Carpathian Ski Club elects officers, schedules sports events for 2000 (01/30/00)

Carpathian Ski Club elects officers, schedules sports events for 2000

by Andrew Hadzewycz

EAST HANOVER, N.J. - The Carpathian Ski Club (known by its Ukrainian-based acronym KLK) held its annual elections here at the Ramada Inn in East Hanover.

The nominating committee's slate was unanimously accepted with the following results: Erko Palydowycz, president; Peter Kurylas, vice-president; Vicky Kupchynsky and George "Kuba" Kupchynsky, executive directors; Vera Popel, secretary; Natalie Kachala, treasurer; Andrei Kachala, membership coordinator; Andrew Hadzewycz, public relations; Roman Rondiak, chairman of nominating committee; Orest Fedash, skiing coordinator; Juri Kobziar, golf coordinator; and George Popel, tennis coordinator.

KLK is currently scheduling a series of sports events for 2000. Among them are:

the Annual KLK Ski Races at Ski Windham on March 11 with a banquet at Hunter Mountain;
a golf tournament in the Windham, N.Y., area to be held June 3-4;
a tennis tournament at Soyuzivka (date to be announced); and
a swim meet at Soyuzivka (date to be announced).

Readers are advised to visit the website located at http://www.klk.lviv.ua for further information, including KLK membership applications and a schedule of events.

In 1999 the Carpathian Ski Club celebrated its 75th anniversary with ski races on March 6 at Ski Windham and a celebratory gathering at Soyuzivka on September 18 that featured a tennis tournament and a banquet.

KLK was founded in Ukraine in 1924 and then transported to Europe and the United States where it grew and flourished; it was re-established in Ukraine in 1989.

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