THE OLDE GOAT - Ibex Ski Club
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THE OLDE GOAT - Ibex Ski Club
Vol. L No. 2V+II IBEX SKI & SNOWBOARD CLUB T HE O LDE G OAT MEETS THE 1ST & 3RD WEDNESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT: GATSBY’S SPORTS PUB M AY 2015 427 E. RAND RD. ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL. MEETINGS PONDERING’S 7:00 PM BOOZE & SCHMOOZE FROM “DA PREZ” 8:00 PM MEETING MAY 6 MAY 20 COMING EVENTS ZANIES– MAY 16 MOTORBIKE RIDE—JUNE 7 GOLF OUTING— JUNE 13 RAVINIA –JUNE 27 PICNIC—JULY 18 HIGHLIGHTS THIS ISSUE: Pondering’s 1 Banquet Recap 2 Trip News 3 Snowmass Recap 4 Activities 7 June Golf 9 Zanies 12 ABSF Pig Roast 13 Stripper Photos 17 Another year is off to a great start! Planning for this year’s activities and trips is well underway. Joe, Jeff, Jean and I are also attending the Trip Seminar on 5/16 to hone in on pricing and attributes for the destinations that you voted for in the trip survey. We have several clear frontrunners so Joe has been busy soliciting bids from the trip providers. See Joe’s article in this Newsletter. The summer is already getting filled with so many exciting options – the Comedy Club on 5/15; Thursday Trivia; Golf Outing on 6/13; volleyball; Ravinia – just to name a few. Check out all of the activity information in this Newsletter or on our website. See you at the 5/6 meeting! Pam THE OLDE GOAT Page 2 The 2014-15 Ibex Annual Banquet was a wonderful evening and a great opportunity to celebrate another successful ski season. Kemper Lakes Golf Club showcased a beautiful view of the golf course from its floor to ceiling windows. The room was surrounded by a patio and people to advantage of the spring weather to sit outside during the cocktail hour. The food was as delicious as the view was beautiful. Thanks to Ed Fee for putting together the slide show highlighting some of the best moments from the year’s ski trips. This year we had a live band “Our House”, they were great! People danced all night long to a variety of songs from the 60’s and 70’s. Listed below are this year’s award recipients. Ibex of the Year – Maureen Rosenbarger and Sue Weides Most Improved Skier – Patti Bustle The “GQ” Goatee went to Curt “Styling” Moore for being the sharpest dressed man in Madonna di Campiglio. The Après Skiers of the Year Goatees went to Maureen Rosenbarger and Loretta Low for singing show tunes on the bus ride home from the winery. The Cheese Heads/Cheese Curds went to Bill and Bridget Haussmann and Karen Helfrecht for partying Wisconsin style and drinking beer and more beer and even more beer. The Biggest Mistake Goatee went to Ed Fee for dropping his brand new iPhone through a slit in a mountain restaurant patio. Thank you to Jim Malinowski and Bill Haussmann for donating their time and expertise to make a teen-age boy’s wish of learning to ski come true through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. And a big thank you to everyone who volunteered to run activities over the past two years. It was much appreciated. Cheers, Sherri Any questions email [email protected] Page 3 VOL. L NO. 2V+II TRIP NEWS 2014-15 Trips recap. Huge Thank You to All Trip Leaders and Assistants: Keystone: Jean B. Assistant: Denise B Madonna Di Campiglio: Pam C Florence: Sherri G Sun Valley: Janine & Mark W. Granite Peak: Karen & Ed B Crested Butte: Joe K pre planning, Sue W assistant, Jean B implementing Joe's plan. Snowmass: Lucy & Lou D. Ibex Trip Leaders Rock! Joe Kelley was an awesome assistant Trip Chair this year. Thank you very much for all of your help and great ideas. Good Luck as you move into the Trip Chair position. The survey was great and I know you are busy interpreting the results. In fact, I know you are already starting to procure bids! You are the supreme shopper. Jean [email protected] THE OLDE GOAT Page 4 SPRING BREAK IN SNOWMASS — RECAP The Ibex group assembled at O’Hare early Saturday and in spite of the busy Spring Break Airport volume, it went very smoothly. We met a few new Ibex friends Jud Puterbaugh and Claude Petit, and off we went. New Ibex friend Roger Kohn came on the plane at the last minute with a few beads of sweat after barely making the connection with us from his Vermont starting location, but he was very happy to be there. A few hours later we met more