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From: ski@...

To: panhandlenordic@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 11:10 PM

Subject: [panhandlenordic] Uploading to the Gallery

In order to upload photo to the gallery.

 

First Log In: 

  user name:  nordic

 password:  club

 

Once you login you will need to click on the words "Admin Mode"

 

That switches it into Administration mode.

 

You can then upload photos.

 

Please Please do not change the password

 

Please do not use the section "My Gallery"

 

thanks,

Hilma

I've added a gallery to the website.

There is a link on the home page.  Or you can go directly to it at http://www.panhandlenordicclub.com/photos/

It's pretty empty right now.  You members can fill it up.

To upload photos:
   Login:
    username:  nordic
    password:  club

(Be sure to write down the above).

You can create categories and subcategories if you want to.

I think all photos have to be in an album you create - even if it is only one photo.

But I haven't played around with it much.

For those who want more intructions, there is a FAQ and more information than you can shake a ski pole at, go to this link http://coppermine-gallery.net/ 

Maybe someday I'll look at it.

Note:  Yahoo groups no longer hosts photos, so the ones that were uploaded there are now byebye.

Hilma
www,pahhandlenordicclub.com

December 2007 President's Message

 (written on Sunday - but due to technical difficulties..... you get it now)

The weatherman tells us it is the eve of the first significant snowfall in the lower elevations.  We will cross our fingers and hope, but he has disappointed twice since mid-November.  We are ready for the snow. 

Many of you know that two new bridges were installed this fall to cross the ravines on the Janet's Jaunt snowshoe trail. 

A heavy Franklin stove was installed in the warming hut last week.  It will take some work to seal this piece of iron, but the metal thieves who seem to target the area have surprised us in the past. 

We have also prepared two new maps of the area.  You will see these hung on the entryway kiosk, the two warming huts and at strategic points along the trails.  The two maps will also appear soon in a map brochure.  The last map was put out over seven years ago. We have been in need of new maps because the whole nature of the Fourth of July Area has evolved in a couple of ways.  The old map detailed the Fourth of July Ski Area. 

As you all know, we are operating a non-motorized winter sports area with the advent of more snowshoe use and the development of additional trails dedicated to snowshoe and ski users. The area has also expanded greatly in recent years.  With the addition of the 614-905 Loop and the Ten Mile Loop complete with Ian's Eagle Cabin, the old map was sorely out of date.  The expansion explains the need for two maps in the brochure.  The first map shows the extent of the ski and snowshoe opportunities at Fourth of July all the way to Rose Creek Saddle with some of its backcountry opportunities.  This large-scale map does not permit much detail of the core area so the second map shows this detail. With the advent of Google Earth satellite photos taken yearly and software that allows us to draw on those images and then remove the base image, the trails are traced exactly on their locations.  Given this rather simple technology, we will be able to update the maps yearly, if necessary.  We hope to have the new map brochure in your hands by early in the season.

 Our next meeting is 7:00 PM, Tuesday, December 4th at the Fernan Ranger District Office, 2502 E. Sherman Avenue.  We park in the back parking lot and walk down the steps to use the lower floor conference room.  The December meeting is the annual cookie exchange. We will also be exchanging ski and snowshoe gear, so bring along any you might want to trade or donate. If you are looking for gear, you may find a deal with a fellow club member.

We will have Park & Ski Stickers for sale. 

One item of business will be the naming of some new and old trails. 

Since we are typically obsessed with snow in early December, a program on snow is quite appropriate.  Ed Gately, an expert on snow and snow pack, will be speaking on the fantastic solid phase of water in its many forms that make our winter sports possible.  He will be discussing snow in its varied array from the single flake, each distinct, to that collection of flakes, the snow pack on which we glide.  I am looking forward to this more detailed look at snow, the medium on which we play. I hope to see you at our December meeting.

 Geoff Harvey

PS  This should be posted on the web page by tomorrow.  www.panhandlenordicclub.com

Save this email.  This will NOT be posted on the website.

