The Sitzmark News

Vol 55 Issue 9, January 2017

sitz-märk: An impression left in the snow by the backward fall of a skier.

Have an idea for an event, or a special club adventure? Contact Jean Bronson, our Social Director at Social@Sitzmark.org

We can help you plan and schedule the activity, and get the word out to our membership through email and the newsletter.

The Board of Director’s Meetings are @ 7pm, 3rd Tuesday of each month throughout the year.

Contact board@sitzmark.org for the next meeting location.

In this Issue:

Calendar President’s Thoughts of the Month Board Members Directory Social Events, Meet-Me-Ats Event Photos Western Trip Details Northern Trip Details

Calendar of Upcoming Events and Deadlines

January

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Marquette MI TripNew Years Day

Birthday Bash @ Jimmy’s Island Grill on Mayfair

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Meet me At Sunburst, Kewaskum

Devils Head / Tyrol Basin

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Devils Head / Tyrol Basin

Membership Meet-ing @ TGI Fridays

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Sunday Brunch @ Machine Shed in

Pewaukee

29 30 31

Park City Utah Ski Trip

February 1 2 3 4

Park City Utah Trip

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Super Bowl Party -

Save the date

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Membership Meet-

ing @ TGI Fridays

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Winter Park CO Ski Trip

26 27 28

March 1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Membership Meeting

@ TGI Fridays

Ski Brule

Ski Brule

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Ski Brule Sun Peaks Canada

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Sun Peaks Canada Ski Trip

26 27 28 29 30 31

Thoughts for the Month from Tom:

December Annual Holiday Party at Steak-

house 100 Well Attended This year's Holiday Party had almost 70 at-tendees which was the largest recorded at-

tendance for this annual event in years. Over 10 giveaways were distributed throughout the

night with each gift accented by the jingling of holiday bells complemented by reports from individual board members on their current and

future club activities. Giveaways included lift tickets, bike & ski equipment, bike & ski tune-

ups, on-site drink tickets (Jim Reilly) and gift certificates from various vendors/ski hills. We all applaud Jim Reilly for his extensive and de-

tailed work in organizing this event.

January Monthly Meeting on January 20th Location is Miller Park

The club's next monthly meeting is on the evening of Friday, January 20th at TGIF Fri-day's party room. Jim Reilly researched meet-

ing sites and this location, besides the unique viewing experience of overlooking the Milwau-

kee Brewers baseball field covered in snow, offered a reasonable cost within a pleasant en-vironment for our Friday night monthly gather-

ings. February and March's Monthly Meetings will also be located there too.

Membership Numbers Surpasses Bench-mark

Our mid-December membership level of 239 surpassed the benchmark last seen shortly be-

fore the beginning of summer 2016. Our cur-rent membership does not include any addi-tional members that should join as result of

Winter ski activities and upcoming promotional efforts. Membership dues supports our news-

letter production and monthly meetings (Annual Holiday Party included) so a Sitzmark member's annual dues definitely gets returned

back to them in some fashion. We invite all past members, who have yet to join in 2016-

17 to do so because it really does make a dif-ference!

Congratulations/Appreciation We wish to acknowledge the efforts of club

members in organizing December club-sponsored events including the December 2nd Holiday Party at Steakhouse 100 (Jim Reilly),

Santa Cycle Rampage December 3rd (Ann

Kammerer), Victorian High Tea on December 4th at 1pm at the Schuster Mansion (Mike

Mueller & Audrey Wissmann), and a December Birthday Meet-Me-at on December 7th at Waukesha's The Neighbors Bar & Grill (Audrey

Wissmann). Being the ski season, we certainly appreciate the successful efforts to organize

the December 10-14 Vail Trip (Marc Pettit, Mark Harris and Dave Wherry), a December 24th Meet up at Wilmot (Jeff Borchardt) and

the New Year's Weekend Marquette Mountain Trip (Jeff Borchardt). We also appreciate the

ongoing weekly Packer Parties (Tom & Jean Bronson, Tom Augustine & Janice Wachs) held throughout the pro football season and upcom-

ing playoffs at the Aris Sports Bar. To follow up the regular season and upcoming playoffs, Jeff

Borchardt has generously scheduled on Febru-ary 5th the annual Super Bowl Party in his

condo's community room. We look forward to seeing club members participating in the up-coming social events in January including the

January 5th Birthday Meet-Me-At Jimmy's Is-land Bar & Grill (Lyle Strahota), and a January

22nd Birthday Sunday Brunch at the Machine Shed (Rob Hermann). Scheduled upcoming club-sponsored ski activities in January in-

cludes the Northern Trip January 14 -15 to Ty-rol Basin Devils Head (Jeff Borchardt) and the

Western Trip January 29th - February 5th to Park City (Dave Wherry).

