2 0 15-2016 M e eting S c hedule M e e t i n g s t a k e p l a c e t h e 3 r d W e d n e s d a y o f t h e m o n t h a t t h e D a v i s o n R o a d I n n ( D R I ) 3 8 3 D a v i s o n R d., L o c k p o r t, N Y SKI FEVER The Official Newsletter of SCOL V o l u m e 6, I s s u e 5 J a n u a r y 2 0 1 6 D o o r s o p e n a t 7 : 3 0 p m, m e e t i n g s t a r t s p r o m p t l y a t 8 : 0 0 p m J a n u a r y 2 0 F e b r u a r y 1 7 M a r c h 1 6 A p r i l 2 0 T h e Scoop Bristol Bus Trip 3 SCOL Weekend in Ellicottville Upcoming Happy Hours & Events 4 5 DATES TO REMEMBER SCOL Merchandise/ SCOL Weekday 6 1/18: MLK Ski Day at Holimont through Lederhosen, or group ski at HV 2/12: Bristol Bus Trip See Greg Stang at January meeting to sign Skiers up Harley Day at HV/ Save the date for Mo Porter 7 1/20: January General Meeting. West Trip final deposit due, sign up for Contractor s Day and Wine & Cheese January Party 2/17: February General Meeting. Last meeting before the East Trip, Officer nominations taken East and West Trip information Membership Registration Form 8 9 1/29: Contractor s Day at Holimont and Happy Hour at Balloons. See Paul Fournier at January meeting to sign up 3/5-3/9: East Trip to Loon/Cannon NH 3/16: March General Meeting. Last meeting before the West Trip. Officer elections and board nominations Suggestions Needed 10 1/30: Wine and Cheese Party at HV See Melissa Napoli at Jan meeting to sign up 3/19: Luck-O-The Irish Pot Luck at HV 4/2-4/9: West Trip to Breckinridge CO
2015-2016 SCOL Leadership Officers: Directors: Board Support: President Leslie Fitchlee president@skicluboflockport.com Mitch Miller mitch@skicluboflockport.com Webmaster Al Gritzmacher webmaster@skicluboflockport.com 1st Vice President Rusty Fogle vicepresident@skicluboflockport.com Vito Sportelli vito@skicluboflockport.com Newsletter Andrea Solar andrea@skicluboflockport.com It s Always Treasurer Linda O Donnell treasurer@skicluboflockport.com Roxanne Wallace roxanne@skicluboflockport.com (NON-VOTING) A Good Time! Secretary Betty Spencer secretary@skicluboflockport.com Peggy Schill peggy@skicluboflockport.com Sergeant at Arms Melissa Napoli sgtatarms@skicluboflockport.com Communications Andrea Solar membership@skicluboflockport.com SCOL membership Dues are Due!! Andrea says, don t miss out on the fun renew your membership today!! SCOL membership is open to anyone over the age of 21 with an interest in skiing or snowboarding. With a paid membership you will get discounted ski trips, participate in NAR (Niagara Adult Racing), share in the vast knowledge of our seasoned skiers, and are informed each month of club happenings through the club e-newsletter, SKI Fever. You also can participate in our meetings and attend all the SCOL social events throughout the year. To join, fill out a membership application form (at the end of this newsletter), bring it to the next meeting or mail it to the address on the form. Dues are $45 per year. You must be a member before you can sign up for trips and receive the member rate. SCOL Ski Club of Lockport Don t delay, sign up today!! 2
Bristol Mountain Bus Trip Friday, February 12th, 2016 The January meeting is the last meeting before the Trip. The bus trip is $27 for members and $37 for non-members. You can pay in cash or make a check payable to SCOL. The bus is scheduled to arrive at Tops in Lockport at 6:45 am. Park closer to the road in-between the Citizens Bank and Payless parking lot. The second stop will be at Eastern Hills Mall around 7:30 am. Park in the back behind and to the left of the Sears Auto Building, Grand Island Transit is providing a Super Coach. Beer, Wine, soda and snacks will be provided for the bus ride. You re welcome to bring along anything you would like to share. It s sure to be a great trip with plenty of great skiing and some fun partying. If you haven't skied Bristol Mountain, it has 1200' of vertical so you have some nice long runs between lift rides. Sign up and enjoy a great day of skiing. You can bring a lunch or purchase one in the cafeteria. We will leave Bristol at 4:30 pm and plan on arriving at the Eastern Hills Mall at 6 pm and then at Tops at 6:30 pm. You can use your Holiday Valley Season Pass or White Card for 1/2 off the lift ticket price. Lift tickets are $62-8 hour, $59-4 hour; or the Senior rate (65+) is $52-8 hour and $49 for a 4 - hour ticket. "Our 1200 vertical rise allows Bristol Mountain to reign as the highest vertical between the Adirondack/Laurentian Mountains of the east and the Rocky Mountains of the west". If you would like to sign up but can t make the meeting please contact Greg Stang directly at gregstang99@gmail.com or (716) 892-8312. 3