The Park and Ski Passes are now available at the following locations:

US  Forest Service, Fernan Ranger Station
Vertical Earth
Army-Navy
Ski Shack in Hayden
Rose Lake Store in Rose Lake. 
We will have them for sale at the next meeting on 12/4.
Fitness Fanatics may have them by now. Their number is 509-922-6080

Please designate Area 11.

Note: Idaho stickers are good in Washington. For Mt Spokan you Also need a grooming sticker for $31.00.

For information about Mt. Spokane x-country ski events, trail maps, permit information, trail conditions etc. go to www.selkirknordic.org

Panhandle Nordic Ski and Snowshoe Club
October - November 2007

President's Message:

It is cooling down as the warm fall weather makes its exit to be replaced with cool weather and rain. Already the high mountain tops have been dusted once with an early snowfall. Many of us have put aside the hiking boots and are rummaging through the closets for the ski and snowshoe gear.

To bring you up to date, we completed a summer of hikes that ranged from the low hills around Fish Lake west of Spokane into peaks of the Selkirk Mountains in late August and September. Along the way were some bike and canoe trips. A few of us finished up with two hikes in British Columbia's Kokanee Glacier Park, revisiting the Slocan Chief Cabin and climbing towards the Silver Spray Chalet.

Meanwhile work has been underway at the Fourth of July area. A new bridge has been installed on the snowshoe trail and another will soon be in place. On Saturday, October 13th a large number of members participated in the annual work day. The snowshoe trail was cleared, logs were cleared from trails and cut for firewood, wet areas were drained and filled in the roads, the Loose Moose and Spencer's Ss trails were cleared of branches, the bench was stained at the warming hut and a landing was cleared for more equipment at the snow machine shed. It was a successful work day accomplishing many of the tasks on Skip and Van's long list.

It is time to look forward to the early season events. The Spokane Mountain Ski Patrol Ski Swap will occur Saturday, October 26th at the Spokane County Fairgrounds off Broadway. A week later, November 3rd, the Lookout and Silver Mountain Ski Patrol Swap will be held at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds, while Fitness Fanatics will have its sale - Swap the same day at its store on Trent Avenue in the Spokane Valley.

These are great opportunities to find bargains on ski and snowshoe equipment of all kinds and, if you have kids, to re-outfit them as they grow without going broke. The lines can be long, but typically, there is not a rush for cross-country and snowshoe gear like there is for downhill ski gear. So unless shopping is your contact sport, take your time and show up mid-morning to noon for the ski swaps. It is a better policy to hit Fitness Fanatics early for the bargains on unused gear.

The initial meeting of the Panhandle Nordic Ski and Snowshoe Club will be held, Tuesday, November 6th at 7:00 PM at the Fernan Ranger Station at the east end of Sherman Avenue.

For those of you new to the club, drive around in back of the building, enter the fenced parking area, take the steps down to the lower level and enter by the downstairs door. You will find us in the conference room to your left. We should have 2007-2008 Park & Ski passes for sale. Some trip planning will likely already be starting. After short business meeting consisting of reports of officers and committee heads, the monthly program will begin. The program is a cross-country ski film, which should fire us all up for the winter season and have us delivering snow chants to the passing clouds.

Goeff Harvey

Webmaster's Note: Regarding email. For those of of your who are not getting email I am adding a new system.

Those of you who are getting email do not need to do anything.

If you know someone who isn't getting email have them go to the Members' Email section. - The new form will be there by October 20.

http://www.panhandlenordicclub.com

Hilma

----- Original Message -----

From: BarnesEnt@...

To: panhandlenordic@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 7:53 AM

Subject: Re: [panhandlenordic] Website Down

What's the date of the swap at Fitness Fanatics?

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Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 6:44 PM

Subject: Re: [panhandlenordic] Website Down

I have changed web hosts. The website has been down since October 5. I thought it would be a smooth transition but it is taking much longer than I expected. It should be up within a couple days. Very frustrating since all my other websites and most of my other emails are not working either. *&%*#@#% Hilma

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----- Original Message -----

From: volkano@...

