WE VE HAD A GREAT SKI YEAR!

DUNELAND SKI CLUB NEWSLETTER NEWSLETTER Vol 73 Issue 3 Sun Valley AUSTRIA/GERMANY BOYNE STEAMBOAT WE VE HAD A GREAT SKI YEAR! AND VARIOUS OTHER DAY TRIPS INSIDE THIS ISSUE Cover pg.....1 Meet the officers....2 Prez Message....2 Election....3 Sun Valley Report....4 Camp/Canoe 4 EOY Banquet...5 Funny & Quote...5 Upcoming..6 March Calendar...6 Membership App...7 About us....8 SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST Elections End of the year Banquet ATTENTION: DATE CHANGE For the DSC March Club meeting. From 19th to the 12th, 2018

2017-2018 The Prez Message for March 2 President Bill Leavitt skibilll@aol.com (3 L s) Vice Bill Stover Treasurer JoAnn Cleek Secretary Jean Gassoway Mary Golding Allan Nalbor Cheryl Wytovicz Kim Zajicek CMSC Regional VP- Ed Gordon CMSC Liaison, Membership, Newsletter & Website -Janice Shifley-Gordon Midwest Trips & Race Director-Pete Resetar Western Trips Chairman- Charlie Cleek We are now in the middle of our ski season and many of us have been on two or three ski trips already. I, myself, have skied ten days and raced five days so far this winter. Our trips to Sun Valley and Cascade with Nomads Ski Club were great successes with fun for all. The annual ISC Trip to Schuss mountain was cancelled, but Trip Leaders Pete and Henry put together a weekend at Boyne for 14 of us on just two weeks notice, and it was also a great skiing success. 2 members of our club also went to Kitzbuhel, Austria, with the Chicago Metropolitan Ski Council (CMSC). In a few days another DSC group will be leaving for Steamboat with the CMSC. Later, we have small groups going to Squaw Valley for the NASTAR National Championships in March and the CMSC Spring Fling in April. Please vote on March 12th. Our elections are coming up and we have a full slate of qualified candidates. Also, we just got volunteers to be trip leaders for our 2019 Taos Trip (Cheryl and Joe Wytovicz) and this trip will go on sale early in June. We are still awaiting air prices, and when we get them we will put the trip price in the Inside Edge. We expect it to be as good a deal as the Sun Valley trip was. If you want to help support our club, volunteer to do something tell me or any Board Member and we will help you get involved. Our gala End-of-the-Year Banquet, run by VP Bill Stover, will be on Friday, May 4, at the Valparaiso Country Club (see separate article). We expect prices to be in the $30-35 range. Plan to attend as there will be some big surprises at this event. We are in the process of planning summer activities, including mini-golf, the annual canoe/ camping trip, a White Sox baseball game and a Railcats baseball game. Also, we are planning at least one social meeting at a location to be announced. Let us know if you have ideas for additional fun activities. An updated membership directory will be available by the end of March. Janice will be contacting the new members to procure pictures and those members that we do not have snapshots of.

DSC Read this page or you will miss Election Night! Important information: regarding DSC Election night, Monday -March 12th, 2018. The regular meeting for March 19th has been changed to March 12th. Election night will be held at that time. Board meeting is at 6 30 pm and the General and Elections will be held at 7:30pm. ELECTION INFO: 2018-2019 ELECTIONS Only Paid Membership term will take place: can vote. Monday, March 12th. (NOT ON MARCH 19th) On Election night, the club will be providing Italian Beef sandwiches for the evening. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share. This is not mandatory. Absentee ballots are available if you can t be at the meeting. Contact: Mary Golding: 219-796-7011 Email: Marygolding@msn.com The Absentee ballots must be in Mary s postal mailbox before March 12th (by snail mail.) You must sign your ballot you are mailing to her. Information regarding Absentee ballots are at the left on this page. THESE ARE THE NOMINEES: OFFICERS President - Bill Leavitt Vice President - Bill Stover Secretary - Jean Gassoway Treasurer - Jack Anderson Allan Nalbor Cindy Kwallek Board NO EMAIL ballots are permitted! Mail absentee ballot to: Mary Golding Mary Golding Kim Zajicek Glenn Haines Wayne Kwallek 1104 Flagstone Drive Dyer, IN 46311 3

