DCC Fall Newsletter 092711 - Final

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News from the ICEDuluth Curling Club

quarry tile floor is in the

kitchen and bar area, with

new vinyl tile in the lounge

area, top of the stairs, and the

mens locker room. All the

plumbing was cleared o

blockage and we hope thiwill end all the leaking into

the mens and womens

locker rooms. New lights

were installed in the kitchen

entry by the office, and down-

stairs in the hallways. A

heater was installed in the

office. New sheet metal was

installed behind the grill area

that will help keep the area

cleaner. A walk-in beer

cooler was installed at the topof the stairs to keep more

kegs cold and allow them to

be hooked up in series which

will allow less loss of product

due to foaming. This cooler

will make us compliant with

the Health Department by

separating food and beer stor-

age. The freezer that was at

the top of the stairs was

moved to bottom of the stairs.

A new flattop, oven, freezer,sandwich station, hot water

heater,

Continued on Page 2

I am honored to be re-elected

president of the Duluth Curl-

ing Club by the Board of Di-

rectors. This year you will

see a lot of change at the curl-

ing club and the DECC.

We negotiated a five year

lease with the DECC. Rent

will be increased to $77,775

per year with a 2.25 % in-

crease each following year.

That is an increase of $12,000

from last season. The DECC

will also be charging us $25

per issued parking pass. Each

member will be able to pur-

chase a parking pass if they

want from the Duluth CurlingClub office and this fee will

go directly to the DECC. The

parking fee will increase $5

each year during the lease.

This is a lease we can work

with and have worked hard

over the past few years to

make sure we are solvent as

club to handle an increase in

rent. Not only does this num-

ber include renting the facil-

ity, it also includes all utili-

ties. One major change in the

lease agreement is that the

DECC will no longer guaran-

tee the floor. If there is an

issue in the future with the

plumbing in the floor, we will

have to find a solution and

cross that bridge if we ever

have to.

The DECC has spent the sum-

mer reroofing Pioneer Hall.

The roof will be insulated and

leak free. The DECC is also

in the process of repairing the

stairs from the skywalk to the

lower club room entrance.

The DECC also put a new

condenser on the ice plant.

The curling club Board of

Directors and Trustees ap-

proved and completed a re-

model of the bar and kitchen.

The old bar was removed and

replaced. Stacy Harter, an

architect and first year curler,

donated her time to design

and prepare drawings for the

project. Duane Holm put

together the contractors who

were St. Germains, Duluth

Sheet Metal, Upper LakesFood, B&K Electric, Carlson

Brothers Plumbing, and Brian

Giorgi (Baggs). A new

Presidents ReportA S N E A K P E E K o f W h a t s i n s i d et h i s i s s u e :

Womens President

Report

2

Director of Curling

Report

3

Senior Curling 4

Junior Curling 5

Advertising 6

USWCA Report 7

Ice Crew Memo 8

League Signup 9 &10

Dues 11

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League Sign-up October 1-16, see page 9

Fall 2011


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Womens President ReportHello Ladies!

Welcome back to another great year of womens curling. The ladies board has been working hard

throughout the summer to prepare for the 2011-2012 season. Most of our work has been in updat-

ing our clubs directory. The DCC membership directory has not been updated since the 2005-

2006 season. The ladies plan to have directories ready to distribute to members in early 2012.

Please verify your contact information when you stop in the office this fall to pay your dues.

Ladies League Wednesdays 7:00Curl in the only DCC league that is women only! Our ladies only league continues to be a high-

light on Wednesday nights. Please join us! Sign up as a team, not an individual. Teams will be

handicapped as in other DCC leagues. Do you need help finding a team? Let us know and we will

try to place you.

Mark Your Calendars!!Ladies Fall Get TogetherOctober 11th (see page 11)

First Night of Ladies League November 2nd

Ladies One Day Grinch Spiel December 3rd

International Bonspiel December 9-11th

All American Spiel (DCC members only) February 18th

As always, please contact me personally if you have any ideas, questions or concerns. Good Curl-

ing!

