Ski with the Best Website: Address: Newark Ski Club, Inc. P.O. Box 4001, Newark OH LOOK FOR US ON FACEBOOK

Transcription

1 A P u b l i c a t i o n o f t h e N e w a r k S k i C l u b Ski with the Best Website: Address: Newark Ski Club, Inc. P.O. Box 4001, Newark OH LOOK FOR US ON FACEBOOK Newark Ski Club Meeting Where: Otter Creek Winery 5921 Bennington Chapel Rd Johnstown, OH When: 6pm Social & Food 7pm Meeting NEXT MEETING DATE CHANGE!!!!!! November 2nd Otter Creek Winery Johnstown, OH 6 pm - 9 pm The Inside Edge Prez Sez... november highlights cruise recap & pix Learn to ski better Christmas Party Halloween party pix membership mtg recap & pix happy hour Wow this is something different. Otter Creek Winery couldn t accommodate us on our normal Tuesday so we are having our meeting there on Wednesday November 2. Like we usually do at the late season Otter Creek meeting, please bring a dish to share those light snacks.. and drink their wine while watching ice form on the pond. If you don t read the newsletter this time, not only will you miss the emoticon, you will probably miss the meeting. Yes, you know what that means, we re gonna talk about you for sure!! After the October meeting, a number of people said that they liked the ambiance (whoa! big word) at the Maennerchor and that it was pretty well located. Therefore, be it universally known, that this year the Newark Ski Club Christmas Party will be December 6 at the Maennerchor in Newark. This year s dinner will be catered by some veteran Maennerchor caterers and the dance floor will be hopping. Like last year, it will cost you a bit, but what s $10 between friends? If you had a good time at last year s Party, how can you even think of missing this year s Party? So, give Sandy your Hamilton at the November 2nd meeting and get on THE LIST. And do it by Nov. 29th before the price goes up to $15!! The Activities Planning Meeting was held on October 17 at the House of Huffman. Come and hear what the Ski Club has planned for you. We have a really exciting and varied lineup of events for the upcoming year from a walk in the woods to we ll you wouldn t want me to spoil it before the big announcement, right?!? See you at Otter Creek on November 2. bruce kern, president Directions to Otter Creek Winery Information about Otter Creek Winery can be found at their website thewineryatottercreek.com or by calling them directly at Otter Creek Winery 5291 Bennington Chapel Rd Johnstown, OH From Newark : Take Mt. Vernon Rd (OH-13) North to Marion Rd (Rt. 657) & turn Left. Drive NW for 13 miles. Turn Left at Bennington Chapel Rd. Winery is on your Left at 0.7 miles. From Granville : Take N. Pearl St (OH-661) North. Turn Left at Marion Rd (Rt. 657). Drive 5.2 miles and turn Left onto Bennington Chapel Rd. Winery is on your Left at 0.7 miles. From Columbus : Take 161 East to the US-62/New Albany exit. Turn L on US-62N. Drive 16 miles and then turn Left onto Marion Rd (Rt. 657). Turn Left onto Bennington Chapel Rd and winery will be on your Left after 0.7 miles. Don t forget to bring your favorite appetizer or dessert to share with everyone as we enjoy this great local winery and start the holiday season off right!! Inside this Issue Prez Sez.. & Directions to Otter Creek Winery 1 Caribbean Cruise Recap & Pictures 2 Halloween Party Wrap-up & Pix and November Happy Hour 3 Membership Birthdays & Christmas Party 3 Learn to Cross Country Ski & Vice Sez 3 Learn To Ski Better & Membership Renewal Recap & Pix 4 Calendar of Events, Tentatively Planned Trips, Exec Board 5 Payment Coupon, & Planning Committee Thank You 5 November & December Table Calendars 6

