A Message from Our President Jodi Happy New Year! I want to say a special thanks to Caryn D. and Brian W. for putting on a really fun Keg and Get to Know Us party. They changed up the venue and put on an exciting raffle. Congratulations to Wendy W. for winning the last prize of the night. Skis!! A lot of you showed up at the door and took us by surprise. All-in-all it was a really fun evening out. I hope everyone that attended had a nice time. I want to share with you some of the things I ve heard about our trips. I heard a lot of you tell me that you thought the Keg and Get to Know Us party was too expensive. I want to use the Kissing Bridge trip as an example. Dana and Cynthia have tried to keep the cost of the KB trip (which is a one-night trip) at a low price. Lifts, one night hotel, bus transportation will all run you about $100 for a quad through the trip. Let s break down the costs if you do it on your own. If you rent the hotel on your own, it will cost you $80 a night. An 8-hour lift ticket will run you $40. Kissing Bridge is 200 miles from my house. That s 400 miles round trip. My Rogue gets about 25 miles per gallon so I need 16 gallons of gas to get me there and back. At $3.20 a gallon that s $51 just in gas. I am not factoring in the wear and tear on your car, taxes, time spent driving and the fact that there could be a snowstorm keeping you company for a 3.5 hour drive. If you can find 4 friends to jam their stuff into your SUV and strap the skis to the roof you might come out at about $75 each (Hotel $20 + Lift $40 + Gas $13). Not bad. But for an extra $25 you can have someone else drive you up and not have to worry about making a single reservation. If only 2 of you split the cost, it would be about $105 (Hotel $40 + Lift $40 + Gas $25). The Fagowees are charging $115 for a double. Now you ve got to take turns driving and having only each other to talk to instead socializing with a bus full of people and enjoying a cold one. I also want to remind everyone that times have changed. Everything inflates! It doesn t ever go down. We can t keep the cost of a trip the same as it was 10 years ago. It now costs the club more to rent a bus. The hotel increases their rates. Even beer has gotten more expensive. The Socials and Board members do their best to price our trips as low as possible without losing money. Please keep that in mind. We do have your best interests in mind. So what s going on for this month? Skiing that s what! Our first trip of the year is Kissing Bridge on January 14 15. Dana and Cynthia have mixed this up a little bit and tried to keep the price low on this trip. Don t forget this trip only is BYOB! January 27 th is the Friday trip to Seven Springs. Donna B. or Chris S. would be more than happy to reserve your spot so don t wait until the last minute to sign up. A few other races are going on by you ll need to put your trip planning skills into play and we ll see you there. January 2012 The Newsletter of the Cleveland Fagowees
FaGOWEE MEETING INFORMATION The Fagowees Ski Club is a proud member of the Cleveland Metro Ski Council www.fagowees.org Club Meetings are held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the Month Doors Open at 7:00 P.M. - Meeting Starts at 8:00 P.M. AMPOL HALL - 4737 Pearl Road - Cleveland $5.00 Members - $6.00 Guests Beer, Wine, Pop and Munchies (Specialty Nights - $1.00 Additional) Moving? Let us know! Send your new address to: Yvonne Daycak PO Box 635 N. Olmsted, OH 44070-0635 -or- email: Membership@fagowees.org Greeting you at the door will be... January 3 Regular Meeting - Ampol Hall Yvonne D. & Ted D. (Please note, This meeting will be in the upstairs Hall) January 17 Regular Meeting - Ampol Hall Dave M. & John M. February 7 Regular Meeting - Ampol Hall Pat M. & Christee B. February 21 Regular Meeting - Ampol Hall Ted D. & Dana G. 41 YEARS OF FUN AND GAMES ON WEEKENDS, ESPECIALLY SKIING 2011-2012 Executive Board President Jodi Leal 216-832-8506 Vice President Sharon Eckhardt 216-362-7470 Secretary Alicia Christy 440-554-6055 Summer Social Mark Pillon 216-214-9083 Membership Chair Yvonne Daycak 216-346-6311 Assistant Membership Rita Montorsi 440-376-0992 Assistant Race Chair Tom Keller 216-224-1066 Ted Donnellan 216-267-8697 CMSC (Metro) & Int l Rep Pat Murphy 216-382-7284 Publicity Chair Rita Montorsi 440-376-0992 Happening Editors (newsletter) Dana Yatsko 216-289-1167 John Molnar 216-299-0115 Joe Benek 330-422-0854 Submit information to: happening@fagowees.org