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2 | Tahoe Donner News | January 2016

Alison Elder530 582 [email protected] Cal BRE #01399851

With More Than $120,000,000 in Tahoe Donner Sales Since 2009,Alison Knows Tahoe Donner.

Buying or Selling? Contact Alison Today!

Welcome to 2106 and Happy NEW YEAR!

Backing to Oslo private acreage. Spacious great room with wood stove, dining area with room for everyone, open kitchen with lots of storage. Two en-suite masters with large living spaces and a comfortable, easy living floor plan. Walk to Trout Creek Rec Center, Tahoe Donner’s Golf Course, The Lodge and more! $495,000

Here’s the perfectly delightful, family cabin you have been waiting for! Located on prestigious Chamonix Road in lower Tahoe Donner, this wonderfully cozy two bedroom, two bath retreat is cute as a button and offers a great rental history. BIG sunny deck, carport too! $415,000

11701OsloDrive.com 11576ChamonixRoad.com

Pending!

Pending!

Gorgeous, NEW and finished with beautiful, craftsman level construction, this wonderfully designed Chalet offers a rare and functional design with FIVE BEDROOMS (master suite & one bedroom on upper level, jack ‘n jill and separate bedroom on lower living floor). Enjoy the open floor plan, chef’s kitchen, lovely dining area, gas fireplace, maple flooring, large deck with covered area perfect for a hot tub and year ‘round living. Access to the adjacent forest land and trails. Terrific for two families, with plenty of room for everyone! Extra large, deep garage. You and your family will thoroughly enjoy this remarkable, spacious home in mid-Tahoe Donner. $997,500

Spectacular and Luxurious New Construction Chalet 14050HanselAvenue.com

Two years before we decided to sell our Tahoe vacation home, we would receive new listings postcards monthly at our home in the Bay Area (Alameda, CA). We also noticed Alison’s new listings were featured prominently in the monthly Tahoe Donner magazines. When we decided to sell, Alison came to mind because we felt our property would receive the best exposure. Two weeks after listing, we received an offer over the asking price. – Robert & Selina Haynes, Sellers, 14581 Swiss Lane

DEPARTMENTS

02President’s MessagePartnerships and relationships

03Monthly CalendarDon’t miss our January events

06Senior TeamThis month, meet Mike Peters

10Let’s Get TogetherYour source for TD events and specials

30ASO NewsWinter TD rules and town ordinances

31Board meetingA recap of the November meeting

32Where in the World is TD News?TD News travels the world

TAKE NOTE

04Employee AwardsHonoring Tahoe Donner’s standouts

05Snowman ContestEnter your creation - you could win!

08Winter GolfA beginner’s look at the new golf academy

24Fitness ChallengeDid you make a reso-lution? We can help!

26New ChefMeet Joe Casey, chef at Alder Creek Café

27Giving FundTDGF supports Tahoe Food Hub

2845-Day NoticeVoting and election rules amendments

MEET M IK E PETERS Tahoe Donner’s food and beverage director

is always at the ready with a joke.

‘ T IS THE SEASON FOR R IBBONSWe’ve unveiled two new projects recently. See the photo essay for both the celebrations.

SAFETY TALK It’s National Safety Awareness Month, and we have activities to help spread the word.

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10 1 WAYS TO HAVE FUNLet us count the ways to have winter fun in Tahoe Donner! See how many of these activities you can check off the list.

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Alison Elder530 582 [email protected] Cal BRE #01399851

With More Than $120,000,000 in Tahoe Donner Sales Since 2009,Alison Knows Tahoe Donner.

Buying or Selling? Contact Alison Today!

Welcome to 2106 and Happy NEW YEAR!

Backing to Oslo private acreage. Spacious great room with wood stove, dining area with room for everyone, open kitchen with lots of storage. Two en-suite masters with large living spaces and a comfortable, easy living floor plan. Walk to Trout Creek Rec Center, Tahoe Donner’s Golf Course, The Lodge and more! $495,000

Here’s the perfectly delightful, family cabin you have been waiting for! Located on prestigious Chamonix Road in lower Tahoe Donner, this wonderfully cozy two bedroom, two bath retreat is cute as a button and offers a great rental history. BIG sunny deck, carport too! $415,000

11701OsloDrive.com 11576ChamonixRoad.com

Pending!

Pending!

Gorgeous, NEW and finished with beautiful, craftsman level construction, this wonderfully designed Chalet offers a rare and functional design with FIVE BEDROOMS (master suite & one bedroom on upper level, jack ‘n jill and separate bedroom on lower living floor). Enjoy the open floor plan, chef’s kitchen, lovely dining area, gas fireplace, maple flooring, large deck with covered area perfect for a hot tub and year ‘round living. Access to the adjacent forest land and trails. Terrific for two families, with plenty of room for everyone! Extra large, deep garage. You and your family will thoroughly enjoy this remarkable, spacious home in mid-Tahoe Donner. $997,500

Spectacular and Luxurious New Construction Chalet 14050HanselAvenue.com

Two years before we decided to sell our Tahoe vacation home, we would receive new listings postcards monthly at our home in the Bay Area (Alameda, CA). We also noticed Alison’s new listings were featured prominently in the monthly Tahoe Donner magazines. When we decided to sell, Alison came to mind because we felt our property would receive the best exposure. Two weeks after listing, we received an offer over the asking price. – Robert & Selina Haynes, Sellers, 14581 Swiss Lane

VOL. 17, NO. 1JANUARY 2016

EDITORIAL AND PRODUCTION STAFF

Brinn Talbot

Gretchen Sproehnle

Jody Sergison

Ashley Quadros

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President Steve Miller, [email protected]

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SecretaryCourtney Murrell, [email protected]

Director Ron Wulff, [email protected]

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WELCOME

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Hello members of Tahoe Donner and a Happy New Year to you. As I begin to write my President’s message on December 10, the sun is appearing after a disappointing one inch of snowfall. In my mind, it cements my belief of why we installed snowmaking at Down-hill and why the association maintains such conservative financial assumptions around our operating budget. At this moment, after a snow-related surprisingly positive November financial result, our members equity in our operating fund is approaching $1,500,000. Yet, a poor Christmas holiday could swing that number positively or negatively by $300,000 in either direction. We are hoping that snow-making at Downhill will provide us with what is, in essence, business interruption insurance, and reduce the possible negative variance to the $100,000 range. As you read this message, we will already have the answer.

Last month, we held our annual volunteer appreciation party. This is our opportunity to celebrate how important volunteerism is to the functioning of Tahoe Donner. I wish I had

the space here to describe each committee, its operations and critical function in the gov-ernance of Tahoe Donner, and to thank each member individually for their efforts. Needless to say, we all owe them a huge thank you for all the unpaid hours they contribute to the better-ment of this community. I wish to also say that I personally feel that our community gives back to me much more than I put in.

Speaking about committees, we are cur-rently in the process of reviewing and revising, as necessary, the charters of all our commit-tees to better meet the needs of Tahoe Donner in 2016. Much has changed in how Tahoe Donner is managed in the last half dozen years. We have grown and matured into a state-of-the-art homeowners association. At a weekend board working conference, we met with officials from the National HOA Asso-ciation. They were literally astounded at the professionalism that Tahoe Donner exhibited and stated that we could be held as a model for others to achieve. To continue to excel, we hope to better align the output of committee

PARTNERSHIPS AND WORK ING RELATIONSHIPS

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JanuaryFOR ADDITIONAL JANUARY EVENTS SEE

LET’S GET TOGETHER ON PAGE 10

ALL EVENTS ARE DEPENDENT ON CONDITIONS. PLEASE CHECK TAHOEDONNER.COM OR CALL 530-587-9400 FOR UPDATES.

WinterpaloozaIt’s a full day of snowplay fun with tube rac-ing, relay races, snowman building and more. See page. 12.

JANUARY 23JANUARY 9

Snowball Launching ContestTry your hand (and your aim) at our first snowball launching contest of the season. See page 12.

JANUARY 4-15

Learn-to-Ski WeeksFor those new to the sport, we’re offering great discounts! See page. 10 and 11.

SATURDAYS ALL MONTH

Saturday NIght Live Maine Lobster At the Lodge Restaurant & Pub every Satur-day through Jan. 31. See page 15.

Guinness World Record Attempt

We’re going for another world record, this time to teach the largest lesson! See page 11.

JANUARY 8

First Annual Winter FestivalJoin us for discounted trail passes, equipment rentals, free demos, music, BBQ and more. See page 11.

JANUARY 24

HAVE YOU CHECKED OUT OUR NEW FOOD TRUCK

AT SNOWPLAY?


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efforts with Tahoe Donner’s current needs.As an example, our efforts are initially

focused on what has been called our General Plan Committee. Back when it was formed, its mission was to plan for the investing of monies to be collected in the development fund, and what at the time was $3,200,000 in a restricted fund. Over the years, they have been highly successful in prioritizing investment of over $25,000,000 in upgraded facilities, land purchases and trails. The changes these upgrades have made are evident in every aspect of the Tahoe Donner experience. With snowmaking being the final project to be completed, the development fund balance now approaches $0 at year’s end. Each year a new $1,600,000 is added through assessments.

The focus now shifts to a development fund advisory committee (name to be determined), which can move more quickly as needs arise, play a bigger role in oversight, draw on its members’ expertise to spearhead projects, and be more connected in a board, staff, and committee partnership. Information and ideas should more easily flow from staff, chairman,

and the board down or from committee mem-bers up through their chairman. As projects are individually selected for study, they can be discussed for merit by the committee and, in partnership with staff and board, recommen-dations for change can be made easily early in the planning stage. This is how, for example, the Finance Committee functions. The frame-work for change is to be discussed at the Jan. 22, 2016 board meeting.

Partnerships are also be discussed between Tahoe Donner and the Truckee Donner Land Trust and the Truckee River Watershed Coun-cil (TRWC). With their purchase of Carpenter Valley, the land trust became our neighbors to the north. In many respects the land trust and Tahoe Donner have very similar interests. We both administer lands open to the public, have a keen interest in environmental stewardship balanced with a respectful recreational use understanding, encourage habitat restoration, and share a vision of an expanded winter and summer trail system. We look forward to a mutually beneficial working relationship with them.

A tributary of the Truckee River, the south fork of Prosser Creek, flows through our Euer Valley property. Over a century of dairy farm-ing and horse camps has altered the floor of the valley in numerous ways. A walk-through was conducted two summers ago by a group of scientists, government officials, senior staff of the TRWC, and Tahoe Donner board members and staff. Very rudimentary findings were then discussed in a round table format. Since then Tahoe Donner’s focus has been developing and submitting our five-year trails plan and the land management plan (LMP) for permit approval, which will also be presented at the Jan. 22, 2016 board meeting. The LMP is an internal document produced through scientific study that is a broad environmental, biological, cultural and historical overview of all Tahoe Donner owned property. With the LMP in hand, we can then prioritize projects, such as a partnership with the TRWC to study the Euer Valley, that align with our mission of land stewardship.

