by Armand Gutierrez, President

April is here and that means two things: taxes and resort closings. Not much you can do about taxes, but if you’re thinking of skiing in April then think spring conditions: a little firm in the morning, getting better between 10am – 2pm, then soft and slushy and sticky. Here is a list of resort closings:

April 14 – Northstar

April 21 – Heavenly

April 28 – Kirkwood and Mt. Rose

May 27 – Palisades/Alpine (weather and conditions permitting.)

May 27 – Mammoth

The 2025 NSC Ski Week will be at Sun Peaks, BC from 25 January to 1 February. So mark your calendar and start planning on a ski week to Canada’s second largest resort with 4,700 skiable terrain acres. Also, check your passport’s expiration date. Sports America has posted the Epic/Ikon links for the 2024-2025 season and are offering a 6.5% trip rebate if you purchase the passes from Sports America and go on the Sun Peaks trip:

Use this for Epic passes: https://www.sportsamerica.com/epic-nisei

Use this for Ikon passes: https://www.sportsamerica.com/ikon-nisei

Password: snow

Questions: contact president@niseiskiclub.org

Board Nominations & Elections

Well, it’s that time again for holding our board nominations and elections for the 2024-2025 season, and an email for making your nominations for the board will soon find its way to your inbox. As you know, volunteers run this club, and without them this club would cease to exist, and it’s been in existence for over 65 years! You are encouraged to take this opportunity to nominate an individual for one, or more, of the board positions. We do have an opening for Membership Director as Tina Woo is retiring from that position. All individuals that accept the nomination(s) will go through an election process in May, and final results will be announced in the June Newsletter. Many of you have served on the board in the past, and your efforts were greatly appreciated and perhaps you would like to join the board again. For those that have never served then perhaps now is the time to consider a board position and provide new ideas and useful experience.

QotM: A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.

by Joel Hayashida, Board Member

Join the NSC for a late spring Bay Area hike at Sycamore Grove Park in Livermore, and continue the fun by strolling the Downtown Livermore district “après hike” and explore the shops, brewpubs, and eateries led by former NSC President, Joel Hayashida.  We will follow a mostly level (50’ elevation gain) ~3.25-mile loop following the Winery Trail/Loop.  Along the way, we will see late spring flowers, trees, a stream, and perhaps wildlife!  Park at the Wetmore trailhead.  The parking fee is $5 per vehicle and the kiosk accepts major credit cards and cash.  Bring: hat, sunscreen, sturdy shoes, water…  Downtown activity will be ad hoc but with a plan.

Saturday, May 25 2024 (Meet at @9AM): Sycamore Grove Park & Downtown Livermore

by Roland Lee, Board Member

Join Nisei Ski Club for bike ride around the Tiburon Loop on Saturday June 15th,

See the attaché Flyer below

by Karen Soo, Newsletter Editor

This month we are going back to posting recipes from the NSC recipe book.  Do you have left over miso paste that was needed for one or 2 recipes and then it’s tucked away in the back of your refrigerator? The poor miso paste is forgotten and just waiting to come out to see the daylight again.

Here’s a great way to use up your miso paste. This salad dressing recipe is clean and not made with any preservatives like those bottled brands.

Try it!

Bon Appetit – Julia Child and Karen Soo share the same birthday.

Preparation time: 10 Minutes

Servings: 1/3 cup – Enough for 1 or 2 salads

Ingredients

• 1/4 – 1/2 tsp graded ginger w juice
• 2 Tbsp White Miso
• 1/2 tsp soy sauce
• 1/2 tsp sugar
• 3 Tbsp rice vinegar
• 2 ½ Tbsp salad oil / neutral oil
• 1/2 Tbsp sesame oil
• 1 splash of lemon juice

by Karen Soo, Newsletter Editor

On April 8, 2024, a historic total solar eclipse will cast a shadow over parts of the United States, prompting a mass travel event to the path of totality — from Texas to Maine and several states and cities in between.

A total solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth and, for a short time, completely blocks the face of the sun.

The track of the moon’s shadow across Earth’s surface is called the path of totality, and to witness the April 8 total solar eclipse, viewers must be within the 115-mile-wide path. To discover when to see the solar eclipse in totality or the partial eclipse in locations across the U.S. outside of the path, check out NASA’s Eclipse Explorer tool.

Eclipse chasers, or umbraphiles, are individuals who will do almost anything, and travel almost anywhere, to see totality. Speak to Joel Hayashida about this. He’s chasing this event in Dallas, Texas/

There’s a very active community of solar eclipse chasers and we will go to any reasonable lengths to see solar eclipses anywhere in the world.

Bringing together both eclipse experts and novice sky watchers, the total solar eclipse on April 8 is projected to be the U.S.’s largest mass travel event in 2024.

In the U.S., the path of totality begins in Texas and will travel through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Small parts of Tennessee and Michigan will also experience the total solar eclipse, according to NASA.

“Eclipse Across America,” will air live Monday, April 8, beginning at 2 p.m. ET on ABC, ABC News Live, National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Disney+ and Hulu as well as network social media platforms.

So, get out your protective sunglasses and look up into the sky.. Be Safe.

by Karen Soo, Newsletter Editor

Get Inspired. Take Action. Be part of the green revolution.

Earth Day is April 22, 2024

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Do your part and let preserve Planet Earth. Home to all of us. https://www.earthday.org/