I again welcome all suggestions and really ap-preciate the dedicated Sitzmark Board Mem-

bers, Directors and volunteers we have that are contributing to the continuing

success of our club.

TO REACH THE ENTIRE BOARD board@sitzmark.org

PRESIDENT — Tom Augustine 262-860-0191 president@sitzmark.org

VICE PRESIDENT — Laura Thornton 847-691-1428 vicepresident@sitzmark.org

PAST PRESIDENT — Dawn Petermann Harris 414-315-5100 pastpresident@sitzmark.org

SECRETARY — Jennifer Campbell 262-622-1950 secretary@sitzmark.org

TREASURER — Joyce Katona 262-825-3626 treasurer@sitzmark.org

MEMBERSHIP — Jim Reilly 414-291-4407 membership@sitzmark.org

MEETINGS & ENTERTAINMENT— meetings@sitzmark.org

NEWSLETTER — John Heinzel 414-640-2238 newsletter@sitzmark.org

SOCIAL EVENTS — Jean Bronson 414-423-1495 social@sitzmark.org

WESTERN TRIPS — Mark Harris 414-254-1406 western@sitzmark.org

NORTHERN TRIPS — Jeff Borchardt 262-781-6010 northern@sitzmark.org

SPECIAL EVENTS — specialevents@sitzmark.org

RACE & SPORTS —Brian Boerner 262-798-1220 race@sitzmark.org

PROMOTIONS — Dave Wherry 414-530-2212 promotions@sitzmark.org

We need Sitzmarks to voice their opinions!

As Past President, one of my duties is to

assist the Board of Directors by providing direction for the operation of the Club. One

of the ways to do this is through the Steer-

ing Committee. We are looking for long-time members, new active club members,

past board officers/directors and current board officers/directors to be part of the

committee.

One topic that has come up consistently over the years is the definition of a couple

membership and whether it should be ex-

panded to include non married and/or

same sex relationships.

We are also looking for other topics that the Steering Committee could discuss.

Please email or call me of your interest to participate or suggest a topic. Some topics

may only need us to meet once or twice to discuss.

Dawn Petermann, Past-President and head

of the Steering Committee

Pastpresident@sitzmark.org

Steering Committee

Social Events / Meet-Me-Ats

PACKER PLAYOFF GAME - @ ARIS SPORTS BAR

JANUARY 8 3:40PM Join your fellow Sitzmarks to

cheer on the Packers at Aris

Sports Bar in West Allis. The

Bosch ( our favorite meet-me-at Packer bar) is not

available this year while the building is being moved.

Aris Sports Bar (on Hwy 100 south

of Greenfield Ave) has drinks and

food specials during the Packer

games - come early to reserve a

seat! Go Packers!

1657 S. 108th St.,

West Allis Hosts: Tom Bronson 414-940-

8642 and Tom Augustine 262-617-1554

SUNDAY BIRTHDAY BRUNCH

Jan 22- 11:00 am

MACHINE SHED

N14 W24145 Tower Place,

Pewaukee

(I-94 & WIS 164), exit 294

Through the years, Machine

Shed Restaurants have sprung

up around the Midwest and

have earned a bushel full of

awards – including the Best

Breakfast In America – Travel

Channels Food Paradise.

Join us as we celebrate a

birthday by feasting from a

variety of breakfast/lunch food

choices. Chef's Station in-

cludes: Slow Roasted Beef,

Hand carved Ham, Made to

Order Omelets – along with a

salad bar, scrambled eggs,

cheddar hash brown casserole,

fresh cut fruits, fried chicken,

assorted desserts and more!

Also Bloody Mary & Mimosa

specials!

Price: $14.49 plus gratuity

(includes coffee and refills).

We have a table reserved for

15. Please RSVP to Rob Her-

mann at (414) 640-4003 or

MEET-UP SKIING AT SUN-

BURST, JAN. 8

9:30 AM - 3:00 PM

8355 Prospect Dr., Kewaskum

Lift Tickets $42

There's a discount if you will

be racing. Otherwise you can

use your ski coupons.

Questions?

Contact: Jeff Borchardt

Ph: 262-781-6010

Email: northern@sitzmark.org

BIRTHDAY MEET-ME-AT JIMMY’S

Thursday, Jan 5 - 5:00 pm

2303 N. Mayfair Rd—corner of May-

fair and North Ave inside the Radis-

son Hotel

A taste of Key West in Milwaukee!

