Tahoe Donner News – September 2015

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DEPARTMENTS

02President’s MessageWelcome Steve Miller, new president

03Monthly CalendarSee a listing of September events

07Giving FundMark your calendar for Oct. 2 event

10Let’s Get TogetherThere’s plenty of nice weather left to enjoy!

30ASO News25 percent increase in new projects

31Board MeetingRecap from August board meeting

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

TAKE NOTE

05Meet and GreetNew members - meet us on Sept. 5

05GPC SurveyParticipate to win great prizes

0745-Day NoticeProposed amend-ment to rule

08Winter Ski Passes Passes and programs on sale Sept. 1

08Day Camps PhotosNew Day Camps photo sharing

26Property InspectionsProperties to be inspected this fall

28Wine Tasting EventsSample some fine wines for free and get special pricing

DEBBIE MEYERA three-time Olympic gold medalist is your Tahoe Donner neighbor.

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MEET THE SENIOR TEAM Each month, we introduce you to a member

of the senior management team. This month meet Mary Peterson, director of HR.

GOLF TIPS FROM THE PRO Practicing the way you play, visualizing and planning your pre- and post-shot routines are just a few ideas to improve your game.

TRAILS ETIQUETTE One of Tahoe Donner’s most popular

amenities is our 60-plus mile trail system. Here’s how to have a great time out there.

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VOL. 16, NO. 09SEPTEMBER 2015

EDITORIAL AND PRODUCTION STAFF

Brinn Talbot

Gretchen Sproehnle

Jody Sergison

Ashley Quadros

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President Steve Miller, [email protected]

Vice President Jim Stang, [email protected]

Treasurer Jeff Bonzon, [email protected]

SecretaryCourtney Murrell, [email protected]

Director Ron Wulff, [email protected]

Board of Directors [email protected]

Postmaster Send address changes to Tahoe Donner News, 11509 Northwoods Blvd., Truckee, CA 96161530-587-9400, Fax 530-587-9419

Email [email protected]

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Publishing InformationTahoe Donner Association holds the exclusive service mark right to “Tahoe Donner.” Any unauthorized use of such will be regarded as an infringement of that service mark right and is prohibited. The inclusion of advertising in this publication does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Tahoe Donner Association or its board of directors of the products, services, or views contained therein.Tahoe Donner News (ISSN 1550-6061) is the official monthly publication of Tahoe Donner Association, which is located at 11509 Northwoods Blvd., Truckee, CA 96161.

Each membership parcel receives one sub-scription to a domestic address. Additional subscriptions are available at the cost of $25 each. Cost to produce and distribute this publication is offset by advertising revenues. Periodicals Postage Paid at Truckee, CA, and additional mailing offices. Member letters to Tahoe Donner are published in the Members section of tahoedonner.com, where publish-ing guidelines are available. (Continued on p. 4)

WELCOME

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

TAHOE DONNER VISIONTahoe Donner is a vibrant and desirable

mountain community, providing attractive and well-maintained facilities, events, programs, and leading customer service to its members, guests, and public, all while maintaining accessible and healthy natural surroundings.

This is the start of my fifth year on the board and those around me know that I love to quote our vision and mission statements and feel that every decision we make for Tahoe Donner should be inspired by them. As the board of di-rectors work together to continue the develop-ment of your association, please be assured that we will be guided by our mission.

TAHOE DONNER MISSIONTahoe Donner is a recreational oriented

mountain residential community, whose mutual benefit association of 6,500 owners provides for the standards, regular operation and long term maintenance of programs, facilities, and open space. Through continuous improvement, cus-tomer service, and fiscal accountability, the as-sociation maintains leading standards of natural resource stewardship, facilities, programs, and services to benefit the owners/members. Orga-nizational effectiveness and innovation within the association is sustained by maintaining a highly professional board of directors, staff, and homeowner volunteers, while also engaging the

local community in an effective and collaborative relationship.

I appreciate the unique opportunity that the president’s message affords me to relay to you insights on how your association is man-aged by a volunteer board aided by volunteer Committees and a highly trained professional senior management team. On a bimonthly basis I hope to be able to describe some of the dif-ferent mechanisms at work in managing your association. In addition, I’d like to keep you current on decisions your board is making, the factors involved in arriving at these decisions, and how these decisions relate back to our vi-sion. Finally, I will provide an “insider” view of programs the board has initiated with exciting progress reports.

We are a diverse and continually grow-ing community of people who come from all walks of life. As a membership, we are gener-ally prosperous, love the outdoors, and have either young children or grandchildren. One factor that makes our homeowner association unique is that 83 percent of our homeown-ers live “off the hill.” When we come to Tahoe Donner we want to relax and destress, but we also want to enjoy various mountain activi-ties offered to us by our association. I deeply believe we want our amenities to be first class, and of a quality that we are proud to show to our friends and family when they come to visit.

President of the board, Steve Miller

VISION, VOLUNTEERISM AND TRANSPARENCY

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SeptemberFOR ADDITIONAL SEPTEMBER 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.

SEPTEMBER 5

Rental Bike Sale Grab some end-of-season deals at our annual rental bike sale, offered on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 9 a.m.! See page 10.

SEPTEMBER 12 + 19

Free Wine Tasting Both Pizza on the Hill and The Lodge Restau-rant & Pub are offering a free wine tasting and specials this month. See page 28.

Photo Contest Deadline Want to get published? Now’s your chance! Go through your archives or grab the camera now. See tahoedonner.com/photo-contest.

SEPTEMBER 6

SEPTEMBER 4

Glow Golf Don’t miss this family fun event, our second of the summer. A 4-hole challenge and extreme putting contest are part of the fun. See page 11.

SEPTEMBER 12 + 19

Pancakes and Ponies New this year! Round up the little ones ages 2-6 and join us for a hearty cowboy breakfast and a pony ride. See page 11.

Join us for one of our biggest events of the year!There is something for everyone at our harvest festival. Enjoy a pumpkin patch, arts and craft vendors, “Doggie Dip” contest in the swimming pool, live entertainment, kids carnival area with games and food, as well as a bounce house, climbing wall, fall beer selections, BBQ and more! A full itinerary of fun and pricing will be available online soon.

JOIN US!Northwoods Clubhouse, 11509 Northwoods Blvd., Truckee

FALL FEST IVAL !

Saturday , October 10 11 A .M .to 5 P .M .

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Season Passes Go on Sale Season passes and season-long programs for both the Downhill and Cross Country Ski Areas are now on sale. See page 8.

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Spending time outside this fall is in with fire pits and fire tables from Mountain Home Center. Come to our showroom to browse our extensive selection from quality manufacturers at competitive prices. Let our expert sales team pull together options for price, style and function that make your space the place to gather and extend the season. For best selection visit our Main Showroom at 11403 Brockway Rd., Truckee. Free delivery within 50 miles of Truckee. www.MountainHomeCenter.com (Photos clockwise: Woodard’s Jax, 48” Square Fire Table; Woodard’s Woodlands Dining Fire Pit Table with Linear Burner; OW Lee’s Santorini, 54” Round Counter Height; OW Lee’s Aero, 48” Square Chat Height; Tropitone’s Spectrum 55” Round Chat Height.)

We want fun, safe, educational activities both for our children and ourselves with pleasant, well-maintained facilities and a pleasant, well-trained staff. We want access to our extensive open space and the public lands beyond on a thoughtfully designed trail system appealing to all levels of skill and endurance. We appreciate the environmental stewardship the association aspires to and are willing to fund the upgrades necessary to continue with these enjoyments.

To help better define who “we” at Tahoe Donner are, the board has set up a committee that is currently finalizing plans for a survey of the membership. The purpose is to define our future strategic goals in alignment with what our members will tell us are their preferences. It is important that we receive a significant sample size from these surveys. In order to in-centivize your participation, we will be award-ing prizes on a random basis including a grand prize of a fully paid year’s assessment. You will need to complete the survey to be eligible, but regardless, please take the time to complete the survey as these results will be critical in our future decision making. I thank you in advance.

Past surveys have shown that our members highly value our open space and utilize our trail system extensively. To this end, the board first

developed and approved a Trails Master Plan several years ago. A professional trails planning firm was subsequently hired to study our trails system and recommend enhancements.

A required California Environmental Quality Act review of our open space and trail develop-ment/remediation plan was recently submit-ted to Nevada County and the local governing agencies for their review. If approved in a timely manner, this will allow us to apply for individual grading permits for each component of the five-year plan as our budget allows. Our window for work generally occurs in autumn when nature will be least impacted.

Our new Alder Creek Adventure Center is fi-nally nearing completion after lengthy contrac-tor delays for which the association has been monetarily compensated. A mid-September completion date is now anticipated after which we can apply to the Town of Truckee for an oc-cupancy permit. We look forward to an exciting Nordic season and hope that even non-skiers will stop by and enjoy this incredible new asset of our association.

Finally, I’d like to thank all our members who volunteer their time to help make our as-sociation a better place to live. Please take the time to fill out comment cards at your favorite

amenity, not just about changes you would like to see, but also about what you really enjoy. Use the feedback tab at the top of our webpage or email me or the board. It’s how we build a stronger, more responsive association.

Thank you for electing me to represent your interest as a board member of the association. And, I thank my fellow board members for entrusting me with the responsibilities of your president.

STEVE MILLER | BOARD PRESIDENT

LAST CHANCE! DEADLINE: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6

SEE TAHOEDONNER.COM/PHOTO-CONTEST FOR DETAILS.

ENTRIES MAY BE SUBMITTED TO [email protected].