Treasurer Tony Tomsic 440-225-5035 Assistant Treasurer Auditor Dave Mitzel 330-573-1441 Winter Social Shelli Snyder 216-269-8971 Trustees Jeff Branske 440-476-3452 Al Feronti 440-258-6848 Dana Garcia 440-258-4962 Larry Foote 216-244-4340 Brian Korfhage 440-452-0728 Race Chair Caryn Donnellan 216-267-8697 Elections Chair Christee Burridge 330-666-2838 Merchandise Chair Donna Brown 440-313-8690 Asst. Merchandise Chair Mike Bassett 330-696-6133 Website web@fagowees.org Mike Popik 216-447-1698 Past President Mike Gumbish 216-433-0071 NOTICE: Executive Board Members' phone numbers are printed in The Happening and in the Directory. Members having any suggestions, questions, or problems are invited to call us. However, members' phone numbers and addresses are for the sole use of the membership of the Fagowee Ski Club. No one may use this information provided in the directory for business use of any kind. Unauthorized use of our directory can result in disciplinary or legal action. Read more about our constitution, by-laws, and code of conduct at www.fagowees.org.
Fagowee of the Month Congratulations to our Fagowee of the Month, Dana G. Dana has been in our tribe for 20 years taking part in activities year round such as House Boating, Happy Hours, Sail boarding, bike rides, pack trips, Halloween parties, Clambakes, and skiing. She has also served as a part of the Fagowees board as a Trustee. This very important job keeps our club running smoothly and keeps your drinks full during our membership meetings. Dana has stepped up to the plate to run trips for our club as well. She is the trip leader for the Kissing Bridge weekend ski trip January 14th & 15th next month. When you see Dana, say hello, buy her a cocktail, and consider joining her in the fun, at Kissing Bridge ski resort. Our January, 2012, Fagowee-of-the-Month award goes out to a most deserving member. When you see her at any of the club s activities, please stop and give her a pat on the back for all her great work. Congratulations Dana G.! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU! A great big THANK YOU to all the Fagowee members and to the Fagowee board for all of their support with my current and ongoing health conditions. I especially wanted to thank you for the kind and generous donation that was made on my behalf to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. The generous donation to PanCan is much appreciated and will be put to good use as the PanCan Network continues to find, research and develop new ways in helping to fight this horrible disease. I appreciate all of your support and helping me climb this mountain as there Ain t No Mountain High Enough! With many thanks and much love and appreciation, Denise B. Oliver! Once again a group of intrepid Fagowees boldly strode into the heart of Ohio City in search of a cultural experience, and once again, they were successful! Under the inspired guidance of Pat M., 35 Fagowees met at the Light Bistro to fortify themselves for the excursion. The food, drinks, and company were excellent and set the tone for the entire evening. After dinner, we met 12 other Fagowees at St. Pat s for the Near West Theater s production of Oliver! the touching story of the corruption of youth and the decline of morals in Charles Dicken s world (and you thought these activities were limited to the Ampol Hall). The cast and crew did a wonderful job on the play, and everyone enjoyed it thoroughly. It was a successful evening and will be repeated again soon. Join us!
7 or 8 night Big Sky Trip Package Includes: Shuttle service to/from Big Sky & Airport 5 day Adult Lift Ticket Multiple Parties Sold Out! Option 1: Departure: Return: Option 2: Departure: Return: Option 3: 30 airline seats available for this option. (8 nts. in Condo) 3/16/2012 - FRIDAY from Akron/Cantonairport. 3/24/2012 SATURDAY return to Akron/Cantonairport. The extra day in Condo is free, extra lift day is $49. Cost: $1,239 (Member) & $1,289 (Non-member). 22 airline seats available for this option. (7 nts. in Condo) 3/17/2012 Saturday from Cleveland Hopkins airport. 3/24/2012 Saturday return to Cleveland Hopkins airport. Cost: $1,305 (Member) & $1,355 (Non-member). Ground Package (chose your arrival date). Arrive in Bozeman: 3/16/2012 or 3/17/2012 Depart from Bozeman: 3/24/2012 * MUST DEPART * Cost: $729 (Member) & $779 (Non-member). Trip Leaders: Alicia Christy & Tom Keller bigsky@fagowees.org 440.248.3694 Cancellation Policy: NO REFUNDS AFTER November 1st, 2011.
