DON'T FORGET TO JOIN US AT THE
SOCIAL MEETINGS!
See Page 4 for times and places!

Lauri Thompson 916-987-1817 EMAIL UPDATES Club emails is now the responsibly of the activity director.  Please send all future requests for email distributions to the activity director. I am in the process of updating my email address for the club.  To expedite this process, if you want to receive the updates please send me your email address to lmthom10@pacbell.net or activitydir@sacramentofagowees.org. Thank you Norm for going above and beyond for so long. OLDE COLOMA THEATER     SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH The play has changed but the date has remained the same.  Amateur theater at it's best.  Cheer the hero, boo the villain.  $10.00 adult, $9.00 for 55 and older.  Dinner plans will be determined as the date gets nearer, weather dependent.  Carpooling from Orangevale or Folsom.  Get you name on the list, money due by October 24th. Please contact me for more info! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED I will be out of town the weekend of The Annual FaGowee Christmas Party on December 9th.  We need 2 or 3 volunteers to plan and emcee the event.  I will assist in the planning but need someone to take the lead. Please contact me to volunteer. FUTURE EVENTS SNOWSHOEING IN THE HIGH SIERRA It will be either Saturday or Sunday the weekend of January 13th. Exact date, time and location will be in the December newsletter. BEACH BLANKET BABYLON in San Francisco in the spring.  I may turn it into a weekend event by combining it with hiking the coast, Angel Island or seeing the Mountain Play at Mount Tam.  Email me your thoughts.  Details will be in later newsletters.

 

Abalone Dive & Dine – 2006 The Abalone Dive & Dine weekend of August 17 to 20, 2006 was another FaGowee success story. There were thirty-seven FaGowee members and twenty-six guests in attendance at this event. We had a total of twelve divers (three were FaGowee members as well as nine guest divers (one was 12 years young) that brought in enough abalone to feed the entire tribe, and we still had several abs for each diver to take a couple home with them for their efforts. We had fifty-one adults and twelve children under the age of sixteen. I’m glad that this has become an event where the children and grandchildren are feeling welcomed into our midst and being included. My thanks to my son-in-law (Shannon Powell) for bringing his Zodiac boat to get the divers out to the abalone beds, to Tim & Ellen Page, Adrianne Parks, Shannon and Chasen Powell, Dean Tonsager, Jon Burgess, Brian Luiz, Dave Dolson, Tim Robertson, Jeff Coates and Mark Tinfani for diving and bringing in the haul of the weekend. Also, my thanks to Jan McKissick and Jon Johnson for cooking the abalone; to Greg Holman for BBQ’ing the chicken; to Jackie Chesi for preparing the salad; to Phyllis Figlioli for preparing the garlic bread; and to Margaret Norville, Ann Fajen, Diane Wilson, Marilyn Miller and Jackie Chesi for serving dinner to the hungry braves and bravettes. There was a vicious rumor going around that I was not going to plan and host the Abalone Dive & Dine weekend in 2007. I put an abrupt halt to that rumor after we gathered for dinner and just before we ate. That rumor was true. I’ve done the Ab Dive for the past 4 (or 5 – who counts that high?) years and I figured it is the turn of someone else to pick up the ball and run with it. Your club treasurer and membership chair have graciously volunteered to do just that, and they will be in charge next year. I trust that you will give them all the help you’ve given me in the past. Without that help, this event would be a bust. I have already reserved 15 R/V sites and 3 tent sites for next years trip, so be sure to mark your calendars and set aside the time to join us from Thursday to Sunday, August 16 to 19, 2007.

Trip, Trips and more Trips

Discount Tickets

It’s that time of year again. It’s never too early to start thinking about the slopes and a cheaper way to be there. Each year the club offers members the chance to purchase lift tickets to the most popular North Tahoe resorts at a discount (usually $9 to $11 below the normal price). Just send in a completed order form and a check to guarantee your tickets. You can also purchase tickets throughout the season while supplies last. And the best part is, you can turn in your tickets at the end of the season by the posted deadline for a credit towards tickets next year.

By the middle of next month, those of you turned in tickets last spring will be receiving order forms with your credits. If you have credits and fail to return your form before the deadline an order will be made to cover your credits. 2005/2006 ticket returns for Alpine Meadows, Northstar, and Squaw Valley can still be returned until 10/31/2006. Order form will be available on the web site by the middle of October 2006 or or contact me via phone or e-mail and I’ll send you an order form.

This year we are offering tickets for Alpine Meadows, Squaw Valley, Northstar/Sierra-at-Tahoe, Homewood, and Sugar Bowl. At this time I do not have complete price information, but this is what I know so far.

Alpine Meadows – No information at this time. Last year’s discount price was $39, two dollars less than the regular price with black-out dates during holidays.

Homewood – No information at this time. Last year’s discount price was $34, a discount of $10 from the weekend price.

Northstar-at-Tahoe/Sierra-at-Tahoe – The discount price has gone up two dollars to $53. The regular price will be $63 and goes up to $66 Christmas week (there are no restriction on the discount tickets).

Squaw Valley – The discount price has gone up two dollars to $55. Expect the regular price increase from last year’s price of $62.

Sugar Bowl – No information at this time. Last year’s discount price was $37, a discount of $8 from the weekend price.

Robert Rice
FaGowee Discount Ticket Coordinator
Phone: (916) 996-9842
E-mail: fagowees@ricro.com
Web Site: www.ricero.com/fagowee

First time racers are free and the Fagowees subsidize race passes by $25!! Race passes are only $75 for eight races; $100 after 11/24 (the day after Thanksgiving) In addition, you will also be paying a $20 refundable gate keeping fee.  Individual races are $20 each.  

Send your check, made out to the FaGowee Ski Club, in now for a race pass: $75 + $20 = $95 to Andrea Woelfle, 4002 Hillcrest Lane, Sacramento CA 95821 (phone 487-9052) and attach a copy of the race release form (in the race team section of the FaGowee website.  It’s last year’s form, but it will work just time!

Race Schedule
http://www.sierraleague.com/schedule.jsp

Keep up with the Sierra League at their website
http://www.sierraleague.com/home.jsp
Check out their Travel Page that has been updated with new trips!!

Located in the Colorado Rockies, Steamboat Ski Resort is one of North America's largest ski mountains. With 143 trails, 3,600 vertical feet, and nearly 3,000 skiable acres, Steamboat provides a variety of terrain for every level of skier. The trail classification is 13% beginner, 56% more difficult and 31% advanced/expert. There are definitely runs for every skier.
Steamboat is a complete mountain range with Mt. Werner, Sunshine Peak, Storm Peak, Thunderhead Peak, Christie Peak and Pioneer Ridge. Steamboats six peaks are filled with groomed cruisers, bumps, steep, open meadows and legendary tree skiing. The phrase "champagne powder snow" was coined at Steamboat.

 You, as a FaGowee, are automatically a Sierra League member.
Don’t miss this opportunity to have fabulous skiing vacation.
Contact Debbie Stewart to sign up;
also contact Andrea Woelfle (andreajoew@sbcglobal.net)
so that we can coordinate transportation and attendance of FaGowee members.
 

Contact:
Norm  or Mary Azevedo
V.P. International Travel
Far West Ski Association (FWSA)
925-944-9816