HVSC Volume LXVIV Number 3 Hudson Valley Ski Club Poughkeepsie, New York * 2007 * Our 69th Year * March 2007 Happy St. Patrick’s Day March 11: Set your clocks ahead one hour. IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING DISCOUNT TICKETS: …if you purchased tickets from Killington, Okemo or Sugarbush, we S ki strongly advise you to make sure that T Li ick ft you use them as the odds of your et being able to return them will be very slim at best. Note also the $15 surcharge See page 8 for details. HVSC MIXED DOUBLES TENNIS TOURNAMENT March Meeting Previews Sunday, May 20 Lift Ticket Lotto 8:30 until about 10:30 AM March 7 - Belleayre, Butternut, Catamount, Hunter, Arlington High School Route 55 Jiminy Sign-up as a team or as a single March 21 - Belleayre, Butternut, Catamount, Gore, I'll try to match you up Plattekill Limited to 8 teams Cost $1 per team Winners: Sign-up with Bob Bennett [email protected] January 17 - Belleayre - Ingrid Dodard, Plattekill - Kevin Kokosa, Gore - Jim Macek, Windham - Pat DeHaven, Catamount - Pete Gray 2006--2007 Ski Trip Schedule Lift ticket auction winners: Date Destination Belleayre - Mark Booska, Hunter- Mark Searle Weekend Trip Stratton Mt ~ Cancelled February 7 - Belleayre - Jim Gardiner, Butternut - Liz Dec 1-3 Harris, Ed Willett, Catamount - Jim Macek, Jiminy - Jeff Jan 5-7 Weekend Trip to Gore Mt, NY Noe, Hunter - Mike Harelick Lift ticket auction winners: Okemo - Rudy Kopecki, Jan 20-27 Big Sky, Montana with Moonlight Basin Platekill - Dave Ghostlaw, Stratton - Rudy Kopecki Feb 9-11 Trip to Jiminy Peak ~ Cancelled “Booska Bucks” winners: $40 - Rich Cooke, Bag of Cracker Jacks ® - Mike Harelick Mar 4-11 Jackson Hole, Wyoming February 21 - Winner will be announced in the next Mar 22-25 4-day Bus Trip to Jay Peak, VT newsletter Page 2 HVSC Information search on ANY character Club Information Welcome to the following new member! string — even a few Club Officers Richard Cooke characters of e-mail President: address or phone Mark Booska 485-6246 Pete Gray [email protected] number. By the way, Vice-President: there are currently three David Ghostlaw 338-3528 From the Editor/Webmaster Donnas in the club. Secretary: Susan Eschbach 373-9138 Is the Online Membership Directory searchable? What’s the password? Treasurer: The short answer is, “Yes, it is!” I still get phone calls If you are a current member, you will find the Russell Gray 855-9339 like, “She’s a member of HVSC and I think her first current password on the back of your Sergeant at Arms: name is Donna — can you help me find her?” membership card. If you can’t find your card, you can e-mail Pete or myself and we will e-mail the Larry Slezak 454-7824 I’m not trying to run a dating service; but, if you are a password to your e-mail address of record. member of HVSC, you can access the Online Board of Directors Membership Directory and using your browser’s If you are not a member, you can join at any Ingrid Dodard “Find” option (usually on the Edit menu or Ctrl-F) meeting or mail. Information and application can 718-986-4201 be found on the HVSC website. Jeff Elwyn 334-8732 Pete Gray 462-2010 HVSC Board Meeting What’s the talk about PalTalk and Skype? Susan Hasbrouck 229-6786 There are several applications out there which Shirley Rinaldi 233-4168 some members are taking advantage of which Mark Searle 471-6402 essentially provide “free” phone service. PalTalk and Skype are two such services; AOL, Yahoo and other providers also provide something like Committee Leaders it. Most provide “chat” (i.e., typed messaging), Constitution: “phone” (i.e., two-way audio) and “video” (if you Glenn Morris 226-6167 have a camera on your computer. ) If you are Cross Country: interested, you can go to the various Mark Booska 485-6246 websites of these services. Or talk to Ed Miles 471-2504 Dance Chairman: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 me, if you have questions. Pat Cummins 298-0854 6:30 PM, Best Western Remember, no unsolicited or Education - PSIA/ASIA: unannounced e-mail from Hudson Valley Ski Club Mark Searle 471-6402 Route 9, Poughkeepsie has ever (and will never) contain attachments or Discount Tickets: Invitees: All Officers and Board Members are embedded executable files. Mike Russell Gray 855-9339 requested to attend. Any interested Ski Club Marketing: [email protected] members may attend as guests. Mark Booska 485-6246 [email protected] Contact: Mark Booska (485-6246) Membership: Pete Gray 462-2010 [email protected] Mentorship: Herb Eschbach 373-9138 Newsletter staff: NJ Ski Council: Deadline: Fifteenth