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== Introduction to Curling, Saturday January 20th ==
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The January KLUG social will be an introduction to curling.  As the nearest curling barn is in Owatonna, it will require a minimum of a half day commitment.  It will be Saturday January 20th from 1-3 pm (plus 1 hour drive each way).  This may be extended slightly past 3 pm if there is continuing interest and stamina as well as ice availability, and/or socializing afterwards at an Owatonna restaurant. (IBM Crew suggests hitting Cabellas restaurant for Buffallo Burgers afterwards!)


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What is curling?  Curling is a sport played on ice, involving both physical skill and strategy.  The basics can be picked up quickly by anyone, from kids to retirees.  For the purposes of this introductory session, please do not bring children who do not have at least a 2 hour attention span or are under ~90 pounds (you have to shift stones that weigh 42 pounds).




The two hour session will include both classroom and hands-on instruction.
[[PastSocialMeetings | Past Social Meetings]]


=== Suggestions for future socials ===


There is no direct cost for this instruction, although donations towards ice maintenance would be happily accepted.  Indirect costs include gas to get to Owatonna, a meal or snack out afterwards if anyone desires, and signing your life away (waiver).  You also have to put in the time ahead of time to clean the bottoms of a pair of tennis shoes that you can *carry* into the curling barn for use on the ice.
If you like the idea, please let us know!
 
 
What to bring:
 
-Clean tennis shoes to be CARRIED in (you must wear a different pair of shoes/boots to get to the curling barn).  Attack the soles of your shoes with a letter opener or other mildly sharp and pointed object, removing every little stone from between the cracks.  Then wash the bottom of your shoes using soap and water.  Dry thoroughly.  This is to remove anything that can scratch or melt the ice surface.  I recommend doing this the night before.
 
-Wear loose, warm, layered clothes.  We're going to be on ice, and want to use as much flexibility as our bodies have.  Jeans don't work well, sweat pants are a much better choice.
 
-Family, friends, coworkers (sign them up ahead of time)
 
-A smile!
 
 
Other items to note:
 
-There is no smoking in the curling barn


-You MUST have clean shoes to be allowed on the ice
'''Outdoors'''


-Curling is a gentleman's sport.  Good sportsmanship will be practiced at all times, and therefore cursing is not allowed.
* Jon Tolllefson suggested a good idea for a future Klug/Pc club social...he says we should have a klug/pc club social this summer where people bring out their RC planes and helicopters to demo Tim added to that remote control cars/trucks, boats and quad copters....might be limited where we can do it if we actually do planes though but the plane people would know.
* Sledding (but where? (judd hill and eastwood park are official sites in roch for sledding, stewartville has a sledding hill))
* Snowshoeing and/or cross country skiing at [http://qhnc.org/index.html Quarry Hill].  They also rent equipment. (Nerstrand Big Woods state park also has showshoes for rent)
* Paintball
* Mini golf
* Canoe trip (this would have to be at least a half day trip to the Root River)
* Ice cream social
* Kite flying and rocket launching (wind will allow for one or the other)
* Picnic
* Frisbee golf
* Walk
* Roadside or river litter cleanup
* Geocaching - perhaps we can borrow some devices and have several practice caches set up, or perhaps we can team up to find some more challenging targets.  Probably also a multi-hour social.
* Orienteering [http://www.mnoc.org/schedule.shtml event] or [http://www.mnoc.org/poc.shtml practice] field trip
* Snow tubing and/or skiing ''at Steeplechase (No good, Steeplechase is closed for 2007-2009 seasons'')
* [http://www.podcacherforums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1910&sid=80c78e29b20c0c1854d7cbb01b71d5b2 WWFM] (World Wide Flash Mob), the next one is Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
* [http://www.jordyjohns.com Stone House Stables] trail rides (yes, horses), $30 for a ride that's 45-60 minutes


-Carpooling is encouraged.  A good place to carpool from is the south east corner of the Cinemagic (Stadium 12) theatre, near Westfire.


