ASHLAND NEWS
by Susan Feeney-Hopkins
The Portage Lakers Snowmobile Club hosted its 13th annual Radar Runs Sunday, Jan. 19 on Portage Lake. The popular event drew a spectator crowd of about 200 to watch the 39 racers compete in various events. Temperatures were in the 20s with some light snow falling, making the day more comfortable than in years’ past. Due to the unseasonably warm temperatures leading up to race day, PLSC members and volunteers spent many hours getting the ice and race track ready for the event. Like always, they worked their magic and the track was smooth and perfect for racing!
High speed for the day was an impressive 127 mph, by the reigning speed king, Brock Kilcollins. An awards ceremony held at Dean’s Motor Lodge immediately followed the race.
The winners in each category were:
Vintage: Jason Gray, first place; Leroy Pelletier, second place; and Mallory Thompson, third place.
Stock Fan: Leroy Pelletier, first place; Jason Gray, second place; and Tadic Jobin, third place.
Stock 1000: Ryan Everett, first place; and Charles Everett, second place.
Improved Stock: Tadic Jobin, first place; Cody Thibodeau, second place; and Adam Barker, third place.
Improved 700: Jason Gray, first place; Ryan Everett, second place; and James LaPlante, third place.
Stock 500: Tadic Jobin, first place; Cody Thibodeau, second place; and Leroy Pelletier, third place.
Stock 700: Ryan Everett, first place; Mitchell McDunnah, second place; and Ryan Kelly, third place.
Stock 900: Milo Haney, first place; and Cody Thibodeau, second place.
Improved Stock 800: Jason Gray, first place; Jason Gray, second place; and Bradley Therrien, third place.
Open: Brock Kilcollins, first place (127 mph).
Military news
Army Pvt. Logan Charette has graduated from the Infantryman One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning in Columbus, Ga. The training consists of basic infantry training and advanced individual training.
During the nine weeks of basic combat training, the soldier received training in drill and ceremonies, weapons employment, map reading, tactics, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid skills and Army history, core values and traditions. Additional training included development of basic combat skills and battlefield operations and tactics, and experienced use of various weapons and weapons of defenses available to infantry crewmen.
The advanced individual training course is designed to train infantry soldiers to perform reconnaissance operations, employ, fire and recover anti-personnel and anti-tank mines, locate and neutralize land mines and operate target and sight equipment, operate and maintain communications equipment and radio networks, construct field firing aids for infantry weapons, and to perform infantry combat exercises and dismounted battle drills which include survival procedures in a nuclear, biological or chemical contaminated area.
Charette is the son of Edwin Charette of Ashland, and Tracy Moulthropp of Hartford, Conn. He is a 2012 graduate of Berlin High School in Berlin, Conn.
Susan Feeney-Hopkins is the correspondent for Ashland, Portage Lake, Oxbow, Masardis, Garfield, Nashville Plantation and the surrounding areas. She can be reached at 227-7760 or Feenhop@aol.com.
