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These companies from the Hawai'j Food Manufacturers Association prese nted their first trade show in Las Vegas in June. Their objective : to interest mainland retail outlets that

Island food products are tasty, wholesome and great for mainstream America .

COMPANY PRODUCT ADDRESS * PHONE *

Aqua Blue Maui Atebara Potato Chip Aunty Soon's Hot Stuff D. Otani Produce Dave's Hwn. Ice Cream

Hamakua Macadamia Nut Hawaii Baking Co. Hawaii Candy Hawaii Food Products Hawaiian Sun Products

Hawaii's Gourmet Cookies Hawaii 's Jungle Jerky Hawn Isles Seasonings Hibiscus Aloha HPC Foods, Ltd.

Hulas Girl Cigars JC and Eskets Kailua Craft House Kanemitsu Bakery Kibun Foods (USA)

Kini Popo Kona Paradise Candies MDK Enterprises Mene hune Water Muldavi Corp.

Oha na Plantations Oils of Aloha Pohukaina Fa rms No h Foods of Hawaii Som ' Good Things

Tahitian Goddess Hungry Hwn. Snack Uncle Louie Sausage Won Ton a nd Things Wow-Wee Candy

Coffees of Hawaii, Inc. Kauai Kookies Co. Hwn. Host Inc. Ishophawaii.com Big Island Prod . Bd.

Abalone Ihell produm Kettle cooked potato chipl Hot Ituff lauce, kim chee Haul OnioOl, Haui Pine Hawiian Ice Cream

Hac nut products Punaluu Iwee tbread Fortune cookies, wafer rolll lau lau, char liu, roalt pork Fru it drinkl, preserves , ch ocolates

Gourmet Hwn. cookies Gourmet beef jerky Hawai ian sal~ for cooking Choc. mac nutl Poi, taro pancake & bread mixes

Cigars J.e. Esket cookies, pancake mixes Jill'l Country Kitchen Holokai lavolh Frelh Hawai ian fi lh, seafood

Allo rted teal, plantl, cu ttingl Pre mium hand· made chocolates Jaml, jellies , saum, Iyrupl Bo ttled water Ko na corree, other productl

Hot pepper jelly Hac nut cooking, lalad oils Cracked seedl, li Hing Prod. Seasoning mixes, sauce Hwn alae salt sealoningl

ChutneYI and preserve Cookies, cornbread mixes Port uguese sausage Handmade won tOni Handmade ca ndy bars in navors

100% Holokai corr", Kauai Kookies, salad drellingl Papayas, choc. covered mac nutl Weblite of Hawaiian Productl Multitude 01 Big Isle products

RR#4 Box 69A 717 Manono St P. O. Box 1909 llO D Waiakamilo 96·1361 Waihona

74·5565 luhia St. P. O. Box 29609 2928 Ualena 94-403 Ukee St. 259 Sand Island Accm

95·14B7 Ainamakua # 61 p. O. Box 3 I 062 1375 Dillingham #206 B26 Qu een # 200 2BB libby St.

P. O. Box 959·BlJ P. O. Box B60 1153 Kina Street P. O. Box 26 506 Ahui Street

1736 Algaroba 12B S. School II Kumano Drive 99·1205 Halawa Valley P. O. Box 23523 I

P. O. Box 1610 P. O. Box 6B5 RR I Box 482·A 220·8 Puuhale Road

Kula 96790 Hilo 96720 Honokaa 96727 Honolulu 96817 Pearl City 96782

Kailu a·Kona 96740 Hon olulu 96820 Honolu lu 96B 19 Waipahu 96797 Honolulu 96819

Mililani 967B9 Honolulu 96B20 Honolulu 96817 Honolulu 9681 3 Honolulu 96819

Kihei 96753 Kaimuki 967J4 Kailua 967J4 Kauai 96748 Honolulu 96813

Honolulu 96826 Honolulu 9681 3 Pukalani 96768 Aiea 9670 I Honolulu 96823

Honokaa 96727 Waialua 96791 Kula 96790 Honolulu 96819

175 Kinalau Place # 1905 Honolulu 96813

P. O. Box 91020 602 Kailua #200 190 Alamaha #E 212 Mohonua PI. # C P. O. Box 1m

p. O. 80x 160 P. O. Box 68 215·D Rai lroad Ave. 98·361 Pono kewili P. O. Box 1026

Honolulu 96835 Kailu a 967J4 Kahu lui 967J2 Honolulu 96819 Maui 9675 3

Ku alapuu 96757 El eele 96705 Hilo 96720 Ai.a 96701 Ka ilua·Kona 9674 5

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'O HAN A

CONTENTS F EA T U RES

-KX:US ) HAWAII'S MUSASHIMARU

BECOMES JAPAN'S NEW

SUMO YOKOZUNA .•• PG 20

AUGUST -AUKAKE S E PTE M B E R - I< EPA K E MAP A

"EXIT EXAMS" IN NEVADA

STYMIE SENIORS

E HULA MAU WtNNERS

AND COMPETITORS

BROTHERS CAZIMERO AT

LAS VEGAS HO'OLAULE'A

PRESERVING HANAUMA BAY'S

NATURAL BEAUTY

HAWAI ' I li ALWAYS

No KA 01

'OHANA (FAMIlY) ® BEGINS

4TH YEAR, FEATURED IN

HONOLULU STAR-BULLETIN

FORMER ISLE CHEFS SERVE

GREAT KAUKAU

AT BOYD CASINOS

HAWAI'I CELEBRATES

40 YEARS OF STATEHOOD

CELEBRATIONS IN

SAN FRANCISCO

A TRIBUTE TO 'OHANA

SUPPORTERS

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D EPA I~ T ~1 E T S ALOHA D'ERE by Pa l & E vi Morita ... . 18

CALENDAR .. . . . 6

CLASSIFIED .. .. ..... . . 38-39

FROM THE EDITOR . ...• . .. . .... .4

GASA-GASA GOSS I P by Steven LIIIII •••••• • •.••• •• • . .... . 8

HAILING THE 1999 WINNERS NA HOKU HANOHANO by Alo"a Joe .... . ............... . .... 13

HAWAIIAN MUSIC REVI EW

by Aloha J oe .. . ... . .12.

ISLAND HOPPING . .. . .. ..... ... 11

LAS VEGAS: WHAT'S NEW & HOT hy Deke Costfemall ••• .••• . • . • • • . • .27

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ... . . . .. . . 7

NINTH ISLAND BUS I NESSES . . .. . . 30

IN THE NE XT IS SUE :

K AUAI'S GENERA L ERIC SHINSEKI I S ARMY

CHiEf Of STAFf

I RONMAN TRI ATHLON IN I<AILUA' KoN A

H AWA I'I 2000 - PLANN ING

A MILLENNIUM CELEBRATION

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Publishe r / Editor

President and Associate Editor

Ail Director / Des ign

GraphicArti st / Design

Exec. to Publisher / Mktg

Account Executi ve

Certi fied Accountant

Contributing Writers

Photogra phy

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Mel Ozeki , Ph.D.

Emily Ozeki

Diana Barclay-Crane

Kathy Miya-Revuelto

Christine Biaggi

Sann Wright

Stephanie Goto

Aloha Joe Seiter Deke Castleman Rita De Si lva Mitch Fox Kimberly Fu Mina Hall Hal Kop Sleven Lum Molokai Dispatch Pal Mori ta Michael Perry Emme Tomimbang Leilehua Yuen

Brian Janis/ Phototechn ik Roy Ogata

Compute r Consultants Jason Aqui, Aloha Joe Seiter

Fi lm O utput / Pri nter Team Litho, Inc. (formerly Southwest Color Graphics)

Web page: www .ohanamagazine.com E mail: ohanama g @ vegas.quik.com

'Of/ANA (jamily)® Magazill e (lSS N 1090·5189) fo r A ug ust/September 1999. Published bi -monthl y (s ix times per year) by 'OHA NA Magazine. 4573 Portadown Lane. Las Vegas, NV 89 12 1-5756. Ph 702-4 34-0544; F~lx 702-435-856 1. Annual subscriptions arc $23.00. Periodicals postage paid at Las Vega :-.. N V. I>Q STMASTER: Please send add ress changes to 'Ollr\ N A . 4573 Portadowll Lane, Las Vega~ . NV 89 12 1-5756. WRITE-I NS: Materi als sent for co ns ide ration of pub lication mllst include SAS E. A ll ma te ria l subject to editing. SUnSC RIP·nON: Pe rso lla l check o r money o rder only. Ad ve ni sing Ra tes and other in Formation. please call Bus iness o ffi ce.A Il change of addresses sho uld be rece ived by Se pt. 10, No v. 10. etc. Subscript ions rece ived aftc r eut-o fT da le will rc<.:e ive fi rst magazine in the fo ll owing 60 days. unless an addi tional $2 is im.: luded fo r first-c lass hand ling.

So let u s not grow weary in doing w hat is right, for we will reap at harvest

t ime, if we do not give up.

Galatians 6:9

A Note from the Editor

MEL O ZEKI, P H.D.

• Summe r time appea rs as th e till1etime for "s trikes," fo r is la nd e r s lo t playe rs and main s tre am pl a y e rs, to u . In late M ay, a Waipahu woman , 2 9 , hit a $4.5 milli o n J e opard y MegaJackpot a t The Mirage. It is th e largest qu a rte r s lot j ac kpo t in hi s to ry, a cco rdin g t o IntI. Game T echnolog y . S he o nly playe d $60 b e fo re s triking it ric h. Similarly, Carol Embernate of Pearl City . playe d fi ve minutes on a Triple Di a mo nd ma c hin e at S am' s T ow n b e Fore winning $49 ,000. The Megabuck s ($ 21 .4 M) was w on in June at C aesars on th e firs t $3 wagere d ; fir s t o f 25 annual c hec ks, $854,000. A Floridian wo n $ 1.4 M at Lad y Lu c k 's s tate wide progress ive qu a rter Whee l o f Fortune in fi ve minutes . It seems th a t mos t winn e rs hit a bi g jac kp o t aft e r a s h o rt play.

• Le t 's hope that producers for Ma y Day in Las V ega s nex t ye ar c an av oid th e c la s h th a t happe n e d thi s y ea r. The California Hote l and T ropi c ana H o te l had se p a rat e Ha wa ii a n e vents o n o ppos ite s ides of town. U nfortun a t e ly, m a n y s mall ve ndors did no t fare we ll.

• Hawa i ' i should b e ultra - proud that Musashimaru w as pro mo ted to yokozuna (grand c hampi o n ). H e's o nl y th e 6 7 th sumo wrestl e r to be so honore d in Japan 's 2. 000 y ea r hist o ry . It is indeed hi s to ri c becau se Japan a nnoun ced that it d ec ided to he nce fo rth limit fo rei g n e rs into th e ir nati o nal s p o rt. Mina Hall, o ur sumo co lumni s t , al e rt e d m e th e da y th a t it was a nnoun ced in Japan , th e n w inged 10 Japan th e n ex t day to ge t a firs t-ha nd s to ry of Mu sa s himaru' s ex a lt e d hon o r.

A nother hi s toric ac hi eve m e nt that Illa y neve r again h a ppe n in Hawaii a n mo de rn -d ay hi s to ry is Kaua ' i- b o rn Arnl Y G e ne ral Eric Shinseki be in g na m e d a s th e A rm y C hi e f" of Staff. the firs t C hi e f of A s ia n - A m e ri c an d Cl:c nt. O ur d e adlin e c ons traint s

di c tate that Ge ne ral S hin se ki b e a m aj o r fe ature in our ne xt Issue .

• Th e Ha wa i ' j Food Manufac ture rs Ass ()ciati u ll h e ld it s fir s t Trade show in Las Vega s in Jun c . S OI11 L' 5 0 c ompani es di spl ayed th e ir w are s at th e M G M G rand \0 attra c t more mainland co mpa ni es to bu y Ha w aiian p rodu c t s . Bu y in g H awaiian is imp o rtant b eca u s e it h e lp s to .... u :-. tain I s land hu s in e sseS.

C harijcan Watanahe, \Ncndy Loh and Cindy Adair did an

in c redibl e j ob fo r th e a s:-. o c ia lioll .

• We ce le brat e o ur third <.Innl vc r :-. ar y Ull A li g . I . Mah a ln fo r

your lov e a nd s uppo rl!

'O H A N A

Cultural & Community Affairs

presents 1999 Las Vegas

Holoku Ball Sept. 11

8 pm - 11 pm

Charleston Heights Arts Center Ballroom

$10 advance $12 door

Live Music, Royal Court Holoku dress-making classes will be offered

in July & August

For additional information & tickets call 702-229-6383 or Ticketmaster 702-474-4000

& LINCOLN ~

Mercury@

·AUKAK E/ K E PA K EMAPA 19 9 9

Piil~ifi~ JSliil"dS Festival

HoJolauleJa cosponsored with the

Las Vegas Hawaiian Civic Club

Sept. 18 & 19 9 am - 6 pm

Lorenzi Park - Free Admission -

Over 75 booths, all day entertainment food , crafts , hands-on

demonstrations

Information: 702-229-6383 Vendors call

702-392-1939

Brothers Cazimero

in concert Sept. 17 & 18

8pm gates open at 6 pm

Preshow performance: Daniel Ho

Solo Slack Key Guitar Recording Artist 6:30 - 7:30 pm Aire Records

Sammy Davis Jr. Festival Plaza in

Lorenzi Park $10 advance

$12 door Ticket information

702-229-6383 or

Ticketmaster 702-474-4000

T/CKSi¥ ~ v.l.S75'rl", SAUTWS/ROIIINSONS- MA YITOWER nECOROS

702/ 474- 4000 C " .. .. · f'OR ·T, 1I

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AUGUST 5-8 Folklife Festival. San Antonio. lX, Kealoha Park, 800-324-7588.