2 Page NOVEMBER CARIBBEAN CRUISE RECAP As I sit and look out my window at the cold drizzle this chilly October morning, my mind drifts back to the perfect weather and beautiful seas of our recent Caribbean cruise. The Newark Ski Club s Caribbean Cruise 2011 had something for everyone. Right from the start we knew it was going to be a great time when we started out with a nonstop flight to Tampa giving us plenty of time to board the ship, look around, get settled in, grab some lunch, and just relax. Before board- ing the ship, Sandy was able to enjoy a wonderful lunch with some family members that live in Tampa whom she had not seen for quite a few years. The following day, while we were steaming to our destination aboard Carnival Legends, we were able to enjoy one of the many swimming pools & water slides and then the 85 weather on deck with a book or a cool drink. During the four days that we stopped at the ports of the Cozumel, Belize, Roatan, & Grand Cayman, our group was able to enjoy a wide variety of activities and excur- sions. Some of these activities included: taking a Jeep tour of the island, finally finding conch soup on Grand Cayman, cave snorkel- ing, regular snorkeling, Echo Park monkeys, and even a relaxing day at the beach watching the waves & the seagulls. Plus there was al- ways the island shopping. And some of the best scuba diving in the world! Every night in the dining room was a treat, with our dancing waiter, Luis. The food was excellent and bountiful. Sometimes the choices on the menu were just too hard to make, so we just said, heck, we re on vacation, bring me the lobster tail and prime rib! The desserts were another experience altogether; can we say 800 calorie chocolate melting cake? And what about the Crème Brule? After stuffing ourselves at dinner, we would waddle down to that night's Las Vegas quality show of co- medians, magicians, or dancers. After a week of island adventures, we spent a nice relaxing Saturday cruising back to Tampa, where our cabs were waiting to take us to the airport. Our cabdrivers had to drag us kick- ing and screaming to the airport, as no one was really ready to return to reality. I was a lit- tle nervous about catching our return flight, with only 2 1/2 hours between docking and our flight takeoff, but everything went off without a hitch. Carnival Cruise Lines performed flaw- lessly with great customer service, a wonderful atmosphere, and punctual arrivals & departures at all ports. Southwest Airlines also did a very good job with their arrivals and departures. Sandy and I are in the process of planning another Caribbean cruising for this time next year. Right now, it looks like Aruba, Curaçao, & Grand Turks will be among the stops for next year. Keep watching your newsletter for the details! Tim Crowley

3 Page NOVEMBER BIG HAPPY HALLOWEEN THANKS The 2nd Annual Dead Men Tell No Tales Halloween Party & Happy Hour was smashing success! The McBride home was haunted within an inch of it s life. The NSC mem- bership made their best potluck item, decked themselves out in their very best party attire, grabbed their favorite bottle, and assembled for a scary good time. We want to Thank Deb & Matt for the great party that we enjoyed on Saturday and Rosie for getting all the great pictures here and throughout this newsletter. THANK YOU ALL!!!!!! The Christmas Party It s that time of year again, so put this party on your calendar. Start your month out right with your friends at the Newark Ski Club by coming out to the Maennerchor on Tuesday, December 6th and getting your groove on! There will be food, dancing, door prizes, cheap drinks, and, if you re lucky (& buy him enough beer!), the moon will come out, Miller-style! The cover charge for this great evening of fun & friends is just $10 pre-sale before Nov. 29th, or $15 plus the correct answer to a riddle at the door. So bring your cash to the Otter Creek meeting and get YOUR name onto THE LIST, or you might not get past the bouncer! Here is another great reason to come to the Otter Creek Meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 2nd - Tom and le Huffman will be unveiling their Learn To Cross Country Ski Program. Anyone with even a slight interest in this fun and ancient form of travel should make a point of showing up. Who knows, YOU might just get hooked! Membership Birthdays Scott Callahan Dave Horning Deb Wieser Carl Reida Kathleen Blaine Judy Horning Dan Hoselton Christian Phillips Kip Bowman Rosie Chattos 4th 6th 6th 15th 19th 21st 26th 26th 28th 29th What a great month To celebrate our birth. The Brit s start it off with fireworks, & we Colonists finish it off With Carbs and Tryptophan!! So Happy Birthda zzzzzzz Time to get your HAPPY HOUR ON!! On November 18th, we are going to explore a great Turkish joint at the Easton Towne Center called Café Istanbul. Stop on you way home from work to start the countdown to that most American of all Holidays<3 my Birthday!!!!!! Oh yeah, & Thanksgiving, too! Prepare your palate for turkey by eating some Turkish delights with friends. Vice Sez, The Maennerchor was a great meeting place. People that never show up at meetings graced us and had a good time. Tom Huffman was the winner of the Emoticon Contest; congrats on reading the newsletter. At Otter Creek Winery, put your name in and win! Don t let another person win the your prize. Amy Crislip, from the Snow Trails Ski Shop, donated a really cool prize so READ & WIN. See you there. Pam Spires