-I'm not a certified curling instructor.  If you want a certified instructor, there are certified instructors who occasionally teach at Burnsville (http://www.dakotacurlingclub.org/), but these happen rarely.  Usually people join the sport by attending semi-organized or impromptu introductory sessions taught by other curlers, such as this one.
'''Indoors'''


* Goonies Comedy Club
* Bowling
* Whistle Binkies / Westfire / Beetles / Whisky Bones / other locations with adult beverages and now smoke free!
* [http://www.pwnedgamecenter.com/ pwned game center] gaming night (did 12/08) or Area 51 Gaming
* Movies (upcoming sci fi movie releases include Watchmen, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Star Trek XI, Terminator IV, Transformers II, or whatever you have to suggest)
* Documentaries:  "Revolution OS"
* Discussion of experience of being an election judge, next time we meet someplace that's not too loud
* Board and card games.  Some members are fans of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roborally Robo Rally] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munchkin_card_game Munchkin]
* Ice skating at the Rec Center, skate rentals available
* RC helicoptor/plane flying at the Rec Center.  Tuesday nights, 7-10 pm.  Bring your own UFO.  Free.
* Rube Goldberg device, built out of whatever we brought.  Include Diet Coke and Mentos?
* Potato guns!
* Baking [http://www.flickr.com/photos/27064046@N00/sets/72157603857787202/detail/ geeky cookies]
* Take an introductory archery session at [http://www.archeryhqmn.com/ Archery Headquarters]
* Museum field trip:
**Bell Museum of Natural History in Minneapolis, Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul
**Putnam Museum & IMAX Theatre in Davenport IA for the May 23 - Sept. 8, 2009 GPS Adventure exhibit. Details on what the exhibit would be like can be found here http://www.minotaurmazes.com/mazedetail.html?maze=19
* Leonardo's Basement has adult projects at [http://www.studiobricolage.org/ Studio Bricolage] (Jan topic was build a jacob's ladder and other high voltage projects )
* March field trip to Milwaukee - [http://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/ Midwest Gaming Classic].  Apparently they've got electronic gaming (arcade, computer, pinball, etc), a museum, table top gaming.  Kids <=10 are free.


Directions:
* '''Your suggestion here, please (or email Tina) '''
The drive takes about an hour.  Do NOT use Mapquest to find the Owatonna Curling Club, you'll end up in a residential district.  The curling barn is in the Steele County Fairgrounds, immediately north of the 4 Seasons Ice Rink.  To get there:


-Take Hwy 14 West to Owatonna


-Take the County 45 (Cedar Avenue) exit (I believe this is the second of the three Owatonna exits), go north (right)


-Take the second right (east), onto County 39 aka 18th Street SE.  This is an intersection with a stoplight.
=== Volunteer/service opportunities of potential interest to K-LUGgers ===
 
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-Go one short block, turn north (left) onto South Elm Street.  You should now be going by the grandstand at the Steele County Fairgrounds (on your right).
 
-Just after the stop sight, and immediately north of the Four Seasons ice rink, turn left (west) into the parking lot.  It's the unassuming building set back from the road with a sign that says "Owatonna Curling Club", and the traditional multicolored concentric circles (called a house).
 
-Come on in! Please wipe/stomp your feet as much as possible as you enter, keeping debris out of the curling barn is important.
 
 
To sign up, please add yourself to the sign up sheet (below).  If you need wiki write access, please email the list.  Otherwise you can send an email directly to me with this information, I can update the wiki for you.
 
