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March 2015 Hot News Page President’s Message 1 Fagowee Gear Lands End 2 Mt. Bachelor Adventure 3 Drag Queen Bingo/Bowling4 Celtic Festival/Discounts 5 Elections/FOM 6 Ocean City 7 Birthdays 8 Monthly Features Page President’s Message 1 Meeting Info and Map 2 Board of Directors 2 Calendar 9 Join the Club! 10 “Fagowees now take credit cards” Contact your trip leader and/or Treasurer for details. There is a 3% fee per swipe. Member club of the F A G O W E E S S K I C L U B W A S H I N G T O N D . C . B R A N C H If you want to hike, bike, kayak, or anything else on a day when there is no sched- uled trip, post to the users group: http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/ Fagowee_Skiers. You might find a fellow Fagowee to go with you Volume 49 , Issue 3 President’s Message It’s been quite a busy Winter for the Fagowees. We have skied Iceland, Oregon and West Virginia. Fourteen Fagowees will be heading to Switzer- land for European Spring skiing. The days are getting longer and soon it will be getting warmer. We have a few events planned for the Spring: Beach trip, Celtic Festival, Bowling Night and Theater Night. In order to have more events, we need members to step up and volunteer to run activities. We are looking for folks to handle a Picnic, Pool Party, Bars of the Month, Dinner Nights, Whitewater Rafting, whatever you would like to do with your Fagowee friends. You pick the place, the time, the date, the day. Whatever works for you. Let a member of the Board of Directors know what you would like to do and we can help you set it up. Don’t forget to follow us on all our social media platforms for the latest news & photos: Facebook-THE FAGOWEES Twitter-@DCFAGOWEES Meetup-Fagowee Ski & Snowboard Club of DC And signup for the Fagowee Yahoo Group for all the latest Fagowee news. Winter is membership drive time. Now is the time to get your friends to sign-up with the club. New Memberships are good through May 2016. They will get more months for their bucks. Happy St. Patrick’s Day and Beware the Ides of March. Cheers, Stacy Volume 49 , Issue 3

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March 2015

Hot News

Page Presidentrsquos Message 1 Fagowee Gear Lands End 2 Mt Bachelor Adventure 3 Drag Queen BingoBowling4 Celtic FestivalDiscounts 5 ElectionsFOM 6 Ocean City 7 Birthdays 8

Monthly Features Page Presidentrsquos Message 1 Meeting Info and Map 2 Board of Directors 2 Calendar 9 Join the Club 10

ldquoFagowees now take

credit cardsrdquo Contact

your trip leader andor

Treasurer for details

There is a 3 fee per

swipe

Member club of the

F A G O W E E S S K I C L U B ndash

W A S H I N G T O N D C B R A N C H

If you want to hike bike kayak or anything else on a day when there is no sched-uled trip post to the users

group httpgroupsyahoocomgroupFagowee_Skiers You might find a fellow Fagowee to go

with you

Volume 49 Issue 3

Presidentrsquos Message Itrsquos been quite a busy Winter for

the Fagowees We have skied Iceland

Oregon and West Virginia Fourteen

Fagowees will be heading to Switzer-

land for European Spring skiing

The days are getting longer and

soon it will be getting warmer We have a few events planned for

the Spring Beach trip Celtic Festival Bowling Night and Theater

Night In order to have more events we need members to step up

and volunteer to run activities We are looking for folks to handle a

Picnic Pool Party Bars of the Month Dinner Nights Whitewater

Rafting whatever you would like to do with your Fagowee friends

You pick the place the time the date the day Whatever works for

you Let a member of the Board of Directors know what you would

like to do and we can help you set it up

Donrsquot forget to follow us on all our social media platforms

for the latest news amp photos

Facebook-THE FAGOWEES

Twitter-DCFAGOWEES

Meetup-Fagowee Ski amp Snowboard Club of DC

And signup for the Fagowee Yahoo Group for all the latest Fagowee

news

Winter is membership drive time Now is the time to get

your friends to sign-up with the club New Memberships are good

through May 2016 They will get more months for their bucks

Happy St Patrickrsquos Day and Beware the Ides of March

Cheers Stacy

Volume 49 Issue 3

President-Stacy Hickman Vice Presidentndash Rich Kavanagh

Board of Directors

Ralph Carder 540-752-7111 Stacy Hickman 703-627-7552 Rich Kavanagh rem920yahoocom Colleen Marr colpmarryahoocom John McIntire jgmcintire2gmailcom Manny Raffaele aeraffaeleaolcom Bill Steinhour winglover1yahoocom Marc Vignerot mavignerotaolcom Ty Williamson tywdcyahoocom

Appointed Officials

Membership Chair Sharon Blackwell Recruitment Chair Manny Raffaele Treasurer Marc Vignerot Asst Treasurer Tim Gordon Pin Engraver Marty Griffin Greeting Chair Sandy McIntire Sergeant at Arms Manny Raffaele Secretary Regina Meade Activities Chair Lisa Vignerot Asst Activities Chair Open Trip Leader Advisor Tim Gordon List Serve Monitor Andrea Steinhour Web Master Andrea Steinhour Newsletter Editor Stephanie Anderson Racing Coordinator Lance Bravard Bylaws John McIntire Elections Chair John McIntire Fagowee Store Stacy Hickman Jim Brown Fagowees International Representative OPEN BRSC Council Sam Mantis Rich Kavanagh

Meeting Place Houlihanrsquos

6550 Loisdale Road

Springfield VA

Located in the Springfield Hilton across from

Springfield Mall

Next Meeting Tuesday

March 3 2015

Doors Open 600pm

Social 600pm-730pm

Meeting 730pm

Page 2

Moving Email AddressPhone Number Change Let us know Send your new addressinfo to Sharon Blackwell at Blackwes50gmailcom

Keep up on the latest Washington Fagowees news and

events via Social Media Follow us on

Facebook httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsdcfagoweesfref=ts

Twitter DCFagowees

Meetup Fagowee Ski and Snowboard Social Club of DC

Because Fagowees are always trending

FAGOWEE STORE

Get Fagowee Gear from Landrsquos End Order and item from

Landrsquos End with the Fagowee logo

Shop at httpbusinesslandsendcom Create your indi-

vidual account and add the Fagowee Logos under my log-

os on your account We have two logos

The Fagowee Beer Indian logo ID935279

The Fagowee Skiing Indian logo ID1319770W

Fagowee Customer Number is 3017540

Logos cost between $595-$850 per item If you are not

satisfied with your Landrsquos End purchase you can return it

for a replacement or a refund Even after they have added

the logo Be on the look out for Free Logo specials via

Listserve amp Facebook

ADDITIONAL STORE ITEMS Fagowee Ski Pole Flags-

$5 Long sleeve Black Tie Dye Shirts-$20 Green Tie Dye-

$15 We sill have a few Purple Tie Dye amp Cross T-shirts

left for $5 each

Volume 49 Issue 3

Membership Drive

DC Fagowees are actively recruiting new members and we want to challenge everyone to recruit at least one new member in the next 6 months Come on you must know at least one person who would LOVE this club as much as you do

Page 3 Volume 49 Issue 3

Mt Bachelor Adventure Nine Fagowees made the cross country trek to ski Mt Bachelor with

the Blue Ridge Ski Council Mt Bachelor rolled out the welcome mat for

our group They gave everyone a swag bag and an adult Sippy cup for hot

cold beverages The Bachelor Ambassadors were everywhere to help with

all our needs and helped us find the best skiing on the mountain

We didnrsquot have the best weather for skiing but we made the trip to

the base daily and skied Seven Fagowees braved the elements in the BRSC

ski race Lance Bravard and Stacy Hickman medaled in the event Lance

was the Fastest Overall Ski Racer out of 72 racers

We sampled the many microbrews of Bend OR Enjoyed a great

Superbowl party Wow what a game We had a great night at the High

Desert Museum with a fabulous dinner private tours and meeting many ani-

mals

We had a great day snowshoeing at Crater Lake plus a hiking adven-

ture at Smith Rock State Park along the Metolius River and a good lunch in

Sisters OR

It was a good week skiing and partying with fellow BRSC members

Everyone made it home safe and in one piece

Page 4 Volume 49 Issue 3

Fagowees Bowling Night with SCWDC

Bowl America

Friday March 20th 730pm

140 South Maple Ave

Vienna VA httpwwwbowl-americacomlocationsasp

We are accepting an invitation from SCWDC to join them for a Friday night of bowling on March 20th We will start bowling at 730pm so plan to get there no later than 715pm for lane assignments To ensure that we reserve enough lanes you need to email me (stblackwellverizonnet) no later than the morning of March 20th to let me know you are coming We will bowl three games and the cost is $11pp and exact change is preferred or a $20 and a $1 and we can make change If you do not have bowling shoes they are availa-ble for rent at the control desk for $455 We will have the lane assignments when you arrive and we will be on the right side of the bowling center all the way back against the wall After bowling we will go to Clare and Donrsquos (130 North Washington St) next to the State Theater in Falls Church (clareanddonscom) Any questions contact Sharon Blackwell at stblackwellverizonnet

DRAG QUEEN BINGO

Wed March 18th 8pm-10pm(meet the group at 730pm)

Freddiersquos Beach Bar amp Restaurant

555 South 23rd St Arlington VA

wwwfreediesbeachbarcom

Back by popular demand Join us for a fun night of Bingo like yoursquove never played it before Bingo is hosted by the fabulous Ms Regina Jozet Adams Following Bingo is Karaoke at 10pm Itrsquos $6 Burger Night Bingo amp BurgersFabulous Cost is free to enter Free to win Fabulous prizes Contact Stacy at hickman1928hotmailcom to RSVP no later than Mon March 16th so we can get a reservation for our group

Page 5 Volume 49 Issue 3

Discounts for Fagowee Members

Your membership does have itrsquos advantages The Fagowees have clubs in Cleveland amp Denver Plus we are members of the Blue Ridge Ski Council (BRSC) We are Fagowees you can go on BRSC sanctioned trips and Cleveland trips You can check out the trips for the BRSC at wwwskicouncilcom Click on Sanctioned Trips or go to Cleveland Fagowees at wwwfagoweesorg Here are some discounts available to Club members Killington amp Pico Discount lift tickets Killington amp Pico are offering discount lift tickets to BRSC members Go to the BRSC website for the information httpwwwskicouncilcomtips-links Jack FrostBig Boulder Ski area 30 discount on lift tickets only You must purchase tickets in ad-vance at a special website just for ski clubs wwwjfbbcomclubs User Name DCFagowee15 Pass-word DCFSC15 Snowshoe Mountain 3 days of SkiingRiding in 2015 for only $129 You can use the tickets any 3 days in the 2015 ski season This special is only available at the ski showsevents Snowshoe is attending Offer expires Dec 7 2014 wwwsnowshoemtncomplan-your-tripdeals-and-packages3-for-all-passaspx= for locations Ski Helmets from Shred Ready Use the code SRVIP30 to get a discount on helmets Check out the hel-mets by going to httpshredreadyquiverscomc337 Village Skis amp Bikes This local Ski shop in Woodbridge VA offers a complete Ski amp Snowboard rental package for the ski season for $139 Cost includes SkisSnowboard Boots Poles amp waxing all season Only available while supplies last