To: panhandlenordic@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 6:44 PM

Subject: Re: [panhandlenordic] Website Down

I have changed web hosts. The website has been down since October 5. I thought it would be a smooth transition but it is taking much longer than I expected. It should be up within a couple days. Very frustrating since all my other websites and most of my other emails are not working either. *&%*#@#% Hilma

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Subject : Re: [panhandlenordic] Work Day and 1st Meeting

Date : Mon, 8 Oct 2007 08:54:31 -0700

From : "Donna K and Geoff W Harvey" <ziggys@...>

To : <panhandlenordic@yahoogroups.com>



Busy making cookies for work day for you and the others, Van. ...donna

----- Original Message -----

From: VAN D BENNETT

To: panhandlenordic@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 6:51 AM

Subject: Re: [panhandlenordic] Work Day and 1st Meeting







o k good excuse for not being there do expect you to join the club this year van

----- Original Message -----

From: BarnesEnt@...

To: panhandlenordic@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 9:07 PM

Subject: Re: [panhandlenordic] Work Day and 1st Meeting







I would like to help but will be at a swimming meet in Sandpoint all day. Keep me posted.





Dave Barnes

CHS Swimming Coach











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----- Original Message -----

From: VAN D BENNETT

To: panhandlenordic@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 6:51 AM

Subject: Re: [panhandlenordic] Work Day and 1st Meeting

o k good excuse  for not being there do expect you to join the club this year   van

----- Original Message -----

From: BarnesEnt@aol.com

To: panhandlenordic@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 9:07 PM

Subject: Re: [panhandlenordic] Work Day and 1st Meeting

I would like to help but will be at a swimming meet in Sandpoint all day.  Keep me posted.

 

 

Dave Barnes

CHS Swimming Coach

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Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 9:07 PM

Subject: Re: [panhandlenordic] Work Day and 1st Meeting

I would like to help but will be at a swimming meet in Sandpoint all day.  Keep me posted.

 

 

Dave Barnes

CHS Swimming Coach

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----- Original Message -----

From: Timothy Garb

To: panhandlenordic@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 11:30 AM

Subject: Re: [panhandlenordic] Work Day and 1st Meeting

Hilma, would it be OK to bring my dog along for the work day?

Tim

----- Original Message -----

From: Hilma Volk

To: panhandlenordic@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 8:42 AM

Subject: [panhandlenordic] Work Day and 1st Meeting

The Panhandle Nordic Club is having a WORK DAY at 4th of July Pass on
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 at 9 AM.

Please Attend. We NEED 15 people.

Meet at the 4th of July ski area parking lot. Bring work gloves,
lunch, water. Dress for the weather.

Van, Glenn, Forest Service people and others have been working very
hard to get the trails ready. Now WE NEED YOU.

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1st MEETING will be:

NOVEMBER 6, TUESDAY 7PM at the Fernan Ranger Station.

(The Forest Service building will not be used for elections this year
because it is not a major election year).

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IMPORTANT

Within a week you will receive an email that says CONFIRM YOUR
SUBSCRIPTION.

Please open that email and click on the link in order to continue
getting emails.

The reason is:

I am switching to an autoresponder (as soon as I figure out how to
work it) in hopes that more people will get the emails I send out.

I will also put a subscribe form on the website in the EMAIL section.

////////////////

A donation button will be added to the website so that people can
donate to our groomer fund.

www.panhandlenordicclub.com

Hilma Volk, webmaster

would yousend  me a message--not sure I am getting them!~!!!! thanks
On Nov 24, 2006, at 1:19 PM, kek@... wrote:

>
>  Did you receive a change of e-mail address for Kay Kindig? If not,
> please make
>  the following change:
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From: Hilma Volk

To: panhandlenordic@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 9:42 AM

Subject: [panhandlenordic] Work Day and 1st Meeting

The Panhandle Nordic Club is having a WORK DAY at 4th of July Pass on
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 at 9 AM.

Please Attend. We NEED 15 people.

Meet at the 4th of July ski area parking lot. Bring work gloves,
lunch, water. Dress for the weather.

Van, Glenn, Forest Service people and others have been working very
hard to get the trails ready. Now WE NEED YOU.