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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, Bonnie Watkins [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, Dave Wallace [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]

NEW MEMBER MEET AND GREET, SEPT. 5

Member Services is hosting another Meet and Greet for our newest members. If you have recently purchased a residence in Tahoe Donner, please plan on joining us for the opportunity to meet board members, mingle with other new members, and learn more about the association. The evening will include hosted appetizers and a glass of wine or a beer, along with a raffle and a chance to win great prizes. WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 5 TIME: 5 - 7 p.m. WHERE: The Lodge Restaurant & PubRSVP: The RSVP deadline has passed, but if you are a new member and would like to attend, contact Member Services at 530-587-9400, then select option 0.

GPC SURVEY TO BEGIN; PRIZES OFFERED

How would you like your 2016 assessment fees to be paid in full? That is the grand prize of several prizes that will be given away as incentive for members just like you who participate in our upcoming survey.

The General Plan Committee (GPC) is charged with updating the general plan every five years in order to reflect market conditions and updated capital development fund priorities. Investment in Tahoe Donner’s future is guided by this plan which serves as our long-term infrastructure (capital) investment plan for improving and or replacing major facilities.

Recognizing that membership views on association policies and pro-cedures may have changed, the GPC has created a survey to encourage member involvement during the general plan update process.

Look for Tahoe Donner personnel to conduct these surveys with iPads at our amenities starting this month, or, if you prefer, you may complete the survey online (watch your emails for a link). There are a variety of prizes; anyone who completes a survey, whether in person or online, will be eligible to win!

See tahoedonner.com/ 2030-general-plan for details.


Don’t be fooled by Mary Peterson’s size. She may be just over 5 feet tall, but she is a pow-erhouse of energy with an enormous heart—qualities that, no doubt, attracted Peterson to the field of human resources.

Peterson, now in her seventh year as Tahoe Donner’s director of human resources, has over 16 years of experience in the field, with specialized expertise in training, employee relations, and policies and procedures. Prior to her position here, she held a variety of human resources management jobs, where her responsibilities included recruiting, training, facilitating health insurance and 401k benefits, labor law matters, employee orientations, com-pensation surveys and much more.

While all this HR knowledge is essential to her job duties at Tahoe Donner, she’s not all business. Her wealth of experience is balanced out by her more personal qualities and her

passion to help people.“I love listening to

people and trying to ask questions for them to think about the situation from a different per-spective,” Peterson said. “It’s very rewarding to help someone who is struggling in an aspect of their job or life and see them succeed.”

Peterson approaches her job with discipline, organization and dynamic energy; it’s no sur-prise that she is undaunted by large undertak-ings. Indeed, one of her biggest accomplish-ments was completing college in six years with a full-time job, two small children and a husband. This energy endures today. “I love the end result to big projects and strategic planning. In other words, I enjoy making something comprehensive, helpful, useful — creating a plan out of a bunch of random information and brainstorming,” she said.

Balancing work and life is important to Peterson. “I love the outdoors and challenging myself,” said the Baltimore, Maryland native, who was on her high school gymnastics team. Recently, she has transferred her competi-tive drive to triathlons of various distances, competing in more than eight half Ironman

events over the last 10 years, and even plac-ing second in the Pyramid Lake Triathlon in July (“It pays to be older,” she joked). Kidding aside, with accomplishments like this, Peter-son clearly relishes both physical and mental challenges — an admirable and inspirational trait, to be sure.

In her spare time between working and training for triathlons, the mother of two adult

daughters and three adult stepchildren (“the Brady Bunch, minus one,” she laughed) loves to cook, travel, ice skate and paint.

Peterson’s office is upstairs at the North-woods Clubhouse; you’ll see her smiling face assisting employees on a daily basis. We’re lucky to have Peterson here on our team!

MEET THE SENIOR TEAM:MARY PETERSON, DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCESBY GRETCHEN SPROEHNLE

TOP: Meet Mary Peterson, Tahoe Donner’s

director of human resources.

MIDDLE: Peterson at the finish line of the Wild-

flower Triathlon near San Luis Obispo in 2014.

BOTTOM: Among Peterson’s many talents is

painting. One of her creations, a scenic water-

color of St. Thomas hangs in her office at

the Northwoods Clubhouse.

PROFILE

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45-DAY NOTICE COVENANTS SMOKING RULE AMENDMENT

Changes to the Covenants Smoking rule will be considered for action by the Board of Directors. The board of directors is expected to take action to adopt the amendment, as they are presented here or with some modification, at its October meeting, currently scheduled for Friday, Oct. 23, 2015. The board welcomes any input you may wish to offer regarding this process.

Covenants RuleII. General Common Area, Other Association Owned Property

and Amenity RulesSmoking. Smoking at outside amenities is limited to those areas

where cigarette ash receptacles are provided. During periods of “extreme” fire danger, as designated by local, state or federal authorities, smoking may be prohibited at all outside amenities, on Common Areas, and on other Association-owned properties.

PROPOSED AMENDED RULE:

Covenants RuleII. General Common Area, Other Association Owned Property

and Amenity RulesSmoking. Smoking is prohibited at all amenities, on Common

Areas, and on other Association-owned properties.

Your comments are welcome via email: [email protected], telephone: 530-582-9630, or US Mail: Tahoe Donner Association, 11509 Northwoods Blvd., Truckee, California, 96161.

A U T UM N di n n e rO cto b e r 2 • 5 : 3 0 P . M . h o s pi ta l i t y • 6 : 3 0 P . M . Di n n e r

$ 4 5 p e r p e r s o n • n o - h o s t b a r • S i l e n t A u c t i o n

Please join your friends and neighbors at The Lodge

Restaurant & Pub on Friday, October 2, 2015 for the

Tahoe Donner Giving Fund Autumn Dinner.

Enjoy great food and drink and get to know your Tahoe

Donner neighbors at this four-course seasonally inspired

dinner with a no-host bar. Hospitality hour and silent

auction begin at 5:30 p.m., dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m.

All the proceeds are going to the Tahoe Donner Giving Fund

and will help our community.

Purchase your tickets now. If you wish to reserve a table

for six, purchase all six tickets under one name.

No more than 50 tickets will be sold. Get yours now at

TDGF-AutumnDinner.brownpapertickets.com.

T D G F - A u t u m n D i n n e r . b r o w n p a p e r t i c k e t s . c o mThe Lodge Restaurent & Pub, 12850 Northwoods Blvd., Truckee, CA 96161

A U T UM N di n n e rO cto b e r 2 • 5 : 3 0 P . M . h o s pi ta l i t y • 6 : 3 0 P . M . Di n n e r

$ 4 5 p e r p e r s o n • n o - h o s t b a r • S i l e n t A u c t i o n

Please join your friends and neighbors at The Lodge

Restaurant & Pub on Friday, October 2, 2015 for the

Tahoe Donner Giving Fund Autumn Dinner.

Enjoy great food and drink and get to know your Tahoe

Donner neighbors at this four-course seasonally inspired

dinner with a no-host bar. Hospitality hour and silent

auction begin at 5:30 p.m., dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m.

All the proceeds are going to the Tahoe Donner Giving Fund

and will help our community.

Purchase your tickets now. If you wish to reserve a table

for six, purchase all eight tickets under one name.

No more than 50 tickets will be sold. Get yours now at

TDGF-AutumnDinner.brownpapertickets.com.

T D G F - A u t u m n D i n n e r . b r o w n p a p e r t i c k e t s . c o mThe Lodge Restaurent & Pub, 12850 Northwoods Blvd., Truckee, CA 96161

ON THE COVER:Special thanks to the Burks family: Monica, Todd, Rhys, and Miles. Photo credit: Daphne Hougard


returning this year will be our fun races and snowshoe tours.

Don’t wait for the snow to fly! Get your season passes early so you can save the most money and hit the trails and the slopes as soon as it snows. See all pricing and info online; passes and season-long programs may be pur-chased at tahoedonner.com/shop.

Questions? Until the ski areas are open, Member Services can help at 530-587-9400 or email [email protected].

The weather is still pleasant but as we tran-sition into fall, it’s time to start thinking about the upcoming ski season. We have another great season planned at both Tahoe Donner Downhill and Tahoe Donner Cross Country Ski Area. Take a tip from the squirrels who are busy preparing for winter and plan ahead! Ski passes will be on sale starting September 1 and all winter program information, including lessons, rentals, and season-long programs for both kids and adults will be posted online.

Tahoe Donner Downhill remains the best place for family fun and learning. As “The best place to begin,” we offer a variety of services for families including ski instruction for chil-dren as young as 3 years, interchangeable lift tickets for parents with little ones not yet on

skis, and a kid-friendly menu in the cafeteria. As you know, our size allows us to deliver that personal touch that larger ski areas can’t always provide.

At Tahoe Donner Cross Country, we are excited to operate out of the new Alder Creek Adventure Center, with an improved level of service, enhanced rental facility, expanded dining area and a new grand deck with fire pits and outdoor seating. We’ll have season-long locker rentals for individuals and families, and we’re continuing with our junior biathlon program as well as TD Nordic Kids, the after-school program for kids in Kinder-garten through fifth grade. Children can sign up for one or two sessions or combine with any other midweek or weekend program. And

SKI SEASON PASSES ON SALE SEPT. 1

Note: All of last year’s ski season passes will be valid this year for the 2015-2016 ski season. If you purchased a season pass last year, it will automatically roll over for this year. However, you will still need to sign a waiver and get a new sticker this fall.