SUN VALLEY, IDAHO REPORT JANUARY 20-27, 2018 Our trip to Sun Valley did not disappoint a great group of 48, top notch lodging and amenities, reliable shuttles, decent snow, challenging race course, x -country skiing, snowshoeing and beautiful ski lodges. It was a pleasure to partner with The Chicago Nomads, and not just because they hosted one heck of a hot tub party. And best of all no injuries. There were a few folks that started the trip getting over pneumonia, strep, bad colds, and that slowed them down a bit. Sun Valley, built by the Union Pacific RR in 1936, was the first destination resort in the US. Dollar Mountain is the home to the world s very first chairlift. The resort s T V channel has a continuous showing of the 1941 movie Sun Valley Serenade staring Sonja Henie, an Olympic gold medal winning figure skater. The resort also offers a skating rink, 6-lane bowling alley, movie theater, large thermal pool, hot tub and exercise room. As I said, top notch. There was a welcome reception for all the clubs staying at the lodge. A few people from DSC & Nomads were lucky and won door prizes. Snacks & beverages were provided. Some of the group took advantage of the SV Nordic Center to x-country ski & snowshoe. On Friday, they took a bus 23 miles north to Galena a day lodge offering an extensive trail system & fantastic scenery. They all gave Galena great reviews. Tuesday was race day. The NASTAR course was fast and the first three gates went straight down. Dave Hubinger, Bill Leavitt, Scott Sanders, Jenny Clarke & Jack Clarke crashed (you can view Bill s spectacular spill on Duneland s Facebook page). The best time was skied by Atilla Donmaz-19.93 sec-gold, followed by Dave Hubinger-22.58-gold, Heather Seger-23.92- silver, Jenny Clarke-24.12-bronze, Henry Bottando- 24.92-bronze, Jack Clarke-25.34- bronze and Glenn Haines-24.58-bronze. Racer s medals were presented to Scott Sanders-25.37, Bill Stover-27.19, Bill Leavitt-27.24 and Jack Anderson-28.39. Our group dinner was held at Whiskey Jacques in the town of Ketchum, which was a nice venue for both clubs to unwind and mingle. They provided delicious pizza & salad. However, yours truly did not properly anticipate how hungry the crowd would be. So a rush order had to be put in for more Snow on Saturday caused United to divert our flight which meant the shuttle took us to Hailey to check-in our luggage and get boarding passes. Then a bus drove us 2 hours south to Twin Falls which resulted in an hour long security line. We arrived in Denver on time. However, mechanical trouble there caused another 90 minute delay. Finally we arrived in O Hare safely with our luggage intact. Our thanks to everyone on the trip. We certainly had a great time hope you did, too. Charlie & JoAnn Cleek Camp/Canoe Trip July 13-14-15 More info regarding cost etc. will be forthcoming in April. Start dusting off all that camping gear and making sure everything works and is ready to load up on the 13th of July. Lots of fun is always had on this trip. Watch for future postings with all the information. Wayne & Cindy Kwallek -Leaders Kwallek@comcast.net 4

2017-2018 End of the Year Banquet May 4th, 2018 6 pm Valparaiso Country Club 2501 Country Club Rd. Valparaiso, IN. Cost $30-35 TBD Questions: Contact Bill Stover billvalpo2001@yahoo.com A Funny and A Quote 5

. UPCOMING EVENTS March Meeting changed from the 19th to the 12th. 12th-Board Mtg. 6:30 pm General Mtg. 7:30 pm Election 2017-2018 End of the Year Banquet May 4th, 2018 6 pm Valparaiso Country Club 2501 Country Club Rd. Valparaiso, IN. Cost $30-35 TBD Questions: Contact Bill Stover billvalpo2001@yahoo.com Board 6:30pm Gen Mtg. 7:30 ELECTION Night Meeting Moved UP Questions: Contact Cindy or Wayne Kwallek Kwallek@comcast.net 6

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WE ARE MANY SKI CLUBS UNDER THE CMSC We meet every 3rd Monday of the month unless noted. ATTENTION: THE MARCH MEETING WILL BE ON THE 12TH INSTEAD OF THE 19th. Elections will be held that night. UMBRELLA 8