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It’s almost Race Season!The Racing Team welcomes skiers and snowboarders of all abilities. Team members of lower abilities might take some time to establish eligibility to race in the regular races, but that is not an obstacle to participation in our program. Competition is based on ability on the race
course (as measured by the Crescent Ski Council’s handicapping system), without regard to age or gender. Within Crescent, racers as young as age 4 and as old as 74 have become
newly qualified. The racing season comprises five regular races and the season-ending Crescent Cup:
Dec 19-20 – Appalachian Mtn, Jan 9-10 – Sugar Mtn
Jan 30-31 – Appalachian Mtn Feb 6-7 – Beech Mtn
Feb 20-21 – Sugar Mtn Mar 5 – Silver Creek, WV
In addition, we offer gate-running practices at Appalachian on Friday nights before the races at Appalachian, Sugar and Beech.
Opportunities to “get qualified” (establish your Starting Crescent Handicap) are available at Crescent’s Development and Training on
Sunday, Dec. 6 and as part of the qualifying flights in connection with the regular races.
Lift tickets are discounted at all races. Racers at regular races com-pete for the esteem of their peers, small prizes for the top three finishers in all flights (handicap-based divisions), individual points and Team Points. The male and female Individual Point Champions win a trip to Steamboat, CO in connection with the Crescent Ski Council’s annual Steamboat Ski & Instruction Trip. Past winners from W-SSOC include Ja Davis and Caitlin Penry.
So far, we know of the following racers who plan to participate in the 2015-2016 season: Dena, Kyle and Thomas Carroll, Jodi Dias, Emma Henry, Ken Lumsden, Grant McAllister, Grant McAl-lister III (“G3”), Cathie Mulgrew, Vance Parker, Caitlin Penry, Cary Popour, Mike Shipko, Wes Snyder, Will Stranch, George Wunker and our newest racer Tara Nelson.
July-Nov. 2015
Newsletter of the Winston-Salem Ski & Outing Club
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Find us on www.facebook.com/wssocFacebook offers us additional opportunities to get information on short notice. Our official page has the club logo on the top.
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Our racers gather occasionally at Finnegan’s Wake on Trade Street in W-S. We invite you to come and social-ize and get to know your fellow racers. Send an email to Ken Lumsden [email protected] requesting to be kept informed about these events.
2015-2016 Ski VacationsRefer to the January SKIER, the Crescent Ski Council web site and W-SSOC web site for details of pricing.
CSC Steamboat Racing and Instruction Camp, Steamboat, CO, Dec. 5-12, 2015. CSC Steamboat Racing and Instruction Camp, Steam-boat, CO, December 5-12, 2015. This trip currently has 226 participants. The cutoff date to sign up is November 6, 2015. Get your CSC Reservation form from the W-SSOC web site. Your membership in W-SSOC must be current in order to sign up for this trip. W-SSOC’s Cathie Mulgrew is the Crescent coordinator for this trip. Check out the Cres-cent Ski Council web site or W-SSOC’s web site or contact Cathie at [email protected].
CSC Mt Bachelor, Oregon, Jan. 16-23, 2016.62 people are signed up so far and Crescent can take more. All W-SSOC members are eligible. Check out the Crescent Ski Council web site or contact Ken Lumsden [email protected] for details.
W-SSOC Beaver Creek’16, Saturday-Saturday, Jan. 30 – Feb. 6, 2016.We have 41 participants and could still take a few more. While based at Beaver Creek, skiers can also use the same ticket at Vail, Breckenridge, Keystone and Arapahoe
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November Club Meetings & SocialsClub Meeting Ski & Tennis Station Thursday, Nov. 19, 7PM Contact Vance [email protected] for details
Last Friday Social at Grapes & Grains Friday, Nov. 27, 6PM Contact Vance [email protected] for details
Basin. We’re taking a private bus to Vail early in our week. Contact Ken Lumsden [email protected] for details.
W-SSOC Flexible Trip, Salt Lake City’16, March 1-6, 2016. This trip is another that offers multi-area skiing: Brighton, Snowbird, Alta and Solitude.
Complete details are on the W-SSOC web site. Or, contact Ken Lumsden [email protected].
CSC Big Sky, Montana, March 19-26, 2016.204 people are signed up, so far. Crescent Ski Council reports the trip is full but they are accepting additions to the waiting list (and they currently need a single male). All W-SSOC members are eligible. Check out the Crescent Ski Council web site or contact Ken Lumsden [email protected] for details.