DAY CAMPS ONLINE PHOTO SHARING

With schools back in session, summer memories are beginning to fade, but you can keep the fun alive by revisiting our Day Camps photo sharing gallery, launched this year. Log on to photoshare.tahoedonner.com, select the camp and date, and enter the password for that week. Misplaced your password? Watch for a reminder email to come soon, or send an email to us at [email protected], indicate which camp your child attended and the date(s), and we’ll forward it to you. Please note: the photos are restricted only to those parents whose children attended and are not acces-sible by the public. Thanks for a great summer, and watch for news of next year’s Day Camps information in early winter. Before you know it, it will be time to sign up for next summer!

BULLETINBOARD

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Now that September is here, our summer operation will start winding down, but with the nice weather, we are now planning to stay open on weekends after Labor Day, conditions permitting. It’s been our best summer yet, and some of the best riding can still happen in the fall.

Our repair shop has been very busy all summer. If your bike could use a little tune-up after being ridden all summer, bring it by and we’d be glad to take a look at it for you.

Annual Rental Bike SaleOur annual rental bike sale will

be starting at 9 am on Labor Day weekend, Saturday, Sept. 5. Most of the bikes that will be available for sale will be finishing their second or third summer in our fleet. Sales will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis for this annual event. Be here early for the best selection. Feel free to stop by ahead of time to try the bikes out.

DAVID WALKER | BIKEWORKS MANAGER

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PRIVATE AMENITYNORTHWOODS

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What a great summer we’ve had… but it’s not over yet!

Operating Hours and Offerings for September

Trail Rides will continue through Septem-ber Friday through Sunday, with the addition of Monday, Sept. 7. Private horseback riding lessons will continue Saturdays and Sundays through September.

Pancakes and Ponies On Sept. 12 and 19, bring the little

ones and join us for a fun new Satur-day morning event! Enjoy a hearty breakfast of pancakes, bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, coffee and juice, followed by a pony ride. You can come out for breakfast only, or do both the breakfast and the 15-minute pony ride. We require a minimum of 5 participants and a maximum of 20. For children ages 2-6.

DATES: SATURDAYS, SEPT. 12 AND 19

TIME: 9-11 A.M.

COST: $35 WITH PONY RIDE, $15 BREAKFAST ONLY.

Final Saturday Night BBQ!On Saturday, Sept. 5, don’t miss our last

Saturday Night BBQ of the summer. Join the kids at the arts and crafts table, play a game of horseshoes, or take a turn at the roping station. Bring your cameras and get pictures of the whole family in old West or medieval cos-tumes, posing in front of the saloon or looking through the bars in the old jail. With all the activities, you’ll work up an appetite for our dinner of flame-grilled hamburgers, veggie burgers and hot dogs with lots of delicious top-pings from our burger bar along with beans, salads, apple pie and — of course — plenty of s’mores. After dinner the kids can take a swing at the piñata. We finish off the evening with a treasure hunt for the kids and a family water balloon toss. This event takes place from 5 - 7:30 p.m. and reservations are required. Call 530-587-9470 to reserve your spot now!

Horse BoardingWe are also still open for horse boarding

through September. This is available for both members and the public. Come stay in the beautiful setting of the Alder Creek Adventure Center and ride your horse right out the back door to the Euer Valley.

Private Dinner RidesHave you heard about our private dinner

rides? Invite up to six of your friends or family members, ride into the spectacular Euer Val-ley, and enjoy a gourmet picnic dinner. Call us for more information or to book your dinner ride.

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A quick reminder to all, our morning tee times will be adjusting due to the potential frost delays and weather conditions. This allows our maintenance staff to complete on-course work prior to the start of play. Please check ForeTees or contact the golf shop to make your reservations up to two weeks in advance for members. Tahoe Donner Golf Course is tentatively scheduled on Oct. 18, weather and conditions permitting.

Don’t forget, we’ll be offering some great deals in the golf shop. From shirts and shorts to golf balls and gloves, it’s a great time to stock up on your favorites. This is also a great opportunity to get some of your holiday shop-ping out of the way at a fraction of the regular prices. For any questions, please contact the staff in the golf shop.

Don’t Miss Glow Golf - Friday, Sept. 4If you missed our first glow golf event, now’s

your chance to join us. We’re kicking off Labor Day weekend with Glow Golf! It’s 4-hole glow golf with an extreme putting contest, includ-ing prizes for the winners! Your ticket comes with all the glow gear you’ll need, but bring more if you’d like. Sorry, no carts. Questions? Call 530-587-9443 or send an email to [email protected].

WHERE: TAHOE DONNER GOLF COURSE

TIME: APPROXIMATELY 8 P.M. (WE’LL START JUST AFTER SUNSET)

COST: $15 ADULTS; $10 KIDS AGES 6 – 16; KIDS AGE 5 AND UNDER ARE FREE; ADVANCE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED. GLOW GEAR INCLUDED.

SIGN UP IN THE PRO SHOP OR BY CALLING 530-587-9443.

FALL GOLF SPECIALS

Drive and Dine Golf Special – Starts Sept. 8

Don’t miss this spectacular fall deal! We are offering a Drive and Dine golf special through the end of the golf season.* Starting at $67 for Tahoe Donner members, $77 for guests, or $87 for public, you can play 18 holes with a shared cart and get a $20 food credit at The Lodge Restaurant & Pub. Valid for golf play any day beginning Sept. 8 after 1 p.m. daily; food credit must be used the same day. For more informa-tion, call the golf pro shop at 530-587-9443.

*Closing day is tentatively scheduled for Oct. 18, 2015.

Fall Golf Rates – Start Sept. 14Remember, fall golf rates go into effect

starting Monday, Sept. 14. Members can play 18 holes for just $50, or twilight rates (2 p.m. or later) for just $35. Nine-hole play, starting at 4 p.m. is only $25, and to squeeze some golf in at the end of the day our Last Light rate, exclu-sively for members, is a mere $15.

No excuses— see you out on the course!

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

woods Clubhouse, kick your 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 office at 530-587-9400 to find out what’s playing

Thursday Night TriviaReturning on Sept. 10, it’s Thursday Night

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We will continue to offer cardio ten-nis, themed clinics, Mens Day, Ladies Day, Mixed Doubles Day and lessons throughout the month of September. You can view our monthly calendar online at tahoedonner.com/tennis, or download to keep for handy reference. Remember, for those who have purchased six packs this summer, please be sure to use them before the end of the season as they do not carry over into next year. Our closing date for the pro shop and the comple-tion of our scheduled programs is Sunday, Oct. 11, but the tennis courts will remain open for casual play until the first big snow storm of the season. See you on the courts this fall at the Tahoe Donner Tennis Center.

IAN MINDELL | DIRECTOR OF TENNIS

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Hours of operation change on Sept. 8, open-ing at 8 a.m. and closing at 7 p.m. The grill will be closed starting Sept. 8 as well, but we will continue to offer a limited menu of snacks and drinks for purchase through the end of the season.

Special Shuttle ServiceFor Labor Day weekend, we will be offering

free transportation from the high school to the marina from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5 - Monday, Sept. 7.

Hill. Test your knowledge in a fun and com-petitive manner and you could win prizes!

Summer Finale BBQ – Sept. 6On Sunday of Labor Day weekend, come on

out to the driving range for a day of fun-filled summer activities. Challenge your neighbors and friends at ladder golf, skee ball, badmin-ton, or a giant game of chess. Bring your swim suits and slide down the Flume Zoom or com-pete in our Family Olympics with three-legged races, potato sack races, and more. Let the kids bounce the day away in the bounce house. Go ahead, work up your appetite, because we’ll be serving BBQ burgers, hot dogs, and sides. We’re also holding a single-elimination, bracket-style cornhole tournament. There will even be an association-wide scavenger hunt! The evening will culminate with a movie on the grass after the sun sets.

DATE: SUNDAY, SEPT. 6

WHERE: TAHOE DONNER DRIVING RANGE

TIME: 1 - 9 P.M.; BBQ UNTIL 7 P.M.; POPCORN AND COTTON CANDY UNTIL 8:30 P.M. (SCHEDULE ONLINE)

COST: ENTRY AND MOVIE ARE FREE, FOOD AT A LA CARTE PRICING

Fall FestivalJoin us for the sixth annual Fall Festival,

one of our biggest events of the year! There’s something for everyone at our harvest festival from arts and craft vendors, our annual dog-gie dip, seasonal beer offerings, the pumpkin patch, and a carnival area for kids with arts, crafts, games and food. A full itinerary of fun and pricing will be available online soon and in October Tahoe Donner News.

DATE: OCTOBER 10, 2015

TIME: 11 A.M. – 5 P.M.

WHERE: NORTHWOODS CLUBHOUSE

Rent Our Outdoor Movie Screen for Your Own Party or Event!

Our staff will set up, operate, and break down. Call the recreation coordinator at 530-582-9646 for more details.

COST: $400 FOR THREE HOURS OF USE; DELIVERY FEES MAY APPLY.

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School has started and fall is fast approach-ing, but tennis is still in full swing at the Tahoe Donner Tennis Center. Our September lineup of events, clinics and programs has something for everyone as we refuse to let summer end. USTA team play, a junior tourna-ment, the Fifth Annual USTA Senior Tourna-ment and a full schedule of play days, clinics and lessons will keep you swinging all the way through the month. Book some time to play during the month of September at the Tahoe Donner Tennis Center.

Seventh Annual Fall Junior OpenSATURDAY AND SUNDAY, SEPT. 12 - 13

This USTA event will not only draw players from all over the Northern California area but many of our local athletes as they fight for ranking points and the Tahoe Donner champi-onship title. Sign up online at norcal.usta.com and click on the junior tournament link. More information can be provided by emailing [email protected]. Come out to watch some up-and-coming tennis stars.

