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September, 2023
EXECUTIVE ORGANIZATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President – Toby Kravet – 808-224-1065
Vice President - Anita Hodges
Treasurer - Jonathan Carr
Secretary - Nelson Dang
Michiro Iwanaga
Alan Teramura
Caroline Sluyter
Mike Tsutsui
Carl See
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Newsletter
Editor
Toby Kravet
(Click on Contacts for e mail addresses)
CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
Every Monday evening (except on holidays and, of course, during Hawaii Ski Week), at 4:30 PM, a group of ski club members and their friends play tennis at Keehi Lagoon Courts, off Lagoon Drive. Stay in shape and enjoy a "careful social hour" afterwards.
September 7 (Thursday) 5 PM General Membership Meeting at Mangiamo, Navy - Marine Golf Course.
October 5 (Thursday) We are back to Rainbow Bay Marina at Pearl Harbor for our annual Kick-Off meeting for the new membership year. As with our July General Membership Meeting at this venue, the food will be "on the house."
October 7 (Saturday) Volunteering to pack food at the Hawaii Food Bank. Please see article below for signup instructions and related information.
November 2 (Thursday) 5 PM General Membership Meeting at Mangiamo, Navy - Marine Golf Course. A long time ago, in a universe far, far away, our club skied on Mauna Kea, and we are presently planning a presentation on this history at the meeting.
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE:
I hear that everyone had a nice time at Mai Tai's last week and was sorry to have to miss it. Finally, after 3 years of successfully avoiding COVID, I finally caught it, was still testing positive, and did not want to chance infecting anyone (not to mention the fact that I wasn't supposed to drink anyway). I'm in the clear now and hope to see you at Mangiamo on September 7 (see below). Although we had hoped to have our next volunteering activity, packing food at the Food Bank, in early September, we were unable to schedule it until October 7, one month later, just a couple of days following the Kick-Off at Rainbow Bay Marina. Please note, in the article below, that you need to complete an online application form and are asked to email Mike right afterwards so he can better track the participation. I'm sorry to have to report that we've lost another member, Chad Wolf of Oregon, who passed from cancer on July 27. We send our sincerest condolences to his mother, Elizabeth, who remains a member. The past few weeks have been a banner time for new members with no less than 7 having joined the club: Welcome to Thomas Torrance, Nancy Smiley, Marlene Young, and Roberta Kokx of Honolulu, Geri Young of Kapaa, Kauai, Wendy Harrison of Murphys, California, and Russell Swain of our ninth island. Maybe I'll get to meet you "off island" folk on one of our trips.
TOBY
UPCOMING SKI CLUB ACTIVITIES:
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP
MEETING
MANGIAMO BY 604
NAVY MARINE GOLF COURSE
943 VALKENBURGH ST.
September 7 (Thursday) 5 PM
We're back to our normal venue, Mangiamo, for our September General Membership Meeting. Although the meeting won't begin until 5:30 PM, we'd like you to get there a bit earlier so you can get situated and order your food and drink. If you haven't yet been to Mangiamo, it is opposite the airport and off of Valkenburgh Street which runs between Nimitz Highway (under the viaduct) and Radford Drive. Drive almost all the way to Radford Drive and you'll see the entrance to the right. Mangiamo is on the second floor of the golf course's club house. See you there.
TOBY
ANNUAL KICK-OFF
MEETING/COOKOUT
RAINBOW BAY MARINA
57 Arizona
Memorial Drive
(next to Restaurant 604)
PEARL HARBOR
October 5
(Thursday) 5:00 PM
Come to our Annual Kick-Off (to
the new membership year) Meeting, where the food will be "on the house,"
at Rainbow Bay Marina, Pearl Harbor, Cabana B. This is the cabana to
the right (looking makai) of where we had our July meeting.
If you are a new member since April 1 of this year, you are already
current. No need to worry. If you are joining right now or
renewing and haven't already paid by credit card or mailed in your check for
the 2022-2023 year, you can bring your check to this meeting,
but don't forget to first complete the
digital membership form accessed through our website.