Southern Maryland Celtic Festival Saturday April 25th

This festival is scheduled on the last Saturday of April every year from 10 AM to 6 PM rain or shine on the 560-acre Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum St Leonard Mary-land All-day competitions include pipers fiddlers high-land dancers athletes drummers pipe bands and Celtic Harpers More than 50 clans and societies have infor-mation to share A Celtic market place with foods and gifts with old world atmosphere

Festival Prices

$20 Adults (13 and over) at the gate

Children (12 and under) Free with the purchase of an

Adult Ticket at the gate or Adult Advance Sale Ticket

$15 Senior (65 and over) at the gate

$15 (with Current Military ID) at the gate

Advance Sales $15 Adult Advance Sale Tickets

More information to follow or contact Colleen Marr at colpmarryahoocom Please put festival in the subject

line

Page 6 Volume 49 Issue 3

FAGOWEE ELECTIONS mdash May 5 2015 Nominations ndash March 3rd amp April 7th

Itrsquos that time of year again when we select the officers that lead our club

The technicalities Elected officers include the President and Vice President (each with one year terms) and 6 Directors (3 elected

each year for two year terms) The Board of Directors has nine members consisting of the 6 elected members the President the

Vice President and the past years President However if the President is reelected the past presidents one year vacancy is filled by

the Board candidate receiving the next highest number of votes

This year is a little more complicated since we had a Board member resign during the first year of that memberrsquos two-year term

Colleen Marr was appointed to fill that vacancy for the remainder of the first year of that term Now the second year of that term has

become an additional one-year term open Board position So this year we will be electing 4 or 5 new Board members (3 for two year

terms 1 for a one year term to fill the vacated position and (if Stacy Hickman is reelected) an additional one year term for the past

president vacancy

The following positions are open this year

bull President (one year term) ndash Tribe Chief

bull Vice President (one year term) ndash Second in command and responsible for chairing Board meetings

bull Board of Directors (three two-year term positions open one one-year position open ndash plus one additional one-year term position if

Stacy is reelected) ndash These are the leaders who set the direction for the club approve activities and manage Club finance and admin-

istration Board members are expected to actively participate in Board meetings held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month

Nominations March 3rd and April 7th regular meetings

Nominees must be members in good standing for the past 12 months have been a member for at least 18 months total be age 21+

and live in the DC metro area

Those nominated at either meeting must indicate whether they accept or decline their nominations by April 10th

Elections May 5 2015 by secret ballot of all members present

Absentee voting Requests for absentee ballots must be made on or before the April 7th regular meeting The requests may be via

mail e-mail or handed in person to the Elections Chairman John McIntire at the April 7th meeting Johnrsquos contact info 917 Herons

Run Ln Woodbridge VA 22191 JGMcIntire2gmailcom 703-426-1864

FAGOWEE OF THE MONTH ndash Jan 2015 Our Fagowee of the Month for January is Lisa Vignerot A frequent Fagowee trip leader Lisa outdid her-

self on this trip by planning and leading a fantastic 5-day trip to Iceland for 37 Fagowees Her choice of

hotel was excellent The 8-story building was very nice and included a steam room and Jacuzzi as well

as a restaurant and bar on the top floor with panoramic views of Reykjavik and the waterfront And it

was an easy walk to the best shopping dining and nightlife area Our tour of the Golden Circle area

with geysers huge waterfalls volcanoes and lakes were great especially with our awesome tour

guide Valdi who let us stop and pet the woolly

Icelandic horses along the way He also gave us a

great tour of Reykjavik and was perfect for our

wacky group We also enjoyed a huge outdoor

geothermal spa the first day (with a wade-up bar

of course) and we skied the 2nd day with a night

-time excursion to see the Northern Lights Lisa

as usual made it a very fun and smooth trip in-

cluding gift bags and some unplanned temporary

funding advancements for some of the group for

side trips Donrsquot miss her next trip

Page 7 Volume 49 Issue 3

OCEAN CITY MEMORIAL DAY BEACH BLAST

May 22 - 25 2015 (+ May 26 Option) Trip Leaders John amp Sandy McIntire

YES WE ARE GOING BACK AGAIN We are returning to the Beach Plaza Hotel for the long Me-

morial Day weekend Each year seems to get better as Fagowee participation continues to grow As

usual we are staying in the hotelrsquos apartments which are located right off the boardwalk at 13th Street

This property is unique in that it has its own private fenced in front lawn directly adjacent to the board-

walk This patch of grass is our favorite hangout location where we can partake in consumption of adult

beverages while we critique and interact with passers-by And hellip an excellent restaurant and the local

watering hole are right next door

Price includes 3 nights lodging and a Saturday afternoon welcome party with beer wine and munchies

Parking is free and convenient Pets are not allowed

All efficiencies have two double beds and a full kitchen Apartments have a bedroom with two double

beds a living room with 2 day beds and a full kitchen

Options and per person prices

Courtyard Efficiency Single - $575 Double ndash $298 Triple ndash $205 Quad - $158

Oceanfront Efficiency Double - $312 Triple - $215 Quad - $166

Courtyard Apartment Triple - $219 Quad - $169 Quint - $139 Sext - $120

Oceanfront Apartment Quad - $182 Quint - $150 Sext - $128

Extra night is available as well

( $185 to $216 per unit)

Donrsquot miss out Sign-up now with John or Sandy 703-426-1864 jgmcintire2gmailcom

917 Herons Run Ln (new address)

Woodbridge VA 22191

$100 deposit per person

Fagowee membership required

Final payment due 42515

Cancellations after 43015 $25 plus

any unrecoverable loss

Page 8 Volume 49 Issue 3

MARCH BIRTHDAYS 2-Webb Ellis

3-Alicia Auerswald 6-Maya Georgieva 8-Anna Frisbie 8-Jane Smith 9-Robyn Kaplan 9-Manny Raffaele 10-Cheryl Parsons 12-George Karabanoff 12-John Webb 14-David Merkel 15-Jim Starr 17-Carla Lauer 20-Victor Marcellus 23-Janet Ebeling 24-Lisa Zumstein 25-Marge Sell 28-Brett Silbert

DC Fagowees now have a SNOW TRACE group

Snow Trace is the newest social app for skiers to track and socialize their skiing activi-

ties You can track vertical ski runs speed and post skiing video and now DC

Fagowees have our very own SnowTrace group All the ski clubs are joining in and you

can compete for most vertical in a year most ski days etc Sign up today

httpsnowtraceupcomgroupsdc-fagowees

Page 9 Volume 49 Issue 3

Coming Events

March 3 2015 Nominations (John McIntire)

March 6-15 2015 Engelberg Switzerland (Lisa amp Marc Vignerot)

March 18 2015 Drag Queen Bingo (Stacy Hickman)

March 20 2015 Bowling wSCWDC (Sharon Blackwell)

April 7 2015 Nominations (John McIntire)

April 22 2015 Dame Edna Farewell Tour (Tim Gordon)

April 25 2015 Southern Maryland Celtic Festival (Colleen Marr)

May 5 2015 Elections (John McIntire)

May 22-25 2015 OC Memorial Day Trip (John amp Sandy McIntire)

May 31st 2015 Pay Annual Dues

Monthly Meetings March 3 April 7

BOD Meetings March 10 April 14

Donrsquot Forget Connect to the

Fagowees on Facebook

Meetup and Yahoo Groups

March 2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 Monthly

Meeting

4 5 6 Engelberg

7 Engelberg

8 Engelberg

9 Engelberg

10 Engelberg BOD

Meeting

11 Engelberg

12 Engelberg

13th Engelberg

14 Engelberg

15 Engelberg

16 17 St Patrickrsquos

Day

18 Drag Queen

Bingo

19 20 Bowling

Intrsquol Earth

Day

21

22

23 24 25 26 27 28

29 Palm Sunday

30 31

New Member-one year Individual $30 Family $40 includes monthly Newsletter and member pin A member year is June-May

Renewal Individual $25 Family $35 Lifetime Individual $400 Family $500 Mail form an check made payable to Fagowees to Fagowees International Washington Branch PO Box 22516 Alexandria VA 22304

SEND THIS FORM WITH COMPLETED INFORMATION

(INFO IS FOR CLUB USE ONLY AND IS NOT SHARED WITH OTHERS)

Name ___________________ _______Nick Name ________________________

Address __________________________________________________ ___________

City _______ __________________ State_________ Zip _______ _

Country _ _ Phone ____________________ Cell ________________ ____

E-mail _______________________________________ Birthday (dm)____________ __ Newsletter Preference _________ Postal Delivery _________ Electronic Delivery Family Memberships Second Adultrsquos Name____________________________ _ Nick Name ____ ___________________ _ Cell ______________________ E-mail _______________________________________ Birthday (dm)_______________

The Lost Nation News is published monthly by the Washington branch of Fagowees International a non-profit organiza-tion Articles and opinions expressed within the Lost Nation News do not necessarily reflect the viewpoints of the branch or of Fagowees International Lost Nation News is always looking for news or stories of topical interest

Submission deadline is the 15th of each month If you would like to contribute please email your article as an at-tached MS Word file to smanderson99yahoocom

FAGOWEES

INTERNATIONAL

PO BOX 22516

ALEXANDRIA VA 22304

Web wwwdcfagoweescom

E-mail DCFagoweesyahoocom

Users Group httpgroupsyahoocom

GroupFagowee_Skiers

Face book The Fagowees

Newsletter Editor

smanderson99yahoocom

Monthly MEETING

march 3 2015

OUR BACK SIDE

President-Stacy Hickman Vice Presidentndash Rich Kavanagh

Board of Directors

Ralph Carder 540-752-7111 Stacy Hickman 703-627-7552 Rich Kavanagh rem920yahoocom Colleen Marr colpmarryahoocom John McIntire jgmcintire2gmailcom Manny Raffaele aeraffaeleaolcom Bill Steinhour winglover1yahoocom Marc Vignerot mavignerotaolcom Ty Williamson tywdcyahoocom

Appointed Officials

Membership Chair Sharon Blackwell Recruitment Chair Manny Raffaele Treasurer Marc Vignerot Asst Treasurer Tim Gordon Pin Engraver Marty Griffin Greeting Chair Sandy McIntire Sergeant at Arms Manny Raffaele Secretary Regina Meade Activities Chair Lisa Vignerot Asst Activities Chair Open Trip Leader Advisor Tim Gordon List Serve Monitor Andrea Steinhour Web Master Andrea Steinhour Newsletter Editor Stephanie Anderson Racing Coordinator Lance Bravard Bylaws John McIntire Elections Chair John McIntire Fagowee Store Stacy Hickman Jim Brown Fagowees International Representative OPEN BRSC Council Sam Mantis Rich Kavanagh

Meeting Place Houlihanrsquos

6550 Loisdale Road

Springfield VA

Located in the Springfield Hilton across from

Springfield Mall

Next Meeting Tuesday

March 3 2015

Doors Open 600pm

Social 600pm-730pm

Meeting 730pm

Page 2

Moving Email AddressPhone Number Change Let us know Send your new addressinfo to Sharon Blackwell at Blackwes50gmailcom

