Hawaii
By Dave Donnelly
Monday, September 9, 1996
Paul Klink, Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold's a hit with
Klink clan
WITH his wife in Japan to see to her mother's funeral and take care of the estate, Paul Klink of Milici Valenti Ng Pack had some time to himself, so he took in the Maui Writers Conference at the Grand Wailea and found himself hobnobbing with the likes of film director Ron Howard and best-selling author Jackie Collins, getting tips on self-esteem from Jack Canfield ("Chicken Soup for the Soul") and life lessons from Paul Evans ("Christmas Box"). He surprised wife Hiroyo with airline tickets on her pillow which she found when she got home from Japan and immediately hopped a plane with their son Leo. A big hit with the Klinks was when Arnold Schwarzenegger stopped by during a walk and played with little Leo. Arnold's a perfect example of "The bigger they are, the nicer they are," a maxim that's not always true, but is in his case ...
AND speaking of Cases, I didn't hear his speech, but I'm told Steve Case, Punahou grad and founder and CEO of America Online, the Internet giant, mentioned this column in a talk he gave to Rotary. I'd given AOL a bad time for temporarily not treating Hawaii like the other states with e-mail access, and for extra phone line charges billed from people accessing the Internet from the neighbor islands. My observer reports, "He said you were right about what you wrote and that he learned a lesson." Another example of "The bigger they are..."...
WHEN Indy race car fan Bill Bohan of Mike McKenna Ford was preparing to leave for Vancouver to watch last week's Indy car race, he made sure his VCR was set to record the race, so he could watch it on his return. Alas, he returned to find a report of the Bosnian situation in Spanish. He'd forgotten that Oceanic Cable was changing the channel numbers that weekend and he ended up with three hours worth of International CNN ...
Othello Nui
I VISITED the Kumu Kahua Theater on the site of the old Kamehameha V post office at Bethel and Merchant, last week to see Shakespeare's "Othello." Well, it was almost Shakespeare's tragedy. It had been reworked by director Victoria Racimo just a tad so it was set in Kauai and Othello, instead of being a Moor, was a Hawaiian who'd married a haole. But the language was for the most part still Elizabethan, except when they talked about returning to the hale. Al Harrington played the title role with more assurance than you'd expect from a TV/film actor inexperienced on the stage, and was particularly effective in his moments of rage, less so in his early placid moments when he smiled vaguely as if he were a bit lolo. Richard MacPherson, as Iago, the best role in the play, was as diabolically evil as his natural countenance suggested. One thing is for certain: You've never seen a production of "Othello" quite like it ...
THE mood was as joyous as Spencer Fullerton Weaver Jr. would have wished it to be at his memorial service Friday at the Outrigger Canoe Club. And he'd have laughed the loudest at the line tossed my way as the restaurateur's ashes were spread off Queen's Surf, where Spence ran a nightclub before it was ordered torn down by then-Mayor Frank Fasi. Quoth the quipster, "Frank'll have a hard time moving him again!" ...
Sweet revenge?
WITH the UH Wahine Volleyballers looking every inch like a No. 1 team nationally, and interest in the sport high in Hawaii, the USA Olympic Women's Volleyball team is hoping for big crowds at the Bank of Hawaii Cup matches Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at the UH Special Events Arena. Teams from Cuba, Japan and the Netherlands are also competing. This is the same U.S. team knocked off by Cuba in the Olympics, so revenge will be a factor. The team stars former UH star Teee Williams, making her last Hawaii appearance before heading off to play pro ball in Italy. There'll be an autograph session Friday at Ala Moana Center. For more info, call 973-9333, code 1555 ...
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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