Hawaii
Aileen Soule
FOLKS who bring out the best of what "venerable" stands for: Mr. & Mrs. Charles Evans, celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary last week. They owned the old Evans Market on Ala Moana and if you remember that, you are a kamaaina ... And former Olympic gold medal winner Aileen Soule, a hearty Soule, celebrated her 90th birthday at the Outrigger Canoe Club. Babe Woollett, himself 90, was among those welcoming her into that rare Nonagenarian Club. Old Babe still has an eye for the ladies as his nickname indicates, and he described the "birthday girl" as looking "as stunning and sweet as most ladies would love to look at 60." ...
AN e-mail query to former isle anchorman Bob Sevey, now living in Olympia, Washington, brought this response: "'Did we suffer in the earthquake?' you ask. They called off the baseball game! They interrupted and cancelled the all-new, one-hour 'Seinfeld'!! They never even started 'E.R.'!!! Oh, the humanity!!!!" Sevey reports the mid-sized quake left him "shaken, not stirred." He quoted wife Rosalie as saying, "I believe we just had an earthquake. One olive, or two?" (I made up the part about the olive.) ...
THE Mother's Day program at the Hawaiian Hut Sunday will feature Moe Keale with three ladies who are all mothers, Leinaala Haile, Myrtle K. Hilo and Iwalani Kahalewai. Together they bring many collective years of Hawaiian entertainment to the same stage. Two seatings for the show and buffet lunch, at 10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. and there are reduced prices for kupuna 55 and over and kids ages 5 to 10. Tickets are at Tower Records and the Hawaiian Kine Music Company ...THERE'S also a Mother's Day luncheon cruise on the Navatek I Sunday from noon to 2 p.m. Lunch, musical entertainment (by Brother Greg) and a fashion show may be just the thing to unfrazzle moms who are stressed out. Call 848-6360 for reservations...Motorcycle riding champ Jeff Ward, who lately has taken to driving Indy Lite cars, is in town visiting with his in-laws who live in Honolulu... I commented to a slimmed down Russ Francis how well he looks since returning to the islands from Oregon and he admitted he now weighs two pounds less than his ideal playing weight in the NFL ...
TASTE of things to come? Two giants in the food industry, chef Sam Choy and "Ronald McDonald" will be teaming up at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Ala Moana Center Stage to make a "big announcement." Look for the burger chain to aim less toward kiddies and more to adults. ...
