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May, 2012
EXECUTIVE ORGANIZATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President – Toby Kravet – 808-224-1065
Vice President – Kevin Okawa
Treasurer - Geof Chu
Susan Murata
Jon Kleinschmidt
Momi Kleinschmidt
Jonathan Carr
Roy Manzoku
Sandy Herron
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Club Historian
Jo Yee
Newsletter Editor
Toby Kravet
(Click on Contacts for e mail addresses)
CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
April 27 (Friday) 4:30 P.M. Pau Hana at the Kona Brewing Company, Koko Marina Pub in the Koko Marina Center, 7192 Kalanianaole Highway, Hawaii Kai.
May 3 (Thursday) 5:30 P.M. General Membership Meeting at Schooners, Pearl Harbor (see article below for information and directions).
May 5 (Saturday) 8 A.M. Community Service Painting Project at Kipapa Elementary School.
May 19 (Saturday) 7:00 A.M. Hawaii Hotel and Lodging Association's Charity Walk.
June 7 (Thursday) 6:00 P.M. General Membership Meeting at Sam Sneads (our regular location). Although the meeting begins at 6 P.M., you will want to come before 5:30 if you want to order one of the Sunset Specials (two dinners for $20.00).
June 24 (Sunday) Noon. Polo In Mokuleia. See article and note that you need to send a check in advance to Sandy to reserve a spot and obtain an emailed parking pass.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
Please join me in welcoming Sandy Herron to our Board and in welcoming back Jon and Momi Kleinscmidt and Kevin Okawa who agreed to serve for new biennial terms. Mahalo to Sandy for inviting us back to Mokuleia in two months (see schedule and article) to experience the "decadence" of sitting in the VIP Section for the "Sport of Kings" and for her willingness to serve on the Trip Committee to assist in arranging a second trip next year to Sun Valley where she once owned a home. I'm sure her insights on the Sun Valley area will prove invaluable.
Per our By-Laws, Club officers are elected on an annual basis by the Board itself, and in our first post election Board Meeting on April 19th, Kevin was nominated and re-elected as Vice President and Geof as Treasurer. As your President, again, for another one year term, I, especially, appreciate the continuity of having the same team on board.
Also, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Jonathan Carr, Todd Withy, Carl Nakamura, and Ryan Saiki for having stepped forward to join the Trip Committee to help make next year's Japan trip a reality. I apologize if there is another new member or two whom I have failed to recognize. Our ski trips, of course, are the primary reason for the existence of the Club, and even though we retain a travel agency to make the air and hotel reservations, the work on the "Club end," including monitoring the ongoing work of the travel agency, especially for an international trip, requires an enormous committment of time and energy. They are the "hardest working people in Ski Club business."
Don't forget the Pau Hana this Friday at the Koko Marina Pub (Kona Brewery) in Hawaii Kai and the next General Membership Meeting on May 3 at a different location, Schooners. During our most recent Pau Hana at Schooners (May of last year-----isn't that a coincidence?), we were invited to "test out" their downstairs area for a meeting so I am especially looking forward to May 3rd.
See you at the meetings and activities.
Aloha,
TOBY
UPCOMING SKI CLUB ACTIVITIES:
PAU HANA AT THE KONA BREWING COMPANY'S
KOKO MARINA PUB
Koko
Marina Center
7192 Kalanianaole Highway
April 27 (Friday) 4:30 P.M.
Our second Pau Hana of 2012 will be at the Kona Brewery's Kona Marina Pub in Hawaii Kai: Great microbrews, good pupus or a meal if you wish, great view of the marina, comfortable surroundings, and free parking. Well worth the trip to East Honolulu. Come early if you can. Judging from our Pau Hana history at popular locations, I've reserved a table for 15 beginning at 4:30 P.M.
TOBY
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
Schooner's
57 Arizona
Memorial Road
May 3 (Thursday) 5:30 P.M.
Our trusty "home" for
General Membership Meetings, Sam Sneads, is closed for renovations on May 3. Therefore, the May 3 General Membership Meeting has been moved to Schooners at
Pearl Harbor where we have had a couple of Pau Hanas in the past. Schooners has
a downstairs area, generally reserved for groups, where we can order off the
menu as we do at "Sam's," have a little more privacy, and enjoy a view of
the boat harbor rather than of the golf course. Although the actual
meeting, featuring an update on the Japan trip for our
2013 Ski Week, will not begin until 6 P.M., please plan on arriving
by 5:30, if you can, to order your meal. To get to Schooners, turn
off Kamehameha Highway as if you were going to visit the Arizona Memorial, take
a right on Arizona Memorial Road (the inner road), go under the Ford Island
overpass, and Schooners is on the left (oceanside) of the road. You can't miss
it, and there is plenty of free parking.
TOBY
KIPAPA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PAINTING PROJECT
May 5
(Saturday) 8 A.M.