new Ibex friends Sabine and Johan who arrived just ahead of us, in Denver, coming from the east coast as well. Soon we were off with Russ the bus driver, after a stop for adult beverages and groceries, we settled in for a beautiful journey through the mountains to Snowmass. Arriving in Snowmass, we quickly discovered the descriptions of the great slopeside condos were going to more than live up to expectations, with the slopes literally a couple steps outside our doors, and very nice accommodations. Soon John and Debbie appeared as they had arrived earlier in the day, having driven in from Arizona to enjoy the week with us. The Top of The Village condo folks held a great welcome party and provided a nice overview of amenities we had available. Sunday was our first day of Skiing and it was a Bluebird spring ski day at Snowmass. Warm temperatures, and everyone's worries of a lower than normal snowfall impacting the skiing turned out to not be true. Conditions were very good and the entire mountain was open. Monday most of the group headed over to Aspen Highlands to enjoy another Bluebird spring skiing day. After a little hot-tubbing by some, the entire group enjoyed a catered in BBQ dinner at the condo party room. A BYOB/W evening was a great and inexpensive group dinner allowing bonding and sharing of exaggerated ski and snowboarding stories from the wonderful day. Tuesday brought a quick switch back to Winter conditions with 6 or so fresh inches of snow that the group enjoyed at Snowmass. The snow completely changed how the mountain skied and made for an great day. On Wednesday those who decided not to take the day off, were greeted by another 5 or 6 inches of fresh and still falling snow. Some enjoyed the barely tracked powder at Highlands and some stayed at Snowmass to enjoy the fresh snow. Bill Haussmann celebrated the repeat performance by the snow gods, and rented some powder skis to enjoy the day. By noon the Snowfall ended and it was an awesome sunny afternoon on the fresh snow. Michael Zolna spent the afternoon showing the olds guys how to really ski, and sometimes even waited for his dad. The group enjoyed Après ski at Highlands base and, as is tradition, perfectly timed the end of the Après ski partying with the arrival of the last shuttle bus. The group shuffled over and barely were seated on the bus as it started to pull out. Ed Martin had just sat down, when he jumped up at the movement of the bus and said something like "I left my helmet!" and started towards the front to stop the driver...luckily the accompanying Ibex Après skiers were on top of their visual acuity game and quickly recognized and informed Ed that his helmet was actually not left behind, but planted firmly on top of his head, nice save team !! :-) :-) The evening was spent a the "Big Hoss" Restaurant for a group dinner. The restaurant was nice enough to give us a space with 2 big screen TV's, a nice touch with both a Bulls and Hawks game going on. Unfortunately there was a bit of problem with the remotes, John Brandt did his best to work with the staff and try and get the TV's straightened out, his efforts yielded the Ibex group an opportunity to get to know each other even better without the distraction of those games any longer, because the TV's never Page 5 VOL. L NO. 2V+II SNOWMASS RECAP, CONT. News from the Summit! Thursday the group headed over for a day at Aspen mountain. This day greeted us with cooler temperatures again in the morning and spectacular blue skies. All but the very lower part of the mountain held up with Winter snow conditions. The group met for lunch at the Sundeck restaurant at the top that provides awesome views of the surrounding mountains and a great view of Aspen Highlands Bowl, providing a great backdrop for more Kodak moments. The Zolna family started a trend NASTAR group took to the course. A very respectable outing byathe Ibex grouppaying yielded Wow, Tripsof are filling upracing fast! and Quit athinking and get your deposits in, now. You can’t save spot without medals for all who tried it, with Bill Haussmann turning in the lowest time, despite the handicap of 15 year old technolothe deposit. gy skis..are those actually straight, Bill? Though Aprèsare skidoing was planned at the base of Please Aspen,help the warm day end sunshine, created quite