Maidenforum OCTOBER 2018 VOLUME 63 ISSUE 2 N E W S L E T T E R O F T H E S K I Y E N T E S K I C L U B Hillcrest Ski and Sports to Host October Meeting I N T H I S I S S U E Hillcrest Hosts OCT Meeting Skiyente Clean-Up Wine and Skis Highway Clean-up Coming Events Play SKIGO Kick-Off Recap Member Corner PACRAT Video Worth Watching Mikaela Shiffrin Did You Know Calendar About Skiyente Attachments O C T O B E R October 2 General Meeting Shop at 6:00 Meeting at 7:00 Hillcrest Ski & Sports 2506 SE Burnside Rd Gresham 97080 October 23 Board Meeting @ Eileen s Social: 6:30 Meeting: 7:00 Come join the fun and the opportunity to save BIG! Our October 2 General Meeting will be held at Hillcrest Ski and Sports at 2506 SE Burnside Road, Gresham, OR 97080 Activities start at 6:00 with meeting starting at 7:00. Come early and shop. Skiyente members will receive discounts. Expert staff will showcase what s hot for the 2018-19 season. Pizza and soft drinks will be provided. BYOB or vino. Remember sharing is caring. Of course, we will have membership applications available and continue to collect dues. Fill out the membership form that is attached and make your dues checks out to Skiyente for $50. Bring to the meeting or mail directly to Membership Chair Sally Niedermeyer at 3635 SW Hillside Drive Portland, OR 97221. The season is still very early however Skiyentes like to get memberships completed early and meetings are another opportunity to build camaraderie. Ski and snowboarding buddies are developed by not only being on the mountain but by getting involved in each other s lives off the mountain! What a great way to do that free food, shopping and praying for snow together! Dexter Hill, owner of Hillcrest, has extended an invitation to all Skiyentes for his Race Night event on Wednesday, October 3. Vendor reps will be on hand to show off their newest gear. You will have an opportunity to order that equipment at great prices. On Tuesday night you will be able to talk with the Hillcrest team about the Race Night offers and maybe even make a deal! A flier for the event is included with this newsletter. Dexter has also extended the deal for a full-season rental package just for Skiyentes! Talk to the crew about the package. Price for Adult equipment: $179. Price for Children s package: $139.
N O V E M B E R November 6 Membership Meeting Wine & Skis 6:00 9:00 p.m. Cardinal Club 18 NE 28 th St Portland November 27 Board Meeting @ Eileen s Social: 6:30 Meeting: 7:00 Community Service Skiyente to Clean-Up! Clean-up Highway 35 that is Join us in one of our activities that gives back to the mountains we love. On Sunday, October 7 enthusiastic Skiyentes will meet at 10:00 a.m. at the ODOT parking area, just across Highway 26 from the Timberline Lodge turnoff in Government Camp. There we will be outfitted with our road gear and then carpool to White River Wayside. There we will break into teams and get delivered to multiple sections of our 2 mile stretch of Highway 35 we are responsible for litter pick-up. After we complete the task, it is back to Government Camp where we will gather at Meg Spillman s cabin on Macoy Street for a barbeque lunch and storytelling about our worst (or best) finds. The Club will provide the burgers. You will provide your own refreshing beverage and an appetizer or side-dish or dessert to share. Questions? Contact Meg (meg@megspillman.com) or Sandi (sandi.shaub@gmail.com) Coming Skiyente Event DON T FORGET TO BRING YOUR OREGON DEPOSIT CANS AND BOTTLES TO THE NEXT MEETING AND DONATE THEM TO THE CLUB. PICK UP THE GREEN BAGS FROM SANDI. Wine and Skis Our next big get together will be the Tuesday, November 6 membership drive, Wine and Skis. Event runs from 6:00-9:00 pm. It is being held again this year at the Cardinal Club 18 NE 28 th Avenue, Portland. Make sure this is on your calendar as it is always a fun event, with chances to win door prizes and participate in a Wine Wall. Buy a chance to pull a great bottle of wine from a nice selection of donated wines. By the way, if you d like to donate a bottle to the cause, contact Marsha Price for details 503-706-8321. More details will follow as the event gets closer. OCTOBER B I R T H D A Y S Sandra Volk - 3 Colleen Stroeder 9 Sandi Shaub 15 Courtney Smith - 18 Other Coming Events Snowvana October 19-20 at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Friday: 5pm 10:30 pm Saturday: noon 10:00 pm. This 2-day event celebrates the kick off of the 2018-19 ski and snowboard season with films, music, celebrities, gear and beer! Go to their website www.snowvana.com for more details, deals on tickets and chances to win lift tickets. You can help the Mt. Hood Cultural Center and Museum by volunteering to work at Snowvana or by buying your tickets online. You will also get a free T- shirt, free lift ticket and free admission when volunteering. To volunteer go to http://www.snowvana.com/vendor and sign up. Select Mt Hood CC&M as your charity. When buying tickets online use the Code: mhmcc18. Visit the Museum s Snowvana booth and enter the drawing for a pair of skis! 2
