Calendar of Events ***
November 3, 6
PM: General Membership Meeting at Elks Club
November 8 FINAL SKI TRIP
PAYMENT DUE
November 11, 5:00
PM: Pau Hana
at Willows.
November 13, 2:30
PM: Train Ride followed by dinner (about 5pm) at Kapolei Golf
Course Club House
November 17, 5:30
PM, Board of Directors Meeting, Sam Sneads
November 19, 4:00 PM, Pre-Thanksgiving dinner
and games at Bill Rothe’s
house,
Kaneohe; games begin at 4PM and dinner at 5:30
November 24, 9:00 AM tailgate, Salvation Army Thanksgiving
dinner at NBC Arena; 10:30 begin volunteering
December 1, 6PM: General
membership meeting at Elks Club
**December 10, 6:30
PM: Christmas Party and Boat Parade at Large’s
Note change in day and time
from previous newsletter**
December 15, 5:30
PM, Board of Directors Meeting
December 16, 5:30PM Pau Hana at Sunset Grill and walking tour of Honolulu
City Lights
January 5, 5:30
PM, General
Membership Meeting at Elks Club
January 27- February 4,
SKI WEEK AT VAIL, COLORADO
NOTE: February general
membership meeting will
NOT be held on regular time and day due to Ski Week
conflict
March 4-11: MAMMOTH SKI
TRIP
NOTE:
Please double check dates and times from the most recent newsletter
to make sure there have been no changes***
President's Message
It
was good to see many of you at Annual Kick-off Meeting!
Thanks
to Anita and Michael, our website is close to being redesigned and
the brochure close to publication.
In order to be congruent with our new bumper stickers, we
have decided to move in the direction of changing our club name to
the “Hawaii Snow Ski Club”. A vote will be taken at the
November General Meeting on the motion to change the name. This needs to be resolved prior
to finalizing our website design and brochure.
We
had only one suggestion for Ski Week 2007 at our October General
Meeting, so if you have a place you would like to see us go to,
please contact a board member prior to Ski Week 2006. All nominations will be taken and
voted on at the conclusion of Ski Week 2006 (Vail). We will e-mail out the ballots
consisting of the top three vote getters upon our return and count
them at our Annual Post Ski Trip Party in mid-February 2006. This will enable our trip
committee to more efficiently plan Ski Week 2007.
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;
Recent Events
October events: Our club
members love to party!!! If you missed First Friday in downtown
Honolulu with our own Rebecca Horne displaying her artwork (and
Bill Rothe helping her hang the displays),
Cosmic Bowling under the lights (thanks to Jim Kelly for organizing
this event), Formaggio for pau hana (we were the largest group that night, and
the food and wines were outstanding), Willis’s own private
wine tasting, or Halloween at the Waikiki Yacht Club (thanks,
Marilyn, for arranging this activity) then you missed many awesome
activities. We planned the
events to appeal to a wide variety of members: art collectors, athletes,
and wine connoisseurs. Join us for upcoming events in November and
December.
Upcoming Events
Every Monday - TENNIS AT
KEEHI LAGOON @
4:30 p.m.
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Pau Hana at THE
WILLOWS: Friday , November
11th...5pm
Join us at the Willow
Restaurant at
901 Hausten
St. Friday night November 11th.The Willows offers a
pupu buffet all you can eat and live music,,,,,don't come too hungry as the buffet
and music do not start until 6:30...but we need to be there by 5:30
as it is a popular spot on Friday nights. Call the restaurant for
directions 952-9200. The only directions I know are off of
South King St by Star
supermarket. They offer valet
parking or self-parking across the street.
Hawaiian
Railroad, November 13 at
2:30 PM
Can
you remember the whistle sounds of old railroads in the
islands? Sign up for a
chance to
relive
this part of
Hawaii’s
history by joining us for a train ride followed by a pau hana gathering
at
the Kapolei Golf Course Club House.
At
one time there were 7 public railroads, 47 private sugar plantation
railroads, and
one
military railroad on four
Hawaiian
islands. Today the Hawaiian
Railway has the
only
active railroad on
Oahu
and runs on the remaining stretch of track from Ewa
to
Nanakuli. This railroad is placed on the
State and National Registers of Historic
sites. Three vintage diesel locomotives which have been restored
take passengers
each Sunday in open-air cars.
This is your chance to
relive history and have a unique way to tour the
leeward
Oahu coastline in an open-air
railroad car. Bring family,
friends
and maybe a young person who
has never been on a real railroad ride!
When: Sunday, November 13.
Arrive at
2:30 pm to purchase tickets
Where: Meet at the Hawaiian
Railroad station on
Renton Road in Ewa.(see
map
on the Hawaii Railroad
website at http://www.hawaiianrailway.com/Map.html)
Cost: $7 (group rate)
Duration: 90 minute
round-trip train ride from Ewa to Nanakuli
Afterwards: dinner or pupus at the Kapolei Golf Course club house;
about
5:00 pm
If you can’t do the
train ride, then join us for pupus or
dinner.
PLEASE
SIGN UP FOR THE TRAIN RIDE AT THE NOVEMBER GENERAL MEETING SO THAT
WE KNOW THE NUMBER OF SEATS TO RESERVE. You will purchase
train tickets at 2:30 the day of the train ride.