Keep up on the latest Washington Fagowees news and

events via Social Media Follow us on

Facebook httpswwwfacebookcomgroupsdcfagoweesfref=ts

Twitter DCFagowees

Meetup Fagowee Ski and Snowboard Social Club of DC

Because Fagowees are always trending

FAGOWEE STORE

Get Fagowee Gear from Landrsquos End Order and item from

Landrsquos End with the Fagowee logo

Shop at httpbusinesslandsendcom Create your indi-

vidual account and add the Fagowee Logos under my log-

os on your account We have two logos

The Fagowee Beer Indian logo ID935279

The Fagowee Skiing Indian logo ID1319770W

Fagowee Customer Number is 3017540

Logos cost between $595-$850 per item If you are not

satisfied with your Landrsquos End purchase you can return it

for a replacement or a refund Even after they have added

the logo Be on the look out for Free Logo specials via

Listserve amp Facebook

ADDITIONAL STORE ITEMS Fagowee Ski Pole Flags-

$5 Long sleeve Black Tie Dye Shirts-$20 Green Tie Dye-

$15 We sill have a few Purple Tie Dye amp Cross T-shirts

left for $5 each

Volume 49 Issue 3

Membership Drive

DC Fagowees are actively recruiting new members and we want to challenge everyone to recruit at least one new member in the next 6 months Come on you must know at least one person who would LOVE this club as much as you do

Page 3 Volume 49 Issue 3

Mt Bachelor Adventure Nine Fagowees made the cross country trek to ski Mt Bachelor with

the Blue Ridge Ski Council Mt Bachelor rolled out the welcome mat for

our group They gave everyone a swag bag and an adult Sippy cup for hot

cold beverages The Bachelor Ambassadors were everywhere to help with

all our needs and helped us find the best skiing on the mountain

We didnrsquot have the best weather for skiing but we made the trip to

the base daily and skied Seven Fagowees braved the elements in the BRSC

ski race Lance Bravard and Stacy Hickman medaled in the event Lance

was the Fastest Overall Ski Racer out of 72 racers

We sampled the many microbrews of Bend OR Enjoyed a great

Superbowl party Wow what a game We had a great night at the High

Desert Museum with a fabulous dinner private tours and meeting many ani-

mals

We had a great day snowshoeing at Crater Lake plus a hiking adven-

ture at Smith Rock State Park along the Metolius River and a good lunch in

Sisters OR

It was a good week skiing and partying with fellow BRSC members

Everyone made it home safe and in one piece

Page 4 Volume 49 Issue 3

Fagowees Bowling Night with SCWDC

Bowl America

Friday March 20th 730pm

140 South Maple Ave

Vienna VA httpwwwbowl-americacomlocationsasp

We are accepting an invitation from SCWDC to join them for a Friday night of bowling on March 20th We will start bowling at 730pm so plan to get there no later than 715pm for lane assignments To ensure that we reserve enough lanes you need to email me (stblackwellverizonnet) no later than the morning of March 20th to let me know you are coming We will bowl three games and the cost is $11pp and exact change is preferred or a $20 and a $1 and we can make change If you do not have bowling shoes they are availa-ble for rent at the control desk for $455 We will have the lane assignments when you arrive and we will be on the right side of the bowling center all the way back against the wall After bowling we will go to Clare and Donrsquos (130 North Washington St) next to the State Theater in Falls Church (clareanddonscom) Any questions contact Sharon Blackwell at stblackwellverizonnet

DRAG QUEEN BINGO

Wed March 18th 8pm-10pm(meet the group at 730pm)

Freddiersquos Beach Bar amp Restaurant

555 South 23rd St Arlington VA

wwwfreediesbeachbarcom

Back by popular demand Join us for a fun night of Bingo like yoursquove never played it before Bingo is hosted by the fabulous Ms Regina Jozet Adams Following Bingo is Karaoke at 10pm Itrsquos $6 Burger Night Bingo amp BurgersFabulous Cost is free to enter Free to win Fabulous prizes Contact Stacy at hickman1928hotmailcom to RSVP no later than Mon March 16th so we can get a reservation for our group

Page 5 Volume 49 Issue 3

Discounts for Fagowee Members

Your membership does have itrsquos advantages The Fagowees have clubs in Cleveland amp Denver Plus we are members of the Blue Ridge Ski Council (BRSC) We are Fagowees you can go on BRSC sanctioned trips and Cleveland trips You can check out the trips for the BRSC at wwwskicouncilcom Click on Sanctioned Trips or go to Cleveland Fagowees at wwwfagoweesorg Here are some discounts available to Club members Killington amp Pico Discount lift tickets Killington amp Pico are offering discount lift tickets to BRSC members Go to the BRSC website for the information httpwwwskicouncilcomtips-links Jack FrostBig Boulder Ski area 30 discount on lift tickets only You must purchase tickets in ad-vance at a special website just for ski clubs wwwjfbbcomclubs User Name DCFagowee15 Pass-word DCFSC15 Snowshoe Mountain 3 days of SkiingRiding in 2015 for only $129 You can use the tickets any 3 days in the 2015 ski season This special is only available at the ski showsevents Snowshoe is attending Offer expires Dec 7 2014 wwwsnowshoemtncomplan-your-tripdeals-and-packages3-for-all-passaspx= for locations Ski Helmets from Shred Ready Use the code SRVIP30 to get a discount on helmets Check out the hel-mets by going to httpshredreadyquiverscomc337 Village Skis amp Bikes This local Ski shop in Woodbridge VA offers a complete Ski amp Snowboard rental package for the ski season for $139 Cost includes SkisSnowboard Boots Poles amp waxing all season Only available while supplies last

Southern Maryland Celtic Festival Saturday April 25th

This festival is scheduled on the last Saturday of April every year from 10 AM to 6 PM rain or shine on the 560-acre Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum St Leonard Mary-land All-day competitions include pipers fiddlers high-land dancers athletes drummers pipe bands and Celtic Harpers More than 50 clans and societies have infor-mation to share A Celtic market place with foods and gifts with old world atmosphere

Festival Prices

$20 Adults (13 and over) at the gate

Children (12 and under) Free with the purchase of an

Adult Ticket at the gate or Adult Advance Sale Ticket

$15 Senior (65 and over) at the gate

$15 (with Current Military ID) at the gate

Advance Sales $15 Adult Advance Sale Tickets

More information to follow or contact Colleen Marr at colpmarryahoocom Please put festival in the subject

line

Page 6 Volume 49 Issue 3

FAGOWEE ELECTIONS mdash May 5 2015 Nominations ndash March 3rd amp April 7th

Itrsquos that time of year again when we select the officers that lead our club

The technicalities Elected officers include the President and Vice President (each with one year terms) and 6 Directors (3 elected

each year for two year terms) The Board of Directors has nine members consisting of the 6 elected members the President the

Vice President and the past years President However if the President is reelected the past presidents one year vacancy is filled by

the Board candidate receiving the next highest number of votes

This year is a little more complicated since we had a Board member resign during the first year of that memberrsquos two-year term

Colleen Marr was appointed to fill that vacancy for the remainder of the first year of that term Now the second year of that term has

become an additional one-year term open Board position So this year we will be electing 4 or 5 new Board members (3 for two year

terms 1 for a one year term to fill the vacated position and (if Stacy Hickman is reelected) an additional one year term for the past

president vacancy

The following positions are open this year

bull President (one year term) ndash Tribe Chief

bull Vice President (one year term) ndash Second in command and responsible for chairing Board meetings

bull Board of Directors (three two-year term positions open one one-year position open ndash plus one additional one-year term position if

Stacy is reelected) ndash These are the leaders who set the direction for the club approve activities and manage Club finance and admin-

istration Board members are expected to actively participate in Board meetings held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month

Nominations March 3rd and April 7th regular meetings

Nominees must be members in good standing for the past 12 months have been a member for at least 18 months total be age 21+

and live in the DC metro area

Those nominated at either meeting must indicate whether they accept or decline their nominations by April 10th

Elections May 5 2015 by secret ballot of all members present

Absentee voting Requests for absentee ballots must be made on or before the April 7th regular meeting The requests may be via

mail e-mail or handed in person to the Elections Chairman John McIntire at the April 7th meeting Johnrsquos contact info 917 Herons

Run Ln Woodbridge VA 22191 JGMcIntire2gmailcom 703-426-1864

FAGOWEE OF THE MONTH ndash Jan 2015 Our Fagowee of the Month for January is Lisa Vignerot A frequent Fagowee trip leader Lisa outdid her-

self on this trip by planning and leading a fantastic 5-day trip to Iceland for 37 Fagowees Her choice of

hotel was excellent The 8-story building was very nice and included a steam room and Jacuzzi as well

as a restaurant and bar on the top floor with panoramic views of Reykjavik and the waterfront And it

was an easy walk to the best shopping dining and nightlife area Our tour of the Golden Circle area

with geysers huge waterfalls volcanoes and lakes were great especially with our awesome tour

guide Valdi who let us stop and pet the woolly

Icelandic horses along the way He also gave us a

great tour of Reykjavik and was perfect for our

wacky group We also enjoyed a huge outdoor

geothermal spa the first day (with a wade-up bar

of course) and we skied the 2nd day with a night

-time excursion to see the Northern Lights Lisa

as usual made it a very fun and smooth trip in-

cluding gift bags and some unplanned temporary

funding advancements for some of the group for

side trips Donrsquot miss her next trip

Page 7 Volume 49 Issue 3

OCEAN CITY MEMORIAL DAY BEACH BLAST

May 22 - 25 2015 (+ May 26 Option) Trip Leaders John amp Sandy McIntire

YES WE ARE GOING BACK AGAIN We are returning to the Beach Plaza Hotel for the long Me-

morial Day weekend Each year seems to get better as Fagowee participation continues to grow As

usual we are staying in the hotelrsquos apartments which are located right off the boardwalk at 13th Street

This property is unique in that it has its own private fenced in front lawn directly adjacent to the board-

walk This patch of grass is our favorite hangout location where we can partake in consumption of adult

beverages while we critique and interact with passers-by And hellip an excellent restaurant and the local

watering hole are right next door

Price includes 3 nights lodging and a Saturday afternoon welcome party with beer wine and munchies

Parking is free and convenient Pets are not allowed

All efficiencies have two double beds and a full kitchen Apartments have a bedroom with two double

beds a living room with 2 day beds and a full kitchen

Options and per person prices

Courtyard Efficiency Single - $575 Double ndash $298 Triple ndash $205 Quad - $158

Oceanfront Efficiency Double - $312 Triple - $215 Quad - $166

Courtyard Apartment Triple - $219 Quad - $169 Quint - $139 Sext - $120

Oceanfront Apartment Quad - $182 Quint - $150 Sext - $128

Extra night is available as well

( $185 to $216 per unit)

Donrsquot miss out Sign-up now with John or Sandy 703-426-1864 jgmcintire2gmailcom

917 Herons Run Ln (new address)

Woodbridge VA 22191

$100 deposit per person

Fagowee membership required

Final payment due 42515

Cancellations after 43015 $25 plus

any unrecoverable loss

Page 8 Volume 49 Issue 3

MARCH BIRTHDAYS 2-Webb Ellis

3-Alicia Auerswald 6-Maya Georgieva 8-Anna Frisbie 8-Jane Smith 9-Robyn Kaplan 9-Manny Raffaele 10-Cheryl Parsons 12-George Karabanoff 12-John Webb 14-David Merkel 15-Jim Starr 17-Carla Lauer 20-Victor Marcellus 23-Janet Ebeling 24-Lisa Zumstein 25-Marge Sell 28-Brett Silbert

