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The FaGowee International, Sacramento Chapter

December 2005
 


 

December 10, 2005
 Start planning now to join us at the
 Buggy Whip
 (2737 Fulton, between El Camino and Marconi)

Plan to bring a toy for Toys for Tots

Cost: $35 for members
              $40 for guests
Menu: Prime Rib
            Teriyaki Chicken
            Salmon
  dessert: Ice Cream
Music by:
              Walkin’ the Dawg

****Deadline by DEC 2, 2005****

Send checks to:
FaGowees
PO Box 15058
Sacramento, CA 95851


 

 

Board Members

PRESIDENT
Jim Van Riper
721-0892
president@sacramentofagowees.org

VICE-PRESIDENT
Lee Johnson
967-5903
vicepresident@sacramentofagowees.org

EX-PRESIDENT
Eric Schmitt
782-3158
pastpresident@sacramentofagowees.org

SECRETARY
Margaret Norville
725-3414
secretary@sacramentofagowees.org

TREASURER
Norman Benedict
985-8523
treasurer@sacramentofagowees.org

TRIPS
Diane Wilson
361-3140
trips@sacramentofagowees.org

SOCIAL
VACANT

RACE
VACANT

MEMBERSHIP
Karen Fontaine-Benedict
985-8523
membership@sacramentofagowees.org

HISTORIAN
Bob McDonald
817-4277

NEWSLETTER
Tracee Carter
509-279-8454
newsletter@sacramentofagowees.org


 

 Prez Says 

GOOD NEWS!!! Chains required on I-80 and Hwy 50 as I write this article, so your prayers for the “Snow Gods” to bless us with the winterizing of the ski resorts are being answered.

FWSA INFO: FWSA is holding a ski clinic for Slalom and Giant Slalom at Northstar on Saturday & Sunday, Dec 3rd & 4th. They are holding the Ski Race 1 Giant Slalom and party at Northstar on Saturday, Dec 10th. If you’re interested, the FWSA is also sponsoring the 1st Annual National Races to be held at Keystone, CO from Dec 7th to 10th. (See the advertisement flyer elsewhere in this newsletter for more info on this trip)

FaGOWEE HOT LINE: The old Sacramento FaGowee hotline has been discontinued. It was the opinion of the majority of the Executive Board that it wasn’t as effective as we would have liked it to be, that the costs didn’t justify the small numbers of hits we were receiving on it. With a club membership so spread out in the Sacramento area, we were not listed in most of the Sacramento area phone books for people to even find us. The majority of the people who have contacted the club have found us through our website. Several club members have expressed their displeasure with the hotline being discontinued to me and my only response can be is for them to check the newsletter for all the info regarding upcoming events. There are many reminders e-mailed to the membership reminding them of upcoming events also. If one still has questions, they can call ANY board member to receive additional info.

THE HOLIDAYS: Don’t forget that the FaGowee Christmas Party will be held at the Buggy Whip Restaurant on Dec 10th. (See the advertisement flyer elsewhere in this newsletter)

This club is quite diverse, and I don’t want to leave anyone out, so I want to take the time to officially wish each and every one of you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, or Happy Holidays (as the case may be). If you’re going to be driving out of town,
please drive safely and defensively. I’m hoping you all have a safe and somewhat sane New Year’s end.
May your holidays be safe and filled with joy and blessings.

READ YOUR NEWSLETTER

****THE SKI SEASON IS HERE!!!!****
By: Bob McDonald

Celebrate the new ski season with pictures! Then I can include them in our photo albums. I bring a photo album to each and every FaGowee function with the photos of our past events, and I depend on you, the general membership, to supply those photos for the albums. If you have any pics of any FaGowee’s having fun, please get them to me so I can add them to our archives. For the sake of ease in creating and displaying the photo pages, I’d prefer the prints to be 4”x 6” in size.
If you have any questions of photos you’d like to part with, please contact me at 916-817-4277.


See Photos Online!!!
Snow News is published monthly for the FaGowee International, Sacramento Chapter members. Articles or photos MUST BE to Tracee Carter by the 20th of each month. You may e-mail the information to Tracee at newsletter@sacramentofagowees.org or call (366-3223/801-2803). Editor has the right to edit or omit submitted material because of content or space, with Executive Board oversight.

 

  Special Announcements

 

 

Please keep Jackie Chesi in your thoughts for a
speedy recovery from her recent surgery.
The Executive Board sends its well wishes & hopes for quick healing.

