Sun Feb 15, Slot Car Racing, Westmont, 1-3 pm, 

Chicagoland Raceway, 17 West Ogden Ave, Westmont, IL  60559,

708-203-8003

Mark your calendars for this fun event!  Piccadilly will be racing around the track instead of down the slopes Sunday 2/15/26.   We will again go to Chicagoland Raceway to use your trigger finger to race slot cars around an 8-lane track.  There will only be 16 racers, in 2 heats of 8 racers rotating to the next lane after each heat.  Cost is $10.00/pp. Those not racing will be staged around the course to replace cars that spin off the track.  We are allowed to bring in our own snacks and beer or wine (as long as no one is under 21).  Afterwards, we can pick a place to celebrate.   

With only 16 spots for racing, if you are not a Piccadilly paid member and do not know how to reach Cheryl Skurkis directly, put a message in Meetup asking if any "racing spots" are left and if there are, Cheryl will contact you through Meetup to let you know.  Otherwise, plan to come and watch and cheer the PSC racers on to Victory!

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Thurs Feb 19, PSC General Meeting   We hope you will join us at 7 pm for a General Meeting at Miller’s Ale House and relax, have some food & drinks and share your Ski stories.  Also, if you are interested in submitting your name for a board position (President, Vice President, Secretary or Treasurer) let a board member know. Annual elections are coming up soon and you need to get your name on the voting slate if you are interested in an elected position.  

Miller’s is located at 455 E. Butterfield Rd in Lombard, just across the street from Yorktown shopping center. We are in the private room, closest to Butterfield Rd (north side of building).

Please reply to the meeting notice on Meetup. Our Club needs to provide a headcount at least one week before the meeting so please reply before that.

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Thurs Feb 26, Brookfield Zoo 10:30am North Gate Tigers and bears and skiers, oh my!

Meet us at Brookfield Zoo. Admission is FREE (regularly $21-$30), but you do have to pay for parking ($15/car) and any special attractions. Sign up on Meetup and find someone to car pool with. Bring friends and family too!

Park in the main lot off 31st Street and meet up just inside the north gate. Bring your own snacks and beverages, whatever you want to carry. There should be at least one restaurant open, but the zoo website seemed rather vague on this.

Indoor habitats like Tropic World, Australia House and The Living Coast will be open as well as outdoor areas for cold-loving animals like polar bears, tigers and skiers. The dolphin show will perform at 11:30am but requires a separate ticket of $4 for children under 12, $6 for seniors 65+ and $8 for adults. Please note that the motor safari, carousel, and butterfly exhibits will be closed. The Zoo is open 10am-4pm, so go early and stay late if you want, but meet us at 10:30am at the North Gate. RSVP on Meetup for better communication and coordination on the day of.

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Tues Mar 3, Hiking at Herrick Lake and Lunch at Arrowhead  We will meet at 10 am and start hiking at 10:15 am. We will lunch afterwards at Arrowhead Golf Club.  Enter Herrick at the North parking lot off Butterfield Rd. (roughly 2 miles west of Naperville Rd) and immediately turn left in the parking lot. 

We’ll gather by the trail head near bathrooms next to parking lot. We’ll start out doing the loop around the lake, which is approximately 2 miles. Those that choose to can do more. The loop is crushed gravel and the conditions depend on the weather.

Please RSVP on MeetUp so we know to look for you and also to check back the morning of the hike to make sure Mother Nature has not changed our plans for us.

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Thurs Mar 5, PSC General Meeting and Election Night! 

We hope you will join us at 7 pm for a General Meeting at Miller’s Ale House and relax, have some food & drinks and share your Ski stories.  Elections will be held this night for our Board Positions (President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer) so we need your attendance and your vote!

Miller’s is located at 455 E. Butterfield Rd in Lombard, just across the street from Yorktown shopping center. We are in the private room, closest to Butterfield Rd (north side of building).

Please reply to the meeting notice on Meetup. Our Club needs to provide a headcount at least one week before the meeting so please reply before that.

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Thurs Mar 19, PSC General Meeting  We hope you will join us at 7 pm for a General Meeting at Miller’s Ale House and relax, have some food & drinks and share your Ski stories.  If you didn’t make it to our meeting on March 5, don’t forget to ask to find out who your Board Members are for this upcoming 2026-2027 season.   

Miller’s is located at 455 E. Butterfield Rd in Lombard, just across the street from Yorktown shopping center. We are in the private room, closest to Butterfield Rd (north side of building).

Please reply to the meeting notice on Meetup. Our Club needs to provide a headcount at least one week before the meeting so please reply before that.

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Tues Mar 24, Indoor Mini Golf and Happy Hour  2:00 pm.  We had so much fun with Mini Golf last summer, so let’s take it in inside! Play 9 holes at Puttshack in the Oak Brook Mall (near Nordstrom). Meet at Puttshack by 2:00 pm and get ‘registered’ to a golf ball which will keep score for you. Cost is $14.00/pp and it takes about 45 minutes to play.  Then we will travel to the Yard House - Lombard just west on Butterfield Road (near Dick’s Sporting Goods) to recap and celebrate our scores during their happy hour 3-6 pm.  The Happy Hour special is ½ off on appetizers and $2.00 off on beer, wine and cocktails.

If interested, send e-mail to Cheryl Skurkis (bcskiies@aol.com ) and indicate if coming for golf and/or happy hour. If you RSVP on Meetup, make sure you indicate if you will be coming to the Mini Golf, the Happy Hour or Both activities so Cheryl has the correct headcount for the Puttshack and also for Yard House.

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Sat Apr 18, Annual PSC Banquet

SAVE THE DATE! More information coming soon.

The Annual Banquet, Saturday, 4/18/2025, will again be at our favorite location in Darien.  Please save the date! Details on time, cost, etc. will be in your printed invitation. 

Please be sure that your home address information is accurate to receive your invitation, which should be coming out after the first of the year via the US Postal Mail. Please give any address updates to Sue Akk and Larry Himmelblau. 

We are planning for a great evening of fun. It's the best way to put a cherry on top of a sweet ski 

season. Hope to see you there. – Larry H, VP. 

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CMSC Event Schedule

     National Ski Council Federation News

v The National Ski Council Federation was established in 1999. It consists of the largest 30 ski councils in the United States and boasts a total membership of approximately 300,000 snow sports enthusiasts. “Our mission is to strengthen councils, with industry participation, so they may better serve member clubs through communication, education and benefits, and to influence issues relevant to snow sports.”

August 19 – 23, 2026 NSCF's next Annual Meeting at the Silver Legacy Resort & Casino in Reno, Nevada

For more information:  https://skifederation.org/

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