A Non-Profit Organization SPARTANBURG MARCH 2019 SKI and ESTABLISHED 1969 OUTING CLUB MEMBER CRESCENT SKI COUNCIL March 7 th - Club Meeting - St. Lukes Speaker (Page 3) March 14 th - Mini-Social at Carter s Steak & Seafood (Page 4) RACE March 8 th -10 th : SilverCreek, WV http://www.spartanburgskiclub.org
President s Message March brings our ski season to an end. Our racers just finished their last North Carolina race. Eight of our members will finish their ski season on the slopes near Banff, Canada. March also brings the beginning of spring. Some of our spring activities will be hiking in the North Carolina mountains, Asheville s Purple Bus, Piedmont Club and the Crescent Spring Convention in Myrtle Beach. We certainly stay busy year round. I look forward to seeing you at these events. Mark DID YOU KNOW.????? That ANY ski club member can request information be published in our monthly newsletter. If you have something to sell or are looking for something to buy or something you may need, or just have a big announcement to make use the club newsletter as your interest board. Please note, this is not to be used for advertising a business or service offered just STUFF. Please contact a board member to assist you with getting the information published or if you have any questions regarding content. Thanks - Alison Page 2
MARCH Meeting GUEST SPEAKER Our guest speaker will be Patsy Whitney from one of our favorite charities, St. Lukes Free Clinic Doors open at Chapman Cultural Center at 7:00pm, meeting at 7:30pm on March 7 Gayle coweyes1958@yahoo.com A Reminder - Piedmont Club Dinner/Meeting Just be aware that this year s Piedmont Club Dinner will be on Thursday, May 9 at 6:00PM. The cost is $40.00 per person payable to SSOC. Please signup (email will do) and send checks to Gayle Kerkow 306 Weston Valley Dr. Moore, SC 29369. Spartanburg Ski and Outing Club T -shirts are available now for purchase. Cost : $ 20 Color : Blue Size : small, medium, large, extra large. Contact : Teresa Bowers at bowers.teresa@yahoo.com Page 3
One of Lake Bowen s most popular restaurants! Thursday, March 14 at 6:30 pm Please join us as we dine at Carter s I ve heard the steaks are quite good there and HAPPY HOUR from 4:00 7:00, so arrive early if you wish! Sign Up sheet has been started, we ll just add to it. Thanks everybody! Alison TO The following members have birthdays in March. Happy Birthday to: Chris Just March 1 Charles Darling March 6 Alison Kimball March 8 Marcy Cassady March 20 Doris Ann Mauney March 25 Sandy Jernigan March 28 Page 4
CSC RACE SERIES SPONSORS OF THE MONTH The following businesses have donated merchandise and/or certificates to the Crescent Ski Council. Their merchandise and certificates will be used as prizes to the top three finishers in each flight of the CSC Race Series. Please support these establishments and product lines at every possible opportunity. www.dynastar.com www.banfflakelouise.com www.winterparkresort.com www.bananaboat.com www.polarmax.com www.spyder.com Page 5 www.aspensnowmass.
Spring Convention For those of you attending the spring convention at Myrtle Beach in April, here are the plans for the Saturday evening party. February Meeting AWARD S NIGHT A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS AND PRESENTERS. A SPECIAL THANKS TO RICH DARLING FOR ALL HIS HARD WORK. Page 6
** Coming up ** SAVE THE DATE! TuESDAy, April 9 Spring Hike/Brewery lunch Saturday, April 20 Pink Beds Trail in Pisgah National Forest/Sierra Nevada Brewery Three and a half mile easy loop trail. We are not doing the full six mile loop so we can get to the Sierra Nevada Brewery for lunch. Meet for further car pooling in the Ingles parking lot, Landrum I-26 exit at 9am. Wear sturdy shoes or boots and bring water and a snack. Check the weather to see if you need rain gear or sun screen. After the hike we will regroup at the Sierra Nevada Brewery for lunch. If you just want to meet us for lunch I expect we will be there about 1:00. Sign up at the March or April meeting or contact me at: Mark McCall 864 580-0891 mmccall1@windstream.net Page 7
We had a great raffle in February and brought in $104 for St. Luke's. Patsy Whitney will be at our meeting to tell us about how our donations are used at the clinic. The club will present a check for $134 to her from the January and February meetings. If you would like to give a personal check to St. Luke's this would be the perfect time. (It is also tax deductable) You can give it to me and I will put it in the envelope with some other checks I have collected. Thank you all for being so generous. I hope to see you in March. Joy, Fundraising Membership News Always time to introduce friends to SSOC and earn yourself free membership. If you sponsor two new memberships during year, October 1 through September 30 of the following year, your membership fee will be refunded. Rick Page 8