Kerry Hadiaris

[email protected]

President Report, continued from page

1: and ice maker were added to the

kitchen. The total cost was over

$100,000. Many members have helped

with the project along the way and I

would like to thank all of you. Charlie

Haslerud, Tommy George, and DickWicklund have been instrumental in

keeping the project on schedule. Thank

you guys for all your efforts. The new

bar looks and smells great!

The Board of Directors decided to

eliminate the Director of Curling and

Office Manager positions. A new posi-

tion, General Manager, will replace the

two positions. Dick Wicklund will fill

the new position along with help from

the Board. This will save the club

$7500 annually. I would like to thank

Kay for taking the office position many

years ago when the former Office Man-ager left. Another change is that Larry

Rappana will not be working on the ice

this year. I would personally like to

thank Larry for all the countless hours

that he has given to the club over the

years. As the season begins, we will

start to realize how much work Larry

has done unnoticed for the club. Thanks

Larry for all your time and effect with

the Duluth Curling Club.

Well, my letter is getting too long.

Please plan to attend the fall meeting

October 21st, Sue has a new pasta buffet

planned for dinner @ $10 a personsee

the notice in the newsletter. I hope eve-

ryone is excited for the curling season!

Linda Christensen


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I just checked our website and the

countdown indicator shows 43

days, 4 hours and 14 minutes to

the start of the 2011/2012 leagues.

We expect to have ice available to

practice by October 22 or 23. The

Thursday leagues will start on

10/27/2011. Team registration will

open on October 1 and close on

October 16. Registration and

league offerings are part of the

newsletter and are also online.

There is room for more teams at

8pm on Tuesday (Open league)

and also 8pm on Thursday

(Mens). Ideally we should limit

leagues to 16 teams and eliminate

all byes, which eliminates the

playoff scheduling issues at sea-

sons end but we will continue to

allow up to 18 teams per league.

18 team leagues require 19 weeksfor a complete round robin sched-

ule and we only have 18 weeks

before playoffs begin. Flex games

will be needed in leagues with 18

teams. You have the entire season

to contact your opponent and play

this game. Contact me by email

with your scheduled time and I

will reserve ice for you.

There will be a league at 4pm onSundays for new and novice curl-

ers. It will be a non-competitive

league with a round robin schedule

designed to bring beginners into

our club. We plan to have experi-

enced curlers on the ice for the

first month to teach delivery,

sweeping, etiquette and strategy.

This will be a great league for

curlers with 5 years or less experi-

ence to introduce their friends to

curling. The club allows beginners

to use our brooms and sliders so

there is no equipment cost for the

first season. There will also be a

Wed 3:30 pm six end open and/ormixed doubles league.

Once again, the club needs the

membership to step up and volun-

teer to help organize and run the

many bonspiels we host. We also

need volunteers as league commis-

sioners and instructors to teach the

many groups coming to the club to

learn to curl. Please contact me if

you are interested.

We are very fortunate to have the

ice available for almost unlimited

practice; however there are some

common sense rules we need to

follow. IF YOU ARE THE

LAST PERSON LEAVING

THE ICE, PLEASE TURN OFF

THE LIGHTS. We must get bet-

ter at this or practice time could

become restricted. If you bring inguests, they must complete the

liability waiver form and sign in

the guest book on the table near

the ice entry door. We are a pri-

vate club and our insurance carrier

requires this.

If you are practicing, please throw

a rock or 2 before you use the nip-

per or rock boat. Many times

have seen curlers assume the ice

needs their special attention. You

may be following other practicing

curlers and the ice is fine. IF

YOU HAVE NOT BEEN

TRAINED HOW TO PEBBLE

OR USE THE OTHER ICE

EQUIPMENT, PLEASE DO

NOT PEBBLE OR USE THE

NIPPER AND ROCK BOAT.

THIS WILL ONLY MAKE

MORE WORK FOR THE ICE

CREW.