AUGUST 6 - 7

UH Alumni Assn . Mainland Council & Rainbow Konikaplli II Sch olarship Fundraiser (Gleemen Plus Club), Las Vegas, Herman Misajon. 702-435-7396.

AUGUST 6 - 8

Tahiti Fete, Uhu'e, Koua'j, 808-822-7047,

AUGUST 7-8

Aloha Festival '99, Presidio. San Francisco, KomaUe Clayton, 415-281-0221.

AUGU ST 12 - 1 4

U.S. Outrigger Championships, Honolulu, 808-261-6615.

AUGUST 14 - 15

Hawaiian Cultural Festival, Kawa ihae , HI. l orna Akimo, 808-882-7218.

AUGUST 14

17th 'Aha 'oino Scholarship. Costo Mesa, CA, George Shigematsu. 714-894-2203, Kaiwi Pang , 714-968-1785, Del KepiHno, 714-733-358 1.

AUGU ST 15

17th G abby Pohinul-leland Isaacs Slack Key C oncert. Hono lulu , Milton Lou. 808-239-4336,

AUGUST 15 13th Floating Lantern Ceremony. Honolulu. 808-595-2556.

AUGUST 20-22

Made in Hawai' j Festival. Honolulu, Big Island Products Board, Pat Dufrene, 808-325-7155, 808-239-4336.

AUGUST 22 UHAA San Francisco Chapter Scholarship Lu'au, Sunnyvale, CA, Bob Menifree, 408-739-5579.

AUGUST 28

• 17th Ka Himeni Ana (pre-WW II Hawaiian music), Honolulu, Marge Hansen, 808-842-1133.

• San Diego 30th Lu 'au , Chula Vista, CA, Denise Dudort. 619-571-1043, Maelani Wilcox, 619-697-3770,

• 4th East Coast Surfing Championship Invitational , Virginia Beach, VA, James Borton, 757-426-7870,

• Food Bank Headress Bali, Hilton Waikola Village. HI, 808-885-0018,

SEPTEMBER 2 Queen Uli 'uokalani Monorchy Series, Waikiki, 808-922·0588.

SEPTEMBER 3-5 5th E Hula Mau Hula & Chant. Irvine, CA, Michael Crabb e. 310-543-1259.

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presem s th t:: exh ibirion

From Bento to Mixed Plate: Americans of Japanese Ancestry

in Mu lticultura l Hawa i' i

At the ~ M I T II SO N I /\ N I NSTITl IT IQN,

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SEPTEMBER 10 - OCTOBER 2 4 Aloha Festivols '99: Q.:..Q!:ll.!, 10-19: Hawai'i, 17-26, Moloko'i, Sept. 26 - Oct. 10; M.ru!j, Oct. 8- I 7; ~,8-1 7 ; .\Qo.QJ. 15-24 . Janet Hryne, 800-852-7690,

SEPTEMBER 11 • Holaku Ball, Charleston Heights Art Cenler, LV , 702-229-6383.

• Free Ikebana Classes, second Saturdays, Las Vegas, Muriel Scrivner, 702-496-3763,

SEPTEMBER 11 - 12 Celebration o f Aloha '99 , Morin County, CA, Leilani Marino, 707-576-8 184.

SEPTEMBER 12 8th Clyde Sproat Falsetto & Storytelling Contest, Waimea, HI, Glory Ann Akau, 808-885-8086.

SEPTEMBER 17-25 5th Kaua'i Mokihana Festival. wvvw,kauai ,net/arts

SEPTEMBER 18 - 19 Las Vegas Ho'olaule' a , Bros , Cazimero Concert 17- 18, Kr issy Ayon, 702-229-6704.

SEPTEMBER 25 40th Lu'au, Mountain View, CA, Phoebe Brusco, 408-262-7362.

OCTOBER 1-4 8th E Hula Festival. Hil ton Hawaiian Villgage, Honolulu , 808-623-7720,

OCTOBER 2-3 Aloha Pacific Festival, Los Vegas, Dione Ohata-Sims, 702-736-4917,

OCTOBER 3

5th Explorations Cultural Workshop by Kamehameha Schools Alumni Assn., Howard Fuller, 510-223-1668, Bob Lee , 510~793-8077 , Fronk Pinho, 408· 252-2658 .

DECEMBER 18 Confederation o f FilipinoAmerican Assn. Christmas Boll, Las Vegas, Vic Boula, 702-656-5750,

OCTOBER 23

Ironman Triathlon, Kailua -Kana, 808-329-0063,

CLASS REUNION S AT CA LIFORNIA HOTEL Aug. 2: West HS, '46-47 , Nobie Hazama, 818·286-8076. Aug. 6-7 : UH Alumni- LV Chapter, Herman M isajo n . 702· 435-7396

Aug. 12: Kaua 'i, '57, Myrna Fujii , 808-955-6819 . Sep 10- 11 : Bald win , '09, Ke n Ka la, 808-879 77 77 Sep 11 : Kona w aeno, . 5.1 , l orry Medeiros, 562-569·0667 Sep 14: Waimea 46 , Eugene l okomotQ, '46

Auwe! Oops! We try to be accurate in all endeavors. Incorrect information can also happen when there is a correction-to-a-correction, The last correction is sometimes not caught! Here are corrections to the June/July issue, with a sincere apology. Coach Robinson -Lovely Linda Robinson called and very graciously said: "Hi, Mel! You again called my husband UNLV Head Football Coach John Robinson, by the incorrect name of Frank." "Yeoutch!" I said in complete embarrasment. "Sorry, about the mixup"! .. , . Coach John handles the pigskin on the gridiron; Frank, the former Oriole, the horsehide on the diamond,

Sep 17: Kaimuki. '49, John Harie . 3 10-326-8654. Sep 20-21 : Lei le hua , '40 , Jo Hondo, 808-622- 1944. Sep 2 1: Kaua'i. ' 44, Abe Young, 562-906-8440. Sep 22: Kapa 'a , ' 48 , Alice Fujimori , 702-364-8964 . Sep 25: M c Kinley , '51. Delores Lovell. 808-596-7656, Sep 26 : Maui , '46, Rose OhashI. 808-242-9773 , Sep 30: Pahoa , '49 , Sue Iserl. 808-537- 1838. Oct 1: Farring to n , '57 , Charlie Kimura , 702-228-7363. Lana'i, '59. Irene Seawright, 909-599- 1838, Oct 2: Lana'i Alumni. Irene Seawright, 909-599- 1838, Oct 7: Baldwin, '51, Melvin Tomita, 808-395-2091 . Oct 9: Kaimukl. '67, Jean Arakaki, 808-543-0014. Farrington. ' 52 , Sonny Po lob rico . 415-585-6544 , Oct 10: Kapa'a, '50, Vaeko Sontoki, 808-732-403l. Oct 11 : KaimukL '67, Jean Arakaki , 808-543-001 4,

O c t 12 : Kaimuki, ' 52, Cli ft on M o ro m isalo , 714-539- 1907.

Oct 14: M c Kinley . ' 45 , KenJI Odo . 808-737-812 1. Waialua, '49, Vasuko Shiraishi , Oct 15: M c Kinley , ' 57 , Hi lda FUJlo . 808-847- 1333

oct 17: Maul , ' 52 , Euge ne Takarno to , 808-456-2 125. oct 18 : Ba ldwin , 47 , Mike $h irTlIZl l 3 10 .19 I 8628 Oct 20: 1-1 11 0 55 Kiku Horuguc hi, 702-248 644 5

Oct 22 : I e lle huo . ' 54 , Flo Tokes t' IfT"1I .... 1 310-378- 1107 , > Cale ndar Continued Page 7

' O HANA

0------- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ----------------------- 0

DEAR MEL OZEKI,

As brothers and sisters in Christ, we would like to wish you we ll during the "new" 1999 year,

If th ere is any way that we may be of service to you , please give us a call.

May God continue to guide, direct, and keep yo u, It is our hope th at yo u will co nsider join ing us again in worship and fellOWShip.

In Christ's Ministry, Board of Deacons , Waipahu United Church of Chri st, 94-330 Mokuola St. , Waipahu , HI 96797

Board of Deacons, Waipahu, Ht

ALOHA, EMilY OZEKI

I read about 'OHANA on the web site of the Star Bulletin, Thought I'd give it a try and give a chance to my "portagee mouth" relatives. If it is as good as it sounds, they' ll spread the word!

I wasn't born in Hawai'i , but I've lived there many years, First went there by boat in 1940! Then in 1958 went th ere to teach. Married there in 1971 but in 1976 my husband was transferred to Yuma, AZ, So we miSS Hawai' i Nei and like to read about it.

ALOHA , lois LeMay, Yuma, AZ

'GHANA MAGAZINE is the best for information on what's going on in the Po lynesian community in the l as Vegas area, which is where my heart is also. I love Vegas and because of 'GHANA, I plan my trips there according to what I'm interested in, I cou ldn 't find that information anywhere else . Mahala for 'GHANA,,!!

Cindy Urbanski , Berwyn, IL HI , MEL!

You're publishing a fantastic magazine -that's our Hila boy!

Ruth FUjimoto, Hilo, HI

'OHANA MAGAZINE

I have received two issues of the 'GHANA so far, and the magazine and articles are great. After high school in '56, I em igrated to the States and attended co llege in Chicago, Il , Not having the monetary resources to go "home," I was homesick a lot. I remember listening to radio programs such as "Hawa ii Cal ls." Does anyone with a sharper mind remember "Hawaii Ca ll s," who was the host and where did the broadcast originate from?

After retirement from the mili tary, I realized that a home in Hawai ' i was out of th e Question. Too Costl y, I chose the next best thing - Paradise, CA, (appropriate name huh?)

Kazushige Hasuike, CDR, Retired, Paradise, CA.

'OHANA MAGAZINE

I will try to buy your 'OHANA from l ongs or Foodland if available, but please fill subscription in case I miss a copy off the rack,

Mahala, Mrs. Leong, Honolulu, HI

DEAR 'OHANA,

Two weeks ago I was in l as Vegas visiting my sister-in-law, Adna Shimono. I saw your magazine and enjoyed it very much. I'm from Honolulu and now living in TN. I like to keep up with the news of Hawai' i! I'm sending my check for a subscription.

Thank you, Betsy Leiter, Bristot, TN

DEAR OHANA MAGAZINE ,

I read about your magazine on the website last night and got excited because I could not think of a more unique birthday prese nt for my friend in Seattle (Hawaiian transplant) ,

In the spirit of Aloha, I decided my sister should also get a subscription to keep her in touch wi th Hawai';,

Kathy Simms Taylor, Porlland, OR

DEAR DR, OZEKI ,

We were at the Japanese America n Museum in los Angles as my relatives were visitin g from Kaua';, We rece ived the book that was distributed at the open ing in January and noticed th e 'OHANA publication, There was an 'OHANA MAGAZINE on display with Keali ' i Reichel's picture on the cover. We really didn't have time to look through the magazine but on the outside it looked interesting.

I'm enclosing a check for the magazine and would li ke th e copy with Kealii 's photo on the cover. Anyway, we'd like to read your 'OHANA MAGAZINE.

Atoha, Mitsuko Kawakami, Placentia ,CA

ALOHA, MEl,

Please send 'GHANA MAGAZINE to my son. Due to lack of work and bad economy in Hawa i' i, he has moved to th e States to find employment.

By the way, Joe Koshi is my classmate from Olaa Elementary School all the way to Hilo High School. He is introduced me to your magazine,

Keep up the good work. Really enjoy your magazine,

Bonifacio DeFiesta , Kaneohe, HI

MEL, CHRISTINE & SANN ,

I have not stopped praising the lord for his faithfulness, I thank you for making my trip to l as Vegas so blessed . Mel , anything that I may do to assist you r 'GHANA fam ily, please ask.

In his Precious Name, Ron Young, Honolulu, Won Ton & Things

ED ITOR'S PANE: RON WAS AMONG 50 ISLAND FOOD VENDORS FROM THE HAWA I'I FOOD MANUFACTURERS ASSOC. PRESENTED THEIR FIRSTTRA DE SH OW OUT OF HAWAI 'L FOOD BUYERS (RESTAURANTS, CASINOS) ATTENDED THE SHOW. 'OHANA (FAMIlY)® MAGAZINE SALUTES THEIR COMING TO LAS VEGAS AND IS EAGER TO ASSIST TH E ASSOCIATION NEXT YEAR.

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Oct 23: Laupahoehoe , '6il . Ron Koboyashi , 715-53\ -3174 . Waipahu , '52. Nic ky Olio, 808-671 -6048.