crowd and no Trip an leaders a great job! Thanks. the trip leaders by keeping current withayour payments! open space, so part of the Ibex group headed back to Snowmass. Of course there happened to be a fine watering hole rightPayment there at the bus drop off, and Après ski & proceeded as$300. planned. Thepayments: timing worked well as we got run of the on 10/1: Crested Butte $350., Snowmass 10/15 Keystone $300., Madonna di place and Campiglio the Wisconsin girls (Karen and Bridget) got to watch their favorite basketball team in the NCAA tournament. What $600., & Sun Valley $350. the group realized is that women from Wisconsin seem to like their beer..go figure!!!...apparently when you Après Ski withWill WI women thea 2“special drink minimum is a 2 pitcher minimum, peryour person...unless, of course, the game goes longer than you have rate”? Senior, youth, child, find out exact total due! expected :-) Oh, and of course those same WI women led the diehards to the hot tub withpeople more beer, for an after Après Please remember: Separate checks for EACH Trip or Activity! OK to pay for multiple for same event. ski hot tub party at 10pm...good times! Friday was lastare skion day, the sun shined bright again, and we had wonderful spring conditions. It was so nice we Sign upour forms theand website www.skiibex.com were able to sit out on the mid-mountain deck in Snowmass to enjoy lunch with barely a need for a jacket, in the warm sun.Can’t The snow soft and the smiles the enjoyment of aforms spectacular that was the required icing on the cake of a attendwas an Ibex meeting. Sendframed your deposit checks and today. day Separate checks for each trip. memorable week of skiing and socializing with new and familiar Ibex friends. The grouped capped off the trip and the Make checks payable to Ibex. Send to Ibex, PO Box 1542, Palatine, IL 60078. PayPal is available on the webevening site. with a leftover/Pizza party back in the condo party room. On, Saturday, our favorite "Russ the bus driver" showed up again to take us the journey back to Denver. There are wait so many I feel I can't justice to, but ask Olga about dancing at Après ski (still in ski boots) Can’t to seemore you stories on the slopes! [email protected] with the Snowmass ski instructors, or ask Amy about who visited one of the fine cannabis stores in Aspen, and what they found (you know there are 91 varieties there!!). The Bendickson's and Kimicata's spent their off day at the famous Glenwood Springs pool and came back with great pictures. Party girls Olga and Neda tried to get folks to go Aspen for dancing every night, and actually succeeded a few times. Then there is trying to follow Drew around the mountain, does that guy ever get tired? A few lucky ladies were treated to new skis by their wonderful husbands :-) (At least that is the story Bill and Lou are sticking with). Ask Jean what her doctor said after seeing the x-ray of her ankle (did he really say "Suck it up Buttercup and get back out there"?). THE OLDE GOAT Page 6 SNOWMASS RECAP — CONT. Lucy and I want to thank everyone who joined us on this trip to Snowmass, it was truly a pleasure to lead such a warm and friendly group for our Spring Vacation Trip. These spring trips seem to yield one the biggest variety of ages of the trips (maybe 8 - 70+ this year), and it is always great to see everyone enjoying each other's company and interacting. We appreciate all the helpers we had to clean up the party room after the 3 condo events, your help made it a breeze. Also, we want to call out John and Debbie with a big thanks for driving Jean to the hospital after her ankle "incident" on the slopes. Your Snowmass Trip Leaders, Lou & Lucy Page 7 VOL. L NO. 2V+II ACTIVITIES GALORE! News from the Summit! Ibex Activities, more fun than human beings deserve! I am looking forward to facilitating the activities in the coming year. Activities we can offer are only limited by your imagination and probably a few laws. Bring your friends along up to some activities. This a great to introduce to Ibex. Wow, Trips are filling fast! Quit thinking andisget your way deposits in, now.people You can’t save a spot without paying Thanks to Sherri. She got some things started and things are shaping up well for the summer. See specifics elsethe deposit. where in this publication. Trip leaders are doing a great job! Thanks. Please help the trip leaders by keeping current with your payments! Payment on 10/1: Crested Butte $350., Snowmass $300. 