I look forward to a great season at

the Duluth Curling Club. 43 days,

4 hours and 30 minutes and count-

ing until the leagues begin.

Dick Wicklund


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The Duluth Curling Clubs afternoon recreational curling for seniors including men andwomen interested in learning the sportwill begin with a warm-up and instructional clinic at 1

p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27th. Once the season starts, senior curlers gather at 1 p.m. every Tuesday andThursday for club competition with several one-day mini-bonspiels planned, including a home-and-home rivalry with senior curlers from Eveleths Curl Mesabi Club.

The Afternoons on Ice senior curling consists of eight-end matches that follow a recrea-

tional rather than highly competitive format with curlers changing positions every two ends so eachteam member can play each position from lead to skip. Teams are formed at each session depend-ing who comes to play on that day and no league standings or won-loss records are kept.

The mini-bonspiels are held from 9 a.m. to about 3 p.m. on dates to be determined andteams are made up by random drawing, but curlers then stay in the same positions for each game.The day-long spiels include two four-end games in the morning rounds, a lunch, and six-endchampionship and consolation matches in the afternoon. The tentative exchange with Curl Mesabiseniors include two eight-end games with lunch in between.

All DCC members 55 and overmen and womenare invited to participate in the after-noon curling, even those who also curl in evening leagues. The club offers a reduced annual mem-

bership fee for retirees who curl only in the afternoon program. For more information on senior

curling, contact Ellis Johns at 724-3146.

Senior Curling Opens with aWarm-Up & Instructional Afternoon

Fall Membership Meeting

Friday, October 21, 2011

Social 5pm, Dinner 6pm, Meeting 7pm

BUFFET: Greek Salad, Pasta Peppers and Italian Sausage, Grilled Chicken Alfredo, Grilled Chicken and

Sun-Dried Tomato Fettuccini, and Garlic Toast

Cost $10/person

RSVP by Monday, October 14th

218-727-1851 or email at

[email protected]
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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Junior CurlingJunior Curlers and Parents,

I would like to introduce the NEW

Instructional Coordinator of the Duluth

Curling Club Junior Curling Program,

2-time U.S. Olympian, John Shuster ,

we are VERY excited to have John

involved with the Junior program. We

feel his curling experience will be a

great addition to the program.

Id also like to thank the Junior Curling

Advisory Committee for their commit-

ment and support to the Junior Pro-gram at the DCC. The Current mem-

bers are: Renee Meyers, Jon Fiskness,

Dick Wicklund, Tom George, George

Host, Evan Host, Jane Busche, Jeff

Heikkila, Joe Polo, Stacy Milner, Cory

Christensen, Sonja Bauman, Mona

OBrien, Eileen OBrien & Jana Olson.

The committee has established a new

policy.

Junior Curlers, ages 10 and under, are

required to have a parent (or otheradult-arranged by the parent) present at

the ice level during Junior Curling.

The adult can be either on the ice or

warm side of the glass. Parents of Jun-

ior curlers under the age of 16 are en-

couraged to remain at the club during

Junior Curling.

A few things wed like to accomplish

in 2011-2012 are:

1. An opening banquet/orientation for

Jr. parents and curlers on November 1.

2. An email/contact list of all the jun-

ior curlers for easier communication

between the program coordinators, its

members and their parents

4. Updated information on the Duluth

Curling Club Junior Program Page athttp://www.duluthcurlingclub.org/junior-curling/5. Junior participation in DCC

leagues, particularly Sunday at 4 & 6

6. Increased volunteer participation

from Jr. curling parents

7. Jr Fundraising activities for the pro-

gram

8. Continuation of the DCC Lakeside

Curling Jr Club Tournament for a sec-

ond year

9. Duluth Curling Club Jr program

jackets available for purchase

This year, Tom George will again be

working with the Jr. participants and

coaches who have an interest in play-

ing as a team for league, bonspiels and

playdowns. If you (your child) have an

interest in learning the game from a

team/competitive aspect please let us

know so we can get your name on his

list.