STEVE MILLER | PRESIDENT

Each year at the Tahoe Donner annual employee holiday party, employee and team awards are

given out in recognition of those individuals who have gone above and beyond in a num-ber of areas. This year, 15 awards were given to honor longevity, customer service, and overall performance. Be sure to say congrats to the following team members, if you meet any of them in the upcoming months!

LONGEVITY AWARD (EACH EMPLOYEE, 20 YEARS)

Miguel Sloane, Director of Operations

Ronald Neibert, Security/Loss Prevention Manager

Rogelio Espinoza Gonzalez, Golf Mechanic

BRIGHT STARSJavier Mora-Martinez, Maintenance Department

Dean Litchfield, Forestry Worker and Architectural Standards Office

Cari MacPhail, Ski and Snowboard School Supervisor and Day Camps Coordinator

Ronald Warren, Jr., Field Job Supervisor, Maintenance Department

Tracy Pearson, Seasonal Accounting Clerk

Lee Ann Gray, Accounting Technician

TEAM MEMBER OF THE YEARKyle Winther, Lead Host, Trout Creek Recreation Center

CUSTOMER SERVICE AWARDLinda Jafferian, Office Associate, Member Services

MOST VALUABLE PLAYERJody Sergison, Lead Graphic Designer

MOST IMPROVED DEPARTMENTPizza On The Hill

TEAM OF THE YEARCommunication Department

MANAGER OF THE YEARSean Connors, Maintenance Manager

HONORING “THE STANDOUTS” OF TAHOE DONNER

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TAHOE DONNER CONTACTSMember Communications (area code 530) Member Services 587-9400 [email protected]

General Manager 587-9431 [email protected]

Contact Member Services to be transferred to other administrative departments.

AmenitiesTahoe Donner Campground 587-9462 [email protected]

Beach Club Marina 587-9460 [email protected]

Bikeworks 582-9694 [email protected]

Cross Country Ski Center 587-9484 [email protected]

Downhill Ski Area 587-9444 [email protected]

Equestrian Center 587-9470 [email protected]

Forestry 587-9432 [email protected]

Golf Course 587-9443 [email protected]

The Lodge 587-9455 [email protected]

Pizza On The Hill 582-9669 [email protected]

Recreation Info Hut 587-9413 [email protected]

Tennis Center 587-9474 [email protected]

Trails 582-9672 [email protected]

Trout Creek Rec. Center 587-9437 [email protected]

Tahoe Donner Association Committee ChairsArchitectural Standards, Rod Whitten [email protected]

Covenants, Al Noyes [email protected]

Elections, Bette Rohrback [email protected] Finance, Art King [email protected]

General Plan Committee Co-Chair, Michael Fajans [email protected]

General Plan Committee Co-Chair, John Stubbs [email protected]

Giving Fund Co-Chair, Merle Fajans [email protected]

Giving Fund Co-Chair, Dick Gander [email protected]

Tahoe Donner Association Chartered Club PresidentsBridge Club, Robin Reese [email protected]

Friends of TD Trails, B.R. Levine [email protected]

Rowing Club, Dot Mace [email protected]

Senior Alpine Ski, Michael Eyton-Lloyd [email protected]

Tennis, John McGregor [email protected].

9-Holers, Marianne Bowers [email protected]

Men’s Golf, Bob Moore [email protected]

Women’s Golf, Fran Macomber [email protected]

Hiking Club, Robin Reese [email protected]

Quilt Club, Linda Brush [email protected]

Junior Golf Club, Jean Lai [email protected]

TD 4-Wheelers Club, Bill Ratcliff [email protected]

Equestrian Club, Susan Terrell [email protected]

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“Life is short, so enjoy every sandwich.”

Those who work closely with Mike Peters, Tahoe Donner’s director of food and beverage, are treated to nuggets of advice like this often. Known for his quick wit, he often brings levity and entertainment to just about every situation with his humor.

Coming up on his eighth year at Tahoe Donner, Peters has been in the restaurant business for 31 years. While in college, in order to raise money to travel abroad, he took a second job working at the No. 2 Bennigan’s in the country, located in Northern Virginia. While working there, he began bartending, and he was hooked.

“Come on, a bartender in the 80s, that was about as cool as you could get,” Peters says. “Flipping bottles, beautiful girls, and lots of tips!”

Peters also worked for the national restaurant group the Chart House, and after traveling in Europe and the Caribbean as well as some stints working for a lumber company, men’s cloth-ing stores, a diamond jewelry

shop, and the largest ski shop on the east coast at the time, Peters headed west.

A Tahoe resident for 17 years, he worked for local large restau-rant businesses such as TS Enter-prises (Jakes on the Lake) and PlumpJack Group at both of their Squaw Valley locations, in addi-tion to a mix of other local restau-rants and bars, before joining the Tahoe Donner team in 2008.

As food and beverage director, he oversees all Tahoe Donner dining and food service facilities. “My motto is, ‘At Tahoe Donner if you can eat or drink it, I’ve got my fingers in it!’ Wait – that doesn’t sound so good. I really mean that metaphorically,” Peters laughs.

Seeing an opportunity to take the food and beverage offerings here to a higher level, Peters first began overseeing some Lodge Restaurant and Pub operations as well as Pizza on the Hill. Now responsible for 10 food and bever-age operations at Tahoe Don-ner— including the Alder Creek Café, located inside the recently opened Alder Creek Adventure Center, and the new food truck

operation at Snowplay — Peters, who was named manager of year in 2011, often feels like he needs to be in many places at the same time. How does he do it? “I bought a really fast car,” he jokes.

Although it’s nearly impossible to have a conversation without some level of lightheartedness, Peters does sometimes have a seri-ous side. He says what he enjoys most — aside from the obligatory wine tasting (“I have to make sure the wine we offer to our guests makes the cut!”) — is being a part of the celebration of life. Recog-nizing that when people come in to his restaurants, they are looking for an experience, Peters explains, “I have been honored to be a part of weddings, birthdays, farewells, proposals, first dates, anniversaries, and even saying goodbye to a loved one who has passed on,” he says. “I still tear up at the vow ceremony of stranger’s weddings, because I know that they are embarking on a wonder-ful journey. And especially here in the Tahoe Donner community, if we are lucky, we will continue to get to see them as they travel

through the different stages of their lives,” he adds.

Peters has a passion for culi-nary arts in his personal life also; he enjoys cooking and often hosts and caters parties for friends. On the community front, he has been part of the KidZone here in Truckee, as well as the adaptive ski school and Juvenile Diabetes foundation in conjunction with Alpine Meadows Ski Area. He is currently involved in Little League and Cub Scouts, and along with his wife, Julie, he supports the PTO at the school of his 8-year-old son, Colton.

Because of his outgoing per-sonality, Peters is often out and about at Tahoe Donner events and facilities, and even played the part of “Surreal Neil” Diamond in the Tahoe Donner 4th of July parade float — with son Colton — before the Super Diamond Summer Con-cert on the Green two years ago.

You’ll likely see him soon at an amenity or event, so do say hello. You might even get some addi-tional words of wisdom, and by all means, be sure to take his advice and enjoy every sandwich.

MEET THE SENIOR TEAM: MIKE PETERS

SENIOR TEAM

With son Colton and wife Julie, Mike and family

are superheroes for the day.

Powder day! ‘Nuff said.

Mike Peters and wife Julie at the Alder Creek

Adventure Center grand opening celebration.

BY GRETCHEN SPROEHNLE

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EVENTS TO REMEMBER

We’ve had some exciting times at Tahoe Donner recently! On November 27, we unveiled the spectacular new Alder Creek Adventure Center at the Cross Country Ski Area with a grand opening party, open to the entire com-munity. Then, on December 15, we fired up our new snowmaking system, as Tahoe Donner board and General Plan Committee members plus staff celebrated with a small ribbon-cut-ting ceremony. Let the winter begin!


A BEGINNER ’S EYE ON THE NEW WINTER GOLF ACADEMY

Editor’s note: Have you heard about Tahoe Donner’s newest amenity? Here in the Tahoe Donner News office, we were curious about it, so we sent Ashley Quadros, our content coordinator, to check it out. Following is her firsthand account of what you can expect at the Tahoe Donner Winter Golf Academy.

What is the Winter Golf Academy? The Winter Golf Academy offers virtual golfing—it’s a great way to

continue golfing after the snow flies and the course shuts down for the winter. But what does virtual golfing actually entail? It can be a little daunting; I wasn’t sure if I would need to learn a computerized system in order to play or how difficult it would be to play, but I was pleasantly surprised after my first visit.

The Winter Golf Academy is located inside the pro shop at Tahoe Donner Golf Course and it wasn’t nearly as intimidating as I imagined. Once inside, I was greeted by friendly staff and awed by my surround-ings. The TruGolf HD Simulator, which is where you actually play your game of golf with real golf clubs and balls, is hard to miss. Almost reaching the ceiling, it was much larger than I expected. Near the simu-lator is a television where one can catch a golf tournament, as well as a lounge for relaxing. A daily happy hour is also offered.

My first impression of the TruGolf HD Simulator: Easier than Expected

I was greeted by Joe Stakoe, assistant golf professional at the golf course, who was enthused to showcase the new system. To my relief, playing golf on the simulator required having no prior knowledge of how it actually worked. Nor, at any point during my game, did I have to learn any features of the simulator to be able to play. Basically, if you can swing a golf club, that’s all you need to know in order to play, and if you can’t swing a club, Stakoe and the crew at the golf course are happy to teach you, too.

“Beginners can come in and work on their game,” said Stakoe. “Any ability should come in, especially beginners. There is nothing difficult about this system. That’s the greatest thing about it. It’s very easy to use. There are options to make the course harder or easier, depending on your ability level.”

Since I was a beginner, Stakoe set up the system to make it easier for me and started me off on the driving range so I could warm up and cali-brate my clubs. (Clubs and balls are also included with your tee time if you don’t own any). All I had to do was hit the ball as I normally would and watch it fly. The simulator calculates your ball speed, club head speed, face angle, launch angle and final distance.

After warming up, Stakoe showed me 27 courses from all over the world that I could virtually play, including Bethpage Black, Harbour Town Golf Links and Pinehurst No. 2, to name a few. After selecting my course, I had even more options: I could choose to play at sea level if I wanted it easier, at higher altitude if I wanted a challenge, or even at Tahoe Donner’s exact altitude if I wanted to simulate it as close as pos-sible to our actual course. For golfers wanting more of a challenge, there are even options to adjust the wind to make it more difficult.