Primary date:  Saturday January 20th


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| Tina Wood || 1 || 0 || Not this time
| Litter Bit Better || Trash cleanup || Annual || 1-3 hours during Earth Week, mid-April || Tina Wood-Wentz || [http://www.rneighbors.org/?page_id=32 LBB in general], [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC2QAGV 2011 event organized by Tina]
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| Jim Evans || 1 || 2 ||
| Entertainment Software Association grant for technology || Partnering with a library in Hobson City MO to bring more computers to their town || Single || unknown || Mark Diez (PCIG) || [http://www.k-lug.org/images/2/24/ESAFoundationGrantApplication2011.pdf ESA Grant application]
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| Eldon Nelson || 1 || 0 ||  either
| Your name here || x || x || x || x || x
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| Tim Massaro || 1 || 0 || 
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| Amber&Nathan King || 2 || 0  ||  Kings & Willetts are carpooling
 
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| Sara&Zack Willett || 2 || 0  || 
 
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| <s>Margi Sitzer</s>  || 0 || 0  || 
 
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| Steve Fox || 1 || 0 || 
 
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Tentative cap of 10 people, with preference given to Kluggers and their families, in sign-up order.  If >10 sign up, I'll try to get additional instruction help but that's not guaranteed. Tim can help with the rules and questions
 
 
Potential secondary date:  Saturday January 27th.  Depends on interest level
 
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Please let me know if you have any questions.  If anyone else in the club has some experience curling and would like to assist in the instruction, shoot me an email.  Hope to see you there!
Tina
== Suggestions for future socials ==
If you like the idea, please let us know!
-Bowling
-Paintball
-Canoe trip (this would have to be at least a half day trip to the Root River)
-Ice cream social
-Picnic
-Frisbee golf
-Whistle Binkies / Westfire / Beetles / other locations with adult beverages but still smoke free
-Walk
-Xgames
-Movies, such as Deja Vu
-Discussion of experience of being an election judge, next time we meet someplace that's not too loud
-your suggestion here, please
==Root River Canoe Trip==
Our next social meeting will be Saturday September 9th, meeting in the RCTC east parking lot (the big one) at 11:15 am, or at the Little River General Store in Lanesboro at 12:30 pm.  It will be a flatwater canoeing day trip on the Root River, bring your friends and bring your family!
Please sign up by '''Thursday at noon''' to indicate you're coming, and who you're bringing with you.
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| Tina Wood || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || Yes, either
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| your name here ||  ||  ||  ||  || 
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More information
I'm guessing that we'll want to catch the last shuttle of the day (we'll have to meet in Rochester 11:15 am for return at 6:30 pm.  To catch the earlier shuttle we'd have to plan to meet in Rochester at ~9:15 am for return at 4:30 pm, or ~7:15 am for return at 2:30 pm).  We'll meet at the Little River General Store to rent our canoes at 12:30 pm.  Be aware that the drive time to Lanesboro is estimated at a full hour, by Mapquest.  If there is a willingness to carpool, those people will meet at 11:15 am in the RCTC east parking lot.  If anyone is going to lobby for an earlier departure/return time, lobby early and loudly.
The river portion of the trip is estimated to be ~4 hours.  I recommend bringing a picnic lunch and beverage (save the alcohol for when you're not on the river, please).  Also remember that what you carry in should be carried out, so bring a way to haul out your trash.  The rental cost is $35 for 4-5.5 hours for a canoe, with additional charges for center-sitters 12 years or older.  Solo kayak rentals are $30 for the same time, tandems are an extra $10.  Tube rentals are not available.  I'd estimate our return arrival time as approximately 6:30 pm, unless people wish to go out for dinner together in Lanesboro before heading back to Rochester.  More rental details can be found at [http://www.lrgeneralstore.com/page3.html Little River General Store], and your Mapquest destination is 105 Coffee Street, Lanesboro.
Bring small enough change that you can work together with another paddler to share a canoe/kayak, if that's in your plans.  I know this will be a bit more costly than most KLUG socials, with canoe rental + gas + food, but I'm looking forward to it.  Submit your information here, or email it to Tina (who will post it for all to see).  If there are <2 canoes (4 paddlers) worth of participants signed up by Thursday at noon, the trip will be cancelled.  Thursday noon is the deadline because reservations must be made on Thursday.  If we get lots signed up, I may be able to negotiate a group discount, we'll see.  Email me if you have questions.
Recommended packing list
-sunscreen & sunglasses
-glasses guards
-bugspray
-water
-picnic lunch
-garbage bag
-weather appropriate clothes
-FULL set of dry clothes for in the car afterwards
-$$ (in cash)
Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but ripples.

