ADVENTURERS' CLUB NEWSLETTER May - Aug 2017
Date
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Location
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Topic and Presenter
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Contact (email preferred)
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Deadline
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Thursday May 18
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Outrigger Canoe Club
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Nā
Hulu Lehua: The Royal
Cloak and Helmet of Kalaniʻōpuʻu and its Return
to Hawai‘i Noelle
Kahanu
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John Smith johnvirgilsmith@yahoo.com (808) 384-0460 (c)
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Thursday
May 11
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Thursday Jun 15
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Maple Garden
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Gemstone Hunting in Afghanistan: Recent Expeditions
Gary Bowersox
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Pat Moore honolulupat1@yahoo.com (808) 778-7514 (c)
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Thursday
June 8
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Thursday July 20
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Outrigger Canoe Club
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Living the Expat
Life for a Year
in Nanjing, China: Memoirs of a Fulbright Awardee Diane Perushek
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Thursday
July 13
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Thursday Aug 17
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Zippy’s Vineyard
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Angkor: from
Imagination to Excavation
Miriam Stark
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Thursday
Aug 10
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Adventurers’ Club
guests MUST have an ACH
member book their
reservation via our
reservationists.
If making
reservations via e-mail,
please put “ADV CLUB
RSVP” as
the subject. If leaving
a message or sending an email, please
include your
phone number. If unable to reach
listed reservationist, please
call Renate Ryan at 203-9141.
Payment by check
preferred made payable
to Adventurers' Club
of Honolulu.
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For Adventurers’ Club Information
Visit: adventurersclubhonolulu.blogspot.com/
Greetings Fellow Adventurers:
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
We have another
exciting four months of programs, thanks to our 1st VP/Program Chair, Bill Chapman -- Hawaii, Afghanistan, China, and Cambodia!
Plan now to attend
and enjoy these tales of adventure, and the
fellowship of other
members. Traveling and the love of travel and adventure unites
us in a common bond.
Perhaps you feel as I do that if I can't be traveling myself, the
next best thing is to hear of someone else's experiences!
Continued thanks to all who support
the Club, whether as a member attending
programs, or a dedicated director or volunteer. We couldn't exist without
you! Perhaps you have a friend or colleague who would enjoy the Club?
If so, please invite
them to a meeting and to join!
In closing,
one of my favorite travel quotations is one universally (but incorrectly) attributed to St. Augustine, "The world is a book, and those who
do not travel read only a page." Even if he never actually
wrote it, the sentiment is still an excellent one today. Here's to all of us reading more pages! I hope to see you soon!
Aloha, Lowell Angell, President
FEATURED IN
THIS NEWSLETTER…
1) If RSVP’ing
by email: PLEASE
NOTE “ADV CLUB RSVP” as the subject.
Our reservationists
prefer email RSVP’s.
2) Outrigger Canoe Club Update:
PLEASE NOTE: The club has changed the dining
and program seating
configuration and seating
is now limited. Our reservationist will take a
waitlist once we have reached
the maximum number and those on the
waitlist will be ad- vised if space becomes
available. IM PO RTANT: To in sur e fa irness to a ll me mb ers a n d o ur v o lunteer
reserv a tio nist, RSVP’sWIL L O NL Y B E ACC EPT ED B E GINN IN G TH E FIR ST DAY O F TH E M O NTH fo r that mo nth'
s pro g ra m. (e.g., begin- ning May 1st for the May 18th program). REM INDER:
CO FFEE AND TE A ARE N O T INC LUD ED WI TH YO UR M EAL . Tickets must be purchased with cash upon check-in
from our reservationist, along
with tickets for beer, wine, mixed drinks and soft drinks.
3)
Reminder: For
each meeting, once you
have called in your
RSVP and given your entrée choice, it is NOT possible to change it later, including the evening
of the program. The entrée selection counts
are called in to the restaurant following the RSVP deadline
and they prepare only that number
of each entree. This ensures faster
and easier service and is part of the agreement we make with the restaurant, so PLEASE KOKUA!
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May 18th:
Nā Hulu Lehua: The Royal Cloak; Helmet of Kalaniʻōpuʻu; its Return to Hawai‘i By Guest: Noelle Kahanu
Noelle will be discussing the return
to Hawai‘i of the feathered cloak given
by Kalaniʻōpuʻu, aliʻi nui of Hawaiʻi
Island to Captain James
Cook at Kealakekua Bay in 1779. Through a partnership with National Museum
of New Zealand Te Papa
Tongarewa, Noelle and representatives of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the Bishop Museum
agreed to place
the cloak on display at the Bishop Museum for an indefinite period. She will tell of the cloak’s exciting journey.
Noelle Kahanu is an Assistant Specialist in Public
Humanities and Native Hawai‘i Programs at the Department of American Stud- ies, UH Mānoa. She holds a BA in Political Science and
a JD from the University of Hawai`i. She is a past
legislative assistant to Senator
Daniel Inouye
and coauthor of the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). Noelle
served as Curator, Project Manager, and Community Affairs Director at Bishop
Museum.
Location 6:00
pm Outrigger Canoe Club - 2509
Kalakaua Avenue, Free parking
in club lot
Menu: Include order
with RSVP.
Payment by check
preferred payable to Adventurers' Club of Honolulu.
1) Cobb Salad: Chopped Crisp Greens, Tomato, Turkey, Egg, Avocado, Bacon = $20)
2) Beef Stew:
Classic Beef Stew, Sweet Potato
Crisp, Steamed Rice = $24
Dinner 6:45 pm 3) Mahi Mahi:
Traditional preparation, spring vegetables, toasted almonds = $31
4) 1/2 Mahi
Mahi: Traditional preparation, spring
vegetables, toasted
almonds = $24
Reminder: Coffee/Tea not included with your meal. Drink
tickets must
be purchased with cash upon check-in along with beer,
wine, mixed drinks
and soft drinks.