KISSING BRIDGE 2012 January 14 th -15 th, 2012 Make your own party! Come join us at Kissing Bridge for a fun make your own ski trip. To save money, we are trying something new. We will NOT be supplying alcohol. This is a BYOB event. We WILL provide snacks on the bus. Many of you have asked to not have alcohol included in the package prices and with today s trying, financial times, we thought we would make it an option to bring your own! ;) DETAILS: SATURDAY, January 14 th, 2012 West Side and an East Side Pick up (times to be determined) Depart the Cleveland area approximately 1:30 p.m. Approximate arrival to KB 5 p.m. Saturday night lift tickets (optional) available for only $15.00! If you don t want to ski, have dinner or party at the bar! Bus departs the ski area Saturday night at approximately 9:30 p.m. to head back to the hotel. SUNDAY, January, 15 th, 2012 CMSC Racing is happening. There will be 2 buses departing from the hotel, taking you to the ski area (approx. 7:30 a.m. & 8:45 a.m.) Fruit, juice & breakfast bars will be provided on the bus in the morning. Sunday lift ticket is included Bus departs the ski area, heading back to Cleveland, in the afternoon (TBD). Remember- The following day is Martin Luther King Day so you may not have to work! HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS The Red Roof Inn in Hamburg, NY PRICING INFO Members Guests QUAD $99.99 + $.01 $105 TRIPLE $105 $110 DOUBLE $115 $120 $25 deposit due at sign-up. Payment in full by Jan. 3 rd, 2012. No refunds after Dec. 20 th, 2011. Contact: Dana G. 440.258.4962 KissingBridge@fagowees.org Cynthia S. 440.667.6868 KissingBridge@fagowees.org
SEVEN SPRINGS One Day Trip! Friday, January 27, 2012 Theme: Cowboys and Indians Cost: $77.00/Member - $82.00/Guest Drive-up $33.00/lift ticket only Contact: Chris S. 216-389-5316 or Donna B. 440-313-8690 Sevensprings@fagowees.org Mail Check to: Fagowees Ski Club 2907 Fortune Ave. Parma, OH 44134-2238 Agenda: Be there by 5:45 a.m. Leaving @ 6:00 a.m. SHARP LakeFront Bus Line 13315 Brookpark Road, Cleveland OH Leaving: Seven Springs around 9:00 p.m. Serving: Coffee/Bloody Mary s/beer/wine/pop/water/juice/screw Drivers/Muffins/Fruit/Health Bars/Chips/Cookies & more. Lunch: on your own - Dinner: on your own (munchies on the bus) Deposit: $25.00 - Cancellation Date: 1/17/12
Party Review - 20 th Annual Keg & Get to Know Us Party Sponsored by Village Ski and Snowboard Once again, the Fagowees show that we re a drinking club with a skiing problem. We had an AWESOME turnout with 100+ Fagowees (and potential Fagowees) enjoying the night at a new venue, BW-3 s in Strongsville. We couldn t get too many takers to try the Wild or Blazin wings, and man were the Blazin wings hot, Come on, Ice cream. A big part of the party is our annual Racer s Raffle, where we raffle off great prizes to raise money for CMSC s BEST race team. Huge thanks go out to Ed and the crew from Village Ski and Snowboard. They brought us a SUPER spread of stuff including skis, a ski trip to Holimont, gift certificates, and about 50 other prizes! If you are in the market for skis or a snowboard, stop by The Village. Mention that you are from the Fagowees; let s support the folks that help support our club. Huge thanks also go out to my new assistant Caryn. She really pounded the streets this year drumming up prizes from ski areas. We had a lightning round where we raffled off over $1500 of lift tickets and prizes to great places like Alpine Valley, Big Boulder, Boston Mills, Bristol Mountain, Holimont, Jack Frost, Seven Springs, Snow Trails, Holiday Valley, Peek n Peak, Sawmill, Snow Trails, and the grand daddy of em all, a 3-day ticket to Park City won by