Early sign up for Junior Curling will

take place on October 25 from 4 to 5 at

the DCC.

The Junior program is always lookingfor instructors to assist on the ice, ifyou are interested in instructing pleasecontact John Shuster,[email protected] order to help establish our JuniorProgram email/contact list, please sendyour contact information to ReneeMeyers at [email protected]. Please use this emailaddresses for any questions you might

have regarding the junior program.

We look forward to seeing you in the

fall.

Thank you,

Jon Fiskness & Renee Meyers

One on One

League

Well have One-on-One Curling again this year. Each league is limited to 10 players and wecan have up to four leagues. Curlers arrange their matches - we encourage the use of e-mailto avoid playing phone tag. The league is set up for one match per week, however, make-upgames can be played as arranged with opponent. There is a $10 fee to join the league that cov-ers prizes at the end of the year. Sign up in the office with Dick or with me (Nancy Odden). Ifyou have any questions or comments, please contact me prior to the start of curling.

See You on the Ice!

Nancy Odden

League Commissioner

218-724-8115
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New Advertising Options!!

With the Duluth Curling Clubs advertising program, you can reach over 75,000 people fromNovember 2011 through March 2012. These are people who visit and curl at the club, visit the

clubs website, and see your ads from the DECC Skywalk.

The Duluth Curling Club anticipates the 2011-2012 season as being one of the busiest curlingseasons the club has ever had, holding ten bonspiels, five nights of curling leagues, and manyother private events. Combined, these events will bring thousands of people into our club this

year. For the first time we are offering in-ice advertising designed to attract attention.

Key Stats:

Over 600 members and hundreds of visitors fill our club every day.

Over 45,000 people see your ads through the glass in the skywalk in the DECC.

Over 24,000 people visited our website last season.

What You Get:

A Custom Business Banner right on ice level providing lasting impressions from a high-

traffic location.

FREE printing of your banner and choice of three banner sizes.

FREE Website Advertising: Your logo will be displayed with a link to your website from

the DCC website.Discount for Duluth Curling Club Members.

Reserve Your Space Today!

These spaces will be sold on a first come, first served basis so act quickly to guarantee yourspot. After we received your contract and deposit, we will need your ad layout and websitelogo by October 1, 2011. If you are not able to provide your layout by that date, your spot may

be given away to someone on the waiting list.

Your ad layout can be e-mailed to: [email protected]

We THANK YOU in advance for your support!

If you have any questions, please contact Doug Britton at 218-724-8115 or

[email protected]


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WALL ADS/ Year

Website Only (1 year contract) $100

3 x 4 sign back wall ( 1 year contract) $300*

Half Banner 4 x 10 side wall (1 year contract) $600*

Full Banner 4 x 20 side wall (3 year contract) $1,000**

IN-ICE ADS/ Year

3 x 8 Ad (club end outside hogline) $500*

3 x 8 Ad (far end across hogline) $400*

8 x 20 Ad (center ice facing skywalk) $2,000**

3 x 8 Ad (center ice on sheets 1, 2, 3, 4) $500*

Buy a sheet (all in-ice ads listed above) -

Sheets 5, 6, 7, 8 $2,500**

Sheets 1, 2, 3, 4 $1,200***All wall and in-ice ads receive free website advertising

** A three-year contract required

Advertising Rates for 2011-2012 Season

USWCA Report

USWCA Report

USWCA.org website is in the process ofupgrading. All ladies should go to it and register.

Check it throughout the year; they will be acceptingresults of bonspiels and posting photos sent to them.Send in your pictures and stories. They also will beadding to their store. Check it out for unique gift-

giving ideas.

Circuit Tour: Again this year USWCA ishosting the Women's Circuit Tour. Sign up as indi-viduals, pay $50, play in as many Circuit events asyou can find, gain points and win CASH. What couldbe easier, right? Last year $4,900 was paid out! More

details on the USWCA website!

