Chairlift Chatter November 2011 - Susquehanna Ski Club

PRESIDENT’S CORNER OK—which of you still don’t think we’ll have a lot of snow this winter? The email noti-fying you last month that our newsletter was online was sent from Giant, as Len and I were without power due to the historic pre-Halloween snow storm! I’m hoping this early snowfall has those of you who are late to sign up for a ski trip thinking seri-ously about your options. You need to get seri-ous, as our trips won’t be on sale for much longer. Unsold air seats and rooms will be turned in for most of our multi-day trips in late November or by mid-December. Another forecast– I’m predicting that we’ll have a terrific Get-Acquainted Party on No-vember 19, thanks to the herculean efforts of event organizer Barb Gabel and her first-lieutenant Lovena Nickle-Haslam; also thanks to Brenda Bent and the many GAP sponsors she lined up for us this year!! Hope you all can make it—bring your friends and neighbors! Jimmy & the Parrots have guaranteed us a good time! Party on!!

NEW MEMBER MIXER, MEMBERSHIP MEETING & HOLIDAY PARTY ~ Tuesday, Dec. 6

Have you been naughty or nice?? Santa Claus is coming to town and he’s joining us at Doc Holliday’s for our annual SSC holiday party on Tuesday, December 6! If you’d like to participate in the gift exchange, bring a wrapped dollar store or white elephant present to exchange. And don’t forget to bring a non-perishable food item to contribute to our December food drive for the Central PA Food Bank! SOCIAL HOUR & TRIP SIGN-UPS: Our social hour and trip sign-ups will start at 6:30 pm. Come early to meet our trip leaders and event

organizers at their tables at the rear of the meeting room. Ask for SSC’s 10% discount on meals purchased at Doc Holliday’s (show your member-ship card to qualify), or better yet, check out their Wine & Dine promo-tion for SSC members on meeting night, featuring two dinner entrées, salad, rolls and a bottle of wine for only $29.99. NEW MEMBER MIXER: If you are new to the SSC family this year, we’ve reserved a private room at Doc Holliday’s for a wine ‘n cheese so-cial hour just for you beginning at 6:30 pm. Come meet other new SSC members and the SSC Board of Directors! MEMBERSHIP MEETING: A brief meeting will begin at 7:30 pm. HOLIDAY PARTY: Our free-to-members holiday party will begin im-mediately following our membership meeting. Festivities will include Santa and the gift exchange, games, and of course, lots of good holiday food. Cash bar. Please thank our holiday party sponsor, Brewhouse Grille! Meeting Location & Directions: Doc Holliday’s Comedy Zone, New Cumberland. From I-83, take exit 40A and turn east onto Limekiln Road; turn left at the Comfort Inn sign.

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Nov 19, 6-11 pm Get-Acquainted Party @ I.W. Abel Banquet Hall (200 Gibson St., Steelton) featuring Jimmy & the Par-rots, contact [email protected] or [email protected]

Nov 21 - Dec 12, 6-7 pm Skier Conditioning Clinics @ Madden Physical Therapy, contact [email protected] Wed, Nov 30, 6:30 pm Board Meeting @ Giant (Linglestown Rd., Harrisburg), contact [email protected] Sun, Dec 4, 5:30 pm Rocky Ridge Christmas Magic – A Festival of Lights (York), contact [email protected] Tue, Dec 6, 6:30 pm New Member Mixer & Trip Signup @ Doc Holliday’s (New Cumberland), contact [email protected]

Thu, Dec 6, 7:30 pm Membership Meeting & Holiday Party @ Doc Holliday’s, contact [email protected] Thu, Dec 15, 7:30 pm Ski4Life Fundraiser @ Harrisburg Comedy Zone (Doc Holliday’s, New Cumberland) featuring Raymond the Amish Comic, contact [email protected] or [email protected] Wed, Dec 28, 6:30 pm Board Meeting @ Giant, contact [email protected] Tue, Jan 3, 6:30 pm Membership Meeting @ Doc Holliday’s, contact [email protected] Fri, Jan 13, 5 pm Friday Nite Social @ Appalachian Brewing Company (Harrisburg), contact [email protected] Sat, Jan 14 Telluride Trip Departs, contact [email protected] Sun, Jan 22 Hunter/Windham Trip Departs, contact [email protected] Fri, Jan 27 Camelback Trip Departs, contact [email protected] Sat, Jan 28 Steamboat Trip Departs, contact [email protected] or [email protected] Tue, Feb 7, 7:30 pm Membership Meeting & Board Election @ Doc Holliday’s, contact [email protected] Sat, Feb 11 Ski4Life Ski and Snowboard Marathon, contact [email protected] or [email protected] Sat, Feb 11 Whistler Trip Departs, contact [email protected]

A FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS ~ Sunday, Dec. 4 Celebrate the magical holiday season with your SSC friends and family at Rocky Ridge Park! Rocky Ridge Christmas Magic is a half-mile long walking trail in a mature oak forest nestled on a quiet mountaintop. The trail meanders through 400,000 Christmas lights, spectacular displays, animated holiday scenes, a G-gauge train display, an impressive syn-chronized musical light trail and five enclosed, heated pavil-ions. Snacks befitting the occasion will be available for pur-chase. Visit Rocky Ridge Christmas Magic’s website at http://www.yorkcountyparks.org/chmagic.html. We’ll meet at 5:30 pm at the display entrance to see if we qualify for group rates before paying. Regular admission costs: adults - $8; seniors (60+) - $7; children ages 4-12 - $6; children under age 4 - free. Groups: 12+ adults - $7 each. After enjoying all the displays we’ll proceed to Texas Road-house on the York Galleria Mall premises, which is located within minutes of the park, for whatever strikes your fancy. Rocky Ridge is located 1.5 miles north of Route 30 off Mount Zion Road (3699 Deininger Rd.). Contact Melody Pat-ton at [email protected] or at 717-741-6055 with any questions.

SKI4LIFE BENEFIT COMEDY NIGHT Thursday, Dec. 15, 7:30 pm showtime

SSC presents the professional comedy of Raymond the Amish Comic (www.amishcomic.com) and Sleight of Hand Entertainer Dave Pepka (2012 Ski4Life Honored Hero) on Thursday, December 15 at the Harrisburg Comedy Zone (www.harrisburgcomedyzone.com), our Doc Holliday’s membership meeting location. A limited number of tickets priced at $15 each is available for this event; participation is open to the general public; ma-ture audience only. Proceeds from the event will benefit Ski4Life, and will be distributed equally among the fundraising efforts of SSC members who reg-ister before January 11 to partici-pate in the 2012 Ski4Life event. Come for dinner and stay for the show! Dinner will start at 5 pm. In addition to their

regular menu, Doc Holliday’s Wine & Dine promotion will be offered—dinner for two that includes entrées, salad, rolls and a bottle of wine for only $29.99. Sleight of Hand Enter-tainer Dave Pepka will perform in the dining room from 5 pm to 7 pm and will serve as the Master of Ceremo-nies for the evening show. The show featuring Raymond

the Amish Comic starts at 7:30 pm. Seating will be ushered front to rear. If you and your friends would like to be seated as a group, please enter the Comedy Zone together. No seats will be reserved prior to the event, and only event tick-ets will be honored. Raymond says, “This ain’t gonna be no prayer meetin’.” Anyone under 21 should be accompanied by an adult. Tickets can be purchased through SSC Board Members, The Harrisburg Comedy Zone or by contacting Bob Havice at 717-248-8696 or [email protected].

SSC NEEDS YOU!! Susquehanna Ski and Snowboard Club is now soliciting candidates for our 2012-2013 board of directors. Board positions include: Presi-dent, Trip Vice President, Social Vice President, Trip Coordinator, Social Coordinator, Secre-tary, Treasurer, Membership and four Direc-tors. Position descriptions are available. If you have the interest, time and energy to help lead the best ski club around, please contact Past President Brenda Bent at [email protected]. Nominations for officers and directors will be presented at the January 3, 2012 membership meeting.

SEEKING SSC EVENT SPONSORS! Do you have a business you would like to promote to SSC members? Help sponsor an SSC event and get your busi-ness noticed! Sponsorship opportunities include our 2012 Picture Party, Spring Banquet, and Summer Picnic. For more infor-mation, contact SSC Past President Brenda Bent at 717-921-2575 or [email protected]. And don’t forget to check out the great deals offered by SSC’s many event sponsors by clicking on their website link on the right side of any of SSC’s web pages.

Dave Pepka says, “I’m the one on the right!”

