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November President s Message Volume 133 November 2014 WWW.MODESTOSKICLUB.

holidays filled with family and friends. It also appears the first day of November in Truckee may be accompanied by a little snow.

As the holidays approach, I am reflecting on this past year and the many fun activities the Modesto Ski Club has enjoyed.

1 November President s Message Volume 133 November Hello fellow MSC members, There is a chill in the air indicating Fall may finally be pushing its way in I am looking forward to the crisp days, my favorite sweaters, hot coffee, pumpkin pie and holidays filled with family and friends. It also appears the first day of November in Truckee may be accompanied by a little snow. Let s keep praying for more Maybe, just maybe, 2014 will bring us World Series Champions (Go Giants) and the end to our drought. As the holidays approach, I am reflecting on this past year and the many fun activities the Modesto Ski Club has enjoyed. Together we have enjoyed rafting, kayaking, camping, cycling, wine, barbecues and the wonderful celebration of the Lodge s 40th anniversary Next up is the BIG Chili Cook Off (and Cornbread Bonanza). Will this year bring us a new champion? Hmm Only time (and next month s newsletter) will tell. Think you have the best chili in town? Look for Ron Allen s article in this newsletter for more details on the chili cook off and how to enter. I would be remiss if I didn t mention membership as well. Yes, it s that time again. If you have not gotten your renewal checks and liability forms into Paula Tucker, please do so right away. We have a fabulous club and I know you will want to continue taking advantage of everything the Modesto Ski Club has to offer I look forward to seeing you at the next meeting, or the chili cook off If I happen to miss you, I hope you have a blessed Thanksgiving filled with joy, love and the warmth of family and many friends. " Sincerely, Pam Shelton President

2 MODESTO SKI CLUB LODGE NEWS Winter are we going to see you this year and with a delivery of SNOW???? Hope so The Modesto Ski Club Lodge is waiting for Members and Guests to visit and all we need is a huge delivery of SNOW. It is now that time of year that the Year and Winter Season Keys are available to purchase. Here are the fees for the keys. Winter Season $ and Year $ If you have any work weekend or new member lodge vouchers, they may be used toward the purchase of your key. Members may use 2 lodge vouchers toward the Winter Season Key and up to 3 lodge vouchers for the Year Key. Please be sure to submit the vouchers at the time of payment for your key. The lodge voucher is valued at $15.00 Each. A little housekeeping PLEASE CLOSE & LOCK all WINDOWS when leaving the Lodge. Especially when you are leaving to come back home to Modesto or where ever you live. One other request is to turn off all lights when not in that room or when leaving for home. Treat the lodge like you would your own home and as if you were paying the energy bill well you kinda are as a member Be sure to let me know if anything needs attention at the Lodge. I can be reached via or home phone: mnighte@aol.com or Thanks, Michelle Nightengale Lodge Director

MODESTO SKI CLUB FALL/WINTER MEETINGS FOR 2013 November General Membership Meeting will be on As I write this, I am reading a blog from

7 inches Tuesday, of snow has the fallen 11th I at hope Fuzio s this is with a sign of good skiing/snowboarding to come for the

. Social/Dinner 6-7 Meeting starts promptly at 7pm We will be back to our General Membership Meeting for the Month of November.

3 MODESTO SKI CLUB FALL/WINTER MEETINGS FOR 2013 November General Membership Meeting will be on As I write this, I am reading a blog from Kirkwood. 7 inches Tuesday, of snow has the fallen 11th I at hope Fuzio s this is with a sign of good skiing/snowboarding to come for the 2013/2014 ski season.. Social/Dinner 6-7 Meeting starts promptly at 7pm We will be back to our General Membership Meeting for the Month of November. Our meeting for the month will be: NOVEMBER 12TH: General Membership Meeting at Fuzio s Restaurant. 6:30 Social/Dinner. 7 pm Meeting. December 5th Christmas Our guest will be Dennis from Sunsports. He will be showing Party/Meeting us the latest at and the greatest SOS Club in this year s ski equipment 819 Sunset Avenue Modesto, CA (Flyer to follow) Bryan Sparks 1st Vice President

4 Modesto Ski Club s And 1 st Annual CORN BREAD BONANZA Do you have the best chili in town? Then it s your time to rise and shine So dust off Grandma s recipe, grab your crocks and meet WHERE: Denise and Randy Cook s Man Cave 5719 Chenault Drive, Modesto WHEN: November 22, 2014 at 5:pm to??? We will need at least 5 Chili and 4 Cornbread contestants to make this a great event If you don t want to strut your culinary expertise then sign up to bring chili toppings, chips and/or sodas. Then AFTER the tasting, enjoy ALL YOU CAN EAT Chili with all the toppings. So hurry and reserve your spot today. All sign-ups must be made to your MSC Activities Director. Call or me at: roncallen01@gmail.com

