Hawaii
By Dave Donnelly
Tuesday, September 3, 1996
What were odds of 3 BC scores?
THERE were certainly plenty of ups and downs over the Labor Day weekend in Hawaii. The UH football loss to Boston College was a downer, considering they led with just a few moments to go in the fourth quarter when I had to turn off the radio and go to an early dinner. To lose, the theory was, BC would have to score three times, and what were the odds of that? Pretty good, as it turned out. The UH Wahine match against Louisville nearly began as a disaster, until the Wahine figuratively let their hair down and showed what a dominating team they could be. My Dodgers blew a 3-1 lead Sunday after taking Hideo Nomo out for a pinch hitter and missed a chance to hop into first place. Sports ups an downs all around ...
Keith Haugen
JUMPING the gun on the Labor Day weekend a bit was Dee Haugen, granddaughter of entertainer Keith Haugen. He now can be assured of having one big fan, since son Derek is now the dad of Derek Kekona Haugen II, who startled the delivery room staff at Queen's Hospital by checking in Aug. 28 at 12 pounds, 3 ounces and 22 inches long. Singer Haugen, an avid sumo fan, says had he known how big the kid was going to be he might have suggested Taiho or Takamiyama instead of Kekona - Little Kona - as a middle name. In the nursery, Derek II with his full head of curly black hair was almost double the size of most babies. And on Saturday, Star-Bulletin managing editor Dave Shapiro wrote in his "Volcanic Ash" column about his grandson who, at two months, weighs 15 pounds. Grandpa Haugen figures he has a potential sumotori or fullback on his hands ...
Backyard polo
NOT everyone can claim to have a polo field in his back yard, but that's what Mokuleia resident Bob Schriver has built. Since the regular polo season at the Mokuleia Polo Field has been shortened, Schriver wanted to do something to fill the void and promote younger players at the same time. So on the first Sunday he opened the field to arena polo (three players to a side), he not only had three teams, but one of them included his 11-year-old son Cameron and Mike & Becca Dailey's 12-year-old boy, Devon. Also playing was Kuni Imai, a university linguistics professor from Japan who was here for his annual polo vacation and played at both Waimanalo and Mokuleia. On his return he wrote that he had broken in playing arena polo on the Imperial Grounds with then Crown Prince Akihito, now the emperor. "Come to think of it," Imai wrote, "the Prince, unlike you, did not have a polo field in his own property, because his palace and palace grounds actually belong to the nation. Three cheers for Bob Schriver." ...
Don Goo
HAWAII tourism officials have to know that China is serious about developing tourism there. Recently returned from China is architect Don Goo (chairman of Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo) and while there Liu Zhu, president of the Shanghai Institute of Tourism, granted Goo an honorary professorship at the institute ... It's like an Abbott and Costello "Who's on first?" routine when people call the Sheraton Waikiki and ask who's playing at the Esprit Nightclub. When informed it's "Soul'd Out," but they can get in, a dialogue on spelling usually ensues ...
The old 'Baal' game
THE University of Hawaii student designed and directed (by Ivana Askovic) production of the early Bertolt Brecht work, "Baal," was a serious evening, but it all began with a laugh. At the box office is a sign stating "Warning: This production includes excessive smoking, nudity and sexual situations." Apparently in today's world, more people are concerned about smoking than the nudity and body-thrashing going around on stage - one incident of which involved two men. There was also continuous drinking by the nihilistic lead character and many others, but that's apparently not bothersome to anyone. The program did note that "audience members are asked to refrain from smoking," but no mention was made of the other diversions going on under the lights. But the audience behaved and the evening proved to be unusual, but enjoyable ...
Dave Donnelly has been writing on happenings in Hawaii for the Star-Bulletin since 1968. His columns run Monday through Friday. Contact Dave by e-mail at donnelly@kestrok.com.
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