Fifth Annual Tahoe Donner Senior Tournament SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, SEPT. 26 - 27

Be on the lookout for some of the top play-ers from Northern California and beyond to be in the draw, looking for the title of Tahoe Donner senior champion. Age divisions start at 40-plus and run all the way to 70-plus. Prepare to be inspired by what some of these senior tennis players can do on a tennis court. Play is open to all USTA members and signups are at www.norcal.usta.com under the Senior

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The best time to purchase a PV solar system in Truckee is now! With rebates and tax credits, returns on investments on solar can be realized in less than 6 years. Truckee Donner Public Utility District has a $7,650 cash rebate for residents and $12,750 for businesses. Plus, the federal government currently offers a 30% tax credit. However both of these programs are slated to end by December 2016.

Perhaps the greatest financial benefit of going solar today is that owners will effectively hedge their energy rates at this low cost. With the cost of utility power continually on the rise, the numbers just get better and better. In fact, when compared to other financial investments, such as the stock market, money market accounts or real estate, solar has proven itself time and again to be far superior in terms of rate of return and level of risk.

“Solar is the only improvement you can do to

your home that will give you a return on investment,” says Rich Copolla, of Western Nevada Supply.

For those that want to take advantage of these prices, but don’t have the cash in hand, many solar companies now offer low cost financing. Simple Power of Truckee is offering $0 down and 1.99% APR loans for California homeowners with favorable qualifying and payment terms.

“With our new online portal, we can have a financing approval within minutes, all while at the customer’s site visit,” says Mark Dickson, President of Simple Power. “In many cases the monthly loan payment is less than the customer’s historical energy bill, putting the system cash positive from day one.”

And for many, the financial aspect is just icing on the cake. When you take into account the priceless benefits that renewable energy affords your kids

and the environment, the decision to go solar becomes an easy one.

In most cases, site visits and estimates are free of charge, so call your local solar contractor today!

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TRUCKEE HAS LOWEST COSTS FOR SOLAR IN THE STATE CALIFORNIA, BUT NOT FOR LONG!

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Century Club Celebration is next month!If you are a regular at Trout Creek Recreation Center we hope you

have joined our Century Club Challenge. Members who log at least 100 visits to Trout Creek from Jan. 1 through Sept. 30 are inducted into our Century Club and earn a Century Club t-shirt. If you haven’t signed up yet, there is still time. Email us at [email protected]. Join us for our Century Club Celebration on Friday, Oct.16 at 5:30 p.m.

Zumba® and Toning Try the dance fitness of Zumba® combined with strength

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WHEN: MONDAYS AND FRIDAYS AT 7:15AM.

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The Trout Creek Recreation Pool will move to modified season hours starting Tuesday, Sept 8. The Recreation Pool will be open weekdays 3 – 7 p.m. and weekends 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.

The Northwoods Pool will be closed for the season starting Tuesday, Sept 8.

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Men’s Golf ClubTHE INVITATIONAL

The annual Tahoe Donner Men’s Golf Club Invitational will be held on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 11 - 12. This is your chance to show off our course and community to your friends who may not get a chance to experience Tahoe Donner otherwise. The golf course is in great condi-tion. Come join us for this memorable event!

The tournament will be on a Friday and Saturday. On Friday, we will have a BBQ lunch and Friday night will be open so you can spend time with your guests. On Saturday night, we’ll have a banquet after the tournament has completed where all flight winners will be announced.

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This event is open to all Men’s Club mem-bers and their guests. It is a fun-filled event which includes two days of prime time golf, carts, range balls, a $75 voucher per player that you can spend at a Foot Joy Mobile Pro Shop, Thursday evening party including putting and chipping contests and also new this year, a Flop Wall Contest. Also included are two breakfasts, two lunches, a wonderful dinner (including a no charge dinner for your wife/significant other), beverage service, lots of prizes and awards, The Horse Race, closest-to-the-pin contests and a chance to win a trip for four to Bandon Dunes or $10,000 with a hole-in-one on Hole 7! The price per team will remain at what it has been for years: $550.

There will be four flights based on total team handicaps. This will allow players in each flight to compete with other teams of similar ability. Day one is a shamble at 70 per-cent of player’s individual handicap. Day two is a two-man best ball at 90 percent of player’s individual handicap.

Invitations and entry forms have been emailed to all Men’s Club members and if you need more information, please contact Art King at [email protected] or Mark Colombo at [email protected]. The official entry form will be located on the Men’s Club bulletin board or at tdmensclub.com.

SEPT. 20 - NINE AND DINE (AN ENCORE)

Make sure you sign up for the second Nine and Dine to be held Sunday, Sept. 20 at 4 p.m. This is open to all Men’s and Ladies Club members (and their guests).

The plan is to tee off with a shotgun start at 4 p.m. and play a nine hole scramble format. Teams will be selected randomly (by the pro shop) with the goal of making them as even

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as possible (mix of high, medium and low handicappers). You can sign up as a couple or a single and feel free to invite a guest.

After golf we will adjourn to the Tahoe Donner Tennis Center for a catered dinner. Please bring your own beverages.

Prizes (nothing fancy) will be awarded to the top teams and storytelling will be encour-aged.

The cost of the event will be $20 per per-son; bring money to the registration desk on Sunday. You can sign up on Foretees (tahoedonner.com/golf-login) or by calling the pro shop. If you have any questions please send Jim or Vicki Pyle an email at [email protected] or [email protected].

Junior Golf Club TD JUNIOR GOLF CLUB ENDS ITS SUMMER SEASON

The Tahoe Donner Junior Golf Club ended its season on Aug. 6 with its annual Junior Golf Club Tournament. With lunch, a moun-tain-style putting contest and a 9 and 18-hole competition round of golf, 38 participants

enjoyed a day at the golf course. The winner for the 18-hole championship for the girls and overall champion was Cosi Layton with an awesome round of 73. The winner of the 18-hole championship flight for the boys was Josh Wiegandt with a round of 80. The win-ners of the other flights playing 9 holes were as follows: Patrick Volkman in the blue flight with a round of 46; Cole Peters in the yellow flight (200 yard) with a round of 50; and Lexi Filer in the orange flight (125 yard) with a round of 38. Winners of the mountain putting contest were Jack Brown, Ian Ryan, and Josh Filer. We want to thank all of the parents and volunteers who made this tournament a suc-cess.

JEAN LAI | CLUB PRESIDENT

Tahoe Donner Senior Alpine Ski ClubThe ski club hosted several fun events in

July and August. The weather was perfect for our tennis tournament and potluck din-ner held at the Tennis Center. Many stayed late enjoying the good food and each other’s company.

Our second kayak trip from Meeks Bay to Sugar Pine Point and beyond was well attended. The lake glistened in the early morning, the paddling was magical, and we finished up with a giant taco salad for lunch

Each year, we take a leisurely bike ride on the river trail from Squaw Valley down to the Sunnyside area and back. Everyone met up at Kilner Park for lunch before riding back to Squaw Valley. We were blessed with ideal weather and everyone made it back safely.

We hosted a mountain bike event in August in and around the Euer Valley, which had some great trails available. Some members explored Euer Valley for the first time. On Aug. 21, we also held our members/prospec-tive new members BBQ down at the marina. This was a wonderful opportunity to meet and reconnect with other members of the club.

In September, we look forward to a sunset sailing trip on Lake Tahoe and also a first ever ropes course day at Granlibakken Resort. Who said summer was boring!

Please check out our website at tdskier.com for further event details and a guide on how to join the club.


extraordinary July hail storms, but it would have fared much worse without our efforts.

Invasive weed spotting has proven immensely popular in Tahoe Donner, so we were excited to host the Weed Warriors for another educational weed walk in early August. With around 30 in attendance, we again smashed all previous records. Indeed, it was by far the largest crowd the Weed Warriors have hosted anywhere. On the walk we saw nearly every invasive plant species growing within the association, and several participants later contacted us to say they had found invasive weeds growing in their backyards. Invasive weed spotting is a great way to make a real difference in this community, and we’re gratified to find so many Tahoe Donner folks eager to join our efforts.

The Friends of Tahoe Donner Trails club is for those who value and enjoy Tahoe Donner’s natural surroundings. To learn more about the club, our trails and cleanup projects, and our work on invasive weed control, please visit us at TDTrails.org or email us at [email protected].

Tahoe Donner Women’s Golf ClubThe Spirit of Aloha event was a huge success, thanks to Glenda Brad-

ley and her committee: Nancy Ralph, Kathie Schwartz, Bettee Palmer, Lydia Stang, Irene King, Vicki Pyle, Barbara Reamer, Marilyn Dundas, Andrea Oddo, Bettye Carmichael, Jean Lai, Jeanne McGoldrick and Meg McShannic. The event was a three day extravaganza, starting with registration, a cocktail party (Irene King), a silent auction (Barbara Reamer) and a putting/chipping contest on Sunday, July 26.

A lively time was had by all and it sure got us in the mood for two fun

Tahoe Donner Equestrian ClubThere’s still plenty of summer to enjoy our trails and activities at the

Equestrian Center. Come on out!• Pony rides

• Scenic Euer Valley trails and private dinner rides

• Saturday Night BBQ on Sept. 5

• Weekend lessons

• Boarding is still available

For reservations, call 530-587-9470. Visit our club for more info at tahoedonnerequestrian.com.

Friends of Tahoe Donner TrailsThis has been a summer of big events and growing membership for

the Friends of Tahoe Donner Trails club.