5 Date Saturday - Jan. 3 Location Alpine Meadows Sunday - Jan. 4 Alpine Meadows Saturday - Squaw Jan. 10 Valley Sunday - Squaw Jan. 11 Valley Saturday - Alpine Jan. 24 Meadows Sunday - Sugar Jan. 25 Bowl Jan Feb. 7, 2015 Whistler Blackcom b B.C., Canada Feb Boreal 15 Saturday - Northstar Feb. 28 Sunday - Northstar Mar. 1 Saturday - Northstar Mar. 14 Sunday - Northstar Mar. 15 Saturday - Alpine Mar. 21 Meadows Sunday - Mar Racing Schedule Alpine Meadows Mar Mammoth Mtn. Mar Whitefish Apr. 4 Montana MSC Race Director Ed Moody Race or Event Type CLINIC - contact Debi at openleagueracing@gmail.com for more information RACE - Giant Slalom and Rookie placement RACE - Giant Slalom RACE - Slalom RACE - Giant Slalom RACE - Slalom FWSA ski week & FWRA races contact Debi at openleagueracing@gmail.com if you want to participate in the council challenge race. Clinics sponsored by Sierra League CLINIC Super G - Required for first time Super G racers RACE - Super G. Tentative. RACE - Slalom RACE - Giant Slalom RACE - GS or SL TBD Make Up RACE. If we lose too many races during the regular season. Far West Championships FWSA Mini Ski Week For more information contact Ed Moody ezmoods@att.net

6 CLUB APPRECIATION DAY AT ALPINE Skiing, Racing, Lunch and Apres Party Alpine Meadows DATE: Saturday December 13, 2014 Cost includes a Lift Ticket and Lunch. Pass holders can purchase lunch for $12.00 $62.00 for ages 23 to 64 $52.00 for ages 13 to 22 ~ or ages 65 to 75 $38.00 for ages 12 and under ~ or ~ 76 and above For those who have never skied or boarded before there is a Learn to Ski / Board option available for $61 which includes equipment, lift ticket, 2 hour lesson and lunch. It does not include the Fun Race. Lessons are offered at either 10:00am or 1:00pm and must be reserved in advance. For more information and to Register, contact Dennis Heffley at: bac.president@skibac.org skiheffley@aol.com Cell: Thank You, Debi Phelps Hello everybody We have a ski trip going to Park City in March This will be 4 days of skiing the 3 resorts of Park City and 4 evenings of fine dining in town. Please see the attached flyer for details. This is being advertised now throughout BAC and I expect a sizable response. The trip is very limited in size so please call or me of your interest and do not delay registering on the Sports America website. They are taking the registrations and collecting the money for me for this trip. Deposits are fully refundable until Nov 4. This trip was organized late due to the threat of Park City not opening this year. However the legal issue of operation has been resolve and Vail Resorts is operating Park City now and is accepting their Epic Pass at both Park City and Canyons Resorts. Thus the very short time frame for organizing this trip. Chuck Hennings chuckhennings@sbcglobal.net See flyer on the following page for more information

WHISTLER 2015 JAN 31 FEB 7, 2015 The FWSA 2015 Ski Week will be in Whistler Canada this coming year. All Modesto Ski Club members are invited to join this trip.

I do not yet have a workable trip flyer nor estimated cost for this trip, however, I expect cost to be comparable to last year s Beaver Creek trip.

8 WHISTLER 2015 JAN 31 FEB 7, 2015 The FWSA 2015 Ski Week will be in Whistler Canada this coming year. All Modesto Ski Club members are invited to join this trip. Whistler Ski Resort is a huge resort encompassing both Blackcomb and Whistler mountains with skiing in the trees to skiing Blackcomb Glacier (awesome). I do not yet have a workable trip flyer nor estimated cost for this trip, however, I expect cost to be comparable to last year s Beaver Creek trip. Over 30 MSC club members are already signed up and committed to go, having placed a deposit check of $200 in my hands to enable an early signup date with BAC. (These are the survivors of the FWSA 2014 Beaver Creek trip). I expect this to enable reserving nice condos, conveniently located and grouped for our common enjoyment as a club group within the FWSA group. I expect this trip to be very popular, and FWSA lodging will be spread throughout the Village. Skiers committing to this trip need to be aware that these FWSA trips are not for the weak Skiing must be done each day, ski racing several days, and then the scheduled parties each night, will tax your endurance. There is the FWSA Welcome Party, Mountain Picnic, Awards Party, and Farewell Banquet to be attended. Also, the BAC Council Night Dinner Party and our own MSC dinner party, plus you will see several great places in the Village to have dinner or spend some spare time. I expect there will also be opportunities for additional activities such as heli-skiing, cross country skiing and perhaps the zip line will be operating. You do not have to ski well, however you do have to enjoy life, and enjoy having fun to join this trip. I am now accepting your formal BAC signup form (a $200 check per person, with address) payable to BAC for deposit on April 14. This deposit is fully refundable until July and more details on the trip and cost are published. Please send your check to: Chuck Hennings, at 1779 Doak Blvd, Ripon Ca My address is: chuckhennings@sbcglobal.net.