Latest revision as of 17:28, 24 November 2014


(none currently)


Past Social Meetings

Suggestions for future socials

If you like the idea, please let us know!

Outdoors

  • Jon Tolllefson suggested a good idea for a future Klug/Pc club social...he says we should have a klug/pc club social this summer where people bring out their RC planes and helicopters to demo Tim added to that remote control cars/trucks, boats and quad copters....might be limited where we can do it if we actually do planes though but the plane people would know.
  • Sledding (but where? (judd hill and eastwood park are official sites in roch for sledding, stewartville has a sledding hill))
  • Snowshoeing and/or cross country skiing at Quarry Hill. They also rent equipment. (Nerstrand Big Woods state park also has showshoes for rent)
  • Paintball
  • Mini golf
  • Canoe trip (this would have to be at least a half day trip to the Root River)
  • Ice cream social
  • Kite flying and rocket launching (wind will allow for one or the other)
  • Picnic
  • Frisbee golf
  • Walk
  • Roadside or river litter cleanup
  • Geocaching - perhaps we can borrow some devices and have several practice caches set up, or perhaps we can team up to find some more challenging targets. Probably also a multi-hour social.
  • Orienteering event or practice field trip
  • Snow tubing and/or skiing at Steeplechase (No good, Steeplechase is closed for 2007-2009 seasons)
  • WWFM (World Wide Flash Mob), the next one is Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
  • Stone House Stables trail rides (yes, horses), $30 for a ride that's 45-60 minutes


Indoors

  • Goonies Comedy Club
  • Bowling
  • Whistle Binkies / Westfire / Beetles / Whisky Bones / other locations with adult beverages and now smoke free!
  • pwned game center gaming night (did 12/08) or Area 51 Gaming
  • Movies (upcoming sci fi movie releases include Watchmen, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Star Trek XI, Terminator IV, Transformers II, or whatever you have to suggest)
  • Documentaries: "Revolution OS"
  • Discussion of experience of being an election judge, next time we meet someplace that's not too loud
  • Board and card games. Some members are fans of Robo Rally and Munchkin
  • Ice skating at the Rec Center, skate rentals available
  • RC helicoptor/plane flying at the Rec Center. Tuesday nights, 7-10 pm. Bring your own UFO. Free.
  • Rube Goldberg device, built out of whatever we brought. Include Diet Coke and Mentos?
  • Potato guns!
  • Baking geeky cookies
  • Take an introductory archery session at Archery Headquarters
  • Museum field trip:
    • Bell Museum of Natural History in Minneapolis, Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul
    • Putnam Museum & IMAX Theatre in Davenport IA for the May 23 - Sept. 8, 2009 GPS Adventure exhibit. Details on what the exhibit would be like can be found here http://www.minotaurmazes.com/mazedetail.html?maze=19
  • Leonardo's Basement has adult projects at Studio Bricolage (Jan topic was build a jacob's ladder and other high voltage projects )
  • March field trip to Milwaukee - Midwest Gaming Classic. Apparently they've got electronic gaming (arcade, computer, pinball, etc), a museum, table top gaming. Kids <=10 are free.
  • Your suggestion here, please (or email Tina)


Volunteer/service opportunities of potential interest to K-LUGgers

There's a lot of important work in this world that wouldn't get done if someone didn't decide to just step forward and do it for the joy of helping out. Here's our place to share such work that may be of interest to K-LUGgers. Please remove your listing after the activity is finished, or it may be removed for you.

Name Brief description Ongoing, annual, single time event Commitment timeframe K-LUGger contact Website
Litter Bit Better Trash cleanup Annual 1-3 hours during Earth Week, mid-April Tina Wood-Wentz LBB in general, 2011 event organized by Tina
Entertainment Software Association grant for technology Partnering with a library in Hobson City MO to bring more computers to their town Single unknown Mark Diez (PCIG) ESA Grant application
Your name here x x x x x
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