Program 7:30 pm (Approximately)
RSVP by: Thursday, May 11, 2017 to John Smith Do not call in reservations before MAY 1st.
Please note “ ADV CLUB RS VP”
as subject line.
(P LEASE NOTE: The dining and program seating configuration
has changed and seating
is
limited. A waitlist will be taken if we are full.)
Refer to 1st page for additional information.
Late cancellations and no shows will be billed.
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June 15th: Gemstone Hunting in Afghanistan: Recent Expeditions By
Member: Gary Bowersox
Gary W. Bowersox, “The Gem Hunter,” will tell stories and show
pictures of his forty-six years of hunting
for gemstones such
as emeralds, rubies, tourmaline, aquamarines, lapis
and other gems
in the mountains of Afghanistan. He will
discuss recent
develop- ments
there. (He will
be in Afghanistan again
in April just
before his talk.)
Gary Bowersox is a former
US Army major. He has been in the gem-hunting business since
graduating with an MBA from UH Manoa, following a stint
as a gem shop owner. The author
of “The Gem Hunter” and of the definitive work on the gemstones of Afghanistan, he is presently an importer, exporter, and wholesaler of gems
from throughout the world.
He is a National Fellow
of the Explorers Club of New York.
Maple Garden, 909 Isenberg Street
Location 6:00
pm Parking available in the restaurant lot, on-street, or free at the
Frist Hawaiian Bank at Isenberg and King.
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July 20th: Living the
Expat Life for
a Year in Nanjing, China:
Memoirs of a Fulbright Awardee
By Guest: Diane Perushek
Diane will tell of her year as a Fulbright Senior Research Fellow
at Nanjing University and Hong Kong
in 2011-2012, and of her earlier experience in Japan and
Taiwan on a Fulbright-Hays Grant. Her talk will highlight the challenges of life in a Chinese
city and her
work with faculty and
students. She will also highlight the work of the Fulbright program and its
value to American diplomacy.
Diane Perushek is the recently retired Director of Global Relations, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
and former Acting
Director of the Center for Chinese Studies, UHM. For five years she was the University Librarian. She has degrees
from the University of Michigan, Columbia University, and Princeton, in Asian Studies, Library Science, Chinese and Japanese literature. Her specialty is the literature of the Ming and Qing
Periods.
Location 6:00
pm Outrigger Canoe Club - 2509
Kalakaua Avenue, Free parking
in club lot
Menu: Include order
with RSVP.
Payment by check
preferred payable to Adventurers' Club of Honolulu.
1) Cobb Salad: Chopped
Crisp Greens, Tomato, Turkey, Egg, Avocado, Bacon = $20
2) Beef Stew:
Classic Beef Stew, Sweet Potato
Crisp, Steamed Rice = $24
Dinner 6:45 pm 3) Mahi Mahi:
Traditional preparation, spring vegetables, toasted almonds = $31 4) 1/2 Mahi
Mahi: Traditional preparation, spring
vegetables, toasted
almonds = $24
Reminder: Coffee/Tea not included with your meal. Drink
tickets must
be purchased with cash upon check-in along with beer,
wine, mixed and soft drinks.
Program 7:30
pm (Approximately)
RSVP by: Thursday, July 13, 2017 to Brigitte Visser
Email
preferred: brigitte618@hotmail.com or (808)
389-6171
Please note “ ADV CLUB RS VP”
as subject line
. (P LEASE NOTE: The dining and pro- gram seating configuration has changed and seating is limited. A waitlist will be taken if we are full.) Refer to 1st page for additional information.
Late cancellations and no shows will be billed.
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August 17th:
Angkor: from
Imagination to Excavation
By Guest: Miriam Stark
Miriam will discuss
her many years’ work in Cambodia, beginning with excavations at Angkor
Borei in 1994.
She has since conducted important excavations at Angkor,
including Angkor Wat,
as part of a new
effort to understand the full complexity of the site in its heyday, the 12th and 13th
centuries. Her talk will draw from recent field programs held at Angkor.
Miriam Stark is a Professor with the Department of Anthropology at University of Hawai’i at Manoa.
She holds degrees from the University of Arizona (Ph.D.) and the University of Michigan. She currently co-directs the Lower Mekong Archaeological Project and the Greater Angkor Project;. She is also a Partner Investigator
with the Khmer Production and Exchange Project. Her publications include An Archaeology of Asia and Cultural
Transmission and Material Culture: Breaking Down Boundaries.
  
Free parking in Zippy’s lot or adjacent Diamond Head
lot once chain
is down (about 5:30
pm)
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Dinner
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6:45 pm
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Menu: Please include entrée and choices with RSVP.
Payment by check preferred.
(Entrees include salad, choice of mashed potato,
brown or white rice*)
1) New York Steak
(specify how you want it cooked and
indicate starch*) - $25.00
2) Grilled Salmon (please indicate starch*) -
$21.50
3) Chicken Katsu (please
indicate starch*) - $20.50
4) Chef’s Salad
& Soup – greens, ham, turkey,
cheddar, egg, tomato - $21.00
**All entrees include
roll and small dessert and
choice of tea, coffee or
decaf**
Beer -Wine available
for purchase = $3 to
$6
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Program
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7:30 pm
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(Approximately)
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RSVP
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Contact
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RSVP by:
Thursday, August 10, 2017 to Carolyn Gire Email preferred: carogire@hawaii.rr.com or (808)
377-9628 Please note “ ADV CLUB RS VP” as subject line.
Late cancellations
and no shows will be billed.
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