WELCOME SSC’S NEW NEWSLETTER EDITOR! We are very pleased to announce that SSC has a new news-letter editor! Brenda Kratzer brings 11+ years of experience to us as writer and editor across a variety of publications, and has already suggested a number of ways in which we could seek to improve the effectiveness of our communica-tions with current and prospective club members. Brenda is also a brand-new club member, recruited to SSC by her friend Heidi Myshin. Thanks Heidi! And please join us in wel-coming Brenda to our club! Heartfelt thanks also go to Jake Schopf for the out-standing job he has done for us since taking on the role of SSC newsletter editor in June 2009. Thanks Jake!

TELLURIDE, CO ~ January 14-21, 2012 Don't be the last person on the fence for Telluride! If you are still considering going, get your application in now before the drop dead date of November 30!! Single fe-male needed!! You can even sign up at our annual Get-Acquainted Party on November 19 at The I.W. Abel Hall, 200 Gibson Street, Steelton, from 6 ‘til 11 pm. Applications and trip terms are on the SSC website. There are only 4 spots left. Send your full payment of $1,784 per person double occupancy made payable to “SSC” to trip leader Carolyn Eash, 17 S. Alydar Blvd., Dills-burg, PA 17019. Contact Carolyn at 717-432-2296 (h), 717-991-0572 (c), or [email protected].

STEAMBOAT, CO ~ Jan. 28-Feb. 4, 2012 Sign up for the Steamboat Springs trip before Thanksgiv-ing or your goose is cooked!! Sign up before November 22, actually, as that’s the date we have to turn back any unsold rooms and air. Trip price is $1,570 per person dou-ble occupancy which includes transport from Harrisburg to BWI, air on Southwest Airlines (no baggage fees for the first two bags within regulation size & weight), 7 nights lodging at the ski-in/ski-out Ptarmigan Inn, transport from DEN to Steamboat Springs, daily breakfasts, welcome party, 5-day lift pass, and farewell event. Send trip appli-cation and a check for the entire trip price made payable to “SSC” to Dave Gabel, 103 Ellesmere Lane, Mechanics-burg, PA 17055. Contact trip leaders Dianne Paukovits at 717-566-7184 or [email protected], and Dave Gabel at 717-458-8045 or [email protected].

WHISTLER-BLACKCOMB, BC ~ February 11-18, 2012 You’ve got only a few more days to sign up for this trip of a lifetime—to North America’s largest ski resort, Whistler/Blackcomb. We’ll turn back any unsold rooms and air on December 1, so don’t delay! Contact me today! NEWS FLASH from onthesnow.com: Whistler is opening 6 days early on November 18, 2011 thanks to productive November storms. “Dreams of another La Niña year pervade Whistler, where forecasters predict a repeat of last year when Whistler opened early and amassed the second snowiest winter on record.” The resort got SEVEN FEET of snow over the week of Christmas 2010!! Our trip price of $2,050 per person double occupancy includes roundtrip air from Harrisburg to Vancouver, round-trip mountain transfers, 7 nights lodging at the Coast Blackcomb Suites, 5-day dual-mountain pass and much more. Send your completed trip application with a check for payment in full made payable to “SSC” to trip leader Brenda Bent, 1721 Lindsey Lane, Dauphin, PA 17018. For more information , contact Brenda at 717-921-2575 or [email protected].

TRIP PAYMENTS ARE DUE! If you have signed up for a SSC trip your next payment may be due and should be sent to your trip leader. By pay-ing on time you avoid those nasty late charges and possi-ble removal from a trip for non-payment.

Hunter/Windham—Balance due by December 15

Killington—Balance due by December 16

Big Sky—Balance due by December 16

PRE-TRIP MEETINGS Please mark your 2012 calendars to attend your pre-trip meeting if you’re signed up for any of our upcoming trips. Attending these meetings is the best way to be informed of trip logistics, plus it’s a great way to see who else will be going on your trip! Our pre-trip meetings are held at Doc Holliday’s in New Cumberland at 6:30 pm before our regu-lar membership meeting on the same date. Look for signs directing you to your trip’s meeting room. Hunter/Windham, Telluride & Steamboat—Tuesday,

January 3, 2012 Whistler, Vail & Big Sky—Tuesday, February 7, 2012

2011-2012 TRIP STATUS Please visit skissc.com for more trip particulars, trip application forms, trip terms and links to hotels and resort websites.