Pre - Thanksgiving at Bill Roths House
Saturday, November
19th...4pm
Come and join the ski club
members for a pre- turkey party at Bill's House. Bring food and
drinks
to share .We always have a great
time and this year we would like to ask Dave B to bring his
horse shoes and other members to
bring some board games.....of course some
of you have asked to play
the game I NEVER.....so maybe that will happen if someone gets
it going......The party will start
a little later than previous years since it is on a
Saturday night.....Dinner
will be about
5:30 ish.
Directions to Bill’s
house ,,,,From
Honolulu take the Likelike to
Kaneohe. Make a left at
Kahekili Hwy. Travel approximately
3 miles and you will be passing Valley of the
Temple. Go one light pass the
Valley of the
Temples turn left on Hui Iwa. Proceed
through the four way stop sign , take
second left which is
Kelu St...travel 1/2 mile, house
is on the left ( two houses past the orange
house).
47-461 Hui Kelu St.....Call Bill at 239-4332
if you are lost. Bill will have a map at the
Nov ski club meeting....See
you there.....
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Salvation Army
Thanksgiving Dinner
Hi
Volunteers! No turkeys here.....you are all Lucky
Ducks! Shereen Boyajian has volunteered to prepare the
Tailgate Breakfast again this year. You won't need to get
up early to fix a potluck dish; just come on down
for coffee and good eats before helping out.
Our
allotted number of volunteers was quickly filled, keeping with a
long tradition. Club members who are not on the volunteer
list are welcome to participate in the tailgate breakfast, as
long as we know how many to plan for. (Call 487-7485 if you
want to join us.) $5 each will be collected to help cover
food and drinks.
Thanksgiving
Day, Nov. 24,
Blaisdell
Center:
9:00 - 10:30 am Tailgate
breakfast -on sidewalk near parking structure
10:30 - 1:00 pm Volunteer
at Exhibition Hall
Apparel
Covered shoes (protection from hot food/drinks)
We
urge you to your wear club shirt to promote our club.
Ahoy, Christmas Menehunes
Volunteers needed:
"Deckoration"
Committee
(aka Deck Committee)
for
Darrell Large's boat
in the
Hawaii Kai Marina
"Festival of Lights"
SATURDAY DECEMBER
10th 2005; Boat lineup for the parade:
6:00pm
DECK
COMMITTEE will be given 1st choice to sail in the parade (maximum
of
6
sailing Santa's helpers -- depending on the amount of space taken
up by
deckorations).
Blitzen (Lee Cataldi) is
heading the Deck Committee; Comet (Gordon Ng)
previously
volunteered his skills; and materials, based on availability,
have been offered by Dasher (Prez
Geof Chu).
Blizten would like the Deck Committee to meet at
least once in November
to review pictures of previous parade entries,
Captain Claus's (DarrellLarge) boat,
and to brainstorm ski themes.
Interested
elves
may contact
Blitzen at 955-2461 -- and you, too, may be elevated
to reindeer status.
HO HO HO CHRISTMAS PARTY & BOAT PARADE
SATURDAY DECEMBER
10th
5:00pm
DARRELL LARGE'S
583
KUMUKAHI PLACE,
HAWAII KAI
395-6825 or 258-6825 (email: darrellnrheta@aol.com)
POT LUCK and B Y O B
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
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 submit the enclosed membership form.
Ski
Club Shirt Order
We
are putting together another club shirt order that now requires a
minimum order of 24 shirts.
Therefore, this may be the only opportunity that you will
have this year to order a club shirt for yourself or as Christmas
presents. Samples of the
shirt styles being offered will be available at the general meeting.
Redesigning Ski
Association Website:
Since
people are using the Internet more than ever to search for
activities and events, the board of directors has decided to
redesign our club website to make it more visually- appealing and
user-friendly. We are also
creating a brochure to highlight the club. Therefore,
the Ski Association 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. If you have a great
photo of ski club members participating in any activity, please
forward it to either Michael Cloe or
Anita Hodges as soon as you can and it may be included on the
website or in the brochure.
Wearing Club Shirts to
Increase Membership
Ski club members are
always encouraged to wear their shirts to promote the ski
club. Recently
the board had proposed giving
points to those members who wear the shirts to events and at
the end of the year awarding those
who attended the most events and those who wore the
club shirts most
frequently. However after
the October newsletter was emailed, we realized
that tallying this after
every event could be an accounting nightmare, so we’ve opted
to
eliminate that idea. However the
board will think of other options to reward members who
attend events and wear their
club shirts.
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!
Hey Skiers!
Wednesday, Feb. 1 is designated as the group trip to Beaver
Creek. A short bus ride takes us from our doorstep at Enzian to the nearby ski resort. Our Vail
lift ticket will cover. We'll meet for lunch at Spruce Saddle
Restaurant on the mountain.
Beaver Creek is celebrating
its 25th Anniversary as an elegant, secluded resort with
European charm. It's
a complete mountain, with 146 trails off 16 lifts, and two
bowls. The
longest run is nearly 3 miles.
Trip to
Mammoth
Mountain – March 4 thru 11,
2005
So
far we have about 10 people have expressed an interest in the
trip. Some have asked about
the ground transportation to
Mammoth
Mountain. 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.
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 am hoping to find 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. I will be setting up
the lodging and lift tickets and will need to get a commitment by
year’s end along with a deposit. Please let me know you want to go
if you haven’t already and I will be in touch to confirm in
the near future.
geof
FROM THE EDITOR: Member inputs and other suggestions to improve this newsletter are always welcome. Mahalo. Anita will be publishing the club newsletter while Dick and Claire are enjoying an extended trip. Send all articles for upcoming newsletters to Contacts |
