The Club at Kukuiula’s first Men’s Member Championship teed off June 17 and 18. Though it was the men’s championship, former LPGA player Mary Bea Porter King, president of the Hawaii State Junior Golf Association, filled out one of the foursomes. The team of Tom Jochner and Peter Sirois won with a two-day, best-ball total [...]
Saturday July 2 SPECIAL EVENTS Pacific Sound Machine The Children of the Land, Kapaa, 8 p.m., $20, $10/students. Fantastic culinary offerings by Chef Reggie of “Personal Health Consultants” will be available for purchase. This will be a great evening of music, food and dancing for all ages. (635-6416, SoulFullDJyahoo.com) Tahiti Fete Outrigger Canoe Paddling Classic [...]
They have both shown they are more than capable of going the distance. That’s one of the main reasons why Island School’s Pierce Murphy (track, cross-country) and Kaua’i High School’s Shea Shimabukuro (baseball, football) earned a spot on the 2011 Hawaii High School Athletic Association’s Hall of Honor. The Kaua’i athletes were recognized at a [...]
Growing up on Kaua’i, there were several must-see television shows every weekend. It started Friday nights with Wrestling Hawaii. Then there were the classics, The Wild Wild West and Gunsmoke. On Sundays we watched Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom, which was followed by the main event of the weekend, Let’s Go Fishing. “OK, gangee” were [...]
It seems we have a conflict between our new governor and the National Football League’s Pro Bowl, which has been held in Hawaii every year except one since 1980. Why a conflict? It appears that Gov. Neil Abercrombie got carried away while speaking to a group of early-childhood educators, and when the question of setting [...]
It seems former Michigan quarterback Tate Forcier has now added UH to the seemingly never-ending list of schools where he one day may take his talents. And yes, South Beach, aka the University of Miami, is on that list. In fact, he did agree to join the Hurricanes but changed his mind two months later, [...]
This week we welcome Lois Shimabukuro and Phyllis Shimabukuro-Geiser of Ka Lei Eggs to the show to demonstrate a few of their creative ways with Island-fresh eggs. This show aired originally in April 2009. WASABI DEVILED EGGS * 6 boiled eggs, halved * 1/2 cup mayonnaise * wasabi paste, to taste * pickled ginger, chopped [...]
WELCOME TO Kimo’s Vegas … the Player’s edge! IF YOU’RE WONDERING what happened to your invitation … Crystal Harris called off the wedding to the guy who parlayed a $1,000 loan from his mom into the Playboy lifestyle and brand (including a club in the Palms) that’s worth a half a billion or so. Saying, [...]
The other weekend, the Nagasawas decided to head into Waikiki to watch the King Kamehameha Day Parade. It’s been a long time since I’ve done that, as most of the parades I attend are in Wahiawa, like the Christmas parade or the Veteran’s Day parade. My wife, daughter and our daughter’s friend made our way [...]