SAD NEWS. Long time Schnee member and lover of life, Ken Hessemer passed away September 20. A Celebration of Life will be held Friday, October 12, 1:00 pm at Tualatin Country Club. Ski Fever and Snowboard Show November 2-4 at the Portland Expo Center, Hall E. Friday: 1pm 10pm Saturday: 10am 9pm Sunday: 10am 6pm. Buy new and used gear. Sell your used gear and keep 80% of sales price. You may also volunteer to work this show for Ski Fever. See their website www.portandskifever.com or sign up to help at the NWSCC booth. Mt. Hood Cultural Center and Museum s Heritage Night, Welcome Home to the Mountain, will be held Saturday, November 3 from 6-10 p.m. at the museum in Govy. This is the museum s big fundraiser and always has lots of great things in their silent and oral auctions. Skiyente has again been asked to help with serving appetizers and doing kitchen duty. This is a great way to give back to our mountain community and is always fun. Some of you have already volunteered to help, but we still need a few more. Please let Sandi Shaub (503-201-6964) know if you are able to help for a couple of hours. Season Passes for the major local areas are now on sale. They are cheapest in September and October with prices going up in November and beyond. Go to the areas websites for details and to purchase online. Mt Hood Meadows www.skihood.com Timberline www.timberlinelodge.com Skibowl www.skibowl.com Fusion Pass www.mthoodfusionpass.com PLAY SKIGO! Great Things About Friends They don t laugh when you slip on an icy sidewalk unless you fall in a really hilarious way! Kind enough to lie and say you re prettier now than you were twenty years ago. It s easier to crash a party with a friend. A friend may throw a snowball at you, but the snowball will not have a rock in it. Our Activities Chair Diane Hicks has come up with a great version of BINGO that will be fun to play and beneficial to the winners AND to the Club. See the attached flier for details and be ready to start the fun at the October meeting! Kick-Off Event Recap Our September 11 Season Kick-off Event held at Vino Veritas was a great success. We hosted 9 guests and a plethora of Skiyentes. Of those guests, three signed up immediately to become members. Please join me in welcoming Emilie Henderson, Trudi Pleis and Courtney Smith as our newest Skiyente Sistas! Walk up to them and introduce yourself they are a great trio of snow sports enthusiasts and want to get involved. After the event, we signed up another new member. Please also extend a warm welcome to Catie Olsen. Julie, Barb and Sally with Guests 3
Diane Hicks and Eileen Hines Instructions for Life -Be kinder than necessary. -Give people a second chance, but not a third. -Commit yourself to constant selfimprovement. -Take charge of your attitude. Don t let someone else choose it for you. Marsha Price and Wendy Rust Barbara Brady Guest: Darleen Curtis New Members: Courtney Smith, Emilie Henderson, Trudi Pleis with Membership Chair Sally Niedermeyer Sally Niedermeyer and Julie Peck ready to greet guests. 4
Julie Rasmussen, Meg Spillman, Peg Ortner Don t sweat the small stuff because it s all small stuff! Carol Smith and Lisa Lowy Marsha with Guest Eileen Kelly-Foulston Mo Musser, Fran Gaul, Sandi Shaub, Peg Ortner Jacquie Simmons and LeAnn Fanning 5
Member Corner Getting to Know You Kerry Leathers I joined Skiyente the fall of 1975/1976 which was also my first year of skiing. At that time, Skiyente had the Big Sister thing going on and Diane Hicks was my Big Sister. Diane was my ski instructor at the Bowl. We had nothing but ice and rocks to ski on that year. So, most of our lessons were at Timberline on more ice and rocks. I can tell you about one hundred different ways to come down the Mile backwards! Diane was always calling me Kelly. She will say because my outfit was Kelly Green. So one day, after again being told how to get off the darn lift chair correctly, and again being called Kelly, I said, my name is Kerry. Well, one thing led to another and I found myself in the Blue Ox being introduced to a rowdy bunch of Skiyente ladies. I soon learned they were experienced in beer and wine drinking. Unfortunately, most of what I drank escaped as I was being introduced to the gals sitting around us. Oh well, embarrassing YES. But, I fit right in. You go girl! Over the years, I participated in, Chaired and/or Co-Chaired, On The Rocks fall fitness race at the