raiser. We had a meeting of the tournament committee last night and we have 256 entrants so far. * Last week I went out spring gobbler turkey hunting and got two! One on Thursday when I went out scouting, and one on Saturday. Before you get upset, the one on Thursday was shot with a camera, not a shotgun. * We had two visitors from across the pond click on this website this week. One from Finland and one from Denmark. I have a lot of relatives in Denmark. I wonder if it was one of them? | 
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April 27, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
On Friday April 24th our club took part in the 'Great American Cleanup - Pick Up 6' Our club has adopted a stretch of route 6 which we clean a couple of times a year. We decided to co-ordernate with the other groups and do our clean up on the same day as them. We picked up 18 bags of trash & litter in a little over 2 miles. Club members who helped were Janice Kramer, Nipper Peterson, Dave W. Hassler, John McGarrity & Larry Wog - who is also the Vice-President of the God's Country/Black Forest Snowmobile Club. | 
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April 19, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
Yesterday was the opening day of trout season in this part of the state. It was also the 'youth' hunting day for spring gobbler season. A parent, grandparent or mentor had to decide which activity to take a child to. Either way, the child probably missed out on one of them. * We had people at the clubhouse to sign up anglers for our trout tournament. There were 17 that signed up and some of them also sponsored a fish and bought some shirts and hats. From what I hear, the fish were not biting too good. At least it was pretty decent weather for opening day. * We will be at the clubhouse next weekend to sign up any turkey hunters that are going to fish in our tournament.* Augie the doggy saw his first bear last night. (See the snocam pictures) He growled, but didn't bark. When I let him out this morning, he didn't run to the rear of the house to chase birds like he usually does. He is not as brave as he would like you to believe. | 
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April 17, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
We were out fund raising for our trout tournament the past two weeks. We are almost done. There are already over 120 applications that have been returned. The applications are downloadable from this site, click on 'Events' If you would like to sponsor a fish in your businesses name, family name or in memory of a loved one, send $25.00 along with all the info to = PAGCSC, 4814 Route 6 Wellsboro, PA 16901 * We will have people at the clubhouse this weekend and next weekend for people to stop and pick up their tags. We have another new business member - Hall's Homes & Lumber in Tioga, PA. Check out the business member section of this site. | |
April 12, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
Yesterday was a nice day, so I took my wife and her sis out on a mission. We drove down to Waterville and stopped at the newly remodeled and restored Waterville Tavern. While we were there giving out posters and brochures for our upcoming trout tournament, they signed up as our newest business member. They had a good crowd there and friendly help. They also have a petition to get a snowmobile trail opened to Waterville! Please stop in to say hello and sign the petition. It would be great to have another destination to go to, especially one that has food and gas nearby. * We made several other stops on the return trip home to drop off posters and brochures. We will talk about that later in the week. There's no snow to talk about! | 
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April 7, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
Well, it snowed again! Just about an inch or so. When I took Augie for his morning walk, there was wet, slippery mud under the snow. He was slidding all over the place. | 
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April 4, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
E-Mail: pagcsc@gmail.com
We had some snow flurries this morning. If we can't ride on it, I am ready for spring! * If any of you members have an Olympus 770 Ultra Zoom Digital Camera, I have one that doesn't work anymore and you can have the two batteries and the charger FREE! You can also have the camera for parts if you want it. * Speaking of cameras, we want to get a better quality camera for our snocam. I need to pick somebody's brain about cameras. If you are knowledgeable about this please email me at the above address. * Our monthly meeting is this Thursday night at 7:30. Stop by if you are in the area! | |
April 1, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
Yesterday day was the last day of the riding season, so I took a ride. On my ATV! Augie the doggy likes to ride on it & the sled, but sometimes he just likes to run alongside, Yesterday, while he was running, he flushed a grouse which almost flew into my ear! He also kicked a bunch of deer from their beds, but he was so busy with the grouse, he didn't even see the deer. * I also pulled all of my taps from our maple trees. The sapping season is over as well. * The God's Country snowmobile club monthly meeting is tomorrow night at 7:30 | 
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March 29, 2009
Phone: 315-896-2217
E-Mail: pagcsc@gmail.com
Web Site: ^New Email Address^
Dave, Dick, Edgar, Nipper, Tom & myself all drove over to the last God's Country breakfast this morning. Ralph, Marie & Janice were there as well. That is a pretty good percentage of our officers & directors. We will miss having breakfast with our fellow snowmobilers. Afterwards, we took Dave over to show him God's Country new groomer. He hadn't seen it before and he was quite impressed. Dave has been our groomer chairman for several years. He is also our president and devotes a lot of time to the club. * The trail condition page will return this Decemember when the trails reopen after the rifle deer season is over. | 
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