9 Here is your opportunity to go heli-skiing with an FWSA organized group trip. Chuck &Q**;*df;*ffitug Join a Far West Heli-Skiing with CMH Heli-Skiing Signature Skiing S-day trip to Revelstoke, BC March 16-21, 2015 PfiCe: $5,830 (twin occ.-taxes not included) $6,480 (single occ.-taxes not included) lncludes:. All meals, snacks, and non-alcoholic beverages. All lodge accommodations and use of lodge facilities such as saunas, hot tubs, etc. (lodging located in town of Revelstoke). Use of specially designed heli-skis and poles. Use of radio/shoveuprobe/guest pack. Training in and use of avalanche transceivers. Provides 71,000 feet of skiing of which 49,700 feet guaranteed Scfiedule.' Mar. 15, 201S*Fly to Kelowna, BC and stay overnight (not included in price) Mar. 16-CMH Bus takes you to Revelstoke-ski that aftemoon (participants may drive directly to Revelstoke-must anive in time for afternoon ski) Mar Full days of skiing Mar. 21-4MH bus takes you back to Kelowna in the morning and you return home $500 non-refundable deposit due when you reserve your spot Sign up directly with CTUIH Heli-Skiing: Fred Noble, noblecmh@aol.com -- cc: Julie Noble, inoblecmh@msn.com. Reguesf trip # 1*R8135 March 16-21, 2015 and identify yourself as a member of Far West Skf Association Spaces ga quickly -first come first senred-don't mrcs out "The Voice of the Western Skier' For more information contact: Nancy Ellis, VP North American Travel Far West Ski Association fwsatravel nancy@sbcq lobal. net 530, (cell) (home) FOUNDED 1930 Must be a member af a Far West Sf,iAssociation affiliated club or FWSA Direct Member FWSA CST#

MISCELLANEOUS MSC INFO Don & Veronica Shaver are sharing this information to our membership BAC Travel Directors P.O. Box 579642 Modesto, CA 95357 Veronica & Don, I am no longer able to ski and have not used my timeshare at Squaw Valley for years.

OVI has very good amenities, is well maintained and the management is very stable; Mark Zimmerman has been the resort manager for 20 plus years.

10 MISCELLANEOUS MSC INFO Don & Veronica Shaver are sharing this information to our membership BAC Travel Directors P.O. Box Modesto, CA Veronica & Don, I am no longer able to ski and have not used my timeshare at Squaw Valley for years. I own a summer & a winter week and would like to offer one or both for transfer costs to anyone interested. The annual assessment of each is $ which are paid through May OVI has very good amenities, is well maintained and the management is very stable; Mark Zimmerman has been the resort manager for 20 plus years. Anyone interested can go on the OVI web page, my weeks are the Kitzbuel which is the smaller of the two units. If anyone in your club is interested, they can contact me by at benydalgo@yahoo.com

11 November Birthdays John Oesau 02 Jack McDermott 03 Allan Ramsey 05 Marilyn Ronning 07 Tony Battig 11 Stephens Moody 14 Nancy Scheer 15 Jayme Hutton 15 Richard DeWatteville 17 Eileen Ohlson 18 Paige Andrew 19 Joyce Rule 26 Rien Doorenbal 29 Philip Grauf Jr 29 Flora Goodridge 30 David Neilson 30 Current MSC Board President - Pam Shelton First Vice President / Programs - Bryan Sparks Second Vice President / Activities - Ron Allen Secretary - Veronica Shaver Treasurer - Jim Ambrosavage Lodge Director - Michelle Nightengale Membership - Paula Tucker Newsletter Editor - Marsha Silveira Race Director - Ed Moody Lodge Trustee - Doug Ball Ski Chairperson / BAC Rep - Chuck Hennings Web Master / Public Relations - Murray Breeze Historian - Rob Orr Past President - Debra Clover

1 2 3 9 11 10 General Meeting Fuzio s Veteran s Day 16 17 18 Board Meeting Shaver s 4 5 12 19 6 13 14 20 7

12 General Meeting Fuzio s Veteran s Day Board Meeting Shaver s Chili & Cornbread Cook-Off MODESTO SKI CLUB MEMBER

October. President s Message. Hello fellow MSC members,

October. President s Message. Hello fellow MSC members, October President s Message Volume 132 October 2014 Hello fellow MSC members, September has passed and Fall is upon us, well, sort of. We ve been teased with a little bit of rain and snow but the heat