THE ADVENTURERS CLUB OF HONOLULU
Newsletter: September to December, 2013
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Thursday - December 12 TTR Party! Party! and PHOTO EXHIBITION
Adventurers' Club Members Photo Exhibition/Contest presented by Donna Wendt
Call Erika Wyrtki at 949-2229
Deadline Tue Dec 10th
Thursday - November 21 TTR A Life Adventure in Historic Theatres
by Lowell Angell
Call Wendla Liljestrand at wliljestrand@hawaii.rr.com (email preferred) or 554-9639
Deadline Tue Nov 19
Thursday - September 19 WWC Trekking
the Annapurna Circuit of Nepal
Thursday - October 17 OCC RVing in the US & Canada
by Bill Beadle & Barbara Dove
Call Teena Urban at uteena@aol.com (email preferred) or 946-3551
Deadline Tue Oct 15
by Kimberly and Ann Case
Call: Mary
Karyl Thorne at mkuleana@hawaiiantel.net (prefers email)
or 534-1545
Deadline Tue Sep 17
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*WCC (Waialae Country Club); TTR (Treetops
Restaurant); OCC (Outrigger Canoe Club) Adventurers’ Club members/guests may
only book a reservation via our reservationists.
** If making reservations via e-mail, please
include the words:
"Adventurers’ Club Meeting" and the Meeting Date
"Adventurers’ Club Meeting" and the Meeting Date
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..DECEMBER 2013..
Party! Party! Party!
PHOTO EXHIBITIONS AND CONTEST OF MEMBERS BEST PHOTOS
PHOTO EXHIBITIONS AND CONTEST OF MEMBERS BEST PHOTOS
Thursday, December 12 at Treetops Restaurant, 3737 Manoa Road
Come join us for a Holiday Festival of activities to get better acquainted with each other and greet the new members with holiday spirit.
Installation of the 2014 Officers and Board Members will take place
A Power Point Photo Exhibition / Contest will highlight some of the members
best Adventure/Travel pictures
Door Prizes!!!
This may be the last time we will be able to have our functions at the Tree Tops, so be sure to come!
A Power Point Photo Exhibition / Contest will highlight some of the members
best Adventure/Travel pictures
Door Prizes!!!
This may be the last time we will be able to have our functions at the Tree Tops, so be sure to come!
Kick off the holiday season with an evening of fun, food, and fellowship!
Cocktails
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6:00 pm
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Free parking in the lot: Treetops Restaurant, 3737 Manoa Road
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Dinner
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6:45 pm
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Buffet usually consisting of Steamed Mahi Mahi, Eggplant withminced
pork, Vegetable Tempura, Chicken with choice of sauce,Teriyaki Steak, assorted greens and fruit salad; steamed rice and rolls; and
Assorted cakes—$22.00
Wine available on cash basis—$3.00
All orders include tea or coffee
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Program
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7:30 pm
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(Approximately)
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Reservations
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Contact
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Erika Wyrtki at 949-2229 by Tuesday, December 10
Late cancellations and no shows will be billed.
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| 2014 Officers and Board Members |
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| Jack Luckett telling story of a Christmas Vietnam truce |
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| Donna Wendt presents members best photos in Exhibition / Contest Below are some of the Award winning photos |
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| American 's Cup Yacht Races by Bill Arnemann |
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| La Sacre Familia Cathedral -Gaudi by Jackie Sprague |
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| Myanmar Woman in Door by Bob Liljestrand |
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| Girl in Ollantaytambo, Peru by Dick Gould |
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| Glacier Grey calving, Chile by Donna Wendt |
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| Kala Patar Nepal by Janet Miller |
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| Hiroshima Garden, Japan by John Thorne |
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| Christmas Island by Jack Luckett |
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| Akha Girl in Thailand by Murray Visser |
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| "Hogwart" bridge, Scotland by Ralph Sprague |
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| Sunset in Africa by Ralph Sprague |
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| Green Hermit hummingbird by Ed Carus |
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| Prizes |
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| Adventurer's Club December 2013 |
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| Eulalia Luckett says goodbye to Martin, Manager of Tree Tops Restaurant |
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NOVEMBER 21, 2013—A Life Adventure in Historic Theatres
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By Member Lowell Angell
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This month, our speaker, Lowell Angell, will present an adventure of a different kind. Rather than present his travels to a distant place, he will discuss his life adventure with his interest in the theatres of Hawaii.
Lowell Angell, was born and raised in Honolulu. He became fascinated with Hawaii’s theatres at an early age. He has been actively involved with them for more than 45 years as a historian and preservationist.
He first became involved with the Hawaii Theatre in 1964 when he worked here during the summer for Consolidated Amusement Company. He was the co-founder in 1984 of the group that restored the Hawaii Theatre in the Chinatown area.
In 1969, he helped move the Robert Morton pipe organ to the Hawaii Theatre from the Princess Theatre prior to its demolition. Lowell was the second president of the Hawaii Theatre Center. He is a director of Honolulu’s Friends of the Queen Theater, a former board member of Hilo’s Friends of the Palace Theater and is the immediate past president and current secretary of the Theatre Historical Society of America, a national nonprofit organization.
Lowell Angell has written a book, THEATRES OF HAWAII, which celebrates the theatres that have come and gone, with hundreds of photos of theatres on every island, from the time of the monarchy to the 1964 construction of the Neal S. Blaisdell Concert Hall. A few of these theatres still stand, but most are just memories, and the images conjure a time when going to the movies or seeing a show felt glamorous.