////////////////

1st MEETING will be:

NOVEMBER 6, TUESDAY 7PM at the Fernan Ranger Station.

(The Forest Service building will not be used for elections this year
because it is not a major election year).

////////////////

IMPORTANT

Within a week you will receive an email that says CONFIRM YOUR
SUBSCRIPTION.

Please open that email and click on the link in order to continue
getting emails.

The reason is:

I am switching to an autoresponder (as soon as I figure out how to
work it) in hopes that more people will get the emails I send out.

I will also put a subscribe form on the website in the EMAIL section.

////////////////

A donation button will be added to the website so that people can
donate to our groomer fund.

www.panhandlenordicclub.com

Hilma Volk, webmaster

----- Original Message -----

From: hikerbiker4

To: panhandlenordic@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 10:44 AM

Subject: [panhandlenordic] Re: Work Day and 1st Meeting

 

Yes dogs ok.

--- In panhandlenordic@yahoogroups.com, "Timothy Garb" <garbtim@...>
wrote:
>
> Hilma, would it be OK to bring my dog along for the work day?
> Tim
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Hilma Volk<mailto:volkano@...> > To:
panhandlenordic@yahoogroups.com<mailto:panhandlenordic@yahoogroups.com
>

.

--- In panhandlenordic@yahoogroups.com, "Timothy Garb" <garbtim@...>
wrote:
>
> Hilma, would it be OK to bring my dog along for the work day?
> Tim
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Hilma Volk<mailto:volkano@...>
>   To:
panhandlenordic@yahoogroups.com<mailto:panhandlenordic@yahoogroups.com
>
>   Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 8:42 AM
>   Subject: [panhandlenordic] Work Day and 1st Meeting
>
>
>   The Panhandle Nordic Club is having a WORK DAY at 4th of July
Pass on
>   SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 at 9 AM.
>
>   Please Attend. We NEED 15 people.
>
>   Meet at the 4th of July ski area parking lot. Bring work gloves,
>   lunch, water. Dress for the weather.
>
>   Van, Glenn, Forest Service people and others have been working
very
>   hard to get the trails ready. Now WE NEED YOU.
>
>   ////////////////
>
>   1st MEETING will be:
>
>   NOVEMBER 6, TUESDAY 7PM at the Fernan Ranger Station.
>
>   (The Forest Service building will not be used for elections this
year
>   because it is not a major election year).
>
>   ////////////////
>
>   IMPORTANT
>
>   Within a week you will receive an email that says CONFIRM YOUR
>   SUBSCRIPTION.
>
>   Please open that email and click on the link in order to continue
>   getting emails.
>
>   The reason is:
>
>   I am switching to an autoresponder (as soon as I figure out how
to
>   work it) in hopes that more people will get the emails I send out.
>
>   I will also put a subscribe form on the website in the EMAIL
section.
>
>   ////////////////
>
>   A donation button will be added to the website so that people can
>   donate to our groomer fund.
>
>   www.panhandlenordicclub.com
>
>   Hilma Volk, webmaster
>

The Panhandle Nordic Club is having a WORK DAY at 4th of July Pass on
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13 at 9 AM.

Please Attend.  We NEED 15 people.

Meet at the 4th of July ski area parking lot.  Bring work gloves,
lunch, water.  Dress for the weather.

Van, Glenn, Forest Service people and others have been working very
hard to get the trails ready.  Now WE NEED YOU.

////////////////

1st MEETING will be:

NOVEMBER 6, TUESDAY 7PM at the Fernan Ranger Station.

(The Forest Service building will not be used for elections this year
because it is not a major election year).

////////////////

IMPORTANT

Within a week you will receive an email that says CONFIRM YOUR
SUBSCRIPTION.

Please open that email and click on the link in order to continue
getting emails.

The reason is:

I am switching to an autoresponder (as soon as I figure out how to
work it) in hopes that more people will get the emails I send out.

I will also put a subscribe form on the website in the EMAIL section.

////////////////

A donation button will be added to the website so that people can
donate to our groomer fund.

www.panhandlenordicclub.com

Hilma Volk, webmaster

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