Anyone Can Ski With CSC - 2012

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The Champaign Ski Club is sponsoring a person with disabilities along with their guardian to ski at Winter Park, Colorado.

Anyone Can Ski with CSC is a paid trip sponsored by the Champaign Ski Club. This will be the third year that the club has sent persons with disabilities and their guardians to have the thrill-of a-lifetime in beautiful Winter Park, Colorado. The winner will receive private skiing lessons from the National Sports Center for the Disabled (NSCD), lodging at the beautiful Beaver Lodge, and travel by train to Colorado.  This is an opportunity-of-a-lifetime for our lucky winner and their guardian.

Winter Park is home of the National Sports Center for the Disabled being located at the bottom of Winter Park Mountain.  The NSCD is dedicated to providing opportunities and instructions to persons with disabilities in skiing, rafting, hiking, bicycling, horseback riding, camping, and much more.   

Beaver Lodge is a beautiful ski lodge just five minutes from the Winter Park Ski Resort.  Breakfast buffet and Supper will be available at the lodge before venturing to the mountain each day.  The lodge will also arrange all transportation to and from the mountain and around the beautiful town of Winter Park.   

Amtrak’s California Zephyr out of Galesburg, Illinois will take the winner and guardian through some of the most beautiful parts of our country including the beautiful Rocky Mountains on the journey to Frasier, Colorado.

Day one: Winner and guardian will travel to Galesburg to catch the train to Colorado.    

Day two: Upon arriving in Frasier, a van from Beaver Lodge will meet them at the train station.  After unpacking, the lodge will transport them to NSCD at Winter Park where they will be greeted and introduced to the instructors, equipment techs, and anyone else they will have an association with.  The winner then will get fitted for his or her sit ski or skies and any warm gear or clothing the skier may need.  When finished at NSCD, they will have the evening to enjoy Winter Park and the Beaver Lodge.   

Day three and four: Upon arrival at NSCD, the winner will meet the assigned instructor and a helper (a Green Volunteer) for a full day of fun on the slopes.  The NSCD Instructor is chosen to match the needs of the disabled person.  After each day on the slopes, another wonderful night “on the town” of Winter Park is available.

Day five: Starting out as the previous days, the skier will have a shortened day on the snow before returning to the lodge to pack and head to the train station for the journey home.  Arrival home will be the next day.  

Day Six is optional at winner expense:  get up late and do what you want then catch the train for an extra $100 cost.  

A deposit of $200 from winner is needed to cover NSCD Deposit if canceled and then used to cover Sleeper cost on train.   

The ski trip is scheduled for February of 2012.  The disabled applicant must be able to travel by train and have the desire to ski.  The winning applicant will be chosen by the Champaign Ski Club Board.

RAFFLE TO SUPPORT PROJECT  

Champaign Ski Club is selling raffle tickets for partial support of the ANYONE CAN SKI project.  The prizes are gift certificates to the outdoor activity store WildCountry in Champaign:  $500, $200, $100, and four $50.  

The $20 raffle tickets may be purchased from Ski Club Members or Marvin Bell at:

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Applications should be mailed by December 9, 2011.

Mail application to: Marvin Bell, 806 Timber Ridge Dr., Mahomet, IL 61853.

On Saturday July 16^th, 36 golfers from 4 area ski clubs participated in the 6^th annual Ski Kouncil of Illinois (SKI) Golf Outing. Representing Champaign were Randy and Judy Haydel, Tony and Deb Curcio, Ralph and Eileen Jurutka, Joe Debarr and Ted Jeurissen. The format again was best ball, to the delight of many, which enabled the beginner, intermediate and experienced golfers to play together and contribute to their team score. Each foursome was assembled in accordance with ability and no more than 2 ski club members from the same club. The cost was $46 and included 18 holes of golf with electric cart, a bucket of balls, 2 free drink tickets and a chance to win prizes.

We were all expecting hot sunny, humid weather, but were delighted when the sky was overcast most of the day and accompanied by a slight breeze. Towards the end of the day the sun came out and we were quickly reminded what the weather in mid-July can be like.