If you haven't been to Rainbow Bay Marina, it is the outdoor picnic area
with cabanas on the right hand side (facing towards the ocean) of Restaurant
604. For those of you who unfamiliar with the area,
enter Pearl Harbor off Kamehameha Highway as if you were going to the
Arizona Memorial, take a right on the inner road (Arizona Memorial Place),
and drive approximately 1/4 mile. As soon as you go under the Ford
Island viaduct, you are there. You
can park behind the restaurant. This is BYOB, and please
carry out your drink containers rather than deposit of them in the refuse
receptacles at the venue or we will forfeit the return of a $100.00 deposit
we gave them for cleanup.
Please
email me pres@hawaiisnowskiclub.com
TOBY
VOLUNTEERING TO PACK
FOOD
AT
THE HAWAII FOOD BANK
2611 KILIHAU ST.
HONOLULU, HI. 96819
October 7 (Saturday) 8 AM - 12 PM
The Food 4 Keiki (F4K) program
provides bags of food for our school pantry program across Oahu and Kaua`i.
On Saturday, October 7th, 8 am – 12 pm we will be packing about 7,000 bags
of food at our warehouse, 2611 Kilihau St, Honolulu, HI 96819and we
anticipate the packing will run for the full 4-hour shift. Please arrive
with enough time to find parking and sign in before the briefing at 8 am.
ALL VOLUNTEERS are required to fill out the online volunteer application
form if they have not done so before:
https://www.volgistics.com/appform/348316126
.
Please email me,
mike@hawaiisnowskiclub.com once the
form has been completed and submitted so I can keep track of the count for
our club.
MIKE
PAST SKI CLUB ACTIVITIES:
PAU HANA
AT
MAI
TAI'S
ALA MOANA CENTER
4TH LEVEL, MAKAI-DIAMOND
HEAD SIDE
August 24
(Thursday) 4 PM
It’s been a long time since the ski club had a pau hana at Mai Tai’s on the fourth floor of Ala Moana Center, so on Thursday August 24th a group gathered at the open-air bar. MaiTai’s still offers live music, ample casual seating, and Happy Hour prices with $7 pupus, $5 happy beers, and discounted cocktails. We had a fun time with long-time friends and a few new club members. If you have a favorite bar with Happy Hour prices, let the ski board know for a possible future pau hana.
ANITA
SKI TRIPS FOR 2024:
Update of Steamboat Springs, Colorado Ski Trip
January 19-27, 2024
We presently have 48 HSC
members who have registered for this trip, and we have nearly sold out our
allotment of Gravity Haus Hotel rooms with only one double occupancy hotel
room left. We also have three men looking for a fourth to share a 2 bedroom
2 bath condo. Details and prices for the Steamboat Springs Ski Trip can be
found in the Trips section of our website
www.hawaiiskiclub.com .
Updates of the Furano, Hokkaido, Japan
ski trip February 10-18, 2024 and the Rusutsu, Hokkaido, Japan ski trip
February 17-25, 2024.
Despite the recent release of the announcement for these Japan ski trips, 41 HSC members have already registered and 9 of our allotment of 16 double occupancy hotel rooms at the Shin Furano Hotel have already been booked. Nearly half of all those who have registered are going to Rusutsu for one week and the other half have registered for the two week combo package with the first week in Furano followed by a second week in Rusutsu. Details and prices for the Japan Ski Trips can be found in the "Trips' section of our website www.hawaiiskiclub.com .
ALAN
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
HAWAII SKI CLUB IS ON FACEBOOK
Facebook is the best way to keep current on the Hawaii Ski Club. On your Facebook page on your computer, type "Hawaii Ski Club" into the search box on the top left. On your mobile device, tap the magnifying glass at the top to get the search box. Pictures from Ski Club activities and other items are posted as they are submitted. You can submit your own Ski Club pictures and other items you wish posted by emailing them to anita@hawaiisnowskiclub.com
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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.
Updated club info available at http://www.hawaiisnowskiclub.com and on our Facebook page.