Rita M. Year after year, we continue to have a large spread of prizes, with over 50 prizes to raffle off this year. At the end of the raffle, we gave away our grand prize, a set of Blizzard skis, complete with bindings. The winner was Wendy W. (and I had nothing to do with that, Mike aka Hacksaw from Village pulled the winning number). The mother of all Shot Skis returned this year. Not just any old shot ski, but a 245 cm jump ski that has been on the wall at Village for the past three decades. This thing is HUGE; I think we could have five big Kahunas drinking from this bad boy! The raffle raised over $1000 for the Fagowees race team. This is important to the club since it helps finance race credits i.e. free or discounted racing. Finally, if you are looking for new equipment, Village Ski/Snow is running an awesome bus trip/demo day to Holimont on Weds 1/11; it s called Test Fest, and for $85 you get a bus ride to Holimont, lift ticket, and the opportunity to try skis from a whole bunch of different manufactures. Once the ski day is done, the plan is to party in Ellicottville for a few hours. If you have time and money left after signing up for Fagowees trips, check out their web site at www.villagesnow.com or call 440-779-8788 for more information. Until next year, when the Keg Party itself will be old enough to drink! Brian & Caryn
Euchre Tournament Saturday, January 28 th, 2012 LOCATION: Dena s House in Rocky River Arrival: 5:30 p.m. until 6:15 p.m. Ready to play: 6:30 p.m. BYOB Entrance fee: $3.00 (1 st & 2 nd place winners take the cash!) Bring a side dish or dessert (pair up with someone) Bring a sleeping bag... just in case! lol RSVP: CynthiaAnne6868@yahoo.com Tentative Schedule for the future: Saturday, February 18 th, 2012 Len s house in Middleburg Heights Saturday, March 10 th, 2012 Dave & Peggy s house in Berea Contact Cynthia if you are interested in hosting at your house. Check out pogo.com if interested in learning how to play or want to brush up on your euchre skills play against the robots /computer!! ON SALE NOW! Bristol Combined March 2 4, 2012 ROOMS Member Guest Quad Standard $240 $270 Quad Suite $260 $290 Triple Standard $260 $290 Triple Suite $285 $315 Double Standard $290 $325 Double Suite $335 $365 No Room $125/$145 Drive Up $45 No Lifts Tix $89 Sorry no refunds after 01/18/12 unless the trips sells out! Trip Includes: Bus transportation to/from Cleveland Theme bus party complete with decent beer & somewhat decent wine, subs, pizza, snacks, and special surprises! 2 nights accommodations at the lovely Canandaigua Inn (pool, hot tub, bar, restaurant, and frozen lake on premise). Standard room or suites available. 2 day lift ticket to Bristol Mountain (just like Big Sky, only a tad smaller). Saturday night optional dinner with Warren Ski Club, plus Racing Awards Ceremony. 6 pm West Side Departure 6:30 East Side Departure Sign up today! Brought to you by your super fabulous Bristol Combined peeps: Rita 440-376-0992 / Yvonne 216-346-6311 / bristol@fagowees.org
Call in sick and join the Fagowees at Holimont A private ski area in New York Wednesday February 22, 2012 Bus leaves 5:30A.M (Sharp) West side pick up only!! Lakefront Bus lines-13315 Brookpark Rd. (Across from Malleys) Members: $70.00, Guests: $75.00 Includes Bus, lift ticket, Continental breakfast: Coffee, Juice, Beer, Wine, Bloody Mary s, Munchies Contact: John Sidol 440-734-0611 or dsidol3@att.net Sharon Eckhardt 216-362-7470 or iske2@woyway.com 2012 Fagowee Race Update v1.0 Greeting Race Fans and welcome to our 1 st edition of the 2012 Fagowee Race team update coming to you LIVE from a PC not far from you. Unfortunate for you, your race chairs are back for