Destinations Trip Dates Trip Leader(s) Contact Info Status

Telluride January 14-21 Carolyn Eash [email protected] 90% filled; single female needed

Hunter/Windham January 22-24 Priscilla Hooper [email protected] Open; single male needed Camelback Friday, January 27 Zach Alger [email protected] Open

Steamboat January 28-February 4 Dianne Paukovits & Dave Gabel

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90% filled

Killington February 12-16 Lovena Nickle [email protected] 70% filled

Seven Springs Friday, February 10 Steve Vedder [email protected] Open

Whistler/Blackcomb February 11-18 Brenda Bent [email protected] 70% filled

Elk Friday, February 24 Mark Walter [email protected] Open

Vail February 25-March 3 Mark LaManna [email protected] Waiting List

Big Sky March 7-14 Melody Patton [email protected] Waiting List

SPECIAL OLYMPICS COACHES NEEDED January 2012

Since 2002, SSC has partnered with the York Ski Club to as-sist the York Area Special Olympics skiing program. We typi-cally have about a dozen athletes (teens and young adults) and we try to have at least two coaches per athlete. We have a few new athletes who would like to learn how to ski this year, and we’ve had to put at least one on a waiting list because we’re not sure if we’ll have enough volunteer coaches.

We’ll ski at Roundtop on Thursday evenings starting Janu-ary 5. You don’t have to commit to every week, but the ath-letes (and the coordinators!) appreciate some consistency. Philip Durgin will contact last year’s volunteers to deter-mine their availability. New volunteers (we need you!) should contact Phil at [email protected] or 717-732-5325 to obtain a volunteer application form. The Special Olympics program requires a background check and a short online training course, so contact Phil ASAP. You only have to be an intermediate skier to coach, and Roundtop donates the lift tickets, so come join the fun! Many of our athletes are great skiers and they all love to ski!

HUNTER-WINDHAM, NY ~ Jan. 22-24, 2012 Hunter and Windham are blasting their snow guns to get ready for opening day on November 18. Take advantage of one of the best values offered by SSC and ski New York’s Catskills in January! We’ll leave Harrisburg early enough on Sunday to enable you to ski Hunter Sunday afternoon as the New York skiers return home. This $365 pp/do trip package includes round-trip bus transport from the Harrisburg area, lodging at the Kaatskill Mountain Club and 3 days of skiing (2 days at Hunter, 1 day at Windham). We have to turn back any unsold rooms by December 15, so contact me NOW if you want to come along!! Send completed trip application plus your check for payment in full made payable to “SSC” to trip leader Priscilla Hooper, 741 Collina Drive, Lewisberry, PA 17339. For more information, contact Priscilla at [email protected] or 717-938-5368.

CAMELBACK , PA ~ Friday, January 27, 2012 Trip package price of $54 includes round-trip motorcoach transport, driver tips and lift ticket. Send your completed trip application and payment of $54 per person made pay-able to “SSC” to trip leader Zach Alger, 2075 South Forge Rd., Palmyra, PA 17078. Contact Zach at [email protected] or 717-480-3534 with your questions.

SEVEN SPRINGS , PA ~ Friday, Feb. 10, 2012 Trip package price of $52 includes round-trip motorcoach transport, driver tips, lift ticket and an experienced guide to winter fun – your trip leader! For more information, contact trip leader Steve Vedder at 717-585-1963 or [email protected]. Reserve your seat now by sending your completed trip application and payment of $52 per person made payable to “SSC” to Steven R. Vedder, 175 Maple Hill Drive, Etters, PA 17319.

KILLINGTON, VT ~ February 12-16, 2012 Join SSC’s trip to Killington for four days of unforgettable skiing and boarding in the heart of Vermont’s ski country! Our trip price of $685 per person double occupancy includes round-trip motor coach transport from the Harrisburg area, 4 nights lodging at the slope-side Killington Grand Resort Hotel, daily breakfasts, welcome party, and a 4-day lift ticket to the Killington and Pico Resorts. We have to turn back any unsold rooms by December 12, so if you’re interested in coming along on this trip, the time to contact me is NOW!! Send your completed application and deposit of $500 per person (first and second installments) payable to “SSC” to trip leader Lovena Nickle, 195 Mapleton Dr., Harrisburg, PA 17112. For more information, contact Lovena at [email protected] or 717-541-8803.

ELK MOUNTAIN, PA ~ Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 Trip package price of $61 includes round-trip motorcoach transport, driver tips and lift ticket. Send your completed trip application and payment of $61 per person made pay-able to “SSC” to trip leader Mark Walter, 1605 Matthew Dr., Camp Hill, PA 17011. Contact Mark at 717-728-9234 or [email protected] with your questions.

