Date: July 14th 2010

 
North Star Ski Touring Club (NSSTC) On-line Newsletter, Volume 12, Issue 27, July 15, 2010   
Contents this week: 
 
Upcoming Events 
All-club, All-club with kids, Wednesday Wanderers  SINGLES AND SNO News and Events  Trip and Event Notes 
Club News and Announcements   
Scheduled club events for the next week (or longer) are included in this  section. A complete listing of the club's trip and activity schedule is on the  website: www.north-stars.org/Schedule/Schedule.pdf.   
Abbreviations: {A}all-club event, {AK}all-club event suitable for kids,  {S}singles event,{WW}Wednesday Wanderers, {SNO}Singles Night Out.   
===============================================  UPCOMING EVENTS including All-club, Wednesday Wanderers and All-club with kids  =============================================== 

Jul 15, Thu Hike - Lake Harriet.  Join us for a midsummer stroll at Centennial Lakes Park in Edina (76th and France Ave. S.) at 6:30 p.m.  Gather at the park pavilion (near the Chucky Cheese entrance). Hopefully we will see the remote control boats on the lake or a concert at the band shell.  Opportunities exist for a ride on the pedal boats or a round of lawn bowling.  Of course there will be a treat stop after.  See you there!  Inez Wick  612-825-3596  Dana Siskind  612-929-0205  danasiskind@ureach.com

Jul 16, Fri Surprise Breakfast Ride.  This "B" ride covers approximately 30 miles.  Meet at 6:45 am and ride at 7:00 sharp, leaving from the Marriott Inn, northwest corner of US 169 and I-394 in St. Louis Park. Breakfast will be at a surprise location at about 9:00.  FFI: Al Mayer 952-545-4232 or on my cell one hour before the ride  612-817-6814  Al Mayer  952-545-4232  a.h.mayer@att.net  
Jul 16, Fri {A} Sommerfest and Peavey Plaza Fun. THREE CONCERT TICKETS LEFT! Join other North Stars for an annual tradition: a gathering to dine and enjoy music on the outdoor stage at Peavey Plaza and a Sommerfest concert at Orchestra  Hall. The MN Orchestra will play selections from the ballets of Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev at 8 PM. The á capella vocal group Up ‘til 2  performs on the plaza before the concert, and fabulous jazz with vocalist Charmin Michelle and guitarist Joel Shapira follows the concert. To reserve one of the remaining concert tickets at the $25 group rate, email amckinsey@boreal.org or call Anne, 612-377-2810. For those who have already reserved tickets (Lois, Michael, Cheryl, Judy, Gary, Barbara, John, Deb, Barb, Al, Andrea, Lowell -- and if your name isn't here and you think you reserved a ticket, call ASAP), I will distribute tickets on the plaza after 6 PM. If we don't find each other before 7:45, your ticket will be waiting for you in your nam e at the box office.
 
July19 Mon {A} Easy Social Bike Ride L eave from the Coon Rapids Dam parking lot on the west side of the Mississippi River.  Meet at 5:00 pm; ride at 5:15.  This will a relatively flat ride following trails to Elm Creek Park and north to Champlin.  After a short break we will then follow neighborhood streets back to the dam.  About 20 miles.  We'll eat at the 5-8 Club in Champlin after the ride. Dir:  Coming north on I-94, follow signs for MN 252.  Stay on 252 to 85th St, take a right and go east to West River Rd; turn left and making a right  at Russell will put you on West River Rd again.  The entrance to the park will be on your right.  If coming north on I-169,follow MN 610 east and get off at the Noble exit.  Go north to 97th, turn right and at West River Rd turn left heading north to the park entrance.  FFI:  Al Mayer  952-545-4232 or on my cell 1-hr before the ride..

