Announcement: Dues MUST be PAID by January 4, 2006 for the 2005-2006 ski season or your newsletter will stop! Dues are only $10 per household. Please pay Geoff Harvey. See form below.


President’s Message

December 6, 2005 Meeting:
President’s Message

I have writer’s block and paranoia. Not a good combination. Here it is the Saturday after the Big Feast. I have written this before. Why do I know this? I was looking at the Panhandle Nordic Club website looking for ideas for this newsletter. I used to whine about not having a website and now Hilma is doing too good of a job. Now anyone and everyone can look up past newsletters and see that the President’s column is nothing but plagiarism month after month, year after year. I think my acid reflux is kicking in also. Oh brave new world! My credibility is gone.

At our November meeting a small but hardcore group of club members came to see the power point slide show that Geoff Harvey put together regarding club activities. Another great presentation even if there wasn’t any popcorn to go around. The low turnout was in part due to not having a secretary to send out the meeting schedule so not everyone was informed of the meeting. The good news is that Donna Harvey has signed on again as secretary after taking a year’s sabbatical. Bless her pea pickin heart—whatever that means. My stress is reduced and I will be nice to Donna. As you can see it doesn’t take much to push me over the brink.

As for snow it will just happen. I’m putting on snow tires this weekend which is probably not following last month’s presidential request. Did you read the newsletter? It is there for all eternity. Check out the website. We are wanting everyone to look the website to find out information about meetings, activities, etc. Hilma is designing a Blog site that can be used to post trail conditions, sell/swap equipment, etc. How about a singles column? The Panhandle Nordic Club is getting so cool.

Make sure you invite a friend to the next meeting since it is going to be a good one and bring lots of cookies.
Jim

December 6 Meeting
Ted Farwell will tell us about his experiences as a competitive ski racer from 1948 through 1960. He participated in three Olympics in cross country skiing and placed 11th in the Nordic Combined at the V1 Olympic Games in Oslo, Norway. Ted also travels throughout North America with his business, Winterstar Valuations, Inc. which specializes in ski resort consulting, design and appraisal. Check out Ted’s website at winterstar@adelphia.net.

A Round of Applause
A big thank you to everyone who helped out with the fall cleanup and bathroom renovation. Also Gene Ratcliff made a sign with our email address that is displayed above the 4th of July cabin.

Trips, Trips and More Trips: Several day trips and an overnight trip or two were mentioned at the first meeting. Sign up sheets will be available for any trip YOU want to plan or for any trip for which you would like to sign up. Snowshoe trips are being encouraged.

We are looking for WEEKDAY skiers who would like to ski with those who work weekends. Please let us know on the blogspot. Thanks.

I Want To Be in Pictures
Please bring new and old photos of club happenings, i.e., ski adventures, 4th of July cleanup activities and summer hikes. Jeannette is our historian and will put them into our photo album for this and future generations to admire. Please label the pictures which will help to limit arguments regarding who, when, where or what happened at a specific club function.


2005-2006 OFFICERS
President—Jim McMillen
Treasurer—Geoff Harvey
Secretary—Donna Harvey
Trail Chair—Van Bennett
USFS Liaison—Glenn Truscott
Website--Hilma Volk
Historian—Jackie Beery


Announcements: ?

Next Meeting: December 6. 2005
Ted Farwell, Olympic Skier will be the main event.

AND……….Christmas Cookie Exchange—bring cookies to exchange, eat, share, etc. Need not be fancy, just edible.

There are plans afoot to expand the snowshoe ski/dog area and plans to expand the ski area in the coming years to Beauty Saddle so it would be possible to ski out 20+ miles and back!

Club member Van Bennett and his organization have plans for a snowshoe event some time this winter. Please see Van if interested.

Langlauf: The 10 k Langlauf cross country ski race is held each year at Mount Spokane. The schedule for 2006 is: Sunday February 12, 2006 at Mount Spokane

Nordic Club 2005-6 Dates of Events:
December 6, meeting
January 3, meeting
January 7, Free Ski Day
January 14-16 Martin Luther King Holiday Weekend
February, 7 meeting
February 11, Best Hand Fun Ski Fundraiser
February 18-20 Presidents’ Day Holiday Weekend
February 26, Rock Soup Ski
March 7, meeting, Tall Tales, Elections, Ya I Du Ski
April 4, meeting, set summer hiking schedule


Panhandle Nordic Club Information:
Dues are $10 per household with dues to be paid each year at a meeting or mailed to the treasurer. Park and Ski sticker is $25 and can be obtained at Panhandle Nordic Club meetings from Treasurer Geoff Harvey the USFS Ranger Station at Fernan, Park and Rec building on Kathleen Avenue, Army Navy at 1620 N Government Way, Vertical Earth in their new building at 203 Coeur d’Alene Avenue, Ski Shack in Hayden, Rose Lake Store at Rose Lake Junction. Please mark your park ‘n ski ticket for 4th of July Ski area (Area # 11), no matter where you buy your sticker, and we get money back from the sticker purchase. You must have a Park and Ski sticker to ski at 4th of July.

Overnight Trips: The club agreed that there would be the following rules for overnight trips.
Participants need to put up 100% of the cost of trip up front to person who is organizing the trip. If someone can’t go, it is up to them to find a replacement and to arrange for the replacement to repay him or her their deposit. Organizers are NOT responsible for finding replacements. If a replacement can’t be found, the participant forfeits his/her entire deposit. Choice of accommodations is up to the organizer. If someone wants special accommodations, that person must make his/her own arrangements. If you have an overnight trip that you would like to do and you know of a lodge or cabin or motel that could accommodate Nordic club members, bring your ideas and a sign up sheet to the first meeting.

Day Trips-Anyone can organize a day trip, you just need a meeting place, destination and instructions as to difficulty of course and time it will take to ski the course.



NORDIC CLUB MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

Name: ____________________________________

Phone: ________________________

Address: _________________________________________________________________


Email: (required, it’s how we communicate) ______________________________________________
Please mail to: Geoff Harvey, PO Box 1352, Hayden, ID 83835 Questions (208) 762-1246
Dues are $10.00 per household per year. Dues can be paid at meetings or mailed to Geoff.

Panhandle Nordic Ski Club
C/O Geoff and Donna Harvey
5925 East Hayden Lake Road
Hayden Lake, ID 83835

For a printable application form click here
Or I'm sure we'll take your money if you provide the same information on a sheet of paper.