Bike/Barge Trip’16 OR Greek Island Cruise’16. Bike/Barge Trip OR Greek Island Cruise. Crescent Ski Council is offering a Greek Island Cruise in spring 2017 (not 2016, as previously anticipated) and will be the week after Memorial Day. You are eligible. Crescent Ski Council is soliciting input from clubs for one of four alter-natives. If you have possible interest in this trip, please send your input to Ken Lumsden [email protected] by the W-SSOC club meeting, November 19. Pricing on these alternatives is not yet available in a form that lends itself to thorough item-by-item comparison. Available pricing varies substantially for the type of room on the cruise ship: interior rooms with no windows can be as much as $1,200 less than rooms with balconies or windows. The price ranges mentioned in the chart on the following page are based on 2016 pricing. Prices for 2017 are not yet available.
Evening WalksLeader: Pat LumsdenOur first walk was a spectacular afternoon of 70+ degrees at Tanglewood, where the Make-a-Wish Trail Challenge participants Leanne Brendle, with son Wade, and Sam Pearce with son Max, walked with Jeannette Romaniello and grandson Logan, Sharon Watson and Pat Lums-den.Pat, Barbara Freiberg and Helene Elbein enjoyed a
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pleasant walk at Reynolda Village on Thursday, October 29. This walk was late enough – even though it was still Daylight Saving Time – that it was beginning to get a bit too dark! So, with the end of Daylight Saving Time on November 1, we’ll meet for our walk on the Muddy Creek Greenway on Thursday, November 12, at 4:00 PM. Meet at the parking lot that is off of Meadowlark Dr, less than ½ mile from Country Club Rd. If you don’t want to walk, bring your bike. Questions? Contact Pat at [email protected].
Christmas Lights WalkWednesday, December 16, 7:00 PM Leader: Pat LumsdenThis an easy stroll through Ardmore’s best of the Christmas light displays. Meet at 7 PM in the parking lot of the Food Lion on Hawthorne Rd. at Knollwood St. We’ll head up Hawthorne Rd. to Melrose St, then return to Magnolia St, with continuation what likely will be the best display of all, the offices of W-SSOC’s Tree Bright. Bring a flashlight and dress appropriately for the weather!
Report from Club MeetingCookout at Tanglewood Park Thursday, September 17, 2015It was a pleasant late-summer evening at Tanglewood. George kept the burgers and hot dogs coming and we had a great selection of side dishes and desserts brought by attendees.
Our guest speaker, Will Scott, is the Yadkin Riverkeeper.
A B C DCruise Line Royal Caribbean Royal Caribbean Celestyl CelestylOverview: 7-night cruise + 2 or
3 nights in Venice on front end*
7-night cruise + 2 or 3 nights Venice on front end*
1 night Athens + 7-night cruise
2 nights Athens + 3 nights Mykonos + 4-night cruise
Base city: Venice, Italy Venice, Italy Athens, Greece Athens, Greece
Price range w/o air
$698-$2,099 + hotel in Venice
$700-$1,979 + hotel in Venice
$1,899-$2,464 incl. Athens on both ends*
$1,985-$2,545 incl. Athens on both ends*
Cruise Cities Dubrovnik, Croatia Ephesus, Turkey Santorini, Greece Katakolon, Greece
Kortor, Montenegro Corfu, Greece Athens, Greece Mykonos, Greece Argostoli, Greece
Istanbul, Turkey Kusadasi, Turkey Santorina, Greece Agios Nilolaos (Crete), Greece, Rhodes, Greece, Symi, Greece Chios, Greece Mykonos, Greece
Kusadasi, Turkey Patmos, Greece Rhodes, Greece Heraklion (Crete), Greece Santorini, Greece
*Awaiting clarification. From the available information, the departure from Venice at the end of the trip appears to be in the morning following an overnight cruise from Greece (thus, no overnight in Venice on the return). **On the end of the trip, the stay in Athens is the evening prior to departure and departure is at 6 or 7 AM the next day.
