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The Flakey News Publication of the Fox Valley
Snowdrifters Ski Club May, 2020
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PRESIDENT:
John Gamble
630-761-9550 [email protected]
VICE PRESIDENT:
Greg Olson
312-520-5283 [email protected]
TREASURER:
John Walsh
630-289-5041 [email protected]
SECRETARY:
Donna Ulatowski
630-279-1049 [email protected]
PAST PRESIDENT &
CMSC:
Leo Ahasic 630-309-8885
TRIPS & INS AGENT:
Frank Hodowal 630-584-0868
SOCIAL:
Pat Quetsch [email protected]
MEMBERSHIP:
Michelle Baker Etherton
PUBLICITY &
HISTORIAN:
Joan McEachern
NEWSLETTER:
Joe & Dana Hopp
WEBSITE:
Chuck Salisbury
Snowdrifters Ski Club P.O. Box 697
Batavia, IL 60510
Hi Snowdrifters! I hope that everyone is well and safe. Please realize that if anyone is in need of any kind of help during this pandemic the board would like to help. Let any of the board members or other Club member know if we can help. In the vein of helping, I am so proud of the volunteer activities we have been participating in as a Club and individually as well. I know of lots of facemasks being made and many volunteer hours to various organizations. We are continuing to volunteer as a Club at the Northern Illinois Food Bank on Wednesdays at 9:00 a.m., if you would like to join us, please let me know. We do have a lot of fun. See the story about our work if you had not seen some the fun dialogue on Groupme. I am also glad that we are moving forward in starting to make plans for trips next year. Here’s hoping that travel is reasonable at that time. Make sure you look further in the newsletter for a new trip announcements. Finally we are going to try and have a virtual meeting. I figured our last guest would be a great way to start (Oh, yeah, it happens to be about beer). So I will be filming Steve Neuman at his brewery, Brother Chimp Brewery (and might even have a sample or two). He will give us an overview of his beers, the different types and how to make beer. You may want to pick up some samples prior to the meeting so you can also join in on the sampling. See the article later in the newsletter, and I also look forward to your suggestions for other possible meeting topics for June. Please let me know if you have any ideas. Thanks to all for your help in keeping the Club communicating with each other. The Groupme app seems to have added another nice way to stay in touch. Be healthy and safe. Powder to the People,
John Gamble President
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The next Club meeting will be virtual via Zoom on Monday, May 18th at 7:30 p.m. Here is the link for the meeting. Again, thanks to Michelle Baker for the use of her account. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83002180308?pwd=N2FVb2NKR3F4ZEpSNUNuM1c0cVMwdz09
Meeting ID: 830 0218 0308 Password: 431006 One tap mobile +13126266799,,83002180308#,,1#,431006# US (Chicago)
I would suggest downloading the app on your phone or iPad prior to the meeting to test it if you have not used it before. Also you can view it on a computer and it is suggested that you have a camera and speakers on the computer or you can call in from the computer using your phone. The meeting will be all about my friend Steve Neuman's brewery, Brother Chimp in North Aurora, that opened right as the pandemic started. Take a look at his web-site, https://brotherchimpbrewing.com, and/or call ahead for curbside pickup 630.800.1724 so that you can sample during the meeting while we discuss the beers. The brewery is open Monday -Thursday 3-7:00 p.m., Friday - Saturday 12-8:00 p.m. and Sunday 1 - 5:00 p.m. It is located in the strip mall at the corner of Randall and Orchard Road in North Aurora. If you order pizza or carryout from Raimondo’s, they will deliver Brother Chimp’s beer along with the food.
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We are in this together!
Treasurer’s Report
GOOD NEWS! Both the Whitefish, Montana, and Telluride, Colorado, ski trips had a budget surplus even after all the fun social events at the mountains. The following trip credits have been established for each trip. Your actual credit depends on your specific trip registration and payment with those paying the full trip price receiving a credit a little above average and those with lower trip payments being below the average.
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• Whitefish, Montana – average trip credit = $29
• Telluride, Colorado – average trip credit = $12
Your trip credits can be applied towards membership payments, future ski trips or events, or a cash refund.
Stay safe and be well.
John Walsh
Treasurer
Be Kind!
historian I have not sent anything to the newspapers since the photos of our donations. If anyone has seen the photos I would appreciate hearing about it. The Hesed House photo was in the Kendall papers, but they did not include the added ski club information or contact numbers. I am also hoping to get some photos of ski club activities that I did not attend. Please email them to me. Thanks.