For those of you who remember or just
heard about the good time we had painting at the Palolo Chinese Home back in
October, we are going to do it again, but this time in central Oahu. Kipapa
Elementary needs our help to do painting on May 5. We will meet at 8 A.M. and
work until noon. DOE will provide supplies for painting. Lunch, which will
be "on the Club," will follow at
Just Tacos in the Mililani Town Center. The school parking lot is at 95-076 Kipapa Drive. From H2
heading toward Wahiawa, take the Mililani off-ramp (the second one; go under the
Meheula overpass); turn right at the stoplight onto Meheula Parkway, heading
Southwest. Turn right at the second stoplight, onto Kuahelani Ave. Turn right at
the second intersection, onto Moenamanu. Take the next right onto Kipapa Drive;
the school parking lot will be on your right, within a block. The Mililani
Town Center is on Meheula Parkway, across from the Mililani High School.
As of this Newsletter, we have reached the limit of volunteers we need, but you
can
email me (Roy Manzoku) roy@hawaiisnowskiclub.com, if you
wish to join us in case of cancellations.
ROY
HAWAII HOTEL AND LODGING
ASSOCIATION'S
CHARITY WALK
May 19 (Saturday) 7 A.M.
On Saturday, May 19, 2012 the Hawaii Hotel & Lodging Association's will host its annual Charity Walk beginning at 7 a.m. from Ala Moana Beach Park's McCoy Pavilion and continuing on a 6 mile walk through Waikiki, along the Ala Wai Canal, to end back at Ala Moana Beach Park. Charity Walkers enjoy an abundance of "ono grinds" at the many checkpoints along the way sponsored by Oahu's hotel and allied member companies. At the end of the walk, participants will be treated to a plate lunch, local entertainment, and have a chance to win fabulous door prizes. Walkers for Halekulani/Waikiki Parc....for each $35.00 or more donated will receive specially designed Halekulani/Waikiki Parc T-Shirt, children under the age of 18 just need to collect or donate $25.00 each or more in contributions. Although the specified times to pick up and return forms to me has passed, please email me, momi@hawaiisnowskiclub.com , if you would still like to participate.
MOMI
POLO IN MOKULEIA
HAWAII POLO CLUB
VIP Garden
Reserved Seating
June 24th (Sunday) Noon
$15 per person ($35 value)
Back by popular request, the Hawaii Polo Club has offered us a special seating in the VIP Garden area of the private clubhouse for Sunday June 24th. Tables for 8 with table cloths and umbrellas will be inside the picket fence and a new Chukker Club Bar can easily be accessed and also provides table service. Buckets of ice and beverages (both alcoholic and non alcoholic) can be purchased with credit card or cash along with a choice of adjacent vendors for food. You are still welcome to bring your own picnic lunch or pupus and drinks but please no large coolers as space is limited. The Clubhouse Area has a NO PET policy.Gates open at noon with a special explanation of horse, rider and tack at 1:30 for those unfamiliar with polo.Live music after the game for those wanting to stay and dance, take a swim on the beach, or hang with the players.It is the United States Polo Association’s (USPA) Women’s Challenge with a trophy presentation immediately following the game. This is a fun relaxed day and ladies – hats are optional but a fun time to show them off.
From Waikiki or the airport, take the H-1 West, then H-2 North toward Mililani and Wahiawa. When H-2 ends, keep going straight past Schofield Barracks on the left, down the hill and across a bridge. Keep left towards Waialua and Dillingham Ranch. From here you'll drive about 20 minutes along a two lane highway with mostly fields on both side. When you come to the traffic circle, continue through it and go under the bridge towards Mokuleia. Drive about three miles, and the polo field will be on your right side.
Please send a check made out to Hawaii Polo Club ($15 per person) please include your e-mail address so special parking passes can be sent to you in advance and mail your check to: Sandy Herron, 4121 Black Point Road, Honolulu, Hi. 96816. Questions? sandy@hawaiisnowskiclub.com or cell phone (970) 925-4884
SANDY
PAST SKI CLUB ACTIVITES:
EAT THE STREET
In the late afternoon/early evening of Friday, March 30, approximately eight Ski Club Members found their way to and found each other in the vacant lot just Ewa of Mother Waldren Playground in Kakaako where a variety of famous and not-so-famous lunch wagons had set up for the monthly "Eat the Street" street party. Geof appreciated his ribs from Hawaii Five-0, I appreciated the chicken gumbo from Soul Patrol, and we both appreciated the relaxed attitude, at least that evening, towards BYOB. There were a number of tables provided under a tent canopy for eating, socializing, and protecting us from the rain which never came. Thanks, Geof, for coming with the idea for this different kind of Pau Hana. I'd do it again.
TOBY
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
SNOWBOARD FOR SALE
Craig Shaffer still has an unused size 141 snowboard for sale. $250.00. Craig may be contacted at 261-5989.
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Contributions from the membership to future newsletters are encouraged and will be greatly appreciated: Please e mail them to Toby (see Contacts) no later than 9 calendar days from the end of the month. Thanx much.
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