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December, 2014
EXECUTIVE ORGANIZATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President –
Toby Kravet – 808-224-1065
Vice President – Jonathan Carr
Treasurer - Geoff Chu
Secretary - Paul Ferguson
Rene "Fergie" Ferguson
Roy Manzoku
Cathy Lau
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Club
Historian
Jo Yee
Newsletter Editor
Toby Kravet
(Click on Contacts for e mail addresses)
CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
Additional events, such as concerts, hikes, excursions, may be added. Watch your email for possible updates.
Every Monday evening
(except on holidays): 4:30 P.M. A group of ski club members and their friends
play
tennis at Keehi Lagoon courts, off
November 27
(Thursday) Traditional Ski Club volunteer activity to
help the Salvation Army feed an early Thanksgiving dinner to the needy at
December 4 (Thursday). Nada, Nothing. No General Membership Meeting. The early Christmas party, two days later, will substitute for it.
December 6
(Saturday) 6 P.M. Annual Ski Club Christmas Party at the Esplanade in
January 8 (Thursday) 6 P.M. General Membership Meeting at Seven Palms. Please note that this is the second Thursday rather than the first Thursday of the month.
January 23
(Friday) Pre Ski Week Party at Geoff's condominium in
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Welcome to our new members receiving this newsletter for the first time. I would have welcomed you earlier but needed to wait for an updated address list. The Newsletter normally comes out during the last week of every month except for the odd occasion, like this one, when I plan to be out of town (and don't own a laptop or tablet). You can also find it posted on our website, www.hawaiisnowskiclub.com . If you (new members) are going on the ski trip to Steamboat but have yet to receive your free tee shirt, and will not be attending a Club event in Honolulu between now and the trip, please contact Fergie (click on the "Contacts" link above) and she will bring it with her. Also, contact her if you need to have it mailed (at your expense).
I hate to be a nag, but some of you
who, I know, planned on renewing, haven't yet done so. Please mail it in
to Hawaii Ski Club Membership,
I enjoyed getting "back in the saddle" to lead a hike last weekend on the Maunalani Demonstration Trail and hope to do more, in the future, as my improving condition permits (I might even get to ski this year). We used to have periodic bicycle events but haven't for a while now. Anyone of you out there (I don't bike) want to lead one? Let me know, and we'll schedule it. Also, if you have ideas for other activities which we could plan, please contact me about it.
I'll be missing the Thanksgiving event at the Blaisdell, as I'll be on the Mainland for the holiday, but I hope to see many of you at our December 6 Christmas Party the following weekend, the January General Membership Meeting, and the Pre Ski Week party on January 23.
A hui hou,
TOBY
UPCOMING SKI CLUB ACTIVITIES:
FEEDING THE NEEDY ON
THANKSGIVING DAY
November 27 (Thursday)
Assisting the
Salvation Army with feeding an early Thanksgiving Dinner to the needy at the
TOBY, ROY, WANDA
ANNUAL
CHRISTMAS PARTY
The Esplanade,
December 6 (Saturday) 6 P.M.
TOBY
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Seven Palms Bar and Grill
Navy-Marine Golf Course Club
House
January 8,
(Thursday) 6:00 P.M.
Come to our first General Membership Meeting for 2015 at Seven Palms. This is being scheduled for the second Thursday of the month, rather than the usual first Thursday, because the first Thursday is-----guess what day? Come early, before 5:30 P.M., if you want to get the Sunset Special dinner price.
TOBY
PRE SKI WEEK
PARTY
ALOHA
TOWERS CONDOMINIUM,
2215 ALOHA DRIVE,
January 23 (Friday)
Time TBA
All ski club members
are invited to the
Pre-Ski Week Party on January 23, at Geoff Chu's condominium complex where we
have held it for, at least, the past two years. This is also where we have
had our last few October Kick Off parties. For those of you who haven't
been there,
TOBY
AT STEAMBOAT
The Hawaii Ski Club is going to
Steamboat Resort (
http://www.steamboat.com
) in
In addition to skiing, the resort
offers snowshoeing (including a guided, gourmet snowshoe luncheon), sleigh
rides, snowmobiling, tubing, etc. The town of
Our transportation and lodging is
being booked by our familiar travel agent, Ski.com.
Our flights are as follows:
United-383 S
Depart: HNL 1/30/2015 010:00 pm Arrive: DEN 1/31/2015 07:46 am
United-328 W Depart: DEN 2/7/2015
11:30 am Arrive: HNL 2/7/2015 04:07 pm
We may change these flights if we
can obtain a reasonable and convenient flight into and out of Hayden (HDN),
Colorado, which is only a 35 minute bus ride from Steamboat. We should find out
about this in late May, when the airlines “load” the fares and schedules to
Hayden. Otherwise we will have to put up with the 3 ½ hr bus ride to and from
We are mainly staying in the Phoenix
Condominium, which is a block away from the gondola. The
For those of you who want to stay in a hotel, we are
offering the Ptarmigan Inn, which is two doors down from the
We will have the traditional ski
club activities – reception, pot luck, pizza party – and a few more that the
Trip Committee may dream up. On Sunday, February 1, 2015, your après ski
experience can include viewing of the XLIX Super Bowl between the Detroit Lions
and Oakland Raiders.
The prices for all this are on the Registration Form
which has already been emailed to current members. If you have not
received a form please contact Jonathan (
jonathan@hawaiisnowskiclub.com ). If you are
not a current
member and wish to join the Club, the
membership form can be found on our website
(
www.hawaiisnowskiclub.com
). Please fill out the Registration form carefully and mail it in with
your first payment (due June 15). The flights and rooms are limited so mail in
your forms as soon as you can. Don’t worry if you do not have roommates lined up
yet; that can be worked out later. If you cannot read or print the Registration
Form, please contact Jonathan.
Trip insurance is available from our travel agent. It is
possible to pay for your trip with a credit card, but there is a 3% surcharge.
Let Jonathan know if you want either of these options.
TRIP COMMITTEE
PAST SKI CLUB ACTIVITIES:
November 15, Saturday
There was a raging rainstorm Friday
night, with thunder and lightning in town, and it was still raining, off and on,
when I left my house on Saturday morning. I didn't know who, if anyone,
would show up at the trailhead. Guess what? Jon and Momi, whom
I hadn't seen in ages (what a pleasant surprise) drove in at about 8:45, it
stopped raining, and Wanda and Peggy appeared promptly at 9:00, just when we
were starting to walk towards the trail. It was muddy, and the water in
the stream crossings, usually trickles, were a little higher than usual. We kind
of lolly gaggled in for an hour and fifteen minutes, admiring the views of
Olomana and Kailua from different and seldom seen angles, and finally stopped
where the trail went into the stream, over some big rocks for several feet, and
Momi went into the water about knee high (she didn't have to, but she did).
Although I had been hoping to go on to a spot where the trail intersects with
one coming up from
TOBY
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
FREE TEE SHIRTS FOR NEW MEMBERSHIPS
Effective May 15, 2014, for a limited period of time, one free Ski Club tee shirt will be given to all new "Memberships," i.e. one per Membership, individual or family.
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