2012 DAY TRIPS Deadlines to sign up for these discounted day trips are fast approaching. Do yourself a favor and sign up today—you won’t regret it! More details on these mountains and trip

packages can be found under Trips on SSC’s website.

SKIER DEVELOPMENT NEWS Happy December, SSC Members! In preparation for the 2011/2012 Snow Season, Steve Vedder, SSC’s Skier Development Coordinator, has lined up two programs to help ready all riders (novice through expert) for this year's adventures in downhilling. The topics for these presentations will be (1) selecting the proper equipment including initial set-up, tuning/maintenance of equipment, and adjustments that can be made to equipment for a personalized fit, and (2) the benefits of instruction, utilizing proper riding technique, the use of beginner and advance riding techniques, and being able to adjust your equipment to fit your riding style. These presentations are slated to take place during the January and February Membership Meetings. This year’s Skier Development Program is also going to include a “Group Ride/Ski Night”. To date, we are planning to hold the Group Ride/Ski Night on Thursday nights at Roundtop. Stay tuned; more details to follow in subsequent newsletters and email blasts. We are looking forward to seeing everyone at the Membership Meetings, social events, and out on the Hill. It's going to be a great season to be a SSC'er! Powder to the People!!

2011 CENTRAL PA SKI EXPO WRAP-UP The Central PA Ski Expo Committee would like to thank everyone who came out to support the combined effort of the Susquehanna & Lancaster Ski Clubs at the 2nd Central PA Ski Expo. The success of this type of event would not have been possi-ble without the continued support of our members. Fourteen Mountain Representatives, Tour Operators, and other Sponsors do-nated numerous door prizes at the event including lift tickets and overnight ac-commodations at multiple western resorts. The grand prize was a 3-day trip for two people to Park City, Utah including lodging & lift tickets valued at $1,200. We would like to thank the following vendors/sponsors: Encompasse Tours, Banchi Outdoor Adventures, Bear Creek Mt. Resort, Bolton Valley Resort, Camel-back Mt., Elk Mt., Greek Peak Mt., Hunter Mt., Mt. Snow Resort, Mt. Tremblant, Canada, Roundtop Mt. Resort, Ski Windham, Stowe Mt. Resort, and Vail Resorts. Additional sponsors: Aspen/Snowmass, Hidden Valley, Seven Springs, Steamboat, Wisp Ski Resort, JP Tours, SkiCan, Quebec Travel, Era Ski & Bike Shop, Mountain-side Ski & Sport, Ski & Board Works, World Cup Ski & Cycle, Eastern Mt. Sports, Leukemia/Lymphoma Society, American Heart Association, and Groff’s Farm Golf Club. Thank you to Stefanie Stoyanov of the Merck Ski Association for giving our clubs the resources to host an event of this quality. Thank you to our volunteers who made registration and other processes run smoothly. This year’s ski expo committees included: SSC—Dianne Paukovits (chair), Becky Havice, Bob Havice, Pam Neidig, and Lovena Nickle-Haslam; LSC—Jon Doman (chair), Roger Brubaker, Neil Mengel, Dean Vitatoe, and Vic Martel.

SEND CANCER DOWNHILL… SKI4LIFE! Saturday, February 11, 2012

Let’s make a difference! Join us at Roundtop Mountain Resort on Saturday, February 11 for a day of skiing and fun!!! Our 8th annual Ski4Life marathon will run from 9 am to 9 pm and will offer something for everyone. To make things more exciting this year we’ve added The Corporate Chal-lenge, The School Challenge and The Ski Club Challenge to recognize the most successful fundrais-ing team in each category. Register yourself, your team or donate with a visit to the event web-site: http://www.lls.org/#/aboutlls/chapters/cpa/events/ski4life/. To register: 1. Click on “Ski4Life” 2. Click the link “Click here to sign up for Ski4Life” on the main Ski4Life page. 3. Click “Register Now” and then choose participant (individual) or team registration.

Looking for additional ways to show your support? There are many opportunities to help at the event if you’re inter-ested. To volunteer, please contact Sue Leonard at [email protected]. In addition, you can... 1. Participate in the Ski4Life Snowflake campaign! Stop by a Wendy's Restaurant (75 participating Wendy's in PA) November

21 through December 18 and purchase a snowflake for a dollar. 2. Join us at the Ski4Life fundraiser at Doc Holliday’s on December 15 at 7:30 pm starring Raymond the Amish Comic. 3. Eat at Arooga’s on January 9, 10, 16 and 17, 2012, and 15% of your tab will be donated to Ski4Life. Proceeds from these

events benefit leukemia and lymphoma patients in our area. Print your Arooga’s coupons below.