DC Fagowees now have a SNOW TRACE group

Snow Trace is the newest social app for skiers to track and socialize their skiing activi-

ties You can track vertical ski runs speed and post skiing video and now DC

Fagowees have our very own SnowTrace group All the ski clubs are joining in and you

can compete for most vertical in a year most ski days etc Sign up today

httpsnowtraceupcomgroupsdc-fagowees

Page 9 Volume 49 Issue 3

Coming Events

March 3 2015 Nominations (John McIntire)

March 6-15 2015 Engelberg Switzerland (Lisa amp Marc Vignerot)

March 18 2015 Drag Queen Bingo (Stacy Hickman)

March 20 2015 Bowling wSCWDC (Sharon Blackwell)

April 7 2015 Nominations (John McIntire)

April 22 2015 Dame Edna Farewell Tour (Tim Gordon)

April 25 2015 Southern Maryland Celtic Festival (Colleen Marr)

May 5 2015 Elections (John McIntire)

May 22-25 2015 OC Memorial Day Trip (John amp Sandy McIntire)

May 31st 2015 Pay Annual Dues

Monthly Meetings March 3 April 7

BOD Meetings March 10 April 14

Donrsquot Forget Connect to the

Fagowees on Facebook

Meetup and Yahoo Groups

March 2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 Monthly

Meeting

4 5 6 Engelberg

7 Engelberg

8 Engelberg

9 Engelberg

10 Engelberg BOD

Meeting

11 Engelberg

12 Engelberg

13th Engelberg

14 Engelberg

15 Engelberg

16 17 St Patrickrsquos

Day

18 Drag Queen

Bingo

19 20 Bowling

Intrsquol Earth

Day

21

22

23 24 25 26 27 28

29 Palm Sunday

30 31

New Member-one year Individual $30 Family $40 includes monthly Newsletter and member pin A member year is June-May

Renewal Individual $25 Family $35 Lifetime Individual $400 Family $500 Mail form an check made payable to Fagowees to Fagowees International Washington Branch PO Box 22516 Alexandria VA 22304

SEND THIS FORM WITH COMPLETED INFORMATION

(INFO IS FOR CLUB USE ONLY AND IS NOT SHARED WITH OTHERS)

Name ___________________ _______Nick Name ________________________

Address __________________________________________________ ___________

City _______ __________________ State_________ Zip _______ _

Country _ _ Phone ____________________ Cell ________________ ____

E-mail _______________________________________ Birthday (dm)____________ __ Newsletter Preference _________ Postal Delivery _________ Electronic Delivery Family Memberships Second Adultrsquos Name____________________________ _ Nick Name ____ ___________________ _ Cell ______________________ E-mail _______________________________________ Birthday (dm)_______________

The Lost Nation News is published monthly by the Washington branch of Fagowees International a non-profit organiza-tion Articles and opinions expressed within the Lost Nation News do not necessarily reflect the viewpoints of the branch or of Fagowees International Lost Nation News is always looking for news or stories of topical interest

Submission deadline is the 15th of each month If you would like to contribute please email your article as an at-tached MS Word file to smanderson99yahoocom

FAGOWEES

INTERNATIONAL

PO BOX 22516

ALEXANDRIA VA 22304

Web wwwdcfagoweescom

E-mail DCFagoweesyahoocom

Users Group httpgroupsyahoocom

GroupFagowee_Skiers

Face book The Fagowees

Newsletter Editor

smanderson99yahoocom

Monthly MEETING

march 3 2015

OUR BACK SIDE

Page 3 Volume 49 Issue 3

Mt Bachelor Adventure Nine Fagowees made the cross country trek to ski Mt Bachelor with

the Blue Ridge Ski Council Mt Bachelor rolled out the welcome mat for

our group They gave everyone a swag bag and an adult Sippy cup for hot

cold beverages The Bachelor Ambassadors were everywhere to help with

all our needs and helped us find the best skiing on the mountain

We didnrsquot have the best weather for skiing but we made the trip to

the base daily and skied Seven Fagowees braved the elements in the BRSC

ski race Lance Bravard and Stacy Hickman medaled in the event Lance

was the Fastest Overall Ski Racer out of 72 racers

We sampled the many microbrews of Bend OR Enjoyed a great

Superbowl party Wow what a game We had a great night at the High

Desert Museum with a fabulous dinner private tours and meeting many ani-

mals

We had a great day snowshoeing at Crater Lake plus a hiking adven-

ture at Smith Rock State Park along the Metolius River and a good lunch in

Sisters OR

It was a good week skiing and partying with fellow BRSC members

Everyone made it home safe and in one piece

Page 4 Volume 49 Issue 3

Fagowees Bowling Night with SCWDC

Bowl America

Friday March 20th 730pm

140 South Maple Ave

Vienna VA httpwwwbowl-americacomlocationsasp

We are accepting an invitation from SCWDC to join them for a Friday night of bowling on March 20th We will start bowling at 730pm so plan to get there no later than 715pm for lane assignments To ensure that we reserve enough lanes you need to email me (stblackwellverizonnet) no later than the morning of March 20th to let me know you are coming We will bowl three games and the cost is $11pp and exact change is preferred or a $20 and a $1 and we can make change If you do not have bowling shoes they are availa-ble for rent at the control desk for $455 We will have the lane assignments when you arrive and we will be on the right side of the bowling center all the way back against the wall After bowling we will go to Clare and Donrsquos (130 North Washington St) next to the State Theater in Falls Church (clareanddonscom) Any questions contact Sharon Blackwell at stblackwellverizonnet

DRAG QUEEN BINGO

Wed March 18th 8pm-10pm(meet the group at 730pm)

Freddiersquos Beach Bar amp Restaurant

555 South 23rd St Arlington VA

wwwfreediesbeachbarcom

Back by popular demand Join us for a fun night of Bingo like yoursquove never played it before Bingo is hosted by the fabulous Ms Regina Jozet Adams Following Bingo is Karaoke at 10pm Itrsquos $6 Burger Night Bingo amp BurgersFabulous Cost is free to enter Free to win Fabulous prizes Contact Stacy at hickman1928hotmailcom to RSVP no later than Mon March 16th so we can get a reservation for our group

Page 5 Volume 49 Issue 3

Discounts for Fagowee Members

Your membership does have itrsquos advantages The Fagowees have clubs in Cleveland amp Denver Plus we are members of the Blue Ridge Ski Council (BRSC) We are Fagowees you can go on BRSC sanctioned trips and Cleveland trips You can check out the trips for the BRSC at wwwskicouncilcom Click on Sanctioned Trips or go to Cleveland Fagowees at wwwfagoweesorg Here are some discounts available to Club members Killington amp Pico Discount lift tickets Killington amp Pico are offering discount lift tickets to BRSC members Go to the BRSC website for the information httpwwwskicouncilcomtips-links Jack FrostBig Boulder Ski area 30 discount on lift tickets only You must purchase tickets in ad-vance at a special website just for ski clubs wwwjfbbcomclubs User Name DCFagowee15 Pass-word DCFSC15 Snowshoe Mountain 3 days of SkiingRiding in 2015 for only $129 You can use the tickets any 3 days in the 2015 ski season This special is only available at the ski showsevents Snowshoe is attending Offer expires Dec 7 2014 wwwsnowshoemtncomplan-your-tripdeals-and-packages3-for-all-passaspx= for locations Ski Helmets from Shred Ready Use the code SRVIP30 to get a discount on helmets Check out the hel-mets by going to httpshredreadyquiverscomc337 Village Skis amp Bikes This local Ski shop in Woodbridge VA offers a complete Ski amp Snowboard rental package for the ski season for $139 Cost includes SkisSnowboard Boots Poles amp waxing all season Only available while supplies last

Southern Maryland Celtic Festival Saturday April 25th

This festival is scheduled on the last Saturday of April every year from 10 AM to 6 PM rain or shine on the 560-acre Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum St Leonard Mary-land All-day competitions include pipers fiddlers high-land dancers athletes drummers pipe bands and Celtic Harpers More than 50 clans and societies have infor-mation to share A Celtic market place with foods and gifts with old world atmosphere

Festival Prices

$20 Adults (13 and over) at the gate

Children (12 and under) Free with the purchase of an

Adult Ticket at the gate or Adult Advance Sale Ticket

$15 Senior (65 and over) at the gate

$15 (with Current Military ID) at the gate

Advance Sales $15 Adult Advance Sale Tickets

More information to follow or contact Colleen Marr at colpmarryahoocom Please put festival in the subject

line

Page 6 Volume 49 Issue 3

FAGOWEE ELECTIONS mdash May 5 2015 Nominations ndash March 3rd amp April 7th

Itrsquos that time of year again when we select the officers that lead our club

The technicalities Elected officers include the President and Vice President (each with one year terms) and 6 Directors (3 elected

each year for two year terms) The Board of Directors has nine members consisting of the 6 elected members the President the

Vice President and the past years President However if the President is reelected the past presidents one year vacancy is filled by

the Board candidate receiving the next highest number of votes

This year is a little more complicated since we had a Board member resign during the first year of that memberrsquos two-year term

Colleen Marr was appointed to fill that vacancy for the remainder of the first year of that term Now the second year of that term has

become an additional one-year term open Board position So this year we will be electing 4 or 5 new Board members (3 for two year

terms 1 for a one year term to fill the vacated position and (if Stacy Hickman is reelected) an additional one year term for the past

president vacancy

The following positions are open this year

bull President (one year term) ndash Tribe Chief

bull Vice President (one year term) ndash Second in command and responsible for chairing Board meetings

bull Board of Directors (three two-year term positions open one one-year position open ndash plus one additional one-year term position if

Stacy is reelected) ndash These are the leaders who set the direction for the club approve activities and manage Club finance and admin-

istration Board members are expected to actively participate in Board meetings held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month

Nominations March 3rd and April 7th regular meetings

Nominees must be members in good standing for the past 12 months have been a member for at least 18 months total be age 21+

and live in the DC metro area

Those nominated at either meeting must indicate whether they accept or decline their nominations by April 10th

Elections May 5 2015 by secret ballot of all members present

Absentee voting Requests for absentee ballots must be made on or before the April 7th regular meeting The requests may be via

mail e-mail or handed in person to the Elections Chairman John McIntire at the April 7th meeting Johnrsquos contact info 917 Herons

Run Ln Woodbridge VA 22191 JGMcIntire2gmailcom 703-426-1864

FAGOWEE OF THE MONTH ndash Jan 2015 Our Fagowee of the Month for January is Lisa Vignerot A frequent Fagowee trip leader Lisa outdid her-

self on this trip by planning and leading a fantastic 5-day trip to Iceland for 37 Fagowees Her choice of

hotel was excellent The 8-story building was very nice and included a steam room and Jacuzzi as well

as a restaurant and bar on the top floor with panoramic views of Reykjavik and the waterfront And it

was an easy walk to the best shopping dining and nightlife area Our tour of the Golden Circle area

with geysers huge waterfalls volcanoes and lakes were great especially with our awesome tour

guide Valdi who let us stop and pet the woolly

Icelandic horses along the way He also gave us a

great tour of Reykjavik and was perfect for our

wacky group We also enjoyed a huge outdoor

geothermal spa the first day (with a wade-up bar

of course) and we skied the 2nd day with a night

-time excursion to see the Northern Lights Lisa

as usual made it a very fun and smooth trip in-

cluding gift bags and some unplanned temporary

funding advancements for some of the group for

side trips Donrsquot miss her next trip

Page 7 Volume 49 Issue 3

OCEAN CITY MEMORIAL DAY BEACH BLAST

May 22 - 25 2015 (+ May 26 Option) Trip Leaders John amp Sandy McIntire

YES WE ARE GOING BACK AGAIN We are returning to the Beach Plaza Hotel for the long Me-

morial Day weekend Each year seems to get better as Fagowee participation continues to grow As

usual we are staying in the hotelrsquos apartments which are located right off the boardwalk at 13th Street