One feature I especially liked was the option to choose the view. For example, after hitting your ball, your view can follow the ball closely flying through the air in ball’s view, which is similar to a video game. You can also choose to follow the player’s perspective in classic view, which is what you would expect if you were actually playing. In this view, you hit the ball and watch it fly as far as your eyes can see; a small map simultaneously shows you where the ball is and takes you to the ball. Finally, there is the television view, which will show your game,

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mimicking what you would see if you were watching a golf tournament on television. I opted for the ball’s view.

I ended my game just as Tahoe Donner Women’s Golf Club member, Denise Rebar, and Men’s Golf Club member Brian Gauny, were arriving for their game. I stayed and watched them hit balls on the range for a bit before they played the course of their choosing. They agreed with me that it’s very easy to play (see below).

It’s fast, easy, and a round of golf on average lasts just one hour, leav-ing more time for other winter activities or more rounds of golf. I will go back to play again; but don’t just take my word for it — check it out yourself!

Additional Reviews of the Winter Golf AcademyFor Rebar and Gauny, it was also their first time experiencing the

Winter Golf Academy. “It felt completely normal loading my car with clubs,” laughed Gauny. “We really like going to the driving range, but it’s so far to drive in the winter, so being able to play here a few times a week is great.”

Being advanced golfers, it didn’t take the duo long to adjust to the simulator. In fact, they found their results were nearly identical to what they experience on the course. “It’s great,” said Gauny. “It’s a good mat to hit from, and it’s not too far off from my normal distances.”

Rebar compared the simulator to real golf and found it actually helped improve her game. “I like that it shows my club face because I have been struggling with that all year,” she noted. “It’s a really cool substitute for playing golf outside.” Gauny too found the simulator helpful for improvements. “I really like the visuals,” he said. “I like the driving range quite a bit, especially the interactive feedback.”

In addition to the instant feedback the simulator provides to golf-ers, instructors at the Winter Golf Academy also use custom digital software to include a full breakdown of the participant’s golf swing. Captured data and video can also be downloaded electronically to the student.

Overall, Gauny and Rebar enjoyed playing their round of golf on the

Denise Rebar walks along the snow-covered path to the Winter Golf

Academy. Photo provided by Denise Rebar.

simulator at the Winter Golf Academy, and after my fun experience, I urge you to check it out too. At the very least, stop by, have a look around and ask some questions. It may be something new and different, but it’s also a great indoor recriational option this winter.

The Winter Golf Academy is open every Thursday – Sunday from 1 – 7 p.m. Reservations are recommended to guarantee tee times but walk-ins are welcome too.

WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE V IRTUAL GOLF ACADEMY

1. You’ll check in and be greeted by friendly staff. Ask about happy hour!

2. Staff will set you up on the system and have you/your group warm up on the driving range.

3. You/your group will then pick your course (27 courses to choose from), select any desired challenges (wind, altitude, etc.), and pick your golf view (ball, television, classic).

4. Play! Staff helps along the way as needed and you’ll learn more about areas you can improve on in the process.


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It’s been the best start to a season in years and we have all been delighted to see so many people coming to check out the new Alder Creek Adventure Center and our trails. There are several events and programs kicking off in January that you won’t want to miss.

FEATURED EVENTS

Free Demo Day & Wax Clinic Jan 2, 2016

From 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., try out some of the latest and greatest skis boots and poles at our Demo Day. Salomon, Fischer and Swix will be there as well as Pacos Bike and Ski shop. Fat bike demos will also be available (conditions permitting). A trail pass is required to partici-pate in this free event.

At 2 p.m., renowned waxing guru, Roger Chaney, will be sharing his secrets of taking care of your skis and how to wax for best per-formance. Clinic will be held in the club room from 2 - 3:30 p.m. This is a free event.

Learn to Ski Weeks - Jan. 4 - 15, 2016To celebrate “National Learn to Ski Month,”

Tahoe Donner Cross Country will be offering two-for-one private lessons and private lesson packages any midweek day from Jan. 4 - 15. A private lesson is the best way to try the sport or improve your skills, and our Professional Ski Instructors of America trained instructors

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are ready to help you. Cost is just $83 for two people. Call ahead at 530-587-9484 to book your lesson as spaces are limited.

Masters Training Group Begins Jan. 7Enjoy the benefits of multi-week coaching

sessions this winter. Led by one of the legends of ski coaching, Glenn Jobe, and other top instructors from Tahoe Donner Cross Country Ski Area, this group will focus on skiing tech-nique improvement (both classic and skate), geared for skier who can ski advanced trails.

WHEN: THURSDAYS, JAN. 7 – MARCH 4

TIME: 10:30 – 11:30 A.M.

COST: $160 (SEASON PASS OR DAY TICKET REQUIRED FOR EACH CLASS). TAHOEDONNER.COM/SHOP OR 530-587-9484.

Sierra Skogsloppet - Jan. 18Challenge yourself in one of our Fun Race

Fundraisers: Choose from 15 km / 10 km / 5 km / 2 km races for all ages and abilities.

Intro to Biathlon Clinic - Jan. 23Biathlon combines skiing and rifle marks-

manship. Tahoe Donner’s biathlon coaches offer clinics throughout the season. After range instruction and practice with our spe-cially designed laser biathlon rifles, you will ski or snowshoe a short loop and try to hit the targets with an elevated heart rate, just like at the Olympics!• 10 – 11:30 a.m. adult (13 years old and older)

• 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. youth (7 - 12 years old)

• 530-587-9484 or tahoedonner.com/shop

Winter Festival - Jan. 24Join Tahoe Donner Cross Country Ski Area

for the first ever Winter Festival. We want to encourage you to come and experience what we have to offer at Tahoe Donner Cross Country and the new Alder Creek Adventure Center. • Trail passes just $10! (normally $30)

• Ski or snowshoe rental equipment just $15 (normally $25)

• Free lessons and tours

• The latest and greatest in cross country ski, snowshoe and fat bike equipment available to try free of charge

• Live music and hearty BBQ

• See the website for details about our park-ing lot shuttles that will run all day

SPECIAL PROGRMS

NEW - Masters Training Group Enjoy the benefits of multi-week coaching

sessions this winter. Led by one of the legends of ski coaches, Glenn Jobe and other top instructors from Tahoe Donner Cross Country Ski Area, this group will focus on ski tech-nique improvement. Geared for the advanced intermediate/advanced skier (who can ski advanced trails).

WHEN: THURSDAYS JAN. 7- MAR 4 (NO SESSION FEB. 18)

TIME: 10:30 -11:30 A.M.

COST: $160 (SEASON PASS OR DAY TICKETS REQUIRED)

WINTER PROGRAMS FOR THE KIDS

Sign your child up for one or more of these popular afterschool programs which run from 3:45- 5 p.m. with eight sessions starting in January.• Tuesdays – Junior Biathlon (second

through eighth grade; basic ski handling skills required)

• Wednesdays – TD Nordic Kids (all levels; kindergarten through fifth grade)

• Thursdays – TD Nordic Kids (all levels; kindergarten through fifth grade)

• Fridays – Junior Racers (intermediate skiers; third - fifth grade)

TAILOR A PROGRAM FOR YOUR GROUP

Gather a group of friends, give us a call, and we can tailor a program just for you! Please contact us if you have a specific request for a training group or program. Email us at [email protected] with your ideas, or call our ski school at 530-587-9484.

Need Gear?We have one of the largest collections of

technical Nordic ski wear and outdoor winter fashion of any Nordic store in the entire Tahoe and Truckee area. Check out our jackets, pants, tops, tights, skirts, hats, gloves, sun-glasses, and much more. Top brands include Salomon, Swix, Toko, Sherpa, Pistol, Kuhl, and Smartwool. Tahoe Donner members and sea-son passholders receive a 10 percent discount on all retail purchases all season long.

Stay InformedSubscribe to our cross country ski email list

to get updates on events and specials. Click on the subscribe button top right of our webpage to sign up.

See you on the trails.

SALLY JONES | CROSS COUNTRY SKI CENTER MANAGER

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We are open! If you haven’t already, come out for a day

of skiing and snowboarding. We have a new snowmaking system in place and we even have a new ski patrol dog, Duke. Say hello to both patrol dogs, Duke and Tucker, the next time you visit.

For the month of January, we have lots of fun in store for you. Did we mention we are going for a Guinness World Record? We hope you will join us!

EVENTS

Learn to Ski or Snowboard Month - Jan. 4 - 8 and 11 - 15

Never skied before? We’re celebrating Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month. On Jan. 4 - 8 and Jan. 11 - 15 we are offering Learn to Ski or Snowboard packages for just $39. These pack-ages are only for first timers, which include an all-day lift ticket, rental equipment, and a 1.75 hour group lesson for ages 7 and up.

Learn to Ski Guinness World Record Attempt - Jan. 8

At 10 a.m., the team at Downhill will participate with other resorts across the country in an effort to break a group world record for teaching the largest learn to ski and snowboard lesson ever. 50 skiers and 50 snowboarders will be able to participate with advance registration required (first come, first served). See tahoedonner.com for more info.

Tahoe Donner Race Series - Jan. 9, 23, Feb. 6, 27, March 6

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HoursWe’re open every Friday – Sunday for sled-

ding, but we also offer extended days of opera-tion throughout the season, including daily through Jan. 3, plus Jan. 18, Feb. 15 - 19 and April 4 - 14, 9:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Friday Night Tubing - Jan. 8, Feb. 5, March 4

Tube under the lights this winter at Tahoe Donner Snowplay until 6:30 p.m. for night sledding. Conditions permitting.

Snowball Launching Contest - Jan 9Have good aim? Prove it! Come out to Tahoe

Donner Snowplay at 1:30 p.m. to compete. Use one of Snowplay’s snowball launchers to see how far your snowballs will fly!

Fastest Tube Event - Jan. 16Fly down the hill at Tahoe Donner Snow-

Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area. The races are formatted so that anyone who can ski or ride down a blue slope can race and have fun. Prizes are awarded at each race, and whoever has the best three results in the series will have their names posted on the plaque in the ski lodge. The race categories are: male 18 and over, male 17 and under, female 18 and over, and female 17 and under. Cost: $5 for two race runs, and $1 per additional run. Our first race is Jan. 9! Come on out!

Ski and Snowboarding Safety Weekend - Jan. 16 - 18

Children and adults may participate in many different activities around the moun-tain at Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area to increase their level of safety. From fun scav-enger hunts, to a national coloring contest, to snow science and safety, there will be activi-ties for everyone. By participating in safety weekend, participants receive 25 percent off Smith helmets and goggles.

See page 16 for more details on safety weekend.

We’ll see you on the slopes!

ROBERT MCCLENDON | DOWNHILL SKI AREA MANAGER

Tahoe Donner Downhill specializes in teaching beginners. Start your family tradition here this winter!

play’s Fastest Tube Event! Heats will run every half hour from 1 - 2:30 p.m.