10/15 Ravinia tickets have been ordered. Thank &you Jacquie for dealing thispayments: huge task.Keystone $300., Madonna di Campiglio $600., & Sun Valley $350. Will thanks you have a “special child,Bike findride. out your total due! Many to Rich F. for rate”? having Senior, hosted youth, the Taxing I amexact confident a good time was had by all. Please remember: Separate checks for EACH Trip or Activity! OK to pay for multiple people for same event. Patrice thank youare so on much all youwww.skiibex.com are planning for everyone's enjoyment. See articles about Team Trivia and Sign up forms the for website Choral Concert. Can’t attend an Ibex meeting. Send your deposit checks and forms today. Separate checks required for each trip. Make checks payable to Ibex. Send to Ibex, PO Box 1542, Palatine, IL 60078. PayPal is available on the webVolleyball is just around the corner. Please respond to survey Patrice is conducting regarding time VB will start. See site. article. Can’t wait to see you on the slopes! Jean [email protected] Sign up early and often for the June 13th golf outing and post golf party. Always a great time. Plenty of fun, food, & drink. Notice I did not mention skill. Golfers of all abilities welcome. Plus, post party open to all. ALL are eligible for Raffle prizes. Thank you Lou & Jeff for stepping up to run one of the bigger events of the summer. Lucy thanks for agreeing to host the post party. Save the date Saturday July 18th Ibex Picnic. Details in next month's Olde Goat. Wanted: Volunteers to help with Picnic! Set up, shopping, grilling, games, clean up. Something for every skill set. No experience necessary. Now is the time to present your ideas and talents so the picnic is a great success. We Need You to Ensure the Picnic is Done Right! Fall Colors Golf weekend October 3 & 4. New Wisconsin location. Patrice, Jacquie & Debbie are planning diligently to make this an extraordinary weekend. Non-golfers welcome. There are many things to do in Wisconsin besides golf! Details will be announced shortly. Wow lots of things in the works! However, it was a long cold winter so let's get out there and have some fun. Do you have any ideas? Thanks, Jean contact [email protected] THE OLDE GOAT Page 8 TRIPS 2015 – 2016 I would like to thank Jean for two great years as Trip Chair. She put together some amazing trips. This past season Ibex filled 202 spots on trips and our goal is to continue that for 2015 – 2016 ski season. The trip survey is completed. Thank you all for giving us your responses. This is a great tool for us to learn where our members would like to ski. Four of us from the EB will be attending the CMSC trip seminar on May 16. This will be start of getting bids and finding great deals for Ibex. Based on the survey we are not going to offer an early December trip this year due lack of interest. We plan to start our trips off with the New Year’s trip. It’s a great way to start the New Year being in the mountains skiing. Our plans are to set up a Europe trip (with extension option), short trip out west, week long western trip, spring break trip, and the weekend Midwest trip. We will be looking for trip leaders and if you have any interest send me an email. Locations and dates will be announced in the summer and the trip sign up party will be in August. Also, if anyone is interested in being part of the trip planning process I am looking for trip assistance. If interested email at [email protected] or see me at meeting. Hope to see you all at the monthly meeting. Joe Kelley Trip Chair Page 9 VOL. L NO. 2V+II JUNE GOLF OUTING T he Annual Ibex Nearly-Summer Scramble & Real Golf Combo will be held at the Fox Run Golf Links, Saturday, June 13, with tee times starting at 10:00am. Fox Run Golf Links 333 Plum Grove Rd. Elk Grove Village, IL In order to accommodate individual golfer’s preferences, we have decided that this year everyone can choose their own format. If you want to play in a scramble, you can play in a scramble; if you want to play regular golf, you can play regular golf. We are champions of golfing diversity around here! Golf includes: Golf/Cart/ Lunch Ticket good for Hot Dog or