 

Welcome New Members!!!

We would like to welcome Sandy Bane, Debbie Benson, and Dick Persons to the Sacramento FaGowees!

We hope to see them all at all the meetings and gatherings! 

This brings our member count to 100!

2

Chizuko Kawamoto

11

Cynthia Barlow

6

Nancy Morton

13

Jan McKissick

10

Diane Tiche

14

Linda Trombino

10

Karen Fontaine

30

Adrianne Parks

 

As has been in the past over the years, there will be no FaGowee Social General Meeting during the month of December.   However, the Social General Meeting for January will be held on Tuesday, January 24, 2006 at 6:30 pm at the Oriental Buffet.

Oriental Buffet
7217 Greenback Lane
Citrus Heights, CA 95621
Phone: 916-722-7888

The Oriental Buffet is an All-You-Can-Eat dining facility, located between Fountain Square and San Juan Ave (in front of Sam's Club) on Greenback Lane. There are over 75 items on the menu, something to temp everybody's palate.

Hope to see you all there!!!

 

 

Trip, Trips and more Trips

December 7-10, 2005

FWSA sponsored 1st Annual National Races
Keystone, Co

 Moguls Group Sales
groups@moguls.com
http://groups.moguls.com
800-925-8914
January 21-28, 2006 FaGowee’s Bash, Sun Valley, Idaho rsmallwood@rocketmail.com
703-329-5331
February 4-11, 2006 Far West Ski Week, Telluride, Colorado
http://www.fwsa.wbees.com/page/page/2244360.htm		 Amur Rutz
530-587-5814

   Diane Wilson

 

FAR WEST SKI ASSOCIATION 2006 SKI WEEK

 

Telluride

February 4 – 11, 2006

$850 (approx) price includes:

7 nights lodging

(double occupancy)

Mountain Picnic

Registration

Après Ski Party/Pub Crawl

Welcome Party

Farewell Awards Banquet

3 Races

5 to 7 day Lift Ticket

For More Information contact:
Debbie Stewart
559-734-9294
gwstewart@prodigy.net

immediately

Social Corner
Please mark your calendars now for the following dates. There is always room for more.

Dec 10th

Christmas Party at the Buggy Whip.  See Front Page for more info!

Dec 13th

Board Meeting @ 7:00 pm ~ Margaret Norville  725-3414 for directions

Dec 25th

Orphan’s Christmas Dinner ~ TBA

Jan 10th

Board Meeting @ 7:00 pm ~ Karen & Norman Benedict’s residence
1021 Mallard Circle, Folsom ~ 985-8523

Jan 24th

Social Meeting @ 6:30 pm ~ Oriental Buffet ~ See Page 3 for more info!

Feb 5th

Superbowl Party ~ TBA

Feb 14th

Valentine’s Day Party ~ Karen & Norman Benedict’s residence
1021 Mallard Circle, Folsom ~ 985-8523

 

 

FaGOWEE EVENT / TRIP REFUND POLICY
Revised, Approved and Adopted at the Executive Board Meeting, October 8, 2003

  1. The following Refund Policy applies to any Club event for which a fee is charged.

  2. You will automatically receive a 100% refund fur any trip or event cancelled by the Club.

  3. If you cancel and someone takes your place from the waiting list, you will receive a refund of the amount you paid, less a cancellation fee. The cancellation  fee will be $10.00 or 10% of the event/trip fee- whichever is more, unless a specific cancellation fee is advertised for the event/trip.

  4. If you cancel and there is no waiting list, or no one on the list takes your place, you will receive a refund of the amount you paid less a cancellation fee and less any expenses that the Club incurs due to your cancellation.

  5. If you arrange for someone not on the waiting list to take your place, you will be responsible for full payment to the Club plus any transfer fees or costs the Club incurs because of the change. Other money transactions are between you and your replacement. You must provide that replacement with a note for the trip leader or you must confirm the replacement directly with the trip leader prior to the event/trip. The person who submits payment must request all refunds from the Executive Board in writing within 60 days after the completion of the event/trip. The Executive Board will review the final financial report from the event/trip and may approve refunds in accordance with this refund policy.

  6. Any member may appeal to the Executive Board for refunds greater than provided by this policy if special circumstances warrant.

  7. There will be no refund for events that are designated as "Fund Raisers" unless they are cancelled or rescheduled by the Club.

