Oldest, Active All Women s Ski Club in America Maidenforum DECEMBER 2012 Mission Statement: Skiyente is an organization of all women brought together by the love of winter sports, the camaraderie of other women who share the same interests and the commitment to social and community consciousness. Inside this issue: Pray for Snow Ski Fair Success Calendar of Events Yearly Calendar 2 2 3 4 Membership Drive and Fashion Show a Hit! The Membership Drive and Fashion Show held at Oswego Pointe was a fun event and we were happy to have several new prospective members attend. Amanda and Amanda (Left photo left and middle) are a couple of our newest Skiyente sisters and they were sport enough to volunteer to model, yeah! Other models included Diane Hicks, Tracy Chosa, Nancy Foreman, Sally Niedermeyer and our own Skiyente President Colleen Stroeder. Thanks to everyone who planned the event and to all of our sisters and prospective new members for taking the time to come! Birthdays Timberline Lodge Skibowl Celebration 5 5 5 JANUARY DATES: 13TH PACRAT RACE #1 15TH GENERAL MEETING 29TH BOARD MEETING Skiyente Fireside at Heritage House, Lake Oswego December 4th, 2012
Maidenforum www.skiyente.com Page 2 WE PRAYED FOR SNOW! WE GOT SNOW! Once again, the annual Pray For Snow Event produced snow on the mountain. Could it have been all the dancing, the great band, good music, laughter and good times that appeased the snow gods? We would like to think so. Yeah to a great kickoff for the snow and skiing season! It can only get deeper now so keep dancing, laughing and praying for more snow! SKIYENTE BOOTH WINS FIRST PLACE AT THE ANNUAL NWSCC SKI FAIR!! A big THANK YOU goes out to Louise DuFresne and helpers for all of their hard work on the Skiyente Booth at the annual NWSCC Ski Fair event held November 5th at the Holiday Inn! The booth won first place and several Skiyente members showed up to help before and during the show. GREAT JOB!!! We are always looking for interesting events happening in or around the area. If you would like to submit any information on upcoming activities that you think the club might be interested in, please contact Meg Spillman at Meg Spillman-editor@skiyente.com
Maidenforum www.skiyente.com Page 3 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat DECEMBER 2012 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Fireside at Heritage House Lake Oswego 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Board Meeting at Louise DuFresne s 23/30 24/31 25 26 27 28 29 TRIVIA QUESTION: Question: What was the first all women s Ski Club and what year was it established? Answer: Skiyente of course!!! Established in 1955. It was the first all women s ski club in the United States.
SKIYENTE SKI CLUB CALENDAR OF EVENTS 2012-2013 December 4 th Fireside at Heritage House- Lake Oswego 18 th Board Meeting at Louise DuFresne s January 13 th PACRAT Race #1 Mt. Hood Meadows 15 th General Meeting Buffalo Gap 17 th -21 st Family Ski Trip Big White 27 th PACRAT Race # 2 Ski Bowl 29 th Board Meeting ODOT Headquarter February 5th General Meeting Buffalo Gap 9 th Maryanne Cup /King Winter Charlie s Mtn View 10 th PACRAT Race #3 Ski Bowl March 2 nd Nastar Open Race SkiBowl 5 th General Meeting Buffalo Gap 9 th -10 th Masters Mania SkiBowl 9 th Gumbo Feed Huckleberry Inn 10 th -11 th Oregon Cancer Ski Out 17 th PACRAT Race # 4Hood Meadows 31 st PACRAT Race #5 Timberline April 2 nd General Meeting Buffalo Gap *7 th PACRAT Race 23 rd Board Meeting TBD 19 th Rat Attack TBD May Spring Fling TBD July 12-14 th Summer Function Wild West Elgin Stampede Weekend -Yee Haw
Maidenforum www.skiyente.com Page 5 SKIYENTE MEETINGS UPDATE: DECEMBER 4th Fireside at Heritage House 18th Board Meeting at Louise DuFresne s Christmas at Timberline Lodge Timberline Lodge has quite a variety of Christmas Events this year. From welcoming Santa to enjoying the Lodge and warming fire. Check www.timberlinelodge.com/events 25TH Annual New Year s Eve Extravaganza at Mt. Hood Skibowl December 31, 2012 @ 3 PM - January 1, 2013 @ 2PM Looking for a fun New Year s Eve Family Activity? Mt. Hood Skibowl is the place to ring in the New Year. In addition to live music, the slope-side Beer Garden and the legendary fireworks display at midnight are just some of the fun events planned. Skibowl will be staging a dramatic pre-fireworks Torchlight Parade down the Lower Bowl run. The illuminating event will feature members of the Mt. Hood Race Team along with community leaders from Government Camp who, together in formation, will blaze a trail down the darkened Lower Bowl. SIGN UP DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS! 3 Kim Gilmer 2012-2013 SKIYENTE BOARD MEMBERS President Colleen Stroeder-info@skiyente.com V. President Peggy Walker-vp@skiyente.com 3 Colleen Walter Secretary Sylvia Orefice-secretary@skiyente.com 15 Eva Veazie Treasurer Eileen Hines-treasurer@skiyente.com FOR PACRAT! 21 Natalie Shaffer 28 Lori Middleton Membership Sheri Parshall-membership@skiyente.com Historian Louise DuFresne-historian@skiyente.com Editor Meg Spillman-editor@skiyente.com Colleen W. racedirector@skiyente.com Sylvia NWSCCrep@skiyente.com VISIT OUR COUNCILS FOR CURRENT COUNCIL NEWS, ACTIVITIES AND CONTACT INFORMATION. OUR LOCAL - WWW.NWSKIERS.ORG CLASSIFIEDS To place items for sale or wanted, contact Meg Spillman. All info. must be received by the 20th of the prior month for ad to be placed in the next issue.
While we enter into the Season of Giving please remember Skiyente Charities- the Erin Nicole Scholarship, Mt Hood Museum, Mt Hood Ski Patrol, Search and Rescue as well as local women and children shelters. We will be learning about more charities throughout the year and The Club will vote later this season as to how much and when to proceed. COME TO FIRESIDE TO HELP PROMOTE OUR CAUSES AND OUR CLUB. PRESELL TICKETS or PURCHASE tickets at $3.00 each or $2.50 for multiple tickets. Sell at work, buy yourself! DONATE! This can be a gift basket, jewelry, or you name it! THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE AT THE SILENT AUCTION! Sun Valley package, Mt. Norquay, Lake Louise, and Sunshine Village, Skibowl UNLIMITED NIGHT SKI PASS, Please help support our club and our causes!