Calendar of Events ***
December 1: General
membership meeting at Elks Club, 6:00
PM
December 2: Kismet,
Richardson Theatre, Ft.
Shafter, 7:30 performance; 5:15 dinner at Bob’s
Big Boy, Mapunapuna (Wandi
contact)
December 10: Christmas
Party at Large’s house, 6:30
PM
December 15: Board of
Directors Meeting, Sam Snead’s, 5:30
PM
December 16:
Pau Hana at Sunset Grill and
walking tour of Honolulu
City Lights, 5:30
PM
January 5: General Membership Meeting at
Elks Club, 6:00 PM
January 14 – Full
moon hike at Makapuu with Sierra Club, 5:30
PM
January 19 – Board
Meeting, 5:30 PM
January 21 –
Pre-ski party and pau hana, Waikiki Yacht Club, 5:30PM (Marilyn Harris, host).
TRIP PACKET PICK-UP AT 6PM
January 27- February 4,
SKI WEEK AT VAIL, COLORADO
NOTE: February 2 general
membership meeting at Elks Club is CANCELLED due to Ski Week
conflict
February 11 – New
day for general membership meeting, post-ski week party, and
selection of 2007 Ski Week destination, the Esplanade (Hawaii Kai, Sam Wright, host)
March 4-11: MAMMOTH SKI
TRIP
NOTE:***Please
double check dates and times in the most recent newsletter to make
sure times and dates are current***
President's Message
Hope
you all had a great Thanksgiving and may I wish the best for you
and your families for the rest of the Holiday Season.
It
looks like most of the Colorado resorts are now open and I
just realized it’s only two months until I will be boarding
in Vail.
A
vote was taken at the November General Meeting on the motion to
change the club name. We are
now officially the “Hawaii Ski Club”.
Our
club brochure was finalized and will be printed shortly along with
making the final revisions of our new website.
Hope
to see many of you at the Christmas Party on water at Darrell’s
Home.
Aloha, Geof
The Board
of Directors
President –
Geof Chu – 330-7432;
Vice President – Anita Hodges, 486-8667,
Secretary - Craig Shaffer - 261-5989;
Treasurer - Wanda Sowell – 487-7485;
Michael Cloe - 942-7883;
Darrell Large - 395-6825;
Kathy
Mulledy – 423-3190;
Wanda "Wandi" Sagum - 523-0982;
Carol Wood – 595-4888;
Myra Yamane – 621-8025;
Official Contacts
Recent Events
November was a month filled with
well-attended events. The
Willows was a lovely setting for a relaxing pau hana with its great
buffet and the Waimanalo Sunset band. For the Hawaii Railway ride we
had members and guests from 3 years old to 94 years young enjoy the
ride from the old Ewa plantation area along the coast line to
Nanakuli! Jackie Loui’s father, 94, remembered taking
comparable train rides when he was a young man. The
pre-Thanksgiving dinner was, as always, a hit with lots of food
(including 3 turkeys cooked by Bill Rothe!) and a REVEALING game of “I
Never….” A group
of ski club members remembered the true meaning of Thanksgiving by
volunteering at NBC with the Salvation Army to serve the homeless
and less fortunate of our community and to give thanks for all that
we have. Of course this was preceded
by a wonderful “tailgate” entirely prepared by Shereen
who is a fantastic cook!!!
Thanks to all who participated in these events.
Upcoming Events
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Every
Monday - TENNIS AT KEEHI LAGOON @ 4:30
p.m.
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Dinner and a Musical
A group
of us will be going to the Friday, December 2nd performance of
Kismet at the Richardson Theatre in Fort Shafter. It begins at 7:30pm.
Tickets are $15 to $20, $19 for seniors (62+). The music is outstanding
(using the classical music from the Russian composer Borodin)
with tunes
such as "Stranger in Paradise" and
"Baubles, Bangles and Beads". We will
meet at Bob's Big Boy Restaurant at 5:15pm for dinner before
going to the
performance. If you want to join us for this event, call 438-4480
pronto to
buy your tickets.
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HO HO HO CHRISTMAS PARTY & BOAT PARADE
SATURDAY DECEMBER
10th 6:30pm
DARRELL and RHETA LARGE'S
583 KUMUKAHI PLACE,
HAWAII KAI
395-6825 or 258-6825 (email: darrellnrheta@REMOVECAPSaol.com)
POT LUCK , B Y O B, and bring bathing suit for the
spa!
HOLIDAY SING-A-LONG
including a repeat of the much-requested "12 Days of Christmas"
GIFT
EXCHANGE: $10 minimum. NO
white elephants (Our gift exchange, though traditional, is
optional so members do not have to participate by bringing a gift)
Please
adhere to the above gift exchange guidelines. There have been comments from
previous years regarding gifts that appear to have fallen well
below the acceptable price minimum and some items that seemed to
be VERY OLD white elephants. If in doubt, alcohol has
historically received excellent reviews.
CHEERS & MELE KALIKIMAKA
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Honolulu City
Lights: December 16, 5:30
Due
to popular demand, we are again scheduling the December pau hana at
Sunset Grill
in Restaurant Row (5:30)
followed by a walking tour of Honolulu City Lights. If you wish to take
the trolley ride, please make your
own arrangements. Make sure
you bring a camera to
this
colorful yuletime event!