SHARE YOUR MEMORIES! Facebook isn’t the only way to share SSC adventures. Our club enjoys a rich print photo history dating from 2002! Let’s keep that history rolling with more fantastic action photos of SSC members, friends and family. SSC’s Photo Historian, Janet Car-rick, is collecting print and digital pic-tures that show our members enjoy-ing club activities. Please forward post-it tagged (location & ID) print photos to Janet Carrick, 1136 Baish Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055. Digi-tal photos should be e-mailed to [email protected]. Please limit your en-thusiasm to 3 pictures per venue! All photos will be added to Scrapbook History 2002-2012. Digitals may be used on SSC website, in SSC print publications and in slideshows. Share your fun with photos!

EMAIL OR MAILING ADDRESS CHANGE?

Please don’t forget to notify us! Contact our membership director, Jesse

Eash, at [email protected] with your new email or mailing address. Don’t risk missing a newsletter and your chance to participate in our great upcoming events or trips!

SSC HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVES Thanks to everyone who participated in SSC’s November Food Drive! Our total contribution to the Central PA Food Bank was $48.24 in cash and 77 pounds of food. We’ll col-lect non-perishable food items at the December member-

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SSC EMBROIDERY OFFER Need an idea for a unique, inexpensive holiday gift? Want our club to be recog-nized and help bring in new members? How about wearing a turtleneck with SSC’s name and a snowflake graphic embroi-dered on the collar? You can have this image embroidered on your turtleneck for only $6. You provide the turtleneck (no silky material please) and pay for the embroidery in ad-vance. Carolyn Eash will machine-embroider it. Contact Carolyn at [email protected] or 717-432-2206.

Happy Holidays!!

BOARD OF DIRECTORS President—Pam Neidig Trip Vice President—Mark LaManna Social Vice President—Melody Patton Treasurer—Beth Harfmann Secretary—Carolyn Eash Membership Chair—Jesse Eash Trip Coordinator—Dave Gabel Social Coordinator—Anna Kambic Directors—Louise Garland, Lovena Nickle-Haslam, Bob Havice & Dianne Paukovits Past President—Brenda Bent

SUPPORT STAFF Constant Contact—Mark Walter EPSC—Dianne Paukovits Merchandise—Sherry Predix Newsletter—Brenda Kratzer Photo Historian—Janet Carrick Publicity/Marketing—Bob Norris Ski4Life—Sue Leonard Skier Development—Steve Vedder Special Olympics—Phil Durgin Volunteers—Open Website—Len Neidig & Marlin Hensel

DON'T THROW THAT OLD CELL PHONE AWAY! The Letters to Our Soldiers Club at Halifax H.S. exchanges old cell phones for pre-paid phone cards to mail to our soldiers overseas. Bring them to the membership meetings or contact Phyllis Doherty at [email protected].

NIGHT CLUB CARDS & 4-VISIT CARDS Don't panic if you missed the Early-Bird Discounts for the Roundtop Night Club Card or 4-Visit Card. The lift-only Night Club Card is now priced at $199; with lessons it is $244. The 4-visit lift ticket deal is $154, 4-visit lift/lesson package is $194. The Advantage Card can be added to any of the deals for $20-25. The Night Season Pass is now $339. E-mail Steve Vedder at [email protected] for more info.

MAKE IT A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS WITH SSC MERCHANDISE!!!

Christmas is right around the corner and SSC has just the right stocking stuffers for the skier/snowboarder. You can purchase a SSC logo emblem patch for $3, an oval magnetic sign for $2 or a weatherproof luggage tag for $2. Winter attire includes a light blue, zip front, hooded sweatshirt (90 cotton/10 polyester) and tailored sweatpants with a tapered straight leg in grey, navy, black or cobalt blue (50 cotton/50 polyester). Until my club store web page is done I can send pictures. Let me make your holiday shopping easy! Contact Sherry Predix at [email protected].

EMERGENCY NOTICES Stormy weather… icy or snow-clogged roads? What to do? Look for SSC membership and pre-trip meeting cancellation notices on the home page of SSC’s website, skissc.com, and on WGAL-TV8 (their TV channel cancellation listings and on their website “closings” page—http://www.wgal.com/closings/index.html).