Let's work on a wagon load for Safe Homes this month. As you know Safe Homes provides closets in all three of our county hospitals for rape victims. They need ladies underwear in all sizes. Comfy drawstring or lounging pants, soft shirts, and jackets. All sizes are needed and they need to be new. These are usually items the women wear home from the hospital. They also need socks and underwear for women, boys and girls. Pajamas, robes, and personal hygiene products are needed as well. Some families start over with only the clothes on their back when they enter Safe Homes. Anything you can donate is greatly appreciated. We have made a difference with our donations to this organization, and they always greet us with a smile and a hug or two. I am so proud of our club, and appreciative all of you who donate to this worthy cause. Joy, Fundraising By the way, I will collect items for the Humane Society as well. I would like to say thank you to everyone in our club who continue to be so generous. We delivered a huge donation to The Spartanburg Humane Society in February. They were in desperate need of canned dog food and we delivered over 5 cases! We had so many other items we had to use the SHS cart AND our red wagon. Judy, Jordy and Beck were happy to get in the photo of the items we donated last month. Joy Page 9
Ron Scott Race Director H 919/362-5689 Rscott013nc.rr.com 2018/2019 CSC Race Series December 1-8 2018 Steamboat Race Camp Call Sports Am.Tours 800 876 8551 December Call 2018 Killington Race Camp 802 422 6121 Sara Vitagliano December 2 2018 CSC Development Training at Appalachian 9:45 to 3:00 December 7-9 2018 Sugar Mt. Race Camp Call Kim Jöchl 828 898 4521 x224 December Call 2018 Timberline, WV Ski School 304 866 4801 John Anderson Gate Training at Appalachian 1 st -4 th Friday evening before a Boone Area Crescent Race Contact Ken Race Format - Two runs of Slalom on Saturdays and two runs of Giant Slalom on Sundays December 15 & 16, 2018 Appalachian Mt, NC Race 9:30 January 05 & 06, 2019 Sugar Mt, NC Race 9:00 January 12-19, 2019 Crescent Ski Council Ski Week Crested Butte January 26 & 27, 2019 Appalachian Mt, NC Race 9:30 February 4, 2019 Cup Run Challenge at Snowshoe, WV February 09 & 10, 2019 Beech Mt, NC Race 10:00 February 23 & 24, 2019 Sugar Mt, NC Race 9:00 Dec. 15-16/18 March 2-3/19 Governor s Cup Race at Timberline, WV 9:30 March 3,2019 Dick Trundy/Sugar Cup GS Sugar Mt. 9:00 March 08-10, 2019 Crescent Cup, SilverCreek, WV 8:45 April 03-07, 2019 NASTAR Nationals Squaw Valley, Calif. Rich Mead DEC. 1-8, 2018 CSC Racing s 35th RACE CAMP @ STEAMBOAT-START PLANNING NOW AND CALL SARA OR GO ON-LINE AT S.A.T. TO RESERVE YOUR SPACE! Crescent Cup race format will be both GS and SL races on Saturday, weather permitting. GS will start at 8:45 SL start time TBA dependant on conditions and set-up time. Page 10
SPARTANBURBG SKI AND OUTING BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2018 2019 President Mark McCall 828-859-5500 mmccall1@windstream.net Vice President Pat Lee 497-0060 patricia159@charter.net Secretary Barbara Rogers 578-0618 kwizen@bellsouth.net Treasurer Mike Rogers 578-0618 kwizen@bellsouth.net Past President Pat Lee 497-0060 patricia159@charter.net Publications Taylor Bomar 576-3776 taylor.bomar@att.net Website, Historian Programs Gayle Kerkow 558-4608 coweyes1958@yahoo.com Socials Alison Kimball 814-5372 akimball@bellsouth.net Crescent Rep Rich Darling 707-5297 dikdar@aol.com Trips Carol McCall 828-859-5500 mmccall1@windstream.net Membership Rick Cutler 558-4608 rcutler01@hotmail.com Fundraising Joy Bobo 433-0802 joy.bobo@att.net Publicity Teresa Bowers 864-431-1892 tcbowers@charter.net Racing Elke Schoellkopf 472-5738 firstelke@aol.com Activities Coordinator Conni Harrell 592-3405 concancom@gmail.com Page 11
NOTES Any Spartanburg Ski Club member may submit items for publication in the newsletter. Publication deadlines can be found on the pullout calendar included in the newsletter each month. Call Taylor for information on how to submit your newsletter item. Also, don t forget - the club has a tent available for rent. It is an 18 X 20 tent, and it is easy to assemble. We also have 4 tables that can be rented with or without the tent. We have the makings for that special occasion and it is all very reasonably priced! Tent rental is $ 35. Tables can be rented for $5 per table. Remember; don t have a party without the comfort of shade. Your guests will appreciate it and so will the club! For rentals of either tent or tables contact Joy Bobo. The Spartanburg Ski & Outing Club normally meets the first Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM. We are located at the Chapman Cultural Center (West Wing) on East St. John Street in Spartanburg on the first floor. During the summer months (June, July, and August) meetings are frequently held, more informally, at different sites and times. Therefore it is necessary to consult the club web site or a current newsletter for the time and location. April s meeting is held at the Piedmont Club. The club does not provide alcoholic beverages at membership meetings, but members are allowed to bring their own (BYOB) choices of beer or wine. Over-indulgence is not condoned under any circumstances. Cups, ice, and some soft drinks are provided. Thank you. Become a Member A copy of our membership application is located at the following web address: http://www.spartanburgskiclub.org/membership/ssocappl.doc SPARTANBURG SKI & OUTING CLUB PO BOX 2864 SPARTANBURG, SC 29304
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