Announcements:
MEMBERSHIP
RENEWAL DUE :
October
was the month to renew your Ski Club membership, so if you have not
done so, please renew it now so that you will continue to receive
the club newsletter.
Ski
Club Shirt Order
Since
we have a new club name, now is the time to order new club shirts. We
are putting together a club shirt order that requires a minimum
order of 24 shirts. Ski club members are
always encouraged to wear these shirts to our events to promote the
ski club.
New Ski Club brochure and
Redesigned Website:
A
special Thank You to Michael Cloe who almost single-handedly worked
with David Silva, graphic designer, to produce our first Hawaii Ski
Club brochure. This brochure
will be available to all to recruit new members. It includes photos of club
members involved in both winter sports and off-season activities.
If you wish to distribute brochures to potential members or know a
location that might cater to those interested in snowboarding and
skiing, please tell us so that we will give you brochures.
The
newly redesigned Hawaii Ski club website is a
“work-in-progress.”
Every day John Orendt, web designer, is adding and updating
pages, so check it out at www.hawaiisnowskiclub.com. Also the ski board has
trademarked the new club name and has registered the domain name on
the internet, so we’re now officially the Hawaii Ski
Club. Thank you to Dave Broderdorf
for suggesting that we keep the name simple and to the point.
Since
people are using the Internet more than ever to search for
activities and events, the
Hawaii Ski Club no longer has a telephone hotline. All activities will be
published online at the club website, through monthly online
newsletters, or via email updates to club members.
HELP WANTED.......By
Kathy Mulledy
The
activities committee is looking for ski members to assist with organizing
activities and writing up articles about the ski events. It would
be nice to get the members more involved and also to get a
different slant on what goes on at these events.
Ski trip information:
Hawaii Ski Week 2006: Vail and Beaver Creek, Too!
NOTE: TRIP PACKET PICK UP
AT WAIKIKI YACHT CLUB, JANUARY 21, 6PM, DURING PRE-SKI WEEK PARTY
AND PAU HANA.
Here are the particulars of
our Vail ski trip:
PRICE: $1508 per person
FLIGHTS: January 27
(Friday) United #44: Honolulu to Denver (non-stop flight)
leave Hon at 11:30pm, arrive in Denver at 9:10am
February 4 (Saturday) United #443: leave Den at 3:45
pm,
arrive in LAX at
5:13pm United #935: leave
Los Angeles at 6:00pm, arrive in Honolulu at 9:29pm
We are holding five 3
bedroom/3 bath condo units (1,400 sq. ft.) and one 4
bedroom + loft/4 bath unit
(1,850 sq. ft.) at the Enzian, a
silver-rated,
moderately priced condo within
walking distance of the Lionshead
Gondola.
Each unit has a
fully-equipped kitchen, gas fireplace, daily housekeeping
service, cable TV/VCR,
washer/dryer, balcony with gas BBQ grill,
complimentary High Speed
Internet access, and use of the Landmark's outside
heated pool and 2 outside hot
tubs, just 25 yards away. It is also within
Click on the web site
below for a more complete description of this property with floor
plans and photos.
http://www.destinationresortsvail.com/info/prop.enzian.overview.asp
Included in the price is
the roundtrip airport transfer by charter bus, baggage and handling
fees, and a 5-day Vail/Beaver Creek lift ticket that is fully
interchangeable with Keystone and Breckenridge.
For those who have chosen
the ground only package, please be aware that regular shuttle
service from Denver airport to Vail is $136
roundtrip, a 2 1/2 hour ride that leaves the airport every hour.
Make every effort to arrive at the same time as the group to take
advantage of the charter bus ride.
Click on the following
web site to learn all that you ever wanted to know about Vail. It
has been chosen by readers of Ski Magazine as the No.1 ski resort
in North
America for the 13th time in the past 17 years! And for good reason
too!
http://vail.snow.com/winterhome.asp
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Trip to
Mammoth Mountain – March 4 thru 11,
2005
So
far we have about 12 people have expressed an interest in the
trip. I have sent out some
information regarding costs and lodging to the people who have
talked with me and if you have not let me know you are interested,
please contact me. Lodging
is still available but I will need to finalize by the end of the
year.
Both
Darrell Large and myself will be renting a SUV(s) at LAX and depart
to Mammoth early Saturday morning, March
4, 2006. The drive will take 4-5 hours and
we hope to be in Mammoth Springs by noon. Anyone one is welcome to join us
and the car rental will be split accordingly. We should make it back to LAX by
mid afternoon on Saturday, March 11, 2006. Other than that, I leave it up to
each individual to get to Mammoth Springs. I have tried to find out about
scheduled bus transportation form Reno and LAX and have not been
successful.
Mammoth
Springs is a substantial town with several large super markets,
fast food and motel/hotel chains.
A new village has been built and I looking at condo lodging
in or near the village and/or the Canyon Lodge. My estimate is the total for air
and ground to be around $1,200 to $1,300 is you are flying into
LAX.
geof
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