Elaine Hamasaki. 808-561 -6031. HUo , ' 5 I , Herb, 808·942-0766. Waimea , 52, Marlene Imahiro , 808-988-4908 ,

Sept 25: Puuko lii Camp Reunion , Marion Anto ku , 2 13-669-2249. Oct 1: lahalnaluna '57 . Walt Tokatsuka , 808-373-4615,

Oct 22: Laupahoehoe 64 Ron Kob ayashi. 71 .1 -531-317.1 Oct 23: Kohala 50 Tomiko Arakaki 808-424-62 15

Oct 24: Baldwin , '45. Ric hard Lum, 808-533-3691. Oct 29: Laupahoehoe , '55,

C LA SS REUNIONS AT FREMONT , LV Sep 17: Maui. '58& '59 . Jo ann Tamura . 808-262-5486

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Oct 15: Maui ' 52, Eugene Takemo to, 808-456-2125 Oct 19: Baldwin 47 , M ike Shimizu . 3 10·39\-8628

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GOSSIP announced their arrival as the new a n chor for the Shopping Center between the Luxor and Mandalay Boy Hotels. Look for more Hawaiian retailers to make the trek to the desert where the action cont inues to offe r exc itement and nouveau riche . tEl Doug Smoyer o f

C o mpetition continues to benefit visitors to Las Vegas. The opening of The Venetian Hotel shows the great depths to which everyone tries to outdo the other. Their all -suites hotel concept marks the new trend in Las Vegas where even nonhigh rollers get Spartan treatment. Every suite has a modem hookup for business travelers to access the internet, separate sitting rooms and a luxurious bath , It 's amazing what money can buy as artisans paint, sculpt and create faux illusions of Venice, Paris , Morocco, and beaches (tropical and Italian) for the ever-expanding 30 million-plus visitor population , The boom is reigniting again as new time~share developers swoop in to capture their share of this desert resort which many ore demanding. The Vegas visitor continues to evolve as hard core gamblers are joined with conventioneers as well as othe r newcomers who are impressed with what is happening here. The Las Vegas strip continues to get facelifts as new stores and shopping venu es replace buildings sometimes only a few years Old. Each c asino must continually remodel and upgrade or be left behind as a reliC on The Strip , Nordstrom's finally

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Retail Strategies entertained many inqui ries at the International Council of Shopping Cen t e rs Conventio n w here he is leading the way for Howe j 'j reta ile rs expanding to the mainland . Down town is also flourishing as The Fremont Street Experience draws steady crowds and will soon have a new anchor "Race Rock' which will showcase every type of record-breaking vehicle from every race sport. Also b reaking ground is Neonopolis which promises to bring more moviegoers as well as shoppers to downtown. ~) Castle High and UH Med School grad Dr. Milton Wong practices Endocrinology (diabetes, thyroid and oesteo) in Las Vegas, His w ife , Bridgette, is his high-school sweetheart, ~ Joseph Chan operates a Haw aiiana store cal led "Hawaii 's· at Sahara and Decatur, They probably have the largest selection of Hawaiian jewelry in town as well as the largest selection o f CDs of Hawaiian artists and titles, He has a radio show on Mondays at 9 pm On 1230 AM, What sets the show from other programs is that they play only the newest art ists and releases and don't playa tune twice, ".:-. Mark Hamasaki is a Human resources manager with Clark County here in Las Vegas, tS, Michael Harada , Ron Tsuchiyama, and William Montelongo o f Hawai'i Check Cashing have expanded not only into Las Vegas, but also have opened 25 new stores in the Los Angeles area, ~ When visit ing Southern California , a favorite stop is th e best Japanese buffet around calied "Todoi ", They are found in Huntington Beach, Carson, and Glendale, They're also now in Las Vegas as "Makino Todai Restaurant .- There is no b ette r buffet in Japanese fOOd thon Todai. The selec tion o f nigiri sushi alone is worth the price of admisSion , but you'll find also any type of Japanese cuisine here in abundant amounts . Lunch is a better bargain than the dinner and has most of the "Choice ' items that make it worthwhile. Bring the hand truck to roll yourself o ut af terwa rds. '_' . If Alaskan King Crab legs are o n your mind then th e 8ellagio Hote l dinner buffet is your best bet ' . , Kats Kaw aguchi of Kat 's Sushi fame is cooking at the Four Seasons Hotel. as well as Hyakume Restau ra nt at C aesars Palace . Wife Yuko Ito is at JFC Internatio nal Those o f y o u who are lucky enough to exp e rience his su sh i w o n t be disappointed , especially if Kats c afe rs a party and brings h is famous sushi boat. I. Bra nscombe Ric hmo nd is ringing in the New Year at the lro plc ano Ho tel w ith his Millennium Show which will feature sUlpnse guests • I Billy Olds is G M of Roncho Milage Coun try C lub In Palm Springs , CA. I . , Tim C how , fo rmer planning direc to r In Nevada County , C alifo rnlo , and Ho n o lulu IS It,e PD for the Ci ty of Las Vegas Steven Nitu ra IS the p resIden t o f' the UH Al umni Assn In I as V e gas CJ l hers e tee l ed were Phy llis Matsuda, Joanne Ha nawahine , Melv in Oshiro , Prisci lla Mc C le ll a n , M ic he ll e Pao nessa a nd Way n e Wosa no ,

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Profic ie ncy tes tin g is not a new co ncept. ft is now in more than 20 states. Is it a good id ea o r a bad one? Students graduate a fte r earning credits fo r class work . These credits are awa rd ed to s tud e nt s who ob tain g rades "A" thro ug h "D." To most pare nt s a nd s tud ent s, the stude nt with the

Nevada High-School Proficiency Testing: Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? "A" is perceived as someone who achieved more than the student wi th the "D." These grades we re ac hi eved through class work , home work , tes ts a nd qui zzes, In other cl asses , s tude nt s were required to do research pape rs, journals, projects and in some cases, ex tra cred it.

These classes were taught by teachers li censed as professionals by the s tates to award grades indi cati ve of the ir ac hi eveme nt. Profi cie ncy tes ts in some states are call ed "ex it exa ms. " The thought behind that co nce pt is that everyone is req uired to reac h a specific standard. Everyone i nc ludi ng parents, educators, stude nts, leg is lators and the business co mmunity support the co ncept o f standards. W here then, does the controversy or di sagreement beg in ? I be li eve it starts with what the standards are and what the minimum standards should be.

Las t yea r on ly o ne perce nt of Nevada se ni ors fail ed th e pro fi c ie ncy exams. Thi s yea r. 18 pe rce nt o f se ni o rs were s till fai lin g be fo re takin g the tes ts for th e fifth tim e. C urre ntl y 8 pe rce nt s till failed. The Nevada leg is lature man dated th a t eve ry s tu dent has six chances to pass profi c ie ncy. The tes ts are in readin g, w riti ng and mathe matics . Some s tu dents fail ed in a ll areas) so me in w ritin g or mathe ma tic s. The leg is lature awarded $35 0,000 fo r re medi a ti on thi s s umm e r to ass is t stude nts \vho were s till failing . Many parents and s tude nt s asked fo r an exp la nation as to the differe nce in ra i lure rates. Standards were arb itraril y set and eac h tes t was prog ress ively mo re diffi c ul t.

Many pare nt s fe lt that tes ting their s tude nt s on concepts th ey were never ta ug ht was c ru e l and unju s t. For exa mpl e , in th e math e mati cs exam i> cOllfi llll Cd O il ! Jog£' 3-1

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NEW TRU STEE S NAMED A T BISHOP ESTATE

Fi ve tru s tees were nam ed to lead Bishop Estate after a long bout o f lega l ac ti ons and controversy. Taking o ffi ce at th e $6 billion c haritable tru st were interim tru stees Retired Admira l Robe rt K. U. Kihune, fo rmer Iola ni Sc hoo l Headmaste r Dav id Coon. forme r Ho no lulu Po li ce Chief Fra nc is Keala, Constance Lau of Ha waiian Electric Indu stries and pri vate attorney and medi ator Rona ld Libk um an. Na than Aipa was nameci to th e new ly c reated pos t of te mporary c hi ef ope rating officer.

"A LOHA KIOSK" IN WAIKIKI Visiting Wa iki ki and ha ve no idea where you're go ing? Don't swea t it. T he C it y'S Office of Economic Deve lopment opened a new "A loha Kiosk" nea r the co rner of Kaiulani and Ka lakau<I, provid in g maps and broch ures courtesy of the Ha wai' i Visi tors and Co nve nti on Bureau. A train ed vo luntee r w ill al so be on hand to fi e ld yo ur quest ions - seve n days a

week.

WATERY ATTRACT ION MAKES A BIG SP LASH

W ho wo ulJ have th ought that an is lan d surro und ed by wate r would sec slIccess in un adve nture ve nture based o n, we ll. wH ter'?

Hawa iian Waters Adve nture Park is picking up s team as an amu se me nt park for kid s an d adu lt s a li ke, Nes tl ed in th e lu sh !:!recn fo lds of Kapo le i, the new ly o pel~ed park features s li ppe ry s li des, wate rpool s. inner tubin g ri ver~ and more . The re's a lso ga mes and , 01

course , food .

Make a day o f it. as th e park is o pe n 10 :.10 am - 6 pm da il y and Y0ur e nt rU Ill"C fee is good for a ll -clay usc.

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It's $30 for those over four feet tall and $20 for th ose small e r than that. Tesoro gas Slations are offe rin g $5 discounts and Food land Supermarkets are offe rin g a limited suppl y of season passes at $90, $80 if you buy four. Ca ll 808-674-9283 fo r more informa l iOIl .

PRIME TIME PUTS H AWA I ' I IN TH E SPOTLIG HT

No lo nger just a pre ttil y- landscaped paradise Hawa ii 's stea lth ily movin g into the bi g time - landing prim e viewer spots on ullra- popular shows.

T he hip "Beverl y Hill s 902 10" shot he re, as did several fli cks fro m the s il ve r scree n. in c lu d in g "J urass ic Park ." " Mighty Joe Young" and "Six Days Seven Nig hts ." Now th e sexy "B aywatc h" has co me aboard, sec urin g lead ro les for three loca ls a nd re naming it se lf "Baywatch - Hawa ii ," and the fUll "Pacific Blue" will be shooting an epi sode or two or three.

There's also ta lk that o th e r Tinse ltown guru s may be fi lming in the is lands. alth ough nothin g is de fi nit e .

SOVERE IGNTY SUMMIT NE ARS Plan s are ill th e wo rk s for an October sUl11mit o n Hawa ii an sovereignty, the ho pe be in g tha t a ll sove reignt y groups ac kno wledge a C0 l11111 0 11 bond and he lp plan the event. With th at do ne . a call for Hawa iian se lf-de te rminati on wi ll be made. A date has not ye t been se t.

MOLOKA ' I HI G H IS STATE C H AMP

Moloka'j High WO Il it s fir st Hawai' j S lat e baseba ll c ha mpionship afte r wa itin g 60 ye ars.

Th e ·'Fanners'" w ho we re seeded Nu. 1 in th e tnUrIl a lll e nl. de feate d three· time defe ndin g state I.: hamp io n (·n lan i in 10 Ill llln gs. th ell Hilo in a s ix -

innin g TKO. a nd No. I seed MidPaci fi c In s titut e. 6-3. to '..v in th e champ ionship. Coac h Ke n Na kaya ma a nd team were greeted w ith num erous is la nd ce le brations as neve r before seen in Mo loka' i.

DUKE STAMP UP FOR THIRD TIME

Duke Kaha namok u, w ho popu lari zed the skill of sur fi ng internatio nal ly. is bei ng conside red fo r co mmemo rat io n o n a U.S. s lamp. Supporters fee l that thi s third attempt will be the charm .

Born in 1890, Du ke won the go ld meda l for the U.S .. se llin g a worldreco rd in the I DO-meter freesty le al S tock ho lm . Swede n O ly mpi cs in 19 12, He d ied in 1968 of a stroke at age 77. c hil d less but w ith leg ion s of fan s. H is wife. Nadi ne, died in 1997.

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HAWAII ' S M U S I C SCE N E

Every week I'm to my hips in new Island releases. In the moil I find Rock & Roll. Jazz. Reggae. Classical. Pop, Hip·Hop. Rap, Latin as well as traditional Hawaiian, Island Contemporary, and a bunch I can·t c lassify.

Hawaii's music scene today is VERY eclectic. Most music c rosses over into other areas and thereby c louds the mind of the listener and this reviewer. (Much like the ·Shadow·). But you con·t keep a good reviewer down. You can try , but you can't succeed.

Here are a few albums that I really like and if you like Hawaiian music, no make that LOVE Hawaiian music you, must add these to your collection.

PO'OKElA CHANTS - Mark Keali'i Ho ' omalu (Dudoit Productions -

Honolulu) • This release features both classical and original Hawaiian poetry performed by Mark Keeli'i Ho'omalu . Mark, who makes his home in Northern California, was born and raised in Aleo, O'ahu. His resume is varied . He is a dancer, composer, chanter, kumu hula, etc. On this release we hear 12 powerful and rhythmic chants. If you need a " lift" check out "Ka Huaka'i Pele : "Kawika : o r ·Holo Ana 0 Kalakaua." You won't be able to keep your feet or body st ill and you'll feel rejuvenated . This is a wonder· ful a lbum that should be in line for a bunch of awards next year.

HISTORY OF THE HAWAIIAN STEEL GUITAR - Various Artists (Cord International -Hana Ola Records) • Seventy + years in the making, th is long·awaited album is finally in release. Cord Internat ional has painstakingly restored this defin itive

recorded history of The Hawaiian Steel Guitar. The liner notes, writte n by the dean of vintage Hawaiian music, Harry B. Soria, Jr. , are so detailed and informotive. they should be sold separately. The 23 recordings follow the evolution of the steel g u itar and in clude the first steel recording mode in 1927 b y David Napihi Burrows. Other selectio ns include "Kamehameha Woltz : Moona C himes: Hila March : "Beautiful Mehealani Moon," and many others. For all o f the aspiring steel guitar players around, Harry B. & Cord Inte rnational have inc luded the various instrument t unings used o n the a lbum.

GREAT GRANDMOTHER, GREAT GRANDSON - Kapono Beamer (The Mountain Apple Company) • Helen Desha Beame r became interested in music at a very young age. She taught herself music notation a n d I' m glad she did . Ms. Beamer's music is both haunting and beautiful. Because she spoke Hawaiian fluen t ly, her ly rics c reate portraits of the Islands tha t transcend description. In th is release, Kopono Beamer , h er Grea t Grandson , plays instrumental versions of his great grandmoth e r's music w it h g reat fee ling. He writes. "I never got to meet my great > continued on page 16

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A Night at the Nii Hoku Hanohano

Awards 1999. by Aloha Joe

WHO'S WHO OF HAWAIIAN MUS IC

The who's who of Hawaiian music was at the 22nd a nnual Na Hoku Hanohano Awards ceremony a t the Sheraton

Waikiki Hotel on May 23.