Joan McEachern Chair
Social
GroupMe is a free group messaging app that the Telluride trip used to stay in touch. It is a simple way to stay in touch with Snowdrifters – on a trip, for basic information, meeting places or just to stay in touch! This can be a quicker way to stay in contact. It's like a private chat room for small groups. Once you download the app you can use it in your personal life, too – just make a group and add your contacts. Have as many as you want, and it's always free.
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We want every Snowdrifter to download the app. We will add your number to the Snowdrifter’s GroupMe and send out a test message.
GroupMe works on Windows, iOS, Android, and the web, so you can stay in touch on the go. You can download the GroupMe app from the App Store, Play Store and Windows Phone Store. If you’re on a desktop, you can use the web version of GroupMe instead. Once you download the app set up GroupMe:
1. Enter your Facebook details, Microsoft Account, Google Account or email address, and then tap Continue.
2. Enter your name, set an avatar (profile photo) and create a password. 3. Check the box to indicate that you agree to the Terms of Service. 4. Check the box if you want to sync your contacts to GroupMe, then tap Continue. 5. Enter your phone number and then tap Get PIN. We will send you a text message (SMS)
containing a PIN. 6. Enter the PIN we sent to your phone into the app and tap Continue. We will take you
through a brief tutorial to get you started.
If you have any questions email me or send me a text!
Maureen Joy [email protected] 630-846-9647
Be Healthy!
Membership
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Daniel Carl “Dan” Brauer
Daniel Carl “Dan” Brauer, age 80, passed away unexpectedly at his residence on Saturday, April 18, 2020. He was born August 12, 1939 in Aurora, Il, the son of Enno Carl and Bertha Katherine nee Duy Brauer. Dan worked as a machinist for Aurora Pump for many years. In his spare time, Dan was an avid skier and belonged to the Snowdrifters Ski Club. His wife, Pam Brauer, was a past president of the Snowdrifter Ski Club. He is survived by his wife of almost 40 years Pam Brauer, daughter Becky (Bill) Mortimer, sister Mary Brauer and brother David
(Brigitte) Brauer of Germany, sister in law Peni Clements, brother in law Perry (Selina) Brown, many wonderful nieces and nephews, and 2 godchildren, Alice Arendt and James Arendt. He was preceded in death by his parents and his in-laws Robert C. and Barbara J. Brown.
DUES: A gentle reminder to pay your membership dues. The $5 early bird discount has
been extended until the end of May. Dues can be paid online with a credit card or a check mailed to: Snowdrifter Ski Club, P.O. Box 697, Batavia, IL, 60510
Zoom Party!!
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Pour your favorite cocktail and join the Club for the May episode of "Quarantini 2020" at 7:30 p.m. on May 18th. Michelle Baker Etherton is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82206374226?pwd=QjhPRHNHUStUOHNMdlhlRFJVVFZyZz09
Meeting ID: 822 0637 4226 Password: 699445 One tap mobile +13126266799,,82206374226#,,1#,699445# US (Chicago) +13017158592,,82206374226#,,1#,699445# US (Germantown)9
Michelle Baker Etherton [email protected] Membership Chair
Keep calm and carry on
Snowdrifter’s 2021 Ski Season trips
During the current environment, ski trip scheduling and proposals have been very different than previous years. Ski resorts and airlines have been slow in providing final trip contractual terms. In addition to our Chile trip in September, we have been working on destination trips for January, February, and March. We also have discussed having two bus trips that we will schedule once our destination trips are finalized. Trips that are in the planning stage are:
January 2021
• Bus trip – Date TBD
• Schweitzer Mountain – January 23rd – 28th (We are in the process of
finalizing details on this trip.)
Schweitzer is a burgeoning destination ski resort in Idaho. Ski Magazine has voted Schweitzer Ski Resort as “the best kept secret in North America.” The Schweitzer ski terrain has lots of variety including wide open cruisers, steep corduroy, open bowls, glades, some really impressive tree skiing, and three terrain parks. The trail statistics are 20% beginner, 40% intermediate, 35% advanced and 5% expert, and the double blacks aren’t the pretend kind! Schweitzer Mountain has a summit elevation of 6,400 feet with a vertical drop of 2,440 feet. There are 92 named runs and open bowls on Schweitzer's skiable area
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of 2,900 acres and the average annual snowfall is over 300 inches. The longest continuous groomed run is Little Blue Ridge Run, at 2.1 miles and the uphill lift capacity is 15,900 passengers per hour. Accommodations will be at the ski in/out Selkirk Lodge on the mountain. At the Lodge, you can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge and take a dip in an outdoor pool. All 82 rooms offer comforts like memory foam beds and premium bedding, plus free Wi-Fi and flat-screen TVs with cable channels.