Earlier this summer we partnered with the Trails Department to repair the East Perimeter Trail behind Hillside Drive. We had a large turnout, and accomplished much more than we expected. Not only did we rake loose rocks aside and pry up tripping hazards to restore and direct the trail tread, but we also rebuilt and repaired several water bars to mitigate further erosion. The trail was still hard hit during the

There was no shortage of fun on the club’s biking adventure from Squaw to

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days of golf with our friends. Andrea Oddo and her committee provided a great breakfast both mornings. The event was concluded with an awards luncheon (Meg McShannic) and an opportunity drawing.

Once again, kudos to Glenda and her committee. The gals really outdid themselves. Rumor has it that decorations were being made throughout the winter…. Marilyn Dundas, Bettee Palmer, Andrea Oddo, Glenda Bradley and many more worked very hard and the results were spectacular.

A big thank you goes to all of the men who volunteered throughout the three days.

It would be remiss not to mention how supportive the pro shop, The Lodge Restaurant & Pub, and grounds crew were. The event would not have been possible without their hard work. Many thanks to the pro shop: Rob for your organization, leadership and a successful auction, James and John for your Volcano Shots, Charlie and Joe for treating us to putting and chipping contests and Charlie for your creative help! A big thank you to Jeff and Jeanne from The Lodge for a stellar per-formance with food and hospitality. Kevin, Will and crew: the course looked great, as always!

9-Holers Women’s Golf ClubSummer’s end is fast approaching but fall is a beautiful season for golf

in Tahoe Donner.The Women’s 9-holers have had an event-filled summer and will still

be playing on Thursday mornings until the course closes in mid-Octo-ber.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the entire Tahoe Donner golf staff for working so diligently to make our golf experience such a pleasure.

If you have any questions about joining our club for next season, please contact our president, Marianne Bowers, at [email protected] or call 530-550-9079.

TD 4 Wheelers ClubAs I’m sure you read about in last month’s Tahoe Donner News, we

had a great time putting on the Sierra 4x4 Trails and Ales event, but that’s not all we did in July. We also accompanied Susan Jensen of the US Forest Service on a trail that we adopted as part of the Forest Ser-

vice’s Adopt a Trail program. We adopted a trail that goes between Pole Creek and Cabin Creek that begins and ends off Highway 89 between Truckee and Squaw Valley.

I think we were very lucky to adopt this trail because it must be one of the most picturesque and beautiful trails in the area. Pole Creek climbs up the east side of Silver Peak, past the Bradley Hut, along some steep and winding shelf roads just below Tinkers Knob. It then heads through some steep switchbacks and eventually goes down to meet with Cabin Creek Road.

Along the way, we cleared brush and overgrown bushes away from the trail and built up a couple of ravines to make the crossing safer. We then ran across a tree that had fallen across the trail. With supervision from our Forest Service Ranger, we cut the tree in two places and were able to winch it from the trail. These downed trees are troublesome because some off-road vehicles try to drive around the tree and do dam-age to the surrounding area. This trail goes through a sensitive area for fawning deer and did not open to the public until Aug. 1. If you drive our trail, please take good care of it! Always bring extra water in case you find a campfire that is still hot and call the Forest Service to let them know about it.

The club also volunteered for another very rewarding trail run. On Aug. 1, we left Truckee at 6:30 a.m. to drive to Plumas Eureka State Park, just northwest of Graeagle. The purpose of the trip was to drive into Lake Hawley to help pick up children from Camp Nejedly. There were close to 50 disabled children and their counselors, who had been camping for a week. The Tahoe Donner 4 Wheelers were part of a 30-vehicle group that drove the 4x4 roads back into the lake to bring the campers out.

It was a fun and beautiful drive back into Lake Hawley. It was nice to see so many other four-wheel drive clubs come together for such a good cause. Clubs from Reno, the East Bay, Sacramento and Monterey Bay joined in helping. The children mostly sat in the front seats so they could see the fun road they were traveling down and counselors and baggage filled the backseats; additional baggage was placed on rooftop carriers. It was a very heartwarming and rewarding experience!

If you are interested in joining our club, please 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.

With so many intricate details in place, Spirit of Aloha came

to life at Tahoe Donner.

KYLE KELLY

The 4 Wheelers teamed up with local 4x4 clubs to take disabled children on a four-wheeling trip adventure.


DINING OPTIONS The Lodge Restaurant & Pub12850 Northwoods Blvd.530-587-9455

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HOURS: Starting Sept. 8, lunch at The

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with drinks from the bar, available from

11:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.

LODGE SPECIALS

Golfers’ Happy Hour*Did you know The Lodge Pub offers happy

hour specials every day from 1 – 4 p.m. for golfers and non-golfers alike? Join us today!

Happy Hour*Happy Hour is now available every day

again at The Lodge Pub from 4 – 6 p.m. with the exception of Labor Day weekend, Sept. 4 – 6.

No Corkage Tuesday Bring in a special bottle of wine from home

to savor in the dining room and we’ll waive the corkage fee on Tuesdays.

WildER Wednesday* Returns!Starting Sept. 9, our popular weekly favorite

is back! Every Wednesday Happy Hour is available ALL NIGHT in ENTIRE restaurant.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Free Wine Tasting - Saturday, Sept. 19Try wine selections from Sicilia Vineyards,

located in Yuba City, Calif. from 5 – 7 p.m.

End of Summer Party – Friday, Sept. 25Join us for live music from 6 – 9 p.m. featur-

ing Thom and the Tikis, plus happy hour in the entire restaurant from 4 -7 p.m.

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ods unless otherwise noted and are not valid with any

other promotions or coupons. Offers subject to change.

Additional Dining

T-9 GrillLocated at Tahoe Donner Golf Course,

the T-9 Grill will remain open daily

through the end of the golf season,

approximately mid-October.

Marco Polo Grill Located at Trout Creek Recreation

Center, the Marco Polo Grill is closed

Aug. 31 – Sept. 4 but will reopen Labor

Day weekend for a final weekend of

poolside service, Sept. 5 – 7.

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EVENTS

Free Wine Tasting – Saturday, Sept. 12Stop by Pizza on the Hill on Sept. 12 from

6 – 8 p.m. for a free wine tasting event!

Thursday Night TriviaReturning on Sept. 10, it’s Thursday Night

Trivia! This popular event takes place every Thursday from 6:30 – 8 p.m. at Pizza on the Hill. Test your knowledge in a fun and com-petitive manner and you could win prizes!

ADDITIONAL HAPPENINGS:Enjoy free bingo on the lawn right outside

Pizza on the Hill — the grand finale for the summer takes place Sept. 7; after that, bring the kids to pizza dinner and Friday Family Movie Night at Northwoods Clubhouse. See page 11 for details.

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Debbie Meyer thought of herself as an ordinary kid. She did not know that Olympic fame would be part of her destiny, but she sur-prised herself and the world at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico when she became a three-time Olympic gold medalist.

Her journey began when she taught herself to swim at the tender age of 3 in the Severn River and Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. “I was born at the Naval Academy, so I’ve got water in my veins,” laughed Meyer. “I’ve never taken a swimming lesson in my life. I watched my older brother and learned to hold my breath.”

While swimming initially began as a fun pastime for Meyer, she remembered the day that changed. At the time, she lived in a small town in New Jersey with her family and they belonged to a swim club. “On Wednesday nights, I watched races my swim club was holding,” recalled Meyer. “I thought it looked like fun, so my parents signed me up. I started the next day. It was a mutual love affair and I’ve been involved in aquatics for 55 years now.”

Meyer was a natural, and excelled on her summer and win-ter swim leagues, but she wasn’t

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swimming year-round just yet. Year round programs required more practice and more discipline, but Meyer soon felt she was ready for the next step. In the midst of her decision to join a year round program, Meyer’s father, who worked for the Campbell Soup Company at the time, was trans-ferred to Sacramento, Calif.

Arden Hills in Sacramento offered year round swimming programs and Meyer was enrolled, but it was not what she expected. “On the first day of practice I was lucky to do 10 laps. My coach asked, ‘Do you know what a 500 is?’ and I said, ‘Yeah it’s 20 laps,’ but I didn’t make it. The types of practices I was doing in Jersey didn’t compare. We didn’t even do 40 laps the entire practice and here we were trying to do half the program in a warm up.”

The intensive program was too much for Meyer and she told her coach she quit that same day. She remembered her coach telling her, “If you decide to come back, same time and place, and don’t be late.” In relaying the news to her mother, she was told she shouldn’t quit since she hadn’t given it a fair chance. Meyer returned to practice the next day, and the next,

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and while she still struggled to complete the entire practice, she worked hard, and eventually did it.

“After a couple months, I made the entire practice,” said Meyer. “I went from 200 yards to 5000 yards in a month. I kept with it—I kept trying to reach another level.” And new levels she reached. After another year on the team, she made it to nationals, then to Pan Am Games, in addition to breaking five world records in five differ-ent events. Going to the Olympics was clearly the next step in her progression.

“I was pretty much pegged on going to the Olympics,” said Meyer. “And that was four years after I got a stopwatch for Christmas.” The stopwatch Meyer received was sentimental. Prior to breaking any world records or even swimming on a year round league, she received the stopwatch from her Dad on Christmas Day back in New Jersey. A simple engraving on the stopwatch read, “12-25-64 / Debbie Meyer /

The same engraving that predicted her future shines on this very day.

Mexico City 68.” Mexico City was the location of the next Summer Olympics, scheduled to take place four years later.

How did her dad predict the future? Meyer said it was fluke. “My dad was very supportive. He liked to do funny things like that. He didn’t know if I had the poten-tial to make it. I was a summer league swimmer. I wasn’t a year-round swimmer, but it planted the seed.” That seed grew into the reality of Meyer representing the United States in the 1968 Summer

Olympics at just 16 years old, while a sophomore at Rio Americano High School in Carmichael, Calif. Meyer’s personal coach, Sherm Chavoor, was even selected to lead

the U.S. women’s swim team. In between juggling Olympic train-ing and competing following the Olympics, Meyer missed a good amount of school, but she didn’t get a free pass.

