b'VAST Newsfinest detail as if he were building itand Chad. Thanks to Nick Desjarlais,been a supporter of our International for himself. The phrase I cant seewho fabricated the benches, the heaterTrail since then. While the hut was it from my house is not somethinggrates, and helmet racks. under construction, he would visit the Rich ever utters, even for these smallAs you can imagine, during thearea and express his support for the club projects. There were severalcreation of the International Trail andhut and what it meant to the sport.times I had to remind him, We arentbuilding of the Border Hut, we haveBecause of this and the hole that his building a grand piano, and hecontinuously interacted with anddeath left in our local community, would just look at me and say, Yeah,communicated with the U.S. Borderthe Drift Dusters board of directors but its our hut and it has my name onPatrol and the International Boundaryunanimously voted to dedicate the it. I dont think we could ever repayCommission. It was very important toBorder Hut to Agent David Chris Rich enough for the sweat equity heus to not only integrate pieces of theMaland for paying the ultimate has put into this club, and I knowhistoric customs building we salvaged,sacrifice protecting our nations border when I ask him to do something, Ibut to dedicate the hut to the braveon Jan. 20.never have to check his work to makemen and women who protect our sure its done right. Thank you again,nations border. This was taken to theAs we move through the snowmobile Rich, for everything you do. next level when, on Jan. 20, one of ourseason year after year, it is our hope Thank you to Don Green, whovery own local Border Patrol agentsthat riders will visit the hut and enjoy has handled the administrativewas murdered while conducting athe surrounding scenery in a family-and financial side of this project,traffic stop on Interstate 91. Agentfriendly atmosphere, and that the organizing and procuring theDave Maland, or Chris as some knowmemory of Agent Maland and his donations while keeping the boardhim, was like many of our other localservice to our rural area in Vermont updated on running costs andagentsa member of our community.will live on. The attention to detail expenses. He was a neighbor and a friend tothat this team used when building the many, a colleague to some, and washut will forever remind us of the past Thank you to the officers, directors,known to love patrolling the border oncustoms building that used to sit here and volunteers who stepped up abovesnowmobile. When he first moved toand the amount of bravery that our and beyond their typical roles to makeVermont, one of our directors broughtBorder Patrol agents exhibit day after sure this project happened: Brandon,him to our annual meeting, and he hasday. We hope you enjoy the hut as Mike, Tommy, Nick, Darren, Dan,much as we do!Late Winter 2025 | 3'