He reported on efforts to improve the water quality of the Yadkin River – Winston-Salem’s principal source of drinking water, not to mention the recreational oppor-tunities it offers for kayaking, canoeing, paddle boarding and fishing. The 47 attendees included: Kevin Beach, Robyn Bilfelt, Tree Bright & Rick Brant, Barbara Braswell & Randy Reavis, Ken & Carolyn Carpenter, Peggy Carter, Tammy Cooper, Helene Elbein, Kathy & Ken Furr, Ben Harris, Peggy High, Phyllis & Bob Hudspeth, Frances Mundy & Ronnie Jones, Pat & Ken Lumsden, Carol Mc-Cune, Martha Ann McDonald & guest Earl Barrow, Dennis & Kathy McNeil, Carol McCune, Pat Messick, Don & Lynn Miller, Cathie Mulgrew, Marc & Sam Pearce and Max Pearce, Milton & Sara Peddycord, Beverly & Brent Rockett, Jeannette Romaniello, Will Scott (guest speaker, Yadkin Riverkeeper), Mike Shipko and Leah Shipko, Kathy Smith & Ron Rumberger, Karen Vohs, Sharon Watson, Deborah Willard, George Wunker
Report from Bike Rides on Salem Creek Greenway & around Salem LakeWe rode on Wednesdays and some Thursdays through-out the summer. We only got rained out a couple of times. Riders throughout Spring and Summer included Robyn Bilfelt, Mike & Leanne and Wade Brendle, Leanne’s sister Mary Owens and nephews Alden and Landon Owens, Tree Bright & Rick Brant, Ken Carpenter, Ken & Kathy Furr, Ken & Pat Lumsden, Dennis McNeil, Randy Reavis, Brent Rockett and Karen Vohs. Evening rides are suspended upon the return to Eastern Standard Time in early November. We’ll resume when Daylight Savings time starts again in March 2016.
Report from Bike & Hike & Wine & DineFriday, June 19-Sunday, June 21, 2015We skipped this report in the June SKIER. The weather was tricky on Friday and Saturday. Early-riders on Friday, riding from Damascus to Green Cove, got caught in a short deluge at Green Cove; those who started an hour later did not get wet, including an extension to White-
top and the NC/TN border. Similarly on Saturday for the Damascus-Abingdon ride: Ron Rumberger’s Weather App showed severe storm cells approaching from the SW, but it missed us and we made it back before the afternoon downpour. Some sought refuge at either the Abingdon Winery or the Damascus Brewery. The weather cleared out and we enjoyed a beautiful day hiking at Grayson Highlands on Sunday. The wild ponies and, new this year, Texas Longhorn steers, provided lots of photo opportunities. Participants included Barbara Braswell & Randy Reavis, Rick Brant & Tree Bright, Darla Goldfuss & Charles Reeves and Charles’ daughter Kristine, Cammie & Jonathan Hale, Ronnie Jones, Janet & Randy Leonard, Ken & Pat Lumsden, Don & Lynn Miller, Denise Norrell, Beverly & Brent Rockett, Kathy Smith & Ron Rumberger, Karen Vohs and Carol Westmoreland.
Report from Camping at Great Smoky MountainsFriday-Sunday, August 7-9, 2015We enjoyed camping at The Mile High Campground (5,400 ft. above sea level, to be exact) on the Cherokee Indian Reservation. The extra elevation made about 10 degrees of refreshing difference compared to the low-lands around Oconoluftee Visitor Center at Great Smoky Mountain National Park. We enjoyed beautiful sunsets with the high-altitude view and beautiful night skies (we saw some spectacular fireballs of the Perseid Me-teor Shower). Leanne cooked her famous pork chops on Saturday night. Two herds of elk are now established in Great Smoky Mountain National Park – one in the Cata-loochee area and one in the vicinity of the Oconaluftee Visitor Center. We saw about 30 elk of the latter herd near Oconaluftee – bulls, does and calves. Mike also saw a large elk as it sauntered through our campground in the fog on Sunday morning. On Saturday, we braved the crowded conditions at the parking area for the Andrews Bald Trail and Clingman’s Dome Observation Tower. The trail to Andrews Bald descended a surprising distance before coming out on a spectacular grassy viewpoint from which we could see Fontana Lake. After Andrew’s Bald, we connected to the Appalachian Trail for a short
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distance along a narrow ridge before arriving at Cling-man’s Dome. Linda, Margo, Ken, and Pat stayed over until Monday and hiked on the Balsam Mountain Nature Trail. Campers included Mike, Leanne and Wade Brendle, Don & Deni Stewart, Don & Lynn Miller, Margo Cooper, Tammy Cooper, Ken & Pat Lumsden, Linda Neighbors, Karen Vohs and Sharon Watson.