February 2021
• Bus trip – Date TBD
• Canadian Trip – Date and Location – TBD We are looking into a five-day trip to a few Alberta Canada ski resorts and are waiting for proposals.
March 2021
• Paganella /Verona Italy – March 7th – 17th The Italy trip is in the early investigation stage and is dependent on health and trip cancellation considerations. We are requesting a proposal since we were offered valuable ski resort pricing and have Verona credits from our 2020 trip cancellations. If the Italy trip is not doable, we will investigate other trip destination options.
September 2021
• PORTILLO, CHILE - Late summer 2021 - $3,150 per person Package Includes: Airfare to and from Santiago and transportation to Hotel Portillo at the Portillo Ski Area for 4 nights. Over the past 60 years, Portillo has earned a reputation as an excellent destination for skiers and snowboarders from all over the world. The snow quality in Portillo is excellent and is often likened to that of the Rocky Mountains. Skiers of all skill levels find what they are looking for on a mountain and come back year after year. Here is a general breakdown of the terrain: Beginner -15%, Intermediate – 30%, Advanced – 30%, Expert – 25%. The ski area features 1,235 acres of ski-able terrain, 14 lifts and 35 runs. Beginner and intermediate runs are groomed nightly, off-piste runs are challenging and steep, and the powder is often deep. The bowls and shoots perfectly collect the light, dry snow and the above-tree-line landscape turns into a white playground. Pair this with frequently sunny, blue skies and it is easy to understand why many guests, even professional skiers, say they’ve had some of their best ski days at Portillo. Rate includes: Full Board, Lift tickets daily Hyatt Centric 3 nights - Santiago Hyatt Centric Las Condes is one of the 5-star hotels in Santiago, Chile, located in the modern district of Las Condes. Offering an ideal location to explore the city, the hotel is close to metro transit, providing a convenient connection to discover Santiago's popular historical spots. This bustling area is surrounded by trendy restaurants, specialty shops, local cafes, and more. Rate in Santiago includes: breakfast daily and all transfers.
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Trip Leader for additional questions: John Gamble 630-761-9550 [email protected]
Frank Hodowal Trip Coordinator
Snowdrifters Making a Difference
in our Communities For those of us who are fortunate enough to endure this pandemic with minimal effect, please consider supporting those who are less fortunate. Donate to a food bank, give blood, support the caregivers and the local police and fire departments, and thank them for their services. Donate Time
I would like to encourage any Club member who is not high risk and would like to volunteer to consider helping the Northern Illinois Food Bank. I have currently reserved 12 spaces for us to help every Wednesday from 9 a.m.-12:00 p.m. The location is 273 Dearborn Court, Geneva. Much of the donated food Northern Illinois Food Bank
distributes needs to be inspected, sorted and packaged before it’s distributed to our hungry neighbors. We simply could not do this without the help of volunteers. Last year volunteers donated more than 136,000 hours of their time, the equivalent of 65 full-time employees. Currently there are less volunteers than normal due to social distancing but the needs are as great as ever. Please consider volunteering and if you are interested, I need a count by Monday afternoon. Please email me at [email protected].
Northern Illinois Food Bank – a proud member of Feeding America – is the source of nutritious food, innovative feeding programs, and hope for more than half a million people each year. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a goal of solving hunger in our 13-county service area, we rely on our generous donors, volunteers, and community partners – the local food pantries and feeding programs, food manufacturers and retailers, companies, foundations and individuals who join with us in our vision for no one to be hungry in Northern Illinois. For more information https://solvehungertoday.org
Volunteers are needed to deliver meals to Meals on Wheels clients in Kane and DuPage counties. Please note, meals must be delivered inside the home. Meals may not be left on doorsteps. Healthy people only, please, as we are working with an extremely vulnerable population and will be entering homes and apartments.