Jul 20, Tue Volunteering for the Emergency Foodshelf Network. One day a month a group of North Stars volunteer for the Emergency Foodshelf Network in New Hope.  We usually work on the third Tuesday of each month and work for three hours stating at 9:00 am.  Directions to the EFS facility: If heading toward New Hope via 1-94/694 take the Boone Ave exit and head south on Boone to 54th Ave N. Turn left onto 54th, the building will be on your right.  If coming via MN 100, head west on CR 9 (42nd St) go north on Boone to 54th and turn right.  If coming via US 169, take the 49th Ave N exit and head east to Boone, go north to 54 th and turn right.  FFI: Al Mayer  952-545-4232 or on my cell 1-hr before 612-817-6814 Al Mayer 952-545-4232 a.h.mayer@att.net

Jul 21, Wed {WW}Trips Planning Meeting & Grand Rounds Bike Ride.   Meet at the Minnehaha Falls Park Pavillion at 9:30 am with ideas and suggestions for rides you might like to lead in September and October.  After the meeting, about 10:15, we will bike a modified version of the Grand Rounds Route. The Grand Round ride is listed as a 50-mile ride, but my route will be shorter.  We'll stop for lunch somewhere along the route.  FFI: Al Mayer  952-545-4232 or on my cell 1-hr before the event. a.h.mayer@att.net.

Jul 22, Thu Lotsa Lakes Ride.  "B" ride, 24 miles.  Explore some of the scenic north metro lake country.  We'll roll past Lake Phalen, Vadnais Lake, and Snail Lake.  Generally rolling terrain.  Meet at 6 PM at the Phalen Park Beach House parking lot on the west side of Lake Phalen in St. Paul just North of Wheelock Parkway.  Dick and Denise Stardig 952-236-0731 dick_stardig@hotmail.com Denise Stardig  denisedesota@hotmail,com

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SINGLES AND SNO NEWS AND EVENTS  ================================ 

COORDINATOR 

Chris Shaffer is now scheduling SNO events. 612-870-9126 or shafferc10@gmail.com . She’s eagerly awaiting your ideas for events for the summer...   

{SNO} refers to night activities; {S} refers to daytime activities 

July 22, Thurs {SNO} Country/Cajun Night of Music & Dancing  An evening of Two Step Country/Cajun dance demos, free dance lessons, live music, and public dancing in downtown St. Paul at the Landmark Plaza Park.  Bring your own chair and meet at 5:45 p.m. near the corner of N. 5th St. and St. Peter St. (east of the Landmark Center).   Dance demo and free lessons begin at 6:00 p.m.  Live music, by Kevin Anthony and the Twin City Playboys, and public dancing begins at 8:00pm ( previously listed as 7:30)  In case of rain, the dances will move inside the Ordway.  Meritage Restaurant,which is located to the east of the Landmark Center) is selling $5 crepes on the sidewalk ( weather permitting) on these music/dancing nights.   French crepes and Cajun Music - what a night!  Carpooling recommended. FFI  http://www.thefriends.org/calendar.htm or Marnie Johnson 651-644-3047 (h) or 651-895-3964 (c) or Pat Colburn at 651-739-3113 (h) or 651-402-1017 (c).

July 23, Fri (SNO) - Theatre in the Round's production of "Come Blow Your Horn" by Neil Simon with theatre board member, Francine Corcoran. Show time is 8:00 and the discounted ticket price is $18 - pay that night (lobby at 7:45). Optional dinner at Town Hall Brewery starts at 6:00 p.m., diagonal to the theatre. The theatre is at 245 Cedar Ave in Minneapolis. Best parking is in the Holiday Inn lot (don't pre-pay;get your $5/parking discount ticket at the box office). Optional seamy underbelly of the theatre tour after the show. Please reserve by contacting Francine at 612-724-2101 or at francinecorcoran@gmail.com.

===============================  CLUB NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENT  =============================== 

July - August Loype Now on Web Site
The July - August Loype is now available on the web site, www.north-stars.org. Click on "Club Newsletter" on the left.

In addition, the full length version of Al Mayer's "Spirit Tale" is available on the message board, www.north-stars.org. First click on "Message Board" on the left. Then click on the "Wednesday Wanderers" section.

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