To date, 4 people voiced interest in such an event, and while waiting for more, the available dates in
June were all taken. I will continue to monitor the bayareacurling.com website for new dates and post
them on our website. The latest times seem to be at Oakland Ice vs. Fremont.or San Jose Sharks Read the rest of this entry »

Six die-hard hikers (including 3 all the way from Sacramento) met at the Palace of Fine Arts for a rather cool hike around the Mansions and gardens of the upper Broadway area. Just as I assured everyone that the sun would soon come out, I thought “famous last words”, and we saw the sun for Read the rest of this entry »

Answers to last month’s puzzle:
The calendar with cube faces that show the day of the month: 1—31. Die A: 0, 1, 2, 6 (turned upside down also works for a 9), 7, 8. Die B: 0, 1, 2. 3, 4, 5. Read the rest of this entry »

Ankylophobia: Fear of immobility of a joint
Antlophobia: Fear of floods
Anuptaphobia: Fear of staying single
Aphenphosmphobia: Fear of being touched
Apotemnophobia: Fear of amputees
Arachibutyrophobia: Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of their mouth.
Asthenophobia: Fear of fainting/weakness
Astrophobia: Fear of stars or celestial space

This year will be a transition period for the NSC newsletter.  The only reason we used to have monthly board meetings was to determine the content of the monthly newsletter.  There is a whole process and schedule for getting an event and budget approved.  I’m streamlining this and I want events to be posted on the website as soon as they are approved by the board. Read the rest of this entry »

Hi.  I’m Morgan Hua, the newly elected 2010-2011 NSC President.  I’ve been a member since 1989 and from 1998 I’ve served on the NSC board in various positions including 2001 President.  I’d like to thank Joel Hayashida for serving as President for the last two years.

Joel has made a number of changes and I plan on continuing his improvements.  Board meetings used to take five hours and I used to call them Bored Meetings.  Joel was able to cut down the board meetings to less than two hours.  This year, I’ve decided to eliminate the monthly board meetings and use electronic communication as a method for club business.  We have already passed the 2010-2011 budget, voted in Karen Soo as a Board Member, and approved Karen’s Oakland Pixar event.  (Actually, Karen Soo did get write-in votes, but the Board certified the election before she accepted the position, so the Board had to vote her in separately). Read the rest of this entry »

Thanks to Alice and all the election committee for twisting all those arms and convincing people that it really will be rewarding and fun to be on the board for next year. We look forward to another great NSC year with lots of well-run ski trips and other fun activities. See New List of New Officers. By the way, if you know about an interesting activity the club might enjoy and would like to introduce us to it, let Alice Horio know at vicepresident@niseiskiclub.org. If you can’t organize the event yourself, Alice may find someone on the board to lead it. I actually led my first SF stairs hike for the club before I joined and this has turned into one of the most enjoyable periods of my life.

To date, only 4 people voiced interest in such an event, and while waiting for more, the available dates in June were all taken. I will continue to monitor the bayareacurling.com website for new dates and post them on our website. The latest times seem to be at Oakland Ice vs. Fremont.or San Jose Sharks Ice. Now that the Olympics are over, interest in this sport is dying down and there should be more available dates. Let me know at newsletter@niseiskiclub.org if interested. I believe we can run this event with a low number if we combine with another group.

Answers to last month’s puzzle: Remove FIVE LETTERS and what remains is a word you can find in any English dictionary. What’s the word? AFPIOVELLOEGTI(T)ERESS or APOLOGIES. My puzzle book left out a second “T” in the string (in parentheses)—Sorry.

For this month, remember those calendars with 2 cubes that are positioned adjacent each other so that the sides facing you show the day of the month: 1—31? Without looking at one, what are the digits on each of the 6 sides that are required to show 1 through 31?

Algophobia: Pain
alliumphobia: Garlic
allodoxaphobia: Opinions
amathophobia: Dust
amaxophobia:Riding in cars/vehicle
amychophobia: being scratched
anablephobia: looking up
anemophobia: air drafts or wind

We sold 989 bowls of chicken salad and 198 bottles of water at the event for a net profit of $2336.  Thanks to all the volunteers, the Mtn. View Buddhist Church, Tanimura & Antle for the lettuce and green onions and the committee of David Tim, Hoyt Nelson and Hi Fujii led by Alice Horio.  A full report of financials will follow.

(pictures by David Tom)

Mother Nature blessed 17 of us with nearly perfect weather for this hike along quiet forest trails to 6 lacy waterfalls which were about at their peak for the year.  Brian Lee led us along sometimes steep trails with sometimes Read the rest of this entry »

Ever wanted to try curling? This is your chance! Throughout the year, the San Francisco Bay Area Curling Club and Sharks Ice offer many low-cost curling clinics, usually at the start of each season. Curling Clinics are a comprehensive introduction to the Olympic sport of curling. You will learn Read the rest of this entry »

Answers to last month’s puzzle:

Find the digits to make the additions correct:  (Thanks again to Greg Wong for the solutions.)

