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Iowa Snowmobile Clubs Reminded to GPS Their
Trails yet this Winter Working with the Iowa Department of Natural
Resources (IDNR), the ISSA is reminding its member-clubs to plot
their trail map coordinates for use with the Global Positioning System
(GPS) before the season ends.According to ISSA President Terry Durby,
digitizing trail maps is
essential to creating a statewide network of trails and to make it easier
for non-local snowmobilers to find their way around the fields, ditches
and wood river bottoms of Iowa.
The ISSA currently owns seven handheld
Magellan Meridian Gold GPS units, and they are available for use by member-clubs.
Reserve one today by contacting your respective ISSA Region Director.
Instructions (.pdf) for plotting a trail map with GPS technology are available
here.
Completed maps and downloads should be emailed to either Durby or to Molly
Oliverson at the IDNR. Memory cards may be also be mailed. For more information,
contact Durby at (641) 567-3090.
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May 15 Deadline for Submitting 2006 ISSA Award Nomination Forms;
Nominations for 2006 for the ISSAs annual awards program
are due to Awards Committee Chair Dave Carmichael by May 15.
Forms and instructions for submitting candidates for consideration are
available here. Only current ISSA members are eligible to win and
to complete nominations. The winners will be judged by a non-partisan
panel this summer and announced at the Awards Banquet of the 2006 ISSA
Annual Convention Nov. 18 in Waterloo.
Their nominations will then be forwarded to the national competition sponsored
by the American Council of Snowmobile Associations in June of 2007.
The ISSA awards program is specifically designed to recognize the
outstanding efforts and accomplishments of Iowa snowmobilers. Photos,
letters of support, newspaper clippings, videos and other items may be
used to support your nominees. Completed nominations may be returned either
by mail or electronically. For more information, contact Carmichael
at (319) 882-3749.
It is now again time for us to consider award nominations for
deserving Iowa snowmobilers, Carmichael wrote in a January
letter to ISSA members. Did you or your club send in nominations
last year? Every one of us knows at least one person who is an outstanding
Iowa snowmobiler who deserves to be recognized. Lets make
2006 a banner year for awards.
ISSA Instructions for Digital Trail Mapping;
Roughly 85 Iowa snowmobile club members attended the ISSA's Groomer
Operator Certification Workshop Jan. 7 at the Delaware County
Fairgrounds in Manchester.
Following lunch, ISSA members presented a plaque of appreciation
to Iowa Rep. Steven Lukan, R-New Vienna, for his efforts supporting
snowmobile-friendly legislation at the Statehouse in Des Moines.
For further reading on the legislation, the workshop and groomers in Iowa,
be sure to pick up a copy of the March 2006 issue of the Iowa Snowmobiler
magazine.
More
Iowa snowmobile info here...
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February 19, 2006; DES MOINES, Iowa --
Man Injured In Snowmobile Accident;
A Des Moines man was injured Saturday afternoon when a snowmobile
he was operating collided with a tree on private property north of
Polk City. Craig Clark, 42, was transported to Mercy Medical Center
in Des Moines by an Ankeny emergency rescue crew. His injuries
were believed to be non-life-threatening.
full news story here
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