Brat + Chips + Drink, hole contests (longest drive, closest to pin, longest putt), & raffle prizes. Post Party includes food, drinks, fire, raffle, and fun at Lou & Lucy’s, 736 Easton Lane, Elk Grove Village. Post Party begins ~ 3 pm. Post Party is open to all. You do not need to golf to attend the party. Raffle prizes are included for non-golfers. So join your hosts “Lucky Louie” DiFrancisco and Jeff “Shankapotomous” Smith for a great day of Golf & Partying! We have 32 spots available for golf and virtually unlimited spots for the after-party. Golf & Party: $80 Golf only: $69 Party only: $17 adult, $9 child Stay tuned - More Details to come THE OLDE GOAT Page 10 2015 FALL COLOURS—SAVE THE DATE FALL COLORS UPDATE: Ibex not only provides a Saturday golf outing in June, but a 2 day with overnight stay golf outing in October. Save the date for October 3 and 4th, 2015. We are going to try something new this year at Deer Valley in Barneveld, Wisconsin. The course is about 30 miles west of Madison WI, and the hotel rooms include water park passes to a 12000 ft2 indoor Water Park. So non-Golfers can come and join in the fun, too. More details to come in future newsletters. Questions – contact Patrice Conaway, Debbie Dukes or Jacquie Wodach, your 2015 Fall Colors hosts. ELECTRONIC SIGN-UP Are you tired of filling out the membership and the trip sign up forms and repeating the same information every year? Well the Board of Directors (BOD) has been working hard on setting up an electronic membership website that will securely save your information year after year. The BOD has put in a lot of hours on this project and we all very excited about it. More information about the sign up process and all the wonderful things this website can do will be in future newsletters. Thank you BOD. Page 11 VOL. L NO. 2V+II UPCOMING COMING UP EVENTS 5/16 Zanies Rosemont 9:30pm show 6/7 Motorcycle ride 6/13 Golf Outing & Party 6/27 Tony Bennett Lady Gaga @ Ravinia 7/10 BOM Schnell’s 7/18 Picnic 7/25 Steely Dan @ Ravinia 8/22 CMSC picnic 8/28 Little Big Town @ Ravinia 9/12 Led Zeppelin 10/3 & 4 Fall Colors Golf RAVINIA 2015 Ibex is promoting four concerts this season…one for each month of the summer. Only Lawn Tickets are available with our Donor subscription. The ordering process is now closed and 100 tickets have been order for numerous concerts. Thanks ALL for your interest! Here is the lineup! Current Attendees are as follows: Saturday June 27 Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga – Jacquie Wodach – Leader Saturday July 25 Steely Dan – Karen Bendickson – Leader Friday August 28 Little Big Town – Jacquie Wodach - Leader Saturday Sept 12 Classic Albums Live - Led Zeppelin – Olga Khrapko I will be handling the early entry pass for all concerts and coordinating movement to the next in line per schedule. I will send something out to all attendees once the concerts start. Email [email protected] with questions. THE OLDE GOAT Page 12 Biker’s Beware Ibex Motorcycle ride ~ When: June 7, 2015, 10:00 am Several members have motorcycles so I have decided to do a cycle breakfast ride. Meet at Full Moon restaurant (41 south of 137) at 10:00 AM, we will have breakfast there and do a short ride after to somewhere in northern Ill., southern WI. Contact Rich Fontagneres at 847-682-2163, 847-682-2163 cell so I have an idea of who is coming. See you there. Rich LAST CHANCE—ZANIES COMEDY Comedy Night – Saturday, May 16 – Zanies in Rosemont – Show time N IGHT 9:30. (doors open 9:00) th Comedian is: Iliza Shlesinger Tickets $28 + 2 item food/beverage purchase at venue. Sign up with Chris Smith (or her alternate) at the May 6th Meeting. Parking for Zanies in Rosemont is free – just get your parking validated at Zanies before the show. Iliza Shlesinger is an absolute monster on stage, unrivaled by any working female comedian out there, just ask her fans. Originally from Dallas, Iliza moved to Los Angeles after graduating from Emerson College. She is the only female and youngest comedian to hold the title of NBC'S Last Comic Standing. Page 13 VOL. L NO. 2V+II ATTEND A GREAT FUNDRAISER!! THE OLDE Page 14 GOAT MEMBERSHIP MATTERS Well the new for Ibex year has just started. The EB is working on planning trips and activities for the 2015-2016 year. We are encouraging everyone to renew their membership