• Volunteers must have their own car • Volunteers must be healthy
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• Volunteers must be able to pick-up prepared meals in Elgin or Lombard
• Volunteers must have dedicated 4 hour time slots available to do deliveries
• Up to 2 people may deliver together • Hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes WILL NOT be provided
(Meals on Wheels does not have enough supply) • Please bring your own hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes • Volunteers must be comfortable entering homes to deliver food • $20 gas cards are available (email [email protected]
for details on cards) Please call 630-746-0909 or email [email protected] or info@dupages
Donate Skills There is a local family that started an effort to organize those who can sew to make cotton face masks. These are not a substitute for sterile N95 masks. But they are a way to provide our healthcare workers who are desperate for PPEs to have some protection. The pattern is simple. Here is a look at some made by a Snowdrifter:
Follow this link for further information: http://www.americanstrongmasks.com//post/looking-for-volunteers/ Here is a link to a video from CBS2 on the group: https://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/4493315-american-strong-masks-sewists-step-in-to-help-health-care-worker-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/
Northern Illinois Food Bank 135 volunteer hours and counting
For the last five weeks the Snowdrifters have been volunteering at the Northern Illinois Food Bank (“NIFB”) on Wednesday mornings. We have done a little of everything. The first week we started with bundling folded boxes in counts of 30. At the end of our three hour shift we had 720 bundles stacked on 10 pallets. The following week we cleaned vegetable cans, relabeled them and stacked them in case boxes. Our group cased enough beans and corn vegetables for that week’s assembly line. The next three weeks, since our numbers were growing, we filled boxes in an assembly line. For each of those three weeks, we packed 11,250 pounds of food providing 9,375
meals for hungry neighbors in Northern Illinois. Week 1 – The Start. The first week after we had loaded eight pallets with 30 pack bundles of boxes that night I was trying to sleep but instead of counting sheep I found myself counting 30 boxes. Just think of counting to thirty hundreds of times.
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Week 2 - Holy Cans Batman! The following week we had a larger group so we were on can duty. There were can washers, relabelers and packers (not the cheese head type of packers - thank goodness). I thought everything went really well until I got home and the GroupMe texts started to fly. Come to find out that Nancy is quite the trash talker (that girl has spunk!) and she ripped me a new one. “We labeled canned corn and green beans. After the first hour, Joe was starting to get the hang of it and was able to keep up with me.” But then Michelle rips on Peggy ”I don’t want to be with Peggy. She is too perfect at putting the label on! Slap the label on and let’s go!!” And so the fun trash talkin’ began. Week 3 - Production Line 450. For the following weeks we were in the assembly lines and, of course, afterward Nancy couldn’t help herself and had another post. “Joe did much better today. He learned to take boxes from the seniors to keep up in our line.” Now even Peggy chirps in “Eileen and I kept pushing him to keep up.”
Week 4 – Don’t Drop the Cans! The fourth week I thought – sugar! I have to take the first shot so I posted “Today we did the same amount as last week - 450 cases. A few notes. Eileen reminds me of Lucile Ball on the chocolate candy line. Eileen kept dropping the cans and was having a hard time keeping up with the fast pace I was setting. Then at the end of the production line I had to jump in and help Michelle since she had the line backed up as well.” And now the text messages really started to fly. Week 5 – They Shushed Us. Well all things must come to an end. We now have a Foodbank Volunteers GroupMe for the group to trash talk. If you enjoyed the bantering, you can join our group for another form of entertainment.
The time volunteering at the “NIFB” has been very gratifying as well as a fun short get together for a great cause. It is a great feeling knowing that the Snowdrifters are making a difference in this time of need.
Paramount Theatre Ushers: The Secret Symbol of Our Success
You see them at every show. You maybe know their names. But I’d like you to think of them as the face of the Paramount Theatre. I’m talking about our ushers, of course. I’m talking about Joan McEachern, a Paramount volunteer for 28 years. I’m talking about Linda Coakes, who ushered more than 100 times last year (despite her knee replacement!). I’m talking about more than 250 teachers, managers, laborers, nurses, waiters, salespeople and retirees who filled vital behind-the-scenes, labor-of-love roles for us last year.
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Okay, but...really? Should ushers be the face of our theater? Wouldn’t some beloved performer or brilliant director be a better choice? Or a high-flying sponsor or prominent board member? Not when you stop and think about how Paramount defines success. Sure, every theater loves great reviews and black ink. But the number one metric on our dashboard is our impact on our community. We come to work every day not just to create great art, but to create great art that fills our community with people who are more enlightened, more connected, more sensitive to the human condition. In other words, our real aim is to shape the kind of community that people want to give back to. And that’s why our legion of selfless volunteers and generous donors is our best possible symbol of success. They pitch in not just because they love theater, but because – like Paramount -- they’re community-builders. Diverse as they are, they all tend to call Paramount their “second home.” We’re deeply honored by that. And so, during this strangest of National Volunteer Weeks – when our volunteers can’t actually join us at the theater – we at Paramount are more determined than ever to tell them, “Welcome home.” Sincerely, Tim Rater President and CEO
Copyright © 2020 Paramount Theatre / RiverEdge Park, All rights reserved
Snowdrifters’ Calendar
May 18th 7:30 P.M. Zoom Party!! Pour your favorite cocktail and join the Club for the May episode of "Quarantini 2020."
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