Circle Trail Riders hold annual meeting

The Circle Trail Riders, Inc. year ended Feb. 29, and the new year began March 1. Regular meeting nights are the first Mondays of each month. The first Monday of the new year is annual meeting time. The club met Monday, March 2 at Hanson's Bar in New Rockford with 12 present.

This is the time for elections of new officers and Board of Directors whose terms are up.

Vice President, Corey Jorgensen stepped into the president's seat to finish one year of Dale Rosenberg's two year term.

Nominations from the floor and a ballot vote found Dianne Goebel and Brent Helseth elected as new Board of Directors for a term of three years each, replacing Dale Rosenberg and John Topp. There are a total of eight directors. Dianne Goebel agreed and was appointed vice president. Charlotte Koepplin remains secretary/treasurer.

Saturday, March 14, a few days after the annual meeting, the Circle Trail Riders gathered for their annual family party to celebrate 2019's riders at the very accommodating Senior Center in Sheyenne.

The family party caters to the kids. There were 14 energetic youngsters at this party. They were kept occupied and entertained with fun balloon games and some wild sets of musical chairs with prizes. Our "busy bee" Kim Brown, kept the kids in tune with the fun games. Winners and losers alike got a prize. Overall winner of musical chairs was Charlie Jorgensen. He received a wildlife throw for his efforts.

The riders had the pleasure of the live guitar music delivered by their own Robert Lies and wife Marjorie throughout the evening.

A pot luck supper of a variety of appetizing foods was enjoyed over conservation. You can bet not a soul went hungry.

As the evening rolled on, President Corey Jorgensen welcomed everyone with thanks for coming and got into the prestigious 2019 awards. Namely the Horses Rear Award and the Special Recognition Award. Both awards were definitely earned by Brent Helseth. As he was unable to attend, and he will receive them at a later date.

Throughout the evening, the kids signed up for the door prizes and each made a guess as to the number of door prizes and each made a guess as to how many Easter candies were in a jar. A guess of 120 found the winner to be Avery Ziegler, granddaughter of Bill and Dianna Ziegler. The grand total was 125.

Then with the help of Charlie and Billy Jorgensen, the door prize winners were: Brody Ziegler, a bucket of 20 items; Christian Nystrom, horse throw; Avery Ziegler, deer throw; Tate Larson, horse throw; Rynna Jorgensen, horse paint by numbers; Billy Jorgensen, Bunny; Dustin Nystrom, whoopee cushion; Christopher Buck, Paddle Ball; Axel Rue, Colors; Jaxon Buck, Colors; Charlie Jorgensen, Skittles and Harrison Jorgensen, M&M's.

Fun was had by all, kids and adults alike were tiring out. It was time for the drive home, tuck in and fall asleep thinking about the fun time they had.

Next on the agenda for the trail riders is the Annual Summer ride, June 19-21. They will make their base camp just west of Sheyenne at Hendrickson's Park. This year's ride will be held in conjunction with their annual saddle raffle on Saturday, June, 20, at Hendrickson's Park. Raffle tickets are available in local and area establishments. Items on the ticket are, saddle, quilt, rifle and grill. Watch and look for the eye-catching posters for more information.