Report from Hike on the Tanawha TrailSunday, October 11, 2015As you’ve heard, or seen, by now, it has been a strange year for Fall Foliage! Gorgeous fall colors were at their peak on the Tanawha Trail and Rough Ridge, but strangely un-turned a short distance at lower elevation below the Blue Ridge Parkway. In some sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway north of Rough Ridge, the colors were muted – except for some of the reds, and, as seen in the Piedmont, lots of trees were losing their leaves without showing much color. This hike was also wetter than usual from the week of heavy rain that preceded our hike – numerous spots on the trail that are normally dry, were flowing creeklets. The north side from Rough Ridge down to the Boardwalk had muddy spots for the same reason. Hikers included Brad & Robyn Bilfelt, Karen Fion, Jonathan & Cammie Hale, Ken & Kathy Furr, Ken & Pat Lumsden, Linda Ortiz, Brent & Beverly Rockett, Karen Vohs and Sharon Watson. At the trailhead at Linn Cove Visitor Center, we also saw Becky Wheeler and her daughter, Sherri Sowers Cook and her family (husband Kenny and son Trey).
Report from Hike at Stone Mountain State ParkSaturday, October 17, 2015More of the same: strange foliage! There was very little color at Stone Mtn. It appeared as if the peak of what-ever color there will be, would peak maybe two or three weeks hence! Otherwise, it was beautiful day at one of our favorite hiking destinations. Hikers included Peggy Carter, Margo Cooper, Ronnie Jones & Frances Mundy, Ken & Pat Lumsden and Peggy’s friend Carol Thornton.
Report from Tuesday Night at the MoviesMarketplace CinemaMovie night is not seasonal—we’ve been going on $2 Tuesdays ($2 admission, $2 medium popcorn and $2 medium soft drink) and will continue.
Frequent attendees included Barbara Braswell, Peggy Carter, Tammy Cooper, Margo Cooper, Karen Fion and daughter Ally, Ken & Kathy Furr, Bob & Phyllis Hudspeth, Ronnie Jones & Frances Mundy, Ken & Pat Lumsden, Linda Monciel, Vance Parker, Randy Reavis, Brent & Bev-erly Rockett, Jeannette Romaniello, Karen Vohs, Sharon Watson and George Wunker. The Brendles and Pearces brought their young sons Wade and Max, to the screen-ing of Minions.
Films we’ve enjoyed this simmer include: Age of Adeline, Aloha, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Cinderella, The Divergent Series: Insurgent, Far From the Madding Crowd, Furi-ous 7, Hitmen: Agent 47, Mr. Holmes, I’ll See You in My Dreams, The Longest Ride, Mission Impossible, Infinitely Polar Bear, Jurassic World, Inside Out, Mad Max (the futurist apocalyptic film), Max (the German Shepherd), Minions, Picture Perfect 2, San Andreas, Southpaw, Spy, Terminator: Genisys, Tomorrowland, Trainwreck, Man From U.N.C.L.E., The Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet, The Water Diviner, Woman in Gold, and, most recently, Ant-Man.
Come join us! It’s fun, it’s always worth $2 and the pop-corn is tasty.