Before the award presentations, I was poised on the "Red Carpet Area· ready to soy aloha to the cream of Island entertainment. My brand new BIG YEll OW sign with a REAL· lY BIG red Aloha Joe welcomed all arrivees. I met, talked. and hugged everybody in the biz - Harry B. Soria , Jr., Kawai Cocket, Pure Heart, Teresa Bright, Henry Kapono, No leo Pilimehana, Benny Kalama, JOY, Bobby Ingano, Daniel Ho,

Roy & Kathy Sakuma, and many more.

My table in the Sheraton Waikiki ballroom is adjacent to our dear friends, Don "Flip" McDermott & Cindy lance from Hula Records. (Hula Records has a lot of nominations tonight). Our tablemates included former No Hoku Award winner, Darlene Ahuna and husband J&J , Cathy 1m from This Week Magazine and Rhea Thielen of Kealana Production Services. There were a lso several folks who "never m iSS my radio show' Ken & Sharon Taubel from Ventura, California and Joe & Donna Manz from Vienna, Vi rginia who traveled to Waikiki to be part of this exciting evening. During dinner we could

hear the strains of The Moe Keele Trio.

Before the telecast several awards were presented; Hokus for Engineering , liner Notes, Graphics and two music awards, Single of the Year and Compilation Album.

The first music award of the evening was not televised. ' Single o f the Year" _ I looked around as the names were read and I could see the tension on the faces of the nomi

nees. (One of them was at our table.)

" ... And the 1999 Na Hoku Winner is ... • Darlene Ahuno for ' Ku 'u Sweetie/Mai Lohilohi Mai 'Oe" Our table went wild. Hula Records and all of us were delighted that Darlene won

another Hoku award . Congratulations to all!

There were lots of awards; some I voted for and some I didn ' t . The nomination ballots are sent about 60 days before the event. The first ballots contain just about every release of the previous year. Voting members are allowed to vote for tive in each category . Then about 30 days before the award ceremonies you receive the FINAL BALLOT. ThiS time there are only five nominees and you get to pick ONE ONLY

in each category.

THE BIG W I NNERS

About two years ago, my wife, He len , and I met a woman on Moloka ' i named Ui Colon . After learning about my radiO Show she asked if she could moil her son 's album as soon as it was finished . She did . The album was PURE HEART. This was a wonderful album that I felt everyone would like , so I began to play it - almost every week Tt"'le three young . talented gentlemen who are PURE HEART are Jon Yamasato, Jake Shimabukuro & lopaka Colon The album took Hawoi·i

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by storm. It was on the Top 10 almost the entire year. As a result. these young men (they are still in school) made four trips to the No Hoku Awards stage. PURE HEART won Island Contemporary Album. Most Promising Artists. Album of the Year and Favorite Entertainers of the Year.

The highlight of everyone's No Hoku evening was watching the emotion on these th ree fresh faces as they stood in front of a sold-out house. Lopaka was excited and animated, Jon had great presence in thanking those who assisted them and Jake was a basket case. Jake is not a guy to hold his emotions in . For him it was a four or five Kleenex event . He tried to speak but his tears of joy would not allow more than a muffled. "Thank You' - needless to say, his family and mine were c rying as well. In a post awards interview. we learned that they just released their second album titled. ·PURE HEART 2" - When you hear it you'll agree with me that it ' s another hit!

My Na Hoku involvement began the week before when I broadcast poolside from The Sheraton Waikiki Hotel with many Hoku hopefuls. I did a second show from The Princess Kaiulani Hotel. My location broadcasts are always jammed with celebrit ies including co-hosts Donny Couch and Moe Keale .

My trip was too short so I've started planning my September Aloha Festivals trip - and of course the 23rd annual Na Hoku Award ceremony in May, 2000. Would you like to go? Just drop me an e-mail and I'll send you details. alohajoe@alohajoe .com.

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fi:ftnt6!AC"nt6!Aa,; t4-:f{c"WC"((C,,h e!(e 2,000 years o f ind igenous Hawaiian cu i lu re come to th e s tage in the form of themer, music and e1an ce. in a unique evening- length work th at pays homage to Kamchamcha. the great wa rri or chi ef a nd k ing w h o united th e Hawa iia n islands. Perfo rming a ncie nt chants and se ld o m seen rilUals a nd hula , Ha la u 0

Kekuhi fu lfill s iLS sacred respo ns ibility to co ntinue classic hu la and a li tradi tio ns. Through su pport provided by th e Edith Kanaka'O le Fo undation , this unique troupe pe rforms throughout Hawai i and beyo nd . In 1993. Ha lau received th e Na lio na l Endowmen t for the Ans' Ill ost prestigious hOllar, The Nat ional Heritage Fellowship Award.

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Cazimeros Bring Their Magic Sounds to Las Vegas Th e Brothe rs Cazi mc ro again hi g hlit c th e 1999 Las Vegas HU'o lau lc' a at th e Sa m my Da vis am ph ithea ter o n Se pt. 17-1 X, Mesmerizing the loca l is land fo lks in 1997, it was by no nuk e t hat the y we re in vi ted bal:k so soon. acco rdin g to Krissy Ayo n, cu ltu ra l eve nt s coo rdinat or,

Ro be rt & Ro land are ofte n co nside red as th e fo unde rs o f mode rn day Hawai ia n Illll s ic a nd th e reaso n fo r a c ultura l re nai ssa ncc in Ha w a i ' j s in ce t he ILJ 70s, They've co ll ec tively an d ind iv idu ally re leased over JO a lbulll s .

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Graphics: Jo n De Mello - Iz In Concert - The Man and His Music . Single O f the Yea r: Ku"u Swcc l ic/M ai Lo hi lo h i Ma i 'Oe - Darl ene Ahuna • Compilation Album of the Year: Lifcsong -Va rious Art is ts . Anth ology o f th e Yea r: From

lr mga rd vViLh Love - lrmgard Aluli and Pua mana • Hawaiia n Albu m of th e Yea r : I-Ianai a li ' j - A m )' I-I a na iali ' j G ill io m &.vVi lli e K .• Religious Album o f the Year: 1st Things 1s t - Pomai & Locka. C hristmas Alb u m of th e Year: C hris tmas

G ift - Na Leo Pilim ehana • Reggae Album o f the Year: All Nalll ra l - Na lU ra l Vib ra tio ns . Co ntem porary Alb u m o f th e Year: No Bou ndaries - BB Shawn· Rock Album of the Year: Mana - Sunburn. Ins tru me nta l Alb u m of t he Ye ar : G reat

G randm o lher, Grea t Grandso n - Kapo no Bea mer· Hawaii an Language Per fo rm an ce : Halau 0 Ke kuhi - Uwo la ni • Is land Contem porary Album of the Vear : Pure Heart - Pure Heart. Mos t Prom is ing Art ists: Pure Hea n • So n g o f th e

Year: Palehua - Amy Hanaiali 'i Gilli am &: vVillie K. • Jazz Album of th e Vear: Body and Sou l - Az u re McCa ll . Comed y Album o f the Year: Da Comedy Kah una - Augie Tulba • Haku Me le Award: Eo Mai '0 Ka' uku - from J-Ial <1 u 0 Kekuhi • Group of the Year : Amy Hanaiali 'i & Will ie K. • Ma le Vocalis t of the Year: Kawai Coc ke t - A Traditi o na l Hawa iian.

Female Vocalis t of the Yea r: Keku hi Kanahele - Keku hi • Album o f the Year : Pure !-l ean - Pure Hea rl

HAWAIIAN MUSIC REVIEW continued from page 12> grandmother, Helen Desha Beamer. She passed away the year I was born .. .. He tells us that in his early years, he watched his g randmother, m other and aunts dance hula to th is music. Kapono obviously gained a tremendous respect for these compositions. It's one of those albums that plays as an underscore to your li fe. I play it a ll the time. It makes me cry .

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A MOTHER 'S LOVE - Jesse Rivera (Live Fire Music) • A new release from Hawaii ' s "Singing Fireman : (Jesse w o rks in fire & rescue at Honolulu Internatio nal Airport.) It's a follow-up to his first album that featured a song fo r his Dad . This t ime Jesse sends a

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note to all t he Moms aro und the world. In t he liner notes Don Ho w rites, "Jesse loves to sing. His songs a re about love and the things that are dea r to him - his mother. fa the r, g randparents, family a nd Ha wai' i. I think you wi ll enjoy this contemporary Isla nd music collection.

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KOLONAHE - Keola Beamer • The album's title means "From the Gentle Wind ," It's a very descript ive t it le as Keola Beamer's slack key gui tar does indeed bring you images of "Kolonahe ." Some o f my favorites include, "Maika 'i Ka Ma kani 0 Kohala : "Maui Waltz ." and of course, "Honolulu City lights' gets me every time.

ENDLESSLY - Sonny Chillingworlh • I cam e on t h e a ir in June 1994 and o ne o f the first performers I p laye d w a s Sonny Chilling w orth . I cou ld teJl f rom his int erp reta tions t h a t h e reall y knew Hawaiian music. Sonny passed away o n August 24 , 1994 so we never met. People all around the g lobe love his slack-key style. Th is collection from Dancing Cat conta ins 15 vocal and instrumental offerings f ro m a tru e sl a ck-key v irtuoso.

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Hanauma Bay's Natural Beauty Retur ning, Thanks to Preservation Group

Ei g ht years ago , res ide nts gazed o ut o n th e sce n ic ex pa nse of Ha nau llla Bay - the pa lm -li ned be ac h , it s s hallow ree fs s he lte red by shee r c li ffs a nd ro c ky ledges.

T he y did n't like w hat they saw . Th e nat u re p rese rve's o nce pri s tin e wale rs w e re c louded w ith s il t.

Ne n ue. m ull e t a nd ahol ehol e - fish th a t th rived on the lo aves of bread and f roze n pe as bro ug ht by vis ito rs -c rowded o ut hin a lea a nd o th e r fish th a t o nce a lso had in hab ited s ha ll ow wa te rs.

A nd so man y to u ris ls we re v is it in g th e bay th a t it w as hard to find a s po t of e mpt y sa nd to lay dow n a towe l -le t a lo ne a s tre tc h o f co ra l reef nea r s hore thai hadn 't bee n trampl ed by ca re less sw imm e rs, sl10 rke le rs a nd beac hco mbe rs.

"A lo t o r o ld -tim ers had see n th e cla rn agc ." says A lan Ho ng. manage r

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of the 50-acre Hanaum a Bay Na tu re Prese rve in e ast Honolul u . " It used to be tha t e very gro up thaI got o ff the bu s had a bento lunch a nd a loa f of bread to feed the fi s h. T hey wo uld o ve rfi ll th e tras hcan s w ith lun c h p la tes, bread wrappers and boxes o f f ro ze n peas .

"Loca l peop le wo u ld say it 's so c rowded with a ll th e to uri Sls and s me ll s l ike s unt an lo ti o n . Th ey sto pped co min g ."

Toda y, the loca l res ident s a re bac k -and so are ma ny o f the 100 spec ies of tropi cal fish . Th ere's a s mo kin g ban and a 70 pe rce nl reduc l io n in tras h and litt e r a t the bay. A nd w hil e it will take years fo r the cora l ree f to recover fro m th e decades of mistreatment. Ho ng and oth ers a re ho pi ng ste ps "'ke n s ince 1990 are redlll':ing the soc io log ica l th reat w hi le a ll ow in g vis it o rs 10 e nj oy the uniqu e reso urce.

"Now loca ls come back ." Ho ng says. "Th e be ac h is a lo t less c rowded. so it' s a mo re e nj oya b le experie nce. You a re no t s illi ng w ith yo ur towel to uc h ing th e pe rson nex t to you."

W ith res tri c ti o ns th a t kee p co mmerc ia l to ur g ro ups fr o m u nl oading masses o f v is ito rs to roa m the frag il e lowe r bay a nd limi ts o n the s ize of di ve lo ur g ro ups . the vis iting ho rdes ha ve d ro pped f rom 3 m i ll io n in 1990 10 1 .2 m il lio n in 1997.

Hana u l1l a Bay dipped f rom the sec o nd to th ird most pop ul a r vi.s itor a u r ac ti o n o n O'ahu. be hin d the Na lio na l Memo rial Ce mete ry or the Paci fi c al PUllc hbo\-v l w ith si ,'\ m illio n vis ito rs a nd the USS Ar izo na Me mo rial a t Pear l Harbor with th ree milli o ll v is ito rs .

T hat\ good n e w~ to Hong and the

th rong s of volu ll tee rs w ho work lO pick lip lin e r. re pa int pi c nic tabl es

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Aloha d' ere (dare, deyah?) ! Howzit and how you? Whew! It 's been a long time since we been able to catch up, yeah ? Guess if thi s writing had 10 have a theme il wou ld be about slopping- in, stoppingove r and slOpping- by.

Since the laSI time we were able 10 lalk to all da folks that read 'OHA NA (jamily)® Magazine, Evi and I been traveling all arou nd prett y good. Fro m Vegas to Hawa i'i 10 Florida to Arizo na to Los Angeles to Mon treal to San Jose to Vegas and back and fo rth; forth and back . By the end of th e year, our calendar resembles one honeyco mb ! We' ll spare our loya l readers the details and shall just repo rt on somc hi gh spots and a few low SpOI S. All in all. though . The Moritas ha ve had a thoroughly rewardi ng though e x hall ~ til1g year. No wonder we ca n' t fi nd time 10 ~ t a y touch more ortcn. All db and a career too!

