Cross Country Ski Club for the Fargo-Moorhead Area
For All Ages and Abilities
PENS News
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Mark your calendars
with the following dates:
1.
Fargo
Parks Ski Lessons taught by PENS members start Sunday, January 10. Registration is required: Classes available for both Adults and Youth.
2.
Edgewood Ski Race
on Saturday, January 16.
3.
PENS
Candlelight Ski on Sunday, January 17.
4.
PENS
weekend outing for members to Rainbow Resort the last weekend of January. This was a big hit last year so be sure to
join the club to take advantage of this fun weekend!
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PENS Board members
worked over the summer and fall to draft position statements on ski related
topics for both
PENS Position
Statement – Fargo Parks
PENS Position
Statement – Moorhead Parks
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12/01/2009 NEW PENS Early-Bird
Membership Extended to December 15, 2009
Renew your membership
before the 15th to get the early bird rate outlined in the 9/14/09
announcement below.
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11/24/2009 Holiday Lights Parade
A group of club members
roller skied and marched in this annual kickoff to the holiday season in the FM
area.
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11/22/2009 PENS Season Kickoff
Meeting and Social
The Kickoff meeting was
held at Edgewood Chalet today. Several
new members attended and a number of existing members came out and renewed
their membership. A group worked on our a fund raiser to prep and inventory the rental equipment
for $3 per pair. 66 pairs of skis were
cleaned and paste wax applied. The inventory
of skis, boots and poles will facilitate making sure adequate sizes of skis, boots and poles will be available for the ski lessons
in the future. The annual trail walk and
cleanup was not held due to the wet conditions on the river trail.
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9/14/2009 PENS Membership Year
begins 0ctober 1, 2009
Renew your membership
today, or join for the first time! This
year club dues have been set at $25. If
your paid membership is received by December 1st, 2009, you can get
an early bird rate of $20 dollars! So
please get your memberships in before the snow flies by mailing in the
Membership Form linked above. A limited
selection of hats and headbands
are still available for purchase by paid members, and we are planning a new
club promotional item for this year.
Some of the other benefits of membership are access to the club’s
Yahoo discussion group and periodic newsletters. Here is a link to last year’s December Newsletter. The primary goal of PENS is still to be a
unified voice to promote better skiing opportunities in the area. To that end, the PENS board has presented a
Position Statement to Fargo Parks and plans to work with Parks on continuing
the improvements seen in skiing over the last few years. A similar approach is being taken with
Moorhead Parks. Our other goal is of
course to have fun! If you have a Yahoo
account, you can view our calendar of events and activities (linked above),
even if you are not a club member. If
there is an activity you are interested in, please feel free to contact
us! If you don’t have a Yahoo
account, check back here for updates on club meetings and activities.
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5/9/2009
PENS Relay Team runs in the Fargo
Marathon
The flood has passed and Erik, John, Jeff and Arnie ran the Marathon
relay again. They turned in a good time
finishing in
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The PENS annual meeting
was held on March 15th. Most of the
attendees skied a loop and enjoyed the bright sunny
day in the soft snow. The ski was
followed by a meal and meeting. The
current board and officers were reelected for another year.
See the News Archives for News from previous years.