Hey ETMMites

    I just want to thank everyone that came tonight.  I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did.  We've done three of them here, and I think this was our best so far.

    I was really happy to see our friends Krista and Ann drive all the way over from Sugar Mountain.  Is there any rule that says a former Olympian can't join our club and race for us.  With a little work I think we might pull that one off.

    My buddy Tim and Celeste had a great time, and told me what a good bunch you were.  Thanks for making them feel welcome.  Most of you know that Tim and I were in the Marines together.  As 19 year old Marines, we got into more than our share of trouble all over the Mediterranean.  We literally traveled from Morocco to Turkey together. Naples and Barcelona still have scars from some adventures we got into.  Tim went on to finish a career in the Marine Corps retiring as a Gunnery Sergeant.  During that time he saw combat in Granada, Lebanon, and Panama.  I think he was in Dessert Storm as well.  Tim carries a scar from a Russian bayonet he got a little too close to in Granada.  If any of you saw the Clint Eastwood movie (I think it was called) Heartbreak Ridge about the Granada Invasion, well you were swapping SEC stories with the real guy.

    Christine is very interested in getting into the race program.  She has never raced, but she loves to ski, and I'm sure she'll catch on to racing very well.  I think she will be an asset to the team, and the club.  I know she had a good time, and plans to be at the next meeting.

    Again to all who came,  thank-you.  For those that could not, we missed you, and hope you'll try to be here next year.  As far as next year goes, unless God or the bank run me off this place, we'll do it again in 12 months.

    Ride, ski, drive, and fly safe, and we'll see you on November 1st in Kingsport for the November meeting

Dale, AKA Goobermeister

    Thank you so much to Dale Strother for hosting the annual Gooberfest this past October 15th at his beautiful home!  We all had a wonderful time.  It was a gorgeous night, clear and cold (at least for me) and the bonfire was blazing with various ski items being sacrificed to call forth the new ski season.  I'm sure Uller (the winter God) was listening and will send lots of snow.  Thanks also to everyone who came to enjoy the festivity and for all the wonderful food.  In fact, the food was too good...by at least a couple of pounds.  For those who couldn't make it, we missed you and you definitely lost out on a great celebration.  Let's all keep enticing Uller for a snowy ski season so we can get out there and get that first place trophy!                    

Barb Lang