Hello Roach Riders,  ​
It is that time of year!!! The leaves are starting to turn and the smell of wood smoke in the air. It is time to get those trails ready for a great riding season. Mark your calendars now, the fall club meeting/trail work weekend is scheduled for November 11th-November 13th, 2016. Come up and help maintain the wonderful trails you ride! Club Members who attend and help us get the trails ready stay courtesy of Fred and Marie. Please bring the usual tools, plywood, screw guns, screws, drills, staple guns, hammers, nails, permanent markers and any sign mounting materials you can scrounge up. We will have the meeting/election of officers the evening of the 12th immediately after the annual feast. All those who attend are asked, make that required, to bring a Pot Luck dish to share. Please RSVP Marie @ (207) 695-3993. And, please bring bedding and linens if you’ll be staying. These meetings are always a good time, and a wonderful event to attend, you never know what might happen!! Hope to see you there!
Heidi Mansir
Club Secretary, KRRSC 

​Hello Roach Riders,  ​
Good afternoon Roach Riders, Mark your calendars for June 25, 2016. The Roach Riders will be cleaning, clearing, and signing trails. Bring ATV's, chain saws, hammers, nail guns, markers, trash bags and anything you can think of that would make the job easier. You might want to bring a hat with netting, bug repellant and sun screen as well. Also we will be having a pot luck meeting/dinner so bring something yummy to share. Accommodations for members will be on Fred & Marie (thank you). Bring bedding pillows & towels. CALL MARIE so she knows how many and when you will be arriving (Friday night, Saturday morning). Thanks and looking forward to seeing everyone! 

Hello Roach Riders,
Mark your calendars now, the club meeting/trail work weekend is scheduled for November 13th –November 15th 2015. Come up and help maintain the wonderful trails you ride! Members who attend and help us do some work on the trails stay courtesy of Fred and Marie. Please bring the usual tools, plywood, screw guns, screws, drills, staple guns, hammers, nails, permanent markers, and brush cutting equipment. We will have a meeting the evening of the 14th where we will have a “Pot Luck” dinner. All those who attend are asked, make that required, to bring a dish to share. Please RSVP Marie @ (207) 695-3993. And, please bring bedding if you’ll be staying. These meetings are always a good time, and a wonderful event to attend, you never know what might happen!! Hope to see you there!
Heidi Mansir
Club Secretary, KRRSC

Hello Roach Riders, 
The annual club meeting/trail work weekend was held on October 31-November 2nd.  Members came up to participate in the meeting and help maintain the wonderful trails that we all ride!  The majority of trail work week end was dedicated to constructing a new bridge for the 66 reroute.   Thanks to Lindy, Derek, Peter, Jeff, Mike, Chris, Fred, and Richie for getting this project done.  There is still work to be done to get this trail open, and there is a lot of signing that has to happen before the season starts.   
 Members who attend and helped get the trails ready were able to stay at the Kokadjo Cabins & Trading Post courtesy of Fred and Marie (thank you).   If you do any work on the bridge or the trails, please make sure that Marie has record of your time.
Saturday night was the annual potluck feast and election of officers.  The prime rib, pot pie, beans, jalapeño poppers, sausage with peppers and onions, awesome pumpkin squares and cake etc., etc., were all awesome.  YUM!   
The results of the election were:  Richie Alexander, President, Andy Diskes, Vice President, Joy Idman, Treasurer, Heidi Mansir, Secretary, Fred Candeloro, Trail Master and Jeff Gagnon, Clerk.  
A great time was had by all!!
If you have not renewed your membership, it’s time! If you need a copy of the membership form you can print a copy of the membership application from the website.
Heidi Mansir
Club Secretary, KRRSC​

Hello Roach Riders,
It is almost that time of year!!! The leaves are starting to turn and the smell of wood smoke in the air. It is time to get those trails ready for a great riding season.
Mark your calendars now, the fall club meeting/trail work weekend is scheduled for October 31st – November 2nd,  2014.
 Come up and help maintain the wonderful trails you ride! Folks who attend and help us get the trails ready stay courtesy of Fred and Marie. Richie is hard at work gathering signage and backers. Please bring the usual tools, plywood, screw guns, screws, drills, staple guns, hammers, nails, permanent markers and any sign mounting materials you can scrounge up. We will have the meeting/election of officers the evening of the 1st immediately after the annual feast. All those who attend are asked, make that required, to bring a Pot Luck dish to share. Please RSVP Marie @ (207) 695-3993.  And, please bring bedding if you’ll be staying. These meetings are always a good time, and a wonderful event to attend , you never know what might happen!!  Hope to see you there!
Heidi Mansir
Club Secretary, KRRSC