Bowl, Wine & Cheese, Fireside, King Winter, Spaghetti Feed, Skiyente/Memorial Cup, Maryanne Cup, Thank You Night, Summer Function, Ski conventions, Mt. Hood Museum, Pacrat races, Golden Rose, the best ever Car Rally hosted by Diane Hicks & Kerry Leathers, and numerous other events. I held the offices of Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, handled the Federal/State tax filings, DOJ & Secretary of State filings. I was responsible for IRS registering of the Club under IRS code 501(c)(4) Not For Profit Social Organization. Working in the corporate world didn t allow for many ski trips. My only three was a Schnee Vogeli Bend trip with white out conditions at Bachelor. So, we all jammed into the hotel hot tub and ate Gillsdorf s special brownies. There was a Schnee Sun Valley trip where I spent the weekend in bed with food poisoning. Again, a not-on-my skis trip for me. The best trip was a road trip with Diane Hicks to Nevada. We skied Heavenly and Squaw Valley. That s when I learned the easiest runs are not necessarily at the bottom of the runs. So, you d better not be drinking too much at the top! We wasted no time having lots of laughs and fun. Here are some questions asked of Kerry and her answers: 6
1. 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s,: Which decade do you love the most and why? I like the 60s the most aside from the violence, times were easier. I prefer the soul music of the 60's. It just made you feel good. 2. What s the best piece of advice you ve ever been given? My high school French teacher instilled in us, There is no such word as can t. You can and will find a way if you want to bad enough. Life is what happens when you re making other plans. 3. What was the worst job you ever had? I worked as a secretary for Pieter Kiewit & Sons to a team engineers. It was back in the day of steel ball IBM typewriters and carbon paper. All bids were government, an original page with many carbon pages and no typing errors allowed. 4. If you had to teach a class on one thing, what would you teach? I would teach finance with emphasis on money management & investments for early retirement. 5. Do you have any lifelong friends because of Skiyente? Who are they and why are they so special? I have many lifelong friends from being involved in Skiyente. I value those friendships for the many memories, laughs and special times we ve shared. I know the Sisters have my back should I need them and I would have theirs if asked. I do not wish to name names. Those friends know who they are. A big hug goes out to them. PACRAT Skiyente has been very involved with racing since our beginnings in 1955. In fact, that is one of the main reasons Maryanne Hill started our Club! We continue to be a mighty powerhouse even though we are a small club. If you are at all interested in recreational racing, please talk to Meg Spillman, our Race Director. PACRAT is a fun race league of five races on Mt. Hood organized around clubs of the Northwest Ski Club Council (NWSCC). Sign-ups are underway with the deadline of early December being here before you know it! Looks like Skiyente will fill at least TWO teams this year! Go Skiyente Ski/Board Racers! There are tentative dates available on the PACRAT website, Pacrats.org. Please remember these are NOT yet agreed to by the ski areas and are likely to be tweaked a bit. Final dates will probably be available in November. Those final dates will be added to Skiyente s calendar. A Video Worth Watching Check out Crossing Home: A Skier s Journey Series Finale from Jordan Manley on Vimeo. The video is available for your viewing pleasure at https://vimeo.com/182970337 7
News from the Big League Mikaela Shiffrin 2.0: Featured in Ski Racing Excerpt from USSA Website By Megan Harrod September, 14 2018 Recently, in a three-hour interview with Ski Racing Media, three-time Olympic medalist Mikaela Shiffrin reflected on the most successful season of her career yet the highs and lows and everything in between. "The first half of 2018 was remarkable for Mikaela Shiffrin. During the season that began in late 2017 and concluded in the spring of 2018, she podiumed 18 times and won 12 World Cup races in three of the sport s four disciplines." Shiffrin's three downhill podiums "silenced doubters about her ability and progression in downhill and super-g. Then, she won a gold and silver medal at the Olympics in South Korea and put a cherry on top with her second overall FIS Ski World Cup title in as many years, and her fifth slalom title in six seasons. "And yet, Shiffrin struggles under the mantle of greatness. Fans, sponsors, media, and Shiffrin herself, have come to expect evermore podiums. Even in a golden year like 2018 where she clobbered the field in the final