THE DON DIEGO SKI CLUB NEWSLETTER

THE DON DIEGO SKI CLUB IS A NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONISSUE 189April 2020 HTTP://WWW.SKIDONDIEGO.ORG

SKI CHATTER

Non-members are always welcome at club meetings. Mem-bership applications are available there and you may join andget your membership card right away. Membership applica-tions also can be downloaded from the club web site:

www.skidondiego.org

Or if you desire, you may contact our new membership chair-

person Ellen Locke (760-231-8821) who will mail a member-ship application to you.

The yearly club dues are $30 for a single membership ($45 fora family membership) and you obtain the newsletter from ourweb site. For an additional $10.00, the newsletter will bemailed to you.

M E M B E R S H I P I N F O R M A T I O N

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Upcoming ActivitiesApril 16, Thursday: The next Don Diego SkiClub meeting at Boomerangs Restaurant inClairemont Mesa starting at 5:00 PM—expected to be cancelled.

April 19, DDSC End-of-Season Party:Safari picnic at San Diego Zoo’s Safari Park at the MombasaIsland Pavilion . Parking and all day admission to Safari Parkwill be included. Stay tuned for the details to be provided.

May 28 - 31, Far West Ski Association Convention:88th annual FWSA convention in Portland, Oregon.

FROM OUR MEMBERSHIP CHAIRMAN

I want to thank everyone who renewedtheir membership this year and wel-come all the new members to DDSC.Total membership for this year was124 members with 31 NEW Members.This is the highest number of newmemberships the club as seen in thelast few years. Many of our new mem-bers were referred by current members.Referrals are one of the best ways topromote and grow the club – thank youto all who referred family and friends.

Our new members contributed to the success of all three ofour mid-week Mammoth trips. Check out the Photo Albumpage on our website, www.skidondiego.org, and you will seeold and new friends having a great time.

As you know club activities have been canceled or postponeddue to the coronavirus so this will be the last newsletter forthis ski season. I hope everyone is staying healthy and safe.And I look forward to seeing everyone soon.

Ellen Locke, Membership

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

I am writing this letter on March 24,while we are all laying low to avoid theglobal contagion, taking care of ourselvesand each other. I hope that when you readit (on April 1?) we will be further alongthe path to recovery. We all have so muchto be grateful for and so much to hope for.

Don Diego will probably have no formalactivities in April, so Karl will be makingthe April newsletter the last of the 2019-

2020 Season. The April meeting looks unlikely, but I will sendan email notice if there is one.

The End of Season Party is postponed, and Safari Park has givenus a year to apply our deposit and reschedule. Maybe a very spe-cial Kick Off to the next ski season in October or so.

Almost nothing stops Sabine’s Thursday morning hikes:www.meetup.com/San-Diego-Skiers/. If conditions allow, youmay want to suggest other informal get-togethers, which I canpublicize by an email blast. Let me know.

We had a fine season, with lots of new members and new ener-gy. The Board of Directors will continue to meet, by conferencecall until live meetings are OK.

Looking forward,

Ed Offstein - DDSC President

NOTE: These activities have been postponed/cancelledpending the resolution of the ongoing coronavirussituation.

Please Note:

SKI CHATTER will be taking a longer than usual hiatus. Therewill be no May issue due to the coronavirus situation. Therewill also not be a June, July, or August issue; the next issue willbe the September issue (hopefully available at the end ofAugust).

Please check our website for current club information. Clubactivities will also be announced via e-mail blasts to the mem-bership.

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President Ed Offstein 760-231-8821Past President Pete Michael 858-560-8520Vice President Eileen Weiner 858-334-8876Secretary Cindy BennerTreasurer Leslie PallyDirectors at Rose EmryLarge Dan Henry

Karl CiksteEllen Locke

Membership Ellen Locke 760-231-8821Council Rep Martin Wascher 760-975-3355Sunshine Rep Rose Emry 619-299-4234Racing Dave ArnoldPublic Affairs Leslie PallyPublications Karl Cikste 619-442-2160Programs Judy Porter 858-453-4453Webmaster Karl Cikste 619-442-2160Hiking/Fitness Sabine Alberti 858-342-0338

DDSC Officers and Directors

FAR WEST CONVENTION

COVID-19 TAKES OUT CONVENTION 2020: Far West SkiAssociation’s 88th Annual Convention, scheduled to take placeMay 28-31, 2020, in beautiful Portland, Oregon, will NOLONGER HAPPEN. After several phone calls between ourBoard of Trustees, Travel V.P.s, and Convention Chair, it wasclear that no matter what procedures we would put in place, wecould not guarantee the safety of our members, partners andguests, while adhering to the mandatory “stay home, stay safe”order from our governor.

It was agreed that our 88th Annual Convention could not takeplace on the dates we had set. We were unable to find a suitabledate in 2020 that would work, and still keep our members andmember partners safe, but we were able to work with the RedLion Hotel on the River – Jantzen Beach in getting our event setover to June, 2022. Northwest Ski Club Council had planned aterrific five-day-event for you all. So, in 2 years, we’ll just do itall over again.

Some Ski Industry News (reprinted from the FAR WEST NEWS FLASH)

We were fortunate this ski season to get all our midweekMammoth ski trips completed before Mammoth shut down theiroperations due to the ongoing coronavirus situation Hopefullythis will be resolved prior to the start of the next season laterthis year.

