Hello again fellow ski clubbers,

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Can you believe it!??  We are about to enter the beginning of General Membership meetings again, as we near the end of summer and start our winter fun planning.  A few of your Board members have been working for you to bring back some fun upper Michigan trip offerings as well as a fabulous return trip offer to Banff – Sunshine Resort as well.  Thanks Kathy Rubino, Cheryl Dedoes, Michele Mollard and Gerry Tillmann for taking care of the details and organizing these for our members enjoyment.

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Winter Park spring break trip is still undetermined at this point since no one has volunteered to be a trip chair.  There is also the issue that Calhoun County schools and Kalamazoo County Schools do not have coinciding break dates, which really diminishes the numbers of participants.  We are exploring some options, but still would need a volunteer to organize and run.  If Interested please contact me to discuss.  We would also help train individual if needed.

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Hope to see many smiling faces on September 9th at Millers Time Out, as we introduce the trips and trip chairs. Also, we have some excellent video of the area up north, the Crooked River Waterway, and its history, that some of our members will be exploring this upcoming January. Might bring out the exploration bug in attendees when in the area.  I found it quite interesting! If you enjoyed the Kal Haven Trail history tour,…this is fascinating as well.

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Karen Blanck, membership director, who has enjoyed the world of golf this summer, told me that she is going to be at the General meeting ready, willing, and able, to renew your membership and collect your payment.  Yes, … Your Club does have some bills that need to be paid during the year, to maintain and upkeep our presence.  Thanks for taking care of this!

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On a sad note. I was informed back in July, of the passing of long-time member, Bill Walbeck. A terrific individual, lifelong lived at just a few days shy of 96. Bill had stories from around the world, where his work as a corporate jet pilot took him.  He was also a generous donor to our club auctions, offering airplane rides in his homebuilt RV- 4 speedster aircraft.  He is missed by many.

Kathy Rubino, along with the Board, are always interested in hearing from our members on any additional, or possible entertainment, they would like to see, or people of interest, that would like to come to a meeting to speak.  If you have a suggestion, please let myself or Kathy know.

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Okay, so I know its still quite summery out, but Millers Time Out has some great AC and good grub.  Hope we can meet up on September 9th. 

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Ski Ya,

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Gerry Tillmann – BCSC President (again!!)