This property is unique in that it has its own private fenced in front lawn directly adjacent to the board-

walk This patch of grass is our favorite hangout location where we can partake in consumption of adult

beverages while we critique and interact with passers-by And hellip an excellent restaurant and the local

watering hole are right next door

Price includes 3 nights lodging and a Saturday afternoon welcome party with beer wine and munchies

Parking is free and convenient Pets are not allowed

All efficiencies have two double beds and a full kitchen Apartments have a bedroom with two double

beds a living room with 2 day beds and a full kitchen

Options and per person prices

Courtyard Efficiency Single - $575 Double ndash $298 Triple ndash $205 Quad - $158

Oceanfront Efficiency Double - $312 Triple - $215 Quad - $166

Courtyard Apartment Triple - $219 Quad - $169 Quint - $139 Sext - $120

Oceanfront Apartment Quad - $182 Quint - $150 Sext - $128

Extra night is available as well

( $185 to $216 per unit)

Donrsquot miss out Sign-up now with John or Sandy 703-426-1864 jgmcintire2gmailcom

917 Herons Run Ln (new address)

Woodbridge VA 22191

$100 deposit per person

Fagowee membership required

Final payment due 42515

Cancellations after 43015 $25 plus

any unrecoverable loss

Page 8 Volume 49 Issue 3

MARCH BIRTHDAYS 2-Webb Ellis

3-Alicia Auerswald 6-Maya Georgieva 8-Anna Frisbie 8-Jane Smith 9-Robyn Kaplan 9-Manny Raffaele 10-Cheryl Parsons 12-George Karabanoff 12-John Webb 14-David Merkel 15-Jim Starr 17-Carla Lauer 20-Victor Marcellus 23-Janet Ebeling 24-Lisa Zumstein 25-Marge Sell 28-Brett Silbert

DC Fagowees now have a SNOW TRACE group

Snow Trace is the newest social app for skiers to track and socialize their skiing activi-

ties You can track vertical ski runs speed and post skiing video and now DC

Fagowees have our very own SnowTrace group All the ski clubs are joining in and you

can compete for most vertical in a year most ski days etc Sign up today

httpsnowtraceupcomgroupsdc-fagowees

Page 9 Volume 49 Issue 3

Coming Events

March 3 2015 Nominations (John McIntire)

March 6-15 2015 Engelberg Switzerland (Lisa amp Marc Vignerot)

March 18 2015 Drag Queen Bingo (Stacy Hickman)

March 20 2015 Bowling wSCWDC (Sharon Blackwell)

April 7 2015 Nominations (John McIntire)

April 22 2015 Dame Edna Farewell Tour (Tim Gordon)

April 25 2015 Southern Maryland Celtic Festival (Colleen Marr)

May 5 2015 Elections (John McIntire)

May 22-25 2015 OC Memorial Day Trip (John amp Sandy McIntire)

May 31st 2015 Pay Annual Dues

Monthly Meetings March 3 April 7

BOD Meetings March 10 April 14

Donrsquot Forget Connect to the

Fagowees on Facebook

Meetup and Yahoo Groups

March 2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 Monthly

Meeting

4 5 6 Engelberg

7 Engelberg

8 Engelberg

9 Engelberg

10 Engelberg BOD

Meeting

11 Engelberg

12 Engelberg

13th Engelberg

14 Engelberg

15 Engelberg

16 17 St Patrickrsquos

Day

18 Drag Queen

Bingo

19 20 Bowling

Intrsquol Earth

Day

21

22

23 24 25 26 27 28

29 Palm Sunday

30 31

New Member-one year Individual $30 Family $40 includes monthly Newsletter and member pin A member year is June-May

Renewal Individual $25 Family $35 Lifetime Individual $400 Family $500 Mail form an check made payable to Fagowees to Fagowees International Washington Branch PO Box 22516 Alexandria VA 22304

SEND THIS FORM WITH COMPLETED INFORMATION

(INFO IS FOR CLUB USE ONLY AND IS NOT SHARED WITH OTHERS)

Name ___________________ _______Nick Name ________________________

Address __________________________________________________ ___________

City _______ __________________ State_________ Zip _______ _

Country _ _ Phone ____________________ Cell ________________ ____

E-mail _______________________________________ Birthday (dm)____________ __ Newsletter Preference _________ Postal Delivery _________ Electronic Delivery Family Memberships Second Adultrsquos Name____________________________ _ Nick Name ____ ___________________ _ Cell ______________________ E-mail _______________________________________ Birthday (dm)_______________

The Lost Nation News is published monthly by the Washington branch of Fagowees International a non-profit organiza-tion Articles and opinions expressed within the Lost Nation News do not necessarily reflect the viewpoints of the branch or of Fagowees International Lost Nation News is always looking for news or stories of topical interest

Submission deadline is the 15th of each month If you would like to contribute please email your article as an at-tached MS Word file to smanderson99yahoocom

FAGOWEES

INTERNATIONAL

PO BOX 22516

ALEXANDRIA VA 22304

Web wwwdcfagoweescom

E-mail DCFagoweesyahoocom

Users Group httpgroupsyahoocom

GroupFagowee_Skiers

Face book The Fagowees

Newsletter Editor

smanderson99yahoocom

Monthly MEETING

march 3 2015

OUR BACK SIDE

Page 4 Volume 49 Issue 3

Fagowees Bowling Night with SCWDC

Bowl America

Friday March 20th 730pm

140 South Maple Ave

Vienna VA httpwwwbowl-americacomlocationsasp

We are accepting an invitation from SCWDC to join them for a Friday night of bowling on March 20th We will start bowling at 730pm so plan to get there no later than 715pm for lane assignments To ensure that we reserve enough lanes you need to email me (stblackwellverizonnet) no later than the morning of March 20th to let me know you are coming We will bowl three games and the cost is $11pp and exact change is preferred or a $20 and a $1 and we can make change If you do not have bowling shoes they are availa-ble for rent at the control desk for $455 We will have the lane assignments when you arrive and we will be on the right side of the bowling center all the way back against the wall After bowling we will go to Clare and Donrsquos (130 North Washington St) next to the State Theater in Falls Church (clareanddonscom) Any questions contact Sharon Blackwell at stblackwellverizonnet

DRAG QUEEN BINGO

Wed March 18th 8pm-10pm(meet the group at 730pm)

Freddiersquos Beach Bar amp Restaurant

555 South 23rd St Arlington VA

wwwfreediesbeachbarcom

Back by popular demand Join us for a fun night of Bingo like yoursquove never played it before Bingo is hosted by the fabulous Ms Regina Jozet Adams Following Bingo is Karaoke at 10pm Itrsquos $6 Burger Night Bingo amp BurgersFabulous Cost is free to enter Free to win Fabulous prizes Contact Stacy at hickman1928hotmailcom to RSVP no later than Mon March 16th so we can get a reservation for our group

Page 5 Volume 49 Issue 3

Discounts for Fagowee Members

Your membership does have itrsquos advantages The Fagowees have clubs in Cleveland amp Denver Plus we are members of the Blue Ridge Ski Council (BRSC) We are Fagowees you can go on BRSC sanctioned trips and Cleveland trips You can check out the trips for the BRSC at wwwskicouncilcom Click on Sanctioned Trips or go to Cleveland Fagowees at wwwfagoweesorg Here are some discounts available to Club members Killington amp Pico Discount lift tickets Killington amp Pico are offering discount lift tickets to BRSC members Go to the BRSC website for the information httpwwwskicouncilcomtips-links Jack FrostBig Boulder Ski area 30 discount on lift tickets only You must purchase tickets in ad-vance at a special website just for ski clubs wwwjfbbcomclubs User Name DCFagowee15 Pass-word DCFSC15 Snowshoe Mountain 3 days of SkiingRiding in 2015 for only $129 You can use the tickets any 3 days in the 2015 ski season This special is only available at the ski showsevents Snowshoe is attending Offer expires Dec 7 2014 wwwsnowshoemtncomplan-your-tripdeals-and-packages3-for-all-passaspx= for locations Ski Helmets from Shred Ready Use the code SRVIP30 to get a discount on helmets Check out the hel-mets by going to httpshredreadyquiverscomc337 Village Skis amp Bikes This local Ski shop in Woodbridge VA offers a complete Ski amp Snowboard rental package for the ski season for $139 Cost includes SkisSnowboard Boots Poles amp waxing all season Only available while supplies last

Southern Maryland Celtic Festival Saturday April 25th

This festival is scheduled on the last Saturday of April every year from 10 AM to 6 PM rain or shine on the 560-acre Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum St Leonard Mary-land All-day competitions include pipers fiddlers high-land dancers athletes drummers pipe bands and Celtic Harpers More than 50 clans and societies have infor-mation to share A Celtic market place with foods and gifts with old world atmosphere

Festival Prices

$20 Adults (13 and over) at the gate

Children (12 and under) Free with the purchase of an

Adult Ticket at the gate or Adult Advance Sale Ticket

$15 Senior (65 and over) at the gate

$15 (with Current Military ID) at the gate

Advance Sales $15 Adult Advance Sale Tickets

More information to follow or contact Colleen Marr at colpmarryahoocom Please put festival in the subject

line

Page 6 Volume 49 Issue 3

FAGOWEE ELECTIONS mdash May 5 2015 Nominations ndash March 3rd amp April 7th

Itrsquos that time of year again when we select the officers that lead our club

The technicalities Elected officers include the President and Vice President (each with one year terms) and 6 Directors (3 elected

each year for two year terms) The Board of Directors has nine members consisting of the 6 elected members the President the

Vice President and the past years President However if the President is reelected the past presidents one year vacancy is filled by

the Board candidate receiving the next highest number of votes

This year is a little more complicated since we had a Board member resign during the first year of that memberrsquos two-year term

Colleen Marr was appointed to fill that vacancy for the remainder of the first year of that term Now the second year of that term has

become an additional one-year term open Board position So this year we will be electing 4 or 5 new Board members (3 for two year

terms 1 for a one year term to fill the vacated position and (if Stacy Hickman is reelected) an additional one year term for the past

president vacancy

The following positions are open this year

bull President (one year term) ndash Tribe Chief

bull Vice President (one year term) ndash Second in command and responsible for chairing Board meetings

bull Board of Directors (three two-year term positions open one one-year position open ndash plus one additional one-year term position if

Stacy is reelected) ndash These are the leaders who set the direction for the club approve activities and manage Club finance and admin-

istration Board members are expected to actively participate in Board meetings held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month

Nominations March 3rd and April 7th regular meetings

Nominees must be members in good standing for the past 12 months have been a member for at least 18 months total be age 21+

and live in the DC metro area

Those nominated at either meeting must indicate whether they accept or decline their nominations by April 10th