slalom of the season, beating the second-place finisher by almost two seconds she feels like she could have carried more speed, won more medals, taken more risks. Just more." Shiffrin's goals for 2018-19? As you can imagine, they're big. Because "big" is the only way for this 23-year-old athlete one of the fiercest and most focused competitors on the circuit. I will judge the coming season the way I always judge a season: results and the accumulation of points and my standing at the end of the season. But this season I ll be looking for results in speed. To be the top name in skiing, that s something that s developed over the years, especially as a result of the Olympics. But for this season, it s all about putting up giant slalom and slalom results, being a contender in Super-G and downhill, and the overall globe. Read the full article on SkiRacing.com Link to Mikaela s bio and race videos on USSA.org https://usskiandsnowboard.org/athletes/mikaela-shiffrin 8
Did You Know? Looking for a few GREAT Skiyentes to step up and be Chairman or Co- Chairman of a Club Function. It is a lot of fun and if you are in charge, you can make it what YOU want it to be! Contact VP Jackie Smith. NWSCC Night at Columbia Sportswear is Wednesday, October 17. Come attend a Special Kickoff Night at the Columbia Sportswear Flagship Store, 911 SW Broadway, Portland! Special shopping discounts will be offered at Columbia and Mountain Hardware (next door) starting at 5:00! Along with mixing it up with fellow club members and PACRAT racers and pizza/ beer/bevs, we have exciting new updates and featured speakers starting at 6:30. See what s new at the NW Ski Club Council. Columbia Sportswear always has a fun presentation and gives amazing door prizes. RSVP on the NWSCC website (nwskiers.org) and get an extra door prize ticket when you check in that night. Get another door prize ticket for bringing a new guest to the event. Mt Hood Cultural Center and Museum has monthly Happy Hours. Doors open at 6:30 and the Social History Happy Hour begins at 7:00 at the Museum in Government Camp. Wine and beer are available for purchase. Cost: Donation to the Museum. October 27 topic is: Missoula Flood and Oregon Settlement Patterns. The Museum holds their Heritage Night in November, so there is no Happy Hour. December 29 topic is: Mt. Hood Movie Out-takes. (There might even be Popcorn for this one!) It s Confirmed! Hit Machine will be playing at Schnee Vogeli s Pray for Snow dance on November 11 at Charlie s Mountainview. Tickets are $20 this year, but they are limiting sales to 150 tickets. Get your tickets NOW, as they will go faster than Mikaela Shiffrin in the Downhill! This year s Warren Miller Movie, Face of Winter is being presented by Volkswagen at three venues in the Metro area this year. Dates are: October 12 - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway, Portland 7:30 October 25 Kiggins Theatre, 1011 Main St., Vancouver 7:30 October 26 Aladdin Theatre, 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland 9:30 Far West Ski Association 2020 Convention is to be held in Portland! The 88 th Annual Far West Convention will be held May 28-31, 2020 at the Red Lion Hotel on the River - Jantzen Beach. FWSA will be celebrating its 90 th birthday! Our very own Sheri Parshall was named Host Council Coordinator! Please let Sheri know what you can do to help. Committees are already forming. You can easily sign-up for Meet Up and have another connection to Skiyente. Go to https://www.meetup.com/skiyente/ and ask to join our group. You will be notified of coming events and can easily send an invitation to a friend to join you! Skiyentes always believe in More the Merrier! 9
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards. 10
About Skiyente Ski Club JOIN THE FUN, WE WELCOME NEW MEMBERS ANYTIME Please contact Sally Niedermeyer, our Membership Chair, membership@skiyente.com Or write to us at PO Box 56342, Portland OR 97238 http://www.skiyente.com Skiyente members are also members of Northwest Ski Club Council (NWSCC) and Far West Ski Association (FWSA) See what s happening at http://www.nwskiers.org/and http://www.fwsa.org/. 2018-2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Eileen Hines Info@skiyente.com Vice President Jackie Smith VP@skiyente.com Secretary Karen Castaneda Secretary@skiyente.com Treasurer Tina Weber Treasurer@skiyente.com Membership Sally Niedermeyer Membership@skiyente.com Historian Julie Peck Historian@skiyente.com Editor Sandi Shaub Editor@skiyente.com Race Director Meg Spillman Racedirector@skiyente.com NWSCC Rep Sue Rimkeit NWSCC@skiyente.com Webmistress Amanda Dolezar If you would like to review the Skiyente By-laws, please go to our website: http://www.skiyente.com 11
12
13
14
15