Winterpalooza - Jan. 23Join Tahoe Donner Snowplay for the

first ever Winterpalooza! This all-day event includes tube racing, snowman building, relay races, and more.

Full Moon Snowshoe Tour - Jan. 23Take in the beauty of a full moon by par-

ticipating in a scenic snowshoe hike above Donner Lake from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Meet at Trout Creek Recreation Center and caravan to the trailhead. Participants are encour-aged to dress in warm layers, including hats and gloves, and bring water, a headlamp or flashlight. Please reserve at least 24 hours in advance.

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Well, here we are in the middle of the wintertime fun! The ski slopes are up and run-ning, and the snow keeps falling. It’s a great time to work on your golf game. Wait a minute, what? How am I supposed to work on my game with snow on the ground and freezing temperatures? I’m glad you asked…

The Winter Golf Academy is your place for practice or play. Come join us in our lounge, located in the golf pro shop. Our TruGolf Simulator uses the latest in launch monitor technology, providing you with both club and ball data, clubhead speed, path, launch, speed and spin all of the key factors that make your golf ball fly “virtually” into our giant HD screen. Whatever you want to work on, it’s possible in our controlled environment. Need to know exactly how far your wedges go? No problem. How about how your driver? How far does the Bridgestone ball go compared to the Titleist? All of this and so much more is right here for you!

If you’re looking to play, we also have 27 championship golf courses for you to try.Troon North, Torrey Pines, Bighorn, Cog Hill, and Firestone are just a few of the choices.


Play as a single or bring a group, whatever you wish. Session times start at just $25.

If competitive golf is more of your thing, then we have that for you as well. Come and play in our online events at selected venues across the virtual golf world. Each week there will be two 9- or 18-hole stroke play tourna-ments, and one closest to the pin contest; these golf contests are included in your session time. Each stroke play tournament starts on a Monday and runs for two weeks, ending on a Sunday. Players can participate at any time during the two week window. The closest to the pin contests run for one week (Monday through Sunday) and allow 15 shots for each player, which can be taken in different sessions if you wish. Players’ scores and distances will be uploaded to the leaderboards in this cloud-based system. Prizes are available to anyone who participates and are not tied to how players perform in the events. After each event is completed, everyone who participated will be entered into a drawing for a $25 Amazon gift card, Titleist Pro V1 golf balls, and other prizes. Winners will be notified via the email addresses in the player profile. Now you can play against other golfers from around the world. Come see how your game stacks up and bring your “A” game. The more players partici-pating, the better!

Our current hours of operation are Thurs-days through Sundays, from 1 - 7 p.m. Reser-vations can be made by calling 530-587-9441; they are recommended but not required. Please come by and check out what we have to offer! We look forward to seeing you soon.

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Get fit this year with us!

Century Club Challenge 2016The tabulation begins Jan. 1! Make it a

resolution in 2016 to join the Trout Creek Recreation Center Century Club Challenge. If you haven’t visited Trout Creek in a while and keep telling yourself how much you want to take advantage of this great Tahoe Donner amenity, then 2016 is the year to join! When

you are in the facility, check out the Century Club wall of fame and see the names of our dedicated members who were inducted into the 2015 Century Club and earned a prized Century Club t-shirt by committing them-selves to an active lifestyle and visiting Trout Creek at least 100 times before Sept. 30. It is not too late to sign up. If you were a part of the 2015 Century Club you will automatically be entered into the 2016 challenge.

If you haven’t already signed up and would like to take part in 2016 Challenge and receive monthly emails regarding our Century Club programs, please send your name, email address, phone number and t-shirt size to [email protected]. Trout Creek will honor your commitment by celebrating your success at our Century Club Celebration in October 2016, and of course, on our Century Club wall of fame. Throughout 2016 we will be offering program opportunities to keep you motivated and educated about health, well-ness, and fitness… check out our first work-shop below taking place early January.

New Fitness ChallengeWe’re pushing you to your limits this year

as we all strive to live a little healthier, active lifestyle. Learn about the program in detail on page 24.

One-Month Introductory Fitness Class Pass

Buy our one-month introductory class pass and take as many classes as you like within 30 days, for just $30.

Free Gym Orientation – Jan. 29 Join us at 4 p.m. for an orientation to Trout

Creek Recreation Center’s facilities and programs. Take a tour and learn about facility policies and the proper use of equipment from a certified personal trainer. We recommend wearing comfortable clothing. Call 530-587-9437 to make a reservation.

Time to Reset, Renew and Recharge – Jan. 6

Join us for a New Year, New You healthy living workshop. Learn what we put in and on our bodies and why it matters. Could you have toxic overload? Do you have low energy? Are you gassy or bloated? Weight gain? Poor sleep? Headaches? Poor digestion? Come hear how to improve such symptoms and improve your


overall health and quality of life. We will focus on five key areas of health and the power of nutrition.

TIME: 6 P.M.

PLACE: TROUT CREEK RECREATION CENTER

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Friday Family Movie NightBring a favorite pillow and blanket to North-

woods Clubhouse, kick the feet up, and enjoy both classic and new movies. Movie nights begin at 6:30 p.m. and the films are rated G and PG. Please call the Member Services at 530-587-9400 to find out what’s playing.

Thursday Trivia NightNight Trivia takes place every Thursday

night inside Pizza on the Hill from 6:30 – 8 p.m. Get ready to test your brain smarts for a chance to win prizes. This weekly event is free! Event will be cancelled if insufficient participation by 7:15 p.m.

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TD 4 Wheeler’s Club Snow, cold, ice and slippery large rocks were

the challenges faced by the TD 4 Wheelers on the Rubicon Trail in November. How many of you adventure seekers out there have wanted to drive the Rubicon Trail? How about with several inches of snow, icy water crossings and rocks as big as an outhouse (okay, a large dog house)?

Early in the month after one of our first snowfalls, one of our members, Don, got the great idea of heading down the Rubicon, west to east, to see how far we could get. It was a beautiful drive with the snow-covered

mountains and pristine lakes surrounding us, providing Christmas card-like backgrounds.

But there was evil on that trail in the form of big rocks. Those rocks were covered with snow and ice and presented us with several challenges. Many of the passages required spotters to guide the drivers between and on top of the rocks and many times you couldn’t see the rocks because they were covered by snow or were under three feet of water. But we eventually arrived at an area just above Obser-vation Point that had great views and a little less snow. We had our lunch there, warmed ourselves in the sun and then headed back the same way we came.

The fun and adventure that day was con-tagious and several of our club members who weren’t able to make it the first trip encour-aged Don to take them down the Rubicon again the next weekend. This wagon train didn’t fare as well as our first group. They headed down to the Rubicon at about 10 a.m. and faced many of the same challenges as the first group, but this time there was more snow and it was even colder.

This group made it even farther down the Rubicon, past Observation Point and halfway down Cadillac Hill. The extra time it took to get that far resulted in them having to drive in the dark much of the way back. One vehicle got stuck on a rock in one of the water crossings and folks had to wade through the freezing cold water, through mini icebergs to hook up a winch. Another vehicle got wedged between some rocks and lost the bead on their tire. The tire went flat and they had to get out the air compressors to inflate the tire. All this in the dark! They finally got to the end of the trail at 7 p.m. that evening.

So if you’ve been looking for some fun and adventure in your life, join the club and go four-wheeling with other folks who love driv-ing the back roads. This is a wonderful group of very nice people who will welcome you and help you stretch your off-road skills. If you are interested in joining our club, send an email to [email protected]. To read more about the club and see more pictures, please visit our website at td4wheelers.com or look us up on Facebook.

Tahoe Donner Men’s Golf Club The TD Men’s Golf Club ended the 2015 sea-

son with great memories, a balanced budget and excited anticipation for next summer. We have four new board members: Keith Wil-

liams, Dave Wallace, Dave Westfall, and John McGregor, replacing Bob Moore, Jim Dill and Bruce Watkins. Returning board members are Pat Gemma, president; Art King, treasurer and vice president; Mark Colombo, membership; Jim Pyle, secretary; and Michael Blasquez, director or tournaments with Jim Pyle also assisting.

In November three board members com-pleted the four hour NCGA training on handi-cap maintenance. They all passed the course and thus our club is recertified by the NCGA and authorized to issue index scores via the GHIN software system.

2016 membership applications are pinned to the men’s club bulletin board outside the pro shop. For questions about membership, email

Pat Gemma at [email protected].

Tahoe Donner Women’s Golf ClubThe Tahoe Donner Women’s Golf Club

(TDWGC) welcomes and supports new mem-bers, and encourages their participation in events. Our mission is to:1. Promote and conserve the best interests

and true spirit of the game of golf.

2. Promote and foster a close bond among other members for our joint and mutual benefit.

3. Stimulate and promote interest in the game of golf at the Tahoe Donner Golf Course.

Our season runs from late May to mid-October and our course is open to the public. Throughout the season we play a variety of games on Tuesdays and hold tournaments. We have about 80 playing members.

When you join the TDWGC, you will enjoy these special benefits:• Ladies’ golf tee times: the club sets aside

highly sought-after tee times on Tuesdays for TDWGC. During these TDWGC events, you will play with golfers of your own abil-ity, enjoy a friendly format game of the day, and make lasting friendships.

• In addition to the weekly golf games, the TDWGC also organizes fun and competi-tive ladies’ golf events. These include the Match Play, Invitational or Member-Guest, and Club Championships.

For more information, visit our website at https://sites.google.com/site/tdgolfwomen/home.


D I N I N G OPT I ONS The Lodge Restaurant & Pub12850 Northwoods Blvd.530-587-9455

tahoedonner.com/the-lodge

Dinner Hours: 5 – 9 p.m. daily; open Christ-

mas Eve from 4 – 8 p.m.; closed Christmas

Day; extended evening hours New Year’s Eve.

WildER Wednesdays*Returning Jan. 7, every Wednesday Happy

Hour is wildly available all night in the entire

restaurant. Enjoy 25 percent off small plates,

plus soups and salads.

Happy Hour*Returning Jan. 3, Happy Hour is offered

every Sunday - Thursday in The Lodge Pub

from 5 – 6:30 p.m.

No Corkage Tuesday*Returning Jan. 6, bring in a special bottle of

wine from home to savor in the dining room

and we’ll waive the corkage fee on Tuesdays.

SPECIAL OFFERS AND EVENTS:

Saturday Night Live Maine Lobster – Jan. 9, 16, 23, and 30*

Starting Jan. 9, Chef Lew will be offering a

different live Maine lobster special while sup-

plies last (limited availability) on every Satur-

day for the month. Come early; come hungry!