Elections May 5 2015 by secret ballot of all members present

Absentee voting Requests for absentee ballots must be made on or before the April 7th regular meeting The requests may be via

mail e-mail or handed in person to the Elections Chairman John McIntire at the April 7th meeting Johnrsquos contact info 917 Herons

Run Ln Woodbridge VA 22191 JGMcIntire2gmailcom 703-426-1864

FAGOWEE OF THE MONTH ndash Jan 2015 Our Fagowee of the Month for January is Lisa Vignerot A frequent Fagowee trip leader Lisa outdid her-

self on this trip by planning and leading a fantastic 5-day trip to Iceland for 37 Fagowees Her choice of

hotel was excellent The 8-story building was very nice and included a steam room and Jacuzzi as well

as a restaurant and bar on the top floor with panoramic views of Reykjavik and the waterfront And it

was an easy walk to the best shopping dining and nightlife area Our tour of the Golden Circle area

with geysers huge waterfalls volcanoes and lakes were great especially with our awesome tour

guide Valdi who let us stop and pet the woolly

Icelandic horses along the way He also gave us a

great tour of Reykjavik and was perfect for our

wacky group We also enjoyed a huge outdoor

geothermal spa the first day (with a wade-up bar

of course) and we skied the 2nd day with a night

-time excursion to see the Northern Lights Lisa

as usual made it a very fun and smooth trip in-

cluding gift bags and some unplanned temporary

funding advancements for some of the group for

side trips Donrsquot miss her next trip

Page 7 Volume 49 Issue 3

OCEAN CITY MEMORIAL DAY BEACH BLAST

May 22 - 25 2015 (+ May 26 Option) Trip Leaders John amp Sandy McIntire

YES WE ARE GOING BACK AGAIN We are returning to the Beach Plaza Hotel for the long Me-

morial Day weekend Each year seems to get better as Fagowee participation continues to grow As

usual we are staying in the hotelrsquos apartments which are located right off the boardwalk at 13th Street

This property is unique in that it has its own private fenced in front lawn directly adjacent to the board-

walk This patch of grass is our favorite hangout location where we can partake in consumption of adult

beverages while we critique and interact with passers-by And hellip an excellent restaurant and the local

watering hole are right next door

Price includes 3 nights lodging and a Saturday afternoon welcome party with beer wine and munchies

Parking is free and convenient Pets are not allowed

All efficiencies have two double beds and a full kitchen Apartments have a bedroom with two double

beds a living room with 2 day beds and a full kitchen

Options and per person prices

Courtyard Efficiency Single - $575 Double ndash $298 Triple ndash $205 Quad - $158

Oceanfront Efficiency Double - $312 Triple - $215 Quad - $166

Courtyard Apartment Triple - $219 Quad - $169 Quint - $139 Sext - $120

Oceanfront Apartment Quad - $182 Quint - $150 Sext - $128

Extra night is available as well

( $185 to $216 per unit)

Donrsquot miss out Sign-up now with John or Sandy 703-426-1864 jgmcintire2gmailcom

917 Herons Run Ln (new address)

Woodbridge VA 22191

$100 deposit per person

Fagowee membership required

Final payment due 42515

Cancellations after 43015 $25 plus

any unrecoverable loss

Page 8 Volume 49 Issue 3

MARCH BIRTHDAYS 2-Webb Ellis

3-Alicia Auerswald 6-Maya Georgieva 8-Anna Frisbie 8-Jane Smith 9-Robyn Kaplan 9-Manny Raffaele 10-Cheryl Parsons 12-George Karabanoff 12-John Webb 14-David Merkel 15-Jim Starr 17-Carla Lauer 20-Victor Marcellus 23-Janet Ebeling 24-Lisa Zumstein 25-Marge Sell 28-Brett Silbert

DC Fagowees now have a SNOW TRACE group

Snow Trace is the newest social app for skiers to track and socialize their skiing activi-

ties You can track vertical ski runs speed and post skiing video and now DC

Fagowees have our very own SnowTrace group All the ski clubs are joining in and you

can compete for most vertical in a year most ski days etc Sign up today

httpsnowtraceupcomgroupsdc-fagowees

Page 9 Volume 49 Issue 3

Coming Events

March 3 2015 Nominations (John McIntire)

March 6-15 2015 Engelberg Switzerland (Lisa amp Marc Vignerot)

March 18 2015 Drag Queen Bingo (Stacy Hickman)

March 20 2015 Bowling wSCWDC (Sharon Blackwell)

April 7 2015 Nominations (John McIntire)

April 22 2015 Dame Edna Farewell Tour (Tim Gordon)

April 25 2015 Southern Maryland Celtic Festival (Colleen Marr)

May 5 2015 Elections (John McIntire)

May 22-25 2015 OC Memorial Day Trip (John amp Sandy McIntire)

May 31st 2015 Pay Annual Dues

Monthly Meetings March 3 April 7

BOD Meetings March 10 April 14

Donrsquot Forget Connect to the

Fagowees on Facebook

Meetup and Yahoo Groups

March 2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 Monthly

Meeting

4 5 6 Engelberg

7 Engelberg

8 Engelberg

9 Engelberg

10 Engelberg BOD

Meeting

11 Engelberg

12 Engelberg

13th Engelberg

14 Engelberg

15 Engelberg

16 17 St Patrickrsquos

Day

18 Drag Queen

Bingo

19 20 Bowling

Intrsquol Earth

Day

21

22

23 24 25 26 27 28

29 Palm Sunday

30 31

New Member-one year Individual $30 Family $40 includes monthly Newsletter and member pin A member year is June-May

Renewal Individual $25 Family $35 Lifetime Individual $400 Family $500 Mail form an check made payable to Fagowees to Fagowees International Washington Branch PO Box 22516 Alexandria VA 22304

SEND THIS FORM WITH COMPLETED INFORMATION

(INFO IS FOR CLUB USE ONLY AND IS NOT SHARED WITH OTHERS)

Name ___________________ _______Nick Name ________________________

Address __________________________________________________ ___________

City _______ __________________ State_________ Zip _______ _

Country _ _ Phone ____________________ Cell ________________ ____

E-mail _______________________________________ Birthday (dm)____________ __ Newsletter Preference _________ Postal Delivery _________ Electronic Delivery Family Memberships Second Adultrsquos Name____________________________ _ Nick Name ____ ___________________ _ Cell ______________________ E-mail _______________________________________ Birthday (dm)_______________

The Lost Nation News is published monthly by the Washington branch of Fagowees International a non-profit organiza-tion Articles and opinions expressed within the Lost Nation News do not necessarily reflect the viewpoints of the branch or of Fagowees International Lost Nation News is always looking for news or stories of topical interest

Submission deadline is the 15th of each month If you would like to contribute please email your article as an at-tached MS Word file to smanderson99yahoocom

FAGOWEES

INTERNATIONAL

PO BOX 22516

ALEXANDRIA VA 22304

Web wwwdcfagoweescom

E-mail DCFagoweesyahoocom

Users Group httpgroupsyahoocom

GroupFagowee_Skiers

Face book The Fagowees

Newsletter Editor

smanderson99yahoocom

Monthly MEETING

march 3 2015

OUR BACK SIDE

Page 5 Volume 49 Issue 3

Discounts for Fagowee Members

Your membership does have itrsquos advantages The Fagowees have clubs in Cleveland amp Denver Plus we are members of the Blue Ridge Ski Council (BRSC) We are Fagowees you can go on BRSC sanctioned trips and Cleveland trips You can check out the trips for the BRSC at wwwskicouncilcom Click on Sanctioned Trips or go to Cleveland Fagowees at wwwfagoweesorg Here are some discounts available to Club members Killington amp Pico Discount lift tickets Killington amp Pico are offering discount lift tickets to BRSC members Go to the BRSC website for the information httpwwwskicouncilcomtips-links Jack FrostBig Boulder Ski area 30 discount on lift tickets only You must purchase tickets in ad-vance at a special website just for ski clubs wwwjfbbcomclubs User Name DCFagowee15 Pass-word DCFSC15 Snowshoe Mountain 3 days of SkiingRiding in 2015 for only $129 You can use the tickets any 3 days in the 2015 ski season This special is only available at the ski showsevents Snowshoe is attending Offer expires Dec 7 2014 wwwsnowshoemtncomplan-your-tripdeals-and-packages3-for-all-passaspx= for locations Ski Helmets from Shred Ready Use the code SRVIP30 to get a discount on helmets Check out the hel-mets by going to httpshredreadyquiverscomc337 Village Skis amp Bikes This local Ski shop in Woodbridge VA offers a complete Ski amp Snowboard rental package for the ski season for $139 Cost includes SkisSnowboard Boots Poles amp waxing all season Only available while supplies last

Southern Maryland Celtic Festival Saturday April 25th

This festival is scheduled on the last Saturday of April every year from 10 AM to 6 PM rain or shine on the 560-acre Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum St Leonard Mary-land All-day competitions include pipers fiddlers high-land dancers athletes drummers pipe bands and Celtic Harpers More than 50 clans and societies have infor-mation to share A Celtic market place with foods and gifts with old world atmosphere

Festival Prices

$20 Adults (13 and over) at the gate

Children (12 and under) Free with the purchase of an

Adult Ticket at the gate or Adult Advance Sale Ticket

$15 Senior (65 and over) at the gate

$15 (with Current Military ID) at the gate

Advance Sales $15 Adult Advance Sale Tickets

More information to follow or contact Colleen Marr at colpmarryahoocom Please put festival in the subject

line

Page 6 Volume 49 Issue 3

FAGOWEE ELECTIONS mdash May 5 2015 Nominations ndash March 3rd amp April 7th

Itrsquos that time of year again when we select the officers that lead our club

The technicalities Elected officers include the President and Vice President (each with one year terms) and 6 Directors (3 elected

each year for two year terms) The Board of Directors has nine members consisting of the 6 elected members the President the

Vice President and the past years President However if the President is reelected the past presidents one year vacancy is filled by

the Board candidate receiving the next highest number of votes

This year is a little more complicated since we had a Board member resign during the first year of that memberrsquos two-year term

Colleen Marr was appointed to fill that vacancy for the remainder of the first year of that term Now the second year of that term has

become an additional one-year term open Board position So this year we will be electing 4 or 5 new Board members (3 for two year

terms 1 for a one year term to fill the vacated position and (if Stacy Hickman is reelected) an additional one year term for the past

president vacancy

The following positions are open this year

bull President (one year term) ndash Tribe Chief

bull Vice President (one year term) ndash Second in command and responsible for chairing Board meetings

bull Board of Directors (three two-year term positions open one one-year position open ndash plus one additional one-year term position if

Stacy is reelected) ndash These are the leaders who set the direction for the club approve activities and manage Club finance and admin-

istration Board members are expected to actively participate in Board meetings held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month

Nominations March 3rd and April 7th regular meetings

Nominees must be members in good standing for the past 12 months have been a member for at least 18 months total be age 21+

and live in the DC metro area

Those nominated at either meeting must indicate whether they accept or decline their nominations by April 10th

Elections May 5 2015 by secret ballot of all members present

Absentee voting Requests for absentee ballots must be made on or before the April 7th regular meeting The requests may be via

mail e-mail or handed in person to the Elections Chairman John McIntire at the April 7th meeting Johnrsquos contact info 917 Herons