SCOL ANNUAL BIG WINTER WEEKEND IN ELLICOTTVILLE FRIDAY, JANUARY 29TH, 9:00 am CONTRACTOR S DAY AT HOLIMONT Come ski with me! SKI ALL DAY AND AFTERNOON PARTY AT THE LODGE $31 for lunch and après ski party (food, beer, and wine) will be collected by Paul Fournier at the January meeting. On the day of the event, find the sign in desk, get your pin, then purchase your $39 lift ticket at the Holimont ticket window FRIDAY NIGHT BALLOONS HAPPY HOUR 1/2 PRICED APPETIZERS FOR SCOLERS (WITH WRISTBAND) from 4:30 pm-8 pm Chris O Leary Band 7:00 pm 9:30 pm SCOL THROW-BACK WINE & CHEESE WINTER EXTRAVAGANZA Saturday, January 30th Upstairs at the Holiday Valley Tannenbaum Lodge FREE to SCOL MEMBERS MUST PRE-SIGN UP AT THE JANUARY MEETING OR BY EMAIL/TEXT TO MELISSA NAPOLI BY 1/27 (VERY IMPORTANT). GUESTS $10 GROUP RATE ON LIFT TICKETS $54 (we need 16 people to obtain group rate). THIS MUST BE PAID (Check to SCOL) no later than the meeting on 1/20. NO REFUNDS!!!! If you need to cancel your reserved group rate lift ticket, find someone else to use the ticket! Melissa will be issuing the lift tickets at 8:30 am on Saturday at the Tannenbaum Lodge (2nd floor). Gathering starts at 3 pm. Wine, Cheese, Fruit, Chocolate/Candy, Snacks, Beer, Pop and water will be provided. 50/50 split drawing 4
What s Happening in 2016?? Friday, January 29th, 9 am CONTRACTOR S DAY AT HOLIMONT BALLOONS HAPPY HOUR 4-8pm SKI ALL DAY AND PARTY AT BALLONS ALL NIGHT Saturday, January 30th, 3 pm SCOL THROW-BACK WINE & CHEESE JANUARY PARTY AT HV FREE to SCOL MEMBERS MUST PRE-SIGN UP (VERY IMPORTANT) GUESTS - $10. See Melissa Napoli at the January meeting Friday, February 12th BRISTOL MOUNTAIN BUS TRIP See Greg Stang at the January meeting to sign up! SCOL ROCKS Saturday March 19 LUCK-O-THE IRISH POT LUCK Location TBD. Bring dish to pass (appetizer, main dish, dessert) and beverage of choice; hot dogs/rolls/condiments/paper goods to be provided. Grill fires up at 2 pm. This is FREE to everyone. We encourage members to bring guests and potential new members. Saturday, April 30th INSTALLATION DINNER 5
SCOL Merchandise for Sale POLE FLAGS, NECK WALLETS, HATS and MORE See this guy for all of your SCOL Merchandise SCOL has a supply of merchandise for sale, courtesy of Keith Wallace. He brings the items to each monthly meeting and would be happy to have you own some! Pole flags are a good PR product for us to create some fun conversations with potential members out on the hills. He has neck wallets that are a convenient way to protect and carry $, ID, sun block, lip gloss, or whatever! And baseball hats are good for bad hair days. The club makes a tiny profit and you pay no tax or shipping! Flags are just $7 each, or 2 for $12. Neck wallets are $10 and hats are $20. Keith also has arranged with a local embroiderer to have our SCOL logo applied to your personal attire. Bring your items to a meeting. He ll get it delivered to be professionally done and back to you. So, bring your fleece, your base layers, t-shirts, whatever. Cost varies but is quite reasonable. See Keith at a meeting or call him for details. SCOL WEEKDAY SKIERS The first week of January finally saw enough snow at Holiday Valley to get the SCOL Weekday skiers back on the slopes. We had a fun group of 12 to 15 SCOLers on Wednesday and Thursday and beautiful sunny skies both days. Lunch brought everyone to the Yodeler Picnic room at 12:30pm, then we hit the slopes again until about 3:00pm. We finish the day with some fun après ski time back in the Picnic room. It's BYO wine, beer & apps. A great way to finish the day with SCOL friends and lots of laughs! The group ski is really a fun way to ski or you can head off on your own. We have an email distribution list to contact anyone interested skiing at HV during the week. The Weekday Ski announcement for the upcoming week usually go out on Sunday. By using the Reply All response tab everyone knows who plans to ski and on what days. It helps set up carpool options too. If you'd like your name added to the list just email Linda O'Donnell at lindaod245@aol.com and you'll be in the loop right away. Ski ya out there. 6