For this month, consider the following sequence of letters. Remove FIVE LETTERS and what remains is a word you can find in any English dictionary. What’s the word? AFPIOVELLOEGTIERESS

Achluophobia: darkness
Aeroacrophobia: Open high places
Agliophobia: pain
Agraphobia: sexual abuse
Agyrophobia: streets or crossing the street
Aichmophobia: needles or pointed objects
Ailurophobia: cats
Albuminurophobia: kidney disease
Alektorophobia: chickenss

I’ve been in the San Francisco area for over two years.  I learned to snowboard at Keystone in Colorado and rode many of the ski resorts around Washington DC where I worked at the time.  One of my favorite resorts was Snowshoe is West Virginia.  It is small but nice and the resort is at the top of the mountain where  the lifts bring you back to the resort.  Since moving to San Francisco I wanted to return to the slopes but none of my friends skied.  Sure, they wanted to go and we kept saying we’d go some weekend but it never came together.  I didn’t know any of the area resorts or the best way to get there.  Then finally a friend mentioned the NISEI SKI CLUB’s trips and their discount for new members.  It looked great!  I signed up for trips 3 and 4. Read the rest of this entry »

Storks: A mustering of storks
Swans: A lamentation or wedge of swans
Swine: A sounder or swift of swine
Toads: A knot of toads
Trout;: A hover of trout
Turkeys: A rafter of turkeys
Turtledoves: A pitying or dule of turtledoves
Turtles: A bale of turtles
Woodpeckers A descent of woodpeckers

Answers to last month’s puzzles:

An easy answer for last month’s puzzle of 4 x abcd =dcba is 0000 (I lost the harder one).
For the 5 digit number, 4 X 21978 = 87912. Congrats to Greg Wong for solutions.

For this month:

Each of the letters in the addition problems below stands for a unique digit. Find the digits to make the additions correct:

What was the man buying at the hardware store?

Answer: house number digits.  Each one costs 50 cents. (so any 3 digit number costs $1.50).

How to put 10 objects in 5 rows of 4 each?

Draw a 5 pointed star and put an object at the intersections of lines.  Now that wasn’t hard, was it?

A Bit Harder for this month: Find a 4 digit number that when multiplied by 4 is another 4 digit number with digits in reverse order of the first number.  (abcd x 4 = dcba) Now do it for a 5 digit number.  Only logic and time are required.

Ravens: An unkindness of ravens

Rhinos: A crash or herd of rhinos

Roebucks: A bevy of roebucks

Rooks: A building or clamor of rooks

Snipes: A walk or wisp of snipe

Sparrows: A host of sparrows

Squirrels: A dray of squirrels

Starlings: A murmuration of starlings

Trip 2 for Nisei skiers finds new friends on the snow-bus to Reno/Tahoe.

It takes an adventurous sort to make the commitment for spending a weekend on a loooonnnng bus ride… both ways over Donner Summit to the below-freezing enchantment of Lake Tahoe.  But, ahhhh, skiers have that destination-driven gene that makes them seek out the thrills of the hunt for perfect snow, steep trails, short lift lines, and good hot chocolate by the fireside at day’s end. Read the rest of this entry »

Whistler has been on my wish list of places to ski since I came to the States (ed. from England) in 1996 and after a fabulous week with NSC it is now on my list of places to return. Read the rest of this entry »

For Peg and I, joining the Nisei Ski Club (NSC) was one of the smartest decisions we’ve made in a while.  We joined because we enjoy skiing and we knew the NSC would be adventuring to a resort that would be hosting the Winter Olympics.  Some gentle nudging from my brother-in-law also played into our decision! Read the rest of this entry »

I know it seems early for most people, but it really is time to start thinking of who should be on your board of directors next year.  Actually, we should be thinking about it as soon as the previous elections are over.  We should always be on the lookout for people who are energetic and seem to know how to get things done.  If you are one of these people, think about volunteering yourself, as Allen Hu, David Jensen  and Frank Chang did last year.  We welcome new board members without experience and don’t consider it too bold to volunteer.  All we request is a desire to help your club in the following year and in return, you will get a new sense of satisfaction and new friendships with other board members.   So if you are one of these people or know someone who meets these qualifications, please step up and identify yourself.  We also need a few people to be on the nominations committee.Our by-laws state that at least one member who is not already
on the board serve on this committee. To express your interest in the board or to recommend a
potential board member, contact Alice Horio at vicepresident@niseiskiclub.org