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Myrnam River Ridge Riders Snowmobile Club Celebrates Grand Opening of Clubhouse
Myrnam River Ridge Riders Snowmobile Club Celebrates Grand Opening of Clubhouse
Michelle Pinon - News Advertiser
Around 90 people were in attendance for the grand opening of the Myrnam River Ridge Riders Snowmobile Club’s new clubhouse on April 9.
Club President Anthony Axley officially welcomed everyone to the celebration following supper. “I want to thank everyone who helped to put this together.” He then called on Village of Myrnam Mayor Donna Rudolf, County of Two Hills Reeve Murray Phillips, Alberta Snowmobile Association President Addam Saruk and Club Members Dennis Maksymiuk and John Fedoriuk to assist with the ribbon cutting.
Mayor Rudolf complemented members on the special achievement by saying, “It’s wonderful what you guys have done. You did a marvelous job. It’s so nice to see a new building, and these guys did an absolutely fantastic job with the show ‘n shine. They’ve brought together people from all over the place. They are the best, and thank you for everything you do.”
Reeve Phillips stated, “On behalf of the County of Two Hills the Myrnam Snowmobile Club has been recognized throughout Alberta as a great organization. I am a member as well as the Reeve. We do pride ourselves in community spirit and you can see by everyone around here, it takes a community to make this happen.”
Speaking about the project, Murray said, “We had some excellent funding raising, we had some grant money, we had some sponsorships, we had families volunteer. We built this building in a year, which is pretty remarkable for a non-profit to come up with the funds in that short a time. So, the community, the county is supporting every non-profit, it’s not just the Myrnam Snowmobile Club; although we’ve helped out with some trails, we’ve helped out with project donations, our annual grant. But every non-profit in our community is important to the county’s success. So, thank you to you all for being a part of the success of this organization.”
Addam Saruk, President of the Alberta Snowmobile Association, was next to speak. Saruk has served as ASA President for one year. “I’d like to congratulate the club that I am a part of as well on your grand opening. It is quite the honour. I know all the clubs in the province, and I don’t know any that have anything like this, so I am really, really proud of them. In Alberta, they are in the top 10 in trail pass memberships, which is nice to see; and in kilometres of trail. They are up and comers, they are contenders. It’s nice to see. Again, I’d like to congratulate them on their opening and everything else.”
Axley recognized Saruk who served as President of the Snowmobile Club for more than 20 years. “He was the backbone of the whole thing and got us to where we’re at.”
Axley went on to say, “I’d like to thank the landowners, sponsors, volunteers and everyone whose helped us out. We now have over 220 kms of trail. We have four cabins. I feel we’ve got a great bunch of guys always helping us.”