of each Jim Gahn 561-6376 Ski Trips: month Nancy Egan 895-1714 Editors: Snow Boarding: Kevin Kokosa 229-6786 Mike & Angie Harelick Publicity: 183 Millers Lane Sal Alaimo 473-2481 Racing Program: Kingston, NY 12401 Tom Pompei 462-3944 845-339-4894 Summer Chairman: Walt Gorgas 297-8746 [email protected] Welcoming: ____________________ Susan Hasbrouck 229-6786 Voice Message Service for Friday "Race Training:" last minute changes and new Susan Hasbrouck 229-6786 All phones area code 845 activities: 227-1123 Contact: Ed Miles (471-2504) to have a message put on the service. From your officers... Page 3 THE SKINNY ON CROSS COUNTRY DINING OUT usually opts for meat, and By: Mark Booska Pippy's. Herb's taste seems most varied. It was difficult to Mike chose Veal Piccata - [email protected] The restaurant see where we on Mt Carmel Square - in my opinion the scaloppine Personal Grooming were going but where Mill St meets was sautéed to perfect tender- the snow was Delafield St has been ness. Sue chose the same and When you’re easy for the an icon in Pough- although the veal is normally out skiing have you ever sleds to negoti- keepsie for as long as served with risotto, she substi- thought about all the work ate. Making the any of us can remember; from Nick tuted spaghetti. Benny's in the 1960s (and before), that goes into creating a great ski sleds go requires nothing more Angie chose Chicken Osso Bucco through Galenti's in the 1970s, (Italian for "hollow bone") and after experience? There are a multitude than squeezing the throttle, but of obvious things and tiny details Cesar's in the 1980s to 1990s and tasting both our entrees thought hers getting up steep hills, minimizing other managements until it became was even better than mine. She stuck that any ski center must address ruts, anticipating slides, extri- just to prepare their facility for what it is today, Pippy's. with the risotto. cating yourself from drifts and Pippy's has hosted HVSC Herb opted for the Salmon in Puff visitors. The parking lot has to be knowing when to raise the regularly for the past year and many Pastry. He surfaced from the fish long cleared, the walkways shoveled, tracker require a little more of the members have experienced enough to assure us that his meal was food prepared and paper in the finesse and experience. I devel- great meals there. just fine! All the entrees were served bathrooms. The rental fleet has to oped new respect for the intri- Herb, Sue, Mike and Angie with fava beans, and although I had never be prepped, equipment maintained cacies of the job and I learned a met for dinner before one of our been a fan, these were more moist and and firewood stacked. Of course lot. I look forward to doing regular Wednesday meetings. The flavorful than I'd ever experienced. it is a business and like any busi- L-shaped dining room was large Sue reminded me to be sure to more. ness there are things that patrons enough that Mike and Angie could complement the waitress for her excel- see and there are many things that One of the attractive order wine at the bar before realiz- lent service; so our complements, Jenn, ing that Herb and Sue had beaten it was excellent indeed. As was that of take place behind the scenes. aspects of XC is that we can go anywhere where there is them to the restaurant and were Richie, the bartender, who blended a already seated and out of sight. In skiing one of the most snow whether it’s in our back- mix of merlot and shiraz for Angie. important tasks that people don’t Angie grew up (and her parents still The prices were reasonable (all of yard or through the park, I live) within a few blocks of the see is grooming. It is something often ski at night on the soccer our entrees were in the $16--$18 range restaurant, so we were able to visit including a salad) and the portions more that I have been interested in, per- field near my house but for me haps because it is somewhat re- her folks before our rendezvous. than adequate. Angie as usual took half the ultimate is to ski on nicely After dining several times lated to landscaping. I have always of her chicken home; Mike enjoyed it the groomed trails. It is so much with the Eschbachs I've confirmed following day for lunch. thought that it would be great to that we are all creatures of our easier, safer and enjoyable. So Pippy's drive one of those big groomers if you have not experienced own habits and tastes -- Angie often 2 Delafield St (Mt Carmel Square) and lay down beautiful corduroy groomed trails stop by FWP or chooses chicken and pasta ; Mike and crisp tracks.