Prairie Vista Golf Course proved to be a step up from Highland Park Golf Course, where SKI had previously held their golf outings. The course is longer with plenty of obstacles to steer clear of, like more sand traps, water, and uncut prairie. The golf course has relatively few trees (it’s a young course) and sits on top of a hill that overlooks area farmland. The view is actually quite stunning, although it will not remind you of skiing out west.

After golf, the group made its way to the Gill Street Sports Bar in Bloomington, where we met up with Mike Metz and Anja Kohl. Rather than playing traditional golf, Mike and Anja decided to check out two area disc golf courses.

There were several prizes given away for men’s and women’s longest drive (Eileen Jerutka crushed her drive farther than the men), closest to the pin, longest putt and lowest overall score. Fortunately for most people, door prizes were given away by SKI, including two $100 gift certificates good towards the next SKI winter trip to Mammoth Mountain in California.

The annual golf event is used as an opportunity to introduce ski club members to other SKI club members and to promote the 2012 SKI winter trip to Mammoth. The trip will include round trip airfare, 6 nights lodging at the Mammoth Mountain Inn (ski-in/ski-out) with hot breakfast and nightly happy hours, 5 days of lift tickets including June Mountain, and bus transfers. There will be 2 transportation options. Prices are $1395 for air from O’Hare to Reno then bus to Mammoth. Or for $1464, you can choose to fly all the way from St. Louis to LA to Mammoth. More information will be available at the trip signup.

Special thanks to Bloomington/Normal Ski Club member Carol Drake, who organized the SKI golf event. See you next year!

     Nine CSC members set out with members of the Chicago Metropolitan Ski Club on Friday evening March 11 for a weekend of fun at Ski Brule.  Along with the opportunity for great Midwest skiing,  CMSC had scheduled a two-day line-up of fun activities and games, including the slalom race, the elephant walk, the ski-lift toss, the costume contest and the slush cup (see Jeff Wells below just before skiing across the slush).  Not sure what some of these are?  Join in the fun next time.

     We awoke Saturday morning to a new blanket of beautiful snow.  Our CSC members were some of the first on the hill both Saturday and Sunday and had a great time.  The staff at Ski Brule were excellent hosts and hostesses and are very proud of their hill …as they should be!!  Report by Trip Leader Barb Unangst.

 Mt. Olympus Waterpark   

Devil’s Head & Cascade Mountains

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        Thirty-four club members from the age of 4 to 67 set-off on this great weekend skiing trip on Saturday, February 19th. During the weekend skiers had the opportunity to ski two mountains: Devil’s Head & Cascade and play at the Mt. Olympus Water Park.               

Saturday, February 19th skiers left WildCountry’s parking lot around 8:30 AM in a Monticello charter bus. On the way, the skiers had a chance to play games, watch movies, spend time with friends & family, and enjoy snacks and beverages.  Arriving at the hotel skiers unloaded, checked-in, and were back on the bus with swimming gear in hand for an evening at the water park. While at the park members had a chance to enjoy the slides, tubing around the lazy river, and feasted on pizza & beverages.                

Sunday, February 20th skiers woke early for a continental breakfast and dressed for the first day on the beautiful slopes of Devil’s Head Mountain & Resort. Back on the bus at 8:30 AM skiers were on the slopes and skiing around 10 AM.  With fresh snow coming down, the skiers were able to enjoy Devil’s Head till 4:30 PM. After skiing, members cleaned-up and enjoyed a catered dinner at the hotel. The rest of the evening was spent in the pool, hot tub, sauna making new friends. Skiers were in bed early for our next day on the slopes at Cascade Mountain.               

Monday, February 21st skiers woke early to have a continental breakfast and dress for the first day on the beautiful slopes of Cascade Mountain. Back on the bus at 8:30 AM, the skiers were on the slopes and skiing around 9:30 AM. We were able to enjoy  Cascade Mountain until 4:30 PM, and then got back on the bus while changing clothes for the ride home. We returned to WildCountry around 10:30 PM.               

The Presidents’ Weekend with this wonderful group was a great experience. THANK YOU for going on this ski trip with the Champaign Ski Club!...Debora Newsome.

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