On a cold January day in Wisconsin,

enjoy the laid back atmosphere of

Florida and Key West with the food,

drinks, and island atmosphere at Jim-

my’s. Their special food selections

include: Bonsai Shrimp. Seafood Mar-

tini. Parmesan-crusted Snapper. An-

gry Chicken Pasta. Oven-fired pizzas

on flatbread. And so much more.

Thursday specials: “Martini Mayhem”

$6.00 cosmos, lemon drop or apple

martinis. House Wines $4; $1.00 off

all Drafts; $3.00 rail mixers or $4.00

call mixers. $5.00 El Jimador Marga-

rita or Don Q

Gold Pina Cola-

da.

25% off all ap-

petizers and piz-

zas.

Welcome to the

Island!

Host: Lyle Strahota;

lyleg1356@yahoo.com

(414) 243-6220

Social Events / Meet-Me-Ats

New Meeting Location for the Next 3 months!

TGI Friday's @ Miller Park Miller Park One Brewers Way Mil-waukee, WI Friday January 20 We're renting their Brew Room Suite for consecutive monthly meetings. They have a daily happy hour from 4 pm to 6 pm, so come early for drink and food specials. If turnout exceeds the room capaci-ty, we will occupy additional space just outside the room. Can't make it early? Come for the light appetizers we'll have in the

room (while they last), or order something from their diverse menu, and enjoy the ballpark am-biance in Winter. Megan and I stopped in recently for dinner one snowy Friday night. She had the Jack Daniels Grill ribs & shrimp combo and I had the flat iron steak with a zesty lobster top-ping. Both were very good, and my steak came cooked just like I or-dered. Each came with 2 sides, which is typical for most of their entrees. After the room opens at 6 PM, be sure to order additional food and beverages from the Brew Room wait staff to ensure we get credit towards our food/beverage mini-mum purchase.

Schedule 6:00 PM - Room Opens

7:00 PM - Fruit, Veggie, Cheese & Sausage Available 8:00 PM - Meeting

8:30 - 11:00PM - Socialize* Cost: Members $5 Guests $7

(*TGIF main bar area is open until midnight)

Questions? Call Jim Reilly @ 414-617-0551

Same schedule for February 17th and

March 10th. By March, our sunsets will be later and more of the stadium will be visible.

SUPER BOWL PARTY

Sun, February 5

Hosts: Lyle Strahota, Megan & Jim

Reilly

New Location: Clubhouse at Jeff

Borchardt's Mill Valley Complex at

11927 W. Appleton Avenue in Mil-

waukee (just south of Menomonee

Falls, so easy access).

Details: $8 per person. Main dish

included, celebration shots after all

scoring. A mix of regular and diet

soda and mixers included in the

price. Bring your own alcohol, and a

dish to pass. There will be a limited

amount of extra beer available for

purchase; in case you run out or

forget to bring something. Probably

Sprecher or something Jim likes,

since he's likely to buy back the

unused cans.

Game usually begins after 5 pm,

but we should be set up by 3 pm if

you want to start partying early.

We'll try for the biggest screen pos-

sible given room layout and limita-

tions, but a minimum of 75 inch is

certain. Who knows? Maybe an am-

bitious 120 inches and/or multiple

screens.

Directions: Hwy 45 to Appleton Ave,

West on Appleton to Frontage Rd to

2nd Drive on right (Main Entrance).

Follow the signs directing you to

the Club House.

There is room for 20 or so cars in

the parking lot closest to the build-

ing, and an additional 50 spots fur-

ther away (approx 200 yds per Jeff).

Watch for further details and in-

structions on where to park.

REGISTRATION WILL OPEN THIS WEEK January 29, 2017 (Sunday) – February 5, 2017 (Sunday) Approximate prices* *Cost: $1675 (5 day lift) by Check On-ly, $1725 (5 day lift) by Credit Card *Cost: $1355 (1 day lift at Deer Valley) by Check Only, $1395 (1 day lift at Deer Valley) by Credit Card Pay by check or pay using Credit Card which includes a 3% Paypal fee (Club does not receive any part of this fee). Trip payment due in full by December 5, 2016 *Pricing for land only and no lifts also available (see online sign up on the Sitzmark website up for details). Price is subject to fuel surcharges. Insur-ance is available and recommended. Trip Leader: Dave Wherry - 414-530-2212 Includes: Round trip air from Milwaukee to Salt Lake City on Southwest 1/29/17: MKE/DEN #2045 5:45A - 7:30A 1/29/17: DEN/SLC #2834 8:25A - 9:55A 2/05/17: SLC/DEN #5209 12:40P - 2:00P 2/05/17: DEN/MKE #4702 2:40P - 5:50P 2 Free bags