11" .... heen an exciti ng time thi s past yea r. what with the openin gs of Bell agio. Manda lay Bay Resort Ca~ i no ~ and more rel:cntl y. the Ve netian. All three maj or draw:-. ha ve continued to bui ld upon the th eo ry: "Build 'em. thcy' li comc." A':!> a re:-. ult our McC arran Int erna ti onal Ai rport. th e Las V ega~ Co nven ti on Ce nter. the variou s sport s cc n t e r~ (Sam Boyd Stadium. Las Veg as Motor Speed wa y. etc. ) and vi rtlla ll y every hotel alld hll :-. in e ~~ cll tcrpri !';e from hOllsin g to

"huppin g c('n t c r ~. rc ~ taurant :-. to rest ho rne .... . aut() lll()b ilc ~ to iluto - I cller~ has :-.een a surge in revenues the l ik e~ of which h a ~ ne ve r becn in all or Nevada' !-> hi :-. tury. And wi th it .. ill i ~ the l:ontinucd prtl lil cratiun Il l' the infl ux of pcople~ of Aloha-huH.1 and Mainland . U.S .A.

III t il l ' m id:- I III all tlur trave l clale:, hclWl't' 1l I . a ~ Vega .... and hjt h ~ r - a nd - yon.

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whenever our travel schedule permit s. Thi s past year we attended the pass ing-on service of a long time dea r perso nal friend, Flip Wilson . Of course, it was altended by many familiar faces not seen in ages, One of the most uplifting ges tures was to see another l o n g~time fri end , Rocky Aoki as he vo lunteered hi s Newport Beach Benihana es tablishmen t to serve the family and fri ends at Flip's last remembrance. I' m sure Flip would permit me to say "Many Mahalos , Rocky."

Moving on to a glorious reunion with another great fri end Red Pope to celebrate his wife Linda's surpri se birthday party in Phoeni x, AZ. To preface a bit , Red was Exec. VP, marketing at First Hawa ii an Ban k, and together wi th his boss, CEO 'Walter Oods, the two co nceptualized the enormously successful "Yes, We Can! " advert iSin g campaign, using me as the centerp iece du ring the time I was still liv ing in Hawai' i in the early '90s. It went on for six years. So it was with great surpri se that during a ve ry short respi te in ou r travel time that we were able to visit with the now re tired Popes to spend a happy ti me with them and their friends fro m everywhere. To our complete joy was the appearance of ano ther longtime fri end , Jimmy Borges! He came especiall y for the occas ion. He an d I prov ided the lars, songs and Alohas for Red , Lin da and eve rybody there. What a great celebratio n! After a full s li mmer of do ing a lot of promotional work for the Di sney hit. "Mulan ," it was a well -ea rned tilll e to si mp ly unwi nd and part y.

We managed to stay fai rl y we ll at homc dur ing Ihe Holi days. and Ev i & I were at lon g ltl ':!> t able to catch-up to 'ohana and fri ends hcrc ill Las Vegas. A high litc or OUf being homc fo r a change \Vas bein !.! able to celebrate lcgendary singcr Jo~ Williams' 81 st birt hday. As always. Joe would ce lebrate the day on behalf of one or his favorite local charities. Luminari es attcnded the evcnt. including po l i t i c i all~.

enlcrt aincr!':. . and even a coup la hao le guys named Robert Co ul et and Buddy Grcco . Everynlle had a hal l~

As the New Year rolled aro llnd and we werc returning from II :.: hort gig ill L.A .. we camc home \0 learn Ihal Joe pas:o.ed

away ea rli er th at day. Needl ess to say the happiness o f just hav ing ce lebrated with Joe and hi s love ly wi fe. Jillyanne, was deepl y sobered by hav ing to pay our final respec ts al hi s pass in g. Show peopl e bein g like globa l gy psies and vagabonds world wide th at we are, we' re always give n to g ive. If I thought Joc ' s 8 1st was a huge celebra ti on . you should o nl y have been at hi s pass i ng cere mo ni es to hear of what laughler and li g l1l thi s man wh o we we re bl essed with , ha vin g had him amongst us in our life time.

Talki ng about longti me dear fri ends , we were honored to be in vited by ano ther ac ting buddy, James Coburn and his wire Paula, to come aboa rd a chartered yacht in Newpo rt Beac h fo r the ce lebration of hi s hav ing rece ived an ove rdue but nonetheless timely awarded Oscar fo r his performan ce as Best Supportin g Actor in "A ffli cti on." And wo ul dn 't yo u know th at pl ay ing in the quan ct on board that day wou ld be two fr iends that I hadn ' t seen in years, j azz giant s, John Hurst on bass and George Garfney on piano. Ma n it took me back to days when I never figured I' d ever be rnakul e! The happiness with it all , I guess . lies in that th ere are a

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whole bunch of us still around . God bless us all ! Or as Joe Willi ams would 've said, "Wanna sti ck around ? Just keep breathin ' ." The idea bei ng, if you' re around long enough, wh o knows who you' ll run into who knew you when you still is?

As an example, Ev i and I are fi nally se ttled (we thought for a sha ri spell right aft er the Holi days) . but we suddenl y receive a personal in vitat ion from another ove r-the yea rs buddy, Wyland . You know, d1.1 guy what paints whales and dolphins on sides of entire buildings. Hi s simple request is for me to emcee and participate in an enormous blac k~ ti e fundraiser ce lebrating Earth Year and posthumOll sly awa rding two Sa ints of our oceans habi ta ts, Jacque Cousteau and Lloyd Bridges. Not onl y did we attend and witness acceptances by the respec ti ve family members o f COllsteau and Bridges, but also who should appear on the ente rtai nment bill but Henry Kapono~ Afl er catc hin g- up to eac h other amid st the hoohOD ha-ha hullabal oo of the cvening's hi ghly-succcss ful event ($500.000 was raised fo r ocean environment cil uses), we di scovered that Kapollo was SCI 10 appear at the ncw Ma nd alay Bay's House

o f Bl ues. Naturall y, we had to go ca tc h tum . Happil y we went onl y to

di scove r that Cecilio Rodriguez was joining Kapollo on stage. Gim me a break - I can' t stand dis awreddy'

Well , folks , it 's an understatement to say that C&K not only packed the house (1,600 people - sta nding room only), but they brought the hOllse down with one of the 1110St elec tri fy ing performances ever seen in a tow n Ihat' s seen it all. Together with our good fri ends I'vlcl & Emil.}' Ozeki , publi shers of thi s great magazine ... wow, \V ha" u great night !

But, TRY WAIT. We' re no t quite done ye t. Visi ting with C& K backstage we Illeet up with a young fella who is now currently gigging at the new Bellagio' s Fontana Lounge. I first mel him during my very firs t job in Hawai·i in 1966. He and hi s cohorts would go on from there to form the original nucleus of the Fabulous Echos who woul d later become the

renowned Society of Seven, 5,0.5. ' I' m talking abo ut L ' il Albert - Albert Maligmat . We caught him a day later as he worked and performed as lead singer and guitarist with one of Las Vegas' hottes t groups, Deni se Clemente Band. Their smooth. high-energy sounds are a welcome break in the late afternoon from the clatter and clang of the casino cacophon ies. You gotta catch ' urn when you' re in town. They would love to hear fro m you and talk story. Boy. ta lk about deja vu. L'il Albert pl ay ing alongside young swingin g sounds musicians took me back to when I. too. first worked Honolulu at a lege ndary "Du ke' s" in the o ld Internati onal Market Pl ace on Kalakaua Avenue. It was hi s first job, lOa, havi ng just arrived with Big Bert Sagum and Tony Ruivivar fro m the Ph ilipp ines by way of Hong Kong. Life is such 11 wonderful way to go when you work it ri ght. 'Til the next time ' den, Alohas e ' body from PAT & EV I.

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Hawaii's Musashimaru The New Yokozuna! by Mil/a Hall

Hawaii 's Musashimaru becomes the 2nd foreigner to achieve this exalted rank in Japan's 2,OOO-year Sumo history.

A ft c r wi nnin g back-la-back s umo tournam e nt s in Marc h and May, Ha wa ii a n o ze ki Mu sas himaru (Fia malu Pe nitani) was una nimo usly prol1101cd to the top rank of yokozlf-

1Ia , o r g rand c hampion, by the Yokozuma Shingi-iinkai (Yokozuna De liberation Council ) and the Japan Sumo Assoc iation.

Yoko z un a Mu sash imaru , 28, is a nat ive of Waianae and onl y the 67th yokozun a in the sport 's 2,OOO·year hi s tory, and on ly the second fore igne r. The first fore ig n yokozuna was fello w Hawaiia n Akebono (C had Rowan ), who was promoted in 1993.

Afte r the S umo Associ ation board o f dirccto rs meetin g, two mcssengcrs, form e r yokoz una KitanoLlllli and fo rm e r seki ll 'ak e D ew anohana , wc re se nt to Mu sas hi g awa -bcya , M Li s has him aru 's trainin g s tabl e in Tokyo. to re lay the dec is ion pe rso na ll y to the new yokozuna ancl hi s oyaklll{/ (stabl e maste r) Mu sashi gawa ( formcr yo kozun<l Mic no umi ).

Mu sas him aru s tumbl ed and h ad bri ef mo me nt s of s i Je nce in acce pt ing th is national ho no r. He scarched 1'0 1' word s. try i ng to be formal and ultra-po lit e .

"I humbl y accept and will do Illy bcs t In neve r di sgrace the titl e of yo koz lI na ," he procla imed. Evc n tho ugh he had prac ti ced hi s speec h until 2 a .m. the prev ious day. he was so ne rvous th ai the word s wo uldn't come ou t. "My to ng ue just wouldn ' t mo ve,"

Des pite M usashimaru ' s con sec uti ve to urname nt wins - th e prim ary req uireme nt 1'0 1' a n ozek i to ge t promo ted - the re we re rumors abo ut th e assoc ia t ion poss ib ly nOl pro motin g h im . Elde rs in th e associa ti on said that hi s wchiai ( initial c lush ) W iJ S

we ak and i II- t i mcd , M usash i ma ru had a fa l ~ e sta r! t w ice in the tourna

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MlIs(lsilimarll /)(: I/o rmill g rhe rill g ellte rill g ce r ell/o ll y at the Kokllgikall arell({ ill Tokyo.

poss ibl y be in g he ld to hi ghe r s tan dards of promotion because he is non-Japanese,

Th a t notion caused controversy whe n fe ll ow Ha wa iian wres tl e r , former oze ki Koni s hiki , who has s ince ret ired and is now a te lev is ion pe rsonality, was de nied pro m o ti on in 1992 eve n thou g h he was the s tron ges t wrest le r a t th e tim e. So m e al so de bat ed about Mlisas himaru not possess in g th e necessa ry hillkaku or di g nity o r a yokozuna as we ll as hi s less-thall-pe rfect Japan ese s kill s.

Although Mu sashimaru' s Japanese is improving , he s till s truggles and occas io nall y has difficulty an swe ring questi o ns from the press - not a good thing for the top man re prese nting the an c ie nt nati o na l sport. S um o ti cke t sal es have bee n on the down sw in g because the three current yokoz una (Akebono, T akanohana , and Wakanohana) ha ve bee n having pe rsis te nt injuri es , ca us ing the m to mi ss tourname nt s. Their injuries, C0111 -

bined w ith the growi ng populari-ty of Japan ese base ba ll and socce r. m ade it even m o re diffi c ult fo r th e Japan S umo Asso c iation to den y the rank to the ir s tron gest ri s in g sta r. Musas himaru' s record spok e fo r it se lf.

He has bee n a so lid o zeki (th e second hi g hes t rank ) for fi ve ye ars. w innin g fi ve to urn ament s 10 date. in c luding the la s t two. He al so holds th e reco rd for th e Illo s t con sec uti ve w innin g record s - winnin g at least S of 15 bo ut s in a to urn ame nt - 52 to dat e . A ma zin g ly . he ha s a lso neve r mi ssed a to urnam e nt s ince hi s d ebut - oft e n tim es rig htin g thro ug h injuri es whil e re fu s in g to s it o ut.

J\tIlI sash imorll displayill g th e dra matic pose for the "lIlIrYII" style ring ellfer i llg ce r emony.

wa nted the exa lt ed ra nk. h e wasn't \vo rri ed abolll achi evi ng it. " It was eithe r goin g 1O happe n o r not. " he explained. "I just go o ut and w re stle w ha tever Illy rank is . Eve rything e lse isn ' t up to m e, "

After going o n a di e t and g ivin g up a lcohol. the 437-pound Mu sashimaru fini shed the May lOurn ame nt w ith an impressive 13-2 reco rd. inc ludin g a d ec is ive w in ove r yo kozun a A kebono o n the final day. Mu sas him aru said that he was in spired by hi s s tabl e m as te r' s adv ice te lling him , "You' ve a lways bee n num ber two. W hy do n't you try and see w ha t it ' s li ke to be nu mbe r o ne fo r a while? "

After the vic to ry and be in g o Ffi c ia ll y pro m o ted. he was happy and relie ved. "My mothe r broke dow n and c ri ed ." he said. " It' s bee n I 0 yea rs o f ha rd work. I never dreamed that I'd make it. I s till can 't be li eve it." T he J apanese press bombarded him w ith qu esti o ns a bo ut be in g o nl y th e seco nd foreign-born yokozu na in hi s to ry .

Mu sas him aru 's o nl y comme nt. "A wres tl e r is a w restl er. It doesn't malle r where you co me fro m , we a re a ll the same."