via group spaces. It is easy and free. Everyone should have received an email from group spaces inviting you to join up. This is a fast way to renew your Ibex membership and no forms to fill out. That right NO FORMS. So if you are tired of filling out the membership form every year join up via group spaces. You can use a credit card to make the payment and for membership fees there will be no additional pay pal charges. Hope to see everyone at the next meeting. Joe Kelley Ibex Ski and Snowboard Club P. O. Box 1542 Palatine, Il 60078 Membership gets you the monthly newsletter and the ability to sign up for our wonderful ski trips. Returning Members Paul Nearing Roger Kasch Laura Wallace Welcome to Our New Members Patti Kalal Fabiola Connor Dennis Socha Wilfredo Rivera Julie Gonyea Sarah Schmeichel Janice Cobe Sherri Griffin Myra Beisler Peter Emery Stuart Boba Mary Lynn Liberati Michael Van Nest Lou DiFrancisco Alta Kassin Jan Osowski Glenn Betlinsk 04--01 04--08 04--12 04--13 04--16 04--16 04--19 04--19 04--21 04--21 04--27 04—28 040—30 Julie Gonyea Special thanks to these special people just for being their own special selves: Karen & Ed, Mark & Janine, Lou & Lucy, and Theodoric of York, Medieval Barber . Page 15 VOL. L NO. 2V+II MAY & BEYOND ACTIVITIES Bar of the Month: July 10th The downtown Palatine eatery and German Bar known as Schnell's Brauhaus, 45 W. Slade St., Palatine. Photo of a typical pub (not shown actual size) Ed Fee Upcoming Activities: May 16th June 13th June 27th Do you have a bar you've been wanting to try? Why not set host a bar of the month. We're looking for leaders for future BOM’s. Also, if you have an idea for an activity please let Sherri know. Zanies Comedy Night Golf Outing Tony Bennett Lady Gaga WWW.SKIIBEX.COM P lease check out the Ibex website. Webmaster Joe Heater has done a spectacular job updating and modernizing it. This is the place to go to for the latest news on activities and events. Improvements are planned for the future so keep coming back often. -Jeff E-MAIL ADDRESSES FOR IBEX Ibex Newsletter 2014 Ibex Trips 2014 Ibex BOD 2014 Ibex President 2014 Ibex Membership 2014 Ibex Racing 2014 Ibex Scuba 2014 Ibex Ski School 2014 Ibex Treasurer 2014 Ibex Web 2014 Ibex Activities 2014 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] www.skiibex.com THE place to go for the latest Ibex news & information EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS President Pam Chiechi Trip Chair Joe Kelley Membership Chair Open Activities Chairs Jean Bagel Secretary Jeff Smith Treasurer Karen Bendickson BOARD OF DIRECTORS Bill Haussmann Kathy Burns Lou DiFrancisco Paula Hiller Ed Fee Jim Malinowski Ed Bendickson Sue Weides Maureen Rosenbarger When life bring changes… Help us keep our records up to date. When your information changes please fill out this form and bring it to a meeting, or mail your new information to: [email protected] Name:______________________________________ Street:______________________________________ City, State, Zip:_______________________________ Home Phone:_________________________________ Work Phone:_________________________________ Cell Phone:__________________________________ CHECK OUT THE IBEX WEBSITE! WWW.SKIIBEX.COM E-MAIL: [email protected] 2014-15 MEMBERSHIP RATES Single Couple/Family E-Mail $ 25.00 $ 45.00 In compliance with the new government imposed internet regulations, and as good stewards of the internetio-sphere , Ibex Ski (and Snowboard) Club is proud to announce the launch of Ibex Project Virtual-Gaia. Project Virtual-Gaia is dedicated to the complete recovery of Virtual-Ideas, Virtual-Energy, and Virtual-y-Anything-Senseless. We ask that all club members read their Newsletter (and other official club correspondence) and, instead of deleting it and thus wasting the electrons, photons and othertons that were used in it’s manufacture, print it out in its full chromacolor majesty and then burn it, but big-time, releasing all its glorious stored electro-quantum energy back into the biosphere where it belongs! Remember, it’s up to all of us to do our part to do things that conserve things! Ibex uses only free-range electrons in the publication of this newsletter. Ibex Ski and Snowboard Club is a proud supporter of run-on sentences.
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