Round trip bus transportation from Salt Lake City to Park City 7 nights lodging at Snow Flower Condos Two outdoor re-laxing pools and one outdoor spa. Pool one is a cool 82 degrees and the jetted spa is located adjacent kept at a warm 102 degrees. Pool

two is kept at 102 degrees. 4 of 6 day lift ticket for Park City/Canyons 1 lift ticket Deer Valley Resort Features: This condominium complex is located three blocks from the base of Park City Mountain Resort and directly on the free citywide shuttle route. Grocery and sports stores, as well as Starbucks and the movie thea-ter, are all within a few blocks of Sun-flower. Elevators located in each build-ing. Coin operated laundry facilities in each building. Locker rooms are locat-ed in each building to store your equip-ment. Once your online payment is recorded or your check is received, your online registration will be confirmed via email.

REGISTRATION WILL OPEN THIS WEEK February 18, 2017 (Sat) – February 25, 2017 (Sat) *Cost: $879 (4 day lift) by Check Only, $905 (4 day lift) by Credit Card *Cost: $679 (4 day lift) by Check Only, $699 (4 day lift) by Credit Card Pay by check or pay using Credit Card which includes a 3% Paypal fee (Club does not receive any part of this fee). (Final payment & trip deadline Decem-ber 12, 2016) Ride the California Zephyr through amazing mountain passes and tunnels to Fraser, Co for a week of winter fun in the mountains. *Pricing for land only, no lifts and Su-perliner Roomettes available (one way or round trip). also available (see online sign up on the Sitzmark website up for details). Price is subject to fuel surcharges. Insurance is available and

recommended. Trip Leader: Tom Gale 414-350-0300 Includes: Round trip Milwaukee to Fraser CO via Amtrak train, no baggage fees 334 Hiawatha: departs (MKE) Milwau-kee, WI at 11:00A on Sat, Feb 18. Ar-rives (CHI) Union Station at 12:29P on Sat, Feb 18 5 California Zephyr: departs (CHI) Un-ion Station at 2:00P on Sat, Feb 18. Arrives (WIP) Fraser, CO at 10:07A on Sun, Feb 19 6 California Zephyr: departs (WIP) Fra-ser, CO at 3:50P on Fri, Feb 24. Ar-rives (CHI)Union Station at 2:50P on Sat, Feb 25 339 Hiawatha: departs (CHI) Union Station at 5:08P on Sat, Feb 25. Ar-rives (MKE) Milwaukee, WI at 6:45P on Sat, Feb 25 Round trip transportation from Fraser to Winter Park via hotel shuttle 5 nights lodging at the Zephyr Moun-tain Lodge (6 per condo)

110’ from the Zephyr Express lift Amenities include outdoor hot tubs, gas fireplace, kitchen, fitness room and ski lockers Free local shuttle, on site shops, restaurants, pub and other amenities 4 of 5 day lift ticket Group parties Winter Park, often referred to as Colo-rado’s favorite, spreads out over five separate mountains. It has 3,060 total skiable acreage, 143 designated trails and 1,212 acres of off-piste terrain, including Vasquez Cirque and glade skiing. 25 lifts, including 7 high speed lifts. Whether the moguls of Mary Jane or the blanket of irresistible powder at Parsenn Bowl and Vasquez Cirque, Winter Park has something for every-one from beginner to advanced. Winter Park Mountain has a trail classification of 28%/21%/51% (beginner/intermediate/advanced and expert). www.skiwinterpark.com Once your online payment is recorded or your check is received, your online registration will be confirmed via email.

REGISTRATION WILL OPEN THIS WEEK March 18, 2017 (Saturday) – March 25, 2017 (Saturday) *Cost: $1,398 (5 day lift) by Check On-ly, $1,440 (5 day lift) by Credit Card Pay by check or pay using Credit Card which includes a 3% Paypal fee (Club does not receive any part of this fee). Trip payment due in full by January 6, 2017 *Pricing for land only and no lifts also available. Price is subject to fuel sur-charges and foreign currency changes Insurance is available and recom-mended Valid Passport is required to enter Canada Trip Leaders: Mark & Dawn Harris 414-254-1406 Includes:

Round trip bus transportation from Mil-waukee to Chicago Round trip air from Chicago on Air Canada 3/18/17: ORD/YVR #535 7:30A - 10:00A 3/18/17: YVR/YLW #8414 1:00P - 1:54P 3/25/17: YLW/YVR #1185 10:45P - 11:42P 2/05/17: DEN/MKE #4702 1:15P - 7:15P Round trip bus transportation from Kamloops' to Sun Peaks 7 nights lodging at Sun Peaks Grand