Welcome Winter Party – Jan. 22Welcome winter with us! We’re throwing

a party and from 5 - 6:30 p.m., you can enjoy

happy hour in the entire restaurant. At 6 p.m.,

we’ll start the live music with drink specials

lasting until 9 p.m.

The Big Football Game! – Feb. 7Instead of organizing your own big game

party, party with us! The Pub will open for

drinks starting at 3 p.m. with happy hour

drink specials. At 4 p.m., the Pub menu will

be available with happy hour pricing offered

throughout the entire game! As a special on

this day only, patrons can enjoy half off Kobe

beef sliders and our Reuben sandwich. For

those with a hearty appetite for football and

food, the regular dinner menu will be available

starting at 5 p.m.

Valentine’s Day – Feb. 14Share the love this Valentine’s Day by enjoy-

ing dinner at The Lodge. Reservations fill up

quickly for Valentine’s Day—don’t delay. Call

us today to secure your table.

*All offers listed are valid during non-holiday peri-

ods unless otherwise noted and are not valid with any

other promotions or coupons. Offers subject to change.

Pizza on the Hill11509 Northwoods Blvd 530-582-9669tahoedonner.com/pizza-on-the-hill

DINNER HOURS: Thursday – Monday, 5 – 8:30 p.m.

through Dec. 16

Pizza on the Hill is open daily for lunch and

dinner until Jan. 3. Starting Jan. 4, Pizza on

the Hill resumes its hours of 5 – 8:30 p.m.,

Thursday – Sunday. On scheduled weekend

playoff game days, the bar will be open at 1

p.m. for drinks and appetizers.

JANUARY SPECIALS

NEW! Snowflake Happy Hour*Pray for snow! Anytime it’s snowing, it’s

happy hour too!

New! Weekend Football Playoff Action*Starting Jan. 9, the bar will be open at 1 p.m.

for drinks and appetizers for scheduled playoff

games. Watch the playoff games on our 6x9’

HD screen or on our three HD flat screens.

During games, our 5 for $5 deal will be offered.

Choose from jalapeño poppers, onion rings

with honey mustard, mini corn dogs, chips

with queso dip, and hand-rolled taquitos.

Additionally, grab a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon

beer for just $2.

Happy Hour*Grab $3 Coors Light, $4 seasonal draft beers

and $4 house cabernet or chardonnay by the

glass; plus, enjoy wings for half the price!

Offered from 5 - 6 p.m. Thursday – Monday.

Not valid Jan. 1 - 3.

$10 Pizza Sundays*Enjoy cheese or pepperoni pizza for just $10

each, offered every Sunday night. Take it to go

or dine in. Limit 6. Not valid Jan. 3.

*All offers listed are valid during non-holiday

periods and are not valid with any other promotions

or coupons. Offers subject to change.

EVENTS

Thursday Night Trivia**This popular event takes place every Thurs-

day from 6:30 – 8 p.m. at Pizza on the Hill.

Friday Family Movie Night **Stop by Northwoods Clubhouse for Friday

Family Movie Night every week.

** See page 14 for more details.


Did you know that January is national safety awareness month? Tahoe Donner, along with the National Ski Areas Associa-tion (NSAA), offers safety programs for skiers and snowboarders to stay safe on the slopes. Before you hit the slopes, check out our web-site to educate yourself and your family on safety awareness!

Following are a few important ideas to remember:

KNOW THE CODE! WHAT CODE? THE SKIER AND RIDER RESPONSIBILITY CODE! THIS INCLUDES:• Always stay in control, and be able to stop

or avoid other people or objects.

• People ahead of you have the right of way. It is your responsibility to avoid them.

• You must not stop where you obstruct a trail, or are not visible from above.

• Whenever starting downhill or merging into a trail, look uphill and yield to others.

• Always use devices to help prevent run-away equipment.

• Observe all posted signs and warnings. Keep off closed trails and out of closed areas.

• Prior to using any lift, you must have the knowledge and ability to load, ride and unload safely.

LIDS ON KIDS• Be smart and protect yourself with a hel-

met.

• One size does not fit all. Get your helmet properly fitted by a certified technician.

• Strap it up. Always buckle your helmet—it won’t help if it falls off!

TREE WELL AND DEEP SNOW SAFETY• The easiest way to avoid a snow immersion

suffocation (SIS) accident is to remain on

SAFETY

SKI AREA SAFETY

groomed areas and avoid deep snow and tree well areas.

• Be aware of the recent snowfall and the depth of the loose snow - check local resources for recent snow conditions.

• If you venture into ungroomed terrain:

· Ride or ski with a partner and keep your partner in sight at all times.

· Ski or ride in control.

· Give tree wells a wide berth. Look at the open spaces between trees, not at them.

· Skiers should remove ski pole straps.

· Carry safety equipment including: Cell phone with resort emergency number, transceiver or beacon, AvaLung, whistle, shovel, probe, Recco Rescue System.

• Keep your partner in sight at all times. In many SIS accidents, skiers and snowboard-ers have part of their body or equipment visible - but a partner isn’t there to see them.

• Take heart. Increased awareness and edu-cation reduces SIS risks. There are more reported cases of skiers and boarders being rescued by their partners each season.

For more safety tips visit tahoedonner.com/downhill-ski/safety.

Information was collected from nsaa.org/safety-programs/ and deepsnowsafety.org.

SKI AND SNOWBOARDING SAFETY WEEKEND

JAN. 16 – 18

Safety first! Children and adults can participate in many activities around the mountain to increase their level of safety. From fun scavenger hunts, to a national poster contest, to snow science and safety, there will be activities for every-one. By participating in safety weekend, participants receive 25 percent off Smith helmets and goggles.


When it’s snowy, you’ll be toasty.When it’s snowy, you’ll be toasty.

Stay warm this winter with a beautiful fireplace or stove from Mountain Home Center. Visit our main showroom at 11403 Brockway Road in Truckee to select the fire perfect for your mountain home style. Free local delivery, professional installation and excellent customer service. 530-587-6681. www.MountainHomeCenter.com. (Shown here DaVinci 54” Pier fireplace with 20” tall glass.)

ELIZABETH AND OLOF CARMEL, TAHOE DONNER NEIGHBORS

Many thanks to Tahoe Don-ner resident, Olof Carmel, for the beautiful December Tahoe Don-ner News cover shot. Olof and his wife, Elizabeth, both interna-tional fine art photographers, have lived here since 1990. Together, they own Carmel Gallery, a photo and art gallery in downtown Truckee, as well as another in Calistoga. Eliza-beth also teaches photography workshops, has been featured in many prominent magazines including Sunset and People, and writes a regular column for Outdoor Photographer magazine. She was one of 12 photographers in the world selected as a presigious “Hasselbad Master” in 2006. Olof has won numerous awards for his photography as well as drawing and water-colors and is also a longtime licensed contractor.

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01. Book a group snowshoeing adventure at Tahoe Donner Cross Country Ski Area and take on the Bearclaw trail.

02. Meet patrol dog Tucker – or his new friend Duke - at Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area.

03. Take a wild tube ride down a gentle slope at Tahoe Donner Snowplay.

04. Participate in “National Learn to Ski Month” at Tahoe Donner Cross Country and enjoy two-for-one private lessons and private lesson packages any midweek day from Jan. 4-15. During January 4-8 and Jan. 11-15, Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area is also offering Learn to Ski or Snowboard packages for just $39.

05. Try the new Winter Golf Academy at Tahoe Donner Golf Course. It’s the ultimate virtu-al golf course experi-ence, complete with a TruGolf HD Simula-tor, launch monitor and world class golf courses. Reservations required.

06. Become a master skier by taking our masters training group course that meets on Thursdays from Jan. 7 – March 4 at Tahoe Donner Cross Country Ski Area.

14. Launch snowballs for a chance to win prizes at our snowball launching contests, taking place at Tahoe Donner Snowplay on Jan. 9 and April 2.

15. Take your dog on your next cross country outing and explore the Cup of Tea trail at Tahoe Donner Cross Country Ski Area.

16. Don’t miss Saturday Night Live Maine Lobster! Starting Jan. 10, visit The Lodge Restaurant on all remaining days in Saturday and enjoy a different lobster special made by Chef Lew. Get it before it’s gone!

17. Did you know Pizza on the Hill regularly offers specialty pizzas for a limited time? Stop by Pizza on the Hill today to try the latest creation.

18. How fast can you fly? Those inter-ested can compete in our Fastest Tube event on Jan. 16 at Tahoe Donner Snowplay to deter-mine who the fastest tuber of all is!

19. Check out our new learning yurt at Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area.

20. Get your toddlers in the cross country action by renting one of our chariot sleds, designed to pull your children behind you as you ski at Tahoe Donner Cross Country Ski Area.


FEATURE07. Don’t worry about getting cold at Snowplay—vis-it our new food truck, known as the Snow-play Café, for hot grub and hot beverages.

08. Don’t miss Friday Night Tubing, occurring on Jan. 8, Feb. 5 and March 4.

09. Treat yourself to a winter mixed greens salad made with mesclun, roasted beets, roasted squash, chevre, pumpkin seeds and topped with cider vinaigrette, available at the new Alder Creek Café in the Alder Creek Adventure Center.

10. Keep your New Year’s resolu-tions by signing up for fitness classes or personal training at Trout Creek Recre-ation Center.

11. Help Tahoe Donner Down-hill Ski Area break a Guinness World Re-cord for Learn to Ski Month on Jan. 8.

12. Allow your children to be a star and sign them up for TD Nordic Kids, Midweek Junior Racers or Junior Biathlon, all offered January through March at Tahoe Donner Cross Country Ski Area.

13. Take in the view of the association from Eagle Rock Summit at Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area.

21. For the remainder of football season, it’s 5 for $5 at Pizza on the Hill. Choose from five different appetizers and enjoy them for just $5 each, plus $2 Pabst Blue Ribbon, every Monday and Thursday night. for just $10 each. Take it to go or dine in. Not valid during holidays or with other promotions.

22. Warm up by fire pits on the sun-deck at Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area.

24. Take part in our Sierra Skogsloppet fundraiser race series on Jan. 18 at Tahoe Donner Cross Country Ski Area and benefit local schools.

23. Sip a hot chocolate loaded with marshmallows from the new Snowplay Café.

26. 26. Sign your kids up for Kids Night Out at Trout Creek Recre-ation Center! Kids Night Out takes place on the first Friday and third Saturday of every month from 5 – 9 p.m. Kids will be entertained with games, crafts and dinner, while parents enjoy a night out.

27. Welcome winter with us at our Welcome Winter Party at The Lodge Restaurant & Pub on Jan. 22! Enjoy live music and lots of drink specials.

28. Try a midweek technique tune up at Tahoe Don-ner Cross Country Ski Area.

29. Join us for the first ever Win-terpalooza on Jan. 23 at Tahoe Donner Snowplay and delight your inner child with tube racing, snowman building, relay races and more.

