St. Germain ATV UTV Club News

Dear St. Germain ATV Club members,

My name is Diana Nasca, and I am your current club treasurer. I appreciate everyone’s patience on the writing of this letter.   By now, many of you may have heard the sad news of the passing of our beloved Trail Boss, Dave Brosseit.   To me, however, he was much more than that; he was the man I called Dad.  Dave/Dad came into my life when I was 12 which was 3 years after my first father, Wally Hospodar, passed suddenly.   Dave passed peacefully on December 1^st  in my home while being held by Dorothy Hospodar his lifelong partner and my mom, myself, Lauren his granddaughter and my daughter (and his partner in crime-ha ha), Jake Frank her husband, and Joe Sullivan my partner.  So now I have two wonderful men I was blessed enough to call Dad watching over me.  But now I would like to share with you some of the things I am grateful for during Dave/Dad’s life.  To list all of the things I am grateful for would be impossible, so in letter form to him I am going to focus on the sports up here that he helped me and my family to love.  Some of these things the St. Germain ATV Club is grateful for as well.

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Hi Dad (Dave),

Thank you for introducing mom, me, my sisters, and your son to snowmobiling and atving back when we were teens.  Thanks for all of the crazy adventures you shared with my mom by snowmobile and atv including a snowmobile trip that involved you two needing a ride home since the snow and ice had stared to melt.  You and mom provided a lot of entertainment for us kids.  Thanks for loving my daughter as a true grandchild and helping me with getting her to love these recreational sports as well to the point that she found a career.

Thank you for being the first trail boss for the St. Germain ATV club.  You and board members before and during your time are so important to the development of a trail system that is still in its early stages.  The foundation you laid will be appreciated for years to come as we grow as a club.  Thank you for all the hours you spent on signage, trail development, and trail maintenance.  Just a few months ago, I really enjoyed helping you to clear trails after the last storm.  Ok, so you wouldn’t let me use the chain saw, but it was still fun.  Thank you for coaching me last month to help the club with the seasonal signs that needed to be changed to prepare for the snowmobile season.  Even from your hospital bed as we sometimes cried together and laughed together, you coached me on what was needed in this area.

Thank you for the father/daughter trips by snowmobile and atv including a snowmobile adventure on Superbowl Sunday with just enough mishaps to make it an adventure.  You will be with me guiding me on future adventures.

Thank you for supporting me as a St. Germain ATV club board member.  I will do my best to make you proud.

Love, Diana

The St. Germain ATV Club participated in the Chamber of Commerce’s Christmas Event this year.  The Club collected funds and food for the Food Pantry as well as escorting Santa to the festivities.  A big thank you to the St. Germain Fire Department, Gary Penner, Phil Lampert and Lisa Penner for getting Santa’s sleigh put together and  collecting for the Food Pantry!

The final Club Membership Meeting was held 11/11/2021.  A pizza party kicked off the evening with food and drinks supplied by Knockers Pizza Company and St. Germain Sentry.  It was a great way to end our 2021 Membership Meetings.  Our next meeting will be March 2022.  More to come prior to that time.

On 11/10/2021, The St. Germain ATV Club presented the Presque Isle Winegar Riders ATV/UTV Club with a check for $500 to help offset startup costs for their Club.

Pictured left to right are: Laurie Thompson (PI), Rich Schmalzer (PI), Holly Tomlanovich (StG), Gary Penner (StG), Steve Dimig (PI), Lisa Penner (StG), Derek Kresser (PI) and Fred Hiort (PI).

Trail work is completed between Balsam and Mud Minnow Lake trail.  Thanks to Steve Vogel (SVS) for getting this work done!

Work has also begun on updating the Birch Springs trail.  This project is being completed in cooperation with the Town of St. Germain.  Updates should be done in time for the 2022 riding season.

Highline Trail update:  work is 99% complete.  Final work to be completed is to install an access point to accommodate a 65″ wide UTV on both sides of the bridge where the boulders currently sit.  All is slated to be complete by the 2022 riding season.