P a g e 7 Harley-Day Valley January 23, 2016 WNY's Biggest Cabin Fever Biker Party Saturday, January 23, 2016 10 am - 7 pm Holiday Valley - Main Lodge A day featuring everything Harley Davidson, and all are welcome to the Saturday night party in the Lodge with live music and loud bikes! Check out the bikes on display in the Lodge, try the jumpstart, a real Harley on a trainer so you can go through the gears. Live music and prizes! Chance at winning "Bruce Springsteen" tickets at First Niagara (drawing in February). Door Prize Drawings from Gowanda Harley Davidson (GHD) and Miller Lite. New Harley-Davidson Models on display with new GHD event t-shirts on sale. For more information, visit: http://www.gowandaharley.com/join-us-for--harley-day-valley SAVE THE DATE!! The Mo' Porter Miss Buffalo boat ride is scheduled for Sunday, June 12th, 2016 7:00 to 10:00 pm $30 per person, which includes pizza, soda, and water. Cash bar. Music by Mo' Porter. Vito will be selling tickets when they are printed. Contact Vito for more information: vitosportelli@yahoo.com 7
2016 SCOL East Trip Cannon Mountain and Loon Mountain New Hampshire Saturday, March 5 to Wednesday, March 9, 2016 East Trip Chair- Pam Fekete pamgun@hotmail.com Questions? Please TEXT Pam @ 716-628-9896. Ski The Colorado Rockies Summit Areas, With Linda & Rusty Fogle and SCOL Saturday April 2-9, 2016 TRIP CHAIRS: Rusty and Linda Fogle (716) 434-2202 7495 Fairview Drive, Lockport 14094 Final payment is due at January 20th meeting or mailed to us by the 20th. Full trip package is booked but now waiting list only available. Land Only packages may be available. Please check with Linda and Rusty. 8
SCOL Membership Registration 2015-2016 DUES: $40.00 if paid in full by 9-30-15 or $45.00 if paid after 10-1-15 Make checks payable to: SCOL or Ski Club of Lockport Mail to: Ski Club of Lockport 4109 Beach Ridge Road, Front N. Tonawanda NY 14120 Enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope if you want your card mailed. Please register only one member per form. Name: Address: City: State: Zip: Home Phone: ( ) Cell Phone: ( ) Work Phone: ( ) Birthdate: Email: Note: Your email address will be used only for SCOL business including monthly newsletters, urgent updates and reminders. We may judiciously share our email information with ski related partners. Check here if you do not wish your information to be shared Check here if any information on this registration has changed from previous years Type of Skier: Downhill Cross Country Boarder Level: Beginner Intermediate Expert Disclaimer: I hereby release Ski Club of Lockport, its Officers, Directors and Activity Coordinators from any liability, injury or loss to myself or others while participating in any Ski Club of Lockport activity. Signature: Date: FOR OFFICE USE ONLY Date: Card given: Amount: $ Check No.: Cash: New / Renewal / Past Member Dues given to Treasurer: Revised: 10/21/15 9
Membership...It has its privileges!!! ARE YOU A SCOL MEMBER? If not, you should be! SCOL Ski Club of Lockport P.O. Box 633 Lockport, NY 14094 E-mail: newsletter@skicluboflockport.com Find us on the web! www.skicluboflockport.com Check out www.skicluboflockport.com to find out more about our club. You ll see that there s a lot to like about SCOL all year long! ALREADY A MEMBER? Tell people you know (or meet on the lift!) about us and direct them to our website by giving them a SCOL CARD. Same with former members let them know we are doing great and would really like to welcome them back...or let us know who they are and we will take it from there! Do you have ideas on how to grow our membership? Talk with any Board member. SCOL...It s Always a good time!!! WE NEED YOUR HELP!! DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA FOR A SCOL HAPPY HOUR LOCATION? SCOL EVENTS? NEWSLETTER SUGGESTIONS? PLEASE EMAIL ANDREA SOLAR solardre@gmail.com Help make SCOL the best it can be!! 10