30. Sip a cold beer on tap at the Tahoe Donner Down-hill bar as you kick back, relax and watch the game on one of our four large TVs.

25. Enjoy our famous breakfast bur-ritos and mouthwatering French toast every morning at Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area.

MARK NADELL


31. Enjoy live music, delicious BBQ, discounted trail passes and free mini ski lessons, tours and demos at our first ever Winter Festival on Jan. 24 at Tahoe Donner Cross Coun-try Ski Area.

32. Snuggle up with a “Snuggle with Me” warm adult beverage offered at The Lodge Pub.

33. Nothing beats homemade chili and at Pizza on the Hill, you can warm up all winter long with a bowl and corn-bread for just $7.95.

34. Watch the big game and cheer on the NFL champi-ons on Feb. 7 at The Lodge Restaurant & Pub and enjoy drink and food specials, plus 50 percent off Kobe beef sliders.

35. Try Susie’s homemade brownies, a recipe by Chef Lew’s wife and available at the Snowplay Café.

36. What kid doesn’t love pizza? Book a fun child’s pizza party at Pizza on the Hill!

37. Want to improve your golf game? Our new lessons offered at the Winter Golf Academy are like no other you’ve ever experi-enced. We will be teaching, coaching, and us-ing video analysis in a controlled environment. Included in the lesson will be a full breakdown of the participant’s golf swing using custom digital software. Captured data and video will be downloaded electronically to the student. Reservations recommended but walk-ins okay.

38. Save some dough at Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area on Throwback Thursdays – old-school discounts of-fered with lift tickets for just $13.

39. Grab the whole family and try a laser biathlon clinic at Tahoe Donner Cross Country Ski Area— biathlon com-bines skiing and rifle marksmanship.

42. Grab your honey and take part in a guided Valen-tine’s Day snowshoe tour through Tahoe Donner Snowplay.

43. Rent a fat bike and explore the trails at Tahoe Don-ner Cross Country Ski Area.

44. Enjoy a romantic Valentine’s Day dinner at The Lodge Restaurant & Pub. Reservations recommended.

45. Book a party or corporate event at Pizza on the Hill of 20 or more, and you’ll enjoy discount skiing or sledding too.

46. Attack your hunger with a helping of crispy shoestring fries cov-ered in Whitey’s chili and cheese, only at the Snowplay Café.

40. Party it up at Mardi Gras! The Lodge Res-taurant & Pub is celebrating on Feb. 9 with live music, New Orleans Cajun specials, $4 Hurri-canes, lots of beads, and more!

41. Did you know The Lodge Restaurant & Pub makes homemade soup? Warm up with today’s special.

47. Pick up a free, limited edition Tucker trading card at Tahoe Donner Down-hill Ski Area.

48. Want private sledding and tubing time? On select weekdays, Snowplay can be booked out for private events for up to four hours!

49. Enjoy s’mores as you relax around the firepits at Snowplay.

50. Take-N-Bake! Sometimes having dinner at home with your family is the best option of all, and at Pizza on the Hill, you can pick up any of our pizzas to bake at home, and you’ll enjoy $3 off the regular menu price.

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51. Grab the kids and join the team at Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area for the annual Glowstick Parade on Feb. 20.

52. Meet Parker the Penguin periodically through-out the season at Tahoe Donner Snowplay.

53. Bring in a bottle of wine to drink with dinner at The Lodge Restaurant & Pub on No Cork-age Tuesdays and the corkage fee is waived (not valid during holi-day periods).

54. Make sure your golf club is perfect for your swing. Get a club fit-ting today at the Win-ter Golf Academy.

55. Come in from the cold and warm up with an or-ganic, roasted chicken pot pie at The Lodge Restaurant & Pub.

56. Do you or someone you know have a mobile disabil-ity? With reserva-tions, adaptive ski lessons are offered at Tahoe Donner Cross Country Ski Area.

57. Don’t miss $10 Pizza Sun-days! Every Sunday at Pizza on the Hill you can order up to six cheese or pepperoni pizzas.

58. Did you know snowshoe rent-als are just $10 for two hours at Snow-play? Rent a pair and explore today.

59. Get extra happy with happy hour at The Lodge Restaurant & Pub. Valid Sunday through Thursday, excluding holiday periods.

61. Take the Tahoe Donner Challenge at Tahoe Donner Cross Coun-try Ski Area on Feb. 21 and race to Drifter Hut, Hawks Peak, Euer Valley Cook-house and back.

60. Have you tried the Cheesy Bread at Pizza on the Hill? It’s a cheesy, gooey, yummy and hearty treat. Come in out of the cold and warm up with an order... you won’t be disappointed.

62. Try our warm spinach and baby frisée salad, made with balsamic shallots, Sonoma goat cheese and apple-wood smoked bacon dressing, available at The Lodge Restau-rant & Pub.

63. Get wild every Wednesday night at The Lodge Restaurant & Pub for Wilder Wednesdays where happy hour lasts all night long in the entire restaurant (not valid during holi-day periods).

64. Purchase a season pass to save and get additional discounts all season long at Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area.

65. Create a custom group learn to ski package at Tahoe Donner Cross Country Ski Area that meets your needs—include a BBQ in Euer Valley if desired!

66. It’s a Leap Year and to celebrate, Tahoe Donner Down-hill Ski Area is offer-ing free lift tickets on Feb. 29.

67. Try the latest demo equip-ment from Elan, Burton, Scott, Nordic and Marker with our demo rental pack-age at Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area.


68. Go sledding at Tahoe Donner Snowplay. Sledding is for all ages and abilities!

69. Purchase a season pass to save and get additional perks and benefits all season long at Tahoe Donner Cross Coun-try Ski Area.

70. Book a wedding, event, or corporate party at The Lodge Restau-rant & Pub.

71. Try the Kitchen Sink at Pizza on the Hill. It has everything you want and then some!

73. Did you know our fitness class schedule for Trout Creek Rec-reation Center is posted online and updated weekly? Sign up for a class today.

74. Like Trivia? You’ll love Thursday Night Trivia at Pizza on the Hill! Eat pizza and play in our trivia match of smarts for a chance to win prizes. Free to play!

75. Enroll the kids in a Snowflakes or Snow Shred-ders lesson package at Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area.

76. Don’t let your golf game go—hit the virtual driving range at the new Winter Golf Academy. Reserva-tions recommended.

77. Check out the new Winter Super-stars Week from Feb. 13 - 20 at Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area – with ski and snowboard races, sled pull, and mini terrain park event.

78. Grab the family for a competitive day of snowman building for a chance to win prizes at Tahoe Donner Snowplay on March 5.

79. Brush up on your skiing or snow-boarding skills: take a lesson with our certified PSIA ski and snowboard instructors at Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area.

72. Check out our new snowmak-ing system at Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area.

80. Take ad-vantage of the $4 beer specials offered at the Winter Academy, kick up your feet, and relax in the lounge.

81. Stop by happy hour at Pizza on the Hill every Thursday – Sunday and enjoy $3 Coors Light drafts, $4 seasonal draft beers, $4 house cabernet or chardonnay by the glass and half price wings. Not valid dur-ing holidays or with other promotions.


82. Grab your grass skirts and coconut bras and head over to Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area for the Win-ter Beach Party on March 12.

83. Are you a member of the armed forces? With valid ID, you can ski for just $25 Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area.

84. Cruise down the new trail “Leary’s Laugh” at Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area.

85. Enjoy free skiing for ages 6 and under and 70 and over at Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area.

86. Bring the kids (13 or younger) on a Tuesday and parents ski free at Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area.

87. Don’t miss the I-Did-A-Run, a hilarious an-nual event on March 13 for dogs to benefit the Humane Society at Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area.

88. Take bowling to the next level by tubing into human-size inflat-able bowling pins for a strike on March 19 at Tahoe Donner Snowplay.

89. Learn to cross country ski as a family by booking a family private lesson at Tahoe Donner Cross Country Ski Area.

90. For a hearty meal guaranteed to fill you up, try our surf and turf sliders. This duo includes a Kobe beef slider with cheddar cheese and an ahi tuna slider with sesame, ginger and a sambal glaze, and of course, shoe-string fries, available at The Lodge Restaurant & Pub.

91. Get discounts on your rounds of golf at the Winter Golf Academy by purchas-ing a Session Play Card.

92. Try our smoked trout sand-wich served with smoked trout salad, greens, cucumber, caper-dill aioli all nestled on a whole wheat bun, available at the new Alder Creek Café in the Al-der Creek Adventure Center.

93. Help us build – and devour – a gigantic 200-foot banana split at Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area on March 19.

94. Plan your child’s Snowplay birthday party today! Parties of 20 or more at Snowplay enjoy their own tables, fire pit, and a private sledding lane! Box lunches and s’mores can be added on too.

95. Is a winter wedding in your future? Explore all our beautiful set-tings – among snow-covered towering pines at The Lodge Restaurant & Pub, or overlooking a scenic winter meadow at our spectacular new Alder Creek Adven-ture Center. It’s sure to be memorable!

96. Dare to pair cross country skiing with gourmet foods and wines at Taste of Truckee on March 26 at Tahoe Donner Cross Coun-try Ski Area.

97. See the moon in a unique way—by experienc-ing it during a moon-lit snowshoe tour on Feb. 20 or March 26. Book through Tahoe Donner Snowplay.

98. Celebrate spring with our 25-plus-year tradi-tion on March 27 of touring the Euer Valley known as our Tour D’Euer at Tahoe Donner Cross Country Ski Area.

99. French fry lovers won’t want to miss our sweet po-tato fries served with your choice of red curry ketchup, honey Dijon or our favorite, jalapeño ranch. Grab ‘em at the new Alder Creek Café in the Al-der Creek Adventure Center.

100. Sit by the fire in the Alder Creek Ad-venture Center and enjoy a glass of wine or a beer while you nibble on one of our après small plates, of-fered every Thursday – Sunday from 4 – 7 p.m. Can we recom-mend the smoked trout rillettes with crostini?

101. On April 10, it’s our Last Day to Play BBQ at Snowplay, so get out there and enjoy live music, BBQ and sledding!


Need to jump-start your new year’s resolution? Signing up for a fitness challenge could be just the thing you need to set yourself up on the right path to success. Trout Creek’s 12-Week Fitness Class Challenge is the perfect way to get back on track if you indulged during the holidays.

Our 12–week program combines various Trout Creek fitness classes to meet the American College of Sports (ACSM) exercise recommenda-tions:• Cardio – 60 minutes 3 to 4 times per week. Great for burning calories

and important for your heart health.

• Strength: 8-10 strength exercises 2 days per week. Builds lean muscle and helps with long-term weight loss.

• Flexibility exercise once per week. Reduces possibility of injury, increases mobility, and improves posture.