On May 29, wea rin g a forma l black kim o n o of haor i an d hakama. Mli sas hi maru was g iven the offi c ia l yokoz un a ce nific.lI e a nd w hit e 1.'1/11/0 (belt) a t Me ij i J ing ll Shrin e in Tokyo . Aft e r c han gi ng int o hi s 5t<1 -bl e maste r 's ce remo ni a l apron. o r kesho-maH'a ,\·hi . beca use hi s co uld nOt be made in time fo r the ce re mony , Japan' s newes t yokoz lin a e me rged. W ith hi m we re s tablemates sekill 'ake Dejim<l. w h o served as s word bearer. or we/, i //Iochi, /J/(l eg ashira Mu sn yamil , who served as dew s wee per. or rSIf."If - !w/'ai, and top re fe ree Kim ura S honos uke. He is no w th e iron Ill a ll o r sum o,

W res tlin g i .... th e mos t impo rta nl thin g 10 him a nd ('\,en thou gh he 6 7th yokO ;' lI l1l1 MlIsa sllilllllfU Koyo .

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the shrine morc than two hours before th e event. try ing to secure a good viewing spot. Standing tall with hi s s ho ulders back and hi s head high, the Illuscu lar Mu sashimaru proudl y walked through th e crowd and slopped in frolU o f the traditional s hrine, o ri g in all y built in dedi cation to Emperor M eiji in 1920.

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he loo k a dee p brea th and then offi c iall y pe rfo rm ed hi s first yo kozuna do/tyo -iri. the lim e honored ring e nt e rin g ce re mon y . He clapped hi s ma ss ive hC1nds a nd s tretched hi s arJll S to the sky_ before the gods and almos t -1.000 peopl e.

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He lifted hi s leg into the air and then stomped it to the ground , lowering hi s body in a d ram atic posc. As the ca meras fla shed, rreezing the moment ror the world to la ter see, he knew that he was making hi story .

Although he made a sl ight mi stake in hi s arm move ment s, he qui ckl y corrected it and rini shed the cere mony to th e crowds roarin g appro val. ''I'm still not used to wearing the heavy belt." he sa id "but I was happy to pe rform in front of the peopl e."

A t hi s pr ess co nf e r e n ce, Mu sashima ru to ld report ers that he was tired from all o r the festivi ti es and will resume practi ce in a week.

He hopes to beco me a stron g yoko zun a and win at l east 10 morc to urn ament s. Former ozeki

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Hi s stabl e ma ster Mu sashigawJ exp lai ned, "For the past year, I ha ve bee n telling him to Fi ght with the desire to beco me a yokozuna. Now I want him to right with the confi dence of a yokozuna."

Mu sashim aru mad e hi s firs t appearance a t th e Ko kugikan are na in Ryogoku fo r the re tirement ceremony of Ku shimaul11i. He performed hi s ring e nte rin g ce re mon y pe rfec tly. Prac ti ce makes perfect - th e new yokozunu is a lread y gell in g bette r at pe rFo rmin g the traditional ceremonial ritual. Ju s t wa it until you see him fi g ht in th e rin g agail1~

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TAH ITI WAS GREAT, BUT HAWAI'I IS STILL NO I<A 01 ••••••••••••••• MICHAEL W. PERRY

I just got a chance to check out one of Hawajj 's tourism competitors. Now. Tahiti may not be a MAJOR competitor like Cabo San Lucas or Disneyland, but for someone planning to visit an exotic place, and willing to invest big bucks and a fivehour flight to get there. our island sisters to the south are definitely an alternative to Hawai·i. (Check out the travel message boards on AOL for the folks trying to decide between Moui and Tahiti!) Anyway, to spy on the competition yourself, fly due south from HNL to the Tahitian version of HonoluluPapeete. At firsf glance. there is no comparison Papeete is pretty poor, run-down, and much less

tourist-friendly than almost anywhere in our town. But it is part of French Polynesia, and therein lies the charm.

Every South Pacific fantasy .... every daydream about languid sunsets on the beach every subconscious memory of Bloody Mary singing 'Boli Hoi· .... leads right to Tahiti. Or. more accurately, to one of Tohiti 's less-rundown, more picturesque Neighbor Islands: Moorea, Rangiroo, Tetiaroa, or Bora Bora. The names are exotic. The pace there makes Moloka'j seem like a pressure cooker, The women all speak French the world 's sexiest language. Th~ lagoons are stunning, The scenery rivals anything in Hawai'i, and it's too darn expensive to stay there.

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Ka' a' awa, 40 years ago, poorer, hotter, and more humid, with a FrenCh accent. That exotic drink you need poolside - the one you gripe about paying $7.50 at the Mauna Loni is $ 14.00. Ouch' The fact that you pay in Polynesian Francs makes it WOrse since a franc equals about a penny . Fourteen thousand of anything is too much to pay for a drink , Here's the rule of thumb if you travel to Tahiti : layout all the clothes and all the money you'lI be taking with you . then throw out half the c lothes and take twic e the money.

T'O O RDER send $14,95 plus $3.00 s&h to Pine Island Press, ATTN: Lcslee Isern , Sui te 101, 42 84 N , High Sr., Columbus, 0 1-1 432 J-I.. Also available from Barnes & Noble online & "a mazon.com", the internet bookstores ,

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fee l the need to phone Auntie in Mililani and chat about the great time you're having, don't, I called KSSK to talk briefly to Larry on the ai r. The bill was $38.00. That was my lost call.

The hotel folks in Tahiti do have someth ing we can 't have for any price: overwater bungalows, Thatched huts on stilts w ith luxurious interiors, a few feet above spectacular reefs , Somehow I'm su re the zoning people will never let that happen in the Aloha State. but it is probably the most memorable difference between a vacation in Tahiti. and one in Hawai·i. OK. that and the topless women on the beach. You see, as in Hawai'i, the missionaries zealously covered up the natives, They failed to realize . however. that the French influence would bring female tourists from Europe who get to the beach and promptly take off their tops.

Hawai'i has insidiously crept into Tahiti. I wanted to buy my wife the One Souvenir you need from French Polynesia : black pearls . We bicycled down to Matira Point to an authentically Tahitian boutique named Matira Pearl and Fashion which turned out to be owned by two guys named Steve from Hawa;' i. They definitely have the life , Then. at a steamy tourist bar named Bloody Mary's, I saw a huge sign out front with the names of all the famous people who have eaten there: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Meg Ryan . Phil Donohue, Kapena . Kopena? And at the obligatory Tahitian show at our hotel. there was the firedancer, the Tahitian hula , and the b ig finale number "Aloha O'e" There is a charm. exotic ambiance . and a relaxing good time to be had in Tahiti. but "Aloha O 'e " just made me homesick for the very best destination on earth for tourists o r loca ls ... . Hawai ' i! •

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;\!\el Ozeki had a dream. A dream that one day ex-isli.inders homes ick for Hawai'i news. Hawai'i races, Hawai'i anything. wou ld be able 10 open a magazine and feel like they were silt ing back home. catching up on loca l ncws,

"We now have a better understanding

of pr inting. bu t we learned from hard knocks." He and Emily read as much as they could. and asked many questions.

Together Lh ey persevered and their first issue of 'OHANA - 32 pages

dated August 1996 - was completed in late Ju ly 1996.

"I should have put September." Ozeki said. By the time a ll the magazi nes \vere dist ri buted it was early August. "It appeared like it was a month o ld but wasn't."

It didn't happe n until he retired, That's when he a nd hi s wi re Em il y moved to

Emily wul Mel O:eki

Around 4.000 copies of the first issue were distributed, Twenty-live percent of the copies were mailed to Hawai'j residents and Mel's high school c lassmates - Mel was born and rai sed in Hilo. Hawaiian Airlines placed the remain ing magazines on its Honolu lu /l ights to and from Las Vegas.

Las Vegas to beg in th e ir new ve nLure ~ 'Of/ANA (ja mily )@ lWagazi li e.

Ozeki ret ired in 1994 as a li e ute nant colonel wi th the Hawa i'i Army Na ti onal G uard , He trave led across the United States from

1984 for 10 years in a special active duty tour with

the Na ti on'll Guard Bureau SOl/II Wriglll lIlIlI Christille Billgg i

in Wash i n~toll, Pri or to that he worked for Hilo County. the University ~r Hawai' i a l Hil a. and The H{f\\'(/ii Tribulle-Herald.

He d idn 't have any bus iness or marketing training. The only ex perience Ozek i had that was rcmotely re lated to publ ish ing was that he was a sports corrcspondelll for The Ho//o/u/u A(h'erriser

and latcr to iled as a ncwspaper copy boy for fou r yca rs whi le <lttendi ng the Univers ity of Hawai'i at Malloa in the 60s.

Ozek i worked on his Ph.D. in Adu lt Educa ti on. and graduated from Kansas S tatc Un ive rs it y in Dece mber 11)95. a l the age of 51, They asked for he lp fro m the Las Vegas Chamber of Co mme rce. whi ch in troduced them to two publi shers.

"Both or them had the sallle message , Ozcki ~aid. "Either 1'111 vc ry ric h or I'm crazy. But he was determined. "V.ie

made an aw ful lot o f mis takes !lot knowing ha.'.,ic (publish ing) prill ciple~," Ozcki ~a id . "We still do , but !lot nea rl y as co~ tl y a~ he fore.

For examp le, he lju ick ly learn('d tilal print ing fewer nUlllher or pagc . ..; di dn't make hi ~ printin g cnsh lnwcL "Pri nting

14 page~ C(l" l " 1111 1 l'l' tlwl1 16 page ... hC(, <lLI ~e a ~ig ll aturl' rai l" ill lllultipiL':- nf e ight." I-I e abll iL'anlL'd hll \\ [he pl:IL'c-111 (' 11 1 or culm page:- allL'ch I..'tl ~ 1. "Call add an aJdition. !! ~ 1,(100 if 1" 111 Ilt1\

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The second issue was printed in September but had an October da te. The Ozek is had 16.000 copies printed. California Hotel gave LI S a big boost by placing 10.000 copies into hotel rooms, Mel said.

For the next year. Mel and Em ily persiste d - they wrote. typed, proofed. ed ited - met graphic designer Diana 8arclayCrane. who designs the magazine. and hired a printing companydoing every thing it takes to publish and distribute a 111ol1lhly publicat ion - Emily cont inued to hande Illost of the cldministrative du ties - wh ile Me l searched for Hawai'i write r~ and gathered information about Las Vegas for the Hawai'i res idents who visit Las Vegas frequentl y. >1 "11/111111'(/ "'l pll~. 3-

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Boyd Chefs Cook Da Kine Kaukau, Exude Aloha Spirit by Barbara 1. Nosek, 'OHANA corre,\pofldell/

How many restaurants in Las Vegas could you walk into, find a table and order. "Bring us saimin .... or laulau .. .. or kalua cabbage" - and the wa iter or waitress understood.

Y OLI probably already know the places on the Strip, Downtown. and in the neighborhoods where that order would be all in a day's work . But you might be surprised to di scover how many chefs, food servers. and res taurant managers everywhere the va lley exude Tile Aloha Spirit.

Some were born and nJised in Hawai' i. others came later in their culinary careers. Some have their own restaurants, :-.omc work in someone elsc's kitchen. Some venues clear. Iy caler 10 Islanders. others are strictly haole.

The four chefs at the th ree dow lltown properti es - Main Street. Cn lifornin and Fremont - were born in Hawai ·i. Their challenges vary among the propcrties - different re~taunHl1 formats, different markets. But there's one COIll

man th read - The Aloha Spirit.

• \Villiam Monis manages Ihe Pasta Piratc ilnd Redwood Bar & Grill at the California. He believes Ihal the Aloha Spi rit permeates the California more Ihan any other he's ever been in.

• Leonard Young, room chef al Main Street Stat ion'S Triple 7 BrewPub sees it throughollt his restau ran t. especia lly at the su:-.hi bar where the servers handle with equally gracious aplomb the special requests of the savvy and the ciJu liou~ qucs l io n~ of the uninitiated.

• Both Execut ive Chef Teri Tomita and Rel ief Chef Randy Giho at the Fremont see il in the atmosphere of their restaurants. where tropical fl owers. waleI' imagery, and bland 1l1l1sic create a gent le havcn for the diner.

Munis. worked his way up from assistant manager to food and hevcrage manager to operat ion.'! manager for Host Marrioll al the Honolulu International Ai rport before moving 10 the Ma inl and three year!'! agu. Young grew up in the husincs:-.. working ea rl y-on in the family colTee shop and thcn other restau ranb before open ing the Hawaii Food Expres~ . movi ng 10 Califnrn ii.1 and Las Vega .... ill 1994.

• It wa~ also IlJlJ4 that Tomita <l nd Gillo came to LIS

VC'ga~. Tom ita. a member of the Profes:-.ional Cook!'! of 1-1 ,1\).'1.11'1. paid hi ~ d u e~. I-/c .qarteu <lS line couk. broi ler couk . :-.mHL' cook. "'<l ucicr. gauradon, garde Illunager. and hanquet i.:Ill'r. in the proces.') firin g up the kitchens o/" ~ uch l:sl<t hli ~hmenh <I .... Hilt o n Hawaiian Village and Pagoda

Floil tillg Res taurant. Gibo has also worked at Hilton Hawaiian Village, lIi ka i Hotel, and Hawaiian Regent. polishing his skills through a se ries of positions that culmi naled with sous chef.

At the Cali forn ia, Chef Manis works with the SOLI S chef to develop famil iar dishes, and then keeps u stern cye 011 how those dishes are received by the guests. A recent addition is the Seascape Special which Illay be Buuerfish or Chi lean Sea Bass, marinated in a teriyak i-miso sauce. broiled. and served with rice and vegetable. Tuna. swordfish. and sallllon are bi ll of fare. Graveyard specials are tripe stew. oxta il stew, and oxtail soup, the latter prepared with a cilantro broth and served wi th fresh cil antro and grated fresh ginger. A recent change in the menu trades the previOliS version of sweet and sour spareribs - a sauced rack _ with the more local rib tips boiled OUI and mixed wit h sweet and sour sauce. The goal is to serve the Same tast ing kaukaLl as in Hawai'i.