4 Page NOVEMBER LEARN TO SKI BETTER You still have time to sign up for one of our longest running activities. This is your chance to make skiing for the whole year very affordable, and the same goes for equipment rentals & lessons. Sign up at the next meeting before the price goes up on november 15th. Snow Trails has added a group lesson Package for Children 5-8 yrs of age. This is a great way to introduce your children or grandchildren to a sport y all can enjoy together. they will receive 1 on 1 instruction from a snow trails instructor. The once a week lift ticket starts at $145 and you can add lessons for $25 with equipment rental for $30. If you'd rather have the option of skiing every day, then the Season Freedom Pass is for you. It starts at $215 with unlimited lessons for $45 and equipment rental for $85. You can add-on unlimited tubing for $60 & unlimited ski check for $10, and a pass refund option for $15 to any package. Also available is unlimited tubing only pass for $120. Available this season is 3 Programs, which can be added on to your existing Packages. lady s, Senior, and a terrain Park Program. All three of these offer: 4 two hour group sessions, which include a meeting room, video, on snow sessions With a team of Snow Trails Sports Instructors. Details of each Program can be found On the web site and you may also contact for more information. Prices on all of these packages go up $25 on november15. See me at the meeting, me, or just call to find out how to sign up. Online sign-up is available for your convenience. Just contact me for our group discount code. This program is a wonderful opportunity to introduce skiing to the younger members of your family. We need to encourage more young people to join us to ensure that there will be a Newark ski club in the future. Tim Crowley papatimmyjay@yahoo.com Membership Renewal Meeting Wrap-up In September, we had a great turn out for our Membership Renewal Meeting at the lovely Buckeye Lake Yacht Club (Thank you Bambi for getting us this fun spot!). To all of y all who renewed, our budget thanks you from the bottom of it s check register. We are at 75 paid up mem- bers so far. GREAT JOB MEM- BERSHIP!!! To those of y all who haven t done so yet, shame on you!!! Our fun depends on YOU and your par- ticipation, which begins by renewing your mem- bership. And who can beat all the things you get from us for such a reasonable price?!? Every compa- ny in the world wishes they sold anything with such an AMAZ- ING value as you get from membership in the Newark Ski Club. The meetings alone are worth the price of admis- sion, much less the cruises, camping weekends, Western ski trips, European trips, Halloween parties, Christmas parties, one-day excursions, tailgating, raf- fle prizes, Fishing, Hiking, charitable donations, Cross Country Skiing, par- ties... oops, I mean committee meetings, etc., etc., etc. So, Come on Everybody, Join the Best Club in Town!!!!