Senior Friendship Tour: Don't miss out on

this once in a lifetime opportunity to curl in afriendly, competitive international curling experiencefor 16 lucky women (chosen randomly-4 from eachregion) from the U.S. This year the tour visits beauti-ful British Columbia Oct 31-Nov. 11, 2012. All teammembers are responsible for their own travel, uniformand tour expenses. You must be a female member ofUSWCA in good standing and be 50 years old as of

May 1, 2012 to be eligible to apply: Deadline - Dec.

15, 2011.

National Bonspiel will be hosted by Cairn

Lassies of Arden Hills and held at St. Paul CurlingClub February 15-19, 2012. Good faith entry fee of$100 is due November 30, 2011 to our area liason;

balance due Dec. 16.

This year our Bert Payne Junior Bonspielwill be a USWCA sponsored event. The bonspiel isrun "as is" but we'll receive some added publicity,maybe some additional teams, plus pins to award to

winners.

FYI: USWCA has given out over $16,000 incash and equipment since 1996 to Junior Curling Pro-

grams across the country! All from promotional sales.

Any questions, contact me and I'll be happy to ex-

plain!

Barb Payette

USWCA Representative


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DCC Bonspiel

Schedule

2011-2012

Turkey Spiel Nov 19-20, 2011

Duluth Cash Spiel Nov 25-27, 2011

Womens One Day Spiel Dec 3, 2011

Mens & Womens International Dec 9-11, 2011

Bruce Bennett Mens Over 40 Jan 6-8, 2012

Bert Payne Junior Bonspiel Jan 20-22, 2012

USWCA All-American Feb 18, 2012

43rd Dunlop Mixed Bonspiel Mar 16-18, 2012

House of Hearts Charity Spiel Mar 23-24, 2012

The retirement of Larry Rappana fromour ice maintenance crew is a huge lossfor our club. Larry has been a loyal,dedicated ice maker for many years andwill be greatly missed by each and every

curler. Our thanks go out to Larry for hismany years of commitment to the DuluthCurling Club. Our club would not bewhere it is today without Larrys consis-

tent presence and expertise.

We have received several recommenda-tions from a USCA ice technician re-garding ice scraping, pebbling, andmaintenance techniques, which we planto follow this year and hope we can es-

tablish fun, yet competitive, curling ice.

This will require the help of some trainedvolunteers to assist with nightly icepreparation before league play. We are

asking that each league commissionerprovide two or three volunteers whowould be able to pebble and nip beforetheir league starts. An instruction sessionwill be held to train these volunteer tech-nicians. If you are interested, contact

your league commissioner.

The volunteers will be instructed in theproper pebbling and nipping techniquesand will be the only authorized people to

assist the crew with ice preparation.Consistency is extremely important inproducing good ice. A list of those vol-unteers who have received the trainingwill be posted at the ice door and all oth-

ers will be asked to refrain from makingany modifications to the ice surface.

Although, one of the favorite parts ofcurling is complaining about the condi-tion of the ice, the crew feels confidentthat the better part is the satisfactionevery one receives from good ice mainte-nance and a top notch playing surface.Step up and do your part if you are able.

Your club needs YOU! Good curling!

Memo from the Ice Crew

Cystic Fibrosis Bonspiel, November 11-13, 2011

Superior Curling Club, $240/team

Email or Call Ray Mickolajak

[email protected] or 715-392-5933

6 team competitive round robin event added to the normalbonspielcall for information


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1. League entries open October 1 and close October 16, 2011. Leagues

will be limited to 18 teams.

2. All dues must be fully paid before you take the ice this curling

season, or set up a visa payment option with Dick in the office.

3. Teams with three players from last season will receive preference in

each league over new teams.

4 .Skips complete one entry form for your team. One league entry per

form. If you want to enter two or more leagues, please make a copy of

this form and submit one for each league.

5. Entries must be complete with skip and at least three players. Rosters

may have up to 6 players. Players may be on only one roster per league.