 

 

 

SKI AND RACE CLINICS
Sponsored by Sierra League
Northstar-Saturday and Sunday, January 7th and 8th (You can attend one or both days)
Cost: $35 per clinic, 3 hours each, (not including lift ticked)
Discount lift tickets will be available
MUST BE PAID IN ADVANCE (This is a great deal!!)
Sign Up deadline is January 3, 2006
Even if you don’t race, you will learn so much at these clinics including
techniques that will improve your recreational and race skiing (since they are, basically, the same)
and you will also have fun running practice race courses.

Send checks to:
Sierra League
919 Humboldt Street
Reno, NV 89509

For More information contact:
Beth Perryman/Jim Sommer
775-322-5805

Please note: Early Season Race Clinic HAS BEEN POSTPONED until JANUARY 7 & 8, 2006. Snow conditions at Northstar do not support holding a race clinic as originally scheduled. Meet between 7:30 AM and 8:30 AM. NO ONSITE REGISTRATION!!

                                                                                                                 

It's never too early to start planning your skiing schedule for this coming ski season.
Here's the upcoming 2005-2006 race schedule:

Saturday, December 10, 2005 Race 1 - Giant Slalom & Party Northstar
Saturday, January 7, 2006 Clinic - Slalom Northstar
Sunday, January 8, 2006 Clinic - Giant Slalom Northstar
Saturday, January 21, 2006 Race 2 - Slalom Homewood
Sunday, January 22, 2006 Race 3 - Giant Slalom Homewood
Saturday, January 28, 2006 Clinic - Super G Northstar
Sunday, January 29, 2006 Race 4 - Super G on Challenger Northstar
Saturday, February 4 -
Sunday, February 12, 2006		 Ski Week @ Telluride, CO  
Saturday, March 4, 2006 Race 5 - Giant Slalom Diamond Peak
Sunday, March 5, 2006 Race 6 - Slalom Diamond Peak
Saturday, March 11, 2006 Race 7 - Giant Slalom on Challenger Northstar
Sunday, March 12, 2006 Race 8 - Slalom on Surprise & Pioneer Northstar
Friday, March 17 -
Sunday, March 19, 2006		 NorCals TBD
Thursday, March 30 -
Sunday, April 2, 2006		 FWRA Championships Kirkwood

Sierra League Racing Page
http://www.sierraleague.com/home.jsp

FWSA Racing Page
 http://www.fwsa.org/page/page/689667.htm

SEASON RACE PASSES
Get your money in now.
The FaGowees are again subsidizing the race passes by $25.  This makes the cost of the race pass $75 + the refundable gate keeping fee of $20 for a total of $95.  Make your check payable to the FaGowee Ski Club and mail to Andrea Woelfle, 4002 Hillcrest Lane, Sacramento 95821, (916) 487-9052. Money must be received by Wednesday, November 30 If you are a first time (with the Sierra League and don’t expect to be an “upper course” racer (i.e., in the top 6 classes), you don’t have to pay the gate keeping fee your first season.)  If you plan to race more than 3 races, the race pass will save you mucho money!
You must include the registration form with your check. (Check out the Race page for form)

 

Discount Tickets

  

Each fall the Sacramento FaGowee Ski Club offers club members the opportunity to purchases lift tickets for North Tahoe ski resort at a discount (usually about $10 off the regular price). The best part is that unused tickets may be turned in at the end of the season by the posted deadline for a credit towards the next season.  The deadline for pre-orders for this season has come and gone. But there are still tickets available for all five North Tahoe ski areas on a first-come-first-serve basis. 

Alpine Meadows – Discount price: $39 ($49 upgrade during holidays).  Subject to blackout dates during holidays (12/25/05 - 1/1/06, 1/14/06 - 1/16/06, and 2/18/06 - 2/20/06).  Can be upgraded to beginner ski/snowboard package at no additional cost (non-holiday only).

Homewood – Discount price: $34 ($11 off reg. weekend prices, $7 more than weekday price of $27 ~ Mon-Thurs, non-Holiday).

Northstar-at-Tahoe/Sierra-at-Tahoe – Discount price: $51 ($62 regular) includes $8 food & beverage voucher when tickets are used at Sierra-at-Tahoe.  Can also be used for first time ski/snowboard package, 4 snow tubing tickets, 1 XC package, 2 XC trail passes, ½ day child lesson (not little bandits), during the summer for golf (Sun-Thur after 1 pm) and mountain biking.

