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About Us
2008 – 2009 MANITOWOC COUNTY SNOWMOBILE ALLIANCE OFFICERS
President |
Steve Hutchinson |
Vice President |
Kelly Christiansen |
Secretary |
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Treasurer |
Pat Sixel |
AWSC - Manitowoc County Director and Rep
L to R - Dee Langhor, Rep.; Elroy Jaeger, Dir.
MANITOWOC COUNTY SNOWMOBILE ALLIANCE HISTORY
The Manitowoc County Snowmobile Alliance was started on Dec 2, 1971, with AI Reindl as president, Andy Endries as vice-president and Theresa Holschbach as secretary.
In the fall of 1972 a meeting was held between the Alliance staff and the Manitowoc County Planning and Park Commission to discuss the possible development of the public trail. A three-year trial trail program was set up.
In April of 1973 the public trail was started with 32 miles of trail, all on private property. This trail ran from the Sheboygan county line north to Taus and involved 67 landowners. The trail was formally dedicated on January 6, 1974 at the Viking Bow and Gun Club. In 1973, there were already 15 snowmobile clubs in the Alliance. On October 19,1973, the Manitowoc County Snowmobile Alliance was incorporated.
Manitowoc County was the first county in the State of Wisconsin to put a public snowmobile trail on private property. Prior to this the only public snowmobile trails in Manitowoc county were 3 miles in the Collins Marsh and a 4 mile loop in Point Beach State Forest.
In 1974 the East-West trail was added connecting Calumet county and a trail to Point Beach adding another 40 miles and another 67 landowners. In 1975 another 34 miles of public trail was added connecting Brown County, Kewaunee County and Cleveland and another trail to Sheboygan County. This gave Manitowoc County a total of 106 miles of public trail in 3 years.
In 1974 a safety program was suggested to put a safety flag on a 4-foot flexible rod on the back of the snowmobile. Another flag below it of a different color would identify the various clubs. Any snowmobile without a flag would identify a snowmobiler not belonging to a club.
Mr. Mike Wallander was the first groomer for the public trail assisted by Elton Lutzke. Later the Viking Sno-Riders, Louis Corners Sno-Birds, Lakeshore Snowmobile Club, American Sno-Sports, and Ronald Schmidt added groomers.
Manitowoc County Snowmobile Alliance Presidents
| Dec71/72 Al Reindl | 1986 Peter Becker | 2000 Jim Cook |
| 1973 Andy Endries | 1987 Jim Cook | 2001 Mike Loritz |
| 1974 Glen Franzen | 1988 Roger Manke | 2002 Sandy Oswald |
| 1975 Francis Waniger | 1989 Phil Knauf | 2003 Sandy Oswald |
| 1976 Larry Valleskey | 1990 Elroy Jaeger | 2004 Jr. (Ralph) Zutz |
| 1977 Tom Lefeber | 1991 Rich Ebert | 2005 Jim Wester |
| 1978 Fred Fisher | 1992 Tom Jens | 2006 Sandy Oswald |
| 1979 Keith Meyer | 1993 Keith Meyer | 2007 Tom Jens |
| 1980 Lester Tetzlaff | 1994 Jr. (Ralph Zutz) | |
| 1981 Mark Voland | 1995 Jr. (Ralph) Zutz | |
| 1982 Lester Tetzlaff | 1996 Jim Cook | |
| 1983 Paul Muench | 1997 David Haupt | |
| 1984 Bob Irish | 1998 David Haupt | |
| 1985 Robert May | 1999 Mike Loritz | |
