THEY make a nice pair, Jean Ariyoshi and Doc Buyers. Hold on there. The state's former First Lady and the C. Brewer honcho are "an item" only in the sense that their teaming up on a project to plant "a million trees of aloha" was such a success that they're at it again. This time the two are promoting the "Swing a Club for Hamakua" golf tourney at the Hapuna Prince Hotel July 13 to raise funds to build a kitchen and craft center for the women of Hamakua. This center will help the families of displaced sugar workers get a new start in the food and craft areas. They're hoping to attract golfers from Japan and Honolulu as well as the Big Island for the tourney. Deadline to enter is Monday. For more info call 544-6200 ... THE late Windsor Gregory Hackler was an English purist to the end. An hour before he died at home on Wednesday, he corrected his son Jeffrey's pronunciation of "incomparable." Just the day before, he'd requested his bow tie for the opera, already planning how he wished to go when he moved into the next world ... Oh, how I wish Joe Moore and others in the local TV news business, who so influence the way people speak, were sticklers like Hackler on proper speech. Recently Moore, having signed a contract doubtlessly making him the highest paid employee in the news business in Hawaii, put his imprimatur on the notion that people needn't put their best grammatical foot forward, or insist on the most proper use of a word, so long as some dictionary indicates it's OK. Next we'll be hearing him say "ain't" and using pidgin, both deemed OK by some ...
MY original Spam haiku, printed here this week, mentioned the key to opening the can, and Bob Stauffer called to say that while he used those keys for years, the latest can he picked up has a snap-top lid. That shows how long it's been since I opened a can of the stuff ...
GUESS who'll be back in town for July 4 activities? Why, former Vice Consul of Italy Guido Salmaggi, that's who. Though he's been living in his wife's digs in Florida for the past several months, Salmaggi returns Sunday and will be on hand at the Navy's Fourth of July celebration to sing "The Star Spangled Banner," and will do the same at the Macfarlane canoe regatta, as he does each year. Guido is currently in New York, taping an appearance on the Rush Limbaugh television show. It may be shown tonight.
Penny Marshall
ANOTHER visitor to the Big Apple was Hawaii's "Heart-y Chef," Diana Helfand, who's still bubbling over the fact she stood in the same lady's room line at the Schubert Theater as Penny Marshall. They were both there to see the musical "Big." The only "Big" things in Marshall's life today are the Kmart commercials she does with Rosie O'Donnell (also "Big") but Marshall did sign Helfand's program ...