Chef Young serves burgers. salads, pasta. and more. There's sashirni on the menu and a sushi bar wi th a rosier of 25 items. Specials that look li ke a local food arc also served, often lI sing fi sh which he insists be mcga- fresh. Best orall. You ng says that if a guest gives him a few day's notice he' ll do his best to make avai lable a special di sh _ there's that Aloha Spiri t again.

At the Fremont, Chef Gibo makes sure the Parad ise buffet. Lanai coffee shop, and snack shop are variously supplicd with ox t<Jil soup and stew with the requisite tomatory facIal', sai rnin. ka l bi ribs. kal ua cabbage. laulau. and lorni salmon (those last three make up a plate IUllch served every Friday in the coffee shop) - plus fi sh local-s tyle wilh black bC~1n sallce or leriyaki di shes with soy. ginger. and cilantro. Chef Tomita also oversees the 2nd Street Grill. dcsc ribcd as "Frcnch ~ ty lc wi th a Pac ific Rim twis!." and notes tha t the seafood aspect is ev ident in Ihis fine di ning room in such dishes as blackencd ahi and grilled shrimp.

Gihu ami Tomi ta lovc Iheir tcnure for three main reasons. I, Preparing local food pre~ent s a challell!!c ill terms or ingredient ava ilabi lity and CUstomer accc l~ a n cc . 2) The freedom lu change menu items and be innovative in creat ing reasonahle facsimiles of aut hentic dishc:-. . 3) Flexihili ty and innovation can rea lly ~ hinc in a banquet se ll ing where guests ei.1Il ordcr special uishcs.

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SALE CAESARS!

After months o f negotiations w ith several of the world 's b iggest casino corpora tions, Starwood Hotels & Resorts sold Caesars World to Park Place Entertainment for 53 b ill ion in cash. Park Place, Hilton's gaming subsidiary and already the world's largest gambling company . is buying the country 's sixth largest and most recognized gambling corporation . Park Place, which already had 17 casinos worldwide, adds to its roster Caesars hote l-casinos in Las Vegas, Atlantic City. Lake Tahoe , Mississippi. and Indiana, plus Caesars-managed casinos in

Delaware, Canada, the Philippines, and South Africa. By buying Caesars, Hilton now owns four out of the five hotel-casinos on the carner of the Strip and Flamingo Road (Caesars. Flamingo. Bally·s.

and Paris).

Starwood also sold the Desert Inn for 5275 million to international casino mogul Sol Kerzner . Sun owns th e ultra-upscale Atlantis on Paradise Island in th e Bahamas, which ope ned last December, and Resorts Hotel·Casino in Atlantic Ci ty , which it bought from Merv Griffin in 1996. It also owns 50 percent and manages the hugely successful Mohegan Sun Hotel -Casino in Connecticut. Sun acquires the Desert Inn, which sits on 25 a c res, the 140-acre golf course. and the 32-acre vacant lot a t the corner o f Sands Ave , and the Strip (where a Planet Hollywood casino w a s planned to be built) . The deal is expected to be approved in the second q uarter, 2000.

"CHICAGO " IN LA S V EGA S

Broadway Theater has come to the Strip II, a big way. C hicago , the Ebb and Kandet m usica l that opened in New York in 1975 to c ritical acclaim

and public indiffe rence, is getting high marks from bath c ri t ics and show-goers in Las Vegas. This show is "A- list· all t he way . The cast (Iivestage legends Chita Rive ra as Roxie Hart and Ben Veree n as Billy Flynn). the choreography, music, script. and pacing ore all first-class.

Chicago" takes place in the jazzvaudeville era of the 1920s and is done mostly in black and white. It involves the true story of a chorus girl, Roxie Hart, who murde rs a lover and g oes to ja il; the bulk of a ct ion takes p lace in the w omen's lock-up. C an the smarmy defense lawyer. Billy Flynn . stir up enough sympathy for Roxie thro ugh various manipulations of the media. the public . and even the jury, to get Roxie acqUitted? The climax is cynical and the mood is dark. but the show is an interesting commentary on a number of timeless issues.

Supporting it all is the new I.lOO-seat theater , which is gorgeous and acoustically tight. if a little tao big. The floor and lower m ezzanine seats are all good , but the upper mezzanine is pretty for away, especially for the price . We recommend shelling out the extra $ 10 or 520 for the bet te r seats . You can buy drinks at the bar in the theater lobby and carry them in; all the seats have cup holders attached . Beer starts at $4 ; mixed drinks average 56 .50 .

Tickets (582 .50 , $71 .50 , or 565 .50 can be o rdered as for in advance as you want from the Mandalay Bay box office o r through Ticketmaster Yo u should book ahead if you want to attend an a weekend , but be c areful. there 's no cancellatio n You buy 'em you own 'em . "Chic ago " plays

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an d ed uca te vis itors abo ut th e d e li ca te bala nce ill the vo lca ni c c rat e r.

" T hi ~ p lace is managed diffe re ntl y th an a ny ot he r tour is t attrac ti o n. " Hong :-. ay:-.. "We 're try in g to red uce th e amou nt of peop le he re. We alre ad y ha ve too man y v is itors and the ree f i:-. the on e that s uffe rs from il . We call' t go ou t a nd buy a new rec r. " Pl e nt y of IOlIri ~ t ~ ~ t ill ge t a brea th takin g glimp:-.e of th e bay . w ith lour hu :-.e:-. :-. toppi ng al th e lookout in the uppe r ha y pa rking area fo r nu longer t han 15 minut e:-. - eno ug h lim e for " i :-. ito r:-. to gC I ou t. tak e in the vicw and :-. nap ph o tograp h:-., Com me rc ial d ive lour:-,. w h ic h need pe rmi t. .... to (' nl c r thc lo wc r ha y, a re limited in .... i/e a nd n umhe r and a r c bann ed on

\\'cc ,," c nu ... (lnd ho lida y!-..

The Iuwl' r ha) i:-. OpC II from 6 a . lll . to 6 p Ill . d a il y L'xcc pt Weun e~da y:-..

wh e n it 's ope n From noo n to 6 p.m. A tro lley fro m the upper to lower bay may also carry o ne o f the res iden t c h icke ns . who ea t b ug s so the a rea doesn't have to be sprayed wi th pesti c ides .

T hose v is ito rs w ho do ve nlllre d ow n th e s tee p. w inding path to the beac h a re like ly to

ge t a sha n lesso n o n the eco logy and hi s to ry o f the bay, a lo ng w ith a bri e fin g o n it s ru les and regu lati o ns. A s ho re lin e path al o ng a rocky led ge al so leads to the Toil e t Bow l cove where the wat e r leve l ri ses a nd d rops as the wa ves wa s h in and o ul.

"The main goal i:-. to teac h good e n v ironmenta l stewa rd s hip to th e ge nera l v isi tor:' says Je ff Ku wa bara . coord in a tor of vo lun teer se rvices for the prese rve . " I r yo u ed ucat e th e m. they arc l e~:-. li ke ly to to uc h. s tep 0 11 the ree l'. o r pu ll (.; ritt e rs out of the wa te r.

"We a lso se nd th c m ho rne w ith a g rea tc r e n vironme ntal awa re ness ~ () th ey CH n appl y it at home as we ll. Th e te iK hin g goe s beyond the pe r ~·,{) n we teac h ,"

V() l untee r~ :-. tall th e v i ~ i to r

in formatioll dc:-. k. :-. ha red hy the re:-. id e nt fe ral cat M()rri ~ . who ort en L'laim .... a MlIl ny :-. Iccpi ng .... pol.

Thcy cx plain Ihat reeding pea s and hrL' ad til th e fi :-. h ca n alt e r th e natura l hala ll L'l.' o f .... p L' c ie ~ in th L' ree l'. T hey d esc rihe how c lL:ar pla :-. (i c hread wrappers ca n look Ii ].. ".' il! lI y f i ... h In gree n ... ea

turtl es th a t a re ha rm e d by in ges tin g w rappe rs mi staken fo r je ll yfis h . And they de tai l the da mage that c an be done by wa lkin g on the li ving, frag ile cora l reef.

In earlier decades, Ku wa bara says, s a nd was bro ught to Han aum a Bay from th e No rth S hore. That was be fore peo pl e reali zed the ti des was h th e san d into th e reef, eventu al ly killi ng o ff so me of th e co ra l.

"People d idn't k now." says Kuwaba ra , who has a zoo logy deg ree from th e Un ivers it y of Hawai ·i . "We're trying to

tak e that exc use away fro m peop le . I f we ed uca te peop le, they' ll kn ow."

A mo ng those he lp ing sp read the word is Roy Grill er, who can be fou nd s no rkeling and brea kfas ting at the bay eve ry Friday mo rnin g and he lp in g w ith beac h c lea nups Wed nesday mornings. w he n th e lower bay is c losed to the publi c . He and othe r members o r the Friday mornin g group mai nt a in a table a t the beac h . keep ing it painted and repaired.

"Th e c it y will do it eve ntually . but th e thin g is YO LI mi g ht ge t gray hair be fo re ." says G ritter, who is a lso sec re tary o r th e F ri ends or Han<l ull1 <1 Bay. "So a lot or stuff we do," he says .

"A ny time we ca n keep o ne person 1'1'0 111

wa lkin g O J) th e ree f. we're sa v ing the co ra l bec au se cora l is so se nsi ti ve to peopl e wa lking or eve n just to uc h ing. "

Ho ng. who has bee n sc uba di v ing in the bay 1'0 1' 25 years a nd has bee n its manage r si nce 1990, says the c ity hopes to learn more about the bay's eco logy.

The c ity has bee n co ll ec tin g a $ 1 parkin g fcc for the bay's )00 s tall s and $) for non res id e nt s 13 yea rs and old c r w ho e nt e r the lowe r bay . Th e re's no fee for Ha wa i' j rcs ide nt s or th o se age 11 and you nge r.

Mon ey fro m thc fces wi ll he lp pro v id e fundin g fur e n vi ronm c ntal s tudi c:-., incl Udin g IIn cs to try to d c te rm ine j ll ~t how man y vb itors and how muc h lI SC

Hana um i.l Bay ca n handle. Ho ng s ays.

"Han au ma Bi.IY i!>. s li c h a un iquc area w ith it:-. lamcd fi sh. ~ h e l t e re d ree f so c1 o :-.e to !-. hore . ..... ay .... Hong. who ha~ the pc r fcL'1 view of it a ll from hi ~ o ll iLT. ""Ve \\ ill ncver find another pl ac e like t hi~. We ju~t ca nnot allo w un li mi ted 11l1 ul ll trtl lled lI SC he re in th e park . WI.' ha ve tu co nt ro l th e amolillt Il l' pcopl e a nd hL' ha\ ill!' or peop le . "

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Hawai'i is an ancestral name brought across the Pacific by the Polynesians. It seems to have been an original homeland and its meaning is no longer known.

STA TE MOTTO ' Va mall ke ea 0 ka Qilla i ka pOliO · Thi s motto was

given to the k in gd om by King

K a m c ha m e ha III a t the time that sovereig nt y and the fla g were restored by the

Briti sh in 1843 . It was made the official moUo of the State of Hawai' i by Joint Reso luti on 4. 30th Territorial Leg is latu re, May I. 1959 . The offic ial tran s la tion is "The life of the land is perpetuated in ri ghteousness."

STATE BIRD · The Il ene or Ha waii an goose was adopte d as the bird e mbl e mati c o f the T e rritory of Hawa i 'j by H Oll se by H Oll se Conc urrent Reso l ution 52, 29 th T erri to r ial Leg is la tu re. May 7 . 1957. It co nt inue s as the offic ia l bird o f the S tate or Ha wa i ' j. s ince ac ti on s of the

T e rritorial Legi s latu re cont inue in force until s upe rseded b y a s ta te law,

STATE FISH' Ac l 289. Sess ion Laws of Hawa i ' i 1985. not es that "Th e hUfIluhullllillllkulluku-a-pua'a , a lso

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known as the rectang ul a r tri gge rfish, is estab li she d and designated

as Ihe official fi sh of the State."

STATE TREE· The kllkui or ca nd lenut tree was designated as the official state tree by Jo int

Reso lutio n 3, 30th Territori a l Leg islature, May I , 1959. The

coconut palm o r Ilill had been the offi c ia l tree of the T e rri tory o f Hawai'i , hav

ing bee n so designated by proc la mati o n of

Governor Lawrence Jud d on March 17, 1930.

TREK TO STATEHOOD (from Hawaii Ma gazin e) • 184 1 - Hawaii's firs t gl impse toward becom in g a s tate

occ urred when the U.S. recog ni zed that Hawai ' i was a s trategic locat ion to estab li sh a nava l base. A myriad o f othe r events occurred, from the aer ial b o mbardme nt at

Pearl Harbor by the Emp ire of Japa n 0 11 Dece mber 7. 194 1, until 1959.

Mar II , '59. Senate approves b ill for H awaii 's s tate hood.

• Marc h 18, 1959. President Eisenhower s igned b ill into

law. ' August 21, 1959. Hawai ' i "5-0", th e Fil'tet h State of the Union.

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• Hawai 'i POllo 'i •

Hawai ' j pono'i Na-na i kOll mo' i Ka-Ia- ni A-Ij'i. ke A- li ' i

Hawai'j pono' i Na-na i na Ji - i Na pu-a mu- li kOll. Na po-ki'j

Hawaii 's OWl/ true SOilS Be loya l (0 YOllr chief Your COl f11 fry 's liege ({lid lord The A-/i-i .

