Hawaii Ski Club – November

President – Geof Chu – 330-7432
Vice President – Anita Hodges, 486-8667
Secretary - Kathlyn Wong
Treasurer - Wanda Sowell – 487-7485
Craig Shaffer - 261-5989
Gordon Ng (Click on Contacts)
Toby Kravet – 224-1065
Wanda "Wandi" Sagum - 523-0982
Linda Giers
Sylvia “Sam” Wright

Due to numerous holiday activities, the January General Meetingwill be held in conjunction with the pre-Whistler gathering at Wandi Sagum's condo complex). General meetings will resume on the first Thursday of the month beginning February 7, 2008.

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 Lagoon Drive. Stay in shape and share refreshments afterwards!

January 11, (Friday): 4:30 P.M. Pau Hana, Stuart Anderson's Cattle Company, 98-1262 Kaahumanu St., Aiea

January 18th (Friday): 6 P.M. Party and packet pickup for Whistler trip at the community area of Wandi's Condo, Honolulu Tower, 60 N. Beretania St.

February 16 (Saturday): Post Ski Trip Party at Sam's condo in Hawaii Kai (directions and more details forthcoming)

Well NOAA was correct! At last check, the Whistler Blackcomb Resort has over 5’ of base and still snowing as of this writing. There will be no lack of coverage this year, and the snowcats will not be grooming the dirt at night when we are there.

As for the New Year, the Rainbows will win the Sugar Bowl. They’ll always be the Bows to me. It finally looks like it will be a white Christmas in Tahoe where I’ll be heading on New Years Eve and we’re all looking forward to an AWESOME Ski Week 2008 in Whistler.

Mahalo’s to Anita, Toby, Wandi, Wanda, Darrell, Bill, Sam, Larry, Craig, Kathlyn, Kathy, Linda, and others whose efforts and sponsoring of club events have made this past year an enjoyable one for the membership.

STUART ANDERSON'S CATTLE COMPANY PAU HANA
Friday, January 11th; 4:30ish

Come and join the fun in the Aiea/Pearlcity area for a pau hana....I have made it for 4:30 as I just found out happy hour prices are only in the bar area and if we reserve a large table in the back no Happy Hour Prices are available...so some of us will need to try to get there early ( I will for sure) to claim the seats in the bar. It a very fun place which reminders me of being in a lodge in snow country plus it has great happy hour prices for drinks and food. Location is 98-1262 Kaahumanu street in the shopping area where times supermarket is located, between Kamehameha Highway and Moanalua Rd. Call me if you are lost. Kathy Mulledy 282-9749 or call Stuart Andersons 487-0054 ....SEE YOU THERE

Kathy

WHISTLER BON VOYAGE PARTY
January 18 (Friday), 6 PM

All club members, please come to the Whistler sendoff party to be held at Honolulu Tower's recreation room in downtown Honolulu (Chinatown). This is also a must-attend event for those going on the Whistler trip, when the trip packets will be distributed. Pizza,salad, and dessert will be provided by the club. However, everyone must bring their own drinks. Honolulu Tower (60 N. Beretania Street) is located on the corner of N. Beretania Street and Maunakea Street, directly across from the Chinese Cultural Plaza parking structure. Street parking is free after 6 PM, and there are two large parking lots across the street from the condo. The underground parking lot is on the corner of Nuuanu and Beretania. As you are heading Ewa down Beretania (a one way street), immediately after you pass Nuuanu, the entrance to the underground parking is on your left. After 5 PM, the parking fee is 50 cents per half hour with a maximum charge of $3. The second parking structure is on Maunakea Street in the Chinese Cultural Plaza, very close to the intersection of Maunakea and Beretania. The parking fee is a flat $2 after 5 PM. The gate to the condo rec area is on Maunakea Street, directly across the entrance to the Chinese Cultural Center parking structure. We will try to have someone stand by the gate entrance to let you into the rec area. However, if the locked gate is not manned, please call Wandi's cell phone number (230-1990) to be let in. Our club shirts will be available for sale during the party too, so if you need a new shirt for the Whistler trip, please come to the party with your checkbooks!

Wandi

Thank you Darrell and Rheta for hosting us once again for the annual club Christmas Party on December 15th. The food contributed by members was Ono and plentiful, and with over sixty gifts contributed by members and guests (were there really over sixty members and guests in the house?), the drama of the gift exchange (who was finally going to end up with the Bailey's?) was worth an Emmy. The Boat Parade was about 1.5 hours late in starting but well worth it with a pirate dramatically stabbing Santa, a boat pulled by neon dolphins (or was it sharks?) and trailed by a neon shark, the usual Christmas Elvis, and an Aloha Stadium with a football going through the goal post---to mention only a few. Another annual ski club event not to be missed.

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 7 calendar days from the end of the month. Thanx much.