“Out of 18 months of school, I think I was in nine months total with all the traveling,” recalled Meyer. “Somehow I managed to get on the honor roll. Sherm was a coach and principal by trade. School was the number one prior-ity for him. We were not allowed to travel out of state or even to Los

Angeles to compete without at least a B-average. I had to up my game because I didn’t like school at all and because I wanted to swim, I knew what I had to do.”

Leading up to the Olympic Games in Mexico City, obstacle after obstacle tested Meyer’s ability and desire to succeed. Six weeks before tryouts she sustained shoulder bursitis, an inflammation of the bursa sac. “I had to scratch the 1500 at the meet because I couldn’t lift my arm over my head,” remembered Meyer. “I was out of the water for three weeks.” But she persevered, made it on the women’s team and went to a train-ing camp at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. She still experienced intermittent shoul-der pain during training, but was determined to not let it stand in her way of victory.

While in training camp, Meyer and her team stayed in a motel situated next to a trailer park and freeway. Happy to finally be leav-ing their meager living conditions after four weeks of training, Meyer went to the motel lobby to call her brother at Rutgers to say good-bye—and that’s when the second round of disaster struck. Meyer

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tripped and sprained her ankle the day she was leaving for Mexico City. “I was limping big time,” she recalled. “I was on one crutch when I got there so as not to hurt both shoulders. I was in seeing the trainer a few times a day with ice baths and physical therapy. I needed anything I could do to get my ankle back in shape.”

With a taped-up foot, she rested for five days before the open-ing ceremonies began in Mexico City. At the time she was feeling just okay about her foot and was relieved swimming was the second week, instead of the first, giving her more time to rest her ankle. But in her time of rest and need to repair her sprained ankle, another hurdle was thrown Meyer’s way.

“Everyone was dropping like

flies with dysentery and only drinking bottled water,” recalled Meyer. Dysentery, or amoebic dysentery, is an inflammation

of the intestine, brought on by contaminated food or water, with the most common side effects resulting in severe stomach pain, nausea, diarrhea and fever. At first, Meyer thought she was somehow fortunate in avoiding this epidemic affliction that was distressing so

many athletes, including her own teammates. She, along with oth-ers, learned the hard way that the bottled water they had been given

was not properly treated and had actually been empty bottles and jugs simply refilled by unsanitary water spigots. By the time this revelation had been made, it was too late.

“The morning of the trials of the 800 free and finals of the 200, I got

Montezuma’s revenge and lost 4 pounds,” said Meyer. Montezuma’s revenge, also known as traveler’s dysentery, had finally caught up to

her. “I was sicker than a dog, but I made the finals,” said Meyer. “I just swam through the trials. I had the 200 finals that night and fortu-nately, I started feeling a little bet-ter. I kept telling myself I worked all year for this, I worked so hard, don’t give up. My mom stayed with

The morning of the trials of the 800 free and finals of the 200, I got

Montezuma’s revenge and lost 4 pounds.”

LEFT: Debbie Meyer, who described herself as shy back in 1968, smiles onward after winning her three gold medals. Photo courtesy of Debbie Meyer.

ABOVE: Fast forward to 2015, Debbie Meyer’s smile and passion for swimming hasn’t faded in the least.

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me and Sherm pumped me up.”Through illness and injury,

Meyer went on to outperform all the competition, taking home the gold for team USA in the 200-, 400- and 800-meter freestyle races. She acknowledged she may have been able to perform better if she wasn’t ill, but joked, “I still think I did pretty good.”

“When athletes work real hard, they put all this time and effort in,” she added. “I was training 7-10 miles a day. When doing that, if you have the right mindset, you are going to do everything in your power to be successful and that’s what I did. I put in 100 percent and I was lucky.”

She may have been lucky, but Meyer was also very determined in everything she did and she was thankful to her support team. After her three medals, Meyer didn’t hesitate to give her 800-meter medal to her coach. “It wouldn’t have been possible without him and his knowledge,” she said. She gave the 400-meter medal to her parents, who stood by her and supported her through it all. Her dad, after only 11 months in Sacramento, was transferred

again, this time to Modesto, Calif. Instead of uprooting the family, he commuted every day to work so Meyer could stay on her swim team and so her brothers didn’t have to move again. Her last medal, the 200-meter, she kept for herself, which she noted was her hardest race of all.

In 1992 Coach Chavoor passed away from pancreatic cancer and his daughter returned the gold

medal to Meyer. Her parents, knowing now that two of the med-als were back with their daughter, also felt the need to return theirs to keep all the medals together. Many years later, Meyer’s father had a custom stand crafted to dis-play her beloved stopwatch—the very stopwatch that played a large part in her journey—and the same stopwatch which she thought she had sadly lost. On the display, her

father had the following words engraved, “Golds 200-400-800 FS.”

“I lost my dad last year,” said Meyer. “Just thinking about how he felt about me and my siblings and bringing that stopwatch full circle was really cool. That has more of a place of honor in my house than the medals do. The medals are put away. The stop-watch is out in the open.”

Meyer’s ability to succeed didn’t stop with three gold medals; she secured a total of 20 world records during her career, but surpris-ingly, opted not to return to the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany.

“I had every intention,” recalled Meyer. She and teammate Mike Burton, who also won two gold medals, agreed they would go to Munich together during the closing ceremonies in Mexico City but things changed for Meyer. “I swam until January 1972 and it just wasn’t as fun anymore,” she explained. “I decided I wanted to get out when I still enjoyed it and it wasn’t a job.”

Ensuring enjoyment was a large reason Meyer didn’t push her own children into competitive swim-ming, though they were naturals. Instead, she let them pick and choose the sports they liked and if they wanted to play other sports,

RIGHT: Meyer’s stopwatch hangs beautifully on the stand designed by her father.

BELOW: Even on his birthday, little Lance didn’t miss his swim lesson with Meyer at Trout Creek Recreation Center.

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she supported that too. While it has been nearly 50

years since her Olympic achieve-ments, Meyer is still the only woman in the world to win three gold medals in freestyle in a single Olympics, but she has high hopes a young star on the rise will outshine her in the 2016 Sum-mer Olympics, taking place in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.

“Hopefully, Katie Ledecky will repeat it next year,” said Meyer. “She is the top female swimmer right now in the world and she just did a grand slam, winning the 200, 400, 800 and 1500. I would love to see her do it. I’ve had it 48 years. It’s time for someone else and I’d love for it to be an American.”

Today Debbie Meyer lives full time in Tahoe Donner where she continues her love affair with swimming. She teaches swimming at Tahoe Donner’s Trout Creek Recreation Center, specializing in private lessons, and owns the Deb-

bie Meyer Swim School in Carmi-chael where she also teaches. Most recently, she coached the Truckee Tahoe Swim Team and, after eight years, finally decided to retire this past August with several students leading promising swimming careers.

Outside of swimming, you can find Meyer on the Tahoe Donner Golf Course where she is an active member of the Women’s 9-Hol-ers Club, in addition to recently

joining the Senior Alpine Ski Club this past August. At the marina she enjoys swimming and kayak-ing, but unexpectedly, she doesn’t know how to paddleboard. “I want to learn to paddleboard. I’ve snow-boarded, so I may be able to do it,” laughed Meyer.

When looking back over her career, there isn’t one thing she would do differently. “I wouldn’t trade anything in the world for

the ups and downs in my career,” she said. “I’d do it all over again in the drop of a hat. Follow your dreams, follow your heart, and most importantly, have fun with what you do. Set your goals. Work to attain them, and just make sure you have fun.”

And what a fun-filled life she is still leading.


GOLF

By far the most common struggle for the recreational golfer is the increasingly frustrat-ing challenge of producing the same results on the course that are experienced on the driving range. I have worked with enough golfers to know their story well – hours of lessons and practice getting their swing to a manageable place, improving specific problem areas in their game, only to go out on the course and find that their problems still remain—or have even somehow gotten worse!

This struggle is not unique to golf. In any sport you will find this same challenge of performing in competition the way you do in practice. However, golf has some unique mental requirements that increase the degree of difficulty:• A competition field (i.e. the course) that

is significantly different than the prac-tice venue, which always changes due to weather, who you’re playing with, and the format you’re playing that day

• 5-10 minutes (or more) of waiting between each one of your shots during a round – ever do that on the range?

• The temptation to become your own personal swing coach a few dozen times a round

Given these challenging elements particular to golf, it is crucial to build certain elements into your game to help you with the transition from the practice range to the course. Although the following list is far from exhaustive, it is a great start toward developing a course-ready game:1. CHANGE THE WAY YOU PRACTICE

There are some very important differences between the range and the course. This high-lights the importance of your approach to your practice time, whether that involves a couple buckets of balls after work or 20 minutes of

getting loose before your tee time.

• Spend time practicing the way you play: Incorporate your pre-shot routine into your shots on the range. Hit some shots while waiting five minutes in between to simulate what happens on the course.

• “Play” the first few holes: When warm-ing up before you play, visualize the view from the first tee, go through your routine, and hit a drive. Follow this same drill for an approach shot, and then move on to the next tee. Focus on developing your ability to paint a picture with your mind, and you can stand on the actual first tee feeling like you’ve already birdied the hole 15 minutes before!

