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2010 International
Snowmobile Congress
Coralville, Iowa
June 10-12, 2010
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release here.

HOST OF THE 42nd INTERNATIONAL SNOWMOBILE CONGRESS JUNE 10-12, 2010 CORALVILLE, IA. Click here for more info.

Important Deadlines for Snowmobile Clubs
Charity Surveys due March 31. Download here.
Scholarship applications due April 15. Click here for forms.
Award nominations due May 15. Turn here for more information.

Magazine Issues Combined,
Special ISC Edition Planned
       As readers will note in the upcoming issue of the Iowa Snowmobiler
magazine, the February and March issues have been combined into one
edition.
       Magazine publisher Pioneer Graphics blamed sluggish advertising
revenue for the consolidation, but the ISSA Magazine Committee was able
to negotiate a special seventh edition commemorating the ISSA’s hosting
of the International Snowmobile Congress to fulfill the seven-issue
contract with Pioneer. If you are interested in advertising in this issue,
please contact the magazine office at editor@iowasnowmobiler.com.
       ISSA members should watch their mail this spring for the special
publication, which in addition to coverage of great snowmobiling activities
in Iowa will also promote the upcoming ISC 2010 at Coralville June 10-12.
       Club News submitted for the February and March issues will be
printed in the combined issue. However, in order save space for important
ISC information, there will be no Club News in the special ISC edition.
       The Magazine Committee apologizes for any inconvenience this latest
development may have caused but looks forward to the souvenir edition in
the coming months.

Email your trail photos to the magazine office!

The Iowa Snowmobiler magazine is inviting Iowa snowmobile clubs to
submit photos and stories of their trail system, trail rides and club
activities, including groomer operation, from this great winter to the
following email address: editor@iowasnowmobiler.com. Pictured above
is the Hancock County Snowmobile Association's groomer in action in
Region 3.

ISSA Launches Young Adult Snowmobiler Effort;
New Award Being Offered to 18- 24-Year-Olds
       A new initiative by the ISSA to attract and, more importantly, retain
a younger audience has led to the development of the Young Adult
Snowmobiler Program.
       Region 5 Assistant Director Tyler Willey is spearheading the effort
and explained the program is targeting college-age students in the 18- to
24-year-old range—riders who are away from their home for the first
time and away from their home club and local snowmobiling activities.
       “In high school, they come to the club meetings with their parents.
It’s at the point where the leave the house is where we are losing them,”
Willey said. “They are away from their home club, and they don’t have
anywhere to ride, thus potentially causing them to lose interest in the
sport.”
       One component of the program already underway is to unveil a
Young Adult Snowmobiler of the Year Award at the 2010 ISSA Annual
Convention this November in Storm Lake. Another idea being tossed
around is for snowmobile clubs in college towns to “adopt-a-
snowmobiler,” i.e. inviting college students for local snowmobile rides.
       As proposed by Willey, clubs would send the ISSA the names of
their graduating seniors, and then the Young Adult Snowmobiler Program
would track where they are going to college and give the clubs near those
colleges their names to get them involved in snowmobiling.
       “We want to encourage them so they stay connected to the sport,”
Willey said. “It is going to be a big responsibility on the local clubs
though.”
       For more information on this new Young Adult program or to help
out, contact Willey at willeyt676@peacocks.uiu.edu or (563) 920-9535.