Milestones

PathBlazers Snowmobile Club

After five years of planning and work, the PathBlazers Snowmobile Club celebrated the completion of their new building in Chisholm with a ribbon cutting and open house to showcase their accomplishment. This building is important as the club needed a place to store, maintain and protect the equipment necessary to maintain the club’s 67 miles of trail. The club had looked for an existing building but wasn’t able to find anything suitable so decided to build. This wouldn’t have been possible without support from local businesses, many volunteers and the City of Chisholm and their city administrator, mayor and city council which allowed the club to secure two parcels of land for $1 each in their Industrial Park, adjacent to the club’s trail. The club paid for the project using funds received through volunteer work over many years.

The PathBlazers Snowmobile Club, Inc. of today is the result of a merger in the early 2000s between the former Hibbing Trail Blazers and the former Chisholm Pathfinders Club. At the time the clubs merged, IRRRB elected to get out of the grooming business and the club received a Tucker Sno-Cat groomer from IRRRB to groom their trails. The grooming was done by an individual for several years and eventually the club acquired its own grooming equipment.

Dan Marich, president of the PathBlazers, joined the club in the late 1980s because he always loved the sport of snowmobiling and always tried to be a good volunteer to the community. According to Marich, “Volunteerism is so very important, and the club is very fortunate to have so many great volunteers. The true success of the club is its team effort and having a lot of fun along the way.”

The club has been growing and now has over 150 members. They are always looking for people to join the club. You can find it on Facebook or join through the website at https:// pathblazersclub.com/.

Arctic Cat’s 60th Homecoming

July 15th & 16th at the Engelstad Arena in Thief River Falls

Former Arctic Cat employee Joey Hallstrom was the emcee and organizer of the event. PJ Wanderscheid of Country Cat, sitting on his race sled, looks like he could still be out there racing.

Greeting attendees outside the arena was “the” Arctic Cat International Semi. Imagine how many brand new Arctic Cat’s were delivered to dealers throughout the country with this rig. And it is looking better than ever with a recent overhaul and restoration by the Gottschalk Family.