August means Picnic Time for Wakinikona Hawaiian Club

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New LOCATION for Wakinikona Hawaiian Club Picnic ! 

Saturday, August 18 from 1pm until 4pm. 

12007 NE 204th St, Bothell, WA 98011

If you have recently come to the club house please note the address has been updated and should be more accurate. Pesky St vs Pl notations! 

Please bring a main dish and a side dish to share. There will be propane grills set up .  A Swimming pool and a hot tub! So bring bathing suit and towel too! 

Parking is extremely limited, available parking spots will be marked GUEST PARKING. Please DO NOT park in any spot that does not have a guest parking notation. Resident parking is all assigned numbered spots.

Please carpool if possible. There is a business park across the street just to the south of the club house where there is loads of parking. That address is 11824 North Creek Pkwy N, Bothell, WA 98011. Because it will be a Saturday there should be no issue of parking over there. It is possible to bus here, contact Richard Yu for details.

If your mobility is limited please let someone know and we can arrange a shuttle back and forth. 

Register for Hawaiian Language Online Course Through Kamehameha Schools !

Do so by July 15th. Class starts August 10th. You have Plenty time to get ready to learn and enrich your cultural and Hawaiian language tongue.


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Meetings at Newcastle Swim and Tennis Club --- It's beautiful!

Our general club meets at
Newcastle Swim and Tennis Club
5464 119th Ave SE
Bellevue, WA 98006  

Why the change? Because our old club location is no more and currently under demolition. Thank Goodness the Sturrocks were able to scramble for this place that is right off of I-405 and appears to be more central for a lot of people .

Our meeting overlook two pools and we have a full kitchen and even use of gas fireplace . Think of the room for our Christmas party!
Sometimes CHANGE IS GREAT!

See you 3rd Saturdays of the months of January, March, April , May, June, October, November and December at our new location . Also an earlier start time at 5 pm - 9:00 pm.

New Meeting Location for 2015 - February Meeting due to new clubhouse

FEBRUARY MEETING AT NEW
LOCATION IN BELLEVUE
NEXT MEETING NOTICE
WHEN: Saturday, February 21, 2015
TIME: 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
WHERE: Newport Hills Swim & Tennis Club,
Bellevue, WA
…..Members will need to pay their annual dues
starting Jan 2015. Dues are $36 for the year.
You can pay the treasurer at our club meeting or
mail it to her at her address on page 2.
…..If you prefer to receive this newsletter in electronic
form rather than paper, thus reducing club
mailing expense, send an email to our corresponding
secretary, Stan Dahlin, at
scdahlin@comcast.net.
…..Members can rent the club sound system for
$35 per day. Contact Stan Dahlin at 425-985-
2333 to place your reservation.
www.wakinikona.com
As announced in the January newsletter, our club will
be meeting on Saturday, Feb 21st at 5:00 PM at a new location—
the clubhouse of the Newport Hills Swim & Tennis
Club. It’s at 5464 119th Ave SE, in Bellevue, WA and
you can get directions at the swim and tennis club’s website
http://www.nhstc.com/
The first meeting of the calendar year is always a very
important one as the club will be asked to approve the
budget for the year. Accordingly, we need to have a quorum
of members to have that critical vote. Please make
every effort to attend, and also come to check out our new
meeting location. We’re meeting earlier in the evening so
there will be some daylight to make it easier to find the
place for the first time. Hopefully, members will consider
this location just as convenient as the old site in SeaTac.
Driving directions are on page 2 of this newsletter.
Please note the change in time—we’re meeting at 5 PM
instead of 6 PM knowing some members preferred an earlier
start to avoid driving at night, especially during the
summer months. Please pass the word to other members
about our upcoming meeting, the new location and the

Fellow members, I apologize for my absence over the last year and a half as I had been busy preparing to take my specialization examination for hand therapy; I passed! Since then, I've had more time to partake in extra curricular activities. Now...on to business Please forgive me, Anne Dahlin WHC Secretary

Prince Kuhio Day - March 26th

The People’s Prince

Born on March 26, 1871 Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole was prince of the reigning House of Kalakaua when the Kingdom of Hawaii was overthrown in 1893.

Prince Kuhio was raised in Koloa on the island of Kauai, and attended the Royal School on Oahu, originally called the Chief’s Children School. He studied for four years at St. Matthew’s College in California, the royal Agricultural College in England, and then eventually graduated from a business school also in England.

Upon the assumption of the Kalakaua dynasty to the throne of the Hawaiian Kingdom in 1884, a proclamation ending the Kamehameha Dynasty also declared Kuhio a royal prince. King David Kalakaua, also Kuhio’s uncle, then appointed him to a seat in the royal Cabinet administering the Department of the Interior. However, American businessmen overthrew the Hawaiian kingdom in 1893. A year later, Kuhio and brother Kawananakoa joined other native Hawaiians in an attempt to restore the monarchy. The attempt was unsuccessful, and Prince Kuhio was sentenced to a year in prison while others were executed for treason against the republic. After getting out of prison, Kuhio left Hawaii and traveled in South Africa for a few years, vowing never to return to a Hawaii that appeared inhospitable to Hawaiians. During his time away from home, he joined the British Army to fight in the Boer War.

After returning home, Hawaii had already been annexed as territory of the United States. Had the Hawaiian monarchy continued, Prince Kuhio probably would have become King of Hawaii upon the death of Queen Liliuokalani. Instead, he was elected as Hawaii’s congressional delegate for 10 consecutive terms.

Kuhio was often called Ke Ali’i Makaainana (Prince of People), and is well known for his efforts to preserve and strengthen the Hawaiian people. While a delegate of Congress, he spearheaded the effort in the passage of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act that provides lands for native Hawaiians to homestead. Prince Kuhio was also known for restoring the Royal Order of Kamehameha I and establishing the Hawaiian Civic Club.

rince Kuhio served in congress from 1903 till his death in 1922. His body was laid to rest with the rest of his royal family at the Royal Mausoleum in Nuuanu on Oahu.

Celebrating Prince Kuhio

A new statue honoring Prince Kuhio was dedicated in 2002. The statue is slightly larger than life-size, and is located in Waikiki. Artist Sean K.L. Browne said that building the statue was a great significance for him because he was raised on Hawaiian Homes land.

The territorial Legislature passed a resolution in 1949, establishing March 26 as a territorial holiday in honor of Prince Kuhio.

http://www.aloha-hawaii.com/hawaii/prince-kuhio/

March 2013 WHC Newsletter!

Spring is coming and hopefully you will join us for our March 16th meeting at Valley Ridge Community Center in Seatac, WA at 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm. We welcome everyone -- E Komo Mai!