2015 Calendar: What’s Happening
November 2015Date Day Time Event Meeting Place Leader
3rd TuesApprox 6:45 PM
Movie NightMarketplace Cinema See web site & Face-book for details
George Wunker
4th Wed 6:30 PM Board Meeting TBD Karen Vohs
7th Sat 9:00 AM Pilot Mountain Hike Meet at Sam’s Club-University ParkwayKaren Vohs, Ken Lumsden
10th TueApprox 6:45 PM
Movie NightMarketplace Cinema See web site & Facebook for details
Ken Lumsden
12th Thur 4:00 PM Walk-Muddy Creek Meet in the Greenway parking lot off Meadowlark
Pat Lumsden
17th TuesApprox 6:45 PM
Movie NightMarketplace Cinema See web site & Facebook for details
Ken Lumsden
19th Thur 7:00 PM Club Meeting Ski & Tennis Station Vance Parker
24th TueApprox 6:45 PM
Movie NightMarketplace Cinema See web site & Facebook for details
Ken Lumsden
27th Fri 6:00 pm Last Friday Social Grapes and Grains Vance Parker
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December 2015Date Day Time Event Meeting Place Leader
1st TueApprox 6:45 PM
Movie NightMarketplace Cinema See web site & Facebook for details
Ken Lumsden
2nd Wed 6:30 PM Board Meeting TBD Karen Vohs
5th-12th
Sat-Sat
CSC Race/Instruction Camp Steamboat, Colorado Cathie Mulgrew
8th TueApprox 6:45 PM
Movie NightMarketplace Cinema See web site & Facebook for details
Ken Lumsden
11th-13th
Sat-Sun
Race Camp Sugar Mountain Ken Lumsden
15th TueApprox 6:45 PM
Movie NightMarketplace Cinema See web site & Facebook for details
Ken Lumsden
16th Wed 7:00 PM Walk-Christmas LightsMeet in the Food Lion parking lot off Hawthorne Rd (park on the side)
Pat Lumsden
17th Thurs TBD Christmas Social TBD Karen Vohs
18th Fri CSC Fri Racing Practice Appalachian Ski Mtn, NC Ken Lumsden
19th-20th
Fri-Sat CSC Race Appalachian Ski Mtn, NC Ken Lumsden
22nd TueApprox 6:45 PM
Movie NightMarketplace Cinema See web site & Facebook for details
Ken Lumsden
29th TuesApprox 6:45 PM
Movie NightMarketplace Cinema See web site & Facebook for details
Ken Lumsden
For more photos, see our online photo galleries.
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CSC RACE SERIES SPONSORS OF THE MONTH
The following businesses have donated merchandise and/or certificates to the Crescent Ski Council. Their merchandise and certificates will be used as prizes to the top three finishers in each flight of the CSC Race Series. Please support these establishments and product lines at every possible opportunity.
BAYOUSMOKEHOUSE ~ GRILL
&GENERAL STORE
Banner Elk, NC (828) 898.TxLa (8952)
BOARD OF DIRECTORSOfficersPresident: Karen Vohs ............................................................president@wssoc.orgVP Outings: George Wunker ...................................................... [email protected] Membership and Mail Checker: Tammy Cooper ......... [email protected] VP Publicity: Vance Parker ........................................................... [email protected]/Co-Mail Checker: Pat Lumsden (non-Board Officer) [email protected]: Sharon Watson ..........................................................sharon@wssoc.org
Board Members BOD Member/SKIER Editor: Robyn BilfeltBOD Member/Assistant Mail Checker: Tammy Cooper BOD Member/Calendar Keeper: Karen Vohs BOD Member: Ken Furr
COORDINATORSSKIER Editor: Robyn Bilfelt ........................................................... [email protected] Coordinator: Kathy Furr, Leanne Brendle .................. [email protected] Contact Coordinator: Robyn Bilfelt [email protected] Website: Kathy Furr, Robyn Bilfelt ...................................... [email protected] and Beverage: George Wunker [email protected] Vacations Director: Ken Lumsden ..............................................Ken@wssoc.orgRacing Team Director: Ken Lumsden [email protected] Racing Team Asst Director/Comptroller: Kyle Carroll ..................... [email protected] Team Assistant Director for Division II: Dena Carroll ........ [email protected] Team Trainer: Wes Snyder ..................................................Wes@wssoc.orgCrescent Representatives Ken Lumsden ...............................................................................Ken@wssoc.org Pat Lumsden .................................................................................Pat@wssoc.org
The Winston-Salem Ski & Outing ClubP.O. Box 24304Winston-Salem, NC 27114-4304
www.wssoc.org
CHANGE OF ADDRESS INFORMATIONSubmit changes of address to Phyllis Hudspeth ([email protected]) or mail them to the address below. That way you keep your monthly Skier coming and don’t miss a thing!
SUGGESTIONS, IDEAS & COMMENTSPlease feel free to send an e-mail to any of the Board Members or send mail to: WSSOC PO Box 24304, Winston-Salem, NC 27114-4304
EDITOR’S NOTEThe WSSOC policy is to provide interesting and factual articles concerning upcoming and past outings to the general membership. All articles need to be submitted by the 15th of each month due to the time necessary to publish the newslet-ter. No handwritten copies please! All text should be in a digital text format (such as MSWord or other text program) and e-mailed ([email protected]) by the 15th of each month. Articles after the 15th will be considered for upcoming newsletters. The editor(s) reserve the right to refuse or edit as necessary.
WSSOC BYLAWSCopies of the Bylaws of the Winston-Salem and Outing Club are available to members by con-tacting the Membership VP.