6. There is an additional cost to play in more than one league.

7. All rosters are final on December 1 of each curling season.

8. If you are looking for a player, contact Dick at the club.

9. Register online at www.duluthcurlingclub.org, by email, fax or mail

this form to the:

Duluth Curling Club

327 Harbor Drive

Duluth, MN 55802

Phone 727-1851

Fax 727-6326

Email, [email protected]

Day Format Teams Start Time Start Date Select League X

Sunday Rec (novice) 18 4:00 Oct 30

Sunday Open 18 6:00 Oct 30

Monday Open 18 5:00 Oct 31

Monday Mixed 18 7:00 Oct 31

Tuesday Mens 18 6:00 Nov 1

Tuesday Competitive Open 9 8:00 Nov 1

Wednesday Open or MX DB 18 3:30 Nov 2

Wednesday Open 18 5:00 Nov 2

Wednesday Womens 11 7:00 Nov 2

Wednesday Beginners Instr 7:00 Nov 2

Thursday Open 18 4:00 Oct 27

Thursday Open 18 6:00 Oct 27

Thursday Mens 18 8:00 Oct 27

Official 2011-2012 Curling Team League Registration Form

SKIP: _________________________________________________________Address:______________________________________________________City, state, zip: _________________________________________________Email: ________________________________________________________Phone: _______________________________________________________

3rd

: __________________________________________________________2nd: __________________________________________________________Lead: ________________________________________________________5th: __________________________________________________________6th: __________________________________________________________


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Mail, fax or email this form to the :

Duluth Curling Club

327 Harbor Drive

Duluth, MN 55802

Phone 727-1851

Fax 727-6326

[email protected]

League choice Position: Years of Curling Experience

___________________________ ________________ ______________________

___________________________ ________________ ______________________

___________________________ ________________ ______________________

One on one League ________________

Tuesday/Thursday Afternoon Senior ________________

Wednesday 7:00 Womens ________________________________________

Players you would like to curl with _________________________________________

Duluth Curling Club

2011-2012 Individual Registration, One on One, and Seniors

Individual curlers without a team who wish to curl in a league must complete this registration form. All curlers will be assisted infinding a team. Please indicate which league you would like to play in, the position you would like to play and your years of curling

experience. Dues are to be fully paid before you take the ice this curling season. If you have questions, please call Dick Wicklund atthe club727-1851

Name:_________________________ Address:_______________________________________________

City/State/Zip: __________________________ E-mail:________________________________________

Phone: Home____________________Work______________________Cell________________________


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2011/2012 Membership Dues

Ladies Fall Get Together

Membership Level Rate

New DCC Member $200

Corporate $320

SeniorNight(night/60 and over)

$280

SeniorAfternoon(afternoon/55 and over)

$150

Student(full time student up to age 25/ includes

Junior Instructional)$130

First Extra League $50

Each League Over Two $25

House Membership(social membership with ice practice privilegesNO leagues)

$175

Junior Instructional $100

Alumni $70

One on One League $10

Parking Pass $25

Tuesday, October 11, 5:30 Social, 6:30 Appetizers

Spirit Mountain Chalet - $20

RSVP to Pam Cavers 724-3253 by Oct. 6Friends are welcome and encouraged, curlers and non curlers alike!


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THANK YOU to our

2010-2011

Club Advertising Sponsors:Lakehead Constructors

Brozic ManagementDuluth Teachers Credit Union

Great Lakes AquariumGreat Lakes Door

Holm ConstructionLakeside Curling

North Shore AnalyticalNovak LawYvonne Novak

NY LifeBill Roach

PickwickProctor Dental ClinicDr. David BoppRadisson Hotel

Roto RooterSammys Pizza

Stewart Taylor PrintingSuperior Floor Care Specialists

US BankWild Birds Unlimited

Duluth Curling Club

327 Harbor Drive

Duluth, MN 55802

Congratulations to:

Nancy Odden &

Doug Britton

the

2010-2011

Curlers of the Year

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