Squaw Valley – Discount price: $53 ($9 off reg. price) Can also be used during the summer for carious activities.

Sugar Bowl – Discount price: $37 ($22 off holiday & $9 off reg.) great deal. 

Robert Rice - FaGowee Discount Ticket Coordinator
(916) 996-9842
fagowees@ricro.com
www.ricero.com/fagowee
 

 

FaGowee Race Information

 

The FaGowees race in the Sierra League, which is comprised of several ski clubs in Northern California and the Reno area.  Racer levels range from low intermediate to expert.  There are 10 ability levels with two age groups in each level.  You race against skiers that have the age and ability as you do!

Everyone is there to have fun and to improve their skiing while having a friendly competition.  There are GS, slalom and one giant slalom races each season for a total of 8 races plus the NorCal and Far West finals.

Races are $20 each or you can buy a race pass for about $75 (FaGowees subsidize your race pass by $25, making your membership almost free! And you also get a wonderful gift if you race 3 times in a season.) You (and your friends that show up in the morning to register for the races) get discounted lift tickets on race day!

Scared to race?  Don’t despair!  

The first race is free and there are several race clinics, including those before the first races, which are sponsored by the Sierra League. 

More information go to:
http://www.sierraleague.com/home.jsp
 

 

NEED ADVERTISING SPACE? WANT TO SELL SOMETHING?

Several club members have recently made inquiries as to the possibility of placing personal advertisements in the Snow News. The Executive Board addressed that question at the January ’05 Executive Board Meeting. Effective immediately, we will be accepting personal advertisements for publication in your newsletters.

If you have something to sell or if you want to advertise your business, you can now place your personal advertisement in the Snow News, and your cost of placing each ad will be as follows:

AD SPACE SIZE:

MEMBER PRICE:

NON-MEMBER PRICE:

Business Card Size (2-1/8”H x 3-1/2"W)

$ 5.00 per month

$10.00 per month

¼ Page Size (4”H x 3-1/4”W)

$10.00 per month

$15.00 per month

½ Page Size (4”H x 6-1/2”W)

$15.00 per month

$20.00 per month

The Usual Small Print:

  1. Personal ads will be published one-time per month for the above-indicated prices. Please include your payment along with your ad and mail it to the FaGowee post office box.
  2. Your ad and payment must be received at the FaGowee post office box on or before the 10th of the month to be included in the following month’s newsletter.
  3. The Publications Editor has the right to refuse any advertisement that may be deemed inappropriate.

 

December 2005

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

        1 2 3

FWSA Clinic
4

FWSA Clinic

 5 6

 

 7

National Races

 8

National Races

 9

National Races

 10

Christmas Party
FWSA Race 1 & Party

National Races
11 12 13

Board Meeting

 14 15 16 17
18 19 20

 

 21 22 23 24
25

Orphan's Xmas Dinner

Christmas

 26 27 28 29 30 31

New Year's Eve

 

December Events

12/3-4 FWSA Ski Clinic - Slalom & Giant Slalom - Northstar
12/7-10 1st Annual National Races ~ Keystone, CO ~ 800-925-8914
12/10 Christmas Party @ Buggy Whip
12/10 FWSA Ski Race 1 - Giant Slalom & Party - Northstar
12/13 Board Meeting @ 7 pm ~ Margaret Norville's House 725-3414
12/25 Orphan's Christmas Dinner ~ TBA

 
 

January 2006

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

1

New Year's Day

 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10

Board Meeting

 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21

FaGowee Bash

FWSA
Race 2
22

FaGowee Bash

FWSA
Race 3

 23

FaGowee Bash

 24

Social Meeting

FaGowee Bash

 25

FaGowee Bash

 26

FaGowee Bash

 27

FaGowee Bash

 28

FaGowee Bash

FWSA Clinic
29

FWSA
Race 4

 30 31        

 

January Events

1/10 Board Meeting @ 7 pm ~ Karen & Norm Benedict's 985-8523
1/21 FWSA Ski Race 2 - Slalom - Homewood
1/21-28 FaGowee Bash, Sun Valley, ID ~ rsmallwood@rocketmail.com 703-329-5331
1/22 FWSA Ski Race 3 - Giant Slalom - Homewood
1/24  Social Meeting @ 6:30 pm ~ Oriental Buffet
1/28 FWSA Ski Clinic - Super G - Northstar
1/29 FWSA Ski Race 4 - Super G - Northstar