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Ma-ku-a la-ni e Ka-me-ha- Illc-ha e.

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Father above IfS ({II Kal1lchal1leha e

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T h e Word A loh a!

ALO HA i s t.ll c 111 0s1 "cvucd i-J awa ii an wo rd:

ALO = to be in th e presence, ane! HA = th e breath or li[e.

A A kahai Kindn ess, ex pressed wi th te n derness.

L Loka hi U nit )', ex pressed w ith h armon y

o 'O llt 'o llt Ag reea bl e , ex presse d w ith pleasa ntn ess.

1-1 J-I a'a h a 'a Humilil )" expressed w ilh m o d es lY

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The San Fran c isco Bay Area hosts three popular annual events: A loha Fes ti val '99. Unive rs ity o f Hawai 'j A lumni Assoc ia ti o n Sc ho larship Lu 'au, a nd Celebration of Aloha ' 99.

Pacific Islanders' C ultural Assoc. (83 1-758-0033 ) ho s ts "Aloha Fest ival '99 " August 7-8 a t th e Pres idi o in San Fran c isco, w hi c h se rved as a former major Army headq ua rte rs. Th e fes ti va l s tartcd in 1995 to ce lebrate the arri va l o f th e Hoku le 'a, a doub le-hull ed ca noe built in Hawai ' j that sa il ed to Tahit i using the ancie nt tec hni que of nav igating by the s ta rs. C rissy Fi eld. located a lo ng th e water 's edge , welco med the Hoku le'a at th e first A lo ha Festi va l in Sa n Francisco and was the s it e ro r two more fe stiva ls. From 1998 the eve nt wa s moved to th e Parad e

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Grounds at Presidio. The fes ti val features educat ional workshops, mu sic and d a nce, o utri gger canoe races a nd di splays, c ultural ex hibits and craft s and food and arts & c rafts booths, Free admi ssion a nd parking attract tho usands o f attendees every yea r.

Th e San Francisco Bay Area C hapter or the Univ. of Hawai ' i Alumni Assn. (650-947-8622) holds its annual "Scholarship Lu'au" on August 22 at the Comm unity Ce nter in S unn yvale. Money rai sed by the Hawai ian lu 'au a ll ows th e recipient to pursue a fu ll-t ime unde rgraduate or g raduate deg ree a t a Uni vers ity of Hawa i ' i campus. The $ I ,500 sc ho larship is anno unced at the lu 'a u. In add iti on to food a nd Hawa ii an e nte rtainme nt, there are man y door pr izes.

Leilani Ma rino and Halau Hula 0 Lei lan i (707 -576-8 184) present "Celebration of Aloha ' 99" on September 11~12 at the Marin Cente r in San R afae l. T hi s event bega n in 1998. A porti o n of the net proceeds fro m th is year 's event w ill be ne fit no n-pro fit o rgani za tion s in !-Ia wa i'j a nd North e rn Ca lifo rni a . T he day time fe s ti va l on Saturday takes place a t the

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Lagoon Park. Live mu s ic is pro vided by Tony Conjugae io n , Ha ll'ul a, Kanilau , a nd Forte from Hawai ' i and by The Kapalakiko Hawa ii an Band fro m San Franci sco. The e nte rtainme nt also in c lu des performan ces by several Bay Area ha lau : Halau Na Pua 0 Ka La 'a kea , Ka Ua Tuahine Po lynesian Dan ce Company, and T he Ladies of Maani ke 'a la 0 ka mail elauli 'i and Th e Me n of Ka iho makawa lu a ka ua K ipu ' upu ' u . R ad io pe rso na liti es Kimo Kahoano of Honolu lu and Brent Farris of Santa Rosa are Ma sters of Ce remo ni es. Booths featurin g food, beve rages, arts & crafts, c hef ex hibition s, a nd c ultura l ac ti vit ies ro und ou t th e fe s ti val. Su nday daytime aCLi viti es a re a go lf to urnam e nt a nd Ha waiian c ultura l work shops. Celebrati on o f Aloha '99 co nc lud es w ith a co nce rt S un day ni g ht at th e Marin Ve tera ns' Me morial A udito rium featuring T he Brothe rs Caz ime ro.

Info rmalion abo ul ol he r Bay Are a eve nts ca n be fo und on Ill y web s il e, "San Fra nci sc o Ba y Area Hawaiian Reso urces" http: //pwl.n e t co m.com/- l-I a l K op/.

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BUFFET UPDATE

With everyone flocking to the buffets at Bellagio and Mandalay Bay (Venetian doesn·t have 0 buffet), the good old Mirage Buffet seems a little neglec ted these days. Too bad because it's good with lots of unique elements. For one. dinner begins at 3 pm. one of the few in town to start so early, making it easy to avoid crow ds (get th e re before 5:30). There 's an interesting mix of food. too , Seafood: oysters on the holf, snow c rab legs, peel -and-eat shrimp. assorted smoked fish, and lox , Action area: C hinese , Mexican, and pasta stations Entrees : Much like ot sister-c asino Golden Nugget, the Mirage has fewer than most. but they ore topnotc h . There 's also the good bread pudding for dessert, The Mirage Buffet is an excellent

choice for dinner even at S 13.50 ( lunch is S9.50) ,

The O rleans, a popular locals casino on West Tropicana about a mile from the Strip, has opened a n 0 11 -new version of its French Market Buffet. The new room. located in a section of an ongoing 20,QOO-foot expansion, is an action buffet in the fashion of the Fiesta. Rio, Reserve, etc . There are seven stations, not coun ting salads and dessert s. including seafood , Chinese, and Las Vegas' fourth Mongolian grill. The C ajun o rientation results in a few un ique items - gumbo , crayfish . liver and onions - but truthfully , no bars have been raised here , An excellent value. though. at S8 .95 for dinner every day except Monday. when the seafood buffet is S 13.95 .

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La celebrate our 3 rd anniversary. Ro dn ey Ac ia . Roc cr, Bill Spencer, Pa ul Mars h , Pa 1I1 T hi s newest m o nthly lis ting pays tribute to our 'Ohana Supponers 1, So n n y Brown, Ric hOlrd Frci t <ls, 1 w h o p laya major ro le in sh aring the Spirit o f Aloha and m a king Ivig. Ann Stav ig, L. S lI e hir o L. Sl TIlt' A loha COlll lcc/ion a m agazine for-a nd-about is la nders , Kara o k e Room 3 (Hawa iian Rcalt y), I I I 5 (Mary Lou Sco tt ), exp a tria Lcc is anders , a ne mains tream U A. Nat h an Nagam ine , Liu, A l cx Lill , Corey Ha yes, C0 1 If we misspelled your na mc or o mitted your business, )', Nor ma Abbey. Abc l Kaia h ll:1. A h Huika la (please forgive o ur fau ll ) ! Tell us so we can fi x it! I, Kalh )' Ke mp a, P res idi o Co l t , PI"( . Roc h e ll e Kidd , Gc ra ld \;\/c\c h , E l ia s K,ln uh a , Dcbrnh Stewa rt , Ed Sudario. Kat), Reed, Rayd ee n Gr<lrra m , Mary Kimball , Daniel Piz :J.c, Lopaka, Do n a ld Kealoha. Mav in c Tolentin o, j oe Spec k , K<l ipo TUio losega. Caro lina Perreira, La u ra Ke h o, He rb e rt O hia . He nr y Vin ce nt . S ta nette Nuuh iwa , Ge rrett Sagllcio , Ala n Kckaula, Ba rbara Baker. jea n e tt e Sc h arenbroc h . Vill ,l llu cva Keto, Ho mclani Ke po 'o , Ai lee n Hill , G il Kveen, Patri c k Lee &- Sco tt Auyong (CNI-I Fundin g), \-V ill iam Kil lll aka\\" iw oo le, L)lnll Hcnnessey, Ra Yll e ll e Anche ta, Hawa iian Patri o t ic League. J o hn & Renee Abre ll . David Kap ono. G ilbert Na hoo ikaika, Steven Lum &- Lo u is \OVai (AllOrne ys at Law), Tr acy Kayl', Nan i I-I ak u s. Mic hell e Haia , Ken l-Iaar.jcff Moorc, j crry Omakanim, Ka lan i Wardell , Debbie F inl ey, Moa na Meyer, jim De li s io, Dona ld CU5tino, Margare t McKercher, Vera W hit c , Dexler Cho)" j erry C h ang , Vi v ian Martin , C hri s Beecrofl , Th e rcsa Cane r, Ra y Call tiberos , Sa ll y & Lou Noc lwld, Patric k Ca lu ya, Michae l Wi ll o u r , Aa ro n N is himura , G u y Dano, Ea rl Takc11lura , Renec Clawson ( Ca lifornia HOle l/Casi no ).

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S tude nt s ill 1999 have e ve n hi g he r s tanda rds to reac h . W e know that 55 p e rce nt o f th is ye a r 's junio rs ha ve a lready fail ed thi s ye ar' s pro fi c ie n cy ex am s. A rc th ese s tude nt s the prob le lll O J" is it th e arhit ra ry s tand a rds set hy the exa m s?

The S late D e partme nt or Ed ucat io n a nd the Icg is lat ure ha ve Laken th e pos ition th at these c riti c is m s a rc fallin g o n deaf c a rs. They say th e res pon s ihilit y for ac hi eve me nt is upo n the e du c ators . parc nt s a nd s tuci e nL s. The Amc.ri can C ivi l Libe rti es U ni o n . pare il is and s iu d e ni s a re j oi nin g in a laws uit. O nl y tim c w ill te ll w he re thi s conL ro ve rsy w ill e nd. I pe rsu na ll y think it w i ll c(Jlltinu c. As a ll Cc/ UC;'ltOr.

m y j o b is 10 ge l 100 pern:: nl or our sl' ninrs 10 pass profi c ie ncy a nd a tt ain th ai prcL" i ou~ go al. g raduali o n .

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o 'OHANA (family)® Magazine's mailing lobet Includes (finally) the expiration date for your subscription. For example, ' 10/99' after your name means that with the Oct/Nov issue ends your annual subscription, pau. So please send in your 523 renewal for continued support because you're are an integral part of our success!

• If you don't receive your bi-monthly issue of 'OHANA by August 10, and the 10th of "even" months, please let us know. Don·t be huhu with us because you didn't receive it - could be the postal service, we goofed. an Incorrect mailing address. etc.~

• To keep your subscription costs from rising, we need your kokuo. If you don·t receive the current Issue of 'OHANA, we will now credit only the current issue. It's financially hard on us credit a subscriber a full-year a subscriber claims that he/she never received any issue for one year.

• We had an irate message from a subscriber that said 'no' renewal because their new-found junk mall is attributable to ·OHANA. We stili honor. and will continue, to NEVER sell or disclose our list to any mailIng house. It is a special trust since 1996.

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people, it was too muc h pressure ." That was when he dec idcd to c hange 'OHANA fro m a m o nthl y to a bimonthly magaz in e and cam e o ut with the April/ May 199t; issue .

"Now we're do ing well :' M e l said. "Doing well" s till m eans that th e Ozekis work seve n days a week .

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However, Me l now has a magazin c di s tri b uto r. "\Vc had tho llsands of magaz ines s pread o ut thro ug ho ut the li ving rool11 ," Mel said. He and E Tnil y w ould ha ve to labe l eac h o ne, the n stack the m by z ip co d es to be mailed out.

Mel added ex- is lande rs C hl' is tine B iagg i and Sann Wri g ht to his staff to ta ke care o f marke tin g, e tc . Ho no lulu -based g raphic designe r Ka thy Mi y a-Rev uelto. contributes the 'OIIANA Calendar cente rfo ld s . W e are pro ud that S tephani e Goto . a former Punaho u g raduate and recent g raduat e fro m U N LV has already passed he r C PA exam,

Mel's staff me m bers a re ge nuine s uppo n e rs . Pat Mo rita joined the magazine in 1997. FrOlll Ho no lulu the re are Mi c hael W. Perry and Emme T o mimbang , A lo ha Joe in Los A nge les. a nd Steven Lum loca lly ( Vegas), a mong man y o the rs. "Emily and I meet so man y beautiful pcopl c. " Mel said.

People also call , se nd le tt e rs o r e -ma il. tc lling the O zekis how grateful they a re and "how they reall y e nj oy the magazine bringing ho me bac k into the ir hearts. " Some also request that

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Mel cover upcoming "Hawaiian" events being held in other cities -like the Hawaiian festival that was held in San Francisco last year -while others ask Mel to print informati on about Hawai ' j cl ubs in other states.

'OHANA, with readers in 28 states, is gaining strength as a reg ional magazine, Mel said. Tourists in Vegas are beginning to

buy the magazine for the Vegas information, making the magazine more mainstream . But Hawai ' i and Las Vegas, local fo lks, culture and education are 'OHANA's mai n focus.

The magazine continues to be a vehicle to keep islanders, no matte r where they are, in tune with what is going on in the islands, said Mel, who di stributes aboul 7,000 copies to Hawai ' i. Vegas and parts of Southern California.

Another 3,000 copies are mailed to subscribers worldwide, incl uding 50 mil itary islanders slationed in Europe. Many subscribers learn about the magazine through word of mouth and the magazine's Web page: www.ohanamagazine.com.

"This is a real 'ohana magazine," Mel said. "It is frus trating at times, but it is also rewarding to realize that we do bring joy to thousands and our readers appreciare it. "

Ed ito r's Note: This story was published in The HOIlO/Il/U StarBulletin on January 22. It was also on Tlte Bulletin's web site and is now on 'OHA NA's web page. With changes, it is reprinted here in ce lebration of 'OHA NA 's Third Aniversar.y on August 1.

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