For the first four weeks, participants will go through a gradual buildup of frequency of each of the three activities, starting at 120 total minutes per week (two classes) and working up to 300 minutes per week (five classes). Over the next eight weeks, we will increase the intensity, maxing out at 420 minutes per week (seven classes).

Cost: Members $270, Guests $378 (duration: 12 weeks)Includes before and after fitness test and measurements and 12-week fitness class programming (total of 30 classes).All levels welcome! Call 530-582-9638 to register or for more information.

A FITNESS CHALLENGE FOR THE NEW YEAR

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BELOW ARE RESULT AVERAGES ACHIEVED BASED ON SIX PREVIOUS PARTICIPANTS, WITH NO PRESCRIBED DIET CHANGES:

MeasurementAverage difference after

12-week period

Right arm 0

Chest -1

Waist -2.5"

Hips -1"

Right thigh -0.5"

Right calf 0

Weight -6 lbs

3 minute step test -17 beats per minute *

1 minute push-up test +8

1 minute sit-up test +15

*Heart rate after stepping up and off a step for 3 minutes – determines cardiovascular fitness.


DON’T JUST TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT

While it is common knowledge that a structured exercise routine is the best way to improve your health, strength, and to lose weight, sometimes you need to hear it from someone other than a fitness instructor. Read on for some real-life success stories from your neigh-bors right here in Tahoe Donner who have tried the program.

“I began the challenge with a minimal level of fitness. Through the twelve weeks of progressive increase in fitness classes, I was able to lose substantial inches in my body measurements, achieve weight loss and improve my fitness levels substantially. The camaraderie and support of the other participants, the instructors and the managers at Tahoe Donner Fitness were incredible and a source of great motivation. I look forward to continuing on my fitness journey.”

— Karen Norris

“There is no more important relationship than that which we have with ourselves! We’ve always heard-it ... and darned if it ain’t so! It’s difficult to calculate all the benefits gained through these classes because the results keep expanding and extending themselves daily. I feel like I’m back in my 30s, if not better! Strength, stamina, more energy, flexibility and toning, plus less back, hip and knee pain. After only a few weeks, I (we all!) really looked forward to going to these fitness classes. The pay-off and rewards were and are undeniable. Being in good condition has really broadened my world of fitness and sports related activities that I probably would’ve just kept dreaming about if this challenge didn’t come along. Absolutely the best thing I’ve ever done to kick-start a fitness regimen! It is essential (at least for me) to surround myself in a culture of great health and with folks who share the same ambition. A huge ‘thank you’ to Trout Creek and all my new friends! See y’all in class!”

— Suzanne Carlen

“As a senior citizen who had recently embarked on a weight loss and fitness program on my own, I was delighted to be included in the Trout Creek Fitness Challenge. The challenge was for 12 weeks with an increas-ing number of classes, including aerobic, strength and stretch. I certainly went outside my own comfort zone taking these classes and in so doing so, discovered that I love Pilates and yoga and enjoy Zumba and the recent Ski Fit classes. All the instructors are top-notch and were encouraging and helpful. I also discovered that it was okay if I couldn’t do everything or had to modify because of my own limitations. As someone who normally doesn’t like group classes, I also found that it was fun to exercise with others in a friendly environment. During the 12 weeks, I have lost weight and inches and have gained more strength and flexibility. The chal-lenge gave me the opportunity to try all the different classes that Trout Creek has to offer and pushed me to continue to improve my fitness level. Although the challenge has ended for me, I am continuing with the classes that I most enjoy and still working out in the gym.”

— Valerie Maczek

“I’m really excited to continue on the path of better fitness. The Fitness Challenge was just what I needed to jump start the process. At the begin-ning, I could barely make it through a class. Now, I have built strength, stamina and flexibility to not only make it through a class, but to push myself to do more and more in the classes. Now with snow coming down, I’m excited to see how this will also translate into winter sports.”

— Melissa Hodous

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Get to know your neighborhood chef! Chef Joe Casey is not a new face around Tahoe Donner, but he is the newest face at the Alder Creek Café. Over the past eight years, he has either worked at Tahoe Donner or kept close ties to the team. Chef Casey last worked as the opening sous chef at The Lodge Restaurant & Pub and now he’s leading the pack as the kitchen supervisor at the new Alder Creek Café, located within the Alder Creek Adven-ture Center.

Chef Casey brings an extensive culinary past to the café. His dream to become a chef began in high school and soon thereafter, he started cooking in restaurants. With now 20 years of experience in the food and beverage industry, including graduating from the Cali-fornia Culinary Academy in San Francisco, Calif. and cooking at many restaurants in the Lake Tahoe and Truckee region, Chef Casey is a welcome addition to the Alder Creek Café.

Chef Casey has a culinary vision in store for Alder Creek Café visitors. “Our après ski menu is what I am most excited for,” he said. “It’s chance for people to come in and share small plates. This will be an evolving menu that I want to take to the next level. Right now

we are offering a selection of gourmet cheeses, specialty almonds and house pickled vegetables, but I plan to expand our offerings in the future.” (Note: small plates are offered Thursday - Sunday from 4-7 p.m.)

These offerings also pair brilliantly with the wide variety of beer and wine selections available at the bar, and expanded offerings may also come to the lunch menu down the road too, which is available daily. (See hours of operation below). There are many items on the menu to try, including the organic veggie panini or the bison burger, but Chef Casey already has a preference. “My favorite is the smoked trout sandwich,” he said. “It’s a good balance of flavor and texture.”

Speaking of flavor and texture, what one ingredient does Casey think every kitchen should have? Regardless of the level of cooking expertise, it’s salt—but not just any type of salt. “Diamond Crystal’s kosher salt is essential,” said Casey. “It’s very impor-tant. It’s all in the way they cut the salt.” To make your food a cut above the rest, grab some

MEET JOE CASEY, NEW ALDER CREEK CAFÉ CHEFBY ASHLEY QUADROS

Joe Casey supervises the kitchen at the new Alder Creek Adventure Center.

ALDER CREEK ADVENTURE CENTERHOURS OF OPERATION

The Alder Creek Café, known for delicious and healthy homemade food, is open daily with an expanded menu. Grab and go items are available from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the lunch menu is offered from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. The bar is open from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, and from Dec. 22 through Jan. 3 the bar will be open daily for

the holidays. Warm up by the fire and enjoy a selection of beer, wine, and our tasting plates menu, featuring house roasted almonds, a medley of marinated olives, and other light nibbles. On Jan. 3, our happy hour starts up again from 4-7 p.m, Thursday through Sun-day, with $4 draft beer selections and house wine, plus a $6 Chef’s Choice menu special.

The trails and facilities, including our retail shop featuring one of the largest collections of Nordic outer wear in the area, are open from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. every day during the season.

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of Chef Casey’s preferred salt at the store or online, and be sure to stop by the Alder Creek Café to try one of his scrumptious creations.


TAHOE DONNER G IV ING FUND SUPPORTS THE TAHOE FOOD HUB

A combined grant from the Tahoe Donner Giving Fund (TDGF) and the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation will support the Tahoe Food Hub’s effort in providing fresh, healthy food to Project MANA for distribu-tion to local families in need. This innovative program involves both purchasing food and gleaning food from local farmers’ fields that otherwise would go to waste.

Tahoe Food Hub started a gleaning program in July, 2015. Over the course of four months and seven harvests, they have helped donate 4,000 lbs. of produce to Project MANA from local farms. Gleanings from Mountain Bounty Farm yielded abundantly diverse produce including peppers, carrots, corn, tomatoes, squash, onions, potatoes, chard, basil, melons and more.

“Having a gleaning team has been a goal for of the food hub from the beginning” remarks Susie Sutphin, Tahoe Food Hub Executive Director. “A lot of perfectly good food never makes it out of the field because the farmer doesn’t have time to harvest it. With a team of volunteers, however, that perfectly good food can get into the hands of the people that need it most.”

“We’ve learned over the years that there’s a huge amount of great food out there just going to waste that could help feed folks facing food insecurity in our communities,” comments Brian Hunt, Food Supply Manager for Project MANA. “We started by rescuing out-of-date food from the grocery stores. Partnering with Tahoe Food Hub and their gleaning pro-gram has now allowed us to distribute much healthier fresh produce to our community members.”

“Project MANA is one of the most well respected non-profits in the area,” said Jen-nifer Jordan, member of the TDGF Opera-tions and Grant Committee. “They have been addressing emergency food needs in our community since 1991. Helping bring Project

MANA fresh food through the Tahoe Food Hub is a way for our Tahoe Donner members to contribute to the greater community we all enjoy.”

The gleaning program requires a moti-vated and passionate coordinator to organize volunteers and make arrangements with the farms. Fortunately, Tahoe Food Hub has a powerhouse, Alex Herrera, former Truckee Elementary PTO President and long-time Truckee local. Herrera says the idea was a slam-dunk from the beginning. “The gleaning project is a win-win proposition for both the farmer and consumer. It directly addresses the well-understood crux of the hunger prob-

lem, which is not supply but distribution. A socially-conscious farm like Mountain Bounty (Nevada City) wants to see its occasional and inevitable surplus of crops find its way to food pantries, like Project MANA and onto the tables of those in need. What they were miss-ing was simply the means to get it from where it’s grown to where it’s needed, and that’s where our team fits in.”

Gleanings will start back up next summer and the food hub looks forward to working with more farms and welcoming more glean-ers. A day of gleaning usually takes about five to six hours door to door and requires some light physical labor. If interested in learning more, join the Tahoe Gleaners Facebook page or contact the food hub at tahoefoodhub.org.

“Members often ask the committee where their contributions to the TDGF will go,” com-mented Dick Gander, co-chair of the TDGF Operations and Grant Committee. “This grant to the Tahoe Food Hub is a great example of how Tahoe Donner members, both full and part time, can have an impact on the greater community.” If you would like to contribute to the Giving Fund, please use the insert in your annual assessment letter or visit tahoe-donner.com/giving-fund. If you would like to volunteer for the committee or have questions, email [email protected].

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BULLETINBOARD

Following are new voting and election rules that the board intends to consider and adopt at an open meeting of the board on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016. These rules are to comply with California law that made major changes in the way membership votes in homeowner associations are to be conducted.

Among other things, the law created a “secret ballot” method of voting in which voting is not conducted at member meetings but is conducted by ballots that are sent to all members. The law requires that the ballots in these elections and votes be opened and tabulated by inspector(s) of election at an open meeting or board meeting which any member can attend.

The law also requires every association to adopt voting and election rules. The board has consulted with the association’s legal counsel to develop rules that comply with the requirements of the new law and which work in a practical way for our association.

The board has also been working with legal counsel to prepare updated governing documents for our association, which will be pre-sented to the members in the coming months. The new documents will bring our association up to date with current law and will eliminate confusing or conflicting provisions in our existing bylaws and CC&Rs.