Run Ln Woodbridge VA 22191 JGMcIntire2gmailcom 703-426-1864

FAGOWEE OF THE MONTH ndash Jan 2015 Our Fagowee of the Month for January is Lisa Vignerot A frequent Fagowee trip leader Lisa outdid her-

self on this trip by planning and leading a fantastic 5-day trip to Iceland for 37 Fagowees Her choice of

hotel was excellent The 8-story building was very nice and included a steam room and Jacuzzi as well

as a restaurant and bar on the top floor with panoramic views of Reykjavik and the waterfront And it

was an easy walk to the best shopping dining and nightlife area Our tour of the Golden Circle area

with geysers huge waterfalls volcanoes and lakes were great especially with our awesome tour

guide Valdi who let us stop and pet the woolly

Icelandic horses along the way He also gave us a

great tour of Reykjavik and was perfect for our

wacky group We also enjoyed a huge outdoor

geothermal spa the first day (with a wade-up bar

of course) and we skied the 2nd day with a night

-time excursion to see the Northern Lights Lisa

as usual made it a very fun and smooth trip in-

cluding gift bags and some unplanned temporary

funding advancements for some of the group for

side trips Donrsquot miss her next trip

Page 7 Volume 49 Issue 3

OCEAN CITY MEMORIAL DAY BEACH BLAST

May 22 - 25 2015 (+ May 26 Option) Trip Leaders John amp Sandy McIntire

YES WE ARE GOING BACK AGAIN We are returning to the Beach Plaza Hotel for the long Me-

morial Day weekend Each year seems to get better as Fagowee participation continues to grow As

usual we are staying in the hotelrsquos apartments which are located right off the boardwalk at 13th Street

This property is unique in that it has its own private fenced in front lawn directly adjacent to the board-

walk This patch of grass is our favorite hangout location where we can partake in consumption of adult

beverages while we critique and interact with passers-by And hellip an excellent restaurant and the local

watering hole are right next door

Price includes 3 nights lodging and a Saturday afternoon welcome party with beer wine and munchies

Parking is free and convenient Pets are not allowed

All efficiencies have two double beds and a full kitchen Apartments have a bedroom with two double

beds a living room with 2 day beds and a full kitchen

Options and per person prices

Courtyard Efficiency Single - $575 Double ndash $298 Triple ndash $205 Quad - $158

Oceanfront Efficiency Double - $312 Triple - $215 Quad - $166

Courtyard Apartment Triple - $219 Quad - $169 Quint - $139 Sext - $120

Oceanfront Apartment Quad - $182 Quint - $150 Sext - $128

Extra night is available as well

( $185 to $216 per unit)

Donrsquot miss out Sign-up now with John or Sandy 703-426-1864 jgmcintire2gmailcom

917 Herons Run Ln (new address)

Woodbridge VA 22191

$100 deposit per person

Fagowee membership required

Final payment due 42515

Cancellations after 43015 $25 plus

any unrecoverable loss

Page 8 Volume 49 Issue 3

MARCH BIRTHDAYS 2-Webb Ellis

3-Alicia Auerswald 6-Maya Georgieva 8-Anna Frisbie 8-Jane Smith 9-Robyn Kaplan 9-Manny Raffaele 10-Cheryl Parsons 12-George Karabanoff 12-John Webb 14-David Merkel 15-Jim Starr 17-Carla Lauer 20-Victor Marcellus 23-Janet Ebeling 24-Lisa Zumstein 25-Marge Sell 28-Brett Silbert

DC Fagowees now have a SNOW TRACE group

Snow Trace is the newest social app for skiers to track and socialize their skiing activi-

ties You can track vertical ski runs speed and post skiing video and now DC

Fagowees have our very own SnowTrace group All the ski clubs are joining in and you

can compete for most vertical in a year most ski days etc Sign up today

httpsnowtraceupcomgroupsdc-fagowees

Page 9 Volume 49 Issue 3

Coming Events

March 3 2015 Nominations (John McIntire)

March 6-15 2015 Engelberg Switzerland (Lisa amp Marc Vignerot)

March 18 2015 Drag Queen Bingo (Stacy Hickman)

March 20 2015 Bowling wSCWDC (Sharon Blackwell)

April 7 2015 Nominations (John McIntire)

April 22 2015 Dame Edna Farewell Tour (Tim Gordon)

April 25 2015 Southern Maryland Celtic Festival (Colleen Marr)

May 5 2015 Elections (John McIntire)

May 22-25 2015 OC Memorial Day Trip (John amp Sandy McIntire)

May 31st 2015 Pay Annual Dues

Monthly Meetings March 3 April 7

BOD Meetings March 10 April 14

Donrsquot Forget Connect to the

Fagowees on Facebook

Meetup and Yahoo Groups

March 2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 Monthly

Meeting

4 5 6 Engelberg

7 Engelberg

8 Engelberg

9 Engelberg

10 Engelberg BOD

Meeting

11 Engelberg

12 Engelberg

13th Engelberg

14 Engelberg

15 Engelberg

16 17 St Patrickrsquos

Day

18 Drag Queen

Bingo

19 20 Bowling

Intrsquol Earth

Day

21

22

23 24 25 26 27 28

29 Palm Sunday

30 31

New Member-one year Individual $30 Family $40 includes monthly Newsletter and member pin A member year is June-May

Renewal Individual $25 Family $35 Lifetime Individual $400 Family $500 Mail form an check made payable to Fagowees to Fagowees International Washington Branch PO Box 22516 Alexandria VA 22304

SEND THIS FORM WITH COMPLETED INFORMATION

(INFO IS FOR CLUB USE ONLY AND IS NOT SHARED WITH OTHERS)

Name ___________________ _______Nick Name ________________________

Address __________________________________________________ ___________

City _______ __________________ State_________ Zip _______ _

Country _ _ Phone ____________________ Cell ________________ ____

E-mail _______________________________________ Birthday (dm)____________ __ Newsletter Preference _________ Postal Delivery _________ Electronic Delivery Family Memberships Second Adultrsquos Name____________________________ _ Nick Name ____ ___________________ _ Cell ______________________ E-mail _______________________________________ Birthday (dm)_______________

The Lost Nation News is published monthly by the Washington branch of Fagowees International a non-profit organiza-tion Articles and opinions expressed within the Lost Nation News do not necessarily reflect the viewpoints of the branch or of Fagowees International Lost Nation News is always looking for news or stories of topical interest

Submission deadline is the 15th of each month If you would like to contribute please email your article as an at-tached MS Word file to smanderson99yahoocom

FAGOWEES

INTERNATIONAL

PO BOX 22516

ALEXANDRIA VA 22304

Web wwwdcfagoweescom

E-mail DCFagoweesyahoocom

Users Group httpgroupsyahoocom

GroupFagowee_Skiers

Face book The Fagowees

Newsletter Editor

smanderson99yahoocom

Monthly MEETING

march 3 2015

OUR BACK SIDE

Page 6 Volume 49 Issue 3

FAGOWEE ELECTIONS mdash May 5 2015 Nominations ndash March 3rd amp April 7th

Itrsquos that time of year again when we select the officers that lead our club

The technicalities Elected officers include the President and Vice President (each with one year terms) and 6 Directors (3 elected

each year for two year terms) The Board of Directors has nine members consisting of the 6 elected members the President the

Vice President and the past years President However if the President is reelected the past presidents one year vacancy is filled by

the Board candidate receiving the next highest number of votes

This year is a little more complicated since we had a Board member resign during the first year of that memberrsquos two-year term

Colleen Marr was appointed to fill that vacancy for the remainder of the first year of that term Now the second year of that term has

become an additional one-year term open Board position So this year we will be electing 4 or 5 new Board members (3 for two year

terms 1 for a one year term to fill the vacated position and (if Stacy Hickman is reelected) an additional one year term for the past

president vacancy

The following positions are open this year

bull President (one year term) ndash Tribe Chief

bull Vice President (one year term) ndash Second in command and responsible for chairing Board meetings

bull Board of Directors (three two-year term positions open one one-year position open ndash plus one additional one-year term position if

Stacy is reelected) ndash These are the leaders who set the direction for the club approve activities and manage Club finance and admin-

istration Board members are expected to actively participate in Board meetings held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month

Nominations March 3rd and April 7th regular meetings

Nominees must be members in good standing for the past 12 months have been a member for at least 18 months total be age 21+

and live in the DC metro area

Those nominated at either meeting must indicate whether they accept or decline their nominations by April 10th

Elections May 5 2015 by secret ballot of all members present

Absentee voting Requests for absentee ballots must be made on or before the April 7th regular meeting The requests may be via

mail e-mail or handed in person to the Elections Chairman John McIntire at the April 7th meeting Johnrsquos contact info 917 Herons

Run Ln Woodbridge VA 22191 JGMcIntire2gmailcom 703-426-1864

FAGOWEE OF THE MONTH ndash Jan 2015 Our Fagowee of the Month for January is Lisa Vignerot A frequent Fagowee trip leader Lisa outdid her-

self on this trip by planning and leading a fantastic 5-day trip to Iceland for 37 Fagowees Her choice of

hotel was excellent The 8-story building was very nice and included a steam room and Jacuzzi as well

as a restaurant and bar on the top floor with panoramic views of Reykjavik and the waterfront And it

was an easy walk to the best shopping dining and nightlife area Our tour of the Golden Circle area

with geysers huge waterfalls volcanoes and lakes were great especially with our awesome tour

guide Valdi who let us stop and pet the woolly

Icelandic horses along the way He also gave us a

great tour of Reykjavik and was perfect for our

wacky group We also enjoyed a huge outdoor

geothermal spa the first day (with a wade-up bar

of course) and we skied the 2nd day with a night

-time excursion to see the Northern Lights Lisa

as usual made it a very fun and smooth trip in-

cluding gift bags and some unplanned temporary

funding advancements for some of the group for

side trips Donrsquot miss her next trip

Page 7 Volume 49 Issue 3

OCEAN CITY MEMORIAL DAY BEACH BLAST

May 22 - 25 2015 (+ May 26 Option) Trip Leaders John amp Sandy McIntire

YES WE ARE GOING BACK AGAIN We are returning to the Beach Plaza Hotel for the long Me-

morial Day weekend Each year seems to get better as Fagowee participation continues to grow As

usual we are staying in the hotelrsquos apartments which are located right off the boardwalk at 13th Street

This property is unique in that it has its own private fenced in front lawn directly adjacent to the board-

walk This patch of grass is our favorite hangout location where we can partake in consumption of adult

beverages while we critique and interact with passers-by And hellip an excellent restaurant and the local

watering hole are right next door

Price includes 3 nights lodging and a Saturday afternoon welcome party with beer wine and munchies

Parking is free and convenient Pets are not allowed

All efficiencies have two double beds and a full kitchen Apartments have a bedroom with two double

beds a living room with 2 day beds and a full kitchen

Options and per person prices

Courtyard Efficiency Single - $575 Double ndash $298 Triple ndash $205 Quad - $158

Oceanfront Efficiency Double - $312 Triple - $215 Quad - $166

Courtyard Apartment Triple - $219 Quad - $169 Quint - $139 Sext - $120

Oceanfront Apartment Quad - $182 Quint - $150 Sext - $128

Extra night is available as well

( $185 to $216 per unit)