our 2012 season, Tedders, Caryn and Tom. We are in the fund raising portion of our year and making every attempt to get your race fees as close to ZERO as possible. So Tom, how can I help? First off, thanks to everyone who helped with our Fagowee Celebrity Bartending event at the 2011 Cleveland Ski Show. We brought in $2.41 to our race program. At least we didn t lose money and start in the hole. Returning this year was our popular bake sale with Tommy s BALLZ and my favorite, chocolate covered BACON!! Guys like BACON, what can we say!! We brought in just under $300 for the team. Next up will be our Keg and Get to Know You raffle. So get your tickets and try to win great prizes. After that we have the fun and exciting SLAVE AUCTION the first meeting in December!! No, I am not slaving myself out, just remember who does work assignments. Beer goes a loooong way in helping secure the right week *just sayin*. We will begin handing out our paper edition of what races you plan on attending in 2012 during the November and December meetings. Just to get the ball rolling and get us all into the gate bashing SPIRITS!! If you need to contact us, you know how -1-800-call-someone-else (wink, wink). Use our email address located on our fabulous website Race@fagowees.org. Here is something to think about: The world land speed record requires the minimum of skill, and the maximum of courage. So letz go out there and set some land speed records this year cuz us Fagowees are known for our minimal skillz. How many days until ski season starts?
Bits And Pieces Fagowee Members Men Women Couples Total 2012 New 8 10 6 (3) 24 2012 Renewals 86 49 98 (49) 233 Totals 94 59 104 (52) 257 New Members = 6 Welcome New Members Deborah B., Norman D., Deborah H., Stephen K., Karen L., George W. Fagowees send their condolences to: Dave Bond on the loss of his Mother and Heather Wehrmeister on the loss of her Mother Please keep Dave, Heather, and their families in your thoughts during this difficult time.
COMING ATTRACTIONS January Events 1/3/2012 Regular Meeting Ampol Hall 1/4 Boston Mills Qualifier All levels of experience welcome! 1/7-8 Holiday Valley Ski Race Non-racers always welcome 1/12 Quaker Steak Snow & Ski Show Reynolds Road, Mentor. 6-9 PM 1/14-15 Kissing Bridge Trip Dana - 440-258-4962/Cynthia - 440-667-6868 1/17 Regular Meeting Ampol Hall 1/21-22 Swain 1 Ski Race Non-racers always welcome 1/27 Seven Springs day Trip Donna B. & Chris S./ sevensprings@fagowees.org 1/27-29 BMBW CMSC Ski Weekend Boston Mills - Brandywine 1/28 Euchre Cynthia (see ad inside for info) 1/30 A Evenin in Da Whetto See ad inside for info Future Events 2/4 Snow Trails Slalom & Tail gate 2/5 Boston Mills Slalom & Tail gate 2/7 Regular Meeting Ampol Hall 2/11 Holiday Valley Ski Race Non-racers always welcome 2/12 Peek n Peek Ski Race Non-racers always welcome 2/21 Regular Meeting Ampol Hall 2/22 Holimont Day Trip John S. & Sharon E. / holimont@fagowees.org 2/25-26 Swain 2 Ski Race Non-racers always welcome 3/2-4 Bristol Combined Ski Race Yvonne D. & Rita M. / bristol@fagowees.org 3/17-24 Big Sky Ski Trip See ad inside or talk to Alicia C or Tom K 4/13-14 Banff Film Festival Ohio Theater 4/21 CMSC Races Banquet Reinecker s Party Center TEAM CMSC http://bit.ly/cmscpanohio PanOhioCMSC@fagowees.org
January Birthdays Stacy S. 1 Shelli S. 3 Brian K. 4 Richard R. 6 Tracy R. M. 16 Janet B. 16 Camille B. 18 Debbie S. 18 Patti P. 20 Tom L. 20 Ivette V. 29 A Member of the Cleveland Metropolitan Ski Council P.O. BOX 635 NORTH OLMSTED, OH 44070-0635 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED PRSRT STD U.S. POSTAGE PAID CLEVELAND, OH 44107 PERMIT No. 1063 DATED MATERIAL ***DO NOT DELAY***