Hello Roach Riders, 
The groomer is fixed and we are back on a regular grooming schedule.  After a leaking main pump and a blown track, Fred says the only thing that has not had to be fixed this year is the cab!  So, weather permitting we will be out there. Thanks Fred, Bob, Jeff, John and Andy for all of your work to get the groomer back up and running.
 There have been some updates to our trail system.  There is some logging on the NFG trail so we will be re-routing to avoid this.   Check out the webpage http://www.kokadjoroachriders.org  for current trail conditions.  Or, you can “like” us on Facebook  http://www.facebook.com/krrsc and you will be able to find links to updated information there as well. 
We are also going to be updating the Business Member section of our website.  If you are a business member and would like your company information displayed on our website, please email your information to heidimansir@kokadjoroachriders.org as soon as possible. 
If you have not renewed your membership, it’s time.  If you need a copy of the membership form you can print a copy of the membership application from the website.
Happy riding!!!!!!
Heidi Mansir
Club Secretary, KRRSC

Hello Roach Riders, 
The weather is starting to get cool and the snow flurries have begun, the last storm left a light covering of white.  Hopefully these early storms are just the beginning of a great season!
Usually, October is a quiet month for club news, but this year we have four important pieces of information to share;

• First, we are excited to congratulate Marie Candeloro, who has recently been appointed by the Commissioner to the Snowmobile Advisory Committee.  Marie has accepted her appointment and she will begin working immediately.  Thank you, Marie, for working so hard and volunteering your time to improve our trail system.
• Second, we want all members to know that we have received notice that the State has completed their investigation into the conflict that took place last March.  We were informed that individual involved was reprimanded for his actions but that the details of the reprimand would be kept private because it was an employment action.  There are still a few unanswered questions but, we would really like to thank all of those club members who took the time to write letters and make calls, your involvement made a difference.
• The third issue that we are facing is a cut to our funding.  We were notified recently that the overall budget for grooming has been cut 10% and there will be some very big changes to how these funds are distributed.  Traditionally, we have received the funding through an annual contract.  The proposed changes distribute funds based on an individual hour of service.  The jury is still out on how this funding change will affect the club.  We hope to learn more at a meeting on 10/16/12.  All Groomers from the Unorganized Northern Piscataquis County region will be attending to learn more about this funding change.  We will have an update on this issue at the annual meeting in November.

Finally, if you have not renewed your membership, it’s time.   If you need a copy of the membership form you can print a copy of the membership application from the website.
 Heidi Mansir
Club Secretary, KRRSC

Hello Roach Riders,  ​
It is almost that time of year!!! I have heard they are forecasting a great year for snow, so, it is time to get those trails ready for a great riding season.
Mark your calendars now, the fall club meeting/trail work weekend is scheduled for November 9-11. This is a three day holiday weekend so we should have lots of time to get our trail system in order.   Come up and help maintain the wonderful trails you ride! Folks who attend and help us get the trails ready stay courtesy of Fred and Marie. The Prez is hard at work gathering signage and backers. Please bring the usual tools, plywood, screw guns, screws, drills, staple guns, hammers, nails, permanent markers and any sign mounting materials you can scrounge up. We will have the meeting/election of officers the evening of the 10th immediately after the annual feast. All those who attend are asked, make that required, to bring a Pot Luck dish to share. Please RSVP Marie @ (207) 695-3993.  And, please bring bedding if you’ll be staying. These meetings are always a good time, and a wonderful event to attend if you could use a bit of verbal abuse. Hope to see you there!

Hello Roach Riders, 
People are riding!  It has been very cold this week, good grooming weather! This cold weather is helping to hold a solid base on the trails. We are on a regular grooming schedule and both of the groomers are back up and running now.  The trails are in good shape! There is some fine riding to be had!!   Hope to see you soon.
Happy Trails!

Hello Roach Riders, 
Finally, people are riding!  Fred and crew are not grooming yet but the trails are passable.  We have had riders come in from the Jackman area and from the Schoodic Lake area.  We have an icy base with three to four inches of cover.  However, please be extremely cautious crossing any body of water, the temperature has varied from day to day here and the ice is not reliably safe.   Look forward to seeing you soon.  Happy Trails!