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
Karl See
Stewart Taggart
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.
May 25 (Thursday), 6:00 PM Pau Hana at Bevy's, Salt at Our Kakaako, to eat, drink, socialize, and be entertained by Ski Club Member, Clare Nelson.
June 1 (Thursday) 5 PM General Membership Meeting at Mangiamo, Navy Marine Golf Course. Please note that they will be seating us in a different location of the restaurant this one time.
June 10 (Saturday), 7:30 AM - 1 PM & 12:30 PM - 5:30 PM Volunteering at Special Olympics in Hawaii Kai. As of this writing, we have thirteen signed up and are still open for more.
July 6 (Thursday), 5 PM Cookout/General Membership Meeting at Rainbow Bay Marina, Pearl Harbor.
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Happy June everyone. Isn't it nice to see more on the schedule this days? Although this IS the June Newsletter, I first need to call your attention to the Pau Hana tomorrow night, still May yet, at Bevy's in Salt at Our Kakaako (See activity listed below). Second, I'd like to welcome new members Hazy Adames and Donald Soman to the club. I doubt we'll be seeing them at a meeting or activity real soon because they both live on the Big Island, Hazy in Waikoloa and Donald in Hilo. Perhaps we'll see them at Steamboat and/or Japan. Third, drum rolls please, you can now register for Steamboat (see below) and be sure to familiarize yourself with the instructions first. Fourth, I'm really glad to see such a large turnout for volunteering at the Special Olympics: They tell us they can use as many people as we can supply so don't be shy. Lastly, I'm sorry to report that former Ski Club member, John Cain, passed away some time last fall, and we just received notice of his Celebration of Life and internment at Punchbowl this coming August 14. Those of you who got to know him and wish to attend can contact his daughter, Wendy (See Wendy's email in the "Announcements" section below.
TOBY
UPCOMING SKI CLUB ACTIVITIES
PAU HANA AT BEVY
SALT AT OUR KAKAAKO
675 AUAHI ST.
HONOLULU, HI. 96813
May 25, Thursday, 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
If you live on Oahu, come to Bevy, a bar in Kakaako's Salt complex, on May 25 to mingle with your Ski Club friends and hear one of our newer members, Clare Nelson, whom you may have met on the Big Sky trip, sing and accompany herself on guitar. We have reserved two tables, one under my name and one under Mitch's. Bevy has been described as an "Artsy, industrial-chic locale featuring inventive handcrafted cocktails and eclectic small plates." Per the internet, parking in the Salt complex garage, with entrance on Keawe St., can be validated for a reduced rate by Bevy.
TOBY
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
MANGIAMO BY 604
NAVY MARINE GOLF COURSE
943 VALKENBURGH ST.
June 1 (Thursday) 5 PM
We're back to Mangiamo for our June General Membership Meeting, but they will be seating us in a different location just this once. 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. It is on the second floor of the golf course's club house. See you there.
TOBY
SPECIAL OLYMPICS
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
KAISER HIGH SCHOOL
511 LUNALILO HOME ROAD
HAWAII KAI
June 10, 7:30 AM - 1:00 PM or 12:30 PM - 5:30 PM
If you haven't already responded to the email we sent out about two weeks ago calling for volunteers and are interested in helping out for either the morning or afternoon shift at The Special Olympics on June 10, please email Mike Tsutsui, mike@hawaiisnowskiclub.com , with your choice of shift and tee shirt size. We will be escorting competitors through their Healthy Athlete Screenings and might be assisting in other activities as needed.
TOBY
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING/COOKOUT
RAINBOW BAY MARINA
57 Arizona Memorial Drive
(next to Restaurant 604)
PEARL HARBOR
July 6 (Thursday) 5:00 PM (But Dinner served closer to 6:00 PM)
Come to our July General Membership Meeting at Pearl Harbor where the food will be "on the house." Still having some extra cash on hand from the "pandemic years" when we weren't scheduling anything, we have again, thanks to Bill Hodges, been able to reserve a cabana at Rainbow Bay Marina for the event. This is the outdoor picnic area with cabanas on the right hand side (facing towards the ocean) of Restaurant 604 where we have held our October Kick-Off Meetings and, at least, a couple of Pre-Trip Packet Pickup Parties in past years. For those of you unfamiliar with the area, enter Pearl Harbor off Kamehameha Highway as if you were going to the Arizona Memorial. There is no security to go through. 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. This is BYOB, and, at the end, 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 note in your calendar to email me, pres@hawaiisnowskiclub.com , with the number in your party, no later than Thursday evening, June 29, so we know how much food to order.
TOBY
SKI TRIPS FOR 2023
HAWAII SK WEEK 2024, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLORADO, JANUARY 19 - 27, 2024
Ski.com has provided this link to register for next year’s Ski Week to Steamboat Springs: (We strongly suggest that you print out a copy of this Newsletter or just the paragraph of instructions below the link, before you click it, so that you can refer to the instructions, as needed, throughout the process. Ed.)