Donrsquot miss out Sign-up now with John or Sandy 703-426-1864 jgmcintire2gmailcom

917 Herons Run Ln (new address)

Woodbridge VA 22191

$100 deposit per person

Fagowee membership required

Final payment due 42515

Cancellations after 43015 $25 plus

any unrecoverable loss

Page 8 Volume 49 Issue 3

MARCH BIRTHDAYS 2-Webb Ellis

3-Alicia Auerswald 6-Maya Georgieva 8-Anna Frisbie 8-Jane Smith 9-Robyn Kaplan 9-Manny Raffaele 10-Cheryl Parsons 12-George Karabanoff 12-John Webb 14-David Merkel 15-Jim Starr 17-Carla Lauer 20-Victor Marcellus 23-Janet Ebeling 24-Lisa Zumstein 25-Marge Sell 28-Brett Silbert

DC Fagowees now have a SNOW TRACE group

Snow Trace is the newest social app for skiers to track and socialize their skiing activi-

ties You can track vertical ski runs speed and post skiing video and now DC

Fagowees have our very own SnowTrace group All the ski clubs are joining in and you

can compete for most vertical in a year most ski days etc Sign up today

httpsnowtraceupcomgroupsdc-fagowees

Page 9 Volume 49 Issue 3

Coming Events

March 3 2015 Nominations (John McIntire)

March 6-15 2015 Engelberg Switzerland (Lisa amp Marc Vignerot)

March 18 2015 Drag Queen Bingo (Stacy Hickman)

March 20 2015 Bowling wSCWDC (Sharon Blackwell)

April 7 2015 Nominations (John McIntire)

April 22 2015 Dame Edna Farewell Tour (Tim Gordon)

April 25 2015 Southern Maryland Celtic Festival (Colleen Marr)

May 5 2015 Elections (John McIntire)

May 22-25 2015 OC Memorial Day Trip (John amp Sandy McIntire)

May 31st 2015 Pay Annual Dues

Monthly Meetings March 3 April 7

BOD Meetings March 10 April 14

Donrsquot Forget Connect to the

Fagowees on Facebook

Meetup and Yahoo Groups

March 2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 Monthly

Meeting

4 5 6 Engelberg

7 Engelberg

8 Engelberg

9 Engelberg

10 Engelberg BOD

Meeting

11 Engelberg

12 Engelberg

13th Engelberg

14 Engelberg

15 Engelberg

16 17 St Patrickrsquos

Day

18 Drag Queen

Bingo

19 20 Bowling

Intrsquol Earth

Day

21

22

23 24 25 26 27 28

29 Palm Sunday

30 31

New Member-one year Individual $30 Family $40 includes monthly Newsletter and member pin A member year is June-May

Renewal Individual $25 Family $35 Lifetime Individual $400 Family $500 Mail form an check made payable to Fagowees to Fagowees International Washington Branch PO Box 22516 Alexandria VA 22304

SEND THIS FORM WITH COMPLETED INFORMATION

(INFO IS FOR CLUB USE ONLY AND IS NOT SHARED WITH OTHERS)

Name ___________________ _______Nick Name ________________________

Address __________________________________________________ ___________

City _______ __________________ State_________ Zip _______ _

Country _ _ Phone ____________________ Cell ________________ ____

E-mail _______________________________________ Birthday (dm)____________ __ Newsletter Preference _________ Postal Delivery _________ Electronic Delivery Family Memberships Second Adultrsquos Name____________________________ _ Nick Name ____ ___________________ _ Cell ______________________ E-mail _______________________________________ Birthday (dm)_______________

The Lost Nation News is published monthly by the Washington branch of Fagowees International a non-profit organiza-tion Articles and opinions expressed within the Lost Nation News do not necessarily reflect the viewpoints of the branch or of Fagowees International Lost Nation News is always looking for news or stories of topical interest

Submission deadline is the 15th of each month If you would like to contribute please email your article as an at-tached MS Word file to smanderson99yahoocom

FAGOWEES

INTERNATIONAL

PO BOX 22516

ALEXANDRIA VA 22304

Web wwwdcfagoweescom

E-mail DCFagoweesyahoocom

Users Group httpgroupsyahoocom

GroupFagowee_Skiers

Face book The Fagowees

Newsletter Editor

smanderson99yahoocom

Monthly MEETING

march 3 2015

OUR BACK SIDE

Page 7 Volume 49 Issue 3

OCEAN CITY MEMORIAL DAY BEACH BLAST

May 22 - 25 2015 (+ May 26 Option) Trip Leaders John amp Sandy McIntire

YES WE ARE GOING BACK AGAIN We are returning to the Beach Plaza Hotel for the long Me-

morial Day weekend Each year seems to get better as Fagowee participation continues to grow As

usual we are staying in the hotelrsquos apartments which are located right off the boardwalk at 13th Street

This property is unique in that it has its own private fenced in front lawn directly adjacent to the board-

walk This patch of grass is our favorite hangout location where we can partake in consumption of adult

beverages while we critique and interact with passers-by And hellip an excellent restaurant and the local

watering hole are right next door

Price includes 3 nights lodging and a Saturday afternoon welcome party with beer wine and munchies

Parking is free and convenient Pets are not allowed

All efficiencies have two double beds and a full kitchen Apartments have a bedroom with two double

beds a living room with 2 day beds and a full kitchen

Options and per person prices

Courtyard Efficiency Single - $575 Double ndash $298 Triple ndash $205 Quad - $158

Oceanfront Efficiency Double - $312 Triple - $215 Quad - $166

Courtyard Apartment Triple - $219 Quad - $169 Quint - $139 Sext - $120

Oceanfront Apartment Quad - $182 Quint - $150 Sext - $128

Extra night is available as well

( $185 to $216 per unit)

Donrsquot miss out Sign-up now with John or Sandy 703-426-1864 jgmcintire2gmailcom

917 Herons Run Ln (new address)

Woodbridge VA 22191

$100 deposit per person

Fagowee membership required

Final payment due 42515

Cancellations after 43015 $25 plus

any unrecoverable loss

Page 8 Volume 49 Issue 3

MARCH BIRTHDAYS 2-Webb Ellis

3-Alicia Auerswald 6-Maya Georgieva 8-Anna Frisbie 8-Jane Smith 9-Robyn Kaplan 9-Manny Raffaele 10-Cheryl Parsons 12-George Karabanoff 12-John Webb 14-David Merkel 15-Jim Starr 17-Carla Lauer 20-Victor Marcellus 23-Janet Ebeling 24-Lisa Zumstein 25-Marge Sell 28-Brett Silbert

DC Fagowees now have a SNOW TRACE group

Snow Trace is the newest social app for skiers to track and socialize their skiing activi-

ties You can track vertical ski runs speed and post skiing video and now DC

Fagowees have our very own SnowTrace group All the ski clubs are joining in and you

can compete for most vertical in a year most ski days etc Sign up today

httpsnowtraceupcomgroupsdc-fagowees

Page 9 Volume 49 Issue 3

Coming Events

March 3 2015 Nominations (John McIntire)

March 6-15 2015 Engelberg Switzerland (Lisa amp Marc Vignerot)

March 18 2015 Drag Queen Bingo (Stacy Hickman)

March 20 2015 Bowling wSCWDC (Sharon Blackwell)

April 7 2015 Nominations (John McIntire)

April 22 2015 Dame Edna Farewell Tour (Tim Gordon)

April 25 2015 Southern Maryland Celtic Festival (Colleen Marr)

May 5 2015 Elections (John McIntire)

May 22-25 2015 OC Memorial Day Trip (John amp Sandy McIntire)

May 31st 2015 Pay Annual Dues

Monthly Meetings March 3 April 7

BOD Meetings March 10 April 14

Donrsquot Forget Connect to the

Fagowees on Facebook

Meetup and Yahoo Groups

March 2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 Monthly

Meeting

4 5 6 Engelberg

7 Engelberg

8 Engelberg

9 Engelberg

10 Engelberg BOD

Meeting

11 Engelberg

12 Engelberg

13th Engelberg

14 Engelberg

15 Engelberg

16 17 St Patrickrsquos

Day

18 Drag Queen

Bingo

19 20 Bowling

Intrsquol Earth

Day

21

22

23 24 25 26 27 28

29 Palm Sunday

30 31

New Member-one year Individual $30 Family $40 includes monthly Newsletter and member pin A member year is June-May

Renewal Individual $25 Family $35 Lifetime Individual $400 Family $500 Mail form an check made payable to Fagowees to Fagowees International Washington Branch PO Box 22516 Alexandria VA 22304

SEND THIS FORM WITH COMPLETED INFORMATION

(INFO IS FOR CLUB USE ONLY AND IS NOT SHARED WITH OTHERS)

Name ___________________ _______Nick Name ________________________

Address __________________________________________________ ___________

City _______ __________________ State_________ Zip _______ _

Country _ _ Phone ____________________ Cell ________________ ____

E-mail _______________________________________ Birthday (dm)____________ __ Newsletter Preference _________ Postal Delivery _________ Electronic Delivery Family Memberships Second Adultrsquos Name____________________________ _ Nick Name ____ ___________________ _ Cell ______________________ E-mail _______________________________________ Birthday (dm)_______________

The Lost Nation News is published monthly by the Washington branch of Fagowees International a non-profit organiza-tion Articles and opinions expressed within the Lost Nation News do not necessarily reflect the viewpoints of the branch or of Fagowees International Lost Nation News is always looking for news or stories of topical interest

Submission deadline is the 15th of each month If you would like to contribute please email your article as an at-tached MS Word file to smanderson99yahoocom

FAGOWEES

INTERNATIONAL

PO BOX 22516

ALEXANDRIA VA 22304

Web wwwdcfagoweescom

E-mail DCFagoweesyahoocom

Users Group httpgroupsyahoocom

GroupFagowee_Skiers

Face book The Fagowees

Newsletter Editor

smanderson99yahoocom

Monthly MEETING

march 3 2015

OUR BACK SIDE

Page 8 Volume 49 Issue 3

MARCH BIRTHDAYS 2-Webb Ellis

3-Alicia Auerswald 6-Maya Georgieva 8-Anna Frisbie 8-Jane Smith 9-Robyn Kaplan 9-Manny Raffaele 10-Cheryl Parsons 12-George Karabanoff 12-John Webb 14-David Merkel 15-Jim Starr 17-Carla Lauer 20-Victor Marcellus 23-Janet Ebeling 24-Lisa Zumstein 25-Marge Sell 28-Brett Silbert

DC Fagowees now have a SNOW TRACE group

Snow Trace is the newest social app for skiers to track and socialize their skiing activi-

ties You can track vertical ski runs speed and post skiing video and now DC

Fagowees have our very own SnowTrace group All the ski clubs are joining in and you

can compete for most vertical in a year most ski days etc Sign up today

httpsnowtraceupcomgroupsdc-fagowees

Page 9 Volume 49 Issue 3

Coming Events

March 3 2015 Nominations (John McIntire)

March 6-15 2015 Engelberg Switzerland (Lisa amp Marc Vignerot)

March 18 2015 Drag Queen Bingo (Stacy Hickman)

March 20 2015 Bowling wSCWDC (Sharon Blackwell)

April 7 2015 Nominations (John McIntire)

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