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International Groomer Operator of the Year
2001 Groomer
William Wanta, Sr.
Each year at the International Snowmobile Congress, a groomer operator is chosen from each ofthe three Chapters of the International Snowmobile Council and honered by Arctic Cat as the (Groomer Operator of the Year.)
To carry this program one step further, the INTERNATIONAL GROOMER OPERATOR OF THE YEAR AWARD was developed with the cooperation of the International Snowmobile Hall of Fame and Arctic Cat to give credit to one of these groomer operators. They put so much time and energy into the sport and are seldom recognized for all they do for snowmobiling.
This year's selection committee, was made up of two Snowmobile Program Administrators, and three groomer operators, and they have chosen William Wanta, Sr., from Rosholt, Wisconsin (Portage County) to receive the second annual award for the year 2001.
Bill Wanta received national recognition last June at the International Snowmobile Congress in Nashua, N.H. and now will be recognized as the Internatinal recipient.
A founding member of the Shanty-Town Snowmobile Club in 1968, gave him the opportunity to plan and lay out 50 miles of trails, that the club maintains and he still grooms 33 years later. He is assisted by his wife Elise, who is an avid club member and officer. Club groomer operators include two sons, which he personally trained and instructed. Building his own drags, maintaining the groomers, supervising and doing all trail maintenance, has rubbed off on club members and gained the club such pride and responsibilities in having the finest trails in the county and attracts snowmobilers to their trails
Anyone from the club that is around "Uncle Bill Wanta" takes their work serious in what they do for the club and for the sport of snowmobiling.
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