5 Page NOVEMBER Calendar of Events ZIPLINE TOUR, SUNDAY SEPT. 26TH 11/2/11 11:30 am - 3:30 pm November Meeting Otter Creek Winery 11/18/11 Happy Hour - Café Istanbul at Easton 12/ 6/11 December Meeting/Christmas Party at the Maennerchor 1/3/2012 January Meeting 1/7/12 Snow Trails Kickoff Weekend 1/20/12 Happy Hour at Buckeye Winery 1/28/12 Learn to Cross Country Ski Weekend 2/7/12 February Meeting 2/18/12 Happy Hour at Snow Trails 3/3-10/12 Taos, NM Western Ski Trip 3/6/12 March Meeting 3/16/12 Happy Hour Sept 2012 Bambi s Farm Weekend & Pig Roast 2013 Interlochen European Trip TENTATIVELY PLANNED TRIPS Winter Spring Red-Eye to 7 Springs Mid-Week Holiday Valley Trip TAASC /Happy Hour Night Ice Skating Night OSU Spring Game Tailgating Clippers Game-Dime A Dog Night Summer Camping Trip/Whitewater Rafting/Fishing/Hiking????? Your Ideas Here!!!!!!!! Board of Directors President: Bruce Kern brucekern@roadrunner.com Vice President: Pam Spires pam@snowtrails.com Secretary: Bambi Wright richnbambi@yahoo.com Treasurer: Sandy Moore smoore@cbjlawyers.com Activities: le Huffman dayleandtom@gmail.com Membership: Marge Jensen-Brubaker mkj2434@yahoo.com Director At Large: Tom Huffman dayleandtom@gmail.com Newsletter Editor: Christian Phillips nscnewsletter@rocketmail.com A BIG THANKS to everybody who came out to the Planning Committee Party, I mean, Meeting. The ideas flowed beautifully, but next time, let s try to focus. And, remember, NO DESSERT til March!! The fact that many of you are willing to step up and help plan & run these events is what makes this THE Club, ski or otherwise, to belong to. NEWARK SKI CLUB PAYMENT COUPON Your Name(s) Date Membership (place X on correct type) Individual - Individual 21 years of age or older New $30.00 Renewal $25.00 Family - Married couples 21 years of age or older New $50.00 Renewal $40.00 Trip/Event Trip/Event Trip/Event Amount Amount Amount Check # Total Amount Paid Make all checks payable to Newark Ski Club. Remember to show your trip deposit check to the trip leader. All other checks are to be submitted directly to the treasurer. All checks must be accompanied by a payment coupon. Your cooperation is appreciated.

6 NOVEMBER 2011 Su M Tu W Th Fri Sa DECEMBER 2011 Su M Tu W Th Fr Sa Gemstone: Golden Topaz & Citrine Flower: Chrysanthe mum 1 All Saint s 2 MEET- ING at Otter Creek/ All Soul s 3 Housewife s 4 Scott Callahan 5 Guy Fawkes (U.K.) Gemstone: Blue Topaz & Turquoise Flowers: Narcissus & Holly NAT L. BINGO NAT L. WRITE A FRIEND 1 World AIDS 2 Jim Maslowski 3 Roof Over Your Head 6 Dave Horning/Deb Wieser 13 Sadie Hawkins 20 Universal Children s 14 OR Nurses 21 Judy Horning 7 8 Election / Dunce 15 Carl Reida 22 Go For A Ride 9 Chaos Never Dies 16 Button 23 Cashew 10 USMC 17 World Peace 24 THANKS GIVING 11 VET- ERANS DAY 18 HAPPY HOUR at Café Istanbul 25 Black Friday/ You re Welcome Kathleen Blaine 26 Dan Hoselton/ Christian Phillips 4 Santa s List / Linda Stevens 11 Internat l. Children s 18 Bake Cookies 5 Repeal 12 Jan Erndt/ Norm Skinner 19 Bruce Kern 6 CHRIST MAS PARTY at Maen nerchor 13 Violin 20 James Maerhof fer/joe Phillips 7 Pearl Harbor / Chris Crall Dave Vermilion Channukah 8 Shirley Luburgh 15 Bill of Rights 22 Winter Solstice 9 Pastry 10 Human Rights Roots Maple Syrup 24 CHRIST MAS EVE 27 Advent 28 Red Planet / Kip Bowman 29 Square Dance / Rosie Chattos 30 Take A Sick NATIVE AMERI- CAN HERI- TAGE NAT L EPI- LEPSY / REAL JEWEL- RY MNTH NAT L. MODEL RAIL- ROAD 25 CHRIS TMAS DAY 26 Boxing 27 Fruitcake 28 Card Playing 29 Pepper Pot 30 Baking Soda 31 NEW YEAR S EVE Ski With the Best Place Stamp Here NEWARK SKI CLUB, Inc. PO Box 4001, Newark, OH, 43058