Hotel 5 day lift ticket Located in British Columbia’s sunny Thompson Okanagan and Kamloops’ back yard, award-winning Sun Peaks Resort features the most comprehen-sive and diverse combination of facili-

ties, activities and services in the re-gion. The charming, ski-through pe-destrian village and imposing outdoor playground offer adventure and relaxa-tion, exploration and thrills. As the resort’s signature property and only full-service hotel, the Grand is located in the core of the village, with chairlifts, trails and activities at your doorstep, an in-house mountain-view pool, terrace and health club, as well

as on-site grocery store, boutiques, eateries and nightclub. Winter Season November 18, 2016 to April 17, 2017 Skiable Area 4,270 acres of terrain, the second largest in Canada sunpeaksresort.com Once your online payment is recorded or your check is received, your online registration will be confirmed via email.

$400 due at sign-up $300 due October 1, 2016 $300 due De-cember 5, 2016 ($440 if by credit/debit and $398 by check). Final pay-ment and trip dead-line January 6, 2017

Northern Ski Trips

Save the Date:

Cascade Mt Day Trip

February 11.

Ski Wiscon-

sin coupon

books are

now

available at www.skiingwisconsin.com

1-day lift tickets at 16 area resorts $130

Northern Ski Trips

News Flash! We will be

carpooling. See new info

below for cost of the mo-

tel. Please make your

own reservations and

mention Sitzmarks.

SKI Two Resorts One Fun Weekend Trip

Staying at Cedarberry Inn, Sauk City, WI

Jan 14, 2017 (Saturday) to Jan 15, 2017

(Sunday)

Cost: $109 Senior Rate—2 double beds

Lift tickets not included

Ski Wisconsin coupon accepted at both hills

www.skiingwisconsin.com

Optional side trip for Non-skiers: Mt Horeb and

Barbaboo

Leave:

Saturday

Jan 14th at

8:00AM

Returns: Sunday Jan 15th about 6:00PM

Includes:

♦1 nights lodging at the Cedarberry Inn (double

occupancy)

♦ Poolside party Saturday

Any questions, contact

Jeff Borchardt

Ph: 262-781-6010

Email: northern@sitzmark.org

Ski at Cascade - Bus Trip

Saturday February 11

One-Day Trip by Motorcoach

Leave the driving to someone

else -More fun traveling as a

group!

Bring Your Friends, Co-Workers,

Neighbors, Relatives - anyone over 21 can join the

fun!

$42 per person - includes bus transportation and

drinks/snacks on the bus.

(ski lift tickets are not included -

coupons are accepted)

8:00 am leave Goerkes Corners Park

N' Ride

4:30 pm Leave Cascade

Sign-up online or send check to:

Sitzmark Ski Club c/o Jeff Borchardt

11957 W. Appleton Ave # 6m Milwaukee, WI 53224

Questions: Ph: 262-781-6010

Email: northerntrips@sitzmark.org

Ski Brule Mountain—CMSC WIN-

TER CARVINAL

March 10-12

$325 per person

Package Includes

• 2 Nights Lodging• Bus Transporta-

tion (from Chicago)• Lift Tickets for

both days• Beer Party - both days•

Breakfast Brunch - table side order-

ing • Homestead BBQ Dinner - Satur-

day. Plus • Costume Con-

test • Classic Carnival

Games • Tubing • CMSC

Races (last race of the season) • plus

much more . . Trip Flyer

Sign UP Form With Chicago Metro Ski

http://www.skicmsc.com/

_WinterCarnival.cfm

Clubs have been asking for this and

now we have added our racers to this

fun-filled weekend.

One wonders what our theme will

be??

Pricing is based on minimum occu-

pancy for their chalets and the Pio-

neer Lodge. for additional information

and to sign up for this fun-filled, fab-

ulous weekend contact Pat Banik at

patbanik@aol.com or 708-805-3954

Sign UP Form With Chicago Metro Ski

http://www.skicmsc.com/_WinterCarnival.cfm

Sitzmark Ski Club

P.O. Box 1877

Milwaukee, WI

53201

Our website for trip information and signups: www.sitzmark.org

Check out our group on Facebook to see what our members are up to:

www.facebook.com/groups/sitzmark/

Did you know that most Sitzmark members are emailed an

online version of the newsletter to view on their

Computers, tablets, or phones?

Want to save the club the expense of printing and mailing

this paper version (over $2400 each year)? Email me at

newsletter@sitzmark.org to switch from paper to the

electronic version.