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Cocktails
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6:00 pm
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Free parking in the lot: Treetops Restaurant, 3737 Manoa Road
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Dinner
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6:45 pm
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Buffet usually consisting of Steamed Mahi Mahi, Eggplant with minced pork,
Vegetable Tempura, Chicken with choice of sauce, Teriyaki Steak, assorted greens and fruit salad; steamed rice and rolls; and
Assorted cakes—$22.00
Wine available on cash basis—$3.00
All orders include tea or coffee
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Program
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7:30 pm
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(Approximately)
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Reservations
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Contact
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November 19 (email preferred)
Late cancellations and no shows will be billed.
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OCTOBER 17, 2013—RVing in the US and Canada
By Guests Bill Beadle and Barbara Dove
Bill Beadle and Barbara Dove set out in a small motor home to discover America. They did this in four separate trips. They first went from Las Vegas to Florida on an erratic route for ten weeks. Their adventures included trout fishing on the famous Green River in Utah, hiking in the Grand Tetons and Yellowstone with moose, elk and grizzlies, seeing San Padre Island during a red tide, visiting New Orleans for Halloween, and stopping in Graceland, Nashville, The Hermitage, Monticello, and Williamsburg.
The second ten week trip took them from Florida via Maine and Michigan to Las Vegas. A tour of the east coast prior to Hurricane Sandy's devastation was enjoyable. In Charleston, they did crab fishing with commercial permit holders on the Chesapeake. Next they visited the coast of Maine, Watkins Glenn, Niagara Falls, Mackinac Island, the "House on the Rock" in Wisconsin, a buffalo roundup in Custer State Park, Utah's National Parks and drove back to Las Vegas.
The third trip was a short three week excursion from Las Vegas to San Diego, and out through
Arizona. They toured Tucson's desert parks, missions and Patagonia State Park, a birder's paradise.
The fourth and longest trip was from San Diego to Alaska, they spent twelve weeks including nearly two weeks on the Alaska State Ferry System through the inside passage. Next they did whitewater rafting on the American River, saw Roosevelt elk in the Redwood Forest, visited the Cascade Mountains, tried cruising in the San Juans, accomplished gunkholing via the Ferry System through Southwest Alaska, and finally visited mainland Alaska, including the Kenai Peninsula, Denali National Park and even a trip to Barrow, the most northern community in the United States. These were the four separate legs of an 8 month, 27,000 mile road trip, in a span of 22 months. They will tell the saga of a married couple in a small motorhome out to discover America. They found it over- whelming..
Cocktails
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6:00 pm
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Free parking in club lot: Outrigger Canoe Club, 2509 Kalakaua Avenue
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Dinner
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6:45 pm
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Menu Choices:
Soup and Caesar Salad……….……... $22
Cobb Salad……………….……………. $20
OCC Beef Stew……….……..….…….. $20
OCC Mahi Mahi…………………….…. $24
1/2 OCC Mahi Mahi…………………... $17
Boneless Kalbi Ribs…………….…….. $27
Coffee by Token
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Program
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7:30 pm
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(Approximately)
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Reservations
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Contact
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(email preferred) Late cancellations and no shows will be billed.
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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013—Trekking the Annapurna Circuit of Nepal
By Member Kimberly Case
and Guest Ann Case
Kimberly Case trekked the Annapurna circuit
on her own in the year 2000 and repeated the trek in 2006 with her 68 year old step mother, Ann Case, both times without guides or porters. Crossing
the Thorung-La Pass, at 5400-meters
altitude, is required to complete the trek.
Many walks lay claim to the title
of World’s Greatest Trek,
but none of those wind through
valleys surrounded by five-mile-high peaks, spending nights
in teahouses run by
local villagers, and a rare chance to experience a ‘built
in’ cultural immersion.
Each night when the feet get weary, and the backpack gets heavy, a trekker can stop at any of the small villages
en route, most within a few miles of each other,
and stay the night at a traditional tea house. The tea houses range from a simple room in someone's home to a small family run hotel. Home cooked food is served in the dining room, or by the wood stove in the kitchen, depending
on the number of guests. Toilet facilities ranged from out back to en suite.
One never needs to walk very far to find a 'home' for the night.
Cocktails
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6:00 pm
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Free parking in club
lot: Waialae Country
Club, 4997 Kahala
Avenue
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Dinner
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6:45 pm
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Bowl of Soup of the Day and WCC Greens ……………...…..... $20.00
Corn Polenta
Ravioli, roasted
cherry tomatoes, pine nuts,
and
fresh basil (Vegetarian).……………………………..……..$28.00
Hamburger Steak ……………………………………..……...…….$32.00
Lemon Soy Roasted Half Chicken with Roasted Vegetables ... $34.00
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Program
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7:30 pm
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(Approximately)
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Reservations
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Contact
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534-1545 by Tuesday, September 17
Late cancellations and no shows
will be billed.
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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
We have just been notified that TreeTops, the restaurant at the former Paradise Park, will close at the end of the year. They have done an excellent job of hosting our meetings for several years. The food is good, the Audio- Visual equipment is good, and Martin has responded to all our requests. We will have two more meetings there: November and the Christmas Festival in December. Don’t miss our final goodbyes.
What’s next? We will maintain our relationships with the other venues and start looking for other meeting places. Several members have suggested possibilities and additional recommendations are welcome.
Ralph Sprague
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Message from the Membership Chair
Please welcome the following new members to the Adventurers’ Club:
Dominique Derrien-Bartley and Pauline Standish
Intrepid explorers and adventurers —we look forward to their participation and from Pauline, a program on Cuba. Welcome aboard!
Fran Dieudonne
For Adventurers’ Club Information Visit:
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