• Introduce some competition into your practice: Either with your friends or on your own, find ways to compete with something at stake. It doesn’t have to be anything elaborate – hitting to target greens with the loser buying drinks will do. If you’re on your own, try committing to not switching to another club until you’ve hit your target five times in a row. But feel free to get creative with this – the more pressure the better. Golf pro Lee Trevino said it best: “You don’t know what pressure is until you’ve played for $5 a hole with $2 in your pocket.”

2. STRENGTHEN YOUR PRE- AND POST-

SHOT ROUTINES

Everyone has a list of things they do, con-sciously or subconsciously, in the 15-20 seconds before a shot. This is also true about what we do after the shot, which is not as common to analyze but just as important.

• Write down your pre-shot routine and keep it handy during a round: Some help-ful elements include strategizing for the present shot, breathing deeply and slowly to reduce tension, visualizing the exact shot

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you want to execute, and saying an affirma-tion such as “I have a smooth, effortless swing.” While this may feel a bit cheesy at first, this is the mindset and attitude you want to build as a player, isn’t it? Or is “just don’t shank this in the water this time” working for you?

• Plan out your post-shot routine and stick to it: Next time you hit a good shot, try savoring it for a few moments. Log it into your memory banks for use the next time you need a shot of confidence. If the shot is not one of your best, it is important to


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have a routine that leaves that one behind – try wiping off your club (in all likelihood, there’s some serious turf on there from the chunk you just executed) as a symbolic ges-ture of leaving that shot behind and moving on to the next one.

3. BUILD YOUR ABILITY TO RESPOND

WELL TO POOR SHOTS AND HOLES

One of the most useful mental skills for any golfer to train is their ability to be resilient. It is no secret that golf is a game of failure, so those who prepare for some errant shots increase their chances of bouncing back.

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• Anticipate poor shots/holes, and have a plan: As demonstrated with the post-shot routine above, simply having a plan in place can help you stay composed and respond well to mistakes. It may take some trial and error, but develop a plan that works for you. It could be a symbolic gesture, something you say to yourself, or simply walking to the next shot by yourself to compose yourself and hit the reset button.

• Practice staying present: If you listen care-fully to PGA Tour players in interviews, you will often hear them allude to their ability to stay present and take it one shot at a time. As with most clichés, this senti-ment is overused because it’s true. This is one of the primary advantages of having a dialed-in pre-shot routine: it forces you to stay present and devote all of your attention to this current shot.

Never lose sight of why you’re out there. When things start to derail on the course, try to remind yourself that unless you are playing for one of those oversized cardboard checks, golf is still a game and you’re out there to enjoy it. And you most likely didn’t take up the game because you enjoy stomping around in plaid pants, berating yourself for your athletic short-comings, and jamming your clubs into your poor golf bag.

So, some time in the next couple of days when the urge to play is starting to peak – jot down the things you most love about the game: why you play it, the challenge, the walk in the park, the camaraderie among your friends…whatever it is that draws you to the links. Take that list and put it on a 3×5 card and keep it in your bag for easy reference when you need it —because anybody who plays the game seriously knows that they will need it.


BULLETINBOARD

First, I would like to thank all of the mem-bers who have brought their properties into compliance and have maintained them. A great deal of work has been completed and Tahoe Donner Association is really starting to look in excellent shape as far as fire safety is concerned.

With the fire season we experienced in 2007, many property owners expressed their concern about the level of fire safety on private lots. The board of directors listened to these concerns and adopted a four-year program to inspect all properties, both developed and undeveloped, in the association. The goal of this program was to inspect approximately 1,500 properties per year, and have them in compliance with state law, local ordinance and association covenants and restrictions by the end of the summer sea-son. We have completed the original four-year

program and are now entering the fifth year of phase 2. The goal from 2012 through 2019 is to inspect 750 properties per year under an eight-year program. For the 2016 program we will inspect some of the properties located on the north side of the subdivision. The streets we are going to visit include Landeau Lane, Oslo Drive, Peregrine Drive, Roundhill Drive, St. Croix Way and Winter Avenue. The inspection area will also cover portions of Gyrfalcon Street, Hansel Avenue, Hillside Drive, Muhlebach Way, Pathway Avenue, Solvang Way and Staghorn Drive. We will not be responding to complaints of properties outside of these two units as staff-ing levels will not allow.

This serves as written notice as required by the Tahoe Donner Association covenants and restrictions that these inspections will occur

between mid-September and mid-November this year, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. We plan to complete 50-100 inspections per day during this period. Inspectors will walk through the property in order to complete the inspections. All properties in the inspection area will be notified by email in the late fall or early winter whether they are compliant or need some work to become compliant. For those properties with no email contact address, we will send a letter stating if the property passed or failed the fire compliance inspection. Upon receiving the non-compliance notice owners may request the inspection report to begin planning completion of the required work. The official notification to properties not in com-pliance will be mailed in the spring and early summer of 2016 with a list of the deficiencies;

PROPERTY INSPECTIONS FOR FIRE SAFETY A PORTION OF UNIT 7 AND ALL OF UNIT 10 TO BE INSPECTED THIS FALL


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owners will be given 45 days to complete cor-rections.

Authority for these inspections comes from the state of California Public Resources Code 4291, Truckee Fire Protection District ordi-nance 94-1 and Tahoe Donner Association C & Rs Article VIII, Section1 (a) iii and iv. Fol-lowing is a list of items we will be looking for:

DEVELOPED LOTS AROUND THE STRUCTURE OR TO THE

PROPERTY LINE:

• Pine needles removed from the ground at least 10 feet from the structure

• All pine needles removed from the roof• No vegetation within 10 feet of a chimney or

propane tank• All combustible material removed from

under decks and next to the structure. This includes stored firewood but it may remain if covered with a tarp

• Nuisance firewood must be managed

WITHIN 100 FEET OF STRUCTURES AND

PROPERTY LINES:

• All dry, flammable vegetation and woody debris between 1/2-inch and 12 inches in

diameter removed (not pine needles)• For trees greater than 12 feet in height – all

branches removed six feet from the ground• For trees smaller than 12 feet in height

– remove the lower branches for half the height of the tree

• All dead and beetle-infested trees removed• Break up “brush fields” so that individual

bushes are left (allow for space between bushes to be 2 ½ times the height of the bushes)

• Excessively dense tree cover thinned (gener-ally trees under eight inches in diameter that are growing without proper spacing from one another or growing under the canopy of larger trees)

• Nuisance firewood must be managed

For all of the above items, 100 feet applies if your lot is flat. If your lot is on a steep slope, a greater distance may be required.

UNDEVELOPED LOTS FOR THE ENTIRE LOT ALL OF THE

FOLLOWING APPLY:

• For trees greater than 12 feet in height – all branches removed six feet from the ground

• For trees smaller than 12 feet in height – remove the lower branches for half the height of the tree

• Excessively dense tree cover thinned (gener-ally trees under eight inches in diameter that are growing without proper spacing from one another or growing under the canopy of larger trees)

• All dead and beetle-infested trees removed• All dry, flammable vegetation and woody

debris between 1/2-inch and 12 inches in diameter removed (not pine needles)

• Firewood is not allowed to be stored on vacant lots

Remember, items that pertain to your lot need to be maintained on a yearly basis. The C & Rs require that each lot be maintained in such a manner as to not create a fire hazard. Failure to do so may result in a hearing before the Covenants Committee with the pos-sible result of a fine being assessed until the required work is completed.

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The Town of Truckee Department of Public Works will commence its brushing and chipping program in various areas throughout Tahoe Don-ner. Town of Truckee crews will be removing and thinning brush, trees and limbs from roadsides, ditches and drainage easements. Staff will work hard to minimize the impact of chipping and brushing operations, from both a convenience and an aesthetic point of view. The project is anticipated to continue through October. A map and more information may be viewed at tahoedonner.com/notice-of-chipping-and-brushing.

NOTICE OF CHIPPING AND BRUSHING

NEW TRAIL COMPLETE THIS FALL

The Town of Truckee is now underway with the highly anticipated Tahoe Donner Trail, a Class I

paved trail connecting the recently completed Trout Creek Trail at Euer Valley Road, and Northwoods Boulevard. Once complete, this paved bike path will be a family-friendly connection between Tahoe Donner neighborhoods and Downtown Truckee. A ribbon cutting is anticipated later this fall.

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glass for the evening of Sept. 12. For anyone unable to join us for our wine tasting, Tenuta di Arceno will be on special for the month at $30 a bottle, regularly $45.

THE LODGE RESTAURANT & PUB WINE TASTING SATURDAY, SEPT. 19

Join us at The Lodge Restaurant & Pub from 5 – 7 p.m. to try wines by Sicilia Vineyards, located in Yuba City, Calif., a winery with a vision to produce high quality,

non-traditional varieties. We’ll be tasting a white blend and a red Italian Barbera. While you may sample free of charge, selections are also on special for the evening for anyone who would like to enjoy a glass or two.

Special Deals: Wines by the glass will be $6 or consider a bottle for $24.

DON’T MISS OUR FREE WINE TASTINGS THIS SEPTEMBER

PIZZA ON THE HILL WINE TASTING - SATURDAY, SEPT. 12

Join us at Pizza on the Hill from 6 – 8 p.m. to try a 2013 Monterey Pinot Noir by Carmel Road, a rich and savory wine with hints of black cherry, or taste a 2012 Chi-anti Classico by Tenuta di Arceno,

accentuated by fresh raspberries with rose petals, licorice and orange peel. While these wines may be sampled for free, they are also on special for the evening for anyone who would like to enjoy by the glass.

Special Deals: Both wines will be available for purchase at $7 a

Book a party at The Lodge and every guest can ski for free at the Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area or Cross Country Ski Center!

