Hank Greenwald, Pundy Yokouchi
THE L.A. Dodgers weren't in town -- they haven't begun inter-league play yet -- but when Dodger fan Gene Kaneshiro and wife Roberta were in the Seattle area to watch daughter Jennifer graduate from the University of Puget Sound, he found his way to the Kingdome. And who should the Kaneshiros meet up with but old friends Hank and Carla Greenwald who, like the former Columbia Inn owner, celebrated their 26th wedding anniversary in the Kingdome. Greenwald used to do the Hawaii Islanders' play-by-play before going on to the the Major Leagues and becoming an institution with the San Francisco Giants. He still keeps his hand in, though he was deemed irreplaceable by Giants faithful when he retired amidst much sadness in S.F. Greenwald now broadcasts some games of the Burlington (Iowa) Bees in the Midwest League. Son Doug Greenwald is director of broadcasting for the team, a Giants farm club. Though he says he doesn't miss the "Bigs," Greenwald would love to return to Hawaii and do some Hawaii Winter League games ... Dodger fan,
Giant institution reuniteTHAT brings us to Ed Moose, owner of the famous Moose's on Washington Square in S.F. His softball team, Les Lapins Sauvage (the Wild Hares), has played teams all over the world including Russia, Paris, London and, yes, Honolulu, where the Columbia Inn team bested them. Moose now puts out an in-house newsletter called WTR (Working The Room, something he does very well) and the proofreader on said publication had best be on his or her best behavior. When the premiere issue had three typos in it, Moose took out an ad in the S.F. Examiner pointing out the three misspelled names, and apologizing for them ...
AND speaking of typos, sometime isle politician Kekoa Kaapu was shaken to his Harvard roots when he saw the banner headline atop the morning paper yesterday: "Knicks whither in Heat." One assumes, as Kaapu did, that they meant "wither." After all, the word used to replace it is usually only found in classic editorial page think pieces entitled something like, "Whither Afghanistan."
COPIES of "Membership Policies & Rules" were handed out to those attending the opening of Studio 1, Jerry Breeden's classy new club in the Aloha Tower Marketplace. It would help if you were a lawyer to read it, but it's bound to turn off a lot of folks. And with various nightspots fighting for customers, you have to wonder how vigilant Studio 1 will remain about all the rules and regulations if they can't fill the cavernous club. Whereas...
THERE was no doubt about who was No. 1 following the Byron Nelson classic golf tourney Sunday. After Tiger Woods sank the putt that put the tourney away, a network interviewer asked if he were surprised to win his first tourney after taking a month off following his Masters win. "No," replied the confident 21-year-old. "That was my goal." And when he sets a goal, look out ... When Doug Martin sank a hole-in-one on the first day of the golf tournament, he was wearing a Hertz ("We're No. 1") hat, which must have sent local Hertz "Superstar" Billy Williams jumping for joy ...
FUNNY how one utterance can change the course of your life. "Damn the torpedoes -- full speed ahead" and "Can I buy you a drink?" come to mind. But a seemingly innocent one-liner from Maui businessman Pundy Yokouchi falls somewhere between those two. Back in 1965 he was then-governor John Burns' man on Maui, and in a discussion with Burns about education, Yokouchi heard himself say, "Arts are education. They belong to the common man." The next thing he knew, Gov. Burns named him chairman of the new State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, and there Pundy served for 20 years. For his promotion of the arts in education, Yokouchi will be presented with the Alfred Preis Award from the Hawaii Alliance for Arts Education June 7 at the Hawai'i Theatre. He's still president of the board of the Maui Arts & Cultural Center and bringing the arts to the common folk ... Arts support
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