The March Midweek trip was successfully concluded with someexcellent skiing. The prior month, February, was unusualweather-wise since it received no snowfall at all. I don’t thinkthat this has everhappened before.Fortunately themountain receivedalmost a foot of freshsnow just prior to ourarrival. Togetherwith excellentgrooming this pro-vided for great skiingconditions. Therewas freshly groomedcorduroy each morning although it did get chopped up by theend of the day which required extra enegy expenditure.

The catered dinnerMonday night was anexcellent Mexicanbuffet which restoredall the calories lostthat day on the slopes.The Happy Hour foodand drinks at Slocumswas another signifi-cant contribution torestoring lost calories.

Mammoth Midweek #3 Trip Report

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Here are some pics from the March Mammoth ski trip

"Our long time good friend Tom Boren passed away of lung complications Feburary 28 in Herrin,Illinois where he lived with his wife, Jean, of 61 years. Both Tom & Jean were very active in theConvair Ski Club for many years and Tom worked in the Contract Proposal Group, Jean was a travelagent and did all of the travel planning. Tom was an active trip leader.

Both Tom & Jean were excellent skiers and planned ski trips both within the U.S. and outside theUnited States. One would never know that Tom had a lung problem most of his life, remembering himskiing difficult runs non-stop, top to bottom. Tom & Jean were active in the early days when the clubwas just taking shape and in the Dry Land Ski School in Balboa Park. We all will remember Tom withhis big smile for everyone wearing his ever present feathered cowboy hat and reluctantly we will saygoodbye to a dear friend."

In MemoriamTom Boren, a Remembrance from Roy Poston

At the Yodler

The Minarets, Mt. Ritterand Banner Peak

Chair 1, 8:30AM heading down St. Moritzback to the Main Lodge

Wind blasting up theCornice creating “river”of snow flowing upslope

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HIKING/FITNESS

Dear hikers,Sadly, out exercising opportunities areshrinking day by day. The COVID-19restrictions are tightening every day.

San Diego has closed all public parks andparking lots, including Mission Trails. Alsomany beaches. Torrey Pines State Park isopen for hiking, but parking lots are closed.

Lake Poway has stopped recreational ser-vices, including its fabulous concession shack.But: As of this writing, all trails remain open in Poway, in-cluding parking lots, and Poway has tons of trails!

If you cannot hike, walk around in your neighborhood, and/orexercise to some TV program! Stay fit, and keep your good hu-mor, we hope all will be better in a month or so!

Please look for details for our Thursday hikes in your email boxand the Don Diego Meetup at www.meetup.com/san-diego-skiers

You can contact me directly atsabinalb@pacbell.net or on my mobile phone, 858-342-00338.

Sabine, Your Hiking Leader

Here are some pics from the Ellie Lane hike this past monthbefore the coronavirus restrictions:

…..some skiing action pics from the March Mammoth trip

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Doug &Heidrun

trip leader Keith

Ellie

Connie

Wanda

John G.

Russ

Helmut

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THE DON DIEGO SKI CLUB is a NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION and a MEMBER of the SAN DIEGO COUNCIL & FAR WEST SKI ASSOC.

Check out these websites foradditional ski and club information:

www.skidondiego.org (Our website)

www.skisandiego.org (San Diego Council)

www.fwsa.org (Far West Ski Association)

www.skifederation.org (National Ski CouncilFederation)

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Nancy Tatina 04/04Rita Meier 04/04Sue Pease 04/04Anne Heye 04/05Connie English 04/14Barbra Daniels 04/15Thalia Barr 04/17

Chris Armstrong 04/18Sarah Lewis 04/19Carole Lindsey 04/19Carolyn Blumenthal 04/22Heidrun Faulconer 04/23Milliant Andradis 04/27Carl Cobb 04/28

April Birthdays

Mark Hoeppner 06/04Kathy Hendrickson 06/10Lorraine Kent 06/13Bill Hutson 06/14Joan Western 06/15Larry Pickering 06/17Win Wuttke 06/18

Judy Porter 06/24Larry Armstrong 06/25Jon Fish 06/26Susan Ely 06/27Connie Saindon 06/29Sara Tully 06/29

June Birthdays

Charlie Mann 07/8Cindy Benner 07/10Joanna Cikste 07/10Carol Bowen 07/12Leslie Andersen 07/15Paula Svandova 07/17

Sally Heilpern 07/20Dennis Ritz 07/21Bob Adams 07/25Rose Emry 07/28Sabina Alberti 07/28

July Birthdays

Jannese Franco 08/02Irmgard Schrecker 08/03Caramia Justian 08/03Diana Tracy 08/18Alma Lyon 08/15Bonnie Fritts 08/19

Lou Shrinkle 08/19Janet Tremaine 08/24Bill Henning 08/25Susan Straub 08/26Bruce Barr 08/30Ann Wuttke 08/30

August Birthdays

Pete Michael 05/01Roberte Bentrott 05/02Sandra Harris 05/04Noni Henning 05/07Chuck Orley 05/08Harlan ”Al” Aliment 05/11Sue Trebon 05/11

David Bloch 05/13Robert Krimsky 05/13John Gough 05/16Bethany Williams 05/22Bea Stoyla 05/28Patty Tuthill 05/31

May Birthdays

DDSCEnd-of-Year

PartyPOSTPONED !

Here are the birthday lists until we return in September

Hopefully we’ll see these slopes again next season

NEXT CLUB MEETING: September, 2020 ?

Time and location to be announced pendingCOVID-19 resolution

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