–AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro Am, Feb. 7-12, www.attpbgolf.com, go direct through the Carmel Youth Center, Clyde Klaumann at 831-625-9111 Phone, work for 5 hours (incl. free meal, and spare time to view the event) at the concessions stand at the 18th green.

–Monterey Vintners and Growers Association Various Events, June 2nd-Winery Walkathon at Paraiso Winery, May 14th-Golf Tourny at Corral de Tierra, July 13th-Estancia Winery Members Trade Fair and BBQ, Aug. 10th & 11th-Winemakers Celebration at The Barnyard, Nov. 10th-Great Wine Escape “Best Of The Blue at the Monterey Airport hanger”. Contact Carolyn Woodhall at 375-9400, email to cwoodhall@montereywines.org.  www.montereywines.org

–Sea Otter Classic, Laguna Seca, April 19th-22nd, 373-2331.  To sign up-contact Donna Brown, Sea Otter Classic, Media and PR/Community Services Coordinator www.seaotterclassic.com donna@seaotterclassic.com 831/905-1764

–Pebble Beach Food and Wine Festival, April 12th-15th.  Call 277-7773.  To sign up-contact Margo Daniels at DanielsM@pebblebeach.com

–Big Sur Marathon, April 29th.

–First Tee Open at Pebble Beach and Del Monte Golf Courses, July 2nd-8th.  www.thefirstteeopen.com

–Laguna Seca Various Races–American Lemans by Patron May 11th & 12th.  The Ferrari Racing Days may 18th-20th.  The Moto GP (motorcycle races) Red Bull Grand Prix, July 27th-29th.  The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion August 17th-19th.  The continental Tire Sports Car Festival powered by Mazda Sept. 7th-9th.  We don’t know at this time which races will need our help, but look for Jack Roberts at the meetings to sign up.

–Retro Auto Tent for the Concours d’ Elegance, Pebble Beach, Aug. 13-20 (contact Ellen Martin-First Night Monterey at email to:  info@firstnightmonterey.org).

–Harvest Festival, Carmel Valley, Sept. ?.  Contact Beth Lane 622-7770, beth@coastalluxurymanagement.com.

–Annual Christmas Dinner at the Monterey Fairgrounds. Coordinator is Rich Hughett. Dec. 25th.

–First Night Monterey, Dec. 31st  (contact Ellen Martin-First Night Monterey at email to:  info@firstnightmonterey.org).

Pt. Lobos Hike….5 miles of beautiful scenery!  Many of us had a GREAT time hiking and picnicing.  Our three Pt. Lobos docents…who happen to be ski club members, did a wonderful job of pointing out the sites and explaining the history of our

Hiking at Pt. Lobos

 state park.  Our docents were, Marsha Zelus, Paul Johnson and Carol Marquart…thank you all.

The Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce hosts many Ribbon Cutting events that are FREE to attend, most will have food and drinks, so come and join other ski club members since the club is a member of this chamber.  The events are for new businesses opening, or moving, or celebrating anniversaries, time is 5-7 pm and actual cutting of the ribbon is around 6:00.

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NISEI Ski club was great to MSSC on their Ski Trips – We Gave back!

There were 5 of us who drove to Japantown in San Jose this last Sunday and helped with the Nisei Ski Club fund raiser. We had a great time helping the club sell Chicken Salad to raise money to cover the cost of the ski trips this ski season. Those of us who had the time to volunteer for a couple of hours were…JoAnn Wilson, Pam Hampton, Rhonda Stieglitz, Rich Hughett and me, Joan Lathrop. The club was so appreciative of us being there. We enjoyed the day…meeting their members and seeing those skiers we had met on the ski trips. Fun was had by all!!!

The Carmel Chamber of Commerce hosts many Ribbon Cutting events that are FREE to attend, most will have food and drinks, so come and join other ski club members since the club is a member of this chamber.  The events are for new businesses opening, or moving, or celebrating anniversaries and run from 5-6:30.

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