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For more menu options on our holiday parties, please contact group sales at 530-582-9643 or email [email protected]

At Santa’s request, all room charges and site fees will be waived for Christmas parties before December 18.

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We o�er several options for parties of 20 or more people in a private room or a complete buy out.

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BULLETINBOARD

As the fun times of the summer pass by all too fast, now is a good time to talk about some aspects of the Tahoe Donner trail system and how best to enjoy them.

Tahoe Donner has nearly 60 miles of double and single track braiding throughout much of its 4,000 acres of open space. Trails continue to be the most popular and commonly used ame-nity offered by the association. As such, Tahoe Donner continues to invest time and money into expanding and improving the trail network for the enjoyment of hikers, bikers and equestrians.

With such a popular amenity you can expect to come across fellow recreationists along the trail. We all need to take efforts to make these encounters courteous and pleasant. After all, we’re all venturing outside to enjoy this beauti-ful place that we’re lucky enough to visit or call home.

The long-established standard for trail encounters is for hikers to yield to equestri-ans and for bikers to yield to equestrians and hikers.* If the same types of trail users cross each other’s path then the uphill traffic has the right of way. What does yielding mean in these situations? Simply put, step to the downhill side of the trail, say hello, perhaps comment on the weather, let the other party pass and be on your way. These longstanding guidelines were established with safety and courtesy in mind, allowing for a short yet pleasant interaction. If

we follow this basic set of manners everyone will have a great time!

With those ideas of etiquette in mind, remember that all Tahoe Donner trails are open to hikers, bikers and equestrian riders. However, due to certain trail characteristics such as slope, line of sight distances, and tread integrity, some trails are designated as prefer-able to certain uses and maintained according to the designations of those uses. Recreation-ists should expect to encounter that preferred user type while potentially creating undesirable impacts to the trails.

Here at Tahoe Donner there are three types of trail classifications:

MULTI-USE: • Typically utility roads or double track trails

with 8 – 12-foot wide tread, long lines of sight and gradual slopes and turns.

• Appropriate for all user types.

EQUESTRIAN PREFERRED: • Typically single track trails with soft, duff

covered tread; vegetation cleared 4 - 8 feet wide and 12 feet high.

• Bike use not recommended; encounters with horses and large groups of horses assured.

HIKER/BIKER PREFERRED: • Typically single track trails with firm

hard pack tread including banked turns with berms and frequent dips and humps; vegetation cleared 3 - 4 feet wide and 8 feet high.

• Equestrian use not recommended; encoun-ters with hikers and bikers assured. Trail

design and maintenance for hiker and biker use, thus line of sight and clearance nar-rower.

If you’re not sure which trail is best suited for your user type, remember that many of Tahoe Donner’s trails have signs that display their user preference designation and we’re working to close the gaps on the ones that are not yet marked. In fact, the Trails Department is currently in the process of improving and expanding the signage system in order to better explain which trails have use preferences. In the meantime, the summer trail map can be useful in finding out which trails can best suit your needs. The maps can be found at Member Services, the Alder Creek Adventure Center, at many major trailheads and on the web at tahoedonner.com/trails. And of course, if you have any questions feel free to contact the Trails Department at 530-582-9672 or [email protected].

As Tahoe Donner continues with the ongo-ing efforts to build and maintain better trails for all, it is vital that we take the time to enjoy our trails in a manner that fosters a sense of stewardship and community. So, the next time you’re out on the trails, take the time to smile and say hello to each other. We are all so for-tunate to be able to play in this wonderland we call Tahoe Donner.

SEAN CONNELLY | TRAILS MANAGER

TRAILS ETIQUETTE AND USEHOW TO HAVE A GOOD TIME ON TAHOE DONNER TRAILS

A guided trail ride in beautiful Euer Valley.

Taking a ride on a picturesque Tahoe Donner trial.


BULLETINBOARD

HOMES ON THE RISE

The Architectural Standards Committee reviewed the following plans in July 2015 :

Unit/Lot Street Address Square Feet Project

03/280 14609 Northwoods Blvd. 2254 House

11/321 13850 Swiss Lane 2896 House

06/030 14475 Alder Creek Road 1500 House

04/311 14714 Northwoods Blvd. 1500 House

The Architectural Standards Office (ASO) has seen a large increase in business due to another unseasonably warm and dry winter coupled with reports of an improving housing market and continued market confidence into the second half of the year. As a result, the office experienced an increase of 25 percent in new projects created over the previous year and 8 percent above the prerecession volume in 2007. During this time we closed out 91 projects prior to June 1, 2015 (versus 37 projects in the same period to June 1 2014) without having to wait

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for the typical snow melt for final inspections. We’d like to take this time to thank everyone—homeowners, contractors, engineers, and real-tors—who have helped get the building season off to an early start. We’re also grateful to the Architectural Standards Committee (ASC) for their volunteered time to review these projects. We look forward to meeting and working with all who are planning new home construction, exterior remodels, garage additions, or patio paver projects.

The ASO would like to remind homeowners, contractors and design teams to submit plans to the office for ASC approval prior to initiating any work. If planning a major project please call ahead for an appointment so you can be added to the next ASC meeting, which gener-ally needs up to three week lead time. The office notifies owners of adjacent properties of most proposed projects, per established rules, so they may have the opportunity to comment. For that reason, all submittals must be made at least three weeks prior to scheduled meetings so that we have enough time to send appropriate notification to your neighbors. You can make an appointment for a plan submittal by calling the ASO at 530-587-9407.

Please feel free to stop by or call the office with any questions you might have. The staff is here to assist you with any part of the building process. You can come by the office to also pick up permit application forms Monday, Wednes-day, and Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Tuesdays and Thursdays 12 p.m. to 5 p.m. or these can be found on the website (see “Rules and Forms” at the ASO page in the members section.

Staff has also seen an increase in bear and other animal activity with trash strewn out of unsecured metal garbage can enclosures. Please be sure latches are secure and closed before leaving trash inside. If you are considering re-placing your old enclosure, or don’t want to have to pull your garbage cans out to the roadway edge on Tuesday mornings, please remember that the office has a list of Tahoe Donner-ap-proved animal resistant garbage can enclosures in the office (along with the permit application). The information is also available on the website on the Covenants page in the members section.

YOUR ASO STAFF | SHERYL WALKER (MANAGER), ALI CONCANNON, AND DARREN DAVIS

SEPTEMBER REMINDERS This photo was taken of a recently completed new house project from 2015.

ALISON ELDER, ELDER GROUP TAHOE REAL ESTATE, CHASE INTL. MATT WACLO PHOTOGRAPHY


TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS

BOARD MEETING RECAP

JULY 24, 2015

Consent Calendar: Approved 4-0 (Director Wulff absent)• Banking signature authorizations

• Finance Committee regular appointment (Eyton-Lloyd)

• GPC alternate appointment (Meek)

• 2016 Trout Creek Recreation Center

renovation

Board Meeting Schedule: Direction Given (Director Wulff joined the meeting for this agenda item.)At the June 21, 2015 organizational board meeting the board adopted the annual board meeting calendar, changing the monthly meet-ing day from Saturdays to Fridays in order to better align various schedules and provide new opportunities for members to attend as opposed to the normally busy weekends. The board again discussed the pros and cons of changing the regular monthly meetings to

a weekday and having special board meet-ings and town hall meetings at various other times as topics and issues warrant. The board directed staff to place this item on a future board agenda for further discussion.

Appointment of Directors as Committee Liaisons: ConsensusBy consensus the board approved the follow-ing committee liaison appointments:• Finance – Director Bonzon

• Architectural Standards – Director Murrell

• Covenants – Director Stang

• General Plan – Director Miller

Strategic Planning Guidance 2016 Budget: No Action Discussion took place regarding the 2016 bud-get process.

Covenants Rule Change: Approved 4-0 (Director Wulff absent) The board approved publishing for 45-day member comment, a proposed rule amend-ment permanently prohibiting smoking for all amenities, common areas, and other associa-

tion-owned properties.

Board Training Workshop: Consensus The board approved hosting an on-site train-ing workshop through the north chapter of Community Association Institute.

Defensible Space Program: No ActionThe board was provided with a presentation by forester Bill Houdyschell on the status of the association’s defensible space program.

Director of Finance and Accounting Report: Approved 4-0 (Director Wulff absent)The board approved the unaudited prelimi-nary June 2015 Financials.

Executive Session: ApprovedThe board approved contracting with PFM Snowmaking for the installation of snow-making equipment at the Downhill Ski Area in 2015. Replacement Reserve Funds in the amount of $400,000 were authorized to be uti-lized for the project in 2015 if needed, which shall be repaid by the Development Fund in 2016.

Email your “Where in the World” photos to: [email protected]. Please submit

only .jpeg files of 300 dpi or higher for printing. Photos must include a copy of TD News.

Please list the names of everyone in the picture, where and when it was taken, and a short

description of your captured experience. Note: please be patient; it could take up to six

months to see your photo published due to a large number of submissions.

ANTARCTICAKathie and George Kameoka out kayaking and enjoying the beautiful icebergs and wildlife on a trip to Antarctica.

HAWAIIJunghua Kuo, Jeff McDow and their boys Jonathan, Nicho-las and Dylan, and of course, Mickey Mouse at the Disney resort in Kapolei, Hawaii, on the island of Oahu.

JAMAICAWayne and Meg Onstott in Negril, Jamaica, where the beaches are beautiful.

AMSTERDAMSam and Mary McPherson at the

completion of their month-long river

cruise of Europe. The tour began in

Bucharest, Romania and Constanza at

the Black Sea and journeyed west.


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