The voting and election rules will apply to the member vote on the amended documents mentioned above, as well as elections of directors and all other official membership votes.

TAHOE DONNER VOTING AND ELECTION RULES

Article 1 MEDIA

1.1. Access to Association Media – Candidates for the Board. The Board may but is not required to make Association media (i.e., posting on the Association’s official bulletin board/notice board/kiosk, or official website, broadcasting on Association television monitors, or other notices mailed or delivered by the Associa-tion to the owners of the Lots or Units) available to qualified candidates running for election to the Board for purposes that are reasonably related to the election in which that candidate is running. If the Board allows any candidate access to Association media, then all qualified candidates shall be allowed equal access to the same media.

1.2. Access to Association Media – Other Matters. If the Board utilizes Association media to advocate a point of view on any matter (other than election of directors) that requires Member approval,

or allows any Member access to Association media for that pur-pose, then all Members advocating a different point of view shall be allowed equal access to the same media. The Board shall not be required to allow access to more than one Member advocating the same point of view.

1.3. “Equal Access”. “Equal access” shall mean, in the case of writ-ten statements, publication of written statements not to exceed a predetermined number of words and, in the case of broadcast statements, broadcast statements not to exceed a predetermined length of time. The Board may require that broadcast statements be pre-recorded to comply with time constraints. The Board shall not edit or redact any statement, but shall not be required to publish any statement that exceeds the predetermined length restrictions.

1.4. Responsibility for Content. All statements published in Associa-tion media pursuant to the “equal access” rules must identify the author or proponent. No anonymous statements will be permitted. The author and/or proponent of any statement or point of view shall be solely responsible and liable for the content of their statements. The Association shall not be responsible or liable for the content of any statement published pursuant to the “equal access” rules. The content of any candidate statement shall be limited to a statement of the candidate’s qualifications to serve as a director.

Article 2 MEETING SPACE

2.1. Access to Common Area Meeting Space – Campaigning by or the Board. The Board shall ensure that during a campaign all qualified candidates for election to the Board are given access to common area meeting space, at no cost, for purposes reasonably related to their campaigns.

2.2. Access to Common Area Meeting Space – Other Matters. When-ever the Board places a matter before the Members which requires Member approval, the Board shall ensure that Mem-bers advocating a point of view on the matter are given access to common area meeting space, at no cost, for purposes reasonably related to advocating their point of view, whether or not they agree with the point of view advocated by the Board on the matter at issue.

45-DAY NOTICEVOTING AND ELECT ION RULES AMENDMENTS


Article 3 VOTING BY SECRET BALLOTS

For a vote on any of the matters specified in Civil Code section 5100(a), voting by the Members shall be conducted by secret ballot using a “double envelope system” as described in Civil Code section 5115(a). Ballots and two envelopes with instructions on how to return ballots shall be mailed by first-class mail or delivered by the Association to all Members entitled to vote in such vote or election. Ballots shall be dis-tributed a minimum of thirty (30) days prior to the deadline for voting. These matters are: (i) elections regarding assessments legally requiring a Member vote, (ii) election and removal of directors, (iii) amendments to the governing documents, and (iv) grants of exclusive use of common area property pursuant to Civil Code section 4600.

For votes on any other matter, votes may be by secret ballot or by written ballot, and ballots may be distributed a reasonable time (which may be less than thirty (30) days) prior to the deadline for voting.

Article 4 INSPECTORS OF ELECTION

4.1. Appointment of Inspectors. Whenever there is a membership vote or election, the Board shall appoint one or three inspectors of election.

4.2. Qualification of Inspectors of Election. Inspectors may be any persons the Board reasonably believes to be independent with respect to the matter or matters being voted on and may include the Association’s manager, accountant, or legal counsel or Mem-bers of the Association, but may not be a Member of the Board or a candidate for election to the Board or a family member of a cur-rent Member of the Board or of a candidate.

4.3. Indemnification of Inspectors; Liability Insurance. Inspectors of election shall be deemed to be agents of the Association for pur-poses of Corporations Code section 7237 and shall be entitled to indemnification by the Association to the fullest extent provided by law. As provided in Corporations Code section 7237(i), the Association shall have the power to purchase and maintain insur-ance on behalf of any agent of the Association against any liability asserted against or incurred by the agent in his or her capacity as an agent of the Association or arising out of the agent’s status as such, whether or not the Association would have the power to indemnify the agent against such liability under the provisions of Corporations Code section 7237.

Article 5 CANDIDATES FOR THE BOARD

5.1. Qualification of Candidates. Candidates for the Board must be Members in good standing and must meet any other qualifica-tions or restrictions set forth in the Bylaws. Co- owners of one or

more Lots or Units may not serve on the Board at the same time (Bylaws Article VII, Section 2(iii)). “Member” means a person who holds legal title to the property (i.e., is named in the deed for the property).

5.2. Nominations. The Board shall publish or post a notice recruiting candidates for the Board and stating the deadline for receipt of nominations. Any Member who satisfies the qualifications may place his or her name in nomination for the Board by giving writ-ten notice to the Board before the published deadline for receiving nominations. In addition, the Board may recruit qualified candi-dates and/or may appoint a Nominating Committee to nominate qualified candidates.

5.3. Notice of Known Candidates. After the deadline for nominations of candidates for the Board, nominations shall be closed. The names of all persons who are qualified candidates for election to the Board shall be set forth on the ballots. No “write-in” candi-dates shall be permitted on the ballots in the election of directors.

Article 6 MEMBER VOTING RIGHTS

6.1. Qualification for Voting. Only Members in good standing shall be allowed to vote. A Member shall be deemed to be in good standing unless, after notice to the Member and an opportunity for hear-ing, the Board has found the Member to be not in good standing and has so notified the Member in accordance with Civil Code section 5855(a). As long as any co-owner of a Lot or Unit is not in good standing, no vote shall be permitted for the Lot or Unit

6.2. Voting Power of Each Membership. On each matter before the Members, only one vote shall be cast for each Lot or Unit. Once a ballot is received by the inspector of election, it may not be rescinded. Cumulative voting is not permitted in the election of directors.

6.3. Election by Acclamation. If, as of the published deadline for receiving nominations, the number of qualified candidates for election to the Board is not more than the number of directors to be elected, then the qualified candidates shall be declared elected and shall take office at the first Board meeting following the deadline for nominations or, if later and an annual meeting is held, then at the first Board meeting after the annual meeting. Written notice of the election shall be given to the Members.

6.4. Proxies. In any election or vote of the Members conducted by the Association, only official ballots issued by the Association shall be counted as votes. Proxies are not ballots and are not valid as votes in any election or vote conducted by the Association.


With winter here, the Covenants Com-mittee would like to encourage members to review Tahoe Donner’s winter rules as well as to be aware of Town of Truckee ordinances that affect parking and snow removal on the streets. The committee urges owners to leave an information packet for renters or visitors of their home to ensure success within the com-munity and good neighborly relations.

TOP WINTER TAHOE DONNER COVENANTS RULES

• The Downhill Ski Area, Cross Country Ski Area, and Snowplay require day tickets or season passes during the season. Use of the facilities or trail system after hours is pro-hibited. Remember, night and day groom-ing does occur, and after hours activities puts everyone at risk.

• Snow activities can be enjoyed at our Snowplay Area (with a ticket), or other trail locations, such as the Glacier Way trailhead. No sledding or snow play is allowed on the Golf Course fairways or greens.

• Weather-related emergency parking is allowed through an emergency parking permit which can be picked up at the Northwoods Clubhouse or Trout Creek Recreation Center parking lot. Use of the emergency parking is specifically only for short-term parking, and is not intended as overflow or for other purposes. Additionally, parking within the parking lots is at the owners’ risk and Tahoe Donner is not responsible for loss, theft or damage of the vehicle should it occur.

• Snowmobiles are not allowed on any por-tion of Tahoe Donner property, and it is a violation of Town of Truckee ordinance to operate them on the streets.

• During the holiday season, loud parties often result in complaints of noxious activ-ity. Remember that voices carry a long way in cold winter months.

TOWN OF TRUCKEE STREET PARKING ORDINANCE

During November through April of each year, parking along the street right-of-way is prohibited by the Town of Truckee unless approved permitted and signed areas are iden-tified. Residents can be ticketed or towed for

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parking along the street right-of-way. This is especially true during storm conditions when parking on the street may impede Town of Truckee snow removal efforts.

A word of safety caution, sledding down driveways and into the roadways is considered very dangerous and should be avoided at all costs.

Thank you for your participation in assist-ing to make this an enjoyable winter for all here in Tahoe Donner. For any questions or concerns, feel free to contact our compliance inspector at any time by emailing [email protected].


TAK I NG CAR E O F BUS I N ESS

BOARD MEETING RECAP

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

Consent Calendar: Approved 4-0 (Director Wulff absent)• Architectural Standards Committee alter-

nate appointment (Hipkins)

• Tahoe Donner Giving Fund resignation (Disbrow)

• Elections Committee resignation (Snyder)

• Investment policy resolution 2015-5

Committee Rosters for 2015: No ActionThe board discussed committee appointments for 2016 in anticipation of acting upon them at the January 22, 2016 board meeting.

Roof Maintenance Rule Amendment: No ActionThe ASC is in the process of drafting a main-tenance rule amendment for board consider-ation to publish for 45-day member comment. The board placed this item on the January 22, 2016 board meeting agenda for further consideration.

Director of Finance and Accounting Report: Approved 4-0 (Director Wulff absent)The board approved the 2015 preliminary October financials

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Boat Launch Beach Club Marina: No ActionThe board was provided with a presenta-tion by Director of Operations Miguel Sloane on the operational effects of the closure of the Tahoe Donner Beach Club Marina Boat Launch for launching motorized vessels this past summer.

Governing Documents Update Project: No ActionDiscussion took place regarding the ongoing project of updating Tahoe Donner’s governing documents in order to comply with California state laws.

Action: Election and Voting Rules: Approved 4-0 (Director Wulff absent)The board approved for publishing a 45-day member notification proposed new voting and election rules.

Executive Session:The board approved utilizing funding from the reserve program in the amount of $63,794 for Golf Course well-house component repair and upgrades.

TURKEYJerry and Kathi Schwartz, Michael and Denise Eyton-Loyd, and Vicky and Jim Pyle in Cappadocia.

SOUTH AFRICARoy and Kathy DeRenzi after a windy climb up to Cape Point, with a panoramic view of the Atlantic Ocean and Buffels Bay.

GERMANY Scott Warner, Sara Warner, Shayna Warner, Susan Bell-Warner in Berlin.

GERMANYDavid Danis and son Kevin Danis

at the Marienplatz, Munich.

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